It was Luca’s first proper weekend.
Although he had been here for a while now, he spent those weekends either in the infirmary or waiting for the double that never ca.
So, when Luca learned that the students were allowed to venture outside the school, provided they abided by the curfew, he decided to head out with Ollie, who was planning to search for materials.
When Ollie got stressed, he liked word vomiting, particularly reciting cha materials and parts like a mantra.
Luca didn’t really know much about chas since they didn’t have them back in Tesseris, but with Ollie’s ranting, even he started to familiarize himself with the common parts.
But why was there sudden chaos in the manufacturing division? Apparently, it was because of the manually operated chas.
The materials weren’t exactly difficult to find. If anything, they were readily available because most were scraps. But that wasn’t the problem. The issue was how they had to build these chas manually with power tools instead of spiritual abilities.
This was to ensure that the chas were free of any energy that could possibly be contaminated with corruption.
According to Ollie, the corruption was heavily attracted to energy and sought even the smallest amounts. So, by using fully manual chas and making them without using spiritual energy, they would be able to lower corruption’s aggressiveness toward our combatants.
However, doing this would also decrease our fighting ability. Manual chas can only do so much and can’t compare to the regular builds that utilize spiritual energy.
Most of them felt like they were regressing instead of improving. Many of the students hated the idea, and so decided to just be private builders once they finished serving as per the conscription.
Luca could only nod at the explanation since Ollie was right about the difference in offensive and defensive abilities. Both items were sacrificed to avoid being imdiately detected by the corrupted beasts. But he couldn’t tell if the sacrifice was worth it because he hasn’t actually fought them.
"Where are we going today?"
"To the Outskirt Marketplace. We need to look elsewhere for the materials of the manually operated cha, so it’s not advisable to visit the main marketplace."
When they rode the hover shuttle from the military academy going outside, Luca wasn’t sure what he was about to see.
And he really was surprised at how different it was from their school.
When Luca was learning about the major planets of the Empire, he specifically looked for Planet Nova.
The planet was famous as it served as the Empire’s Base station. Here, they have the Military Headquarters and the Royal Military Academy. While the days were supposedly longer here, the large do encompassing the habitable areas allows us to control the skies and seasons.
This allows them to match the Capital’s ti and season. It would have been difficult to arrange the working hours of important governnt departnts differently, so they were arranged this way.
Luca finally understood what it ant to live in a technologically advanced world.
But then he saw what the outside looked like and realized that this was the trade-off.
What was greenery? Seems like people had no idea. It was building upon buildings of varying sizes with attached or floating signboards.
The buildings only decreased in height as they moved further away from the school and the city center.
"Are you sure it was right for us to co out in our uniforms?" asked Luca, who had wanted to change earlier but was told not to bother.
"Yeah. The military has a good reputation within the Empire, and the vendors wouldn’t want to cheat the people who were supposed to protect them."
"Okay, then." Well, he just asked because the other students in the sa shuttle all wore casual clothes, while only the two of them wore their uniforms.
Ollie didn’t even change when he splattered so waterlon juice on his uniform when Luca shared so with him.
As usual, Ollie was just too happy and noted that his sworn brother was such a capable pilot, with hand speeds fast enough to fight off at least millions of people vying for the products of that extrely popular shop.
Thanks to Luca, Ollie got to taste both products. So stains like that wouldn’t bother him, not when they left a great scent on him! The guy only used a stain marker to cover up the color of the stain and then bolted out of the school with Luca.
In the future, he was likely to beat himself up because of this oversight.
Although the shuttle bus could accommodate many people, Jax, whose nose was like that of a hound, still slled sothing very unusual.
"Captain. Do I sll like waterlon?"
Xavier wondered what this guy was thinking of again, asking sothing like that out of the blue. But then he slled it too, although he was sure it wasn’t coming from Jax.
As the one who slept with the giant waterlon next to him for fear of an all-out assault, Jax was most familiar with its unique scent. They were going to visit the dwellings of so soldiers who needed the waterlon, so they went out alone.
But how could he sll that glorious scent inside the bus when his waterlon was safely stored in his space?
Jax tried to seek out the sll, but the Captain seed to have found the source before he did.
It was easier for Xavier because he had been eyeing two people when they boarded the bus.
Xavier kept his eyes trained on the chipmunk and that guy who seed like his friend, Ollie Mylor from the cha Manufacturing Division.
The guy was from a very affluent family that dealt heavily in trade. Was it this guy?
Since they discovered that the seller may be in Planet Nova, they have not found any other leads.
But other than them, this was the first ti he’d seen anyone else with access to the fruit.
According to his file, Ollie was an aspiring cha maker. So, how could he compete with others in hand speed to snag such a coveted product?
"Kyle, get more information on this guy." Xavier passed a file over to Kyle’s terminal rather than telling him, so Kyle figured it was sothing covert.
The two people in uniforms remained oblivious even as multiple parties looked at them differently.
This ti, Noah was going ho to help with their store. As a scholar who lived nearby, he opted to use his weekends to help his father and grandmother.
But then he saw two people who had no business going to the outskirts skip the main city center stop.
Were they going to the outskirts, too?
Tsk.
Although he recognized that Luca may have a bit of skill, he still looked at such rich people differently.
Well, maybe that was his past experiences creating such a bias for him, but to Noah, having these rich kids close to the normal people of this planet didn’t feel all too nice.
Then, his suspicions were confird when the two guys excitedly got down from the shuttle.
Noah didn’t exit right away, not wanting to let them see that he was going there too.
What if Luca was vindictive enough to hurt his family? If that average noble was able to do it, what more could stop soone of Luca’s caliber?
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