Leaving for Lunch was actually just Luca's way of checking out the food in the cafeteria. And because he was broke, all he could do was look around.
In fact, he was now in debt, so he could not afford to get his meals from there.
Ollie did say that meals would be free once Luca was fully enrolled, but Luca didn't want to risk it. What would happen if he missed a step and was denied a meal?
He couldn't keep on expecting people like Ollie to save him left and right.
Luca wanted to verify his conjecture, so he walked around with an apple from his space to compare it with the fruits in the cafeteria.
The local apples were similarly red in appearance, and their skin was free of imperfections, much like how the people preferred their perfect-looking bananas back in Tesseris.
But only his apple would shimmer when he tried looking for energy traces.
"Host, it seems like there's no spiritual energy in any of their meals. I wonder how they recover their spiritual powers?" D-29 chimed in his brain.
"Are you unable to check on something like that?"
"Apologies, Host. My abilities are still locked. I should be able to use more functions once the barrier is lifted."
Yeah, there was that too. Luca told D-29 to wait until the Spiritual power assessment was over. Since he still needed all the energy that he could possibly gather.
I'm dead if I fail that. Luca couldn't help but imagine failing it on the second try. He was actually just lucky the test got interrupted mid-way.
The Duke may have some contingency plans, but an E-grade would definitely call for everyone's attention on him. It was bad enough that he got in by virtue of his birthright, but having an E-grade rank would be just as bad.
But Luca understood where the Duke was coming from.
The original Luca had nothing at all. So, an E-rank was actually more than enough in case someone attempted to check. At least no one was going to expect anything from him.
Luca tried to understand the mindset of his new relatives, but he couldn't understand how they sent him here without a single Star coin!
What were they thinking about sending an invalid into the wild without a guardian or some money?
However, from what Luca remembered, he supposedly had a guardian and a double body. They all came together, but why was he left alone here?
Luca's mind couldn't cope with too many things, so he just focused on his market research.
Yes, market research. Luca needed money. And for someone who's got no capital, all he's got was his space.
At first, he thought of selling his pills. But he was not sure about the policies of selling medicines without permits. He didn't want to be sent back into prison in this life as well.
Then he thought about selling some fruits. He had a few crops in his space, but they were beyond the barrier for now, so all he had were the closest apple trees.
"Host, where are you planning to sell the apples?"
"I did a bit of research. I could set up an online store on credit. I just have to make sure to set my details to anonymous."
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