Reincarnation Of The Strongest Spirit Master

"Young master, I found a big cake and my sister bought it for me, a big chocolate cake, hahahaha!" The moment she spotted him, she jumped around and kept laughing and speaking in such a loud tone.

"Sorry, but she snatched it away before I could do anything," as for Lina, she came and apologised for this. The price of this cake alone was one spirit crystal! And to her, it was a bit too much, not to mention this wasn't her money to begin with.

"It's alright," seeing the big smile and hearing the cheerful laughs of Tina, William couldn't help but nod in agreement. "If she wants cakes, you can bring her one every time you go to bring food."

"This…"

"Yes! The young master is the best young master ever in the world!" When Lina frowned after hearing this, her little sister jumped in delight, cheering for William.

And the latter couldn't help but laugh, pat on Lina's shoulder as he added, "kids like to eat desserts. And I'm not that poor or stingy."

He kept a little piece hidden to himself and didn't tell it out loud. When he was a kid, and during his past life as a porter, he always visited the market to bring things over to his masters. And just like Tina, he always craved such cakes.

He used to stand in front of the stalls selling such delicious looking cakes and could only dream about eating one for himself. So, when he saw Tina, he couldn't help but recall such events, and decided to let her have all the cake she desired.

A single cake would only cost one spirit crystal, which was a price someone like him couldn't afford as a porter in his past life. But surely, he could do it now in this life.

"Let's eat," feeling the disapproval of Lina on how William started to spoil her little sister, William passed by the two and said while motioning his head towards the table.

They brought enough food and drinks for days, in addition to many ingredients that would make more meals.

After the weird atmosphere during the meal the three had, where Tina kept laughing and smiling and Lina just stayed silent, William left the two inside and went towards the direction of the library.

It was night already, but William knew it wasn't an issue. Per what he recalled from his past life, there were two libraries in the academy, one that was open for everyone, and another that was exclusive only for the masters.

The library dedicated for the masters was inside the headmaster's residence. And William didn't have any means to access it at the moment.

He went towards the library that was open for everyone. William was sure the documents provided there wouldn't be at the same level as the one inside the headmaster's residence, but it would satisfy his needs for now.

He didn't want to visit there to learn something, he just wanted to check over the common techniques used in forging.

The library was located in the northern sector of the academy, not that far away from his place. As William walked, he noticed that he didn't get any weird looks anymore from those he met.

"Tsk, people do care a great deal about appearances," William inwardly sighed before finally arriving at his destination after getting lost for half an hour.

The library was a place that wasn't that common to spirit masters. The mindset of most spirit masters was to train, try to muster their techniques and training manuals, gathering up more spirit power to breakthrough to the next rank before repeating the same process again.

Learning the techniques and training manuals came either from their families, clans, or masters in the academy. If they got time, they'd go outside and collect monster cores, sell them to get spirit crystals, buy gears and elixirs, train again and so on.

It was a tight and boring way of life, one that William didn't agree on. Yet that was why secondary professions weren't that common, and places like libraries were considered deserted.

Only those who came from no background, without a family, clan, or wealth to support themselves, would visit the library from time to time.

William did once come here in his past life, but he never repeated the same trip again. And that was for very good reasons…

"Entrance fee is ten spirit crystals," Just as he arrived there, an old looking spirit master was sitting in front of the main door of the big building, asking him for a fee to enter.

William already knew this. Paying these ten crystals back then was a great incident for him. When he came here before, he paid the fees as he placed great importance on the knowledge he'd gain from inside more than the little wealth he painstakingly accumulated over months.

But when he went inside, he was baffled by how immensely huge that place was! There were too many documents there to count! And many weren't complete versions of what these documents spoke about!

And this wasn't the only problem he faced back then.

"You got one day, then you have to leave," That spirit master received the ten crystals, then added in a deep and bored tone, "if you damaged anything inside, don't expect anyone to help you. Even if you were Rick, the grandson of the headmaster himself, you won't get away without paying the price for what you ruined inside."

William inwardly sighed when he heard such scary words that ruined his experience here before.

Having just a single day wasn't practical at all! Especially when it was his first visit here. This library needed one to stay inside for a long time to get to know where to go and which to read.

And that last part of the warning wasn't just for show. William still recalled how he struggled to get access to many documents regarding training manuals, and yet he failed.