"Wait! What? But I..."
"After he pierced through your shoulder, he has a sufficient amount of time for a second pierce, but he chose to stop and letting you throwing him nearly out of the field. Try to imagine if he is intended to end your life, he could have pierced and broken your core directly with his position during that moment. And I can clearly feel that his magic level is almost on par with yours, or at least with Maria's." said Chris in a serious tone.
"Ah... I was too focused on the fight and didn't notice that. Damn it, that's a really close call, if he is from the Royal Guard, I guess I'll get another fifty to hundred years of long break." said Sky, a bit shocked as he just realized how dangerous the situation was.
Chris shook his head before turned back and facing the wall again. Sky who realized about his mistake slowly approached Chris and sat next to him.
"Chris... I'm sorry, don't be angry with me, please?" said Sky in a soft pleading voice. Chris ignored him and continued playing with his cat plushies.
"Aww... Chris-chama~ What should I do to ease your anger?" said Sky as he clung to Chris.
Chris ignored him once again.
"Maybe some massage?" said so, Sky started giving Chris a massage on his shoulders and neck.
Due to the previous injuries from the fight with the poison master, that massage of Sky brings up a stinging sensation on Chris, which caused Chris to flinched a bit.
"Tsk... Get your hand away from me please." said Chris as he moves one foot away from Sky.
"Ah! I'm sorry! I totally forgot about that!" said Sky, rather panicked.
"I know I always called you an idiot but I never thought you to be this idiot." said Chris in a sarcastic tone as he gave Sky a leer.
"Aww... Chris... Ah! I remember when I was strolling in town, I saw a stone market, if you are interested we could go have a look as we are having a whole three hours break right now." said Sky.
"You pay for me?" Chris asked, seems to be quite intrigued.
"Uh... Yes! Of course!" said Sky after a short moment of hesitation.
"Let's go then." said Chris as he stood up and walked towards the door, he looks rather excited...
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Meanwhile, the contestant's lounge.
"What? Darling is sick? Why didn't he or Chris-chan told me about that? Oh, wait! Could it be the hangover? That's surely a long period." said Maria as he is having some drinks and snacks with Sheriff and the other contestants.
"Well, I highly doubt if it would be a mere hangover, but yeah, I noticed his unstable condition during the match. Tsk... It would be a great match if he was in his perfect condition." said Sheriff as he opened a can of energy drink.
"Ah... Why didn't they tell me anything about it..." Maria murmured while looking blankly into a bottle of iced tea...
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Later, stone market, Chris is carefully observing some stones that are shown on the display stage while Sky is following him closely as he is totally not interested in this sort of thing.
"Here, have a look at this stone. When you flash a light source directly on here, you can see how vibrant the green color is, and from how the light glows in it, it shows that the flesh on the stone is very clear, so it will have a high chance of giving a high-quality jadeite that is extremely valuable." said a lady to Chris as she flashed one of the stone with a torch.
Chris walked away without saying anything, probably not interested.
"Or maybe this, here, have a look, the opening of this stone shows a nice purplish color with some smooth cloudy texture, may not be the best quality but it is suitable for making jewelry for your beloved one." said the lady while promoting another smaller stone to Chris
"That stone over there looks okay, how much is the price?" Chris asked as he pointed at a huge boulder at a corner.
"Heh? But that's..."
"Any problem?" Chris asked.
"That is an unwanted piece the miner left during the previous mining, it's not even a jadeite ore, even if it is a jadeite ore, it would be the lowest quality jadeite that doesn't have any market value." said the lady.
"Yeah, I know. But market value and jewelry is never my main concern, that stone looks strong enough and I can feel some energy from it." said Chris as he touched that boulder he is interested to.
"Ah... This... Hold on, I have to ask my boss about it." said the lady, a bit nervous as she never met such a situation before.
After a while, the owner of the stone market came and greeted Sky and Chris politely before asking for an autograph from both of them... Yes, after the previous match, even Sky had become a 'celebrity' in the town...
"That stone was not intended to be sold as it really doesn't have any value, I could gift it to you as a free gift of a minimum purchase." said the owner.
"Sounds reasonable, what is the requirement of minimum purchase?" Chris asked, in a casual tone.
"With my greatest gratitude for the autograph given, I offer you a minimum purchase of any one item on display, including the cheapest." said the owner in a polite tone.
"Oh? Let's see... That purple stone she promoted just now looks okay, I will take that." said Chris.
"That will be ten thousand units of currency. Are you okay with it?" the owner asked.
"Ten thousand? You are okay with it right?" Chris turned to Sky and asked.
Sky smiled awkwardly...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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