After a sleepless night, Salieri woke up with a mixed feeling. Alex’s words still occupied his mind. He got to admit that indeed his physique was not the best in the team, but as a Bard, he didn’t have to worry about that. Or so he thought.Opening the door of his room, Salieri headed towards the dining area. First thing first, his belly needed to be fed. When he arrived there, he found nobody else around.“A healthy mind comes from a nutritious foods,” mumbled Salieri as his hands reached a toast of bread and soft cheese, along with fresh grapes and apples. But before that, he decided to quench his thirst by gulping a glass of orange juice.“So light, is that all you’re having?” commented Alex who appeared out of nowhere, surprising Salieri in process. “Are you on a diet or something?”“Mamma mia! Before your prophecy of me dying in battle comes true, I suspect I will die first thanks to your sneaky behaviour, Senor!” protested Salieri after he finished coughing up the orange juice h

"Miss Helene, we will be under your care for today!” greeted the up and coming young alchemists assembled in the Royal Alchemy Center. “Please treat us well!”“Please, no need to be so formal,” replied Helene warmly. “To tell you all the truth, I am also a novice in this part, so we’re standing on equal ground.”The alchemists looked at each other, confused to hear Helene’s remark. At this point, it had been a common knowledge that nobody rivaled the Holy Saintess in terms of potions crafting. To hear the Saintess herself proclaimed her inexperience in front of them was something unexpected for the apprentices.Whisperings kept getting louder, perhaps Helene also realized that. But before she could ask what was going on, one of the alchemists raised his hand, unable to hold back his question any longer.“Um, Miss Helene, are our ears deceiving us? Because we just heard you said you were a novice,” asked one of the alchemists, followed by noddings of his colleagues. “I mean, you are ou

That morning, Assembly Hall was packed with more people than usual. And it’s not just any ordinary-looking persons gathered there. Clearly there were individuals of status attending the event. Even representatives from neighboring countries didn’t want to miss any recent development regarding the hottest event in town. Yes, everybody came there for witnessing the progress of Alchemic Incident. That’s how the public called the latest uproar which starred Horat as the main cast. Although Alex didn’t feel he took any participating role, but nevertheless he was summoned there in front of the king, as a defendant.“Silence!” shouted Nelson to the audience. “We are about to begin the investigation, so nobody speaks unless allowed to!”“Yesterday, Horat was minding his own business, patrolling around the Royal Alchemy Center. His sense of justice brought him there, although it was not his job to do so. That’s when he decided to have a closer look at the potion-crafting activities, since ther

After they left the Shrine, Alex and Helene parted ways because Helene already made an appointment with the girls for a shopping session together. Our Hero walked in a slow pace, with his previous arguments with the Shrine Master in mind.Actually he already knew one of the factors behind the lack of healers around the Nousant Kingdom. It was no other than the insufficient pure mana energy which scattered around. That was also why many people with magic aptitudes opted to follow the path of offensive abilities, because the mana used for that could easily be extracted from the nature around them. For example, the fire mages could utilize sun rays for their spells, meanwhile plant-based spellcasters depended on mana from the trees. The healers, thanks to their non-elemental magic, found nothing to back up their capabilities, making them have no options left but to rely on their innate aura.In his first journey, he almost found a solution for that. It came in the form of a plot of land

After the dwarves finished their work, Lucius, Opa Dwarf entertained the heroes led by Alex for a meal. They even took out their best stock of alcohol and slaughtered the livestock that had fled into the forest, due to the goblin attack earlier. The dwarfs also brought several jars full of gold honey that they collected at the hives of the mountain range.After the meal, they all went into the living room to drink. The dwarf king gave a bottle of ale to each of the adventurers. Even Gremio was there.‘This seems like a nice family gathering. I should get closer to them,’ thought Alex.He walked to Lucius and the dwarves, sat down in front of the fireplace, and sipped a sip of the strong liquor that the dwarves offered him.Lucius noticed his guest sitting among them and raised an eyebrow slightly. He smiled and then gestured for Alex to sit closer.Alex approached Lucius and sat right next to him and grinned as he felt the fireplace heat radiating in his side.Seeing the leader sittin