Chapter 57
Corrie shot her a glance. "The fourth."
"I’m sure she’ll get used to it. She hasn’t been spending money for long, after all."
Alistar wanted to sigh as well. Apparently, Anice had never paid for anything until the two of them had met. Because of this, she was something of a nightmare to any struggling stall owner or failing businessman in Mayhaven.
"Makes you wonder how much she’s saved up." Woods was nearly done with his sugar stick, most of which had been grinded into nothingness by his slightly yellow teeth. "She’s been getting allowance for almost a year. I wonder if she’ll actually get that staff that she’s always blabbering about."
"Staff?" said Alistar, unwittingly drawing the attention of the other kids. "What kind of staff does she want?"
"Wait, you’re telling me she hasn’t brought it up to you yet?" The chubby boy appeared genuinely surprised. "It’s all she ever talks about. She wants one of those magical staffs with a magic crystal on it."
Jaden snorted. "The staff she wants costs two golden lucets. That’s like ninety silver half-lucets."
"Eighty."
"Don’t correct me, Corrie."
The shorter, quieter boy rolled his eyes but didn’t seem bothered by his friend’s attitude.
Alistar was quite surprised to hear that Anice wanted to make such an expensive purchase, and even more so that she hadn’t told him about it. Could it be that she was self-conscious about the fact that he had already come into his magical awareness, yet she, the older of the two, hadn’t?