Magic Shop System

Chapter 107 - Four Scrolls

"Wow!" Slyff exclaimed when he saw thousands of scrolls and books sitting inside the shelves. He didn't know what kind of books and scrolls they were. No matter what kind of books there were, they were invaluable. His eyes flashed with curiosity as he rolled his neck from here to there.

Kadyn smirked seeing his shocked face. After all, most of the books were monopolised by nobles. Only a few lucky individuals would be able to read those books, and Slyff definitely wasn't one of them. Even Elora — who studied in his previous magic school — didn't have a single spell; with this, one could tell how zealously they guarded the books, especially magic related.

The duo walked deeper and Kadyn continued to examine all the shelves as he passed them. When he reached the section and Elements he stopped. Slyff looked curiously at the shelf but could only shake his head in the end, as he failed to understand anything that was written on the shelf. 

Kadyn peered around him, and five minutes later, his gaze stopped on a single shelf. "Found you," he curled his lips in triumph. After all, the library was huge and it wasn't easy to find something. Then he walked towards that particular shelf, followed by Slyff, of course, on his toes.

Shape-shifter. That's what was written under the shelf. Kadyn looked through the scrolls and started to read books to understand about the element in more depth. After an hour later, he took four scrolls from the shelf and looked at Slyff. The boy eyed at the scrolls and rubbed his hands in anticipation before asking. "Are they for me?"

"Yes, and no," Kadyn rolled his eyes when he saw a confused look on his face and explained. "I'm making an exception because you have no spell, or I would never give a spell to anyone for free. They need to work to earn the right and you are no exception. Of course, except for this one chance. Am I clear?"

Nod.

"Good. Now, choose one of the spells," He said. "All of these scrolls are six-star patterns. With this," he held a scroll in his hand, "you will be able to transform into a wolf."

"What, really?" Slyff's eyes widened in shock and a pleasant expression appeared on his face. He always thought that his element was useless. Now, he knew that it was he, who was incompetent, not knowing the worth of the talent he possessed. A gleeful expression appeared on his face.

"Of course," Kadyn said proudly. But then he sighed. "But you will only have their body strength, you won't be able to use their techniques, nor will you be able to use their elements, yet."

Slyff didn't feel discouraged. On the contrary, he eyed Kadyn, with shining eyes. "You said not 'yet'. Does that mean I would be able to use even their skills and elements that they possess in the future?"

"It's too early to talk about that," Kadyn said and proceeded towards another scroll. "This is a bear shape-shifting scroll. You will be able to transform into a bear."

"This one is a stallion scroll. I would be able to ride you if we were stuck somewhere without any source of travelling, hehe."

"..." Slyff.

"Now, finally, this is a bee transformation scroll. You can turn into a bee." Kadyn extended his hand towards Kadyn and said. "You can choose anyone you want."

The boy looked at the scrolls and the first thing he did was to set the horse transformation scrolls at the side. Kadyn grinned at his action but said nothing. 

The boy eyed the three scrolls and seemed to struggle to make the decision. In the end he took a deep breath and chose the bee scroll. "I'll take this one." He said as he held the scroll.

"Why did you choose the bee transformation scroll? Bear scroll could give you strength beyond what you can comprehend. Though wolves might be weaker than bears in strength, they are nimbler, speed is one of the most important aspects in battle. As for the stallion… Well, I could ride it." Kadyn asked with a meaningful expression, as he knew about Slyff's secret., but as he reached his last sentence, his expression became somewhat wretched.

Slyff felt uncomfortable seeing Kadyn's gaze. He cleared his throat and said. "If anything I have learned from young till now, is that, survival is most important — if you want to accomplish anything great in your life. And this Bee Transformation Scroll will let me do just that. 

"I would be able to walk away in front of people and they won't be able to recognise me. However, with a bear or wolf scroll, I would certainly get more strength, but that strength won't be enough in front of the strong wizards in the city. There are tons of Rank 1 mage, where would I be able to stand among them? Nowhere. But I can accomplish lots of things with the bee scroll."

"For instance, sneaking into the princess' chamber, huh?"

"Huh?" Slyff gawked at Kadyn as if he had seen a ghost. Then he flushed. "How do you know about…"

"About princess?" Kadyn chuckled. "Of course, I know everything about you. You're an employee of my shop after all."

"No, I mean, no one knows…"

"Catch it and drop the blood on the scroll and you will be able to learn it," Kadyn interrupted. "However, you would need to practice, if you want to transform in a blink. Two more things — first, while you are in bee form, your mana would decrease continuously. 

"You have to take this fact in mind when you are in bee form. The second is that, the bee and other three beasts are of the lowest level beasts, comparable to the six-star pattern mage. You need to learn a lot more things in the future. It's just a starting point for you."

"Alright, drop the blood and learn the spell," Kadyn said and smiled.

Slyff nodded and took a deep breath, and then dropped the blood on the scroll. One could assimilate with the information inside the scroll — picture, data, rune or whatever was inside, won't be affected — while one needed to read books manually inside the library. 

At the start, Kadyn didn't realise, and he continued to study scrolls manually like a bull, though it was hard, he could still learn everything. Sometime later, he was able to learn about the fact — that he could assimilate the knowledge — when his blood fell on the scroll unintentionally. Well, who could blame him, he was really dense at that moment. Though he still was, who would accept his shortcomings?

After fifteen minutes later, Slyff opened his eyes. "Done?" Kadyn asked.

Nod.

"Good, let's go." 

The duo walked out of the library. No one was present outside the house. Kadyn entered the house and found everyone sitting together, having breakfast. Slyff looked at the group in front of him and felt a little uncomfortable. Though he had spent a night here, all the while, he was unconscious, unaware of his surroundings. 

Now, he came face to face with so many people, he felt uneasy, as he had never sat together with anyone, nor had anyone let him sit with them. He had developed a kind of resistance towards people. He felt comfortable with Nefia and her alone.

"Come, have a breakfast with us," Kadyn said to him and walked towards the table and scooted the chair behind and sat his arse comfortably. On a plush chair, almost moaning in pleasure.

"But…"

"No but," Kadyn's voice turned stern. "You haven't eaten anything since yesterday. Not from the night, but from the morning, convict me if I'm wrong."

"Hey, why are you still standing there," Rayna said to him in a loud voice and gave a big-sister type smile. "Come here, and sit with everyone."

"Big brother, sit here," Melvona and Kove said from the side.

"Though you are a Creep, you are one of us now." Khrom grinned. "Come here. Little Brother Creep."

"Hey, don't call him that." Rayna chided and glared at Khrom. The latter laughed awkwardly but didn't say anything. Kadyn's eyes flashed in surprise, as he saw the eye contact between Khrom and Rayna, and then a meaningful smile appeared on his face. He turned towards Slyff and said. "Hey, come on. Don't act like those snotty nobles."

Slyff wiped the corner of his eye and nodded as he walked towards them. "Here, here. Big brother." Kove said enthusiastically. Everyone chuckled at his cute antics and continued to eat. Rayna served Slyff. "Eat as much as you want everything is free." Slyff felt a warmth in his heart that he had never felt before, the love he missed in his entire life. His eyes again started to tear but he controlled them and smiled towards Rayna and started to eat like a hungry wolf.

"Where are Elora and Zelie?" Kadyn asked.

"Oh, those two girls are inside Elora's room, talking about some potion theory. They are too competitive." Rayna shook her head. 

"Haha, I never thought that lazy lass would become so hard working after spending some time here. It's her fortune that she was able to acquaint with you." Barret said from the other side of the table. He seemed quite pleased with his daughter. Grinning from ear to ear.

"All is good as long as they like it." Kadyn smiled and resumed eating.

After having breakfast, he no longer stayed with everyone else and went to open the shop. It was already time.