Chapter 415 - Thanks For The Meal!
Lapis City.
In an Inn.
"So, what brings you to this city?" Jonas asked Grey after they sat down on their table.
"Nothing much, I was curious, so I came to play," Grey replied offhandedly.
Jonas drew closer to him, "You know that you're being hunted down, right?"
"Oh, how did you know about that?" Grey asked, surprised that Jonas would know of such vital information.This chapter was first shared on the Ñøv€lß1n platform.
According to his understanding, the Emperor is trying to hide this news as much as possible, so the families in the empire wouldn't be aware of what Grey obtained from the trial land.
"I have my ways," Jonas replied.
"Well then, since you know about that, I presume others from your Academy do as well?" Grey asked.
"I'm not sure. I only got to find out due to a coincidence," Jonas shook his head, he didn't think others would know about this, but he wasn't sure, so he couldn't tell for sure.
"Okay. Anyway, I'm not bothered about that though, I'll leave as soon as I'm done here. And besides, you're the only one who knows about my appearance here," Grey said nonchalantly.
"Oh, and your friend too," He added.
"You can be rest assured, I won't betray you," Jonas said.
"I'm not scared about that, if I were, I wouldn't step out to help you. Even if I do decide to step out, I'll just conceal my identity," Grey said.
The young lady watched the duo as they were speaking. They weren't talking loudly, only audible enough for them to hear, so she didn't know what they were speaking about. She only saw Grey raise his head to look at her once.
"Hmm, okay then." Jonas nodded after they finished their conversation.
"So, what brings you to Lapis City?" Grey was the one who asked this time.
"Well, a friend of mine..." Jonas told Grey the reason for his coming to this city.
According to him, the Academy sent them on a mission. Since he was presently the strongest student in the Academy, he was sent alongside two of his friends to come and clear an area.
"Okay, thanks for treating me to a meal. I haven't had a good meal since leaving Frost City," Grey said after he was done eating.
He stood up immediately, preparing to leave. He wasn't close to Jonas, so there wasn't really any reason to stay behind.
"Oh okay. Thanks for your help today, I'll try my best to make it up to you," Jonas thanked him for his help.
"It's nothing. See you next time, I'll be leaving now," Grey waved at the duo and left the Inn with his robe covering his face once again.
He didn't want to stay in this Inn, it was too far from the city gate. He planned to explore the city, going to the Inn that was closest to the city gate.
After finding an Inn, he would think of what to do next.
It took him about thirty minutes or so before he found an Inn he was comfortable with. The Inn was around two hundred meters away from the city gate, and around fifty meters away from the city walls.
....
Grey's room.
After getting into the room, the first thing Grey did was to take a bath. Although he usually takes baths in the forest, he still preferred this one more.
When he was done with his bath, he started thinking of his next move.
'There's still about three weeks left or so before the month ends. Staying idle wouldn't work for me, but if i were to go into the Magical Beasts' forest now, something might come up that would make me miss the auction,'
He thought of every possible action, and before long, he came up with a plan. Since the Lenz Organization were the ones holding the auction, he would try to get old man Gerald to ask if there would be something that has the same effects as the Resurgence Liquid.
If by chance they do, then he would use his influence to keep for himself. Of course, he would compensate the person who brought the item to the auction.
With a plan in mind, he quickly brought out the communication device that was given to him by old man Gerald and sent him a message.
The contents of the message was simple, he should help him find out if there were any items that had effects similar to the Resurgence Liquid. Although he knew it was still too early to ask, since some people might have already dropped the item they wanted to be auctioned off, he felt that there might be a chance.
Old man Gerald quickly asked the people at the auction house according to Grey's request, but unfortunately, there was nothing of such in the place.
'I've told them to notify me if anything like that shows up, so you don't need to worry. Just make yourself available when the time comes,' Old man Gerald's voice resounded in Grey's head.
'Okay, thanks for helping me once again.' Grey thanked him before keeping the device.
Now, he knew he could get the item as long as it appeared in the auction house.
'With that out of the way, I think I should at least explore the outer perimeters of the Magical Beasts' forest before then..' He thought to himself.