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6.74% I Just Inherited The Arcane Emperor's Legacy / Chapter 17: Settling In

Chapter 17: Settling In

It took a while to explain their current situation to Daphne. Leo did it as quickly as possible and forced her into the house. He did not want to stay outside too long. Once they both entered the house, they decided who took each room and they settled in. After they settled in, they had their first meal in the house together. He explained to Daphne what she could do for the next week.

"You don't have to go to the market for work anymore, because that will be very useless. Instead, you just decide what beds and clothes we need and buy them. In that time, I will earn enough money to buy us an Aura Training method. We can learn aura and become Aura Knights." He said to her.

She just nodded. She was still very dumbfounded. She couldn't comprehend what was happening.

The next day came, and Daphne set out to look for furniture and clothes, and other necessities. Leo stayed in to train his magic. He needed to grow stronger so that he could go into the forest again. He needed to make enough money to buy an Aura training method.

He would have to learn it to maintain a facade. He wouldn't have to explain how he killed monsters if he could just say that he was an Aura Knight. Daphne could also become one and protect herself.

He pulled out the Pseudo Beast Core. Beast Cores were useful to both mages because they could absorb the magic in them to train. The Beast Cores could also be used to make potions and other materials that would help with training. Aura Knights could use various herbs to make elixirs that could help them train better instead of potions made from Beast Cores.

The reason was that Aura was completely different from magic. It trained the body instead of absorbing magic into the core. The Aura would stay inside the muscles and could extend to the Aura Knight's sword. The circles that Aura Knights made revolved around the dantian of the person. Meanwhile, magic stayed inside a mage's heart, or his mind in Leo's case. Since Mages devoted their time to magic, they typically didn't spend their time studying aura.

He held the stone in his hand and started meditating. He could sense the huge cluster of magic inside the stone. It was a lot denser than in the air around him. He started absorbing the magic slowly into his body.

By the end of the day, the magic in his body had doubled. The magic cloud in his mind was the size of two houses, and its huge mass made it start to cling together. He could feel that the magic started to attract each other, and the cloud was slightly denser than before.

He got up and went to the living room. Daphne was already waiting there. She was looking very bored as she just sat in the corner, waiting for him. She looked up and saw that he was ready to have a meal.

"You didn't have lunch?" She asked.

"I didn't. But more importantly, when did you come back?" He asked her.

"It's been around four hours. Why?" She answered.

"Nothing. You must have been bored." He said.

She shook her head. "I'm used to it. I didn't have anything to do in the slums as well. I couldn't exactly go out to make friends there. I just pass time by myself."

He shook his head.

"You should quickly learn aura. I am going out tomorrow and I will buy one for you. Did you find the furniture?" He asked her.

She nodded. "Yes, but even the cheapest will cost a total of 4000 Star coins for everything. We don't have that much money. I just bought some lamps and kitchen utensils. I got you some clothes as well."

He looked to where she pointed and saw that there were a few pairs of clothes as well as a pair of shoes. He smiled. He would finally be dressed decently.

"Very nice. Let's have lunch!" He shouted.

"It's dinner." Daphne shook her head. "You're such an idiot."

"It's dinner for you. For me, it's the first meal since breakfast. That would make this lunch." He answered with a grin.

They finished eating quickly and went back to their own rooms. They learned to give each other space over the past years. The next day, Leo set out early in the morning. He was going to the market to meet Trevor. He was going to the forest again. This time, he was going to get only two herbs. He needed the money to buy an Aura Training method as well as a new dagger.

He needed a better knife that could cut through the bones of stronger beasts. He would eventually start hunting Pseudo Magical Beast. He needed the cores to practice magic. He couldn't buy them because he would have to explain why he needed them.

He first went to one of the vendors that sold equipment. They typically sold equipment to Aura Knights, but they might have some knives for Apprentice Aura Knights as well.

"Do you have any daggers for Apprentice Aura Knights?" He asked the man behind the stall.

"Yes. They start at 400 Star coins. The best ones are 3000 Star coins." The man said.

Leo took out 400 Star coins. "Can I have a simple dagger please?"

The man took the money and handed him a dagger. With this, all of the money that he saved was gone again. He met with Trevor to tell him that he was setting out again before leaving the forest.

"Trevor, I am going to get some more magical herbs. Do you have any tips?" He asked Trevor.

"Yes. I heard that the deeper part of the forest was slightly weird from some mercenaries. Don't stray too far into the forest."

"Thanks. Also, keep a book of Aura Training ready. I'll buy it today." He told Trevor before setting out.

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Chapter 18: Aura Training Method

Leo went into the forest and came back after four hours. He found two herbs this time and killed a couple of beasts for them. The beasts were both just normal animals so he didn't have any problem dealing with them. He didn't go as deep as he went previously because of Trevor's advice.

When he came back and gave the herbs to Trevor, he got back 1800 Star coins for them. The plants hadn't grown enough for them to be considered truly magical. He handed a 1000 Star coin note to Trevor.

"The Aura Training method?" He asked Trevor.

Trevor nodded. "This is a very standard training method. Everyone uses this. The only difference is that with rich commoner families, you also have techniques to utilize aura better than with just the training method. They should all follow the same principle though. You shouldn't worry too much."

He nodded. He took the aura training method from Trevor and left with the rest of his money. He would have to go to the forest again the next week for more money to pay the advance rent for the next few months. He was spending too much money, but he knew that they were all good investments.

He went back to his house and gave the aura training method to Daphne.

"This is an aura training method. Start training using this. If you are lucky, then you can gain some aura and defend yourself. I will get you a knife as well when we have enough money for rent and furniture." He told her.

She nodded. "Thank you. Can I come with you to the forest if I become an Aura Knight?"

Leo thought for a minute. "You have to become an actual Aura Knight, not just an Apprentice Knight. Okay?" He gave her a hard goal so that she would take some time before he would have to deal with her.

Daphne was like his sister, and he didn't want to put her in danger. She looked at him with determination in her eyes.

"I will definitely become an Aura Knight as quickly as possible." She said resolutely. He smiled at her.

"I wish you good luck. Now start practicing. I am also training using the aura method. That was why I sit in my room for long periods of time." He said. He was lying to her, but it was necessary.

They had a quick late lunch. He went to his room while Daphne went into hers. They already had enough food for dinner, so they wouldn't have to go out to get any. He didn't have to worry about dinner and could focus on training.

Compared to the previous day with the magic stone, his training gave fewer results. His magic power barely grew at all. Leo understood how important Beast Cores and Potions were to train. The only problem was that he would have to kill them himself to use them. This meant that it would be faster for him to train if he kept going to the forest and getting Pseudo Beast Cores instead of just sitting down and training.

For the rest of the week, his schedule was very simple. He would go out and find herbs to sell to Trevor while trying to look for Pseudo Beast Cores in the animals that he killed. In the rest of the time, he would train his magic. He could also use the white room to train while he was sleeping, so he saw a decent improvement in his magic.

His luck wasn't very good while going into the forest this time because he couldn't find any Cores. However, he found 1 or even 2 herbs sometimes. This all added up to almost 7000 Star coins. Along with his initial 800 Star coins, it was enough for a couch as well as the rent for the next three months.

He paid off his advance at the office. Adira was very shocked when she saw that he came up with the money that quickly.

He continued going into the forest every day for the next week as well. This time, he was luckier than before. He found three Pseudo Beast Cores.

He didn't tell Trevor about them, because he didn't need him to identify them. He quickly felt the magic within them. He was saving the cores up without using them because he wanted to take a break from going into the forest.

For the week after that, he just focussed on absorbing the magic within the cores. Because he wasn't rushing it, each core lasted two days. By the end of the week, his magic doubled. While it might seem odd that his magic only doubled, given that he absorbed three Pseudo Beast Cores, it wasn't considering the current state of his mind.

The cloud was now incredibly dense, and he could feel the magic influencing his mind heavily. The plains that the cloud lit up were very vibrant. He could see that the grass stretched to a considerable distance - almost a mile away. The cloud itself was the size of a big mansion. His mind itself felt incredibly clear and he felt it was considerably easier killing Pseudo Magical Beasts.

The next week also passed similar to the second week. He found two Pseudo Beast Cores and a few other herbs that he sold to Trevor. Trevor started to appreciate Leo as a valuable mercenary and started depending on him for herbs more than other mercenaries who charged more.

With the money that he earned, he was able to buy the furniture for the house as well as a good dagger for himself and Daphne. In all this time, Daphne was still struggling to learn how to train Aura.

Time passed quickly, and two months shot by.

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A/N: I would greatly appreciate comments about the story at any point. I would also appreciate reviews.

If you like the story, then please consider voting with power stones.

:) Thanks. Have a great day.


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