Willow carries a few coasters , wooden mugs , plant seeds encased in real tree resin , pots of plants with very healthy saplings , herbs and spices in glass with wooden covers , all packed in either paper bags or boxes .
“ You sure are buying a lot “ “ What can I say , I have an eye for real and quality goods . Although it’s a bit disappointing that giving you any of these doesn’t matter with your mom sending you suspiciously fresh groceries . “
“ I love shopping for things , but food is not one of them , I don’t have an eye for picking fresh food . “ Dennis offers to Save them and Willow takes it .
“ I’m really glad stores like those we cross are here , I can send some home to show my parents that I was living very well in here “ Willow said “ Say do you think we can help them ? “
“ Trust me , you can by not actively helping them and just being a regular . With how much you are purchasing , you are already proving that they are a good store . Just hope they don’t ruin it for themselves . These stores usually have little demand , if you suddenly increase the demand , they won’t keep up . So it’s better to visit other stores so that the demand can be met “
“ Oh , that idea works well “ “ Also , how is selling your jewelry ? “ “ Very profitable , a lot of people really want it , who knew my adventuring days could benefit me like this “
‘ Speaking of adventuring , Piko is sort of one . I wonder how she is doing in that vacant apartment besides mine ? ‘
...
Willow sips milk tea from a gourd and eats a sandwich while she walks with Dennis “ Isn’t this much more fun Dennis ? “ “ Yes , it was a good break from all that work , but I find my work fun “
“ At least you have a dream job , fighting really isn’t something I’m so passionate about . But purifying the filth that this world makes , kinda is “ “ I agree , the air quality is absolutely horrible “
Willow leaves for her room and Dennis opens up Piko’s apartment room and sees her lying asleep on the couch .
“ Wake up , Piko “ “ Hnng “ Piko yawns like a cat and stretches before getting “ What is it master ? “ “ I want you to use your fleshcraft on me “ Piko was surprised to hear something like that “ What ? “
“ You can limit it to just my arms “ “ Nonono , you’re not going to punish me for hurting you right ? There were those kinds of weirdos among the elves that guard us “
“ I’m not , I want you to inflict damage on me so I can increase my pain tolerance “ “ No weird punishments for hurting you ? “ “ If you don’t , I will force you to eat fire noodles “
Piko didn’t know what that was , but from the threat , it felt bad and so the two girls sat down . Dennis reaches her arm out and Piko starts twisting her whole arm , breaking her bones and morphing her flesh so that she does not bleed .
“ Urgh “ Dennis tells Saver to ensure she experiences the pain as she tries her best not to pass out . Piko reaches out to do something , but Dennis said “ Stop , I can hng handle ittt “
Dennis got used to the pain and eventually started moving her broken hand while sweat drips around her “ It’s amazing , think you can do the same to the other hand ? “
Dennis goes through a few more excruciating processes of fleshcraft “ I can see how this would be harming to the psyche “ Dennis Loads her body back to normal , surprising Piko .
“ So teach me fleshcraft , I want to know as much as I can “ Piko was a bit worried but gave in “ It’s a simple technique , but it requires the understanding of what you wish to change . If you don’t learn about the body or the materials , you would only be tearing it from inside instead of twisting it while keeping the target alive “
... ‘ So that explains why I wasn’t bleeding despite my bones being broken to pieces . But as far as I can tell , all it does is change something by inserting your control over someone . And you can lose control and lose the strange lifeforce that you use to control the body depending on the target ‘
“ Alright , that’s good , now time to test something else . Do you know about magic sources ? “ ... Piko’s body convulsed from heat as she was Loaded with a magic source .
Willow looked at Piko , thought “ You are so lucky I picked her , if it were anyone else , you could’ve killed them . “ “ I gave her the order not to let herself die in case she feels like it’s too much . “
“ Oh , how cruel , I didn’t know you had it in you to torment this poor soul like that “ Willow said “ You’re the one who picked her for me , but I was also thinking about getting more from her world . You think you can take me there ? “
“ Seriously , you have visited too many worlds in less than a week and you still want to go there ? “ “ It’s fine , attendance usually isn’t mandatory in college anyways “
“ Ugh , master , you are so much more cruel than those elves who want me dead “ Piko said after adjusting her body and casting a fireball . Willow caught it before it could become a disaster “ Are you planning to sell them these magic source ? “
“ Why not ? It’s easy to replenish , kinda like feeling up your stomach . But I’m more worried about the cost of one magic source and the profits , so maybe I can give them another offer ? “
“ Then why not give them knowledge ? “ Piko asked “ For a massive price , you can gain the same understanding of a master after experiencing a massive headache . “ Piko said playfully , trying to cope with the pain she had felt before coming to this world .
“ That could work , their power system does require experience , which you said you can copy “ Willow said “ Then I’ll give them an ad , I can just leave them Piko , who has a very great understanding of the rules of my society in her and magic “
Willow sighed , knowing there was no way she could persuade Dennis “ We are going to take forever with all your demands to go to worlds like it’s a daily routine “
She thinks of her deal with the other worlds and asks “ What about the magic knowledge Loading ? I’ll do that on Saturday and give each tower master a different time and location where they can gather their students for me to load my knowledge on them . It might take a while , so Mom’s demand to go shopping will have to be moved to Sunday “
“ At least you have that figured out , as for that world . It’s more dangerous compared to the other worlds because murder is so common . Maybe invite those speedsters with you ? “
“ No , they have emergencies “ “ Would they be able to get the emergency without you around ? “ “ It’s simple , they just text me “ ‘ I could make it turn on and off like a switch , but Saver is a really big fan and wants as much contact ‘
“ Okay , then we’ll just have to hope that the tower master’s surveillance is good enough . “ Willow said and Dennis checked the surveillance , seeing that they were still active ‘ This fleshcraft is really interesting , it can damage me , but it doesn’t put my life at risk . Or is there perhaps another condition that the surveillance has ? ‘
...
The next day , Willow , Piko and Dennis are at Piko’s world “ You’re not kidding about what you said about this place “ there were a lot of wanted signs of seekers with a bounty over their head .
“ There’s a lot of vicious people here “ Willow said “ Wanna play a game on what vicious people we can name while we walk ? “ Piko asked Willow “ Scammers “ Willow said “ Murderers “ Piko mentions “ Politicians “
Dennis’s answer threw them off course “ What ? “ Piko said and Willow was just as confused about Dennis’s answer “ I told you before , there are corrupt politicians . They embezzle funds for projects “
“ Then that should be called embezzlers “ Piko said “ They also favor other companies who supported their campaign “ “ Uhhhh “ Piko did not know the right word and Dennis continues to tell more about how Politicians are considered bad people .
They eventually got into the Seeker Academy “ Okay , so the plan is that we enroll Piko as a teacher so that the Seekers can learn more about magic right ? “ Willow asked .
Piko couldn’t believe how many memories were stuck in her mind due to how much Dennis had Loaded into her “ Maybe we should get more Seekers branded as criminals . I heard there is an auction that we can go to today “
It immediately got Dennis’s attention “ Let’s drop her quickly . Where is that place ? “ ... they later found themselves sitting with inside the auction house “ You know it’s expensive to buy a person right ? “
“ Not if I sell a magic source . I’m sure a lot of them want one that could be on their body . According to what Piko said about this world’s power system , there is a lot of demand for power and many would want it “
“ What did you offer them ? “ “ A privacy bubble magic source and an offer to accept a master’s understanding of their unique power system , but they need to locate a master willing to impart their knowledge “
“ Very ambitious and aren’t you ... I should stop myself from saying that you might be biting off more than you can chew “ “ I’m not even biting off more than I can chew , I’m really just like that “
“ But can you handle it ? “ “ Of course I can , I gave Piko all my experience along with my knowledge , so she works fast “ “ When did you find the time to ... I should take a pause to understand that you are good at using your gift . “ Willow said and watched the auction go .
Dennis proudly counts her goods being sold and ready to be given after the auction and bought her big time criminal as property “ The relentless thief with a really basic name for someone who can come back from the dead “ Willow commented .
“ There was a sadistic , young master who wanted to get them , even though it is implied that the thief can escape if they are killed . “ “ Their background sure is impressive too , got caught stealing the cure for a disease because the people who hired him wanted to profit from failing to treat that disease “
“ Sounds similar to how a cancer cure would never be discovered because treating it with the possibility of curing it gives hospitals more money “ Dennis said and went to handle her sale first .
She enters a room and a tall and thin wolfman with black fur wearing a neat black suit and pants standing with bodyguards and a strange coffin besides them .
“ Oh dear Dennis Debrah , I am so glad you didn’t run “ Dennis put a knee down to greet “ Greetings , Young master of the Sephtis family , Famadi Sephtis “
“ Oh , it’s a bit disappointing that you got that thief . I kinda wanted to kill him again and again and then chase him through the world if he ever escapes , but you gave me such a good offer so I hope you uphold it “
Dennis recalls what Saver learned from the other participants about Famadi ‘ He is a great assassin , but he doesn’t have access to this world’s unique power system for some reason . ‘
“ Then have you provided a master willing to share their knowledge “ “ Oh yes , I have . It took a while to bring my grandfather here “ The coffin opens and there is a pale old grey wolf on his deathbed .
“ He was going to die today , so I find it fate that you gave me his knowledge and gave it to me “ “ Alright , now I need his consent ? “ “ Hmm , guards “ A needle was injected into the head and they said in a raspy voice “ Yes “
Saver starts Saving the knowledge while Famadi asked “ Your gift is amazing , what do you think of supplying my family with knowledge “ “ I would love to , but my gift has its limits , mainly that it may affect people , from a normal mild headache to body-altering effects “
“ Oh , is that a price for trying to cheat ? “ “ Yep , I got your gramps knowledge , I hope you are only surrounded by the most trusted guards till you wake up . Of course , everyone in my family is to be trusted by me “
Famadi makes a dangerous grin while Dennis asked “ Permission to use my gift ? “ “ Yes “ Dennis gives Famadi all of his grandfather’s knowledge on the system and went to sleep .
“ Alright , keep track of his vitals . And call me when you are ready to apply the privacy bubble source . “ Dennis writes down her number and leaves while she claims her prize .
“ So you are fine with that guy “ “ Certainly is much easier to be around compared to muscular guys “ Dennis said and Willow’s attention piqued while Dennis could feel her stare .
“ That’s only because I go to the gym often and muscles are all I see , I’ve felt grossed out , because I associated the disgust of gym sweat with muscle now , “ Dennis explained and checked how much money she still had on her .
“ Quite a lot of money you still got leftover “ “ Yeah , how about we enjoy this world before heading back ? “ “ You’re actually planning to do that ? “ Willow asked surprised .
“ Why wouldn’t I ? ... Stalkers “ Willow wondered why Dennis was saying that and remembered “ Are you still in that game “ “ No , I meant that we have actual stalkers “
A sniper fired a shot and Saver Saves it before Loading it back at them “ Oh , that guy is dead “ Willow said “ See , I told you I can kill people easily don’t know why you are bothered when I kill accidentally for experimenting “
“ In self-defense , your mom is fine , but she doesn’t want her daughter to be a mad scientist testing her gift on people with the possibility of killing them . But she is completely fine if the daughter murders people out of self-defense “
They were surrounded by several Seekers with a set of stun weapons “ You want to handle this ? “ Dennis asked “ I thought you saw it as a waste of time . Plus , you can handle them easily “ Willow said and saw them mouthing words , but she couldn’t understand them .
“ Is this language module not working ? “ Willow asked “ No , I’m just Saving the sounds , so we can talk without them talking over it “ a guy charged in to poke their electric spear , but Dennis grabs it , Saving it before Loading it back in reverse grip and electrocuting them .
“ Here we can capture them for later questioning , must be one of the families who couldn’t get that deal from Famadi “ Dennis offered the spear “ Oh , you’re too kind , but I already dealt with half “
Dennis knew what Willow wanted her to do and fired a bright chain lightning spell that was flashy to cover for Saver and Saved their time “ Wow , you learned to integrate your gift with your magic “ “ Yeah “ Dennis said and asked “ So let me do the same to the rest , so we can get our world travel permit and leave the interrogation to you elves “
Dennis then has a thought “ You can also have Piko handle the interrogation . She has a very effective ability for torture “ “ She can accidentally kill someone “ “ Yeah , but accidentally killing someone rather than intentionally is a much bigger threat than you think “
“ Alright , I’ll invite her , but I won’t be around to help you “ Dennis Saves their time and they get their world travel permit “ Alright , give me about an hour , which should be enough time for me to get all the paperwork done and arguing with my superiors “ Saver sets a timer as they Load out the stalkers .
“ Don’t they feel like you're biased to me “ “ Most bodyguards are biased with their protectee , but unlike them , I can get priority because I actually have evidence to support it . Now , please stay at home and not be a target “
“ I don’t really have a choice “ Willow replied with “ You kinda had before applying “ Willow teleported and Dennis sighed while looking at the thief “ What are you looking at ? “ Dennis cast privacy bubbles , Saved their aging , turning him into a child and teleported away .
...
“ Hmm , so this is how it works “ Dennis was busy learning about Piko’s world through the Famadi’s grandfather’s memory “ So that strange life force that they claim to have is an energy that is linked to their ability to acquire different types of abilities , depending highly on the different “
Dennis finds that ability desirable and recalls Saving the grandfather as a mirror shard reflecting their look floats while Saver takes it , wondering what Dennis wants ‘ You want to know what I think of taking it when no one is watching ? It doesn’t look like Famadi cares about it anyways ‘
Dennis continues to learn about the family and sees an adorably small Famadi . She continues to learn about this family and gets the gist of the family situation “ Oh , I guess not only is Famadi the only successor of the family , but he is because he killed everyone else “
‘ That was very surprising , not only is the whole family against him because he was so skilled they even put a restriction on him never to learn the power system they have called and shortened to Vis ‘
She starts learning all about it too , Loading time on herself after removing the slowpoke effect and eating lunch while learning all about it through the memories ‘ So that’s how it works ‘
She thought of using her money to buy some plants so they could produce the strange life force called Vis . She sighed and looked at the plants that the Sephtis family had planned to use to spread their influence outside of the world , but was thwarted .
‘ Right now , it’s not possible to use their power system unless I consume plants like this or receive it from Piko or Clive . So I’ll have to wait . ‘ she wondered what type of ability vis was gonna give her and considering that her personality was related to always being in a rush , she could feel like it might give her something boring like speed enhancement .
‘ It better not be that simple , I already have Savers handling that properly already ‘ Dennis was going to be so mad with the resulting ability from Vis if it had given her a speed enhancement just because she always wished to do things quickly .
She calms down and grabs the baby thief ‘ Clive’s ability requires gathering Vis to resurrect and there is none here . I wonder if they will die permanently ‘
She had a very clear rage as if she was being mad in advance , but she didn’t want to just buy a criminal to kill them as an executioner “ No , that would be wasteful “ she Loaded the grandfather’s knowledge and experience in Vis into Clive while also giving them back their age .
‘ I wonder what will happen if I also Load Piko’s vis ability experience ? But it might be overkill after I just gave them the same headache as Famadi ‘ Dennis thought of how much the privacy bubble was sold and figured that she could make more sales with Saver , but she didn’t want to put a much burden on them .
‘ I already got plenty from our interaction , like money and time ‘ her phone rang and she saw her mother ... she was then scolded very harshly by her mother for getting herself involved “ YOUNG LADY , DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU ARE DOING ? “ “ Of course I do mom . Famadi is dangerous , but I can handle him “
“ This better not be those dark fantasy romance I’ve heard my friends talk about “ “ Trust me , it's not and I don't intend to go dating . I'm younger than the papers “
Dennis said , checking the clocks to say the exact age she actually is , but her mother was not having it “ You have been living as a twenty-year-old , so you better start dating “
She sighed and argued back “ Mom , it's not like I won't go dating , I just don't see anyone interesting “ her mother sighed “ Oh , I wish you would just get one . What about those speedsters you are slowing down time for ? “ “ No , they actually aren't people who are in a rush , just people who are connected to the chrono field “
“ Doesn't matter if you don't find one , I will be taking you to that marriage market . I heard there are a lot of different people looking for marriage like princes and princesses , so maybe you can get one “ “ Mom , you should know that some of these ... Royalty and nobility looking for marriage is actually doing it for political reasons “
“ Does it matter ? I will feel blessed if someone even chooses you “ “ Fine , I will go “ ‘ I'll just think of it as finding good friends . It's not like I can't say that dating requires time and can result in failure ‘ Dennis thought and closed the call while she left Clive in a room next to Piko .
She locks the apartment unit and goes back to hers ‘ I still have to handle that magic thing tomorrow , but it’s not going to be hard ‘ she spent the rest of the day reading the material given to her by the tower masters and reaches quota by night .
‘ This is one of those days when I don't feel productive . But that can be cured by a good night’s sleep . I already did a lot of things today , like preparing for tomorrow . Hopefully , Willow doesn't mind the food I left for her ‘ Dennis clocks in early tonight .
The next day , she spent all of it on giving the mages the tower masters selected the magic . They were very satisfied after running some tests and between each Loading of magical knowledge . Dennis and Willow were visiting the marketplace of each tower .
“ Are you sure about buying an egg ? “ Willow asked watching Dennis analyze an egg “ I would love to , but I plan to visit that world with summoning as the main art “ “ Wasn't summoning banned because the summoners often looked down on other species who look like their summons ? “
“ They also banned it because it takes the rights of a very intelligent species and some summoners do happen to have a permanent master-slave relationship with their summons , which is also another social issue to discuss “ Dennis added .
“ But you still want to go ? “ “ Yes , because now there is a better summoner-familiar relationship and that is called the living weapons . Soulless creations that don't defile the rights of others by creating artificial life that can be controlled . Golems were a very early example and right now they were thinking of pushing that definition further “
“ You really know a lot “ “ Make it my business to . Now onto the next tower “ ... “ So this one is very interesting “ Willow points at a magic grader “ Remember when you broke it because of “your” massive mana pool ? “ “ I did promise to fix it , but they rejected it because they were concerned about getting value out of me “
“ Then what do you think of buying some ? You do have those fancy library cards . I read about it and those can work as credit cards too “ “ I did too , but I didn't use it as some credit card because if I did use it , I would be associating myself with the involved tower “
“ But what about all these goods ? “ “ No need , I don't want to limit myself with a weapon , but I would like to have a durable one . However , bringing it out in my world is considered illegal “ “ Yet in some countries , those guns that can be used by even a baby with some luck can potentially kill someone “
Another tower later ... They were looking around the plants , but through Willow Dennis learns she can get better from the elves ... Another tower market had magical stones , but they were all filled to the brim and not what Dennis wanted ... They went tower to tower and finally they finished and checked the garbage hip after getting permission to take what they want .
“ Knowing you , I think you might figure out ways to use even garbage “ Willow said and asked “ Are you going to Save all of this ? “ ‘ No , I don't want to bring trash in Savings ‘ “ I won't , but I did learn the item box spell “
“ Maybe you can get a job as a garbageman ? “ Dennis takes all the garbage but excludes the ones that weren’t trash trash from magic ‘ I’ve got my hollowed magic stones , so let’s run some tests with them ‘
Dennis takes pieces of small , broken shards of transparent magic stones and loads a spell on it . She tests the direction of the spell and finds that it is random unless she controls the spell .
‘ This is good , but I’m not very good at controlling magic outside Savings . So , I’m gonna need to train my magic control ‘ with the broken shards of hollowed stones , they get home to for Dennis to train .
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