18 Parts or Potions? (2/2)

Raven hurriedly stood up and went towards Grandma Coral.

”It's getting late, young lady. Go and sleep. I will give him the blanket.”- Grandma Coral had come here to remind Raven that it was almost midnight.

Grandma Coral gave Ozul the blanket before she smiled at him and went back inside.

. . .

Waking up the next morning, Ozul again saw clouds in the sky.

But he was not planning to hunt for the day. So, Ozul just ate breakfast, and before leaving, he assured Grandma Coral that he was just going to go for a walk on the streets.

Actually, Ozul was planning to sell the Rank-4 Cores that he had obtained yesterday.

Ozul arrived at the shop for Magical Items. He entered it, but this time, there was an unusual amount of people in the shop.

He did not mind them and went straight towards the Shop Owner. Ozul put the Rank-3 Cores on the counter before he asked for the money.

The Shop Owner seeing the four Rank-3 Cores in front of him went wide-eyed. He was surprised not because of the Cores, but because it was a kid that brought them! But that surprise suddenly turned into something else...

'Hmm? Malicious intent?... Oh. Greed, huh.'- Ozul, who was sensitive to the emotions, immediately knew what the Shop Owner was thinking. But he did not pay any heed to it—he was pretty confident to deal with small problems like these.

The Shop Owner also just gave Ozul 40 Silver Coins; his thoughts were unknown as he gave a fake smile to Ozul.

”Here you go, kid. Have a beautiful day.????”- The Shop Owner said to Ozul before moving on to other customers.

Ozul, who received his money, was just about to leave when he suddenly heard a conversation between some of the people in the shop.

”Haha... See this? This new Potion costs 50 Silvers!”- said a short guy, while showing glass vial in his hands. There was a purplish liquid inside that vial.

Gazing at that purple vial, Ozul suddenly had a sense of familiarity from it!

'It's familiar, wait... familiar... my parts! But how?'- Ozul suddenly had this thought that the purple vial was somehow related to his parts.

Ozuls' senses had never lied to him. So, he became interested in their conversation. Listening closely,

”Huh? Is it a new potion? But why is it so expensive?”- the fat guy asked curiously.

”You don't know, fatty? Are you living under a rock? This Potion given by the Church of Light is like another life!”- the short guy said to the fatty in wonder. He then continued,

”This is a health potion! It can instantly heal any recent small injury! It is a life-saving treasure for mercenaries like us!”

”What!? Heal recent injuries? When did such a thing happen!”- asked the fatty in disbelief.

”This is only a downgraded version tho! They do not circulate the better ones to people without connections.”- the short man said as he was unhappy, not to be able to get a hand on better ones.

Ozul did not listen any further. He already guessed what those despicable people were doing with his 'parts.'

Somehow, those filthy humans had extracted the essence of healing from his parts! They probably did that regularly to be able to create so many of these potions!

'Church of Light... Sigh... it's gotten more complicated.”- Ozul had heard about the Church of Light. Apparently, they worshipped some God of Light.

From what Ozul had heard, the Church of Light was one of the top powers in the Mainland! All the people in the Church of Light were Mages who focused on Light Element.

Ozul was just confused as to why and how did his 'parts' get in their hands.

'If they have my part, then there is also the possibility that somehow my 'parts' are in the custody of different powers...'- Ozul had to keep that possibility in his mind. It did not make any sense for his 'father' who was a Duke in the Silverbird Kingdom just to give his parts to other parties.

The standing of the Silverbird Kingdom in the Mainland was not any lower than the Church. It was just that the Church had its influence all over the Mainland.

'Something must have happened...'- Ozul thought that something unexpected must've happened for the situation to get this complicated.

Ozul again sighed in his mind before he left the store to go back home.

He had done too much thinking in just this short amount of time. Only sleep could cancel out the 'negative effects' of his thinking!

Even though he did not show it on his face, Ozul was in a bad mood. He did not feel right whenever he thought that those filthy humans were experimenting on his parts.

In a bad mood, Ozul just entered through the gate and laid under the tree. He did not bother with anyone else. Dark clouds were already above his head. So, there was no sunlight bothering him.

Only a second late, Ozul fell asleep.