Chapter 81 - Reaching The Land
Angor considered himself lucky that he finished recording the books a day before Sunders’ return. Other than that, nothing special happened.
Angor was still tensed upon seeing Sunders, fearing that his teacher might have some ways to monitor his actions in the book room. His worry was soon proved to be unnecessary. Sunders was not interested in which books he read. The man only told him one thing, “Once we get back to Brute Cavern, keep in mind that you won’t receive anything easily.”
Angor was unsure about what he meant. Later, Flora explained to him in private, “I was pulling your legs the other day. The books you read that are intended for apprentices aren’t valuable to wizards in the least. But still, you need to obey the equivalent exchange rule. The teacher was telling you that if you want to find books to read in Brute Cavern, you must pay with magic crystals.”
… So Flora exaggerated the books’ value just to scare him.
Flora did not realize that there was no need for Angor to understand the more valuable books at all. He already kept them all. If he really followed the rule of equivalent exchange, Angor would need to pay a lot. This “if” did not exist now.
As for Angor, he knew he just earned himself a lot of profit by recording all the books. From now on, he would never reveal his secret about the hologram tablet so that people would not suspect him.
They would reach the land in the afternoon. After saying goodbye to his teacher, Angor returned to his tent to pack up his and Toby’s stuff. He did not have much to carry, but Toby’s daily necessities took up a lot of space. Angor tried very hard to compact them but he still had to carry a giant pack.