By evening, Shien had finally managed to leave the royal palace and return to the noble district in the western quarter.
"That girl was really vicious."
Remembering how he had been treated earlier, Shien almost bared his teeth.
"She actually bit me. Was she really that angry?"
Shien rubbed one arm, feeling utterly speechless.
"If I didn't have a resistance skill and she couldn't break my defense, she'd have left teeth marks on my hand by now."
But that only showed just how furious the Princess had been, for her to go that far.
"I only said it casually. Did she really need to get that angry?"
Shien muttered to himself as he headed toward Lilith's Patisserie.
After all, to calm the Princess down, Shien had promised to bring her delicious pastries as an apology over the next few days.
Otherwise, considering how fierce that little enraged kitten had looked, whether she would forgive Shien and let him leave had still been unknown.
"Still, this is a cruel blow to my wallet."
Touching his dwindling supply of gold coins, Shien began sighing repeatedly.
Lilith's Patisserie's desserts were already outrageously expensive, and now he had to bring some to the Princess every day. He would be eaten into poverty at this rate.
"Should I sell this?"
Shien raised one hand and held something before his eyes.
It was the wand Jacinta had given him.
Thanks to the Appraisal skill, Shien could easily see through the wand's powers.
Not only had this wand been crafted from several extremely rare magical materials, but the Magic Crystal embedded within it was of the highest grade. Waves of majestic mana flowed through it, making it obvious at a glance that it was no ordinary item.
Of course, no matter how extraordinary it was, this wand