The Trick

"Until now I am still confused about how a five-year-old like you can understand jade mushrooms?" Tallav watched Raldev who was strolling into the woods, he was really incompatible with the very young human child. He is like a sour-faced old grandfather. 

"Even a professor doesn't know about the mushroom." 

Raldev touched his ear. It's really very noisy, this teacher's babbling. He just wanted to see the jade mushrooms again and eat them, maybe he had to accumulate so much. The fire he has is very small, so it makes more sense that he needs more jade mushrooms so that the flame can become a torch. 

Tallav followed Raldev, getting the jade mushrooms back of course he wanted to, let alone later in the afternoon he would return to the center of the capital. The jade mushroom snacks on the trip are very good. 

"Raldev, you really didn't tell your teacher?" Tallav picked up the mushroom that was almost picked by Raldev, then chewed on it which managed to make Raldev put on an annoyed face. He was anxious to hit this extremely annoying guy in the face. 

"Teacher, you are cheating by taking away your student's property rights." 

The conversation made Tallav speechless, he just realized that his attitude was very unappreciative. He lowered his head in embarrassment. 

"Well, I'll change the one just now. You have to buy a lot of books and something for your parents." 

Raldev scanned Tallav, his eyes looked cold and serious which made Tallav even more groggy. 

"Give me five coins of gold." Raldev raised his hand, he pointed out his five fingers and looked very serious. 

"What!? Five coins!?" Tallav felt like he was robbed of this five-year-old kid, he kept staring at Raldev in order to lower his price, but Raldev's expression did not change at all, instead he was the one who felt intimidated. 

"Well, well, five coins of gold...." Tallav pressed his own forehead. Raldev was very astute as hell and he immediately paid five coins of gold in Raldev's hand. 

"How do you know about jade mushrooms, Raldev?" he asked again curiously. 

"add two more coins of gold again." Raldev's gaze was serious. He didn't flinch from posing with two fingers poked into the air. It was really only this time that Tallav found such a smart little boy. He immediately gave Raldev two more coins of gold after Raldev put the gold coins in his trouser pocket. Only then did he answer Tallav's question indifferently. 

"Because I was poor, so I tried a lot of food. If you have poisoning, it means you can't eat the food." 

Tallav opened his mouth in response to Raldev's explanation that sounded indifferent to him. 

"you're serious, Raldev?" 

[Of course I didn't mean it. I was poor but not so poor that I ate all the vegetation in the forest.]

Raldev couldn't say what he said in his heart. He committed a lie because where could he possibly say he was the reincarnation of an extraordinary dragon? 

"Yes, that's why I found this jade mushroom accidentally and slightly made a powerful effect on my body." 

Tallav's gaze filled with tears at Raldev's lie that was so wrenching in his heart. He held Raldev's hand and then gave another three gold coins in Raldev's hand. 

"Buy a lot of food and whatever you want with this money, Raldev." 

Raldev looked at Tallav's puppy-like eyes. He felt that this teacher of his was so stupid because he believed the original lie he had just said. 

[Strange, why do I feel guilty about deceiving this stupid human being?]

Raldev's hand still continued to be held by Tallav, that uncomfortable feeling getting bigger and bigger. Raldev finally took his hand off Tallav and walked over to reach his goal just now, collecting the jade mushrooms and then he combined them with other ingredients.

"Teacher, another month you're going to be here?" asked Raldev without looking at Tallav, who was walking nearby. 

"Yes, the fastest. Maybe it can be two, three, or four months. My work is very much." Tallav continued to pay attention to Raldev's actions, no matter how small. 

"Can I request you something?" knew Raldev looked at his pitiful teacher. Again, Tallav seemed to be shaking his tail. 

"What do you need, my dear disciple?" He was very curious and always wanted to be relied on by this genius disciple of his. 

"Arachne poison. Just a small bottle." Raldev's smile was terrifying. He rubbed his own hands. A blackish aura appeared as if he was planning a very creepy thing.

"You... Won't do anything bad, right?" 

Raldev shook his head. "I think my teacher knows nothing about what I'm going to make. Arachne poison can be made into a decoction. The teacher knows, right?" 

"Yes, but if it is not able to manage it, it will be a more deadly poison." 

"Just bring the teacher. I will show the teacher what I will make later." 

Tallav, who kept paying attention to Raldev's self-confidence, finally nodded. He couldn't wait to come back here and bring what Raldev wanted, then he knew what else this genius thing his dear disciple would show. 

"Fine, I'll bring the poison arachne. That's all it is?" Tallav asked, ascertaining Raldev's wishes. 

"Yes, that's it." 

**

Tallav had boarded his horse-drawn carriage; he had been monitoring the horse-drawn carriage to be better, so that the shocks he felt would be less than before. He also bought this spell from the person in the center of the village before. To be honest, using the portal was more fun, but luckily he didn't use it so he met Raldev and was able to enjoy his time here. 

Tallav looked out the window, he had passed the mountain and Raldev's face was still imagined. 

"That kid will definitely make others envious. It is possible that he will bring up such a big mess, and there are many people who challenge him." 

"Your teachers make sure they will, and so strong that they get goosebumps to challenge you." 

Tallav finally closed the curtains in the horse-drawn carriage, he closed his eyes to sleep during the journey.