With the discussion having reach its end, King Edward put back his disguise and is accompanied by Captain Aurora back into the castle. Mrs Usagina and Kucin then go to the school, as Mrs Usagina want an adventure that can give some insight about their line of work to the newly enrolled students, and Kucin is the perfect choice as not only she was once the top student in the school, she also become an upstanding rookie. Mrs Usagina request is personally processed by Karonlir himself. Alfin and Azumi stroll the capital to look for ingredients necessary to upgrade the magic core

Magic core and magic stone, while the commoner, newbie adventure and knight use those two term interchangeably, they are two different things, though it functions remain the same. Both of them allow the usage of magic for everyday life or for battle. Through Alfin research, it can be also imbuded into weapon, Alfin staff is one example of it albeit the process is hard and expensive as the material of the weapon must be compatible with the magic stone or core. That is why Azumi technique of imbuding the weapon with one own mana is currently more efficient.

Magic core is a nucleus of a monster and their type is influenced by the type of monster and the reverse is also true as they type of magic core will influence the monster physiology. If the magic core is carefully extracted and with a timely intervention, it property will remain the same for a long time as the mana can he regenerated and that is why Alfin herself dive straight into a dungeon to process the core as soon as it was extracted. And by Alfin's and Mrs Usagina's research they have found a way to upgrade the magic core into a better one making it more powerful and last longer, their aim is to make a magic core that can be used permanently

Magic stone on the other hand is any ore, from simple stone to mithril that contain magic element. They are akin to storing a liquid into a bottle and once it have empty it magical supply, it become a normal ore once again. Unlike magic core, magic stone can't be upgraded and it is more rare to find magic stone with two or more element as compared to magic stone.

"Here we go again, men nightmare, shopping" [Azumi]

"like it or not, you will be go with me my macho bodyguard" [Alfin]

"well, as long as you are happy" [Azumi]

"here is the shopping list, make sure to keep your eyes open" [Alfin]

"can't we just ask the research lab people to buy it" [Azumi]

"what are you saying, buying thing for my research by myself is one of the few joy i have in my life" [Alfin]

"I know that, but you are really really really taking your time" [Azumi]

"time passes as you do something that you enjoy" [Alfin]

"yeah, but my joy of buying thing for your research is only for 2 hour, after which it become a nightmare" [Azumi]

"well, better step up your game as your future wife might do the same" [Alfin]

"No one want me though and which lady in their right mind would like to have their husband spending more time guarding another lady" [Azumi]

"hmph, good point, I guess you will be single for the rest of your life then" [Alfin]

"kahkahkah, most likely" [Azumi]

With that, they continue buying the necessary ingredients such as paper imbuded with fire mana, fire stone, mercury liquid and necessary alchemy stuff

As time passes by, they have finally completed their shopping list. They frequently visit this part of the town, at first Alfin and Azumi will usually go there with disguise but once their disguise is blown away, they come here without one so most of the people from this part of town have already recognise them and by the King's order more guard is placed here and will patrol at more regular interval to prevent any bad thing happening to Alfin. Azumi will also frequently use search magic covering a wide area as a precaution and will always use wind shield as extra layer of precaution.

"now them, let go to the research lab" [Alfin]