Chapter 15: The Study part 4

Solo summoned a poach from his inventory and placed it on his wide table; the bag was made of leather, with a string on its upper side, which could be used to tighten the mouth of the container, and then proceeded to collect the tokens he had created slowly. Since they were so numerous and they were much larger than any sort of currency, it took him a few minutes to collect all of them. Despite the small size of the container, the tokens fit inside perfectly; it was an item which had its capacity drastically increased by enchantments, an enchantment which extended its interior and another one which prevented extension on its outside. Usually, these enchantments are used for armour or clothes so that in the mids of a fight, the user can easily grab an item.

Since Solo maxed out all of his stats, he had created many different utilities to increase his levels in different professions; and this pouch was one of the by-products of his crafting and enchanting. When the bag was made, Solo was already of very high level, so the capacity of that hand-sized container was so large that even a house could easily be stored in it; if the bag had a large enough mouth.

All but two tokens were put into that pouch; the two were placed on top of each other. Solo quickly opened the second drawer, which was completely empty, and placed the container in it; as soon as the pouch was in it, he closed the drawer and then locked it back. Once Solo was down with locking the drawer, he leaned back and then looked at the still-open menu, which showed all the materials. With a swift wave of his hand, he closed the panel, but at the last moment, from each corner of the floating panel, slight purplish lightning erupted. It was barely visible and feeble as it only travelled barely a millimetre, and Solo didn't even notice it, not due to its size but because he was already so used to closing these panels that he didn't exactly pay attention to what he was doing.

"Phew... It is done... Now I will have to give these two tokens to Lulu and Fayn." Mumbled Solo as he stood up.

With the tokens in his hand, Solo made his way over to the door and touched it. At that very moment, the door automatically opened, and Solo could see a maid behind the door who was bowing. Solo didn't say anything; he merely looked down at the girl and sighed.

"It still feels a bit awkward..." Thought to himself Solo, and he opened his mouth to speak, but the maid was faster.

"Sir, is there anything I can do to help or serve you?" Asked the girl politely.

And then she slightly moved her head to look at Solo. Although she only took a moment to look at her creator, and in that one moment, she smiled brightly; her dark brown eyes were shining bright, causing Solo to feel a slight happiness. And although the maid had already looked back down at the ground, Solo returned a tiny, barely noticeable smile.

"I need to speak with Lulu and Fayn..." Stated Solo after a brief pause; although he wanted to continue, for some unknown reason, he did not.

"I understand, sir; please wait here; I will go fetch them for you." Replied the girl.

She quickly stood up. Smiled once again and then ran away as fast as she could. Solo quickly reached after her with his left hand, but after a loud sigh, he lowered his hand back. He stood at the door for a few seconds, but then he finally returned to reality and walked back to his desk, and sat back down. The door closed automatically behind him, and the room grew quiet once again.

"At first, I wanted to have a walk and find them myself to give them personally the token and explain what they mean, as I didn't want to use Telepathic Message. But it is fine, I guess, if they are called here... Now that I think about it, I should have thought of this from the beginning, as I should be their superior or something." Mumbled Solo.

A few minutes had gone by without anything happening; even Solo was just staring at the desk bluntly before he finally heard a knock on the door.

"Enter!" Stated Solo coldly.

The door opened, and the awaited visitors, Lulu and Fayn, stepped into Solo's study. Behind the slowly closing door, Solo could see the maid, who was, just like before, bowing.

"Sir!" Said Lulu and Fayn simultaneously, and they kneeled down.

"For your performance back at the Demihuman village, I have decided that you deserve a reward; for that purpose, I come up with a new kind of system. Those who work hard shall receive a token; one of these tokens..." Spoke up, Solo.

He quickly showed the two tokens which he was holding in his hand. The girls' gazes were all focused on the tokens; even after Solo closed his fist, they were still looking at his hand.

"These tokens can only be exchanged by me. These tokens can be traded for anything as long as it is possible to be done. But of course, I have the right of veto..." Continued Solo with a slight grin at the end.

"Sir... I... Didn't quite understand what you meant... Did you mean that with a token, we can ask anything of you?" Uttered Lulu, and she slightly lowered her head.

"That is correct, so here are yours... Oh, and inform everyone of this. I still have a few matters to attend to." Said Solo and placed the tokes onto his desk.

The girls nodded, and then Lulu slowly walked over to the desk while Fayn took a moment, then flew over to the token on the right and sat down next to it, and then looked at Solo; her eyes were filled with happiness, and she was smiling ear-to-ear.

"Sir, can I exchange my token right away?" Asked Fay with excitement.

"Of course, but are you sure you know what you want already?"

Fayn started nodding intensely; even her tiny was moved as she was nodding, and then she said a single word with a slightly disfigured, delighted and smug smile.

"Baby..."