Chapter 31: Selling meat

"Is this really necessary? Why do I feel like a talent agent trying to scout a potential artist?" Florine complained with a dark complexion on her face

"What else do you suggest we do? Our Rising Sage Academy is a newly formed Academy without any history! Although you are a 6th fusion rank mage, who among the mages of the younger generation would want to join and enroll in our Academy when their talent is high enough to be admitted to more famous academies like the Greenwood Academy?" Rain rebuked as she dragged her sister around the city, trying to discover a hidden gem

Florine Venas and Rain Venas are two rising star mages or more like they already rose. The former is a 6th fusion rank mage and the latter is a 5th fusion rank mage

No doubt that in the Greenwood City and even any other city, they would be at the top of the food chain

The General and Vice-General of the Military and the Headmaster and Vice-Headmaster are also only at their level

Of course, there are mages above the 6th fusion rank but they seldom show themselves

If Rezen were to be aware of this fact, he would say that the ungraded and 6th fusion rank mages are the mortals among the mages while the ones at a higher level were the real experts that don't show themselves and are always in seclusion to further elevate their rank and power

As such, in the 'mortal world', 6th fusion rank mages were the strongest. They are at the peak

These pair of sisters didn't come from a prestigious family but their strength would place them at the same level as those so-called prestigious families

Florine has always dreamed of starting her own Magic Academy and only now did she had the chance to do so

However, creating the Academy itself is not hard but recruiting mages is the hard part!

Those with money and talent would enroll in other famous and already established academies. As for the ones with talent that would try to enroll in their Rising Sage Academy, they are the ones that don't possess money for the tuition fees of other academies

Magic Academies are different from the Military

The military was supported by the government while the Magic Academies earn their expenses from the tuition fee of their students

Even a 6th and 5th fusion rank mage would go bankrupt if they were to support all the students through scholarships

The Military is cruel and talents from prestigious families would seldom join there

As such, the children of these prestigious families 90% of the time would enter Magic Academies

Even if their families have high-ranking mages, it's not that they can always be tasked to teach and guide the younger generation, right?

Since these families are wealthy then they would just pay the tuition fee in these Academies and have other high-level mages instruct their children

Not to mention, the top Magic Academies have the support or are run by multiple Mage Families and they often have a deeper foundation than other families

As such, there are Magic Academies that are basically an Academy that all mages sought to enter

Sadly, the newly opened Rising Sage Academy of these sisters is not the same as those top Magic Academies

"Still, don't you think that as the Head Master, it is shameful to personally scout talents?" Florentine reasoned and Rain scowled at her

"Bah! Who cares about that? Even if we personally scout talents, if our Academy produced hundreds of 6th fusion rank mages what can others say?"

"Sister, I always told you to have a more progressive way of thinking! We are in modern society not in the era of the aristocrats that always think others are beneath them!"

"I guarantee you that if doing this 'shameful thing' enables us to nourish a mage at the 6th fusion rank, people would think that we are people with perseverance and humility! Results are what matters the most!"

Rain reasoned back and Florine doesn't know what to retort about that

The pair of sisters is actually a bit old now but since they are mages, they managed to maintain the appearance of women in their twenties

As for their exact age? Asking a woman their age is a rude thing to do!

As such, the pair of sisters attracted many people's attention but one gaze from them was enough to dispel the evil thoughts in the people's mind

The pressure from even just a glance of high-level mages would already make normal people experience great fear!

While Rain was full of optimism, it's not like it was easy to scout a talented mage

Besides, they don't really have a specific plan on how they should scout and discover their arti— potential students

In the end, it became like a sightseeing experience for them until they entered a mall

They were still near the entrance when they heard the voice of someone shouting about her bag that was stolen by a thief

The pair of sisters held some kindness in their hearts and they were about to help when...

"Fuck you! Are you looking down on me? There are other directions and people you can run to but you chose me? Do I look that weak?!"

Those were the angry words of Rezen. He sounded like a rich and pompous second-generation heir with his words but Rezen actually has a perfectly good reason for his reaction or at least he thinks so

Rezen has several life goals. Some of which is to be a famous mage, become filthy rich, and also be as cool as his Brother Claude

He thinks that if the person in his place is Claude, the thief wouldn't act like this and completely disregard him

What a joke! What kind of cool guy is someone that a random cannon fodder thief could disregard like that?!

And also, the second reason is that Rezen didn't expect to use the [Water Prison] spell for the first time just because of a thief

He learned this spell for a specific reason after all and that is to use the spell to catch fish when he has the chance!

Rezen always wanted to chase clout and since nowadays, men always posted a picture of them holding a fish they personally caught on the internet, he also wanted to do the same

But now, the memory of his [Water Prison] is forever tarnished. Whenever he use that spell to catch fish, he would always remember this thief

At least when he first used his [Sun Stream] and [Sun Blast] against someone, the targets were magic beasts that were threatening his life!

The memory was 'cool'

As such, Rezen is filled with resentment for the thief. Not to mention, his fantasy of saving a young beauty is actually him saving a grandma!

"Y-young man, t-thank you f-for your help" the old grandma thanked Rezen sincerely after he returned her bag and handed the thief to the mall guards

Although Rezen did not save a beauty, who doesn't like the gratitude of a kind grandma?

"Grandma it's alright, I only did what is right and caught the bad guy!"

Rezen gave himself 3 points for that! That line is very much the line of the heroes in various series though Rezen often admired the villains more

"S-sister... I told you we would definitely scout a talent! Look at that! That [Water Prison] spell is at the 2nd grade but that young man is just a 1st fusion rank mage! Jackpot! We would win the jackpot if we are successful in convincing him to join our Academy!" Rain exclaimed excitedly and even Florine has to commend her sister

Who would have thought that they would really encounter a talent just by strolling around?

A 1st fusion rank mage that can skillfully use a 2nd fusion spell with ease as if he was merely breathing... if that isn't a genius then what is?

Rezen that has no idea that two people were trying to scout him sends the kind grandma off with a smile

"I feel like a hero today but alas... I would rather be an evil mastermind scheming behind the scenes. Indeed, man has a thousand plans, heaven but one" Rezen sighed and he was about to continue checking the shops in the mall to splurge his money when two older sisters approached him

One of them was smiling enthusiastically at him while the other although also smiling but it feels a bit stiff

Rezen's first reaction was... "Am I on camera? Is this a prank trick? Please tell me if that's the case. I don't want to look ugly in front of the camera..." he said

The sisters that originally have a thousand words that they readied to convince Rezen were suddenly tongue-tied

What the hell? What is wrong with this guy? Just because they approach him they thought that he is on a prank cam?

No 5th and 6th fusion rank mages would do something like that!

"Younger brother, it's not like that. We just have a proposal for you. Can you hear us out?" Rain started the 'negotiation' as her sister simply has no communication skills

"Proposal? Sorry but I don't want to sell my body" Rezen said as he hugged himself while shivering a bit

When he was 16 years old and still living on the parallel earth with no magic, Rezen already encountered a similar thing

Two older sisters with heavy makeup and cigarettes in their hands approached him to ask how much for a single night with him

At that time, he didn't know that he was actually standing in a street famous for male prostitutes hawking themselves!

Although there should be a low chance that this part of the mall he is standing on is similar to that street, it is better to be safe than sorry

After all, the people on parallel earth have more or less the same physical strength. But the balance of the people's power on this earth on the other hand is completely broken and Rezen has to raise his guard if he doesn't want to be forced into 'selling meat' (selling body in a sexual view)

"Hihihihi, you're funny!" Rain chuckled. It was rare to see someone as interesting as Rezen

As for Florine, she had an urge to slap this young man to death. This is the first time that someone insinuated that she is trying to buy a prostitute!

"Sister, I'm really not into selling meat" Rezen said, terrified as he thought that Rain has become more interested in him

"Hahahaha, don't worry, we won't ask for your body or at least in the way that you are thinking. Here, look at my business card. I am Rain Venas, the Vice-Head Master of the Rising Sage Academy. We have a proposal for you" Rain said as she handed her business card to Rezen and only then did the latter lowered his guard

The trauma from a sexual harassment experience can be very deep! As such, the world would be a better place if no one were to sexually assault anyone!

Rezen is unfamiliar with many things in this world. Although the people and most things in the parallel earth are the same as this earth version 2.0, there are still some differences

An example is the Magic Academies. Rezen doesn't know every Magic Academy out there and he is clueless about what the Rising Sage Academy is especially considering that it was a newly opened Academy

Still, Rezen knew that these Academies have experts in them that can easily pinch him to death

Now that he is facing a Vice-Headmaster, no doubt that this smiling older sister is an expert mage older sister!

"Then Miss Rain, what would the proposal be?" Rezen asks curiously

As far as he is concerned, he shouldn't have earned the attention of such a strong and important mage, right?

Could it be... they are really interested in his body?