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Chapter 6 - False Arrest

It's dark.

I am sitting on top of a bed made of stone. In front of me is a row of iron bars. Neither window nor lighting exists in this cramped space.

How did I end up here?

Let's take a look at what I did 2 hours ago.

I was still at the treasure room trying to choose one item as a reward when an idea came to my mind.

'There're a lot of books in the shelf from basic history until secret medicine. Although I can't read the title clearly, there should be a dictionary or encyclopedia in here. I should be able to identify some things with the help of it.'

I spend about half hour to find the so-called encyclopedia. The first one was plant encyclopedia; the next one I found was leather encyclopedia. Because I can only read encyclopedia on the title, I found lots of book such as plant, leather, animal, even country encyclopedia.

I found the skill encyclopedia at the twenty second try. The content was filled with a lot of pictures.

'Ha ha, aren't I smart.'

I take a glance towards the entrance. It seemed Noel is still waiting for me. I don't hear any complain from him.

'I'll take my time then.'

I start matching the picture in the encyclopedia with the skill book.

Herbology contains a lot of plants picture starting from leaf, root and fruit. Alchemy also contains a lot of leaf pictures.

'Not good. I can't differentiate between these two. No other choice but to skip it.'

I start stacking up the books that I can't identify on my left side. I skip a lot of basic crafting books since I can't differentiate it with its related gathering skill, for example herbology and alchemist, skinning and leather sewing.

The book tower keeps growing until I was left with 8 books.

'Antiques, history, map, mana 1, mana 2, nature, body, monster.'

Among these books, monster probably contains information about the mobs around Cross Town, history contains a lot of texts which I can't read, body probably contains a skill related to strengthening psychical power, map contains pictures of the Kalandor continent, antiques is the one I was interested in since it contains some pictures with a brief explanation.

'This antiques book probably contain skill related to appraisal.'

The rest are mana 1 which contains picture of human body with some kind of mark around the body, mana 2 which contains picture of meditation, and nature which probably relates to nature magic.

'Mana 2 is out of question since it's probably meditation skill to boost mana regeneration. Mana 1 is probably about mana circulation inside human body so I don't think it is what I need.'

I was left with 2 choices between antiques or nature.

Suddenly Noel appears besides me.

"Are you done yet?"

I was surprised by his voice that I lose my footing and fall on my butt.

"Oomph!"

"You are taking too much time. It has been exactly one and a half hour, I still got works to do."

"I'm sorry."

"You even make a mess of this place. CLEAN IT UP!"

"Yes sir!"

I immediately start putting the books from the tower back to the shelf. I left antiques and nature separated from the other books.

Noel picks up one of the books.

"Harmony with nature. Hmm. Not a bad choice."

'Harmony? It's not about nature magic?'

He picks up the other one.

"How to recognize an antique. Hmph. I need to remind you that you can only pick one as a reward."

"What do I need to do for the other one? I need those two books."

"You greedy bastard! Although you had brought enormous help for the town, I can't comply with your request."

"You don't have any request for me?"

"I don't! Now take this and leave."

He hands me the nature book and forces me out of the treasure room. After that, the 2 guards from castle gate escort me out.

'So much for interaction.'

I open my skill screen and register the book.

Do you want to learn 'Harmony with Nature'?YesNo

I pressed yes. A warning sound was heard. The window shakes and glows red.

Error!

Level requirement is not met

I am half happy and half sad. The good part is the warning means this skill book is actually above average since it has restriction. The bad part is I can't learn it right away.

I proceed with my next quest, the voodoo doll. Since it belongs to the kidnapped children, I should find his/her family.

I start asking around about the voodoo doll.

'Just like an old time RPG, chat with all NPC is a must before leaving town.'

I start from the potion store and keep going clockwise. Halfway to the fortune teller booth, I was grabbed in the shoulder by a garrison member.

"Are you the one who keep asking about voodoo doll around the town?"

"Yes. Do you know anything about it?"

"Please follow me."

And that's how I ended up in here. I wonder what I did to result in me being arrested and put in jail. 10 minutes passed and there is still no sign of anything. No people come, not even a guard.

I decided to search for information in the forum.

Meanwhile at second town.

"Tatsu-san!"

"Oh Lilith. You’re finally here. How is it?"

"Again with it. You need to be direct. Someone dense like Ren wouldn't be able to understand you if you keep asking how is it, how is it, how is it."

"Okay okay. So how is it?"

She brings her palm to her face and does the so-called facepalm.

"I got it. Here, it took longer than expected."

She opened her inventory and handed out an orange colored object. It was triangle shaped; its size was 4 cm x 7 cm.

Tatsu take the item and check its info.

Orange Crystal Piece

A crystallization of creativity. This crystal piece is a part of seven colored tablet of authority.

"Great. This is it. All that's left is violet piece."

"How does this relate to guild creation?"

"To create a guild, one must presents a tablet of authority to the guild master NPC. You can only meet him from 6 pm until 10 pm in the tavern. The tricky part is, you don't get to know where to obtain the said tablet and he won't give you the quest."

"Then how do you know we have to undergo a trial to get the tablet? Moreover, it's just a piece of seven."

He keeps silent for a while.

"..."

"..."

"Do you really want to know?"

She looks at him and sees the wicked smile plastered on his face.

"Forget it. Tell me how you intend to make the tablet."

"You already saw the descriptions of the yellow piece, didn't you?"

"And?"

"Oh come on. It stated seven colored tablet of authority. See."

"What's wrong with seven colored? It just means there’re seven pieces although I do know seven seas."

"Argh. You are a girl for god sake. How come you don't know the famous seven colors."

"Well, I'm sorry if I'm not your average normal girl."

'And here I thought she was a spoiled ojousama.'

"Look here. Seven colors refer to rainbow. ROYGBIV, Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain. Does it ring any bell?"

"Who is Richard? Is it a NPC who gives out crystal pieces?"

"No, he’s not. Forget Richard. The trial you just take can only be done once. Each person will get a crystal piece that can be used to make a tablet of authority."

"You can't get it anywhere else?"

"So far, this is the only way. That means to create a guild; we need 7 crystal pieces with different colors. Right now I have red, orange, yellow, blue and indigo. Yuu is taking the trial now and I assure you, he will definitely get green."

"Then we can just buy the violet piece."

"I told you before; the crystal piece can only be obtained once per person at this time. Do you really think they will sell it so easily? Just so you know violet piece is the rarest among them. "

"How come?"

*sigh...

'Oh man. Here I am, lecturing a girl inside an online game. How come I still have to work on my vacation time.’

"Fine. I shall educate you on the rainbow."

"Please."

"A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicolored arc.The major colors that we can see are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, all in that order."

"I see. So that’s why it was called Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain."

"Correct. Now I shall teach you the characteristic of each color. Red is passion, orange is creativity, yellow is wisdom, green is health, blue is spirituality, indigo is self awareness, violet is imagination."

"I'm just curious, but what color is your crystal piece?"

"Do you even have to ask? It's red obviously."

*beep... beep...

"What kind of sound is that?"

"Ha ha, it's a pager sound. Oh, it's a message from Ren. What is it, Ren?"

"Tatsu, can you help me?"

"Of course. What do you need, Ren?"

"I'm stuck in Cross Town Prison. Can you get me out of here?"

"Prison! What have you done?"

"I don't really understand why I got arrested. The guard doesn't respond to me. I need somebody else to intervene."

"Wait for me. I'll go right now."

Tatsu asks Lilith to wait for his brother. He says he wants to go back to Cross Town and help Ren. Lilith says she also wants to go, but Tatsu persuade her to stay.

Back in the prison.

I tried calling the guards a few times, but nobody is responding to it. The forum didn’t have any info about prison inside Cross Town. I guess I’m the first person to get arrested. I decided to ask Tatsu for help. Well, he’s the first person who responds when I send a message.

"I hope Tatsu comes quickly."

Sitting inside a prison and doing nothing will dull your senses. I read about that somewhere. So I decided to play around with my magic. This way I can grind my skills and not waste my time.

I cast > and > a few times. I want to try casting > towards the iron bars, but I'm afraid the guards will come and punish me for trying to run.

The room is full with me, a stone bed and three > barely leaving any space to move around.

I do a practice target with the > using >. It’s about to reach intermediate so I need to grind it as soon as I can.

30 minutes later, I heard a footstep coming from the left.

‘Finally!’

I cancel out the remaining > and sit on top of the bed. A guard arrived in front of my cell.

“You. Come out. Duke Noel would like to have a word with you.”

‘Eh? It’s not Tatsu?’

The guard walks beside me with his spear pointed at me.

“Keep going. Don’t do anything rash.”

We keep moving in a straight line.

‘This place seems familiar.’

After 5 minutes walking in a straight line, we arrived at the basement entrance.

‘Oh. This place is located near the treasure room.’

He brings me upstairs and proceeds to the room with iron door.

‘Am I going to be interrogated?’

“Go inside and wait for the Duke. He’ll be here shortly.”

The room size is bigger than my previous cell. It has a wide table and two chairs which give of a chilly feeling. I knock on it and touch the surface to make sure.

‘Yup, it’s iron and cold indeed.’

*clack...

The door opened and a big man entered the room. He wears a black coat and a classic mafia hat. He’s tall, maybe more than 2 meters tall. The figure is so imposing that I forgot to breathe. I am staring at the man, watching him moving from the door until he sits on a chair. The whole scene played like a slow motion video in my head.

‘Who is this guy?’

End of Chapter 6

Spoiler : Rainbow Note :

Red - passion and enthusiasm

Orange - creativity and control

Yellow - wisdom and energy

Green - growth and health

Blue - spirituality and divinity

Indigo - self awareness and intuition

Violet - imagination

By the way - Ethan's crystal color is Indigo while Lily's color is Blue