"In the wizarding world, even teacher-student relationships are based on the principle of equivalent exchange. Besides, for wizards, knowledge is the most important thing. So, what do you have to offer? "
The figure in the dark grinned. "If you don't have enough talent, you'll have to pay with your life!"
The shadow suddenly lunged at Angor. In the blink of an eye, Angor felt the world in front of him crumbling bit by bit. The last thing he saw was him lying on the ground covered in blood, while someone was laughing at the sky beside his dead body.
Angor quickly sat up from his bed. Cold sweat covered his back. His enlarged eyes were filled with fear and panic. When he was no longer panting, he wiped the sweat off his forehead.
"So it was just a dream." Angor rubbed his temples and sighed. He whispered to himself, "I hope it's just a dream."
Gentle sunlight poured in through the window. The mottled light cast on Angor's soft golden hair and woke up the little guy sleeping in it.
"Tweet, tweet." The palm-sized Toby spread its wings as if it was stretching itself. Then it chirped and sat up on Angor's golden hair.
Angor grabbed it. "You little bastard! You're ruining my hair again while I'm sleeping!"
"I don't know why you like sitting on my head so much. Looks like I need to get a hat soon," Angor mumbled.
Toby did not get angry. After being thrown off, it flew to the side and took out a small, bubble-like capsule from Angor's bag.
Toby flapped its wings and placed the capsule in front of Angor.
It was a single-use space capsule left behind by Greya. It seemed to contain Toby's belongings, as well as Angor's reward.
It had been seven days since Angor boarded the cloud whale, and he had not opened it yet. Considering how much Greya loved Toby, there was no telling how many things were in the capsule. Besides, the capsule was a single-use item that would disappear once it was crushed. If there were as many things inside as several rooms, where should he put them? Angor decided not to open it until he found a safe place to stay in Brute Cavern.
But now, Toby threw the capsule in front of him. Did it mean … he should open it?
"You want me to crush him?"
"Chirp, Chirp," Toby nodded his little head.
Angor frowned and tried to ask, "Are there many things inside? If it's too much, let's wait until we settle down in Brute Cavern. "
Toby blinked his little eyes. I don't understand what you're saying!
Angor's lips twitched. Didn't Greya say that Toby was smart enough to understand people's words even if he couldn't speak?
Or rather, this little bastard pretended not to understand a question he didn't want to answer? Angor looked at Toby from head to toe. Toby was still looking at Angor with his innocent eyes.
Usually, Toby could understand most of his conversations with him, but when it came to not nesting on his head, Toby would start acting innocent. So … this little Primal Chaos was indeed making fun of him!
"Luckily, you're a bird and I can't see the expression on your face. Otherwise, I would definitely beat you up!" Angor thought to himself. If this bastard was a human, he would definitely show a "I'll pretend, come bite me" expression on his face.
Angor considered and picked up the capsule.
"What's in here? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Toby didn't play dumb this time. He flapped his wings and pointed at a set of clothes on the bedside table. It was the blue and white outfit Toby had been wearing for the past few days. There was also a small bag attached to the outfit, which made Toby look like a carrier pigeon in a fairy tale.
Angor looked at the clothes and the naked Toby. "You want to change your clothes?"
Toby nodded without hesitation.
"Why are you being so smug? You're just a bird! Your postman outfit is still clean. Can't you just wear it for a few more days? " His voice was so loud that even Nausica, who was in the opposite tent, lifted the curtain and looked in his direction.
Angor nodded to Nausica apologetically. Nausica gave him a flirtatious smile and closed the curtain.
Angor also pulled the curtain down and glared at Toby.
Toby immediately reverted to his "silly bird" mode. "I'm a bird! What are you talking about? I don't understand your human language. "Oh, I don't understand."
Angor looked at the stubborn bird and sighed. He took the capsule and walked to the side.
Sigh. Let's hope there aren't too many things inside …
Angor twisted his thumb and index finger, and the capsule popped open. Something that looked like smoke and water broke the balance of the three-dimensional space. When the ripples disappeared, a large pile of items appeared in front of Angor.
The "small mountain" of items took up one-tenth of the available space in the tent. It didn't look like a lot, but it was still shocking to see so many things in front of Angor. What made Angor even more speechless was that 99% of them were clothes.
Lace dresses, clashing shirts, gentleman's suits, chef's suits … There were also heavy armor, knight attire, and scale armor. Can you hold all these clothes with your tiny body?! What made Angor even more speechless was that he found a bunch of "animal costumes"! Rabbit ears, fishtail, bear cub … You're an animal! Why are you wearing other animals' clothes?! Is this guy a male or a female? Why is there a cat costume?!
Apart from the clothes, there were also some daily necessities, including plates, cups, a small quilt, and a wooden bed.
Angor's eyes lit up when he saw the small wooden bed. "With this bed, it won't rub my hair at night, right?"
Angor quickly arranged Toby's things and waved his hand to let Toby choose his own clothes.
He then took out a small pouch from the pile of clothes. On the pouch, there were words written in flowery font: "For Angor".
So this was Greya's reward for him. Angor opened the pouch out of curiosity. There were about 30 coin-shaped transparent crystals inside.
Before entering the cloud whale, Angor had no idea what these things were. But these days, he read a lot of books in his cheap teacher's library and became familiar with the common knowledge of the wizarding world.
The transparent crystals in the pouch were the common currency in the wizarding world, called magic crystals. Angor remembered Mara mentioning that his annual income was no more than 100 magic crystals. The Ice Coffin of Healing he gave Angor cost less than 30 crystals.
Angor was grateful to Mara for helping him with the Ice Coffin of Healing. But now, he already had 30 magic crystals before he even stepped into the wizarding world. Maybe this was life's fortune.
Angor carefully put the pouch into the inner pocket of his clothes.
Toby also chose a new set of clothes for himself.
It was a black gentleman's suit with a wine-red tie and a tall hat of the same color. Angor helped Toby put on the clothes. Toby purposely held the hat in front of Angor's face and held its head up high.
Angor saw Toby's arrogant behavior and felt that something was amiss.
Was the little bastard wearing a hat in front of Angor to mock him because he said he wanted to buy a hat and tie?!
Angor believed he already knew the truth. With Toby's naughty personality, he would definitely do something like this.
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