Star Federation.
Atlantis, Saint George High School.
Li Wei walked out of the school, quickly gnawing on his oat bread, then made his way to the dock district and began hauling sacks for work...
Even though he had set his sights on becoming the leader of the Esoteric Sect, he could not even scrape together the initial costs of studying incantations and talismans. With his impoverished family background, he had no choice but to work as a beast of burden and save up his starting capital.
Fortunately, after that incident, Li Wei discovered that his recovery and stamina had improved by leaps and bounds, making him ideally suited for grueling labor such as moving bricks and hauling sacks.
Smack! One sack after another was piled into the warehouse, soon forming a small mountain.
Although he had only just entered the trade, the number of sacks he carried kept increasing, and he was practically no worse than the old hands.
After all that toil, evening had already arrived.
"Good lad. I can tell you were born to haul big sacks."
Uncle Jules, with his bushy beard and half-black, half-white hair, laughed as he patted Li Wei on the shoulder. "Not bad. Solid enough... Here's your pay for today, thirty-six Copper Seals in all. Count them..."
"No need. I trust you, Uncle."
Li Wei gave a foolish grin, left the dock district, and entered a flea market.
The Star Federation had once been divided into numerous ancient kingdoms. It had retained the gold, silver, and copper currency system, known as Gold Dragons, Silver Deer, and Copper Seals...
Later, the Federation was established and paper money replaced them, but the common people still could not change the old names overnight.
"Fennel... clean salt... a small knife..."
"Crystal ball... Whew, that's everything."
Carrying a