The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 807

Once the store had sold out again, and a new "Limited Stock" sign had been made, indicating that they only had whatever leftover jewellery hadn’t been chosen by the morning rush and what the team had made that morning, things began to calm down in the shop, and Davis prepared to go home early.

He would be off the next day, as Matriarch’s day was a City Holiday, and most shops that weren’t food or present related would not operate at all.

Karl planned to open the shop for a while, but not stock more than the basics, just in case someone needed a last minute "Please Get Me Out of the Doghouse" gift.

From what Karl understood, the day was mostly an exchange of chocolates from the women to their desired men, and then a date night where they would take the lead.

Mick could watch the shop for the rest of the day, as most of the items were not high ticket items, and Davis needed to drop off the latest Overlord Rank creation by Karl and Ashbringer at the Auction, which started early the next morning.

Remi had reserved a few boxes of potions for regular sales, and the girls had put out a dozen wooden rings for both mage and warrior types, but that was about all that was left in the shop for the rest of the day.

Those were going quickly to the steady stream of regular customers from the city, especially the potions. Everyone wanted to be at their best for the holiday, so an emergency healing potion as well as a recovery potion were a great insurance measure.

Just having them with you could turn a minor disaster into a touching memory.

Then, just before Karl was going to have the Gargoyles close the gate, a middle-aged mage in the same uniform as the Academy man who had custom ordered wands entered the shop.

"Good Sir, might you know where to find the Darklight Host Guild House?" He asked.

"You’re standing in it. What can we help you with?" Karl replied with a smile that must have shown too much tooth, as the man looked concerned, and he was some sort of partially skeletal monster species, not a Demon as far as Karl could tell.

Upon closer look, Karl realized that it was actually just a bone protrusion that covered half his face like a mask, with a horn at the top. He wasn’t undead.

"The Governor of Lared City would like to invite you to the Academy to give lessons on Runecrafting. You see, we have it as a course, but nobody actually has the skill. So, what we can teach students is limited." The mage asked.

Karl frowned. "My time is rather limited, and I have a lot to do here. Attending an Academy hundreds of kilometres from home for an extended period of time simply isn’t feasible."

The mage sighed. "I was afraid that you would say that. I don’t suppose that you would have a skill book to teach the art, would you?"

Karl shook his head. "But I can make one for [Apprentice Runesmithing]. That’s a primer to the art, and far more people can use it. However, it will take a significant amount of time to create."

But Remi had other ideas as she appeared beside him.

"Didn’t your school year just end? Does that mean you’re on a break? Why don’t you send the teacher here, and we can teach them the skill, then they can teach others? Even if it’s just introductory, it would be something.

They would be able to at least make the items work." She offered.

The mage considered that for a few seconds, his eyes flickering left and right as he paid attention to something else, possibly reading System Messages.

"Alright. If you can provide introductory skills to our instructors, it would be appreciated. Two juniors, one for armour and one for practical applications, will be here in just a moment." He explained.

Karl shrugged. "Alright. Can you explain the courses? If they’re too similar, it would be the same subset skill. You see, the subset skill which I taught my apprentices is Runesmithing. That’s not the same as a Rune Priest, a Runic Alchemist, or a Runic Architect."