The Author's POV

After leaving the bookstore, following Amanda into the busy streets of the area we were in, we soon took a couple of turns and entered a few alleyways. As we moved into the alleyways, with every step I took, I noticed that there were fewer and fewer people present.

Frowning, glancing at Amanda who was walking ahead of me, I asked

"Are you sure we're going in the right direction?"

Staring at my surroundings, I couldn't help but think that we were headed in the wrong direction as everything around me started becoming dirtier and more worn out. Graffiti appeared all over the walls of the buildings next to me, and more and more litter could be found on the ground.

This place seemed to resemble the slums rather than a high-end place that sold powerful artifacts.

"mhm"

Without glancing at me, moving around some of the alleys, Amanda nodded her head.

Observing her from behind, from the way that she was confidently moving around the alleyways, it became apparent to me that this wasn't her first time going here.

"alright"

Thus, seeing Amanda nod her head, I shrugged my shoulders and followed her. No point in regretting this now.

Fortunately, I didn't have to worry about our safety. Although I had no idea of what place we were going to, I was pretty sure that we were currently being followed by a couple of Amanda's bodyguards in the shadows.

Though I couldn't sense them nor see them, I was naturally aware of their presence due to Amanda's identity as the princess of the demon hunter guild.

Since she wasn't in the academy, she naturally had bodyguards following her at all times. This was especially so after what had happened to her a couple of months back with Elijah.

Back then, because she was at the Lock, she didn't have bodyguards tailing her. But now, after what had happened, bodyguards stuck to her like glue. Even if she was at the Lock.

Although her father wasn't there for her very often, that didn't mean that she wasn't precious to him.

In fact, he loved her quite a lot but with everything going on at the guild he rarely had time to spend with her which she naturally understood as his every move and decision could affect the lives of tens of thousands of people.

...being a guild master both had its perks and cons.

"We're here"

After a while, we arrived in front of a large metallic door. Moving in front of the large metallic door, Amanda raised her hand and knocked on the door two times.

-knock -knock

After knocking, silence prevailed in the surroundings. Shortly after, a couple of minutes after she knocked, a hoarse voice resounded from the other side of the door.

"what day is it today?"

Without batting an eye, Amanda indifferently said

"It's the day where the moonlight shines and the dust sweeps"

Tilting my head as I listened to their conversation, I thought to myself

'Was this some sort of password? It made no sense...'

This sort of reminded me of the black market where I would similarly have to tell them a password in order to enter. Well, that was before...now that I had the VIP card, I could naturally go in without needing to tell them the password.

-Clank!

After Amanda recited the password, after a short pause a small compartment appeared on the side and the hoarse voice resounded again.

"Identification card"

Nodding her head, Amanda placed a small purple card inside of the compartment. Thereafter, a couple of seconds after placing the card in the compartment, the compartment lit up and a red hue enveloped the card.

-Ding!

Moments after the red hue enveloped the card, a green one replaced it and a loud ringing resounded across the area.

-Clank!

Shortly after the light turned green, the metallic doors slowly opened revealing a long and dark corridor.

"Come in"

wooden stick to support himself, casually greeted us at the entrance of the place. Thereafter, turning around he

at me and followed the old man in. Rubbing my nose, I followed

But well, I probably

if the building was ugly on the outside, that didn't mean the interior was ugly too,

I was quickly

down the long dark corridor we soon arrived inside of an old room that had a musty odor, evocative of grandparents' houses – the type that made

an old lamp that dimly lit the room, and at the center of the room, there were two white sofas next to each other with a squared wooden table in the middle. The walls were draped in light green wallpaper and on the right-hand side of the room were

of the room before me, frowning, I couldn't help but

really

expected this place to be extremely luxurious on the inside. However, it seems like this place was both ugly on the inside and

"Please sit down"

elderly man glanced towards his right where the

two customers, please bring

give me

the old man's voice, a youthful one filled with vigor could

"Be quick"

with a hint

the weapon

"Yes"

had calmed down and was now resting on my

like she really wanted to

whilst still staring at the front, I thought inside of my

she pets you

staring at the side of my head, Angelica's voice transmitted inside of

channel their mana inside of my body

briefly glanced at Amanda next to

you can let her pet

not test my

'Not even once?'

her paw in a threatening

do you want to get

instantly shut up and waited for the catalogs to

Lock I will definitely set

me being seen as an animal abuser, I

catalogs coming right

down the stairs was a young man with brown hair and brown eyes, his face was relatively handsome and if not for the lazy look on his face as well accompanied by his unkempt hair,

spotting Amanda quietly resting on one of the sofa's, Richards's eyes lit up as he straightened

a bright smile, handing her a tablet, he politely greeted

it isn't Miss Stern, what do I owe the pleasure of having you

even a second,

here to

her attitude, Richard smiled. However, his smile soon froze after he spotted me sitting next

I ask who

her

a

word 'classmate', Richard secretly sighed in

"Just classmate?"

tablet down, Amanda

Instantly the room froze.

Richard lowered his

apologize for the

coldly looked at me as he

weapon you want. After you're done choosing

the tablet and ignoring the obvious difference in treatment, I inwardly shook my

bound to happen. Still,

presented with a long catalog of weapons that ranged from swords to axes and all other types of weapons. There were even some weapons that I had never thought of as practical such as a string-type weapon and

the long catalog of weapons, I soon realized why Amanda

nor were mass produced. There was only a single one of each weapon thus making

a weapon store but rather a smithy...where the

table, using the filter function I narrowed

the weapons weren't mass produced, they were bound to be much higher in quality than what

those lines, shortly after, three swords that matched my criteria appeared

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