Chapter 19 The Spring Seven Challenges
The echoes of footsteps filled the hallway of the Scarlet Palace. The steps only stopped before a huge, golden metallic door. The guards guarding the doors nodded at the man. With a loud, glorious creak, the doors opened by the guards. What welcomed the man behind the doors was a marvelous view of the palace garden, which was covered in snow.
"The snow seems to have diminished today."
Loryarc took steps outside, his burning blue eyes staring at the blue sky, which used to be covered by snow clouds all day.
"The is nearing, but I am..."
His eyes, however, were still clouded in worries.
"Broke..."
His shoulders, which were shielded from the cold wind of winter by his furred coat, slumped as he recalled the number of gold coins in his hands. He reached into his coat pockets, took out the last ten gold coins he had left.
"Kuh... Women are money sucker, indeed!" Loryarc howled as he bring his butt down to the chair of the gazebo, which builded at the center of the garden.
These months, he spends gold after gold on kissing the ladies of the Marble Rose House. His actions, which were fueled by his sheer determination to win first place at the Graduation Exhibition Festival of the Academy, have fruited.
He collects more and more skills, becomes stronger, slays more Dungeon Bosses, gets more Skill Books with Marie, and becomes even stronger. Even his KP had piled up enough to reach the number of one thousand, excluding his expenditures, such as buying a Potion of Growth. His pocket kept bulging as fluently as the river flows.
Until his pocket emptied.