SUPREME ARCH-MAGUS

"Princess, look at his face... hahaha…"

"Without having mana stones, he tried to compete with us, how laughable!"

The Ice Castle girls began making sarcastic comments while laughing loudly in a mocking tone. A proud smile also played on Eila's lips as she stared at Kent's helpless state.

Shaking his head, Kent turned towards Kavi, the Fire Kirin, to explain his financial situation. But after seeing its pitiful face, words failed to come out of Kent's mouth.

Putting his pride aside, Kent took out a glass veil from his storage bracelet and placed it before the fat lady. "This is the antidote for the nine-tailed horned insect. You can verify it with anyone. I can definitely treat your condition. Please consider my offer." Kent asked requestingly.

The manager stared at the glass veil for a second. The brown, lackluster potion inside the glass veil didn't satisfy him. "Young man, enough of your nonsense. Leave my store before I toss you out." The fat lady spoke with a grim face.

Jabil, who stood at the center, rushed towards the fat lady with an angry hissing. Kent blocked him with one hand.

"Master, I don't want that shitty wine. Let's go…" Jabil hissed while staring at the fat lady with a fierce look.

"Yes, master. I also don't want it." Kavi joined in the protest.

Shaking his head, Kent picked up the antidote and turned around to leave.

But before Kent, the fat lady hurriedly stood up from her seat and ran towards the entrance. The wooden floor creaked rhythmically to her weight balance.

A group of men in luxurious clothes were following an old man at the entrance. With his long white beard, tied hair, flowy beard, and shiny clothes, the old man appeared like a wealthy and important person. They all came walking into the store.

The fat lady hurriedly greeted the owner of the pet-food store, who was following the old man humbly. The middle-aged store owner glared angrily at the fat lady and gestured her to greet the old man first.

But the old man is not in the mood to care about fat lady greetings. His gaze fixed on Kent, who stood at the rear end of the store. Kent didn't understand why the old man was staring at him with a familiar look.

The onlookers, who knew about the identity of the old man, hurriedly greeted him with a respectful bow. The old man completely disregards all others in his path and moves towards Kent with a serious face.

As he reached Kent, he observed Kent from top to bottom. "Young Master Kent, please accept the greeting of Long Chu." The old man clasped his hand and bowed his head in respect.

The rich people who came with the old man were surprised by his sudden gesture. The old man is Long Chu, head of the Chu family. His family controls half of the nine-cauldron summit business. No one understood why Long Chu, the unofficial master of the Nine Cauldron Summit, was bowing to a young man.

The Ice Castle girls were staring at this scene with wide open mouths.

"Princess, it seems the old man is a powerful person." One of the girls whispered in a meekly.

"So what? Our Ice Castle is not less than anyone here." Princess Eila spoke in a serious tone while staring at Kent, who was happily speaking with the old man.

Meanwhile, the old man took out a storage ring and passed it to Kent. "Young master Kent, your aunt asked me to transfer these mana stones for you. Please accept it. For the help your aunt did to my family, these mana stores are very less. Remember that my Chu family will always be ready to help you in any situation."

The old man spoke in a humble tone while passing the storage ring to Kent. Wondering about the wealth inside the spirit ring, Kent accepted the spirit ring and observed the contents inside it.

Kent saw a large number of mana stones arranged neatly in stacks. But unlike the crimson coloured, shell-shaped mana stones, the stones inside the spirit ring were purple and large.

"Elder, why do these mana stones look different?" Kent asked the old man with a curious look.

"Young master, these are superior mana stones. One superior mana stone is equal to 100 normal crimson coloured mana stones." The old man, Long Chu, said in a humble tone.

A smile formed on Kent's face as he stared at the superior mana stones.

"Young master Kent, your aunt said, you came here to attend the Wizard Association auction. I hope these hundred thousand superior mana stones were enough for the auction. If you need more, please contact me." The old man said as he prepared to leave.

'Ten million mana stones,' the fat lady, who stood a short distance from Kent, muttered in a weak tone. Her legs began shaking after knowing that number.

Just then, Kent took out 100 superior mana stones and placed them on the manager's table. "How about now, lady? Will you give me those monkey wine bottles?" Kent asked with a playful grin. Both his pets began circling around him with loud laughter as they made fun of the fat lady's face. Especially Jabil, whose loud hisses sent shivers to the fat lady.

Before the fat lady replied, the store owner, who came following the old man, stepped forward with a sheepish smile. "Young master, this is your store. Take whatever you want. Please don't insult me by paying." The middle-aged man spoke while giving back the hundred superior mana stones to Kent.

Kent accepted them casually and turned his head toward the fat lady. As the fat lady stared at the Ice Castle sect girls, the store owner cried out angrily. "Why are you still standing here? Pack those monkey wine bottles for young master Kent."

"Stop!" Princess Eila stepped forward with a serious look.

"Store owner, we are from Ice Castle. I already asked the servant girls to pack those monkey wines for me." Princess Eila spoke authoritatively while staring at the store owner.

The store owner paused for a second and turned toward the fat lady. "Did you receive mana stones from them?"

The fat lady hurriedly shook her head.

"Then go pack those monkey wine bottles and hand them to young Master Kent." The store owner ordered without another thought. He completely disregarded Princess Eila and Ice Castle.

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PeterPan :-P