Black Market

Laying on the ground with his shoulder wrapped in white cloth, Alfred looked up into the sky with blank and dead eyes lost in thought as the colossal man looked up into the sky with a puff of smoke from his cigarette.

"My name is Yami Sukehiro. I don't know what problems you have or where you are from, but if you ever feel like becoming something more or finding a sort of meaning, go to the royal capital," The man named Yami said as he walked into the horizon.

Alfred just looked at the figure of the man and didn't say anything, he stood up and walked back to the pub to collect his money.

After he collected his money with some convincing, cough! threats…. He went to go and continue his journey after obtaining a map of the clover kingdom.

'Hmm, if this map is right, then this village is called Rayaka and is in the; forsaken realm? It seems that hierarchy is a big thing in the clover kingdom. Lolopechka did tell me, but I didn't think it would be this much to have separate realms… If I travel at the pace I was before and took my time, I should be able to make it to Kikka village in the common realm in 3 days. Alright, that sounds good, then I can settle down there…' Alfred thought as he grabbed his broom and sat on it. He started to fly at a relatively slow pace enjoying the scenery as much as possible without distracting thoughts trying to make their way into his mind.

After 2 hours of flying, he felt his eyes heavier as the sun set over the horizon.

He landed in a small forest, pulled out his blanket, and made a small fire with some wood and fire magic. He checked his surroundings before slumping down onto the ground, exhausted from the long flight. His heavy eyes closed as he wished for a good night of sleep, but sadly the dream world won't be so forgiving.

After seven hours of restless sleep, he woke up feeling like shit. He touched his stomach as it girdled for food. He sighed as he was famished. He didn't think about that when he left. 'Time to go hunting, I guess?' Alfred thought as he floated in the sky, using his light magic.

He flew around till he saw a giant boar. He smiled as a dagger of white flames formed inside Alfred's hands without using his grimoire as it was a simple foot for Alfred to perform.

The board didn't even know what hit him as Alfred moved at the speed of light, appeared in front of the boat, and sliced its throat, trying to make it as painless and quick as possible for the animal.

He didn't like harming people or animals. But sadly, you have to hurt animals or people to survive in any society or world. Alfred has a big heart. He always had and always will, but one of the problems with having a big heart is that it will bleed the most when hurt.

After three long days of traveling, he finally made it to Sikka village. Looking around at the buddy streets with people going in and out of shops, buying goods, and having a great time, he couldn't help but smile slightly.

Alfred walked and walked, trying to find a house to rent that would fit his needs, but he didn't find anything. Alfred needed a workspace, a small library to store all his research, and a place to sell all the magic tools he chose to sell.

Alfred looked into an alleyway and saw a person walk through a wall. This caused him to raise one of his eyebrows in surprise. He then walked into the alleyway and walked up to the wall. He then went to touch it, and his hand went through it. 'Oh, a fake wall… illusion magic, huh.' He then walked through the fake wall and saw another marketplace.

'Oh, so this is a black market…. We got something like this in the heart kingdom as well. It looks like some shops are selling magic tools, but their quality and effects, just from me looking at them, can tell they are not great and are poorly crafted. I can make some easy money by selling magic tools.' Alfred walked through the market and decided to rent a house on the black market. It may not be the most excellent place, but he will be able to sell more of his goods here thanks to the number of mages that come to the black market for magic tools.

He eventually found a big enough shop to buy, not rent. He figured why not buy a shop so he could do some reconstruction so the place could fit his needs perfectly. He has the money to do so as lolopechka shoved a big bagful of Yull into his arms. And he doubled the amount of gambling. So he was going to pay people to reconstruct the shop he bought.

He eventually found the perfect shop to buy that was for sale. It was a two-story, medium-sized building. It was a pretty warn-down place with mold and water dripping everywhere. You could say it was a shithole, but that didn't matter to Alfred as he was going to reconstruct the place anyways. He just wanted it for the land as it would be way more expensive to buy a home that was already up in price and had other people looking to buy it.

In the end, he bought a run-down place for 23,000 yull, a good deal because every other home for sale was quickly 50,000 yull. Alfred then hired a group of construction workers to fix the place. He asked for very pacific things to be put in. He wanted a room built out of hard reinforced steel so that he could do his experiments inside in case one went wrong. He didn't want to blow up the entire shop. He also asked for a third story to be added so he could have his living area and live in the shop.

It took a whole month for the construction workers to finish. During that time, Alfred stayed at an In and continued his experiments and continued to interact with the natural mana in the environment. The key to doing techniques like mana zone and mana method is to use your internal mana, interact with the raw mana, and even learn to harness it using the mana method. Of course, Alfred is way past harnessing the natural mana for his use. What he's trying to do becomes one with raw mana. Alfred discovered that, theoretically, you need an impossibly large amount of mana to become one with natural mana. The more mana you have, the more natural mana you can control and harness. But to become one with natural mana, you have to make it so your mana becomes one with natural mana. It is an impossible feat for people without an insanely large mana pool, as people who don't have that significant mana can't make that insanely colossal connection to the natural mana to become one with it.