I flew on a sword at the magic academy

Chapter 50 Expanding the Talisman Business

"You're really back?!"

As soon as she came out of Donaldson's mansion, Shi Daohan saw George and Locke, those two little guys, running towards her.

I don't know where these two got the information from, but they managed to find their way here.

"That's great." Locke smiled happily, gently grabbing Shi Daohan's sleeve as if afraid she would run away again.

Shi Daohan blinked. When did this little guy become so clingy?

"Kalman said you escaped the academy, returned to the East, and will never come back," George accused Kalman of wrongdoing to Shi Daohan.

"I knew you would come back," Locke said softly.

Just then, Shi Daohan noticed a small head peeking out from around the corner not far ahead, but it quickly retreated; it was Fiona.

Upon receiving the news, she rushed over to confirm it immediately, but did not come to meet Shi Daohan.

Shi Daohan smiled. It seemed that these little ones had unknowingly come to regard her as their older sister and had developed a sense of dependence on her.

"Miss Daohan..." Locke tugged at Shi Daohan's sleeve, tilting her head up as if she wanted to say something.

"What's wrong?" Shi Daohan squatted down and asked softly.

Locke leaned close to Shi Daohan's ear and whispered in a voice barely above a whisper, "I've acquired something amazing these past two days!"

"Oh? What is it? Are you going to give it to me?" Shi Daohan asked with a smile.

"Hmm!" Locke nodded sincerely. He first made an excuse to send George away, and then carefully took out a six-pointed star badge from his pocket and put it into Shi Daohan's hand.

This is a thin silver badge, so light you can barely feel its weight. It has a six-pointed star engraved on it and is also decorated with some sparkling crystals.

It's just an ordinary thing, nothing magical about it, but it's very beautiful and has a great appeal to children.

Shi Daohan was deeply moved. Although it was just an ordinary item, Locke had given her what he considered to be his best.

However, Locke's next words made her face freeze on the spot.

"The night I found this badge, I saw my mom and dad."

Shi Daohan's expression changed. Weren't Locke's parents already dead?

Could it be that a ghost has come back to haunt him?

"Where did you see them?" Shi Daohan asked.

"It's over there, I'll take you there." Locke led the way, and they arrived at the interior of a dilapidated and abandoned tower. After winding their way up several flights of stairs, they finally reached their destination.

The room was filled with all sorts of things; it looked like an abandoned warehouse.

"How did you find this place?"

Shi Daohan frowned. This place was extremely remote, and it was impossible for a child like Locke to have come here to play by himself.

"I don't know either." Locke shook his head. He remembered that he was sitting in his dormitory reading that night, and he fell asleep in a daze. When he woke up again, he was in an abandoned tower.

Suddenly, Shi Daohan caught a glimpse of a mirror out of the corner of her eye and stepped over.

The mirror was over a meter tall, and Shi Daohan frowned as he stared at the reflection in it.

In the mirror, besides Kolock, there were George, Kalman, Fiona, her junior sisters and brothers from Mount Shu, and the Qingxu Sect Leader and his group.

These people all wore stiff, creepy smiles that sent chills down your spine just by looking at them.

[Playing tricks!] Shi Daohan frowned, and even had an urge to smash the mirror with a punch.

"You saw your parents in this mirror?" Shi Daohan turned her gaze away and looked at Locke beside her.

Locke nodded and then stood in front of the mirror, but all he could see now was his own reflection and Shi Daohan's reflection, just like an ordinary mirror.

"That night, I saw my mom and dad. They were standing next to me, smiling at me..." Locke recalled, his face full of happiness and nostalgia.

"Silly child, that was also the night you came closest to death!" Shi Daohan whispered to himself.

She has probably figured out the function of this mirror: to stir up many thoughts in people's hearts, amplify them, and disturb their minds!

In other words, Shi Daohan's state of mind is extraordinary; otherwise, he would have fallen for the trap just now.

At the same time, she couldn't help but feel alarmed. Locke was just a child who had never cultivated his mind. Logically speaking, he should have lost his mind and been dominated by his inner demons long ago. Why was he completely unharmed?

[Could it be that the strange power residing within his body protected his life at the crucial moment?] Shi Daohan guessed that this was the only possible explanation.

Because the strange power within Locke's body has not yet truly matured, if Locke were to encounter any misfortune, it would inevitably be affected to some extent.

One glory and one glory.

"Don't come to this place again." Shi Daohan pulled Locke's hand and walked outside.

After stepping out of the tower, she flicked her finger, and the mirror in the tower's warehouse shattered with a crash, then vanished into a cloud of black smoke, leaving not a trace of ash.

"Where have you all gone? I've been looking for you for ages!"

The two had barely left the tower when they encountered George, who had come looking for them.

Judging from George's expression, it seemed he also had something to say to her.

"You have something to say too?" Shi Daohan asked helplessly. She had just returned to the academy, and now everyone was asking her for something.

"Come with me quickly." George grabbed Shi Daohan's hand and turned to run.

Locke glanced at it from the side, and was about to follow to take a look, but he suddenly stopped after running a few steps.

Since George didn't invite him along, he probably didn't want to take him along.

Just like he didn't bring George with him earlier.

"What's the rush?"

George dragged Shi Daohan along for a while, but showed no sign of stopping. The latter had to pull him to a stop and tell him where he wanted to go, instead of running around like this.

George paused for a moment, then pointed to a certain place in the college.

Shi Daohan shook his head helplessly, then cast a spell to shrink the distance between them, and in the blink of an eye, he and George disappeared from the spot.

The next second, they appeared at the place George had just mentioned, a small square in the courtyard of the Kwai Sang mansion.

At this time, the sun was blazing overhead, and there were not many students in the square, only a few scattered people sitting under the trees reading books. However, two conspicuous people stood in the middle of the square under the scorching sun.

These are twins, who look to be around twenty-three or twenty-four years old. They are both second-year students at Aoi-san Academy.

"Teleportation magic? How can a freshman like you even know this kind of intermediate magic?" The twins stared wide-eyed in disbelief at Shi Daohan and George, who suddenly appeared before them.

"The academy has rules against using magic casually!" one of them said with a serious expression.

"I didn't use magic, so it doesn't violate any school rules. Besides, it's called 'shrinking the earth to an inch,' not some kind of instant teleportation you're talking about," Shi Daohan corrected seriously. Then she looked at George beside her and said, "You said someone was looking for me, is it these two?"

George nodded, and then introduced them one by one: "This is Ian, and this is Chafri."

The twins look exactly alike, but the older brother, Ian, has red hair while the younger brother, Chafferry, has brown hair, making them quite easy to tell apart.

"What do you want from me?" Shi Daohan walked towards the nearest big tree. She didn't want to stand under the blazing sun and be looked at like a fool.

"We want to ask you, do you have any other talismans here?" the twins asked as they walked behind her.

"Yes, I have all kinds of talismans here, it just depends on which one you need." With a wave of his hand, a large stack of talismans appeared on the ground.

"This is the Shrinking Earth to an Inch Talisman, which can shrink the earth to an inch, achieving the effect of instantaneous teleportation; this is the Tracking Talisman, which, as long as you lock onto the aura of the person you want to track, can track their location no matter how far away they are; this is the Transmission Talisman, similar to the mobile phone we use now, which allows for communication across distances..."

Shi Daohan introduced each of the various talismans in front of him, and then asked the two of them which one they wanted to buy.

The twins' eyes lit up as they looked at the various talismans with different uses in front of them.

They wanted them all, but unfortunately they didn't have many magic stones on them.

Seemingly sensing their financial difficulties, Shi Daohan had an idea and said, "How about this? You two will also help me sell talismans. I'll pay you a commission every day, and you'll also get a 30% discount on your talisman purchases. What do you think?"

Holagaka Academy has a total of over three thousand students. Although the talismans are selling very well, they are only popular among the first-year students and have not spread much among the upperclassmen.

These two second-year twin seniors can help Shi Daohan solve this problem, allowing the talisman business to expand to the entire senior class.

"No problem! We can help you sell them!"

Without a second thought, the twin brothers spoke in unison, as if afraid that Shi Daohan might change his mind at the last minute.

Shi Daohan nodded, and then shared some of his thoughts, saying, "The price of talismans with different functions should also be adjusted. The price of talismans for warding off evil spirits, protecting the home, or bringing good fortune in marriage doesn't need to be changed; just sell them at the old price."

However, for slightly more advanced talismans like Shrinking the Earth to an Inch and Tracking a Thousand Miles, the price would have to be increased. How many magic stones do you think would be a suitable price?

Ian and Chafferley looked at each other in disbelief. Spatial teleportation and long-distance tracking—this type of talisman wouldn't be overpriced even if it sold for a thousand magic stones each, because in comparison, it was almost equivalent to mid-level magic.

However, this price is definitely unaffordable for some students from impoverished families.

"How about we sell them for three hundred magic stones each?" Chaffer asked cautiously, not wanting to infringe on Shi Daohan's interests.

Shi Daohan pondered for a moment, then finally nodded and said, "Then you can sell it at this price for now, and we'll see how the response is before deciding whether to reprice it."

After explaining everything, Shi Daohan returned to Jingyue Lake alone.

On the ship, Kalman sat at the counter, carefully calculating the day's revenue from selling hot pot, while the little wolf demon Lopez washed the dishes on the other side.

"Have you all eaten?" Shi Daohan asked the two of them.

Kalman looked up, a hint of anticipation flashing in his eyes, wondering if Shi Daohan had come up with some new and unusual food again.

"I bought some cakes and desserts on my trip; they should be to your liking."

Shi Daohan walked to a table, raised her hand, and several exquisite cakes and dozens of kinds of desserts appeared on the table, filling the air with a rich and sweet aroma.

Kalman ran over, excitedly asking, "Did you buy this for me?"

"I guess so," Shi Daohan nodded.

Kalman picked up a small cake and brought it to his lips, but then hesitated to eat it, his eyes filled with tenderness.

Although the academy's cafeteria has many desserts, these were all bought for him personally by his master, which gave them a different meaning and made him cherish them all the more.

"What, you don't like it?"

Seeing that Kalman hadn't taken a bite yet, Shi Daohan couldn't help but ask.

"No, no, I like it very much."

Kalman felt a surge of emotion. Even though he had just been beaten up by Shi Daohan, he no longer felt much pain when he thought about it now.

"Lope, come and eat with us," Shi Daohan waved to Lope, who was washing dishes not far away.

Upon hearing this, the smile that had just appeared on Kalman's face instantly froze.

"Didn't Master buy this just for me? Why do I have to ask others to eat it with me?" Kalman thought resentfully, taking a vicious bite out of the cake in his hand.

Lope glanced at the desserts on the table, shook her head slightly, and said, "I don't like this."

He's a wolf demon, how could he possibly like to eat this kind of thing?

Afterwards, Shi Daohan personally checked the accounts again. The income from talismans and hot pot was very considerable. In less than three days, six thousand magic stones were brought into the account.

Moreover, even George's fortune-telling business earned him nearly a thousand magic stones on its very first day.

However, his fortune-telling skills were only half-baked, and within three days someone came knocking on his door and overturned his stall, after which he had no business at all.

"The ancestral master's things weren't meant for him to use to fool people. This time, he'll probably learn his lesson," Shi Daohan chuckled to himself.

Shi Daohan worked until dark before finally finishing reconciling the accounts for the past few days. He got up, stretched, and looked up to find that Kalman and Lope had both fallen asleep on the table because they were bored and had nothing to do.

Shi Daohan flicked his finger and sent out a small speck of golden light, which hit Kalman on the head and woke him up.

"What's wrong, Master?" Kalman rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked at her blankly.

Shi Daohan glanced at the sleeping Luo Peinu, her eyes crinkling with a smile, and said, "He'll be living with you at the foot of the mountain from now on. You can't bully him, understand?"

(End of this chapter)