Chapter 14

'As expected from any lesser man. Truly the only worthy existence in the world is my Satoru.' She thought as she gently used her hand to rise his head.

"We are alone. There is no meaning in formalities, please come and sit. Do you mind introducing yourself?"

She asked with a gentle tone. The boy's face was as red as a tomato when he managed to rise and speak.

"I'm-My name is Rayne Bollen! My father is the merchant that works in the shop next to Lord Satoru's!"

He introduced himself trying to act in a dignified manner. 'Lord Satoru? So, this boy is indeed important in some way…' She concluded in her head

"Well now that introductions are out of the way, there was something you wanted to show me, right?"

Asked Satoru. The boy's eyes returned to the masked magic caster, and he nodded.

"Yes, Lord Satoru! I did it! I managed to cast my first spell!"

He exclaimed in excitement and raised one of his hands.

"[Light]"

A bulb of light materialized in the air.

"A good choice for your first spell. It is harmless and you should be able to understand the art of casting better by exercising with this spell. It's just a 1st tier spell, but you learned it in one month. Well done young caster." Congratulated Satoru.

'So, it is for this? I heard that learning magic could take years when speaking of advanced magic, but this boy managed to learn a spell, even if it is a minor one, in only one month. You truly have a good eye for people my Satoru.' She said in her mind.

"That is indeed impressive." She congratulated as well. The boy blushed.

"Even my mother was happy, now she doesn't have to buy candles anymore."

{Few hours later}

{Satoru's P.O.V.}

Renner, Gazef and Rayne just left and he was now returning to his usual routine. In other words, spending the night enchanting items and weapons and studying the language of this world.

'I hope Renner and Rayne becomes good friends; she needs a friend her age after all' As he thought that, he was midway through the stairs when he heard the sound of his shop's door opening. He was sure he closed it.

He came back down only to see a bald thin man standing in the middle of his shop.

"I'm sorry, sir, but the shop is closed. If you need anything, please come back tomorrow."

The man didn't seem to listen to him and simply began to walk towards him. Satoru prepared himself to cast a spell if necessary.

"Don't be so tense magic caster. I'm not here to attack you."

Said the man in a raspy voice. Satoru didn't relax. The man smirked.

"I like your attitude. You are not one of those fat shits that piss themselves as soon as they see me. Tell me, do you wanna have a bad time?"

"I try to stay out of trouble as much as possible, sir." Satoru calmly replied.

"You try eh? Well, we can assure you that you will stay out of any trouble as long as you keep giving us a certain amount of money every month. Just leave the bag where we tell you."

He said. Satoru tensed even more at the sly tone he used.

"Is this extortion?"

He asked. The man chuckled.

"Let's call it a welcoming fee into the town. I like you, so I will make you a discount, instead of 20% of your gains you will pay us only 15%, but you may have to hold some items for us here once in a while." The man explained.

"I don't think I'm interested, sir."

Satoru interrupted him. The man's slight smirk disappeared.

"I thought you were a smart one. Next time we come here you will not like it. Listen up, just do it and there will be no problems. I'm a nice guy so I will lower it to 12% each month."

The bald man said.

"Please get out of my shop or I will call the guards."

Said Satoru, dead serious. The man scowled.

"So much for being generous. When you die, blame yourself for your own stupidity."

Said the man while extracting a sheet and slamming it in Satoru's gloved hand before quickly leaving the shop; Satoru looked at the folded sheet and unfolded it. On it was printed a strange-shaped hand with eight fingers.

{?}

It was deep in the night when their messenger returned.

All the members of the executive council were present since they just had a meeting about the upcoming operations in the Kingdom.

They quickly listened to the report of the messenger.

"It seems like we will have to do it the hard way." Said one of the members.

"Don't be too fast in acting. We are dealing with a caster of the fifth tier here, not a stupid, fat noble or merchant." Said another.

"Let me deal with him. A magic caster cannot match me once I manage to get close to him." Said Zero the leader of Six Arms.

He was a muscular man with tanned skin and various tattoos over his body.

"Peace Zero. It would be better to capture him and force him to cooperate." Said another of the members.

"In that case, I may have the solution. Just use one of my most powerful paralyzing venoms."

Said the member who leads the drug dealing division.

"Will it work even against defensive magic?" Asked another.

"Don't worry. That stuff could put an ogre to sleep." Said the drug dealer leader with confidence.

"But how will we manage to get near him?" Asked the first member who spoke.

"For that we can use one of my girls." Said the brothel division leader.

"I have just the right person for the job. She is skilled and ambitious. Now with this job, we will see if she is worthy of a promotion."

Continued the brothel leader. Everyone nodded in agreement to his idea and the meeting continued as usual.

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