The Voice On The Rival's Head

Chapter 7: Routine 2

Duke Bloome's? Verite did not expect that the uncle he met on the street was also the ruler of this region, either, his striking appearance might signal that he was a noble but Verite suspected Duke Bloome was an older person.

It seems True said Mr. Jardi, he is the one who is interested in Thaumaturgy if he wants to walk alone to Bloom and Gloom, he said, it made Verite think why a noble who controlled this region did not come with an escort, but Verite had nowhere else to think of this as Miss Gloom directly threw the task to Verite.

"Verite's." Call Miss Bloom. "You take care of this shop, I'll do serve our loyal customers in the back room." Miss Gloom said.

'I don't know what she means by serving but I hope Miss Bloom knows what she sounds like by her means of naming her.' Mefras comments on his head.

'meaning?' Verite asked, not finding anything wrong with what Miss Gloom said.

'Ah... You will understand when you grow up.' Answer Mefras.

'Somehow part of me wants to suppress your answer and part of me says I better not know what you mean.'

'The part of you that doesn't want to know is the wise part, sometimes there are things that we better not know.' The internet had already destroyed the little purity Mefras had left and he wished Verite had never found even half that she knew.

'All right.' Verite opened his bag and picked up the book he was carrying, this time he read about the Pathway flow and how you could train it by running mana in it without using formula, so that's what Verite will do while waiting for a buyer.

'Mefras please music.' Verite.

'alright.' Mefras was silent and the music began to play in Verite's head, usually this kind of thing would interfere with concentration but for Verite this soothing music instead helped her.

By running mana in his body Verite can strengthen his reflexes and speed, even in the ones he read flow mana in the body can strengthen his body permanently, this is something that knights and warriors who do not have the ability to perform external Thaumaturgy do, this helps them not only in fighting monsters but also in fighting against fellow humans.

But luckily the fight of fellow humans was a rare thing to do, though, for leaders who have the least concern for their territory they will choose the path of peace because a war that lasts more than a week will weaken their territory and will make their territory a bait of attack monster hordes.

Mefras asks Verite where the monsters came from and Verite cannot answer them, as far as he knew Monsters had been there since he was born and the people Verite asked also had no idea where monsters came from, only they liked to attack humans and they were different from ordinary animals.

Verite stopped thinking about monsters and continued reading his book while flowing mana all over his body, he did not stop doing that even if the buyer came, he said, luckily today doesn't seem as crowded as yesterday so what Verite did was round off reading books and serving shoppers.

After several hours Helian came out of the back room looking exhausted like yesterday, she looked at Verite and greeted.

"Ah hi Verite." His breath was still in a hurry.

"You don't have to force yourself to greet me, take your breath first." Verite said he saw Helian who looked like a man swept by a storm.

Helian did not reply and just fell sitting on a nearby chair, she wiped the sweat on her forehead.

Soon the back door opened again and MIss Gloom came out with Duke Bloom, they seemed to have finished talking about something that seemed important and were about to split up before Duke Bloome recognized the book that Verite was holding.

"Are you like reading books?" Ask Duke Bloom. "Are you interested in Thaumaturgy?" Added.

"Yes, I got this book from my housekeeper when I showed interest in Thaumaturgy." Answer Verite.

"Ah your manager has a good taste." He praised Mr. Jardi "What do you think about the contents of the book?" Duke Bloome asked, he seemed interested in Verite's opinion of the book.

"This book is really interesting, I have not tried what is written in this book but the author provides an explanation that is easy to understand and can make me interested in reading further, he said, the practical things listed also include the risks and things that can happen when the experiment is done and how to prevent it or how to stop it if the unwanted happens, I will use this book as a guide if I decide to take a Thaumaturgy class later." Verite Reply.

Hearing Verite Duke Bloome's opinion looked delighted. "Good, man, I wrote the book to make it easier for beginners to learn and make people more interested in Thaumaturgy because when viewed from outside Thaumaturgy looks like a complex field and many people are intimidated when they want to try it."

"You are the author of this book?" Tell Verite, surprised.

Verite saw the cover of his book, the initials C. B. written as the name of the author, Verite remembered Duke Bloome's full name, Croneaster Bloome, if Verite thought this was the obvious thing, Duke Bloome was the one who supported Thaumaturgy's learning, it was no surprise that he also taught it.

"Oh, yes." Say Verite. "I can say uncle succeeded in getting me interested and learning from books." Say Verite.

"Ah Thank you, if you want to learn Thaumaturgy just say the same to me, I can put you into his class when you are twelve years old." The Duke of Bloome.

'It seems that what Mr. Jardi said is true, he is a very supportive person to learn Thaumaturgy.'

"Ah yes, Mr. Jardi has also offered me to enter Thaumaturgy class, I still think if I want to enter or not." Verite gave a neutral answer to Duke Bloome's offer.

"Ah Mr Jardi, you live in Blooming Bud huh? Same as Helian?" Duke Bloome Asks.

'He knows Helian's name?' Mefras asked,

"Yes uncle, we both work here." Verite replied, he was also curious as to why Duke Bloome could know Helian but that was not where Verite would ask.

"Duke Bloome I think it's time for you to leave." Miss Gloom cut in before her talk extended, and Verite expressed her gratitude in her heart.

"Oh yeah, look at the time, I have to continue my work." He said, walk out. "When we meet again..."

"Verite's." Verite gave Duke Bloome his name.

"Verite and Helian, if you want to get into class just call me or tell Jardinier." He said before he went out to close the door.

"Why don't you just accept it? Rarely can you be offered a noble a free education." Miss Gloom asked, After Duke Bloome disappeared.

"I just want to make sure I'm committed to something before I get into it" Verite replied, surely that was not the real thing since not only had he studied Thaumaturgy but he was also able to do magic by himself.

"You have a lot of thoughts, too." Say Miss Gloom. "At least if you can consistently do your job like yesterday and today, if you want I can make you a permanent clerk in this store." Miss Gloom's bargain.

"I'll think about it." Answer Verite.

The talk was over then and Verite went back to work waiting for the cashier, Helian was still resting on the chair, after two hours of waiting and serving the buyer of Verite's time to get home, Helian who had rested came with him.

While walking Verite could not help but rassa curiously and asked. "Helian you know Duke Bloome huh?"

"..." - ".Helian was silent before answering ."Not really, I only know him through this job like you." Answer Helian.

'Looks like he doesn't want to talk about it.' Mefras added. Verite agreed and did not press.

'By the way Verite....'

'Yes?'

'You call the Duke, a 'uncle' noble'.'

it stuck in Verite's mind until they got home.