The Author's POV

Unaware of the attention I was getting from a certain instructor, I walked back to my dorm.

My mind was currently preoccupied with something that I had been meaning to do since back in the northern district.

...start my own company.

I had long realized that financing myself through one-time cash endeavors wasn't going to cut it.

I needed a more long-term solution. Something that would last me for a long time...

Hence why I was currently in deep thought.

I already knew what I was going to sell. It was a product that was still not out yet. A revolutionary product as some might call it.

'Mana cards'

A concept that only appears in the latter half of the novel, and sweeps through the market like a storm. Something that both villains and heroes crave.

An item that enables people to manifest spells without the need to actually learn the spells...

According to the timeline of the novel, it was currently only in the developmental phases. No, rather, it was probably still not there yet. Perhaps only the idea was there, but no one actually decided to go through with it yet.

Though I didn't know how to fully create them, as I never went into too much detail in my novel, I knew a general concept.

What resources were needed to create the cards, and the general concept behind how it worked.

Moreover, I didn't actually need to know all the details with regards to how to make them.

That wasn't my job.

...That was someone else's job. I would provide them with the concept and they would develop it for me.

That was the first part of my plan.

Of course, having a product wasn't the only thing required in order to set up a company. Though crucial, there were other things I needed, such as an outlet to protect and add value to my product.

Something that would give my company both protection and publicity.

...fortunately, I had already thought of a solution to my problem. Get a backer.

A backer that could both protect my product from competitors as well as bring a good name to it, and I knew just the right person in mind that could help me.

Thus, in order for me to carry out my plan of creating a company, I needed to get in contact with two people.

Melissa and Amanda.

They were the two people that would play an instrumental role in creating the foundation of my company.

I needed to contact Melissa with regards to the creation and development of the cards as she was the only person I knew who was smart enough to develop the product

to contact her with regards to possible cooperation with

Diamond ranked

mean, what better

guild, no one would dare touch my company. Especially not when it was sponsored by the number

wouldn't really pose a problem for me as I knew her character well. As I've

one. After all, I did save her back

fact that she owed me one, I was sure that the deal would go through as it would also be beneficial for her guild as it would help them gain another source of

such an easy source

since she would also gain another

I headed back to my dorm to sort out my

needed to do a lot of

...

-Click!

"Huuu..."

dorm, I quickly slumped down on the white mattress of my bed. The way back to my

at the white ceiling of my room, I couldn't help but mumble

top 100 I would

that was exclusively for the top 10 students, perhaps there was a chance I could be upgraded to the Manticore or

all, if I did rank highly, I would stand out even

was like having the best footballer in the world play for a second-rate

of my rank, I needed to change my room. Even if I had to

own private

couldn't stand the training grounds anymore. Especially since I had to hold back whenever I trained there as I had to be careful not to

five-star art was extremely sought after. Probably on the same

of all the things I needed to sort out by the end of next

a 'magic card', set up company, somehow contact Kevin with regards to

"Ughh...Shit"

my head with both hands, I couldn't

things I needed to get done by the end of the month gave me a

"Huuuu..."

minutes of self depression, letting out an exhausted

just solve one

well get everything

I needed to do, I first chose to complete the basic outline of the 'Magic

be able to

"Where is my stuff..."

of my drawers and took out a pen and a

on my desk, I quickly drew the

concept behind magic cards wasn't

the fact that they weren't a one-time-use item. They could be used many times before needing to be replaced by a

core powder...Tulif leaf extract...Orc

the card, I turned on

could get a better idea of how much I needed to invest for the creation of the first batch of cards which I would

"30,000 U..huh"

an approximate calculation of the cost of creating a card. The spell on