Bank and Bakery.

After settling the deal with Carbonite, the three of you depart from the facility to the bank on the western part of Amos Citadel, riding the same unmanned taxi through the extremely polished asphalt that makes you wonder whether they put a circuit formation, better road material, or pay someone to pave the road all the time.

Arriving to the front of a majestic building that exudes 'aesthetic' all over the place, your little foot drops to the ground out of the taxi's platform. Just in case of earning unwanted attention, you pleaded to both of the devils to teach you some kind of concealment for the blood exo-muscle. Because you're sure as hell that you can't still lift an inch of your finger.

'Spell Concealment Technique' knowledge acquired.

'Light Bending Circuit' knowledge acquired.

'Odors Concealment Circuit' knowledge acquired.

And as expected, the passerby and the crowd didn't react! The technique works by embedding the spell's circuit with a light bending circuit to the outer exterior of hosted material, in your case, blood. With extra steps, they also taught you about how smell can be exterminated by directly destroying the microscopic molecules spreaded by any kind of substances before it reaches living being's receptors.

Let alone the exo-muscle, you can actually use this concept to hide your whole appearance! Although they told you that it can be detected with a more complex anti-circuit formation, so you can't do it all the time.

You did also ask if the bank had those kinds of formations within, knowing that it was called a 'bank' because it stores money there and someone can steal it. But nope, they didn't and when you asked "why?" Chronos laughs like a madman and repeatedly bashing the seat. You can only see Lues' confused expression at that time.

The glass doors open themselves, feeling like you're coming to an avant garde company's building rather than a bank.

The inside is more normal than you thought, there are numerous ATM-like machines and numerous receptionist posts housed by glass and concrete.

Although anxious, you strengthen your resolve as Chronos walks behind you to one of the receptionists.

It takes a while for the registration, you're quite bored as you can't reach the high receptionist table, so you decide to indulge into your mana sea.

The high rank BBV vessels made by your mana workers are proven to be extremely useful especially in this scenario. It does entice you to communicate with those cute critters but all they are doing is doing some gesture you couldn't understand. The Lueling have been successfully blending with the Chrolings, it kinda reminds you of the third Chroling, where is she now?

'Oh yeah, I haven't checked the new realm.'

It was located on top of the mana lake, the gate looks like a warped space like a portal spewing the black-yellow varicolored substances nonstop. You concentrate your consciousness to manifest within your own mana sea. The workers are following you from behind to the sky above as if they know what you're thinking.

The propelling force is getting stronger and stronger, it gets extreme until your partner taps you out from your mana sea.

"Your KCC is done!"

"Tch."

"Wait, why the 'tch'?"

Another time, another day.

"So how do you deposit the chips?" asks Lues.

Tilting your head, you say, "Yeah, I haven't seen real life coins too."

"Pfft! There are no physical coins, you dummy!" Chronos then changes her gaze to Lues. "You idiot, Kepler Coin is a digital currency." She then gives you a small device together with the KCC. "This is the payment terminal."

You looked at the rather thick yellow card with slick black stripes and glowing green designs, the payment terminal sports a scanner and a card holder with numeral inputs. It still amazes you that people are sending crypto currency now instead of crystal or gold coin as a currency in this fantasy world.

"Hold your card and show the glowing green part to me," says Chronos as she puts her black KCC onto the payment terminal's card holder on the top, a holographic rays then scans your cards until a beeping sound thuds three times from your card. "There, I've sent you 5KC into your account." She smirks.

You then put your KCC onto the pocket payment terminal and push the 'balance' button, Your balance is 5KC.

"Fufufu, I wonder." Lues poke her fingertip into your card, causing your KCC to exude crimson cloudy pattern smoke until you see a frown instead of a grin on her face. "The protection is tight."

Chronos unpacks her payment terminal. "Heh, told ya."

"So where are we going to go next?" you ask.

"I'll teach ya how to do payments in public use so that you don't embarrass yourself," says Chronos, donning her natural smile.

The three of you reach for the unmanned taxi. Inside, Chronos inputs a command to the automatic driver, "22 Fervor Street, Bunyah Bakery."

The machine speech replies, "Affirmative."

'So there is a bakery in this apocalyptic world.'

You're wondering if you can go back to the Kauhu Forest to pick more cheese mushrooms to combine with the doughy goodness 12,000 years into the future. The idea of pastries and desserts entices your brain with dopamine as you drool uncontrollably.

Exiting the taxi, Chronos showcases the glorified destination with open arms, "We've arrived! This is my favorite bakery in Amos Citadel."

"The scent of the bread making is flooding, this is nostalgic. I would die for another yeasty breakfast," says Lues.

"No, don't die."

The ring of the mini bell when the three of you open the door feels more old-school than any sorcery and divine-tech you find in this world, the warm and orange themed bakery, showcasing different types of pastry and the familiar looking store receptionist that you didn't expect would meet again.

A flat chested untanned oni without the horns, her eyes are a mixed spectrum of colors as numerous prism silhouettes are reflected on her ponytail hairstyles. Porcelain-white, white eyebrows. This is no mistake.

Her gaze meets with yours and the others, she retracts her face and then meets her eyes with you again with a professional forced smile.

"Welcome to Bunyah Bakery! Is there any yeasty goodness my guests want to try?"