Death Mage with an SS-Rank Talent-Chapter 151

After returning to the hotel, Aaron and others went to clean themselves up first before going for dinner.

Lyanna originally wanted to tease Aaron a bit. She learned how many points the team earned. Though the number was kept confidential, she was from the same academy. So, it was easy to learn their numbers.

When she learned the number, she was shocked.

What the group had achieved was something that had never been done before. Sure, the numbers reached even higher, but whenever that happened, the others from the group would have only the minimum points needed to pass the stage, not like this.

She learned that Aaron had distributed the tokens among the group, which he obtained from the ambushing students who camped at the edge to cause trouble for the students who were returning.

Though camping is considered unethical, it was never made illegal in the tournament. It has been years since these tournaments started. So, they saw almost every move that can be made.

Even though that was the case, there was a reason why the alliance kept some loopholes.

Some of these loopholes don’t cause any moral issues, but some do. They were left to check the morality of the students.

If they nurture the wrong ones who can stab their allies, someone who doesn’t see moral lines, then they are a danger to society.

This is a subtle way to see who would walk which path.

This is a way to check on the true nature of the students. They wanted to see what they would do to achieve the results that they wanted.

Though using these loops can’t be totally considered for determining the nature of a person, it was a start, and the ones who did bad things would be under watch. If they cross certain lines, then they would know that they can’t help those students achieve great power, no matter what.

If the alliance trains the wrong one to become powerful enough, then that would bite them in the ass, which was something that had happened in the past many times.

So, the alliance started to take precautions and stopped major ones from occurring, though there are always students who would take the wrong path due to the power that would come to them with no cost to them at that time.

Only later would they learn that there is a huge hidden cost. Even if that information was spread, many would think that they can overcome such issues or don’t care about that and take the risks.

To avoid promoting students who might tend to take the wrong paths, there are some loopholes like that, but everything happens under the surveillance of the academy. So, everything that happened to Aaron and his group was recorded and was viewed by Lyanna before returning to the hotel.

She was surprised but also pleased by the fact that Aaron distributed some tokens to the four, though there was no obligation on his end.

Seeing that he was tired, she decided to have a talk the next day or so.

After dinner, Aaron went to his bed to sleep. Lyanna went to her room to sleep.

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Aaron woke up as usual and went on to have breakfast before going out.

After the first stage was cleared, they were given two days’ rest, and Aaron didn’t want to waste the two days lying on the bed. Instead, he wanted to check the city a bit more.

He was lucky to get a good skill before the tournament started, and before the traffic to the capital reached its peak stage. The first stage was held away from spectators. So, the people didn’t care much about that stage, and the city was not filled up.

From the next stage onwards, that won’t be the case or at least what the chaperones that came with them told during breakfast. Though they were not sure how the next stage or stages would be conducted, with only about two hundred competitors, these are sure to be held with spectators in stands.

From this, Aaron understood that there are new people in the city who came to see the matches, and that means there are merchants who should have appeared from various places of the world carrying some unseen and rare items.

He hoped that he could get some forgotten items like the skill he had done a few days ago, but he also knew that it was almost impossible and depended a lot on luck.

He knew that his luck was most probably considered average. So, he was not sure whether he would get any.

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Before the end of the day, as expected, he didn’t find anything unusual, but he did find some items for his parents.

Similar to how combat professionals use wands, staffs, swords and other weapons, every professional would have their own item that can help them in their profession.

He found two Chef hats, which would calm the minds of a wearer. This can also be used by alchemists, as it has a calming effect, which makes it useful while producing potions, similar to how chefs prepare food.

Some say that Chefs are a mix of priests and alchemists, but also more.

Food prepared by awakened chefs would give buffs and recovery to the consumer. This is what priests’ skills are useful for. This is almost similar to alchemist potions, but they don’t offer any buffs.

Priest cast their skills for the effect while Chefs and Alchemists prepare items to be consumed.

Priests can give buffs and recovery to others, which can be obtained by Chef food but not by Alchemist potions.

This is why Chefs are considered a mix of Priests and Alchemists.

Similar to how Alchemists fail to create potions, chefs can fail too. Though the food won’t go to waste, the effects would be none or minimal if the chef can’t make the food properly.

They have to concentrate on the preparation, or else, the effects may not be good. For that, these chef hats are useful.

He knew that they had their own chef hats, but these ones are far better than what they have. So, he brought them. In addition to them, he also brought two sets of Chef Knives and every utensil needed by the chefs, all of which are higher grade than what they had in the house.

Whether the restaurant is providing better items or not, he has no idea, but as their child, he wanted to buy them something that can not only improve their skills, but also increase protection.

Those knife sets that he brought for them, they are not just for cutting dead plants and monsters; they can be used against living ones too. If they see any danger, they can use these to protect themselves better.

Once he brought them, he hired a delivery agency, which offers transportation of goods for a fee. Since he may not return home for a while, keeping these items with him till he meets would be a waste. So, he booked the goods as a surprise for his parents.

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