Chapter 172

Chapter 172

When Thera woke up he prepared a nice breakfast for them before heading to the guild, bringing his bike and the pumps he designed in tow. After explaining the details of the type of patent he’d needed to make last time with the projector, he’d warned her that he was working on something else that would require the same type and she had told him that as long as he made sure to have all of the details written for her ahead of time, he could just drop in.

As he went in and brought everything to the counter, Onk was there to greet them. “I see you’ve brought another fun thing today Ben, is this what everyone’s been talking about seeing you riding on?”

A part of him wanted to question how they saw anything without a face but left it at that. “Yeah, Ceselee told me I could stop in so I just wanted to see if it was an okay time to go up.”

“And a quest we should be able to do today please,” Thera asked after him. They’d already planned to leave their second day off for the week to give them each time to work on other things, and since Ben hadn’t bothered sleeping the previous night it was better for him personally to not be stuck out too late.

“Well, let’s put the quest on hold for now,” Onk told them both. “The guild master actually requested you both see her the next time you came in, so she’ll have time now.”

Ben found himself mildly worried they’d done something wrong, but to counter that he got the impression Thera was positively thrilled under her cloak, so he assumed she knew something about what was going on.

When he arrived at her office he knocked on the door and heard a loud call to enter. When he did, Ceselee looked up from her paperwork to see just who it was.

“Ah, perfect timing. I have to say, you’re both very convenient to always come for quests on the same day, makes you easy to expect. Not so much whatever you have with you though.”The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøv€lß1n.

“It’s called a bike, it’s the thing I told you about last time, as well as a couple maintenance tools I needed to keep the wheels in proper working order. I’ve got everything written down here so it shouldn’t be too much trouble for you.”

“Having an adventurer that will actually follow instructions is pretty nice, I gotta say,” She mused as she looked through his detailed notes, happy to have that part already done. “All that’s left is to see it in action to be sure it works like you say.”

“What, in here?”

“Unless you need more space?”

He cast a quick look around the office. It wasn’t cluttered and there was a decent amount of space, so he shrugged and hopped on, doing a quick circle before he stopped. “Happy?”

“Very,” The guild leader's eyes were shining as she got up to take a closer look at just what he’d made. “It looks like fun, mind if I give it a try?”

“Sure, but I should warn you it can take some practice.”

Completely ignoring his advice, she hopped on without hesitation, skillfully doing a few tight laps around the room.

Okay, what skills did she already possess that made that so easy for her?

“Alright, this thing is fantastic. Are you going to be selling them at Falk’s shop?” She questioned.

With business done they left Ceselee to their work and left the guild, taking a simple gathering quest as they did. Ben wanting to talk to his teacher beforehand so if they were taking anything it needed to be easy, and Thera cared far less since she knew she was about to be promoted up a rank.

“The timing for that works out pretty well actually,” Falk mused when Ben got to the shop to explain the situation. “Since the timeframe you’ve got to do it is flexible, put it off for two months. I’ve got a meeting with a client in that time that’s gonna take me at least a month to deal with so it won’t matter if you’re busy at the same time. I was planning on letting you know a bit closer to me leaving, but now works just as well.”

“Alright, sounds good to me. Thera?”

“Yeah, I can wait two months. I’ll let the guild know when we finish our quest.”

The timing worked out at least. It felt like he had too many distractions from his actual work, so it was nice to hear that he wouldn’t be missing out on time he could have spent learning. It did create another problem though, what he would do for the rest of the time that Falk would be away. He was pretty sure they could make it to the city in around two weeks of walking, but with the amount of time it would take Falk to get to his meeting and back, he’d have around three weeks to do nothing with. Sure, he could just practice as he always had, but a slightly more productive idea managed to pass through his mind.

“Since we’re going to be by the gate anyway, maybe we should stop by Anailia?” He thought aloud, immediately feeling Thera’s good mood drop as a result.

“Uhg, why though? It hasn’t even been a year since I’ve been home. Plus the thought of dealing with my parents again after how they were last time...”

“I just thought if I let your mom know ahead of time she could gather me some people so I could make some braces. I made a little deal with my god to make him a real church in exchange for a small favour so boosting my wealth a little would be helpful. Not to mention the fact that I should probably greet the believers he has in the city while wearing the church, score him a bit more faith.”

My living expenses are currently more than what I’m making in the shop. No matter how well off I am I want a bit more so I don’t need to worry about however expensive building a freaking church ends up being doesn’t leave me in a bad place.

What do you mean? He asked as he pulled it out, only to feel his eyes bulge as he saw the figure within.

Thera and Falk could see his reaction clearly and wanted to know what was going on. He turned his card to them, causing Falk to let out a low whistle and Thera to yell in shock. “Where did that all come from!”

“Well, it looks like my patent has started paying off,” He sheepishly told the other two.

“I’d say,” His teacher said with a laugh. “Let alone a church, May as well have a small castle constructed too.”

“How does someone not notice suddenly having so much money!” Thera asked in exasperation.

“I mean, not to brag but I was already kind of rich after my first time going there to make all those braces. I haven’t had any reason to look at how much was in my account.”

“Unbelievable, but that means we don’t need to see my family again, right?”

“Nope, Sonya’s already got your mom trying to find some specific skills for me, remember? Since I have the chance I’d like to go to their craftsman guild anyway to look into anything else I might ask her to find. I still have a long way to go with your brace after all and it just so happens your mom would probably be up there as one of the people most looking forward to my success.”

Thera could only sigh knowing she wouldn’t be getting out of a visit home.