After breakfast the next day, Anna coerced Anton into roaming the city saying she wanted to view the sights as well.

“You can roam the city together with Lunelle and Devon. I will need to meditate to increase my magic for our own good and will only roam after lunch. I already hired someone who will guide me later.”

Anna then turned to his father to ask permission to check the city.

“Is it safe enough for you guys to roam the city?” Anders asked Devon.

“The city of Leminthor is safe enough especially with me guarding my sister and Anna,” Devon said.

“Okay you can go ahead and check the city, but you have to be back here an hour before lunch, do you understand?” Anders said to his daughter sternly.

Anna nodded frantically then turned to Lunelle and talked about which shops they would go into first. Anton heard Lunelle replying that she wanted to check out bookshops first with Anna saying that bookshops were not a priority since she was planning to buy more notebooks that they could use to ask Anton to write the continuation of the Belgariad series.

Anton rolled his eyes when he heard what Anna said then ignored everyone and went back to his bedroom to continue leveling up. He entered the game in person and planned to complete Act One of the Nightmare Difficulty by killing Andariel. It took him a couple of hours and then he exited from playing virtually and opted to grind Andariel by using the on-screen option. He did level up to sixty-three but as expected, didn’t find any noteworthy item. His collection of small charms that gave four to seven resistances to different elements grew and because of his large inventory, he had space enough to keep all of them. That meant that he was becoming sturdy enough to face monsters that had elemental damage without dodging.

He was glad of his growing resistances to different elements since that meant that it would also make him invincible in the real world as well, especially if he was facing wizard enemies.

Anton checked the time and saw that it was already eleven in the morning, so he decided to go back to Rogue Encampment and let his character stay there since he was used to the place and minimized the game.

When he went outside the room that he shared with his father, he saw that Anna, Lunelle, and Devon were back.

“So, how’s your shopping?” Anton asked his sister.

“Oh, it was wonderful! I’ve seen a lot of things, but we decided to hold off in buying things like clothes and stuff since Father and Nemina were planning to purchase damaged, broken, or worn-out things from the city people and once you repair them using your magic, they would be infinitely better and cheaper for what we could get so we only spent coins on some street food,” Anna said.

“We did purchase a lot of notebooks,” Lunelle added.

“We’ve also seen a lot of street performers and they were wonderful! The acrobats and dancers were good, but the singers were just average. You’re actually much better than them,” Anna offhandedly said, which made Anton laugh.

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“I may be better than some of them but that’s only when I’m singing for family and friends inside our carriage, in a campfire, or a room. Performing in front of a crowd does take a lot of training and I think I’m not there yet.”

“I don’t know. Maybe. But more than likely if you really wanted to you can learn how to sing and play your lute in front of a crowd in a short amount of time,” Anna said dubiously.

“Thanks for your confidence but I probably wouldn’t have the chance to do that since I’m a wizard.”

Anton could see Lunelle and Devon nodding as if they thought that it would be beneath him to become a street performer.

At around lunchtime, Anders, Lucas, Nemina, and three other men who looked fierce like mercenaries entered their suite.

“Everyone, these three are our new bodyguards. The tall blonde man is called Genod, The man who has a scar on his brow is called Kudar and the bald one is called Budolf. They are trustworthy according to Lucas since they were part of their mercenary band before.” Anders told Anton and Anna.

Obviously, Lunelle and Devon recognized the three men since they went up and hugged them.

“Father, how’s business?” Anton asked.

“It’s great! We’re earning a ton of coins. We also hired a temporary assistant who will help us find items that we could purchase, and the man already knows the required quality of the items. The three new bodyguards will be staying here at the inn, and I have already rented rooms for them. Devon will follow you as your bodyguard while Genod will be guarding Anna and Lunelle. Kudar and Budolf will join Lucas to guard me and Nemina while we’re doing our business,”

Anton just nodded at Anders's arrangement.

“Tomorrow we will also purchase a couple of carriages, maybe more to add to our convoy, so you don’t need to store the items in your magical space. That meant that we would need to hire more guards and attendants like drivers and maids for Anna,” Anders continued.

“Wow, maids for me?! I’m really turning into a princess!” Anna gushed.

“I also need you to do something as an experiment,” Anders told Anton.

“What is it, Father?” Anton asked.

“Since all the items that you magically repair become top quality, what if we purchase an average one and you repair it?”

“Sure, let’s try it out.”

Anders took a sword and then gave it to Anton while everyone was looking. Anton could hear Lucas explaining to the new bodyguards about his magical ability to repair items. Apparently, they had already been told that Anton was a wizard, but this was the first time they would see one of his magical abilities.

He could see that the sword that Anders gave him looked like a typical well-used but still serviceable sword.

“That is an average sword that you can purchase anywhere. Me and Nemina wanted to know if the quality of the equipment would increase once it passed through your hand because if it does…” Anders didn’t finish since everyone knew that if it did increase in quality greatly, they would earn an unimaginable amount of gold.

Anton stored the sword in his inventory, and he controlled his character inside the game who was always staying by the private stash to go to Charsi. According to the inventory, the sword was a short sword with an average damage of two to seven and durability of nine over twenty-four. He asked Charsi to repair the sword and the only thing that changed was the durability which was now twenty-four over twenty-four.

He retrieved the sword from the inventory to the real world and the three new bodyguards gasped when they saw the sword appearing but what made everyone fill with glee was the sword looked brand new and it was gleaming, like a sword for nobles.

Anton gave the sword to his Father and Anders gave the sword to Lucas to have him and the other guards check the quality.

“Anders, your family will become extremely wealthy. The sword is one of the best swords I have ever seen. Are you sure this was the sword that you purchased?” Lucas said.

“Yes, it’s the same sword. So does that mean we can sell it for more?” Anton asked.

“Yes, you can sell it for as much as three to four times the amount that you purchase the sword for.”

Everyone gasped when they heard what Lucas was saying and even the three new bodyguards were gaping at Anton and the sword.