Mercenary Guild

Aur had a strange expression that marred his face before returning to normal.

"This thing never fails to amaze me." When he first entered this building, Aur was a little shocked by the environment here. It was very peaceful and calming, almost like a library. Everything was neatly arranged, breaking his conventional thinking of what a mercenary guild was supposed to be.

Aur walked up to the beautiful woman with black hair and modest attire who was sitting at a tool in a box, seemingly the account room, with practised steps. He handed the snake to her.

"Auriel, you really are a monster," the girl exclaimed when she saw the snake before looking at him with a sparkle in her eyes.

"You are turning eight tomorrow, right?"

"Yes, Nana." Aur said with a smile. Actually, his father and mother had named him Auriel; however, since it was almost matching to his previous life name, he chose Aur as the nickname instead in short, and everyone usually called him Aur, but there were some exceptions like the black-haired beauty in front of him.

"You might become a great wizard since you are so strong. Don't forget me when you do, okay?" Nana said with a smile on her face.

"You know my strength doesn't represent the talent I get when I awaken. Why are you teasing?" Aur said with a bitter smile on his face. "Maybe I might not even be able to awaken," he muttered.

"How could you say that, Auriel?" she said while beating her chest. "That would be so unfair with your strength." Nina beat her chest before she sighed.

Aur just shook his head as he changed the topic. "So, how much do I get for this wyvern snake?"

"Hmm," Nana immediately turned professional as she carefully observed the crushed skull of the snake. However, except for that, there wasn't any more damage done to the corpse, which made her grin. "This kid really is a monster."

"It will be two medium-sized crystals then."

Aur's eyes lit up when he heard this.

The currency in this world was divided into crystals rather than gold and silver. Although they were still valuable, the currency in the world was crystal.

Mana Crystal, or Crystal in short, was basically the crystallization of mana and was the currency that only wizards could make. However, it was hard to make and a time-consuming process, so it became the sole currency of the world.

They were divided into four grades: low, medium, high, and superior grade for crystals depending on the purity of mana it has, and the size of it was all the same standard size issued by the kingdom.

So a hundred low-grade mana crystals could be converted to middle-grade crystal and so on and so forth.

"This should be able to last my family for two months. I will probably buy some tier-1 beast meat for the family…" he thought.

"Alright, deal."

"I knew you would accept it." A small smile formed on her face as she withdrew two middle-grade crystals from the counter and gave them to Aur.

Aur looked at the crystals as if admiring their beauty. They were blue in colour, but some parts were shaded in purple. This is how one can find the purity of the mana crystal—the purer the mana, the more purple it is and the higher its grade and value.

"Alright, I will be leaving then."

"Wait, Aur. The two twins were looking for you, saying that they wanted to collaborate with you again."

Aur paused when he heard this and nodded his head.

"Tell them I will be available after a week." With that said, he dashed off, running neither too slow nor too fast. After all he was still an adolescent child and Aur didn't want to show all his strength.

"Welp, that little brat of Adam has grown up."

"Truly, he has grown up." Nana nodded her head when she heard this.

"It will be truly unfair for the little guy if he can't awaken his talent tomorrow."

"Even if he doesn't have the talent for becoming a wizard, he is still strong enough to be a mercenary," Sam said with a reminiscent tone.

"True. So why did you come here?"

"Well, I wanted to complete this mission, but…"

….

Aur quickly arrived at his modest house, which looked ordinary with one floor and a garden at the backside with enough spacious land; however, almost all the other houses lining up were almost the same.

However, before he could enter his house, suddenly he heard a voice that made him pause.

"Aur, you arrived? What were you doing out there for so long?"

"Mother, I was completing some minor mission related to doing house chores for the elderly."

"Really." Evelyn said with a doubtful expression on her face as she looked at Aur with a suspicious gaze.

"Yes, mother."

"Well, if you say so." She looked at the bag behind Aur, who carried it with him.

"You brought meat?"

"Yes, mother, it's saved from the mission I did."

"Fine, fine." Evelyn shook her head speechlessly as she entered the house.

"You shouldn't have brought such expensive meat…" she muttered to herself in a hushed tone.

However, Aur still heard this loud and clear.

"It's my sister's birthday; she will finally turn three. How could I not bring meat?" Aur retorted without skipping a beat.

"Sigh, my son doesn't care about me since he has a sister…"

"No no, it's not like that, mother; you can also eat the meat." Aur walked up to her as he consoled her.

"Hehehe, I am just joking; how could I not be happy that my son loves his sister so much?" Evelyn pinched Aur's cheek and pulled it.

"Don't pinch my cheek like that again." Aur touched his red cheeks; although he has gotten more muscular, for some reason, his cheeks were still round and plump.

"Damn this genes," he cursed a hush tone that Evelyn couldn't hear.

"Sure sure." Evelyn happily said as she entered the house, and Aur followed her.