Avon woke up the next day and decided to roam around the city after freshening up. Then he remembered about not having any money at all.
"Hey SteNav! Do you have any Ner currency available?"
"Mr.Avon, in the storage room you shall find some mana crystals. They are a form of universal currency. You may sell those to obtain some local currency. "
"Okay, thanks"
"My pleasure"
Then Avon entered the storage room and saw a box with a label that read Mana crystals in the foreign language in which everything in the ship is written. He was using the tab to translate everything for him.
On opening the box he found many small irregular shaped radiant crystals inside. He examined the crystals and it seemed they refreacted light quite a lot.
Then he pocketed five of them wondering how much it'll fetch him. He walked out of the ship into the city and searched for a commodity shop. He found one and asked them if they would trade and they said yes. He then showed them one crystal and asked how much it would fetch and the man's reaction was quite peculiar.
"Since this a rare multi-layered complex mana crystal you can easily get about 70,000 Ner. Where did you find this young man! Please share the location, I can pay you for that too!"
Avon gave a dry smile and said " Sorry but I was given this by a man whom I had helped once. I did not find them in any place."
"I see, I understand. Here are your 70,000 Ner. Please come here again if you want to sell or buy anything."
"Sure"
Avon was surprised that there was crazy huge stash of such crystals in the storage.
He decided to roam around more since it was still far from the time he met that woman. He walked around the city while occasionally entering various stores and looking at the products while not buying anything. He wanted to know how valuable 70,000 is on the planet, the strength of the currency. Avon was very surprised to see that most of the things didn't cross 100 Ner. Vehicles were around 1000Ner and houses seemed to be about 60,000 Ner.
'I can literally buy a house and also a cheap vehicle.....Good thing I didn't show that man the remaining four crystals.'
Thinking so Avon continued exploring and soon noticed that only half an hour was left till the time of meeting. He was not that far away and started walking briskly towards the destination.
Upon reaching there he saw the woman waiting for him and went to her.
"Good evening" he greeted her and then she replied "Good evening."
She looked at Avon as though judging him and Avon got nervous. Still not worrying much he just waited for her to say something.
"Why don't we sit and eat while discussing about the enrollment"
"Sure"
Then the woman lead Avon into a cafe. Avon hadn't noticed the woman the previous day but right now he could see how her blonde hair was silky and her nose was sharp and her eyes were also had a kind of beautiful shape. She was tall and had long legs. He couldn't discern more about her because she wore a long coat justike the previous day.
They sat in the cafe and she said "what would you like to order? My treat"
"No please, I am not hungry"
"Why not, I am treating. No need to hesitate go ahead."
"It's fine ma'am. Please don't worry about me. Even if I do order something I will pay for it myself."
"Is that so...well then I will order a cruson and coldran"
She then clicked on a small part of the table which turned out to be a screen, then she placed her order and made the payment digitally. The food immediately arrived and Avon saw that cruson seemed like a bread item and coldran was like ice cream.
"So, why do you want to join the academy?"
"Actually, I want an audience with the knight."
"I see, so you are one of those who want the honor status to meet the knight."
After roaming around and a lot of information collection he knew that there many like him who just wanted to meet the knight and so chose to pursue the honoured cadet status. So there was no problem giving this answer and he knew that lying unnecessarily would land him in trouble
"You are form another planet right? Which one is it?"
"I am sorry , I cannot disclose it to you"
"A secret huh. Fine , no problem. So, to enroll you must give a few basic written tests and an interview. It will not be very difficult, but since the admission period is over you go through reference. I shall provide you with a reference form , show it to them tomorrow and you will allowed to take the test."
Avon's main problem of enrolling when the admission window had closed was resolved. He still surprised as to why the woman was helping him.
"Thanks a lot ma'am. I am very grateful." He said with a smile.
" By the way, what is your name?"
"Avon"
"I am Aveline. Nice to meet you "
"Nice to meet you too ma'am, actually it is great that I met you! Otherwise who knows how much I would've continued to struggle!"
She laughed softly and said" don't mind it. As you already guessed I work at the academy so ofcourse I would help anyone interested to join."
Then they left the store and bid farewell.
'He seems like a principled kid.'
Then the next day Avon went to the academy and showed them the form that Aveline gave him. He was guided to the test room and was alone in there. It was to be given on a computer. Avon was nervous as to what they would ask but the question were basic logical reasoning which didn't need any prerequisite knowledge about subjects. Then in the interview too they asked about his personality, his interests and goals. It seemed as if they were evaluating his character.
After everything was down he was told to wait for half and hour whilst they decided whether to admit him or not. After a while he received a letter which said Mr.Avon, we are glad to inform you that you have been selected by the academy so that....
Avon didn't read all that in a hurry and was very happy on this successful step towards meeting the knight.
The letter said he could start his classes from the next day itself.