Yuri climbed up the wall again, wondering why the wall near here are not finished.
While running on top of the wall, he realised that it's not that it was not yet done but rather it was discontinued because of the moss all around the wall.
The vines are touching from the top, all the way to the ground.
'So that's why this is the only part that has a huge wall..... I was wondering why the academy is not covered in wall....'
He jumped from the top and then slide down, using the wet wall as a way to slide. He managed to get to the ground without a sweat.
The main entrance to the academy is very far from where Yuri's dorm is located, that's why the guards that are guarding ths main entrance and the back entrance can't see him going in and out as he pleases. Only the guards.
Because from the far away building, literally on the other side from where Yuri's dorm is located and where the president's office is, she felt a presence of someone get out of the invisible cover that she put all around the academy.
It was meant to block any attacks, but rather to feel every single mana from inside the academy. If someone get out of the academy without permission, she would feel it.
Just then, the moment Yuri get's out, it's like a water droplet fall into a peaceful sea and cause a small wave. A second later, Luminara Winterbourne felt it.
"He's going out again, huh?~~" She says, smiling as she closes the book she was reading.
***
Yuri walked in an open space, looking around and saw a small store. He entered and saw lot's bookshelves.
The moment he entered, dusts entered through his nose. He took a step and dust flew from the ground. The top of the bookshelves were covered in cobwebs. He can even see spiders crawling on it.
The owner was just sleeping, his face covered with a book as to not get disturbed. The place looks like nobody even entered for years.
'It looks like some rundown house anyway.....'
He goes to.one of the shelves, looked into it and then slid his middle finger on top of a book he found. As expected, it was covered in thick dusts.
He blow it and the dust flew right to his face, making him cough.
'....' He didn't say anything and just wave his hand to removed the dust from the air.
He looked at the book and read the title,
Magic Engineering
He doesn't need it yet, what he wants is information about mana. He can feel the flow of mana from his body, through his veins and even he can see.it when he meditates. It's just that he can't use it. When he tried to use it to know his elemental aptitude, mana didn't came out.
It was something else.
A pure black energy manifested when he tried to gather his mana. He can only use it for a very short while. He tried to increase it but he can't.
He walked around the shop trying to find what he was looking for. There was even books on the floor that he stepped on and when he picked it up, he got surprised.
'Swordsman's Basic Footwork?' He said, opening it and just flipping through the page. It was only a 25 page book, but it was what he needed.
Just one more book.
Just when he was about to walk again, his foot hit the bottom of one of the shelves, causing for it to shake and one of the books fell to his head.
'!' He catches it after it was about to hit the ground and then read the title.
"Mana Manipulation. Just what i needed." He said and continued to walk to the counter.
"Hey--"
Snoore...
"......
Hello--"
Snoooore....
"Please wake u--"
Snoooooooooooore.....
"...." Just then, Yuri took a bag of gold coins inside his cloak, then shake it loudly.
The sound of gold goins hitting each other travel around the small shop, causing for the owner to wake up from it's sleep.
"Wha-- WHO'S THE BASTARD--!"
"How much is these?" Yuri said, showing the book to the old man.
"That's– wait, a costumer?" The old man said, looking very close at Yuri's face.
"Please move away from me. I just wanna know how much are these." He pointed at the book at the counter, whike still looking at the owner's close face.
"Hmm? That's 50 gold each." The owner looked down at the book and made up a prize on the spot.
"....." Yuri didn't say anything. He just flipped the books and to the bottom right corner of the book, shows a prize tag. It says 25 gold for the Mana Manipulation and 20 Swordsman's Basic Footwork.
"I increased the prize because you woke me up in a very insatisfying way!" The old man said and then snorted.
".....Can't you just give the both of it to me for 75 gold? You increased the prise of the Mana Manipulation book by 100% and the other by 150%...."
"I'm still willing to pay more than it's original prize, just descrease it a bit...."
"90 golds. Take it or leave it. I have more costumer to take care of, so get going if you're not going to buy it!"
"...."
Just when Yuri was about to pull out his katana, someone came out from the back of the counter. She looks like she's about 17 to 18 years old. Just the age of where she is supposed to be a student from the academy.
But considering the situation of this shop, it doesn't seem like her family is not gonna be able to afford for her to go to the academy.
"Dad! Are you sleeping again?! Why are you yelling!" The girl yelled to the old.man she so-called father.
"What?! Definitely not!" The old man shouted after the hirk came out right behind the curtain.
She has a long dark hair, with a pair of black eyes.
She looked at Yuri and got surprised that they have a costumer.
"H-hello! Can we help you with something?" She suddenly stand up straight, looking away fron Yuri.
Her face turning a little bit red.
The old man noticed it and then suddenly got even more angrier and said,
"I take the last prize back. 200. Take it or leave it!" Then scoffed.
"Dad!"
Creak!
Suddenly, the door opened and it shows a young man. About the sane age as the current Yuri.
"Mr. Dust, Leslie, I'm here!" The young man said, then got also surprised when he sees Yuri.
"Isn't it a bit too much now? I was about to pay the 90 gold..." Yuri stated, looking at the old man.
"You pissed me off! Get out of here if you're not going to buy anything!" The old man shouted.
"Dad! Please forgive my dad, sometimes he just blurted out some stuff he doesn't mean...." The girl apologised to Yuri with a smile on her face, turning red once more.
The young man that entered saw it too, suddenly getting angry for some reason "Hey, are you trying to rip Mr. Dust's shop off?" He said, walking behind him.
"A-Aaron, It's not like that--"
"Don't worry, Leslie, I'll handle this." He said to the girl, even covering her with one of his arm.
"..." Yuri didn't said anything and just looked at the man named Aaron.
"Are you gonna buy it, or not?" Aaron asked once more, looking at Yuri with anger in it's eyes.
"Aaron--"
BAMMMM!
Suddenly, someone kicked the door open, then 10 of the man entered through.
"Hey, old man. When are you going to pay us, Huh?" Someone said, with a sword on it's shoulder.
'Loansharks?' Yuri thought, just hearing how the man behind him talked.