It was evening, and most of the students had finished their first day of school. Elior and Shin were among them. The two of them were leaving for their room after saying goodbye to Ileana when they were called to the administrative office of the dormitory.
"I wonder what they were called for?" Shin thought out loud.
"I think it's the stuff I ordered after the end of the trial," Elior said. "Did you order anything Shin?"
"I did," Shin said and his face brightened. "Let's go quickly."
Shin was about to run off in the hallway of the dormitory, but Elior reminded him one of the rules.
"Running in the dormitory and institution building is prohibited."
But Shin ran anyway. With the purpose of being a delinquent and the glee of his stuff arriving, he ran with top of his speed.
Elior shook his head and followed. He went at a good enough pace, but Shin outran him in seconds. When he reached the administrative office, the scene he saw was what he imagined.
Ford was not present in the office, but other staffs were. Now, one of them took the duty of yelling at Shin, who was turning small with each second. He got what he was looking for.
"It is not easy to be a delinquent," Elior said and went inside.
After the shouting, the staff deducted five points from Shin and told both of them. "You two are the students who are at the top. Id this how you behave. What will the other students learn from you?"
In the end, Elior got some of the yellings being with Shin. He shook his head and asked, "Has my package arrived yet?"
Fortunately, he was not yelled for nothing. Their stuff had arrived. The general delivery from the guardian stores takes two days, but it arrived half a day earlier. The staff pointed towards where a few boxes were kept in various volumes.
After signing on the form that they had received their stuff, both of them left towards their dormitory, carrying a huge package.
"What did you buy, Shin?" Elior asked. Finding the package in the arms of Shin was by no means smaller than his. Moreover, the look on Shin's face told him it was heavier than his, too.
"Some kitchen appliances," Shin said. "And a lot of fruits, vegetables and meat from other world. I know you think it is a waste of points, but cooking is the only hobby I have and might be the only thing I am good at. I can not resist the impulse to buy the cooking stuff from the otherworld."
"I did not say it was a waste," Elior said, laughing. "It is not a waste as long as you give me delicious food to eat."
"Of course. Now that I think about it, I think these things will be more useful because of the food policy here."
The two of them reached their dormitory, talking. Shin was assigned to the quarter just next to Elior. Shin was about to leave to his room when Elior said, "Shin, I bought something for you, come into my room after finding your business."
"Alright," Shin nodded and entered his room.
Elior did not linger there and entered his room too, unlocking with the key. Entering the room. He did not waste any moment, and got into opening the huge package.
After cutting out the package, he found more packages of various sizes inside. One of large length but small width held the sword he took from Renal. While two more packages held the equipment for Mana Engineering. Then there were the three vials of medicine—body cleansing potion, he bought for himself, Shin and Ileana. Fortunately, Shin did not say anything about buying or chosing the same thing as rewards.
Then there was a small package. It held the most expensive thing of all the items here. Elior opened it immediately and found a small vial containing five drops of [Water of Beginning].
[Item: Water of Beginning.
Grade: Lengendary. Quantity: 5 Drops.
A type of water that was rarer even compared to the Water of Life. The water of the Beginning has many qualities. Only a single drop of the water of the beginning could cleanse one person's body, strengthened the mana circuit and Spirit. It has the effect of strengthening the body as well. But the actual use of this item is in making some rare potion.]
Then he checked the Sword he got from Renal.
[Item: Inconiclier's Sword
Item Class: Special. Quality: Good.
Damage: 120. Durability: 79/90.
The most gratifying thing about this sword was that there was no condition of binding and the sword was of no attribute. Anyone could use this item irrespective of their level.
- 8% increase in mana revolution.
- 20% increase in attack force.]
As it was written, the only good thing about this sword was that there was no level limit or other restriction in it. Or else, how could renal use it. With all that it was quite good weapon with 120 attack power and 20% increase. And the 8% increase in mana revolution was better than nothing.
By the time Elior sorted out all the stuff, Shin knocked on the door.
"Come in," Elior said.
"What are these stuff?" Shin asked immediately when all the stuff Elior had unpacked on the floor. It looked like a tool kit of a mechanic, but the items inside looked more expensive and smaller. Other than that, there was a book made of paper—that was conventional for the last decade on earth.
"It's a mana Engineer Kit," Elior said as he packed the kit. He could use this stuff in his room, but it might cause a few problems and he could get punishment for doing it too. Leaving the tools, Elior took one of the three vials from the desk and gave it to Shin. "This is for you."
"What is this?" Shin asked, frowning at the vial.
"It is a Body cleansing Potion," Elior answered. "If you drink this vial and revolve your mana throughout your body, then your mana circuit will be strengthened and pollution, and other dirty things from your blood will be purified. Though it will be a little painful, it's still worth it."
"I see," Shin nodded. "Should I use this today or wait for more?"
"The mana in our body did the same thing as well, but it's a lot slower. To practise mana properly, you need to clean the path, so using it now will be more useful than leaving it for later."
Shin nodded. "How much does this thing cost you?"
"Just a little amount of points, you don't need to worry about it."
"How can I not?" Shin said. "I recalled there was a prize of five body cleansing potions in the trial rewards, but I didn't choose. According to the other stuff there, this potion is not a little amount if I'm not wrong."
Elior clicked his tongue. It was five hundred thousand guardian points—an amount he could earn back easily. But it was quite a lot for any other apprentice. "Don't worry about it. If you wanted to pay back, then you could use your cooking for it."
"Really?" Shin's eyes lit up. "Fine then, if I make something good, you will be the one to taste it first."
Elior smiled. "By the way, Shin, what reward did you choose for being in the top ten?"
Shin smiled in response. Then the vial he was holding disappeared. Then Shin willed it and the vial appeared in his arm again.
"Inventory?" Elior said. "A good choice on the account that the ability was already taken."
According to the rules, the chance of choosing an item from the list was given according to the merit list. Elior choose first, then Leroy got the chance. Shin was fourth, so inventory was not bad of a choice. Though it appeared Shin chose it to look cool.
After talking furthermore, Shin left his room. And Elior picked up one vial of Body Cleansing Potion. He intended to use it now. With the vial, Elior entered the washroom. Stripping all his clothing, he sat on the bathtub, but did not unlock the water.
Elior prepared his mind, breathing evenly a couple of times. Wasting no moment, he drank the potion. The liquid was as cold as ice but it went like fire through his vascular organs and he started revolving mana inside his body vigorously.
He was feeling pain, but it was minuscule to stop him. He felt hundreds of times of more pain before. He revolved the mana throughout his body as the fiery feeling spread every nook and corner of his body slowly. Elior was through in the process. He would not leave any place behind. He cleaned all the paths of his mana and the blood vessel.
The process continued for hours, and Elior revolved the mana in the same intent thoroughly for that much time.
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