Magic Shop System

Chapter 101 - Shop Modification

The shop was silent. It felt eerie in the darkness. The moon was hiding behind the clouds, so no light. The weather was foggy, which made it even more troublesome to look at. However, Kadyn was in control here. With just a single thought fog faded and light appeared in the shop. Elora and Zelie sighed in relief. Kadyn saw their expression and rolled his eyes. The girls were furious seeing his smirking gaze, but too embarrassed to retort.

"Sister Rayna must have fallen asleep," Elora said to hide her embarrassment. Kadyn nodded and looked around and his gaze fell over tall buildings one by one — Potion Hall, Artisan Hall, Formation Hall, etc; in the end, his gaze fell upon the Main Building.

 I need to modify it. He thought. Then he turned towards Khrom and Dion and said, "Lead the carriages inside."

 The duo nodded and went outside. Kadyn stared at the main building and a picture appeared inside his head. He wanted to make the shop look like that picture. Following that, a window opened in front of him.

 [The modification needs 150 energy points. Do you want to continue? Y/N]

 As soon as Kadyn clicked yes, the shop started to tremble. "What is happening?" Hot Rod's voice quivered. "Is this an earthquake?"

 Kadyn rolled his eyes at him. Barret relaxed when he spotted Kadyn's expression. Then, to everyone's shock, the buildings started to shift. They moved backwards except the Main Building. It moved forward. In the end, other buildings had been hidden behind the single one.

 When everyone thought that this was the end. The buildings once more started to change. The entire shop had turned white — appearing to be made of white marbles— and two large pillars appeared on either side of its door. Then beautiful carvings started to form — wild animals, beautiful flowers, mountains and landscapes. There were even carvings of wizards fighting and slaughtering each other. 

Then, there were carvings of strange creatures: eyes red, hair red, bloody teeth — two at the side were longer than the rest — and two horns could be seen on their heads. Are they vampires from legends? He thought. But then, he shook his head. No, vampires have no horns. He contradicted. Afterwards, he shook his head and peered somewhere else. A beautiful dome had formed at the top of the shop, accentuating its beauty.

After that, the path formed at the front of the shop and flowers and shrubs spread their greenery on either side. Then, the tiles appeared on the path and a red carpet formed afterwards. Kadyn smiled.

Then, his attention turned towards the inside. The shelves formed — protruding out of the walls. They were covered with glasses. They could be used to display their potions or artefacts inside. The counter that was at the very front moved back and dragged until it was near the wall at the very end. However, it stopped before reaching around two meters away from the wall, and behind the counter on the wall shelves started to form like before, glasses as a protective layer.

 Afterwards, on the edge of the counter appeared a screen. On which one could see a spinning wheel. Wheel of Fortune. Kadyn hadn't used it for a long time and had almost forgotten about it, but at this moment, he remembered about it — as he could use it in this convention to attract other customers and make his shop a little more distinguished than others. 

Furthermore, that shining screen was something pretty eye-catching. Even if some people suspected it was a fraud — as many people do — they would still want to try it. It would do a good job with amazing people. After all, the technology of Pengolla wasn't as advanced as the earth. 

The screen was hanging without any support that was shocking on its own. People would take it as some kind of spell. Furthermore, the System seemed beyond any technology Kadyn had seen in his life. It could do anything if you have enough energy points and strength.

 Just as the modification was completed the noise came from behind them. Five carriages entered the shop. Khrom and Dion gawked at the scene in front of them with wide eyes and open mouths. "When… did it turn out like this?" Khrom asked after a brief silence of amazement.

 "Just a moment ago," Zelie replied. She chuckled and shook her head.

 Khrom eyed her stupendously. He wanted to ask: sister, do you know how shocking this is? However, he had seen many amazing things since he became acquainted with Kadyn so he suppressed his curiosity for the time being. But Dion remained frozen. Khrom had to nudge him with an elbow in his waist before he came back to his senses.

 "Alright," Kadyn turned towards everyone with a smiling face. "Let's put our goods on display."

 At this moment, however, a figure appeared from behind the building. It stumbled and cocked its head this way and that. "Who-who is there?" a trembling voice asked. A voice of a woman.

 Everyone turned towards the shadow and a smile appeared on Kadyn's face. "It's me, Sister Rayna."

 The shadow revealed itself. She was Rayna staring at the group in surprise, bewilderment, and confusion. "Why are you back?" she asked.

 Everyone couldn't help but chuckle at her words and turned towards Kadyn — however, Elora took the lead and explained everything to the lady. Rayna seemed amazed when she realised the truth. So, Kadyn could take the shop with him whenever he wanted to take it. Rayna shook her head, she wasn't a mage so she didn't know what mages were capable of. She thought every powerful mage could do that.

 "You can go to sleep, Sister Rayna," Kadyn said. "Children are alone. They will get scared when no one is near them."

 After sending Rayna, they resumed their work. They had placed all their artefacts and potions on a display and most of the shelves had been filled — though there were still lots of them empty. But Kadyn had put the goods in such a way that it seemed full. So it didn't bother them much.

 "It looks beautiful," Elora said, and Zelie nodded in agreement.

 "Not many shops will be able to compete with us in presentation. It would attract lots of customers." Hot Rod nodded as he looked at the display. First those gigantic lions at the entrance then the carvings on the two pillars and the shop. Everything was perfect.

 Kadyn glanced at the shelves and thought for a moment before speaking. "People could tell the use of every artefact — except few — but potions are different." He glanced at everyone. "The customers won't be able to tell their use." He paused again and then went on. "How about writing a little description on each shelf?"

 "That would be great… but, won't that take too long?" Elora spoke of her concern. "We won't be able to complete the task before dawn."

 "Hmm…" he placed his hand under his chin and looked at the shelves around him. Then he sighed and a window appeared. And twenty energy points vanished again.

 However, under every potion and artefact, a plaque appeared that described their uses. Barret, Hot Rod and others gawked at the scene with wide mouths but then shook their heads. However, when they looked at Kadyn a kind of reverence and respect started to emerge in their eyes. Doing something that Kadyn did, wasn't a Rank 1 or Rank 2 or even Rank 3 mage could do. It was something beyond these ranks.

 "Don't look at me like that," Kadyn rolled his eyes at them. Then went on. "Alright, everyone take some rest. We need to work in the morning…"

"How dare you sabotage my place! Get out of here, right now!"

Before he could finish his sentence. A shout reverberated. Kadyn frowned and exchanged glances with everyone else. "Let's go check out what's going on." He said and scurried towards the exit. Others exchanged helpless glances and followed him. They had just arrived and someone had already found them to cause trouble.

Kadyn looked in front of him and saw a group of ten people. At the very front was standing a young man around the age of twenty-five: he had black hair, small height; he had a pointy nose and broad shoulders. He was holding a staff in his hand on which a shining gem could be seen. A magic staff. 

However, it was only an Elementary Rank artefact. Though Kadyn failed to recognise its grade. After all, he wasn't in the shop at the moment. "Who are you and what do you want Sir?" he asked. Barret, Hot Rod, and others also arrived, looking at the group in front of them with narrowed eyes.

The man's expression flickered somewhat when others arrived, however, he recovered quickly. Then, he said in a proud and arrogant tone. "Do you know what mistake you made, lad?'' His tone was haughty and somewhat disdainful. It felt as if he was talking to a beggar outside the temple who had stepped on his feet by mistake.

Elora turned red from fury. It's been a long time since she had seen someone talking to her brother like this. She clenched her teeth and took a step forward. Kadyn, however, waved his hand and stopped her and looked at the man in front of him and said with a nonchalant expression. "I don't understand what you are trying to say. No one is going to get impressed by that petty display of yours. Especially not two ladies beside me. So tone it down."

A few snickers sounded and the man turned red in embarrassment and anger. "You… you…"