Chapter 83 - 83. Sirius, The Archmage In The Southern Ingmery (1/2)
”Heh... I guess I have to go and get the wisps to make the battle axes, two-handed Broadsword and the Assassin's compact crossbow again eh? Your customers would be dying to get their hands on it. Remember, each of the pieces was sold at a sinful amount of 10k credits, but so far I had known that your Assassin's compact Crossbow, Battle axes and the two-handed broadswords would be sold at 5k, 6k and 7k.”
”Stick to that price and even if those idiots matched the price, they would eventually lose a lot of money in the end. Don't you worry guys, as you had sworn your oath and allegiance to the House of Keating, you will always be under our protection.”
”I've missed my lunch just because of those idiots and I really need a break from today. Come, children, let's head to Waffle Town and get us some chops, steaks, burgers and fries... Hehehe.” I spoke as if these restaurants are available during that time and only available in the novel called, 'Werewolves and Vampires - A Shapeshifter's Tale'
”Yeay...” choruses our children and they knew I'm only kidding on Waffle Town and heads to Beauty World store while we summoned up the street vendors and we ate our early mid-afternoon snacks while sitting at the benches. I had 2 chicken chops with dripping gravy, potato wedges and sweetmeat buns. I placed the food on my lap as I savoured each bite and the children, as well as the other 3 adults, also had their mid-afternoon snacks as well.
”All this excitement really worked up an appetite,” I said as I somehow visualised 10 million credits from a 1.4 million credit pouch when I showed the idiotic duo that I had 10 million which in fact was an illusion for them. Greed and Ego sure makes one blind...
”Daddy, how did you become such a genius like who you are now? Do you mind telling us abit of yourself besides being in the Legion as well on Oddfish? We knew that there's no such place as Oddfish Town because it's not even marked on the maps at all.” Adam asked as he began to probe into my history which I had kept hidden for all this while.
”Well, children... All I can say that time will only tell. It would be dangerous if I were to tell you now because what I'm going to tell you would not exist in the history books and also on the maps.”
”You need to have a world map to actually know what I'm talking about. But rest assured, one day you would be able to tell when you're a bit older. You just become a Macleod and I don't want you to disappear into the clouds if I were to tell you now.”
”Daddy, you are being silly, you know...” Ingles said as she nudged Adam and signalled him to shut up and not ask too many things because she somehow saw my distant look in my eyes as I look back into my past and the leaps that I had made and ended in this era.
The only person that can relate well to this would be my wife, Patricia who had somehow talked to me in my sleep and discovered a bit about myself in a jumble of mashed-up names and events during my leaps. Seeing me suddenly grew quiet she took a potato wedge and stuffed into my mouth and I woke up from my stupor.
Even Prius and Rebecca knew something was a bit off from the look in my eyes and dismissed it due to fatigue since I was hammering away for 450 times in Blake's. Somehow, only Prius was able to see through my system as he scanned me from time to time. I still wondered how to be could do that... Or is he someone that leapt like me as well?
I wonder... But I dismissed the thoughts since he looked like a normal person from this era as well. Soon, we finished our meal and since we didn't enter the store and it was only in the afternoon so no one came by to purchase any of the products.
After having the snacks and spoiling my appetite for dinner, we all head to the Atelier and hands the completed Mages' gear and back to the Great Hall. I went to my room and meditated to enter the Realm of Mind and started to duplicate the weapons that had been 'sold' to the two idiots, Quentin and Romulus. Once I had queued the duplication in the Fusion Chambers, I headed back to the real world.
”Tell us what happens, Daddy... We were not being able to enter because there were hundreds of people swarming the storefront. When we teach there the crowd were singing, stamping their feet and clapping their hands. We wondered what had happened so we waited outside. Once the crowd moved away, we all went inside.”
Jane pleaded as she wanted to know what's the whole story about. And so the children gathered at my feet as I told the story from head to toe as I showed how dramatic I was when I lifted the hammer and everything. This kept the children for about an hour as Rebecca and Patricia were in the kitchen preparing dinner.
Hearing me retold the stories to the children made the two snickered as it was a rather comical narration on my part especially when Quentin and Romulus received the piece of forged iron by me after Fabrigas has passed to them.
”Daddy, tell us more about the House of Keating, what type of adventurers do you take in and what type of knowledge do you impart to them?” asked Jane who was curious that we hadn't had any Adventurer asking for membership or getting any quests and so on.
”Ah... Uncle Prius is the right person to tell us, right?” I gestured to Prius to tell a bit more of Keating's history and its background.
Prius began to tell the children on the legacy of House of Keating that began by his great grandparents and how the foundation started from a small cottage and was made up of adventurers from all walks of life. They were mainly farmers who protected their lands using pitchforks and garden hoes which later became spears, pikes and Warhammer.