Chapter 18

After capturing the bandits, I completed my work and then visited the mayor's house to claim the reward. It was a substantial amount: 110,000 for the bandits and 70,000 for the mage, who had a bounty on his head. I had no issue with the sum, as I had earned quite a bit from patents.

I already had enough money in case I wanted to embark on a big project, and I decided to invest in the magic school run by the Council. I recalled reading that Sherria Blendy had received a book from Gran Doma, the headmaster. I chose to invest in the school to gain favour with him, as he was a very influential person following Jellal's betrayal of the Council.

This was step 2 of my plan, following step 1: raising money. This was one of the reasons I didn't join FairyTail, as I wanted events to unfold as they did in the original story. If I couldn't defeat Acnologia, I wanted Natsu to be the one to do it. Similar to my approach with Cobra, if I killed Brain, there was a possibility that he wouldn't obtain his Dragon Lacrima, leading to a deviation from the original storyline. Moreover, I had to defeat him to free Kuberious, his snake, from the curse and transform her into Kinana.

There were many reasons why I was currently working for the Council, and it wasn't because of the cheap petty cash I get from jobs like this, where I get to keep the bounty but the pay of the job, or 30% of it, is taxed by the country and the Council as commission.

I'm on my way to the bank to withdraw some cash so I can take the magic train to the town of Lilica. According to Hugo, there was an excellent magic shop there, which was the only place you could get books on spells and new magic items. Unlike in Fiore, merchants who were not magicians were not allowed to trade in magic due to the laws of the land.

When I stepped inside the bank, I found it to be a massive place with numerous counters. I was a little taken aback, but eventually, I took my steps and walked up to the administration counter.

One of the clerks approached me to assist with my needs in the bank. she gave me an overall glance and started looking around searching for someone.

"Hello young man, where are your parents?". She asked me.

This was one of the few things that ticked me off so I answered with a smile. "Oh they are both Dead, now what can I do to withdraw my Money?".

She was stunned and gazed at me for a few moments before coughing into her palm and speaking again. "Sir if it's below 500,000 Jewels then all you need is to verify your debit card and withdraw it, anything more and you will have to fill out a small form, also you need to have at least 10,000 Jewels left or your account will automatically close".

It was easy to understand and I gave her my card, instantly she looked at it and was shocked before fixing her demeanour and talking more politely than usual.

"Please excuse my rudeness, sir, I wasn't aware that you were part of the opulent assembly, Please follow me to the VIP lounge and help yourself to some refreshments while I proceed there with your details".

I simply nodded and went with her into a room that was the embodiment of posh

'Ahhh... Sage why are we being treated like royalty'.

[Are we sure they aren't mistaking you for someone else?].

That was completely possible and that would be embarrassing, also I had no idea of ever joining something called the opulent assembly.

As I was pondering what was happening the Lady entered with a crystal as she sat beside me and handed it over to me.

The Lacrima crystal had my card inserted inside a slot at the bottom of it. The crystal showed some information like a screen on it and I read it..then read it some more and I was stunned.

'Sage what does the number on the screen read?'. I asked just to confirm I wasn't reading wrong.

[It says 50 billion remaining, apparently you had 63 billion but 13 billion has been taxed].

'I don't know if I should be happy that I have fucking 50 billion at 9 years of age or sad that I was taxed 13 billion?'.

"Sir is something wrong?".

"I will withdraw 2.5 billion please".

"Yes, sir the amount will be arranged in a minute".

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I exited the bank with a suitcase carrying 2.5 billion Jewels which were stored inside my sub-space, still dazed about how rich I was.

'I guess I don't have to worry about funds to invest in Gran Doma's school'.

I Then went to the train station to board a train to Lilica but then I realised I was a dragon slayer and I couldn't ride anything that so much as moved so I started to short teleport over there. once I got there I could move back in one fell swoop using Spatial Dragon's greater teleport.

it took a while but I reached Lilica and walked around the town essentially reaching the magic shop after asking around a little.

"Dear customer what might you be looking for?". The shopkeeper asked

"oh, I want Gale force reading glasses and Guides on Transformation magic and Thought protection magic".

"Thought projection tomes will be 1 million, as for the Glasses there is a 2x to 120x variant with prices increasing with each variant, the transformation tome is on a bundle offer right now with all of the beginner, intermediate, and advanced being half price".

"120x glasses and give me the rest".

I paid the man and using Spatial Dragon greater teleport travelled back, I also wanted to ask Hugo several questions.

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