12 Chapter 12: Money

"I lost that's okay but THIS IS MY FAMILIAR.", Kloutz said as he and Peter were being treated by nurses.

"I can't control its mind."

"Peter, you have a moment?", a good looking man on his thirties and on suit asked him.

"Who wish to have it?", he knew what was happening but pretend to not.

"Alvorus. I work with the government and we thought that you could be a good addition to our staff when you graduated."

"And about now?", he replied.

"How come?", the man was caught off guard.

"I don't have money and support from my family. So I thought it would benefit me in some way having the government behind me."

"No, we didn't thought it thoroughly yet."

"Maybe later then."

"Peter...", another ones came but nothing that he could use in his benefit.

"You are too greed.", the senior said.

"Speaks the one who can't lose for one junior."

"You can keep the familiar. My family won't reclaim it after he lost the property that made it valuable for us."

"You and your family are trash people."

"Trash people? We want power to defend the world against monster there is nothing wrong in the means to achieve this goal."

"If you don't measure the means you're not better than the monsters.", Peter replied.

"Peter."

"N... FATHER? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"

"My company send me off to scout some lower rank duelist that won from him but I didn't think would be you."

"Have you gone see mom?"

"Oh yeah. She is under training to come back under us. But now lets talk business. How much do you want to be ours?"

"Two thousand credits per month and a familiar of my choice on signing up."

"Wow. This is a lot for a rookie. We can pay you about one and half thousand month and the familiar on the sign."

"Done. Where I sign?"

"Let me write down the values and here.", he passed the tablet with a pen.

"How many years the contract is worth?"

"Two and a half."

"Okay.", he signed. "By the way I burned all my magic circuits.", his father went from a smile to desperation.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner? Call off the contract."

"No.", he smiled to his father. "I want to continue doing this with them.", Rhynus, Fridda, Luke and the little dragon showed up.

"Hey.", Ellen walked fast with his egg. "Here.", she gave him the egg, then slapped on his face and hugged both him and the egg. "Felix told me what you did. Why? Why did you chose to save a familiar over your career as a wizard?", before he could reply the little dragon embraced both of them with his long slim body.

"Because make others happy as well.", he looked at his father. "Want to call off?"

"No.", the man smiled. "I suffered from this before but I was with them more developed. You must making the magic circuits on your own agains with pure magic. I was able because of the little flow it had yet."

"Tomorrow at Mage Shop, I'll show the familiar I want and of course I want one salary ahead for start."

"Okay, but the second will delay then."

"That's okay for now."

"See you tomorrow morning then son."

"That was your father?", she asked.

"Yeah."

"He's nice. What's his name?"

"Relius."

"What?", she pushed her face away from his shoulder. "One of the Dragon Slayers or just a normal guy?"

"A normal guy with not so luck on his name.", he lied to her. "Are you gonna let me leave?"

"Only if don't lie to me anymore."

"That's impossible. Hahahaha.", he just did before her request. "Ouch, don't hug to hard, my skin was burn not long ago."

"Luke is a phoenix, isn't he?", she discovered after the glow on the battle.

"Yeah.", he looked at his friends. "I couldn't see Rhynus, did you use your magic?"

"Not needed, my liege."

"You did good, Fridda."

"How much did it cost?"

"One day.", he said.

After trying to deceive him and being deceived herself. Fridda made a contract that she would serve him a certain amount of time and then he stipulated a hundred years. Which now lost a day with her action on the duel.

"Name master.", the long white serpent dragon said.

"I'm Peter.", he said.

"Mine?", the boy was astonished. The dragon was on the family and didn't received a name.

"You will be Urias.", the dragon floated around in happiness.

"Mine...", the egg trembled between the youngsters.

"Ariel.", trembled again.

"Me feel happy.", the egg said.

"I heard that.", Ellen said.

"Oh no.", Peter knew that dragon tend to bond with another Dragon Tamers. So the egg thought of him as a father and Ellen as mother. "Its power is too immense to that degree?"

"What happened?"

"It bonded with both of us. AS ITS PARENTS."

Next day was the beginning of the weekend. Not too long after the brunch Peter and his father went to the Mage Shop.

"Here is the payment for the next month."

"Lets buy more familiars then."

"You are going to buy more?", Relius was surprised.

"Without magic remember.", he pointed at himself repeatedly.

They were about to go when Ellen showed up.

"Can I go?", she asked nicely.

"Of course.", Peter said remembering that Rhynus left his room to train Felix.

"I'm Relius. Peter's father."

"He told me.", she looked at the boy with bad intentions. "Sir, how did you fight the dragon?"

"Which dragon?", he returned opening her to manipulate the conversation.

"The Envy.", a dragon receive one of the sins as codename if its power pass some conditions still unknown for the public.

"That was a little tough but at the time I already had my own dragon to fight it...", as he explained she was looking fiercely at Peter that was avoiding eye contact.

And they arrived at the store.

"You returned sir, you wish to go to the Familiar section again."

"Yes and I need some help to find cat and wolves as well see the price of the bear cub on the entrance."

"Yes, sir.", she smiled because it would be a great sell.

"How many credits you have?", Ellen asked.

"Almost two thousand.", he replied.

They arrived at the section and started to give a look around. The cub ignored Peter this time. Ellen and Relius didn't understand how easy was to the boy talk with familiars without having a bond. He talked to some of them.

"Here is the cats and wolves as well their prices.", the attendant gave him a paper with a printed list.

"And the bear?"

"I heard the amount you said sir and unfortunately his value is above."

"Okay, just tell me."

"Twelve thousand."

"Take care of it, father.", Peter said. "This is the first."

"Take me to this four.", he passed the list again to the attendant.

"Alright.", she started to walk and he was already behind.

"Four and the bear?", Relius asked.

"Three wolves and one winged cat but all almost dying of old age.", the boy answered.

"You intend to use the Blood Cerimony?", Ellen knew a little about and of course its benefits.

"My beetle and fox are on one each.", he replied. "But I made with a equal standart from both parties."

"You sound like your mother. Remember when I arrived at home with the egg from Kaelius."

"It's best than have a betrayer or lose money."

"That's why Rhynus is so good at combat. He is a veteran with a young body.", the girl said and he smiled nodding.

"Here is the first, sir.", she stopped at the cage was a Shadow Wolf.

"Wow.", Relius was impressed. "Even being old, this is a rare one."

"Came looking to mock an old fighter?", the wolf said.

"No, I came looking only for a fighter.", the boy was in awe looking at the creature and closed the distance from the bars.

"Not to close, Peter.", Ellen tried to pull him but Relius stopped her.

"Look carefully at my son and his actions. His a natural leader.", he said to her and smiled greatly looking at his son.

"You want a fighter, boy?", the wolf stood and a frontal leg was missing. "Are you seeing one here, boy?"

"You tell me. You want to fight? Better. You want to fight for me?"

"Don't push your luck, wizard boy."

"Former wizard.", he extended his arm in the cage. "Touch it and feel it."

"Burnt circuits?"

"Helping a little dragon have its merits and pains."

"What do you intend to do?"

"Not now but I can heal these leg. As well give you youth through the Blood Cerimony."

"And till there?"

"You are free at least."

"Gahahahaha. I liked, boy. Take me."

"Good, good. What's your name?"

"I'm Maeve."

"I'm Peter.", he stood up. "Put he on the buy list.", he talked to the attendant.

"Ok, sir.", she noted about the Blood Cerimony and about healing the wolf leg. "Lets go to the next."