Chapter 90: Minor Troubles
A few minutes later, the group arrived in front of 50A Harpy Street and soon t a middle-aged woman.
She stood there at the entrance, blocking their path, and stared intensely at Charles and the kids.
She was none other than the Inn owner. She looked around 35-40 years old, had curly black hair, a lean body, and brown eyes, and wore a simple linen gown.
"If they want to stay here, each needs to pay 10 gold coins." She crossed her arms together and said in a cold tone.
"Is that so?" Charles narrowed his amber eyes and soon shook his head.
At first, he thought of hiding his mage identity, but now he dismissed that thought.
'Why should I need to hide when there are hundreds of mages roaming in this city? Strength is all that matters.'
"They will stay here for free from now on." He spoke coldly in a Lark Language and raised his old wrinkled hand.
A mont later, a small yellowish fla appeared above his forefinger and soon enlarged into a human-sized one!
The fire moved under Charles's thoughts and soon turned denser.
Not only that, but the heat emitted from the fire also raised higher, which caused the custors to step back in anxiety and fear.
After Charles continuously explored his 'Inner world,' he also learned to borrow the fire elents from it, manipulate it to so extent, and gained a deep understanding of Fire Magic. Although this fire didn't have the power of the Rank-1 [Incinerate] spell, it was still a fire that could harm mortal bodies to a certain level.
Upon seeing such terrifying fire magic, the black-haired woman gulped down her saliva and wiped the sweat on her forehead. A mont later, she nodded her head and backed away.
Shaking his head, Charles let out a heavy sigh and walked in.
Within two minutes, Charles brought the kids to his room and told Titus to place Jessie on the foldable cot.
"Let her take so rest here." He said as he brought them outside and continued while leaning his back against the wall.
"You can call teacher or Mr. Oswald from now on." He deliberated for a mont and continued with a smile,
"Introduce yourself one by one."
anwhile, the trio nodded their heads solemnly and started introducing themselves.
Except for Rhea, the other three were Sweet Village residents and were raised by a Blood Priest from childhood. The Blood Priest not only taught them how to read and write, but he also taught them close combat skills, swordsmanship, marksmanship, stealth skills, and so on. Although the kids didn't learn those skills, Charles felt that they might really learn them if they were given enough ti.
As for their families, Charles found out that none had any mory of their family mbers and got confused.
'Sothing is not right… Did the priest erase their mories about their parents? It is possible. It looks more like that priest raised them for so purpose. If not, why would a rural priest teach those combat skills to so kids? Hmm, too bad, these kids end up in my hands.' He grinned inwardly and soon turned his gaze towards the black-haired girl.
Noticing his cold eyes, Rhea hid her nervousness and responded in a polite tone.
"Around two years ago, Blood Priest ca to the Iron Kingdom and save during an incident. Hmm-?" Suddenly, she wore a confused look on her face and muttered in a puzzled tone.
"I think it is an assassination incident. For so reason, I can't recall anything about the place or my close family mbers. Except for my mother's and dad's faces, I couldn't rember others' faces. After he saved , Blood Priest brought to Sweet Village and raised along with Jessie and others."
Charles blinked his eyes in surprise and soon nodded his head.
'Their mories were indeed manipulated. But what is his purpose?' He thought for a mont and soon shook his head.
'It doesn't matter to . These kids are educated, intelligent, and appeared very honest and they are my perfect targets. I can't lose a single pawn.' He instantly made a decision and spoke.
"Go and ask the Inn owner to allocate two rooms to stay for the next two weeks." He paused for a mont and then added with a solemn look on his face.
"After that, go and take so rest."
After saying those words, he dismissed those kids and began to think deeply.
'Those thieves might not be after Rhea's ring. The Blood Priest might have sent these four kids for other purposes and those thieves must have so link with him. If not, why would they co to Main Street on that specific day? Yes, I have never seen a thug entering Main Street to look for targets in the past 30 days. Why did they co today?'
'To their worst luck, these kids ended up catching my attention. If my guess is not wrong, the Blood Priest might have already aware of my actions and might be sweating about how to deal with . Hehe, will they send a thief to lure out and finish off stealthily?' He let out a chuckle and soon changed his attention to his main problem.
'It's been already a month since I left Riverdale City. Red Prince must have realized that I escaped from the Unexplored Forest and might have started his search. But he doesn't have much influence in this kingdom and doesn't have any clue about my whereabouts. Even if Red Prince searches for using the Nightwind family's blood, he won't get a single clue. Once he noticed that sothing was wrong with my disappearance, he will turn his attention to Charles's grandfather, Oswald Raven…
Hmm, if Charles's mory is not wrong, Eve once ntioned that Oswald is also a high-rank Mystic… Hmm, the Red Prince might go to the Herald Kingdom and look for Oswald Raven to know my location. That will be quite a show. Moreover, it won't be easy for Red Prince to get information from Eve's father. There is also a possibility that Oswald Raven might have already learned about Eve's death and started his search on his own…
Oswald and Red Prince would be bound to face each other in the near future. Then, I also created another enemy for the Red Prince. That Lightning Mage will never give up on avenging Eve. So, I'll be safer for more than six months in this city. Even if Red Prince arrives here earlier, it will definitely alert one of the Five Tower Masters, Destiny Lady. I also heard that she is Rank-4 [Fate Warden] and has a deep hatred towards the Arc Kingdom.' He halted his thought for a mont and soon frowned.
'But she will also be a big obstacle for my plan. Although regular cris and anomalies won't alert her, if I plan to create sothing extraordinary, she will definitely see a variation in the Fate of this city…
Hmm, I already exposed myself as a Mage, so I should stick with that and find a way to enter the Tower of Elents. I heard that the kingdom placed several old treasures- No, I should stop thinking about it in the open.' He instantly halted his thought.
'Mr. Runeth, can be thinking about certain things change a variation in 'Fate'?' Charles clearly rembered Addie's action before he was killed and felt suspicious.
'It looks like you indeed started to learn quicker on your own. Yes, thinking outside of your inner world will definitely cause a variation in your 'Fate' because your consciousness already entered the mortal body. This human body is not a powerful one to block the Fate strings.
But in the Inner world, it is entirely different. In a sense, you are a God of that inner world, so 'Fate,' 'Luck,' 'Ti,' or any other supernatural forces doesn't have the power to enter it. Well, there are exceptions, though. If a powerful person seized the control of your inner world with the help of the 'Will' of a plane, they would have a chance to learn everything about you.' Charles could feel the bitterness in its tone, but he simply shrugged his shoulder and nodded in understanding.
'It seems I need to be careful when thinking about my future plan. Wait… Does that an the ga system also learns everything about ? Hmm, looks like I need to find a way and take full control over it or eliminate it in the future.' Although the ga system constantly supported him to grow stronger, Charles felt that this artifact was not under his control and felt troubled.
While he was in muse, Titus and the other two kids returned with two keys and went to the nearby room. After that, they moved Jessie to the nearby room and started talking rest in the allotted rooms.
Charles also returned to his room and entered the 'Inner world' through the [Fla Body] spell model.
A mont later, his illusionary figure floated in the dark world, and soon he cast his gaze on his illusionary mories.
'From now on, I have to be very careful and think about my true goals only in this Inner world.' He nodded his illusionary head and soon landed on the ground.
He then stood in the sa gloomy forest and started to think.
'First, I need to find a suitable sacrifice. Buying a sacrifice with money is out of the question. That leaves with one other option, and that is to steal it. But stealing in this well-secured city is not an easy matter. But with these kids' help, I might have an easy ti. Before that, I need information.' He thought to himself as he flew towards the spell models and started comprehending the [Incinerate] spell model.
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