This has become a matter of survival for me now.
First of all, I have to satisfy my basic needs, in order to live.
That's the top most priority, like any other creature.
Well, apart from the three basic needs of food, shelter and clothes, the most important need is money.
By far, I have sufficient funds, enough to last for a month, at most.
Being cut off from my family, the only source of money, I have to find out a way to earn money in this city itself.
Then comes the matter of becoming stronger by completing tasks.
For now, there is only one main task, which is manageable.
So no need to worry about that.
I am aware that I got punished for the actions of the original Dorian, and I can understand that, mostly.
Still, it angers me enough to take revenge.
But, that's not a primary goal, and I can't exactly execute them right now anyway.
Keeping the anger fuelling my motivation for taking action, I moved forward with a small bag with a pouch of coins and a book, across the streets of the Capital City.
It was already late in the afternoon, so I had to find a place to sleep before evening.
It's not like the evening becomes any darker, due to the two of the large moons establishing themselves in the vastness of the night sky.
As it is near full moon nowadays, the nights are not that dark.
Still, I need to find a place, where I can live.
At least for a few months, if not for years.
Renting an inn is not feasible, because it will drain out my money.
The inns here in the capital city are hella expensive than any other ones in the countryside, so I would rather live there than renting one out here.
But, the capital city is located at the heart of the Sylvanna Kingdom, at the center of a huge lake.
I travelled around the city before, on the first day itself, and it was quite a spectacular view outside it.
The capital is surrounded by a lake and the lake is surrounded by land, meaning it is situated at the center of the kingdom too.
Which basically means, I have to travel through a bridge, everyday, if I have to enter this capital city for attending the academy.
For now let's try to find some way to live here only.
The only option remaining is building a makeshift house.
I can build one arbitrarily, but it won't last for long, I believe.
But, that doesn't matter.
I can strengthen it day by day.
The problem is location.
As I said, the inns of this city are out of choices.
There is just one location left, if I eliminate every infeasible choices.
The Southern Forest of Grisha.
Situated south to this city, it is located between the city and the lake.
It's name is Southern, but it almost covers the entire capital city all around it.
However, building a house there would be difficult, due to various reasons.
First of all they are infested with various magic beasts like griffins, unicorns, and trolls, though in the deeper parts of the forest.
The next things is, there are two massive walls around the city.
One separates the city and the forest, and the other one separates the forest and the lake.
The walls would be around 100 metres tall, for the purpose of protecting city people from those magic beasts.
It's difficult to cross those walls due to tight security around the only large gate, below the walls.
But, there are always illegal ways present, by which smugglers go into the forest, kill those beasts and smuggle their body parts, here in the market.
Living in that forest would be possible only if, I manage to secure one route to the forest myself, and build a house in it's outer part.
By the way, how the fuck did I know all about it?
I mean, those massive walls are visible from anywhere inside the city, so I knew about them.
But, how the hell did I know there are illegal ways to traverse it?
It's as if, I have done all this before.
Well, it's a good thing, I guess.
So, the problem in front of me right now is to traverse through those gates, and secure a safe place to build a house for me to live.
But, as the house building would need a few days and lots of hard work, I have to stay at an inn for today.
There is no way around it.
I have to make plans for the class division exam too.
So, it would be better to cool my head off for today, and think carefully about future plans.
As I was walking along the street to another nearby small market, to rent an inn at a lower price, I heard footsteps.
Several at that.
And a bunch of thug-looking people appeared, with weapons in their hands.
A man with large build and a sickle on his back, stepped forward, grinning like a maniac, stood in front of me.
"Yo boy, what did ya' got there?"
Another man checked me thoroughly as if looking at a new creature, and kept his eyes on my bag and said, "Keep this bag here and we will let you go."
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