Fifteen minutes later, Ailand finally finished choosing his weapons and armor. Yet he had chosen soft silk armor and a two-handed thrusting sword. When Allen saw them, he asked about it out of curiosity.
But Ailand said it was because he was different from other knights. His fighting style leaned more toward agility, and he also said that his strength was indeed somewhat lacking compared with other knights.
Allen had not meant to make fun of him; he had only asked casually. At checkout, he discovered that these two pieces of equipment were much more expensive than what they had bought before, costing a total of 150 gold coins.
This time, however, he did not haggle. For a shop like this, it was only a small sale they could take or leave. The shopkeeper could simply refuse to sell to him.
After paying and leaving, he told Ailand to head back. He himself first visited the High Elves' residence outside the city. When he arrived, he saw Kuks bustling about, apparently operating some strange instruments.
He walked over but felt awkward about interrupting him. Yet Kuks had noticed his arrival the moment he entered. A few minutes later, Kuks finished what he was doing for the moment, turned to Allen, and said,
"Do you know what this is? It's one of my recent inventions. It lets you sense fluctuations in the surrounding mana, even very faint ones.
"It's very sensitive. Perhaps it can help us study how mana affects people's emotions." Allen looked at the unassuming object, finding it hard to believe it could do something like that. He paid no attention to Kuks's invention, instead taking out the Moonshadow Flower and saying to him, "I got the Moonshadow Flower."
Kuks took the Moonshadow Flower from his hand with some