"Haha~"
A cute giggle came out from Amelia's mouth as she heard the town lord's scream.
The three of them looked at me and I ignored their gazes and continued to recollect my thoughts.
The day before the town lord's scream resounded throughout the town, when I went out to retrieve Amelia's book.
A few minutes after walking I arrived inside her apartment room and went over the dead bodies as I looked for the book.
And just like she said it was inside the cabinet next to the bed.
The book of stars was about as big as an A4 size bond paper and it looks quite old.
Like a grimoire, it looked like a book written by a wizard.
"I should hurry before someone comes in and reports this scene to the authorities."
With that said I left the room and headed back to the inn with the grimoire in my hand.
I entered the room and inside I found the two of them finishing their talk. I called out.
"Amelia, here's your book, and also I think we should leave tomorrow morning. They might find the dead body and report it to the town lord."
"Sure, let's do that, we've already finished everything we needed to do here and Aither.... Your strength has increased by a large amount during these past few days."
Anaia's reaction to my increase in strength was that of surprise. She scanned my body and observed it, specifically the source inside my body.
"The amount of source in your body is almost the same amount as Mai already. How about it, do you feel like advancing to the next Phase?"
She said and her gaze went back to back between me and Mai.
I then answered her question after pondering about it for a moment.
"I don't know, it feels like.... You know it feels as if I'm half full and I don't think this is already the limit of my capacity."
"Half full? Does that mean your source capacity is twice as much as Mai who is already at the peak of the first Phase?"
She looks amazed by what she just heard not just her, I could also see Amelia looking at me with admiration in her eyes.
As for Mai, I can't really tell because of the mask on her face, though I think she's also having the same reaction as either of the two.
"I think so, that's why I guess that I'll probably be needing twice the effort to advance to the next Phase."
I said but there was no dejected expression on my face but she still tried to console me because she couldn't see my expression.
She's really kind and I appreciate her effort in consoling me.
"On the other hand, Aither, if you have twice the capacity doesn't that mean you'll be twice as strong as a normal person? Wouldn't this be a good thing then?"
She's right even if it means it'll take longer for me to advance to the next Phase it's still worth the effort.
After all, wouldn't I be stronger than most people in the same Phase? At the very least, I'll at least have more source capacity than them.
Meaning that I'll be able to last longer in a fight, still having more source capacity doesn't mean victory.
I also need to increase my physical strength and body to balance it out.
"You're right and now that the conversation is finished why don't we head down first and eat."
"Okay. However, let's buy you a change of clothes first and as we discussed Amelia you'll be staying here with Mai."
After gazing at my current clothes which is a dress, I realized that I really need to buy new ones.
The only one I have is one pair of ragged clothes and if I wear those I'll just look like a beggar next to the three of them.
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We arrived at the shop selling clothes for both the wealthy and the poor.
As we checked out the clothes in the wealthy section, the price made my eyes hurt and I headed straight to the middle section of the store.
This is in between the wealthy section and poor section, meaning that I'll at least see moderate prices for decent clothes.
I looked for a while but it was Anaia who found clothes that fitted me.
And I immediately tried it on. It was a combination of a black jacket and light colored shirt.
As for the pants it was also light colored and it felt very comfortable.
The shoes too felt nice to the feet and it felt light when I tried walking with it.
We bought it at full price and the total cost was almost a single gold coin.
In my previous world it would be about 200 dollars in American currency.
Anaia tried to pay for it but I told her I got some cash from the town lord's son and paid for it.
I got 10 gold coins for my payment from the clerk before I left the brothel.
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We returned to the inn wearing my new clothes and I made sure to make it a little bigger than my current size.
After all, I'll train my physical body later and I'm sure I wouldn't be looking malnourished by then.
I opened the door to my room and stepped inside and there I saw a sight which I somewhat predicted.
It was Amelia next to Mai wearing the same clothes as her
But just in case, I showed a surprise expression on my face.
I didn't know why but I just felt like doing it.
After a few moments of silence, Amelia finally opened her mouth and faced me with her cheeks as red as a tomato.
"H- How does it look.... M- Master....?"
Yeah, I take it back, I didn't expect this at all.