Pilgrimage of Dreams 5

<Thought through>

I look up the two storey building that was of amazing size.

It was not a shop under our ducal name but a house under our Ducal name.

Mother said it was a beforehand prepared house for my resting house when I finally attend the academy. It was a bit far-fetched but ‘mother and their long-term preparation’. 

I thought that the students are to live in the academy dormitory. I really do not understand why a prepared house is on stand-by.

Putting that confusion aside, I am more excited at the possible thought that I will have my own shop.

I look around the inside of the building, I pull up my long hooded robe as it make it somewhat cumbersome to walk. My long sleeves also need to be folded.

I wore this cumbersome large robe every day because it is an impenetrable robe. A sigil that contains higher level sigils has been inscribed on the robe. I still haven’t done with my reading of high level incantation.

Still haven’t done as in a lot to read.

It is harder to comprehend than I thought but that makes me all the more excited.

The robe I’m wearing belongs to my mother, the material used and the sigils inscribe are of higher quality. She gives it to me as a gift on my ninth birthday because I asked for it, I was supposed to wear it when my body matures but I want to put on this safety robe even before my small body could wear it.

I can request for almost anything from my mother among her possession whenever my birthday arrives.

I will officially turn twelve years old next month. I already have a things in mind to ask of her. Thinking about that make me excited.

The chattering of people outside the building has brought my excited senses back.

There was a carriage and a knight that bore the insignia of the Volitient house, The Ducal insignia. It’s normal that they are curious but I hardly pay attention to them as I thought of conjuring a suitable design for my new shop.

It’s going to be a busy day.

By the end of the day, I pretty much have an idea on how I would like my shop to be. A suitable name is also thought up as well as its advertising ‘motto’.

‘Meira Alora’ shop which translate to Meira dreams shop.

Meira Alora shop, a shop of various items; ‘What you desire might just be here’. 

Now come to think of it, I am going to sell variety items so a store will be more plausible then shop. Okay then, Meira Alora Store it is.

I walk down the basement of the building.

In the basement, there is an elevator box like. I took a step towards it and caress the seven feet tall box. I don’t why this thing is placed here though.

But I have a thought in mind on what I will do about this box so it’s not like I complain about its existence.

After giving my preferred design to the artisans, I and my entourage left for the day. From a small gap of the curtains inside the carriage, I took a peek outside the bustling city.

I have spent my days coop up either in the Ducal’s library or to the laboratory or inside my room dealing with my sea of consciousness. So, I hardly pay attention to the outside world or the current affairs of the country. 

I only read about incantations and incantations and incantations…

My head is filled with nothing but incantation.

Taking a peek of what the city looks like, I have finally witnessed what kind of era this world appears to be.

This world seems to be in the steam punk like era.

There is no steam engine though; it’s just the dress code.

I really did lives in a fantasy world.

Their dress code is also somewhat fascinating.

I look at my large robe and the dress wear by the people outside, I kept my silence.

I am a practical person.

I’d rather wear this that can maintain my safety then a ‘beautiful’ dress. I am not salty or anything.

I will still refuse Lina and Mina request to doll me up.

The next day, I make my way towards the store again. This time, I request to be more low-key. The Ducal insignia was removed.

When we reach my store, I hurriedly make my way down the basement.

The basement that was dusty and filled with cobwebs was cleaned by the servants overnight so it was not dusty like yesterday.

“Place those items in the basement”

I instruct the servants that follows me closely.

“By the way miss, which servants would you like to oversee the shop? Manager and other staff”

Lina asked me.

My competent maid has already makes a list on what kind of staff a store will need.

I on the other hand haven’t thought it through.

I kept my silence.

“Would young miss like me to choose the staff for you?”

Lina asked seeing my silence.

Honestly, this store is mine right?

It belongs to me.

So…

I want all the things inside to be mine fully, fully under my control.

Staff is a living, breathing beings, life forms.

I will never be able to fully control them and I personally don’t like controlling living beings.

In my previous world, there are little things that are under my possession and I am very controlling and territorial of my possession. If that is a flaw then it is a big flaw of mine.

I look around and glance at the servants and knight that follows me.

I then realize, I have been too hasty.

I have become muddle-headed in the process of me absorbing knowledge after knowledge about sorcery and incantation.

If I want to have a store that is fully under my control, I finally realize, I have a lot of things to do.

I hate myself sometimes. I really don’t know how to do things step by step.

I only conjure up many ideas, start a project one after another but hardly achieving either one of them.

I need to make a to-do list and force myself to follow them step by step thoroughly!

My sorcery is still at a low-level and the things I want to achieve that I have in mind is not a thing my low-level skills can accomplished.

I have put theoretical knowledge before anything else because I want to have a strong foundational knowledge.

I think, it’s finally time for me to put the knowledge I have gained so far to practical use.

I will upgrade my sorcery skills.

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