Classroom Cards

"Excellent!"

"Wise decision!"

Loran's voice was light and cheerful as she simultaneously lifted her suppression of the first-rank apprentice beside him.

She took out three cards and flicked them into Charles's hand.

Charles examined them closely. One was a Magic Stone Card; he did not recognize the other two.

Loran said, "These are classroom cards for my tutoring class. If you want to attend, just bring the cards to register!"

"Yes, thank you, ma'am!" Charles hurriedly nodded.

His heart settled somewhat. He had only ever heard of Magic Stone Cards before; he had never obtained one.

With only a few Magic Stones, they were completely useless. You could just stuff the stones straight into your pocket.

Only when you had a large number of Magic Stones did you need their storage function.

Magic Stone Cards were issued by the Magic Stone Bank, a superpower from the Wizard Continent. In almost any wizard settlement, they could be used to deposit, withdraw, and exchange Magic Stones.

Loran left Fenny's Hand, with that mutated goblin floating directly behind her.

Only after Charles and that apprentice had seen Loran off did they finally let out a breath of relief.

The wizard apprentice said, "Sigh, when apprentices like us trade with wizard lords, we must be careful, careful, and then even more careful!"

Charles silently nodded as well.

He had been thinking of visiting several more places to compare which wizard offered the higher price.

Who would have thought that their very first trading partner would give them such a ruthless lesson?

Charles asked, "How much should I pay you?"

"Although these two classroom cards are each valued at two hundred, if I tried to sell them, I definitely couldn't get that price."

Five hundred Magic Stones plus two classroom cards—the price was difficult to calculate.

Even Loran herself wanted to promote them during the public classes. She found them hard to sell herself; for Charles, a middleman, it would be even harder.

The first-rank wizard apprentice pondered for a moment and said, "The value of classroom cards is hard to determine, but I suggest you attend the classes yourself. Apprentices training in Isata all need to take classes. No one can become a higher-rank apprentice, much less a wizard, all on their own."

"As for the other classroom card, I won't count it in Magic Stones. So how about we settle on a transaction price of seven hundred Magic Stones—five hundred plus two hundred?"

Charles did the math and found it acceptable.

So he readily completed the exchange of Magic Stones with the wizard apprentice, then left Fenny's Hand with the commission he had left.

Back at his residence, Charles briefly considered what to do next.

Attending classes was not a bad idea. Compared to other wizards, this Loran suited his tastes better.

Of course, it was not because of her figure and temperament.

It was because the subject she specialized in was the Abyssal Grimoire.

Charles possessed Succubus bloodline. This bloodline from the abyss needed to be studied when he had the chance.

With more than four hundred Magic Stones in hand, Charles could now be considered wealthy. It was time to pursue further studies and raise his wizard rank as quickly as possible.

Charles headed toward Erika's residence. After staying in the lower district for so long, he could finally come back and rest today.

And return Erika's Magic Stones while he was at it.

Erika had just finished her work at Fenny's Hand and returned to the building where she lived, exhausted in both body and mind.

The sister beside her advised, "Are you still together with that newly arrived apprentice?"

"I told you long ago not to be so foolish. He's just a newly arrived apprentice—where would he get the Magic Stones to support your studies in Isata?"

Erika fell silent for a moment. Tiredly, she said, "You don't understand him. I believe he'll definitely succeed."

"Every apprentice who comes to study in Isata thinks they'll become a wizard lord!"

"Some servants think the same way, but many servants remain servants forever. And ninety-nine percent of apprentices remain apprentices for life."

"Erika, I'm only thinking of you. No matter what, that senior is a second-rank apprentice. Isn't that much better than a third-rank apprentice?"

Erika's sister kept trying to persuade her.

Naturally, there was a reason for this persuasion: she had already accepted a fee.

"You weren't like this before. Why did your thoughts change after this Charles came along? It can't be just because he's handsome, can it?"

At those words, Erika's face flushed slightly. She whispered, "It's not just that he's handsome. There are other things too..."

Her sister froze for a moment and asked, "What other things?"

But Erika found it difficult to say aloud.

She could hardly say that Charles was powerful, could she?

Seeing this, her sister said, "I heard you even lent that guy the Magic Stones you saved up! How long did you save those Magic Stones for? You were saving them to attend classes. Now the Magic Stones are gone, and that kid hasn't returned for over a month, has he?"

"Do you regret it?"

Erika looked somewhat embarrassed at that.

She had merely shared it with her sister before. She never expected it to become the reason for her embarrassment now.

Not far away, Charles happened to be walking over.

He heard every word Erika and her sister said.

At first, all he had wanted from Erika was to satisfy his physical desires. Later, Erika lent Charles Magic Stones, which moved him deeply.

Now, Erika seemed to be facing someone else's mockery. How could Charles tolerate that?

He immediately called out from behind them, "Erika!"

Hearing Charles's voice so suddenly, Erika hastily turned around. Sure enough, the man she loved was waving at her from not far away.

Her sister frowned as she looked at Charles.

Erika gave a cry, released her sister's hand, rushed toward Charles, and leaped up to cling tightly to him.

"I thought you would never come back..."

Charles patted Erika's back and comforted her, saying, "How could I bear to leave you behind?"

As he spoke, he took out a classroom card and said, "Look, what's this?"

Erika turned to look and said in surprise, "A wizard's classroom card?"

Erika had worked at Fenny's Hand for so long, and she had wanted to save up money for classes herself. Naturally, she had seen such things before.

Charles nodded, then placed the card in her hand. "Take it. This is a gift I prepared for you."

Erika was overjoyed, but she bit her lip, looked up at Charles, and asked, "If you give this card to me, then... what about you?"

"You should attend the classes instead. Wait until you become stronger."

She had already realized that Charles must have heard their conversation just now.

Charles smiled faintly, stroked Erika's long hair, then took out another card. "Don't worry, I have two!"

Classroom cards were hard to sell, and even if he sold them, he could not get their original price. Giving one to Erika was more worthwhile.

"Charles! You're amazing!"

Erika looked at the two cards and exclaimed in delight.

Then, holding the card, she shouted to her sister, "Look! I can attend a wizard lord's class now!"