As soon as Saliery and Stella arrived in the inn, both of them take rest. Saliery enjoyed his time by sitting on a bench outside the inn. He began to humming with soothing voice. Mephisto joined Saliery while listening to him. For Stella, she took a nap inside the inn.
“Mephy, what do you think about your mother?” Saliery asked.Mephisto could not really understand what Saliery was trying to say. Mephy could only look at him dumbfounded.“You know, I have been keeping up this feeling until now. But I don’t want to make it bloom yet. I need to be a worthy man first. Just like the Hero Alex.” Saliery started to daydream about something. He wished that one day when the time has come, he could show his worthy side so that Stella could really fall for him.CAWCAW! Mephisto seemed like it supported Saliery.“Thanks, child! Let’s do our best to protect her!” Saliery looked optimistic.Some hours have passed and Stella woke up feeling aSince Alex and his friends were still near the market area, they bought some more food. They added more kind of food to their shopping list and began to walk around to buy various kind of food. Alex bought a lot until some of the shops were about to run out their stocks. Some of the food sellers looked so happy because their products were about to sold out soon and they could get lots of money. However, there were also some sellers who thought differently.“Excuse me, sir Hero. Please pardon my rudeness.” One of the seller approached Alex. It seemed like he got something bothering in his mind.“Yes, sir. What can I help you?” Alex stopped his shopping tour.“I’m sorry I overheard your conversation before with your bard friend and elf girl. Are you really planning to give all of those food to that crazy guy?” The seller looked dissatisfied.“Well, yeah. Is there something wrong?” Alex frowned.“Hmm. Sir Hero, I don’t want to stop you doing anything you want but to give excessive care t
Alex went to Vincent’s house together with Saliery. Stella would meet up and feed Mephisto first before joining Alex to Vincent’s house.Arrived at Vincent’s house, the high spirited scientist welcomed Alex and Saliery with glimmering eyes. “Welcome Alex and his friend! Please please come in!”The two guy went inside and they were guided to the shopping room.“Woah! Is that the magic device you invented?” Alex looked amazed after looking at one beautiful item displayed on the middle of a table.“Yes! Yes! It is still not done yet but you can try it on! Go try it on!” Vincent took the magic device he invented. He turned and combined the materials into a necklace.Alex try to put it on. Alex could feel it. Some kind of energy is flowing into his body.“I can sense something. The mana seems like flowing into my body. But, I see the crystal was cracked.” Alex tried to evaluate.“I see, I see. It seems like the jade crystal i
The making of magic device that functioned to store mana was a success. It was all thanks to Vincent’s effort. Not only did Vincent was successful in making the perfect device, his creativity was outstanding. A magic device In the form of necklace, that was very fascinating.Alex and his friends were discussing about the next plan they wanted to do since they have gotten what they want. They were at the inn right now. They have been staying in the Karloch Village for almost a week. Perhaps it would be the time for them to return to Nousant Kingdom.“Alex, when are we going to go back to the capital?” Stella asked.“Hmm, I think we need to stay here for two more days. Tomorrow we need to restock many things.” Alex told his friends. He was still thinking about Vincent. If Alex was not around, he did not know what might happen with Vincent.“Senor? Are you worried about Vincent?” Saliery tried to read Alex’s mind.“Well, I guess yes.” Alex stared at the window of the room. The night sky
Alex arrived at Vincent’s house and he could see that Vincent was examining one of his artifacts at the moment. Alex gave Vincent some food in case he did not have breakfast before.“Vin, I’m going back to the Kingdom soon.” Alex tried to open up a topic.There was quite a silence until Vincent decided to respond.“Oh, ok.” Vincent answered clear and short. It seemed like he was not that surprised.Alex wanted to show his concern if he left Vincent but it seemed like Vincent was not really care if he could go back to his usual days just like before Alex arrived here in the Karloch VIllage.“You know, Vin. You can actually earn lots of money by selling your artifacts. Your creations are very useful.” Alex praised Vincent.“Of course my creations are very amazing. But, I don’t really care about money actually. It is just, I like to create things and keep it as my companions. They are my children.” Vincent remarked.“It is
The scorching sun was reaching its peak, but the horse-drawn carriage ride on which Alex and his three friends had not yet arrived at the Nousant Kingdom.Throughout the trip, Alex could not sleep even though he had tried many times. Every time he was almost asleep, the pebbles in the road that made the carriage sway made him wake again."We've traveled from the village to the Nousant Kingdom many times. But it's still tiring." Salieri blurts out amidst the silence.Alex lowered the cloth that had been covering his face from the sun's reflection. He stares at Salieri with narrowed eyes—indeed, even though he's inside the train, the sun's rays still sting his skin."Are you tired?" he asked.Salieri nods his leaning head. Salieri's face shows both sleepiness and fatigue. Even under his eyes just had formed eye bags."I feel more sleepy," Alex said.Stella watched her two male friends without saying anything else. He placed both hands on his bent knees, hugging himself. But just like Al
Alex and Salieri's sharp gazes turned to Stella in unison. Give a direct reprimand to the woman."Hey, Stella. Don't say that," Alex scolded.Stella shrugged her shoulders indifferently. The corners of his lips curved downwards."I'm just asking for facts," Stella said before putting her face back into her folded hands.Alex's ragged breaths were heard. "Don't listen to Stella. I'm sure I'll take you to the palace," she answered firmly. "No one can doubt you, Vincent. It's only natural that you need to work on your talents again.""Because, no one immediately becomes an expert," said Salieri. "Oh, by the way, may I know how you came to have a talent for creating magic items?"Vincent was a bit surprised that Salieri asked that. Because honestly no one wants to know about his life."You... want to know?" Vincent looked uneasy.Without hesitation, Salieri nods. "Of course. I'll listen.""Actually ... this
After traveling for a long time and having passed through obstacles from bandits, finally Alex and his three friends arrived at Nousant Kingdom.The sky was quite dark when they arrived at Nousant Kingdom, even the village looked deserted.However, from the point where the horse-drawn carriage stopped, there were four royal guards approaching them. It was confirmed that it was due to an order from King Romeos. Alex and his three friends accepted their escort even though Stella didn't look like she really needed it."Alex, are you sure?" asked Vincent when he and Alex had gotten off the stagecoach."Hmm?" Alex turned and nodded. "Sure. We've arrived, why hesitate?"Stella overhears their conversation. His cynical laugh was heard to steal the attention of Vincent and Alex."Hey, you can leave if you don't want to, but do you remember how quiet the village is? You'll have to face the bandits without support from Alex." Stella delibe
After that, Alex caught up with Salieri and Stella who were already a few steps ahead of him. Next to Alex was Vincent who still couldn't control his clumsiness."Where are we going, Alex?" asked Vincent in the midst of his awkwardness.Alex, in his relaxed manner, replied, "I'd like to introduce you to my other friends first. They're in the pavilion, where we all rest.""You didn't take me to meet the magic researchers?" Vincent remembered that King Romeros had asked Alex to do this."After meeting my friends, I'll take you there," replied Alex. "You also have to get along with my friends. They're not scary, don't worry."Vincent felt that Alex was deliberately trying to make him blend in with others. After all, Vincent wasn't too used to crowds. And, maybe going along with Alex's plan would fix his awkwardness every time he met people a little."Is the pavilion far away?" he asked."Not really—for us. I don't know what