Chapter 50: *On the same page*
Axel said to him very seriously, "No one should know that you have mastered more than three elements, not even Alan, okay?"
Kevin nodded. He was well aware that being able to master all the elements was something that had never been seen before. He then asked Axel with a smile to change the subject, "So, do you like my cooking?"
Axel told him sincerely, "Babe, I swear this is a compliment, so don’t get mad at me, but you really are the perfect wife."
Kevin slapped him playfully behind the head and said, "I’m a man, Axel. I can be your perfect husband, but forget about having a wife. Now that you have seduced me, I won’t leave you for anyone else."
Axel laughed heartily and replied, "Alright, alright, babe. So you really are my perfect husband. And this is delicious! You truly have a gift for cooking."
Kevin smiled, satisfied, and asked in return, "Tell me about your morning and what you have planned for this afternoon."
Axel told him that he had gone to apply to be Erik’s tutor and that it had been accepted immediately, even though they had tried to get him to choose other candidates who were more promising than him. He then went to find Erik to share the good news and tested him to see what level he was at. This afternoon, they had planned to meet again in the gymnasium so Axel could prepare a training program for him.
Axel then asked Kevin, "You can craft your potions anywhere, right?"
Kevin knew what Axel really wanted, so he answered honestly, "Yes and no. Yes, I can craft them anywhere, but no, I can’t do it in front of others because I’m only supposed to have 180 Soul Force points, and this potion requires 150 Soul Force points to craft."
Axel looked disappointed, so Kevin said, "If you want, I can join you after making my 7 potions. I will do my stretching and workout with you—does that suit you better?"
Axel’s face immediately lit up, and he said, "Great! Let’s do that then. Join us in the gymnasium as soon as your potions are done."
Kevin nodded, smiling at him, and thought to himself that he was going to have to change his plans to satisfy Axel, but he didn’t mind; he wanted to hang out with him too. As long as he met all of his goals by the end of the day, the order in which he did them didn’t matter.
He still had something very important to discuss with Axel, "Axel, do you mind if we use my System’s Inventory to store all our belongings?"
Axel looked at him, surprised, and said, "I was just about to suggest that to you..."
It seemed they were really on the same page. What he was feeling right now was hard to describe; he felt genuinely happy. He added, "I wanted to offer to store everything in your inventory, and I’ll just keep 50,000 gold coins with me to buy what we need."
Kevin nodded, relieved that Axel trusted him enough to let him put everything in his inventory. Axel then gave him the money they had earned with Tony and 30,000 gold from his personal savings. Previously, he had nowhere to safely keep his money, but Kevin’s inventory was probably the safest place in the world because he was the only one with access to it.
After eating, Axel took care of the dishes and urged Kevin to start on his potions, saying the sooner he began, the sooner he would join him. Axel left at 1:20 PM, just after Kevin finished crafting his first potion, he found him very attractive while he was concentrating on crafting, a very different side of Kevin than he was used to seeing during his stretches or workouts. Once again, he fell completely under Kevin’s spell.
Time passed quickly as Kevin crafted his Healing Potions, and he wondered if it was possible to increase his crafting speed by, for example, increasing the speed at which he infused spiritual energy into each step. But since his knowledge was still limited and he didn’t want to fail and lose his 10 experience points and 1 Soul Force point, he decided to wait for the opportunity to ask this question to Alan.
Exactly 2 hours after Axel left, Kevin had just finished crafting his 7 potions. He had gained 70 experience points and 7 Soul Force points, leaving him with only 96 Soul Force points remaining.
Before joining Axel, he decided to conduct an experiment. The Sun Sect bought low-grade potions for 20 gold coins, but what about the System? Kevin opened the System’s holographic screen and went straight to the Store menu.
[ STORE ]
[ BUY / SELL ]
Kevin immediately thought of ’sell,’ and the potion he was holding in his hands disappeared. A new message popped up.
[ ITEM ]
Healing Potion (Low Grade): Instantly recovers 10 HP. You can sell it for 50 gold coins. Yes / No.
Kevin thought ’no,’ even though it would be much more beneficial to sell the potions to the System—apparently, the System didn’t take a commission and bought the products at the price he was selling them for.
However, Kevin wanted to discuss it first with Axel and see what they should do. Since he had already bought the ingredients from Uncle Douglas, he likely expected Kevin to sell the potions back to him. Kevin didn’t want to disappoint the old man, so he decided he would sell the potions to Uncle Douglas as planned.
The potion reappeared in his hands, and Kevin decided to use this time to put everything in his inventory. He opened the Inventory menu and placed everything inside one by one.
He kept only his clothes, the magic bag from the Sun Sect, and left his first aid kit on a kitchen shelf; using Healing Potions was much more efficient when they were looting dungeons.
He then eagerly checked his Inventory, feeling excited like a kid opening birthday presents.
[ INVENTORY ]
- 534,645 gold coins
- Magical Crystal (High Grade, Large Size) × 2
- Trinium (High Grade) 3 kg
- Nerudium (High Grade) 3.4 kg
- Healing Potion (Low Grade) × 38
- Healing Potion (Medium Grade) × 10
- Spirit Potion (Low Grade) × 5
- Spirit Potion (Medium Grade) × 10
- Energy Potion (Low Grade) × 5
- Energy Potion (Medium Grade) × 10
Kevin didn’t know if he should keep the potions or sell them to the System and buy them again whenever they needed them. He would discuss that with Axel too.
Finally, he closed the holographic screen of his System and hurried to join Axel and Erik in the gymnasium.
