Disclaimer: The MC has a lot of development as the story progresses. The MC is calculative and avoids cheap women. But he won't stay silent if someone provokes him. If you are here for a good story that has reasonable development, then this is for you. However, those who don't read beyond the free chapters [52] find it hard to believe.
Please read the reviews of this book if you want to quit the book initially because of the hero's unusual behavior at the start.
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Even though he was holding a golden piggy card in his hands, Kent found it hard to believe that it was genuine. To clear his doubts, he decided to first visit the Goblin House branch of the Wizard Association, which handled all the financial matters.
But the raven who had brought the message still stood before him, not leaving.
'Is this Raven also a gift?' Kent wondered.
Staring at Kent, the raven inserted its beak inside the pouch and pulled out a small glass bottle.
As Kent picked up the glass bottle, the raven immediately flew away without wasting another second, its large wing disturbing the air in the narrow street.
Adjusting his hair, Kent focused his gaze on the glass bottle. A green elixir glowed inside the bottle with an emerald sparkle. As he took a closer look, Kent noticed that there was a message written on the glass bottle.
"Kent, this potion bottle contains HEAVENLY ELIXIR. It can cure the binding curse on your meridians. Your mom spent a lot to get this potion for you. I hope you will also become a great magus like your parents– Aunt Eila."
Just as he finished reading, the message vanished from the bottle.
"What the hell? Who placed a binding curse on me? For all these years, I've been practicing magic like an idiot without knowing that I'm cursed," Kent muttered angrily, gripping the bottle in his hand tightly.
Instead of swallowing the heavenly elixir right away, Kent decided to first check the money in the bank. Due to his experience with bullying, Kent knew that he couldn't take the risk.
After a 15-minute walk, Kent arrived at the Goblin House of Silver Leaf Town. Despite its name, Goblin House, almost 90% of the workers here were humans.
Kent went directly to the empty cabin, where a young lady sat leisurely, watching a mage combat scene through her ordinary glass crystal.
After taking a brief glance at Kent's poor outfit, she continued her leisure activity. Kent placed the golden piggy card on the desk and asked, "I want to withdraw 90 silver and 1000 bronze coins."
With a lazy look, the girl placed the crystal on the desk and picked up the card. Kent thought the lady would be surprised after seeing the card, but a mocking smile formed on the lady's face.
"How much do you say?" the girl asked, staring at Kent with interest.
"90 silver and 1000 bronze coins," Kent replied again.
"In total, one gold coin," the girl said in a mocking tone before placing the card on a green goblin skull-like device. But the skull didn't light up, as the girl thought.
Without even asking another question, she rang a warning buzzer that was placed below the desk. Within seconds, a gang of security mages rushed inside and surrounded Kent.
"Detain this scammer, and someone call the manager. This poor bastard tried to play tricks in the Goblin House," the woman shouted loudly in a high-pitched tone, grabbing the attention of everyone who was inside the bank.
The security wizards immediately surrounded Kent and pointed their wands at Kent's face.
"I'm doomed. Thank god, I didn't drink the green potion," Kent thought with his hands folded over his chest.
The onlookers began gathering around to witness the commotion, some excited crowd even pointing their fingers at Kent with mocking comments.
"Where is the manager? Someone call the manager quickly," the lady accountant continued to shout like a girl who had escaped rape.
"Jia, stop shouting. What happened?" The manager arrived hurriedly and questioned the lady with an angry glare.
"Manager, you should imprison this scammer. This fellow dared to produce a fake golden piggy card," Jia replied in a righteous tone.
The old manager didn't act rashly. He first took the golden piggy card from Jia. With only 1000 golden piggy cards in existence on the blue planet, one must first see a card to fake it.
After a careful observation of the card, the manager felt that it was genuine. "Young man, this card seems original. Jia, did you check the card on Goblin's head?" the manager questioned Jia, his face serious.
"Yes, yes, manager. If you want to check again, please do it," Jia said, pushing the green goblin's head towards the manager.
"Manager, don't be fooled by the card's appearance. This poor brat asked to withdraw silver and bronze from the card. Such a loser," Jia took this chance to insult Kent.
But after seeing the green goblin's head, the manager's face turned red with anger and he spat at the woman, "You stupid girl. You have been working in this house for three years. Don't you know where to test the golden piggy card? You... go to my cabin and bring the golden goblin skull," the manager turned to one of his servants and ordered while controlling his anger.
Years of experience told the manager that it was definitely a genuine card.
"All of you, put down your weapons. Jia, apologize to this young master," the manager commanded in a serious tone.
Jia, however, refused. She believed that the card was fake, and the thing that convinced her of his was Kent's poor appearance.
"Why should I apologize? Manager, once the card is verified, you will see the truth yourself. In any case, I won't apologize to this pauper," Jia replied with a smirk, staring mockingly at Kent.
A minute later, the servant returned with a golden goblin skull and placed it on the desk. All the onlookers and security gathered up around the desk to see the result.
Meanwhile, Kent was also silently praying in his heart; if the card really turned out to be fake, the manager would definitely cut one of his limbs.
As soon as the manager placed the card, the golden skull glowed, and the number 5000 appeared beside the gold coin image.
"What the…?! That's five thousand gold coins. It is a really golden piggy card. LMAO…" one of the ladies among the onlookers cried out in surprise.
"What? No… manager, there is definitely something wrong," Jia cried out nervously, her eyes wide open with shock after seeing the number.
"Are you blind? Look at the serial number, you idiot," the manager pointed at the unique number displayed on top.
The serial number read... 'Kent0001' – the first card among the 1000 golden piggy cards.
"What are you all staring at? Move out. Security, close the house for an hour. Send everyone out."
"Young master Kent, I'm really sorry for the trouble. Please come to my cabin. I will personally process your request."
"Jia, what are you still doing? Apologize, or you will lose your job," the manager threatened angrily while handing the card back to Kent.
But Jia still stood defiantly. "Manager, there is definitely something wrong. He must have stolen the card. Why don't you inquire about the name Kent? He's definitely a fraud," Jia shouted scornfully.
Kent, who had remained silent till now, decided to teach this lady a lesson. "Manager, it seems you are not capable. I'd better go to the main house and put an inquiry on this branch," Kent said in a warning tone as he turned away to leave.
The manager's heart skipped a beat.
"Young master, please wait," the manager hurriedly stopped Kent and turned towards the lady accountant. "Jia, you are fired. I'm going to write a banishment letter to the Head Magus of the Silver Leaf town. Let's see where you will work after leaving this place." The manager directly called security and ordered them to throw Jia out of the house.
"No, manager, please don't do this. My family will starve if I don't have this job," Jia pleaded, but the manager ignored her.
Desperate, Jia hurriedly pushed away the security and fell before Kent and began banging her head on the floor.
"Sorry, young master. I'm an idiot. Please forgive this trash. I will do whatever you say. I will even sleep with you if you want. Young master, please spare me this one time," Jia held Kent's knees tightly while tears spoiled all her makeup, revealing her true, ugly face.
Even the manager felt ashamed after seeing her true face, regretting doing STUFF with this woman in the past.