Inari’s Gift

Having heard that the healers’ guild would only accept one final batch, and only of the weaker potions, Cera decided she’d go ahead and finish what she started.  The next day was another day she was scheduled to teach at the mages’ guild, so she picked up another ten copper worth of supplies.

Since the weak potions didn’t require much mana, she was able to finish them all before time to head to bed and took them to the hospital.  While she hadn’t expected to make much, she found herself surprised at only being offered the same as she’d spent on supplies.

Cera wasn’t too upset, however, as she knew the work would help people, and it only took a few hours out of her day.  On the way back home, she was suddenly jostled as someone bumped into her, quickly apologizing as they ran off, surprisingly ignoring the tail that they brushed up against.

She thought nothing of it until she made it back home and counted her coins, finding that she had less than expected.  It was fortunate, she thought, that the thief only got some smaller coins, as her brass and silver coins were both still there.

Her final count for the day was six iron, two of which she’d be spending on dinner, five steel, of which she’d be spending three, eighteen copper, and one each of brass and silver.  She then went down to have a nice, large meal while keeping her coin pouch held tightly with telekinesis, just in case.

Still on edge after losing some of her money, Cera went to bed holding her coin pouch, planning to go to the bank first thing in the morning after paying for her room.  As would be expected, no one barged into her room, and she awoke from somewhat poor sleep without any problems.

After her quick stop downstairs, she headed to deposit some of her money, dropping off the silver, brass, and ten copper.  This gave her seven brass and five silver in the bank.  Surprised by how much money she had built up already, Cera went to the mages’ guild to read until it was time to teach.

She’d originally planned to head to the capital when she had six silver, but she was still far from being able to hide herself against those who could see through her illusions, so she’d be waiting longer.

Due to her rapid increase in funds compared to her preparations, Cera decided to upgrade her living standards closer to her income, her mind slightly occupied by the idea as she taught the nine mages who’d agreed to be her students.

After picking up payment from them, she headed back home and spoke with the owner of the building, finding that they did, in fact, have better rooms there, so she wouldn’t have to go looking elsewhere.  She took a few minutes to examine one of the two empty rooms of that quality, and found herself pleased with it.  A bit of haggling later, she managed to get the price down a considerable amount, going from three copper a day down to two, and paid another copper to upgrade to it, with promise to pay for a month ahead the following day.

Cera then took a short while to move her belongings, having negotiated away any kind of personal service in favor of doing everything herself, and headed downstairs for her dinner.  Afterward, she returned to her room and sat on the quite comfortable bed as she brushed her tail to relax.  She was, after all, going to be spending more than she was presently making.

With her morning already planned out—a trip to the bank—she spent a while relaxing before going to sleep.

After waking, she stopped by to let the owner know she’d be back from the bank shortly with the money before putting action to her words.  She’d need sixty copper or six brass to pay for the entire month ahead of time, which was quite a chunk of money.  But it would also save her from having to pay daily, at least until next month.

Fortunately, Cera didn’t run into any issues with bringing the money back to pay for her room, though it was difficult for her to give up so much money.  She reminded herself that she was getting a much higher quality room out of it, with even better privacy, as part of her deal.  Normally, with this level of room, she’d be getting almost everything done by servants, as it was for the moderately wealthy.

With a large fluffy tail, however, and a desire to let down her illusion, bargaining that away had been a win-win in her mind, saving her money, the owners’ family time, and keeping anyone from noticing her inhuman traits.

After her deal was finished with her payment, she headed back to the mages’ guild, intent on getting more studying done before she would be teaching for the evening.  By this point, she’d learned that a lot of the more difficult elemental spells were simply more complex variations of the initial ones she’d learned, and that, surprisingly, flight was simply powerful and highly controlled telekinesis.

For the final day of teaching for the week, Cera went over tricks that could allow you to steal control of someone else’s spells, or even turn their own shields against them, using knowledge of the new types of shield she’d taught them already.

One of her students stopped her as she went to leave, however, asking if she’d had any plans on writing any other books, remarking, “The book is great for when I want to share what I’ve learned, but am unable to due to our deal.”

This reminded her that she’d not picked up her share of earnings from the book’s usage by the guild, and she decided to check on that later.

“I’m currently working on a book including much of what I’ve been teaching, but it won’t be available until I go to the capital.  I want to try to use my knowledge to reduce the cost of entering the academy, and can’t do that if I’ve shared it publicly ahead of time,” she responded before mentioning, “If anyone can manage to shift their mana state via my amplifiers, I’ll write another book about how to make proper use of that form of mana, however.”

After the woman nodded and thanked her, Cera went to speak to Ann, finding that not only did she know how much had been earned, but also that she could access the funds, making Cera wonder if she was really just the doorwoman, though she didn’t want to bother her by asking.

In the end, it turned out that her book had been heavily borrowed, and read quite a bit in the guild with the few reserved copies.  Since it was split equally with the guild, that meant that each person reading there was five iron, and each person borrowing was five steel.

Given how popular it had become, thirty-three people had borrowed her books, in addition to sixty-one reading it at the guild.  This led to an income of one brass, six copper, and five steel for the borrowed copies, and three copper and five iron for the ones read at the guild.

Surprised by how much she’d made, she quickly headed to the bank before it closed and deposited much of her money, bringing her back to four brass and five silver in the bank.  This left her with spending money of eight iron, fourteen steel, and twelve copper, plenty for now, since she’d paid for her room for the next month.

Having dealt with her money, Cera headed back home to have a large meal, seven steel worth, in celebration before spending some time relaxing in her room.

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