I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

After thinking for a moment, Roland felt that if he could buy this thing for 300 magic stones, it would be worth considering. Even if it ended up being worthless later, he wouldn't lose out.

"How many magic stones?"

"Let's round it up," Wallace said with a smile, "Your clothing expenses today, plus the cost of this oddity—a total of one thousand magic stones. Payment in installments."

Roland's expression immediately turned ugly: "You want 500 magic stones for this piece of junk?!"

Wallace flicked the Wind Prince magic ring in his hand: "Let me tell you, there are plenty of rich fools in this world, especially among the new nobles! If you're willing to spend a little more time, scamming them out of 1000 magic stones wouldn't be a problem! Do you think 500 magic stones is expensive? Besides, I'm even letting you pay on credit, in installments!"

"What do you think, little brother Roland?" Wallace smiled as he poured magic power into the gemstone ring, summoning a miniature Wind Prince about two people tall: "This thing also has an advantage: the probability of a failed summoning is extremely high. So, as long as you don't steadily input magic power to summon it, you'll just summon trash!

"Think about it, Roland. When your opponents see the appearance of this oddity, they'll definitely be terrified. But then they'll discover that you've only summoned some useless thing, haha. Who would seriously deal with a newbie who's rich and stupid?"

Look at this shameless devilish merchant! His product clearly had a terrible problem, but he spun it into an advantage!

However, for a customer base like Roland, it really did meet their needs!

Therefore, Roland was truly tempted.

Wallace injected magic power again, this time summoning a very imposing Wind Prince: "With a little practice, you can summon an effective Wind Prince."

Roland gritted his teeth and said, "I'll give you 300 magic stones at most!"

"Deal!"

Wallace agreed very readily.

Roland's expression was very ugly, while Wallace beamed with joy.

"Little brother Roland, 300 magic stones for an oddity... I'm practically giving you a student loan!"

This devilish merchant was truly eloquent.

Roland rubbed his face fiercely and said, "Fine, but I won't thank you for your loan, Wallace!"

Wallace chuckled as he took out a piece of parchment, writing on it as he said, "You can pay for these items on credit in installments, but you have to pay for my bottle of universal purification potion first."

This parchment wasn't a contract or anything; it was just a normal piece of paper used to write IOUs. It had no magical binding effect. But with Catherine around, it was impossible for Roland to welch on the deal.

According to their agreement, Roland would have to pay Wallace at least 120 magic stones each month, with 100 magic stones going toward the principal and 20 magic stones going toward interest.

Of course, if Roland could pay it all off at once, he wouldn't have to pay any more interest. But if he missed a payment one month... the interest would double the next month. If he missed it again, it would double again.

Roland didn't bother arguing with him. He wrote the IOU and poured out fifty magic stones from his bag, paying for the 'purification potion'.

Wallace gave Roland three bottles of 'holy water'—this was Wallace's so-called 'universal purification potion'.

He gave Roland an extra bottle.

"H-Holy water?!" Roland was dumbfounded: "You're a demon, selling holy water?!"

The devilish merchant laughed: "Don't worry about where I got it from, it's useful! Let me tell you, I'm the only one here with this kind of channel. I wouldn't give anyone else a buy-one-get-two-free deal."

Roland looked at Wallace suspiciously: "What's your actual cost price?!"

Wallace smiled without saying a word.

Roland: "You gave me three bottles—they can't be worth only a dozen magic stones, right? Wait, is the cost price even lower than that?!"

"Roland~ The purchase price is a merchant's secret."

Wallace counted the money in the extension bag, smiling happily: "I gave you two extra bottles, be happy about it!"

Roland grabbed him by the collar: "Give me back my money! You old geezer, give me the money!"

Wallace clutched his pockets tightly: "Don't do this, don't do this—Young Master, you can't gamble anymore! You've already lost three thousand magic stones these past few days! This money was originally meant for you to buy oddities!"

Roland: "???"

Roland asked in astonishment: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Wallace winked at Roland and quietly pointed towards the alleyway.

Roland looked over there and saw four new students wearing white chess wizard robes standing not far away.

These people had originally intended to come over and ask some questions, but after seeing Roland and Wallace arguing, they hesitated.

Wallace wailed: "Wuwuwu, Young Master, although three thousand magic stones isn't much, Miss will be angry. If she finds out, she won't give you any more pocket money next month!"

After hearing these words, the new students became even more cautious.

Three thousand magic stones of pocket money? Goodness gracious!

Which family is this, so wealthy?!

Oh~~ The emblem on that old man's chest is the Alexandra family?!

No wonder!

So, is that black-haired new student a member of the Alexandra family?

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No, the people of the Alexandra family don't have that kind of hair color or those kinds of eyes.

Could he be a retainer of the Alexandra family? No, that old man just called him Young Master.

Many new students' minds raced, and they quickly guessed Roland's true identity—it was said that the young lady of the Alexandra family had just turned twenty this year, so, could that kid whose hair hasn't even grown in be her child bride?!

Is the young lady of the Alexandra family blind? How could she have such a scum as a partner?!

But he is quite handsome.

The four new students looked at each other, not daring to stay here any longer. They glanced reluctantly at the majestic Wind Prince in the alley and turned to leave.

But the old man called out to them.

This old man was just subservient in front of that Young Master, but he was very imposing when facing them.

Several new students could tell that the old man was a quasi-wizard. So they were all very afraid and quickly explained.

It turned out that recently, a batch of apprentices from White Chess Academy had transferred to Black Abyss Academy as exchange students. They were still nominally wizard apprentices from White Chess, but they would be attending classes at Black Abyss Academy from now on.

So, White Chess Academy had already treated Black Abyss Academy as a branch campus.

These four people were the 'exchange students' from White Chess Academy. They had just arrived here recently and planned to report to Black Abyss Academy.

The pretty junior sister in the team explained: "W-We originally wanted to do a mission on the way back to the academy, but the road up the mountain was blocked by garbage, so we ran back again. When we passed by the alley, we saw that 'Son of Wind', and then we noticed you. We thought you were a guide, so we wanted to come over and ask for help."

The Son of Wind that the apprentices were talking about was the Wind Prince.

This elemental creature could open the mountain road blocked by strange wooden carvings, and it was also very effective against the 'mutated mountain behemoth' in the mission, so they thought of trying their luck.

So, they weren't actually here to ask Wallace for help; they actually wanted to pull Roland into their group to go back to the academy together.

But after hearing the content of Roland and Wallace's argument just now, they didn't dare to issue a team invitation to this young master.

They were afraid of bringing a burden, afraid that Roland would hold them back.

Wallace whispered to Roland: "That little girl is not ordinary."