Picking up Girls With My System

Now they finally had the right to explore the underground area of the school. Out of the three, Lucas was the most excited one.

Arthur had seen many extraordinary things, so for him, it was not a big deal.

"Look at this place! Everything is well-designed, and it does not feel like we are underground at all!"

"The sky is beautiful!" Liz said, amazed by the magical formation which allowed them to see the sky from down there!

They saw many students walking up and down through the streets. Some looking scared as if something was chasing them, while others were smiling. Arthur and his friends were happy to be there as long as no one came looking for trouble.

"Shall we split? I want to look at the weaponry store." Lucas said.

"Weaponry? Are you planning on becoming a battle mage or something?"

"Yeah, that would be cool, but that's something for the future only. Anyway, see you guys later!" Lucas said, parting ways with them.

Liz was still with Arthur, and had not said a word about going somewhere else. She wasn't feeling that confident in walking all alone.

"Where do you want to go first, Liz?"

Arthur was no stupid person, and he understood how she was feeling.

"The library!"

To the library they go. Liz always walked with a book by her side, and that was something Arthur got to know before they even reached the school.

It was a good habit to have, especially for a mage. Reading was essential, and knowledge was power. Arthur did not oppose to that at all, and he also wanted to have a look at what books did the Blood Spear school have.

Find a library down there without knowing a single thing about the place was no simple task. Both Arthur and Liz weren't feeling like asking questions to the other students, as most of them did not look friendly at all.

So, they had to find the place themselves, and that took half an hour of their day, but they succeeded.

"Whoa! This place doesn't look bad at all. It looks big, so it should have lots of books inside, right?" Liz said.

She was amazed by everything, and did not even wait for him before getting inside the library. As for Arthur, he was more concerned about the student who was following them.

"What does he want? I have never seen him in my life." Arthur thought.

He acted as if he had no notice of that person following, and it worked. The gap they had in power was beyond comprehension.

Once inside the library, Liz looked pleased after seeing the library was not only big, but had lots of books. She felt safer inside, so she went on her own to look at the shelves, searching for an interesting book.

As for Arthur, he noticed that the person following him waited in an alley a little farther from the library, not having the courage to go in. It was the perfect opportunity for him to have a little talk with that person.

He looked at Liz, who was lost looking for books, and thought, "she will not even notice I left."

The man following them had his gaze locked on the library's entrance, so Arthur left, making sure the man saw him so that he would follow.

Arthur walked a little further from the library, and the man did not flinch, waiting in the same spot.

"What? He is only after Liz? What does he want? Should I confront him?"

Before, if the man followed him, then Arthur would surely have a talk, and beat the man to a pulp. But the man was not after him but Liz. He wanted to know about it, primarily the reason behind it.

So, he decided to not go after the man, and wait for a better opportunity to know more about the situation. If he went there, and got information from the man, then whoever was behind it would know they know, and that was not good.

Also, Arthur was not necessarily in a place where he could torture people for no reason. Even in a school like that one, killing and torturing for no apparent reason was not something they could do.

Why? Well, lots of mages who practiced the dark arts went crazy throughout the years, so if they saw signs of someone walking toward that path, they would either kill the person in spot, or expel from the school.

Arthur did not want to be treated like a madman, and there were lots of things he still needed to do inside the Blood Spear school, such as getting access to all of its important spells, and also turning into someone trustworthy of the leader, a rank 3 mage!

So, thinking about it, Arthur opted to return to the library with a chicken leg in hands, looking as if he had left the library for a quick bite.

"Went out to eat? Did not even see you leaving!" Liz said, gazing at Arthur, and then gazing back at the shelves.

"You only have eyes for the books… Poor me…"

"Where did you learn this drama from? Lucas probably."

"You are right. He is the master, and gave on me everything he knows about it…"

"Shut up! Hey, look, there are lots of interesting books here, not only about spells, but stories, and other magical things like herbs, ores, and recipes,"

"I am thinking of learning some enchanting, and maybe jewelry craft. You and Lucas have something in mind to learn, too?"

"Alchemy. As for Lucas, he looks like a magical smith, right?"

Liz had a hand on her chin, thought for a while, and then said, "yeah he does indeed."

She then said, "don't you think our team will be good if we chase these paths? Well-rounded at least."

"I believe, yes."

Arthur had met them not too long ago, but they had turned into two important people for him. He did not with for them to go the wrong path and wanted to help them in any way he could.

He and Liz spent one hour browsing through the books, picking up anything they found useful. One thing Arthur enjoyed was that there was no limit on how many books one could get.

They did not even ask for a return date, but Arthur was not stupid to think no one was looking into it. He was almost sure the Blood Council itself would go after the students who stole from the school.

Liz focused on getting books regarding spells, jewelry craft, and enchanting. Arthur wanted to return with his alchemy studies, so he got lots of books about it.

He had a decent knowledge, but the vegetation on the central continent was a little different, and they also had a deeper knowledge about it, so there was no harm in getting some of those books.

After that, they left the library and went looking for Lucas. He told them he would go to the weaponry store, so that is where they went.

A building with the sign of an anvil in front. Not that hard to find, as the sign was gigantic. When they went inside, they saw Lucas, looking at all the weapons, almost salivating.

"Arthur! Liz! Look at those things! Impressive, right? I wish I wasn't poor…"

He wanted a weapon for himself, but all the weapons were made with magical ores, and many of them were enchanted too. These things were expensive, and one needed lots of mana stones to buy those.

"Lucas, let's go take a quest. With our strength, we can get a low-ranked quest, and then you can take our part as well to buy your weapon." Arthur said.

"Would you really do that for me?"

Lucas could not hold his feelings, hugging both Arthur and Liz. They would give up their part of the reward for him to get a weapon. That was genuine friendship.

"But after that, you will help us get some things as well."

"Absolutely. Oh, I would do anything for a clink shiny weapon!"

They left the weapon shop, buying nothing. There wasn't much to do down there, as most of the restaurants and shops were expensive.

But there was one thing they wanted to see, and that was the ranking stones. These things were huge rocks with names written on it, showcasing who was the best at alchemy, enchanting, crafting and all those things.

There was also a rock for combat, but to get there, one had to win duels against others, and Arthur was not feeling like challenging people just yet.

"My name will be up there in the magical smithing ranking, you betcha!"

When Lucas said that, a voice came from behind, saying, "do you think you will surpass me? That's a funny joke."

The person who said that was a youth who had the power of the seventh circle. Not that strong, but almost everyone in the school knew him, and even the rank 1 mages treated him with respect. That was because of his incredible talent in magical smithing, being the responsible for crafting the strongest weapons for the school.

"Leonard! What is he doing here? And why are these newcomers picking up a fight with him?" A passerby said.