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Chapter 67: The offer

Ed headed outside. It was time for him to reclaim his items and money. He showed the receptionist his ID for confirmation.

"The items you have generated 515.000, while the items you bought totaled 39.000. We give an 8% discount so that comes up to 35.880. This means you made 479.120. In addition with the auction fees it comes to 469.120, we'll round it up to you for 470.000 since we hope you'll remain our faithful customer." The receptionist was quite quick with his math. 'They charged 10.000 as fees; quite cheap.' Ed was satisfied with his earnings and was about to leave.

"May we have a moment with you, Sir?" Ed was approached by the two men who had bought the most expensive items. He guessed what they wanted, so he was prepared.

"Of course." He turned around and faced both of them.

"We know that you are the one who made those high-grade potions. Or at least, you know who made them." One of the men brought up the main cause for stopping Ed, which was just what he guessed. "We want to know if it would be possible to make a contract with you. We hope to acquire a stable amount of those potions."

"I would love to, but unfortunately, it takes a long time to gather the materials and concoct the potions. I would barely be able to make the next batch by the time the auction reopens." Ed lied to the two of them. He wanted to get strong, not to become a contracted worker for the rest of his life.

"It seems that you are unwilling." It seemed like both of them saw through Ed's lies. "Well, we can't force you. We look forward to the items you'll bring out next time." After saying this, both of them left the auction. Ed had some cold sweat going down his back. Both of them released a little killing intent when they noticed his lies. Most people didn't even notice it, but Ed's training with KI and Nen made him extra sensitive to hostility. 'I'll need to be careful with such people'. Both of them were exceptionally strong, which just shows how they could generate so much money.

Ed left the auction and headed to the room he booked in the inn. He notified the keeper that he didn't need the room any longer and left. It was getting close to sunset so he had to hurry back to the academy. He undid his disguise outside of the capital and hurried back to the castle. The guards were already familiar with him, so they didn't bother to check his identity every time.

He headed to his room and started preparing the cockatrice. It was better to do it while it was still fresh. The cockatrice was basically just an oversize yellow chicken with a lizard's tail. Ed drained the blood and started butchering the monster. It didn't take him too long, as he had some experience with some other monsters. Ed finished in half an hour and stored the meat in his Inventory. He was excited as he was thinking of as much dishes he could make as possible.

"Maybe I should treat my friends. What do you think Suika?" Ed was thinking about enjoying the meal with his new friends in this academy. He did enjoy their company after all.

"Suu ~~" Suika, who was accompanying Ed, sounded her agreement. Both of them headed to the training room. It was time for their usual training. Raikou followed after them as well.

"I want you guys to try and use the advanced techniques. After that, do the Ren training once more." Ed summoned his monsters and got them to train. He had to try some of his skills which he neglected. Mainly, his Shunpo.

'Let's try it on its own first.' Ed tried to use it at first and kept slipping and falling. He had never used this technique before, or anything similar to it, so he found it quite difficult to adjust to it. On the sidelines, Suika and some of the monsters kept giggling every time Ed fell down. This caused Ed to go red from the embarrassment.

Even though Ed was training, he didn't forget to rotate between his monsters. He can't summon all of them now, so he needed to create equal chances for everyone. About an hour into the training, Ed finally succeeded in using Shunpo. He was able to cover a great distance just from this first step. After trying it a couple more times, Ed was getting better and better at an incredible speed. Shunpo is a movement skill that used the least amount of steps to get from point A to point B. Ed was getting so good at it, that his monsters couldn't follow his movements anymore. However, it quickly drained him. It was a physical skill, so Ed would handle it better as he gets stronger.

After two hours of training, Ed could use Shunpo to run around the training room. You couldn't see him until he reaches the room's corners where he had to change speed. 'Let's try something a little crazy' Ed stopped and asked everyone to move out of the way. He activated his Ken and focused his aura on his legs with Ryu. He took a stance for running and used Spectral Shadow Steps along with Shunpo. Ed's speed was more than impressive in less than 1 second, he was near the end of the training room. However, he wasn't used to this accumulation of speed techniques, and couldn't stop.

Ed went face first into the wall, and a huge crashing sound reverberated throughout his room. Suika and the rest were worried about him, so they all ran to see how he was doing. Ed only had a nosebleed due to the crash. This was thanks to his clever use of Ken and Ryu, allowing his aura to instantly increase to surround his body, protecting him from fatal injuries.

Ed decided to train this technique somewhere more open instead of this small room. He trained his Ren with his companions for a while before heading out to eat. All of them took a bath as usual and slept. In the morning, Ed was going to ask about the details of the tournament that was taking place this week.


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Shigun Shigun

Hello everyone! Hope you enjoy the chapter.

Chapter 68: The small party

Ed woke up late. He left quickly to get to his class. Thankfully his teacher was even later.

"Everyone, there will be no classes this week due to the tournament." Immediately, the mood was better in class. No one liked going to class, except a select few, so it was good news. "You will have this time for training. A training hall will be open to each class so you don't have to worry about time schedules. Or, you can just choose to train in your rooms." Harry was about to walk out of the classroom but stopped. Apparently, he remembered something.

"The academy wants us, teachers, to provide you all with support, so if you need something you can come to the teachers' office. But please don't, I want to be free this week." As usual, Harry's laziness surpassed his shamelessness. He left them the key to the training hall and left. Ed went to speak with his friends before they all leave.

"Hey, I got some rare meat yesterday and I'm planning to cook it. Would you guys like to join?" Ed was straightforward in asking them.

Hayato and Stephanie answered positively while Emilia seemed as if she wanted to refuse, but Ed didn't allow her. "I want all of us to come and enjoy it, don't try to refuse. I plan to invite Leon as well so the more the better." Emilia was convinced and agreed to join. Only Ellie who was quiet for a while now didn't agree. However, they all knew the reason, so Emilia and Stephanie as fellow girls convinced her to join.

"Well then, I'll be leaving to look for Leon. Just come to my room at around sunset." Ed left after telling them. 'How wonderful it would be if I had a phone now' Ed had to look for Leon until finding him, he couldn't help but reminiscence about the greatness of technology. However, Ed had something else, although not better, still rather useful. He activated his Map and searched for green points. He quickly found two green points and went ahead. He was near a training hall so Leon was probably training. He waited outside for a little while before they got their break.

C class was different from E class. Mainly their teacher, who was rather enthusiastic about training them. Ed asked for his permission to talk to Leon.

"I'll be cooking some nice stuff today at around sunset, make sure you're present," Ed told Leon what was going to happen and wanted to leave quickly so he wouldn't get in the way of their training.

"Ah Oh! Can I bring Liza with me?" Leon quickly stopped Ed and asked him.

'Liza should be his classmate from the other day…' After realizing this, Ed had a devious smile on his face, which scared Leon.

"What's with that smile?! It's not what you think!" He quickly defended himself.

"Sure, sure you can invite her! I'll make sure to reserve you two seats next to each other!" Ed teased his friend a little before leaving.

Ed returned to his room and started preparing. He was going to use half of the body to host for his friends, while the other half was reserved for Raikou and the rest. Ed withdrew the items he needed from his Inventory and started cooking. He even made special utensils he didn't find in the market with his blacksmithing skill.

He used the breast meat as a dish on its own, as he cooked it in oil and baked it. He also made some fried chicken, which he missed for so long. All his dishes were made with the best spices he could find in the capital's market. Every dish he made was instantly stored in his Inventory, keeping it warm and ready for the use. Ed spent almost four hours to prepare the whole cockatrice. He didn't know if he should laugh or cry. The ingredient he wanted for so long was gone in a single day, but it would definitely be worth it.

There was still some time before sunset, so Ed trained his Ren alone this time. He practiced Shunpo most of the time yesterday and didn't get to do much Ren training. He could now hold this state for about one hour, which was an impressive improvement considering he doesn't train as much as he wants.

Time passed by and Ed was waiting in his room after taking a shower. Soon enough, someone knocked on his door. It was Hayato, who brought with him some drinks. 'Thankfully it's not alcohol' Ed doesn't drink any alcoholic beverages. It was simply a dislike.

People started coming one after the other. The final one to come was Ellie. Ed brought them all together and they sat in the kitchen. It was big enough for them to sit down with room to spare.

"Well then let's begin!" Ed put the dishes on a table he had gotten. He was acting like a magician on purpose. Every time he would move his hands on top of the table, and a dish would come out. After all the dishes were out, everyone got a drink and started eating happily.

Ed really did make Leon and Liza sit together on purpose. He got a look of both hate and appreciation from Leon, but he just shrugged it off. Everyone was having a good time, even Ellie who was down lately seemed to be getting better as she ate more and more food.

"Ed, could this be cockatrice meat?" Apparently, Emilia knew what the meat was from.

"Yes, it is. An acquaintance of mine joined the auction, and I was able to secure some of it for myself." Ed didn't want to tell them he joined the auction himself. They didn't need to know anyway. When the others heard that it was cockatrice meat, they nodded their head as if understanding how it was this good.

Soon enough, almost all the dishes were cleared out, and everyone simply chatted together.

"I won't go easy on you in the tournament if we are paired together!" Leon was in a good mood and simply challenged almost everyone present.

"I won't go easy either," Ed responded to his challenge with a challenge and they all laughed together.

"Ed I have something to ask of you!" It was Ellie who spoke. She seemed to be hesitating about this and used all her courage. Ed was caught off guard and couldn't respond.

"I want you to train me!"


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Shigun Shigun

Hello everyone! Where could Ellie be going with this i wonder?!

Hope you enjoy the chapter!

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