1. Golden Piggy Card

Silver Leaf Town, inside an old villa,

"Stop your fake study. You are not meant for magic." A cold tone disturbed Kent, who is trying to study the basic-level magic spell.

Kent adjusted his glasses and turned his gaze towards the beautiful woman before him. She is Thea Frost, his promised bride. She is five years older than him and works as an elder at the same wizard school where Kent studies.

Kent is matched with Thea by her grandmother, who adopted Kent. Last year, their grandmother died, and from that moment on, his nightmare began.

"What are you staring at? get up." Thea interrupted his thoughts and closed the spell book before him.

"Wifey, what happened?" Kent questioned Thea with a pale face. Even though Thea disliked him from the start, she never forced him like today.

"Your leaching days are over, Kent. As promised to my grandmother, I took care of you until you are an adult. Today is your 18th birthday. So, find some work and feed yourself from now on. Also, leave the villa in a few days; I'm selling it soon." Thea declared it in a harsh tone without considering his feelings.

"But, Thea I'm your husband. Where can I go?" Kent asked without taking Thea's words to heart.

"You useless piece of shit, stop calling me wifey. No one marries a loser like you. All you want is a sugar momma; go find one." Thea cursed as she took back the spell book from Kent.

Even though Kent became angry, he kept silent without uttering a single word. His adopted grandmother took a promise from Kent to always love Thea in any situation. Her last words were still fixed in his heart.

After five minutes, Kent stood outside the door with his old, tattered bamboo bag. Thea locked the door and called for her pet with a whistle.

Kent didn't have any pets to carry him to the Wizard School. He continued to walk down the road with a depressed face. He is thinking about what part-time jobs he could get from his 3rd grade Magus level.

Just as he reached the wizard school entrance, two bald eagles landed forcefully before him.

'Ahh~'

Kent fell back on the road. In the next second, his elbow began bleeding.

"Hey Kent, where are my coins? You said you would pay up today." A lady with round fat face and plump bosom demanded, ignoring the bleeding elbow of Kent.

Kent slowly stood up while blocking the bleeding elbow with his bare hand. "I don't have any coins now. Give me a few days. I'm going to part-time work today, and I will definitely pay up as soon as possible." Kent replied while blowing his burning elbow.

"That's not our deal. You should pay up today. It's just 20 bronze coins. Don't you have any parents for pocket money?" Mona questioned in a mocking tone.

 Before Kent replied, Mona's boyfriend responded. "Mona, let's go... He is a pauper without any backing. We need to go on a date after classes. Let's hurry." The fat young man named Ric, who sat on another bald eagle beside Mona, spoke while staring at Mona's milk bags.

Kent felt like beating the two love birds before him. He knows that Mona's family is not a rich family. But to get along with rich heirs like Ric, she always displays her size in tight clothes.

"Hmmhh… Kent, I don't know what you do; you should pay by this evening. Otherwise, I will complain to the elders." Mona warned Kent before taking the flight.

Ric purposefully stopped in the air above Kent and disturbed all the dust and trash on the road. With mocking laughter, the evil pair left for school.

Just as they left, Thea's eagle passed beside him. She stopped for a second above him and tossed few copper coins. 'Treat your wound.'

Kent felt despair while staring at Thea, who had completely shattered his pride. Cursing himself for the low cultivation, Kent moved forward. But after few steps he came to stop before a large stone tablet at the school gate.

"Sky Family Wizard School..." The letters were embedded deep inside the rock by a master-level wizard.

Kent's gaze lingered on the school name. His fists clenched in anger. For the last two years, he stayed in the same 3rd-class Magus level. It is his third year in the same class. His classmates had already surpassed him, and he alone was struggling with his juniors.

Kent is not a lazy disciple. From the first day of school, he always worked hard to become a successful magus and take care of his grandmother and Thea. But for some odd reason, his meridians couldn't hold much aura at a time.

Even though his grandmother showed him to several healers, no one could clearly pinpoint Kent's problem.

Kent's fists clenched as he remembered how useless all his efforts were. While staring at th school name Kent sighed heavily and turned away from the school gate to find some work in the town.

While walking on the narrow, empty streets, Kent got busy thinking about where he could find some work. He went few herbal stores and asked for a store boy work. But nothing worked. After seeing his 3rd class Magus level, no one showed any interest.

With a depressed face, Kent began walking towards the outskirts where daily wagers work.

Just as he turned into a narrow street, a gust of wind pushed him back, and a large raven, which is the size of two adult humans, landed before Kent.

"Nooo… Don't eat me. Don't eat me." Kent shrieked in fear as he hurriedly moved back with his eyes closed.

The raven has crimson-evil eyes, sharp feathers, and golden claws. It clutched Kent to the ground without giving him any chance to escape.

But even after a long time, the raven didn't attack Kent as he expected. While controlling his shaking limbs, Kent slowly opened his eyes to see why he was still alive.

His gaze landed on the silver beak of the raven. For some odd reason, the raven is staring at his face with a scrutinising gaze. As Kent's gaze met the Raven's crimson eyes, his heart began racing with fear.

'Akk…. Akkk… kkk…'

The black raven began making coughing sounds, and in the next instance, a crystal ball appeared on its beak. The Raven slowly bent down its head, gesturing for Kent to pick up the sky blue crystal ball.

Even though Kent was baffled, he slowly stretched his shaking hand and picked up the crystal ball from its beak.

Just as Kent grabbed the sky crystal with both hands, the crystal vibrated with an incoming communication request. The image shown on the crystal ball belongs to a middle-aged woman who still has youthful looks.

The lady continued to stare at Kent's face with deep look.

"Hi," Kent replied in a confused tone.

In the next second, the lady's eyes filled with tears, and with an emotional tone, she spoke,

"Kent, do you remember me? I'm your aunt."

Kent was shocked. For instance, he thought someone was playing tricks on him for fun. But the tears in the woman's eyes were not fake. The lady's emotional outbreak let Kent believe in her. 

'Grandmother said I didn't have any relatives. Then where is this aunt coming from? She called my name directly. That means she's definitely looking for me.' Kent's thoughts ran wild as he couldn't digest this sudden twist in his life.

"Kent, I'm really sorry. I should have found you a little early. But I promise you that from now on, I will really make up for my mistake. Due to our enemies, I couldn't meet you personally. Soon, I will clear up all the problems and meet in person. There is a piggy card in the Raven pouch, and I have deposited 5,000 gold coins in it. It's for your pocket money. If you spend it all, just send me one message. Your mom left a fortune for you. I will tell you all the details when I meet you personally. Love You, Kent."

The woman's image faded out on the crystal ball which is a special edition of Sky Ball from wizard association, and Kent finally believed that he really had a relative in this world.

While the Raven still stood steadily before him, Kent controlled his fear and inserted his hand inside the feathery pouch of the Raven.

($ $)

'Wha… It's a golden piggy card.' :D

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