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"

hunched down, an elderly figure with fading hair, holding onto a wooden stick to support himself, casually greeted us at the entrance of the place. Thereafter, turning around he walked

eyes, Amanda nodded at me and followed the

I

building was ugly on the

I was quickly proven

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

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

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

really

had honestly expected this place to be extremely luxurious on the inside. However, it seems like this

"Please sit down"

elderly man glanced towards his right where

have two customers,

give

filled with vigor could be heard from the second floor of the

"Be quick"

down, glancing towards Amanda, with a hint of doubt in my

the

"Yes"

who had calmed down and was now resting on my shoulder. As she looked at her, a

she really wanted to

the front, I thought inside of

she pets

side of my head, Angelica's voice

mana inside of my body to inspect me, why

Amanda next

can let

do not test

'Not even once?'

in a

you want

instantly shut up and waited

the Lock I will definitely set things

me retaliating would lead to me being seen as an animal abuser, I would've already

catalogs coming right

his face was relatively handsome and if not

the sofa areas. Thereafter, spotting Amanda quietly resting on one of the sofa's, Richards's eyes lit up as he straightened his posture, and proceeded to

Amanda with a bright smile, handing her

I owe the pleasure of

the Richard for not even a second, Amanda took

to buy a

froze after he spotted me sitting next to her.

I ask who this gentleman

her tablet,

is a fellow

sighed in relief as he couldn't

"Just classmate?"

tablet down, Amanda just

Instantly the room froze.

lowered his head

apologize for the slip of

taking out another tablet, Richard coldly looked at me as

tablet and choose whatever weapon you want. After you're done choosing tell me

and ignoring the obvious difference

beautiful Amanda was, such scenario was bound to happen. Still, I didn't think much of it and looked through

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

of weapons, I soon

were mass produced. There was only a single one of each weapon thus making me realize

rather a smithy...where the weapons were

function I narrowed down my search to swords and

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

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

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