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Chapter 4: Dawns Ballad

There were a couple of minutes of complete silence that he spent looking at me blankly 

*cough cough* " So what did you want to talk about, Arthur?" he said after he finally broke the silence with the fake coughs

A little smile appeared on my face

" Actually, I wanted to ask you if you could retrieve a few items for me?" my voice was stoic, just like in my time as a king

Uncle Vincent gave me a questionable look, most likely interested in what would someone of my talents ask for

" And what might that be?" he asked while raising his right eyebrow

" I need a mask that could alter my voice, a protective cloak, preferably one with a hood, two decent swords my size, and a dimensional ring"  I said not letting even a hint of hesitation escape in my voice

Last time I didn't ask for the dimensional ring since I didn't need one, but now I need it so I can cover up the usage of my dimensional rune

Uncle seemed to think about it for a second. I know that the swords and cloak shouldn't be that much of a problem for him, but the mask and ring are a different storyB, but thanks to my experience from the past timeline, I know that uncle Vincent is capable of doing this

" The cloak and swords shouldn't be a problem... but for the mask and ring it will take me some time" he answered absent-mindedly while holding his chin and thinking about how can he get those items

" Regarding the payment, I don't have any money to pay for it, but I think that there is something I could do for you in return" my demeanor remained the same throughout our conversation

" No, it's fine Arthur, your father has already done so much for me and my family, you can take this as my way of repaying him a favor" he said dismissively while waving his hand in the same manner

I stood up and started slowly walking toward uncle Vincent, who was on the other side of the table

"It's fine uncle Vincent, I already planned on helping Ellie with this, so why shouldn't I help Lillia as well while I am at it" 

" What are you talking about?" he asked, curiosity visible on every millimeter of his face

I came closer to the uncle and gave him a genuine smile, a smile that indicated that my facade has crumbled 

" I can help Lilia become a mage"

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Last evening I helped Ellie and Lilia after they came back home from their shopping

Ellie was happy to boast about the new teddy bear that she got while Lilia was happy with the necklace that was imbued with some kind of brown crystals. Sylvie, on the contrary, didn't buy anything, since as she puts it, she already has everything that she needs

In the beginning, they were skeptical about me being able to help Ellie and Lilia, but that didn't discourage me since they were skeptical in the last timeline as well, and then it worked just fine

Compared to back then I noticed that there are two differences

1. Due to me being at the higher stage I could imbue more mana in them which resulted in the gathering mana much easier than last time

2. My aether was actually pulling some of their mana towards them and that will dramatically fasten their awakening 

I also asked uncle if I could go and take swords today so I could get used to them before I go  adventuring, and he agreed happily