After my fight I went to Marie's house. Of course I made sure that no one was following me, otherwise it would be troublesome for Marie and her mom as well. I went up to the door and knocked.
"Who's there?" a voice came from inside.
"Its me, Lawrence." I answered.
The door opened and before me, Marie was standing.
" Didnt you go back home?" She asked me with a surprised look.
"Well I thought about it but I decided to just roam around in the city and wait for brother Dave. By the way is he back yet?"
"No they havent returned yet." She answered.
Just as I was about say goodbye, I heard a voice from inside. It seemed that they had teleprted back to the house. Me and Marie both went to take a look and were shocked at what we saw.
Brother Dave was pretty badly injured. There was blood on his clothes, a lot of blood. He was panting in pain as well. The woman quickly took off his shirt and there was a really big wound on his chest. It wasnt something that could be healed by ordinary spells. The woman got up and said to us.....
"I'm going to the guild to look for a healer. You guys stay here and give him some water and take care of him."
She said that and teleported. Marie went and fetched a glass of water. Brother Dave drank it quickly. I knew some healing magic so I tried some but was barely able to just stop the bleeding.In the meantime the woman came back with a healer. I was able to do this because I had learnt most of the basics from books and practiced on animals as well. When they saw that I had already stopped the bleeding, they were surprised as well as impressed.
The healer then closed the wound and after a while my brother was back to normal. The first thing he did was turn to me and ask..
" Why didnt you go back home?"
" I thought I would just roam around the city till dusk and then go home if you hadn't returned by then."
He made a dissatisfied face but there was nothing he could do now.
" What happened to you?" I asked him.
" Well I got into some dirty business." He answered.
" Is it over now? Or do you have to go back?" I asked.
" Its over.....for now at least." He replied.
After that we ate some food and headed back home. It was dark when we exited the city. On our way back we saw different kinds of animals and monsters but they didnt attack us.
It was a really long day and I had enjoyed it pretty much. When we arrived back home I went straight to my room, read some more about magic and then I went to sleep.
The next day, I woke up, went for a jog, practiced fighting with my father, then he went to work, apparently he was going to explore a dungeon today. A very dangerous one as well. Then I ate my breakfast and sat down to read some more about magic. Then I went to brother Dave and asked home about adventures. He told me that adventurers are classified into ranks. From F rank to SS rank. There are only a few SS rank adventurers in the whole world though. When you enroll into a guild, your mana is tested. The more mana you have the higher the rank you will be given. Mana is classified into tiers: First, it's the yellow mana core, the lowest level of mana. Then its orange mana core, followed by red, then green, blue and finally its golden mana core, the greatest category of mana. Each tier of mana has 5 stars. For example when you get to 5 star yellow mana core, only then will you be able to ge to the next tier which is 1 star orange mana core. You can increase your mana core through cultivation(meditation and stuff like that) and through practice.
Brother Dave's mana core was at 3 star red tier. I hadn't checked mine so I asked him how to check it. He said that you can do so by by meditating, and concentrating your mana to your heart or using a magic ball. Magic balls were not that uncommon. You can buy one from some shop in the city. I decided to cultivate and grind my level up though.....