Chapter 355 A Job Well Done

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"So?" I asked with a smile.

The man looked at me with awe, his mouth opening dumbfounded as he quickly closed the precious bottle with Mana Potion, which had its weight worth in Telis.

"T-This… what is your talent?!" He asked.

"These are merely Lesser Mana Potions I made, and my Talent is Alchemist, one star." I said.

"Only one star?! What Skills do you posses?!" He wondered.

"I would like to keep that a secret for now…" I said. "But whenever I open my shop, I will reveal you more of my secrets as we forge a connection between merchant and alchemist."

"I-I see… You're quite the cunning child for your age." Sighed the man. "Tell me your name."

"Name's Blake Hunter Goathorn." I said.

"Alright… And your sister?" He wondered.

"Elearose Hunter Goathorn." Eleanora said.

"Alright…" The man had no idea about our infamous hunter family as he came from the outside, so he didn't reacted in any unexpected way after hearing our complete names. After that, he wrote down the names into his small book and then used a devise to take pictures of us, which he stuck into his book. This world's magic items were rather advanced, although incredibly expensive, so only nobility or filthy rich people able to buy a noble title like this man were able to use them leisurely. "Very well, with this, I've registered both of you in my Magic Notebook. If we ever met again, I'll use this to identify, no matter how old you might have grown or how much you have changed."

After a handshake, our negotiations were done.

"You can take these potions as a souvenir, free of charge." I said. This way, the man would owe me even more favors.

"Huh… Very well then, I shall take this to my guild and show everybody how talented you are." Said the man. "It will be a pleasure to do business with you."

As a fellow man that sought riches, he knew when he struck gold and didn't wanted to let go of me at all. He was also smart enough to not make a fuss over my age, as he wanted money over anything else. He certainly didn't cared about the "morality" of a child working or not.

"Excellent." I said with a smile.

"Very well, is it really okay for me to take them though?" He wondered, at the end he still felt guilty.

"Yes take them." I said. "It is a souvenir of goodwill."

"Heh, you're a smart kid." The man said, quickly lowering his guard with us a bit more and even smiling.

After our negotiations ended, he quickly decided to go back to the capital, as he stated he didn't liked the smell of the countryside. Frederica began to whine about being separated from me for a long time, and implored me to go with her, but I refused.

"Please, come with me!" She cried. "I-I can make you my manservant! You'll have a better life than in here!"

"No thanks, Lady Frederica. I have many things I must do, and I must protect my family with my sister." I said.

"Y-You can bring your entire family!" She said.

"Frederica! That's enough!" Her father quickly reprimanded her.

"But daaaad!" She complained.

"Frederica, the boy said he was opening a shop in a year and a few more months in the capital, so you'll be able to meet him there if that's what you want so much." Sighed her father.

"Wow! Really?!" Frederica asked happily. "I-I can help you in your shop by then!"

"Sure… if that's what you want." I sighed. Honestly, I just wanted her to leave.

"T-Then see ya!" She said, waving her hand. "Until we meet again!"

"Take care, Lady Frederica." I said with a poker face, as she entered her carriage and quickly left our town with her servants and her father.

As we saw them leave, Eleanora began teasing me.

"It seems my lord has an incredible luck with ladies, something you didn't seem to have back then." She said.

"I honestly think this is just a small series of coincidences." I sighed.

"Really? First Erika, then Elizabeth, then the twins of the Duke seemed to be very grateful and eyed you a lot… and now Frederica, a noble and rich girl… If you can marry her, wouldn't you have access to the riches of the guild of merchants?" Wondered Eleanora.

"Stop it already. I have no such desires. My only desire is growing stronger, exploring this world, and protecting those that matter to me… everything else is merely a steppingstone." I said with all seriousness.

"Fufu…" Eleanora only giggled as she petted my head.

"Why are you treating me like this now?!" I asked angrily.

"Oh? Did you forget you're my little brother now?" She wondered with a teasing smile.

"Right…"

At the end, I kept the act until we finally went back home. I decided to keep a secret what had happened with Frederica to my parents and the priests for now, as it had nothing to do with them. But I will eventually tell them the truth of everything when I go to the capital with some of them. I know my parents don't want to go to the capital, but I feel like I still should tell them about this when the time comes.

Elearose had already become a rather distinguished adventurer, and she was recently promoted to F Rank Adventurer after bringing so many bandits with her. With that Rank, the possibility of being able to pick up F Rank Quests such as Goblin Extermination. I already wanted to go to the Lowlands, a lower leveled area compared to the Grass Lands. I've heard there are Goblin Nests over there, alongside other high leveled monsters such as Horned Wolves, Giant Lizards, and the occasional Butcher Bird.

However, for now, I wanted to relax, I was too tired.

"Kyuu!"

And just in the entrance of my house, I found four Double Horned Rabbits bringing bags with materials they harvested from the forest, Bitter Grass, Lesser Healing Herbs, and even Uni, spike fruits that are a primal ingredient for what I want to create with Alchemy next… Spike Bombs.

"Good job you four, go back to gather more materials." I ordered them, as the rabbits quickly flew back to the forest. As they didn't need to sleep or eat, they could work nonstop for 30 consecutive days before they suddenly went back to Card Form, but I can simply resummon them by then.

Being an Invoker is certainly very convenient.

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