Chapter 6

Going back to the inn with my new clothes, I put them in my room and headed to the guild since it was almost the afternoon, where there aren't a lot of adventurers in the building.

In the guild building I saw Emma at the counter, so I walked directly to her since she was the only one working right now.

“Hi, I came to pick up my card”

“Ah, good afternoon Mr. Nyx. I’ve been expecting you, your adventurer card is right here”

She treated me with a great amount of respect for some reason like yesterday.

Emma handed me a copper color card. I took the card and examined it. It was the size of an ID card in my past life and it glows the information I had written down yesterday as I held it.

It also had a drawing of a flower that I don’t recognize, I’m guessing it’s the mark of this guild.

I turned the card around to see the back where there was a magic circle that was engraved on it.

Giving back the wooden tag, I ask about the card.

“Yes, it's a new magical item created by the mages guild last year that can be used by people with no mana”

Staring at the card I held in my hand in disbelief that such a thing was developed. This thing is closer to an artifact than a magical item.

It’s strange that I haven’t heard of this when I was still a noble because most of the nobility would have hated the idea of commoners using magic.

Magical items can only be used by mages since it would require a direct supply of mana to work, so mages are the only ones that could use them.

Artifacts on the other hand are items that can only be found in dungeons or ancient ruins of an advanced magical civilization. They are way more powerful than a magical item and don't need a direct supply of mana to use, so anyone can use them.

If someone manages to sell them, it will be equivalent to a giant fortune since they are incredibly rare to come by and they can’t be reproduced because all of the knowledge is lost to time and the current magical technology we have right now is nowhere near the level of that lost magical civilization.

When I was living back at my family's estate, we only had two artifacts despite being a marquess household.

“Won’t the nobles be opposed to it?”

“No worries Mr. Nyx. We have the support of the royal family of each kingdom, so we have been starting to implement them throughout each guild branch”

Why is she telling me all this?

It seems that the creation of this card is kept a secret from the nobility till they started introducing it since the adventurers guild have a strong influence so the nobles can’t really stop them

If I could learn how to make my own magical item, I could have a way to use magic.

So then, my dream of using magic can be revived after all when it was crushed when I found out I couldn’t use magic.

But first I should get information on who made it?

“Who is the person who created this?”

“I’m afraid that person is kept hidden, so I don’t know, but they are from the mages guild in the city of Acton, where the Dradevow dungeon resides and where the main adventurer guild for this region is located.”

The city of Acton… I think I know where I’m going to go next.

“May I ask if your planning to doing a quest today”

I decided not to take on a quest today and decided that it would be better to go to the library to learn what I can about adventuring for today.

So I said “no” and told her that I'm going to use the library.

“I see, the library is downstairs and the librarian name is Mabel, Mr. Nyx”

Saying my thanks to Emma, I went downstairs to the library and opened the door. I saw a girl around my age, with green hair and eyes, reading a book on the only desk in the room that was filled with shelves of books, making the room a bit cramped.

“Excuse me, do you know where is the librarian”

“That would be me”

She didn’t take her eyes off the book as she replied back.

That is a surprise, she looks too young to be a librarian.

“Sorry but aren’t you a bit young?”

“Yes”

She still didn’t take her eyes off the book as she replied back.

“Can you please tell me where are the books about monsters, plants, and adventuring”

I’m going to read them first instead of books about magic because they are going to be more useful to me right now than ones about magic, which I can’t even use.

Unexpectedly Mabel took her eyes off her book and faced me with interest on her face.

“Most people coming down here just usually ask me for information about their quests. It’s rare for people to come here to read and I don’t recognize you, are you new?”

Nodding yes

“I just register yesterday, my name is Nyx”

“Hmm… Nyx, that's a strange name”

Mabel put her book down, got up and told me to wait for a minute. She went around the library that was cramp for a normal person but was perfectly fine for her, and took some books off of the shelves.

Maple asks why I am reading them. .

“I don’t know a lot about adventuring, so it’s better that I know than not know”

When I was attacked by horned rabbits, I based most of my knowledge about adventuring from my past life because I wasn’t taught much of the outside world when I was a noble.

Mabel had a barely noticeable smile when hearing my answer.

“Hear you go”

“thxs”

“Just give them to me after your done”

I sat on the opposite side of the desk where Mabel was reading and began to read the books she gave me.

I stayed in the library, silently reading with Mabel till she told me that it was closing time for the Adventurers guild for the day.

“Okay then, can you save these books for tomorrow?”

“That’s no problem, then see you tomorrow.”

Going up to the first floor and exiting the adventurers guild, I breathed in the nice cool air of the night.

So then, it’s already dark.

I began stretching my arms and legs after sitting and reading books all day in the library.

I managed to finish reading through the general information on the guild and a third of the way on the book about plants.

For what I learned, the adventurers guild works what I kind of expected from any fantasy worlds.

And no wonder Emma was startled when I showed her the white horned rabbits I’d killed.

The ranking system goes from F to S, with F ranks is equivalent to somebody having no idea how to fight or a kid. E rank is equivalent to an average person without training. D rank is equivalent to someone who is trained. C rank is equivalent to a knight. B rank is equivalent to a full unit of knights. A rank is equivalent to legion of knights, and S class is equivalent to a small army.

This also applies to ranking the danger levels of monsters.

As I was walking back to my inn, I noticed that the night life in this town seems to be as bustling as in the day.

The only difference was that all the day shops were closed and replaced with bars, taverns, food stands, and other establishments which let's just say I’m not old enough to go to.

I saw most of the townsmen and adventurers going to nearby taverns or bars for a drink.

Rumble. I heard my stomach rumbling from not eating any lunch today.

Checking my coin pouch to see how much I got left, I guess it wouldn’t hurt to buy a snack.

I looked at the nearest place I could get a quick snack and saw a food stand that was selling meat skewers.

“One meat skewer please”

I took out my coin pouch and paid one copper coin for the meat skewer.

“Coming right up”

The guy in the food stand began cooking my meat skewer.

Waiting for a few minutes for my skewer to be cooked, I was blankly staring in hunger seeing my meat skewer being grilled.

“Here you go”

I took the skewer and immediately bit into it. It was really juicy and tasty, I can’t believe he only used salt to make it this good.

When I was done eating my meat skewer, I began walking back to my inn.

When I got back to the inn, they were already serving out dinner. I noticed they switched out the wooden sign for breakfast to dinner. I ordered dinner and paid 3 copper coins for a beef stew with bread, then I went straight to bed after I was done eating.

Tomorrow, I better start doing some quests and start saving up some money since I blew through most of my money in my coin pouch today.