After having Satoru his assignment, Keitaro started packing his stuff, he looked at his backpack which as of now held about 50,000 pounds of items, medicinal herbs, food, and research stuff, but because they were all sealed neatly within a scroll, the bag only weighted at about 20 pounds.
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Suck on that airport security...
He sighed to himself, his curse technique was proving to be quite nifty for storing stuff and to think that all it took was for him to almost die to discover when he teleported for like a slight second, a nanosecond even, he entered some dimension before coming out.
Sure the teleportation is instant but what about when he is not at the spot he was when he teleported and was not yet on his target?
Long story short, he had found a way to store items in that world, they could stay in there as long as they were not alive.
His eyes then went toward the small leather bag containing about fifty pills, each and every single one of those pills were in pristine condition.
Their surfaces were smooth and gleaming with a faint sheen that made them look even more perfect, they were fresh and to be fair they had just finished baking in the sun so they were as fresh as they could be.
He took the small bag before handing it over to Eleanor she inspected the contents inside of the bag before nodding in satisfaction.
With a graceful motion, she reached into her desk and pulled out a checkbook.
He was about to get paid, wasn't that just neat, going from the net worth of the average Japanese boy to that of a millionaire in one trip?
That was the good stuff.
Eleanor handed Keitaro a check, the amount was pretty big, that was 6 zero if he counted correctly, well dam.
As she handed him the checkbook, she met his gaze with a rare but genuine smile. "If you ever need anything, Keitaro, remember that I'm just one call away," she said, her voice carrying both gratitude and sincerity.
Keitaro nodded his head in acknowledgment. "I'll keep that in mind."
He would make sure to keep that in the back of his mind for now, it was always good to have more allies.
His eyes then landed on his students, Edgar watched the exchange between his sensei and his mother with teary eyes, he did not like the idea of his sensei that he had grown to know and liked to leave so suddenly.
Keitaro noticing the boy's emotions walked toward him before kneeling down to the boy's level and gently patting the boy's head.
"Do your best, Edgar," he said with a reassuring tone. "You've got a lot of potential."
He was not wrong, the boy was quite young and yet he was already at the level of a semi-grade 1 sorcerer at such a young age.
The boy was like 12, and he was sure he could become a fully-fledged grade one in no time, give him like a couple of years or so and he would do just fine.
Keitaro pulled out a small book from his bag, he handed it to the young boy.
The book was bound in dark leather, and the cover of the book looked like it was hand drawn by Keitaro himself. "This is for you," Keitaro explained. "It's a guide on how you can further improve your construction curse technique."
The boy's eyes widened as he accepted the book, he was clearly curious and excited about the content inside of it.
"What do I do with it?" he asked, his voice trembling slightly.
The boy tried to open the book but to no avail, Keitaro just gave him a soft smile before saying.
"Inject some of your curse energy into it,".
This book was a special book that he had made for the boy.
As Edgar did as he was told, he could visibly see his curse energy enter the book, he could see the bluish energy circulating around the book, the energy seemed to be going in a whirlpool.
Upon reaching the middle, something took some blood from the boy's hand as it did so, the book's eyes turned a blue color.
A few seconds later, the book opened on its own.
The book opened to a specific section, revealing step-by-step instructions that were neatly written by yours truly.
As Edgar pressed one of of the steps, an illusory figure about his height appeared infront of him.
The figure then proceeded to demonstrate to him the technique that was in the book very carefully.
As Edgar pressed another button, he now felt the way he would feel when he used that technique.
This feature seems to have been built in to help understand if he was doing something wrong.
The boy's eyes grew wider... tears were now spilling over as he realized what this gift was, this was not something that could be easily brought with money.
This book was priceless.
"The illusion is sealed in a seal in the book for it to activate you need to insert your curse energy into the book, think of the book like a phone, the more you use it, the more it needs charging, and it can only be charged by your curse energy and will only open if you inject your curse energy into it"
"I may or may not have spent the last 3 days creating those illusions and creating those feelings, i think there is something about binding vow and do.." Keitaro didnt get to finish his sentence before he was hugged by the boy.
Tears were spilling out the boy's eyes, he felt so grateful toward his teacher, Keitaro looked taken aback a bit.
"Are you okay!" He said worried for the boy.
"Thank you, sensei" The boy's voice was still very weak but it was thick with gratitude.
"Can't you stay a bit more?" The boy said looking up at his teacher, he really wanted him to stay around a while longer.
"No can't do" Keitaro replied politely.
"But what if Sensei becomes my stepdad?"
"Heh!?"
The confusion on Keitaro's face was evident, did he become such a father figure for the kid that he saw him in that light?
How harsh must Alistair have been, sure he may or may not have acted like an older brother figure but he didnt think it would get that bad.
"Sorry, can't do that, your mommy is married," Keitaro tries to explain.
The boy did not seem too happy about that news.
"I will visit you in between my trips!" He said softly.
"Promise!?" The boy literally had stars in his eyes.
"Promise," Keitaro said with his trademark smile
As he released Edgar, Keitaro stood up, giving the boy one last encouraging smile before turning to leave.
Shoko has been first for the past 2 or 3 weeks,that always good.