Mixed Blessing System

The next day, upon meeting Annaliese on his way to the Morning Star Academy, Lothur did not have to deal with this woman's bad mood towards him.

The day before, Annaliese had once again noticed that Lothur had been with Elke. Still, other than being a little quiet on the way back from the academy, she had not argued with him or demanded that he change his behavior.

After a quiet evening, she let her bad mood pass, returning to her usual mode with Lothur, chatting and enjoying herself with him on the way to the academy.

She still did not like him dating other women and her sister allowing such behavior. But due to the guilt for beating him up, she no longer felt in the position to talk about it openly.

As such, she kept her thoughts on such a subject to herself while talking about other things with Lothur.

"Hey, Lothur, did you hear about the auction that will take place at the local trading house in 10 days?" She asked as she looked with interest at the attractive silver-haired man in front of her.

"Auction?"

"Yes, I heard that several valuable items will be put up for auction in our city in the next few days. They say that even a Silver-grade armor is among the main items of that event." She said excitedly, looking forward to this event.

"Silver-grade? Really?" Lothur asked in surprise, as items of that quality could be valuable even to cultivators at the 4th stage!

In Concordia, even if the number of cultivators was only a fraction of the mainland population, the production capacity for good quality items was less than the demand. Consequently, less favored high-level cultivators had to be content with, shall we say, more ordinary resources.

​ And Silver-grade items were precisely unsuitable for people at the 4th stage since they did not offer the best combat conditions for their users.

Such items were best used by people at the 3rd stage, those who could genuinely use all their capabilities without being limited by the conditions of such items.

However, a cultivator at the 4th stage having a Silver-grade item was much better than having nothing or using something of inferior quality.

Since there were no high-grade resources for everyone, many cultivators were more than happy to have the best at their disposal!

Hence, items like that were not underestimated!

But while many had to accept using items that limited them to some degree, a few in this world had the privilege of using items of superior quality to their cultivation base.

Such a thing was not common to see as, in many cases, these items had limitations related to their weight and usability. But there were exceptional cases where such limitations could be overcome, so items of that quality were in demand even by 2nd stage cultivators!

Knowing this, Annaliese was looking forward to the auction of that armor.

She nodded to Lothur and said. "Yes. But that should be one of the last items to be auctioned. Several other objects and cultivation resources will be auctioned at that event..."

"Why don't we go? I think it will be fun, and we can find something within our budget." She suggested, remembering that her brother-in-law had more strength than appeared on the surface.

She knew there was something special about him, as Lothur had demonstrated in their previous 'training' a combat prowess far superior to that of a mortal. But due to her guilt, this woman did not feel in the position to question him about it or even talk to her family about the fact that he was so strong.

In any case, knowing that he was striving to get stronger, she felt that taking him to this auction might help him on his way, even if she did not quite understand what he wanted.

On the other hand, Annaliese liked the idea of participating in such events. As such, she was joining the useful with the pleasant by planning to do this with Lothur.

"An auction, huh?" Lothur smiled, curious to know what such an event would be like in the cultivation world but also interested in what he might find at such an event. "Interesting."

"All right, I'll come with you to that auction."

Annaliese smiled at his answer and did not take long to start making her plans. "Well, since that is the case, we need to stop by a tailor shop and buy a formal outfit for you!"

"Stop by a tailor shop?" Lothur looked at her strangely.

"Of course, I won't let you go to the Auction House in ordinary clothes! That would be an embarrassment to our family."

"Is that so? All right, then." He agreed with her, finding it amusing in Annaliese's worrying behavior. 'But will I be able to buy anything? Unfortunately, my resources are not at their best...'

'Ah, never mind.'

'At this event, I will at least be able to meet a little more of the cultivation society and learn more about the customs of this world.'

"When will we do that? I plan to go on a mission at the weekend, so I don't know if I'll be able to be free during those days."

Hearing this, Annaliese looked at him in surprise, not expecting him to be ready to do academy missions. "Are you going to do that already? Isn't it better that you at least learn a little more at the academy before you risk doing missions?"

"Lothur, those missions don't always turn out as expected!"

He smiled at her concern and said. "Don't worry. A person from Mission Hall warned me about this. Still, I'm confident I'll be able to accomplish this mission without too many problems."

"Sigh..."

"What kind of mission did you take? Even if you have strength, some of these missions demand theoretical knowledge that I doubt you have after only a few days at the academy."

He did not feel offended since this was indeed true. "I will collect medicine outside the city."

"Is that so? Then be careful. In those wild medicinal fields, there is always the risk that you will run into venomous animals and even some low-level beasts."

In this world, there were animals just like on Earth, beings that, just like mortal humans, were not capable of cultivating spiritual energy in their bodies.

On the other hand, those animals that had 'talent' and learned how to cultivate were called spiritual beasts.

Just like humans, they usually did not change their external appearance exaggeratedly. On the contrary, the changes were similar: improvements in external and internal characteristics.

She looked at him carefully and warned him. "Believe me. Even cultivators don't want to have the problem of being bitten by a snake or certain insects."

"The poisons of these beings are less potent in our bodies than in mortal bodies, but they can still damage our foundations, cause pain and financial loss."

"Then be careful."

"Oh? I'll remember said..." He muttered in a low voice, feeling grateful to have a sister-in-law so concerned for him.

"Thank you, Anna."

She then answered the previous question. "Anyway, we can go to the tailor on Friday after the academy. What do you think?"

"Hmm, that's fine with me."

After that, the two left the carriage from before and headed to the academy, still talking.

Lothur then said. "By the way, Anna, I want you to help me with something..."

"But don't worry, you will only help me improve my skills. I won't ask you to use your strength like last time." He took one of her hands right after noticing her worried look.

"It's just that I haven't found anyone reliable yet to evaluate my techniques and give me some tips..." But, of course, he lied about that final part since he genuinely wanted her to put some pressure on his training, hoping his Physique would be stimulated.

"Lothur..."

"Lothur, if I do this, you will have to promise not to provoke me as you did before." She looked at him with reddened eyes, fearing she would hurt him again.

"Don't worry. I won't behave that way with you again."

"If that's so, then we can meet later today."

"Hehe, that's fine. I'll come to your residence after dinner time." He said this before the two said goodbye and headed towards their respective responsibilities.