Matthew White
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As James had said, he was able to prepare everything needed on the same day. Honestly, it kinda felt like he was a little too efficient. There was one point that he wanted to tell me, apparently something about the costs, but he just stopped himself. It was kinda weird. But I no longer thought about it. Right now, I was in the middle of the slums, in a fairly large area with not much going on around. I couldn't help but notice almost every single person in the area was looking at me kinda…-
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When I asked for the cost of importing foods, James seemed to have come to some sort of understanding. Though I'm nearly one hundred percent sure that understanding was wrong. James shrugged his shoulders. "There are some expensive foods that can be imported, but know that they will probably not be worth it." I stared right at him, while he stared back at me. After a few moments of awkward silence, I decided to bring it up. "I feel like there is a misunderstanding between the two of us right…
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It took me a bit, but I found where the head butler's study was. Upon knocking, the door opened, revealing a man with a black suit on. I was already considered pretty tall, but he still had half a head over me. His hair was bright yellow and long for a male, contrasting with mine. His eyes appeared to be blue, but they were rather dull, making it easy to mistake them for gray instead. I opened my mouth, but before I could say anything, he simply sighed. "Lord Bryson, I've already told you that I…
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I reflected on the fight as my adrenaline died down. ...Hm. Now that I think about it, as the fight progressed my mind was going on autopilot, and my muscle memory kicked in. I was performing various techniques that I didn't understand, and it seemed Nathan was as well. I'm not sure how it was for him, but I definitely wouldn't be able to recreate the moves I had just done on command. However, I at least had a feel for them. It seemed like we would have to spar more often if we wanted to get a feel…
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I stared down at Nathan, while he looked back at me. The two of us didn't move for quite a while. This was how it usually was when we fought. I held onto an ordinary wooden sword while he held onto a wooden spear. The sounds of wooden weapons clashing with each other slowly picked up in volume, until they became quite loud. The sounds gradually melded into each other until they appeared to have their own rhythm. I slowly bent my knee, while Nathan raised his spear ever so slightly. In the end, I…
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I ruffled my hair and decided to just let it go. Although I now owed Raisa a favor, so long as I was shameless enough I could just decline whatever she asked for since I said nothing too overboard. I sat down in the same seat, waiting for people to file in. Surprisingly enough, despite being out at the entrance when I was, Nathan was actually the last person to enter the classroom. And... he also looked even more exhausted than when I last saw him. The moment he stepped into the classroom, he…
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I looked at Nathan blankly, while he did the same back to me. The reality of the situation was sinking in. Somehow, with the power of two people, we were supposed to feed eighteen thousand people. The biggest problem with this was that in the game you actually had to make several encounters with people by chance. It was going to be hard to replicate that because the game didn't specify exact dates and times as to where to go. While both of us memorized what we had to do, at the end of the day, games…
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I was able to finally get to my room with Nathan. It was a fairly big room, and inside were various papers out on the desk that appeared to be related to magic. There was also a wooden sword resting near the bedside, which seemed to indicate that I practiced the sword. I was a little confused why a mage had to learn swordsmanship, but I didn't think about it too hard. I cleared my throat. "Alright, first things first, we need to come up with a plan. In order to do so, we gotta first write down all…
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Nathan continued to lurch forth, attempting to yeet off the carriage. With all of my strength, I held him back from throwing himself out of the carriage. Many people were looking and pointing at us. They were whispering with one another. Surely only good things about me, as I was preventing a suicide from happening. That makes me an upstanding citizen, no? It wasn't as though the carriage was all that fast, but even tumbling out of a slow-moving vehicle would still cause pretty bad injuries if one…
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After receiving Raisa's invitation, I couldn't help but be dumbfounded. What do visits between nobles even mean anyway? I thought about it, and couldn't really come up with an answer. The only thing I knew for sure, was that it could not be today. There were still way too many things for me to sort out before I could do something like that. I coughed a little hard. "I... apologize, but could you give me some time to see when I am free? I will tell you tomorrow." Raisa nodded. "Haha,…
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