Chapter 42
"Huh? Right, I forgot about Randin's parting gift." Grey said as he quickly went towards where he threw his bag then he picked it up and slowly opened it up.
"I wonder what is in this chest." Grey said as he excitedly opened it up when his eyes finally laid on what was inside.
"This… this… this is so generous and thoughtful!" Grey said as a tear rolled down his eyes.
Emptying the contents in the chest, Grey quickly picked them up one by one as he examined them with stars in his eyes.
Firstly, he picked up a new sword made for him by Randin as his previously one got broken in the fight with the goblin lord's elite squad.
The sword was a double edged one with a blue silver like colour on the hilt while the blade itself had a snake pattern drawn on it.
Then the next thing was a pair of boots. Grazing his hands around it, he could feel how smooth and soft it was. Trying it on, Grey could feel how comfortable it was as his feet rested in them snugly.
The boots was long enough to reach his ankles while also having something like a rabbit ear design on the edge of it and the boots were also black in colour.
Lastly, the last item in the chest was a small red pendant that was as small as a small gem.
Seeing it, Grey already knew what it was as he had always seen something similar on Randin's neck and he also knew how helpful it was.
"This… this is a storage pendant. And it's so beautiful as it complements my red hair." Grey smiled as he put on the pendant and he tapped on it.
Then he firstly put his sword in front of it and like a wormhole, the pendant sucked the sword in making it disappear.
"Cool!" Grey smiled as he took his boots next and he did the same thing making the boots disappear.
"Now how do I equip my sword when I need it?" He wondered aloud and immediately, his sword appeared in his hands.
"Huh? It works with just a thought?" He said.
Then he thought about his boots and immediately, it appeared on his legs sitting snugly on them.
"Now, that's what I'm talking about." Grey smiled as he kept his equipment back into the pendant storage.
After he was done with his testing, he went to lay on his bed and got his well deserved rest while making a mental note to thank Randin when next he saw him.
After he woke up, he headed downstairs to see his mum setting the table and he helped her. After a few minutes, they both sat down and had their dinner while chatting happily.
With Grey mostly asking his mum about her work and hearing her say nice things about her factory while also asking Grey about how he felt after unlocking his affinities.
They kept making small talks untill they were done with dinner. After dinner, Grey did the dishes then his mum called him back before he left for his room.
"What is it mum?" He asked.
"I want you to promise me something." Clara said after making Grey sit down.
"What is it mum?" Grey asked.
"I want you to promise me that you won't use your power for evil, you will only use it for good. Whether I am around or not, whether I'm with you or not, you will continue using your abilities to help people even those that might have wronged you.
I want you to do this for me and I will be happy." Clara said.
"Mum, you have imparted me with good manners, don't worry, I won't turn evil and use my powers badly. I will use them for good." Grey smiled.
"Good! That's my boy." Clara said as she ruffled his red hair.
"Darn! That's going to get some getting used to." Clara said as she held his hair and looked at the red colour.
"Yeah, same here." Grey chuckled and then they played a little bit of game with each other before they both went to their rooms to get some well deserved rest.
Heading to his room, rather than sleeping, Grey opened up another chest that was in his bag. Taking out four crystals from it, he smiled as he admired them.
This box was the one he got from the goblin lord's cave that was half filled with gold coins and half filled with crystals. Out of the ten crystals in the box, he took out four that he felt had immense power in them.
"I can feel the power coming from these four crystals. With two of them containing fire magic and the remaining two containing earth magic. With these, I can finally add more points to my affinities." He smiled as he quickly got to work absorbing the crystals.
It always took a little bit of time to absorb the powers from the crystals and it was something that shouldn't be rushed as when the user's concentration has been broken, it will severe his connection with the flow of energy he could feel rendering the crystal ineffective and useless.
Since the user couldn't absorb the crystal's power again. This type of technique was only known to the more powerful mages. Those at the 6 star and more but since Grey was special, he was able to absorb the crystals.
After a few minutes of absorbing them, Grey finally opened up his eyes with a smile as he could feel the energy bubbling inside him. So he swiftly used his appraisal skill to check how many points he had in the elements.
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"Woah! I got 10 points in each element which means the power stones were at the level 2 tier." Grey said with a smile on his face.
"Ha! This week will be a great week for me!" He smiled as he quickly arranged his room and went to sleep.
Grey couldn't be much wrong as he doesn't know that the week would be a horrible, life changing week for him.