At His Door

Even legendary mages had no surplus funds! Every mage lacked money, legendary mages included. Mages could not do without magical experiments. In fact, rather than calling mages a combat profession, it was more accurate to call them researchers. No matter the world, research was always the most expensive undertaking. Thus, mages of every rank poured most of their money into one outrageously costly experiment after another. The higher their level, the more money those experiments consumed.

Fortunately, Solam was not a purebred mage. So far, his understanding of spells remained limited to treating them as immensely powerful weapons. He had never conducted any experiments at all. Otherwise, he would not have been throwing money around as freely as he was now.

In short, Chalanona had backed down. No matter how dear her grandson was, gold coins were dearer! So Chalanona only bought a portion of the materials, which was enough of an explanation for Solam. As for the rest, there was Melody. And so Melody became a salesperson, peddling those demon materials everywhere.

Fortunately, demon materials really did sell well. Although each shipment was not particularly large, they had continued selling steadily. Still, they were some distance from being completely sold out.

"It's not because of that. Someone wants to see you." Melody shook her head, took something from her Bag of Holding, and handed it to Solam.

Solam accepted it, turned it over several times, then asked in confusion, "Why are you giving me a badge?"

What Melody had given Solam was indeed a badge. It was exquisitely crafted, with the emblem of a scroll engraved on its surface. Six five-pointed stars adorned the front of the scroll. Solam did not know what it meant, but judging from the flickering magical aura on the badge, it was definitely no