Moonlight After Sunset's
Deal

"Investment only keeps your money from making you rich."

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The classroom atmosphere seemed so boisterous with some students still focusing on learning and most others focused on discussing about teleportation magic circles.

"Senja," called Luna quietly from the back of her seat.

"Senja," called him once more but Dusk still did not respond.

"Alley!" shouted Luna irritatedly while lightly hitting Dusk's shoulder.

"Yes, sick." Dusk stroked his shoulder slowly while turning his body looking at Luna behind him.

"What are you thinking? I kept calling you but you didn't hear it at all?"

"really? I'm sorry I didn't hear."

"Not that, forget it. What's the plan for the exam later?"

Luna wanted to ask more details but she knew that Dusk would not tell her. If since the beginning of Dusk wants a story, then he has said it without having to be asked first.

"I don't know if I haven't thought of it."

Lately Dusk looks different, it often disappears and rarely gathers with others. It was as if he was covering up something from his friend.

"I hope it's not a bad thing."

"Senja, how about we practice a match this afternoon?"

"Sorry Luna I can't, I have business this afternoon."

"What about the night?" ask Dusk when he saw the look on Luna's disappointed face.

"I can't. I called to the palace."

Luna looks disappointed, she knows that her mother's orders are certain. If Luna does not see her mother soon, then she will be exposed to a long scolding.

"No problem, there's still plenty of time for us to train for the next match."

"Alright, but you have to promise to do it."

"I promise."

****

At 2 pm the entire learning of magic theory was completed. Dusk then left the classroom towards the warehouse behind the dormitory. As usual Dusk came to the backyard of the warehouse to practice magic with professor Edward.

"Prof, how do you think I've been developing lately?"

"Lumayan, although there are still many things that you should pay attention to."

Prof Edward weighed in a bit on what were the constraints of Dusk during this training. He knows the development of Dusk in training where it is quite rapid but it is hardly close to the word perfect.

"You still have to reduce the amount of mana energy in unnecessary movements besides your focus is still bad to be able to shape mana to a stronger level."

Prof Edward explained in detail what parts he missed. Surprisingly the more Dusk heard the chatter the more he felt dizzy and nauseous.

"Prof, don't I just need to focus?"

"Focus is not that simple, it takes full concentration in doing so. You're smart enough but if you can't focus your attention properly then what you produce can fall apart and it will eventually disappear and be wasted."

"In addition to chanting magic spells to create the perfect magic circle, you can also use mana to create different magic circles as well as multiple attack spells simultaneously."

"All right, I get it."

"Train your breathing first. A strong diaphragm will make you more flexible in making some spell calls."

"Good Prof."

After 2 hours of practice, Dusk returned to room 07 of the 3rd floor of the dormitory. He tiredly went into the bathroom and finished everything.

15 Minutes later Dusk came out of the bathroom with his fresh face. He then saw Amel preparing clothes for him.

As usual the clothes Amel prepared were quite strange. The sleeves of the dress expanded like a blossoming flower. The end of the dress is smaller with a wide waist.

"The dragon looks more like a clown than someone wearing a clown costume."

Dusk who did not take a headache immediately entered his dressing room. He prefers to wear a short-sleeved blue shirt with a long black skirt.

"Miss, why are you dressed like a man? I've prepared this beautiful dress for you to wear." Amel looked disappointed, he felt unappreciated by the lady.

"exceptively? I'd rather wear a nightgown than that."

Dusk was indifferent to Amel's disappointed attitude. He immediately went from his room to the lobby. Amel who saw Dusk indifferent to him could only sigh in annoyance before following Dusk from behind.

When he reached the lobby, Dusk unknowingly saw Sarah and Dira walking together. They were seen clashing their mouths before stopping when they saw Dusk pass them by Amel behind him.

"A lot of smiles,"

Dusk mocked Dira and Sarah as the corner of his eyes saw them smiling cunningly. Indifferently Dusk continued to step his foot towards the exit.

"Miss, I've prepared the horse carriage before."

From behind Amel tried to look very familiar with Dusk. It may be that this is intended to show off his hard work on Sarah and Dira.

"Good work," exclaimed Dusk as he followed Amel's guidance to the horse-drawn carriage.

To be honest, Dusk knew the collusion between Sarah and Dira. But he wasn't sure if Arina found out about this. Although Sarah and Arina hate Dusk but the relationship is not too good.

"I smell the conspiracy here."

****

Dusk see beautiful scenery during the trip to the city plaza. He felt calm after a while ago still being watched by Amel.

"I don't care what they're planning, but today I'm going to make the right use of it."

Just a moment ago Dusk who was about to board the carriage was stopped by Amel's unreasonable cry. At that time Amel said if suddenly he had a stomachache and needed a short rest.

Of course it makes Dusk happy and without a second thought invite Amel to rest in his room.

"While a while ago he was still active, but this is much better."

When Dusk told the coachman to leave, he quietly disappeared from inside the carriage. He did this to find out what Amel wanted to do.

Although Dusk said that he did not care, but in fact Dusk was very curious about their plans. According to him, preparing without knowing the plans of the enemy is a fatal mistake.

"It's a good thing I learned teleportation magic 10 days ago. Although it's not good, at least I already know the basics. This is all thanks to prof Edward who always taught me instant things, yes even though it was because of the Lotus Forest problem as well."

Twilight remembered how guilty Prof Edward was then. He felt like he was failing as a teacher by letting his student be seriously injured during training. And so he taught Dusk the method to Kabir instantly, that method was none other than teleportation.

"It's nice to be able to fool others, let alone hit them from behind, it's really fun."

The twilight that followed Amel's movements with short-range teleportation finally stopped on the 4th floor of the dormitory. There Dusk saw Amel who had been waiting for Dira and Sarah.

"Had been given?" ask Dira seriously.

"Already Miss, I give it routine according to the dose you give." replied Amel satisfied while lowering his head.

"Good, very good."

Dira looked satisfied, he lightly patted Amel's shoulder with pride. He looked back at Sarah with a mocking look.

"You should learn from this servant of yours." sneered Dira before entering his room.

Sarah who was left alone with Amel then looked at the servant.

"Add that ratio double," exclaimed Sarah sharply before stepping away from the 4th floor.

The twilight that saw Sarah approaching immediately returned to teleport. For now the teleportation distance of Dusk was only 200 meters. He was unable to teleport long distances due to his lacking ability.

"I have to get back to the carriage immediately." murmured Dusk as he had just reached the 2nd floor.

After several short-range teleportations, Dusk finally managed to get into his carriage. Unfortunately before Dusk had sat the horse carriage had stopped at the entrance of the pomegranate cafe.

"I don't know if I should laugh or cry." murmured Dusk before opening the carriage door.

The twilight who was still tired from losing a lot of mana after teleportation decided to immediately enter the cafe. There he was greeted by the maid with a friendly smile and then directed towards the room that had been pre-ordered.

Within the room was Leah with a middle-aged man beside her.

"Welcome Miss." exclaimed Leah along with the man.

"Good afternoon Leah and..."

"Keil, Miss Keil Wesly."

"It's nice to meet you, Mr. Keil. I'm Senja De Ari, you can call me Dusk."

Dusk happily extended his hand. Seeing that Keil immediately shook his soft hand Dusk and of course before doing a handshake Keil had four times wiped his palm.

"You're too stiff, but fine."

Without wasting any time the three just directly discussed the core of this meeting. Although Leah initially refused the request of Dusk but after careful thought and approval from her husband she finally agreed to attend this meeting.

"Leach. What about our previous deal?"

"Regarding that, let my husband explain it to you, Miss."

"Please."

Nervously Leah's husband started talking.

"Look Miss Dusk, after hearing the explanation from my wife two days ago, we agreed to sell this place to you."

"Wait a minute, sell? Did I not hear wrong?"

"That's right Miss, my wife has been managing this place for a long time but the last few months the supply of this store has been decreasing. Although it was difficult for us to sell it but after knowing who the real Miss me and my wife were planning to sell this building and chose to take care of our livestock in the village."

"I'm sure you know that it's very profitable for me, but it's too soon. Doesn't that building have memories of your Leah family?"

"Miss is right, but if I continue to insist on the building then there will be someone other than the lady who will later take over the place both legally and illegally."

"That's right, the building's position is very strategic as a business location. So it's only natural that a lot of merchants would want that place."

"We've been around long enough there, miss. Maybe it's time we retire."

Keil looked confident but Leah was still dazed by this conversation. It seemed like only Keil wanted the place to be sold whereas Leah still wanted to keep it.

"As Keil had said, they were too weak in the face of those dirty merchants. Wait a minute, am I also a member of that dirty merchant class?"

I started thinking hard about this problem. He did not want to be labeled as a source of trouble again after his bad rumors spread quickly. It is profitable if this building belongs to him but it will also be difficult if many know if this is his.

"I agreed to buy this building, but there's a condition."

Keil and Leah stared at each other, they had no idea what the young lady in front of him wanted.

"What terms do you want Miss?"

They again worried about what would happen if this woman in front of him got angry and continued to suspect them.

"I'll keep this building as a florist as the original plan. It's hard for me if a lot of people find out who the original owner of the building will be. So what I need is your cooperation to hide the real identity of the owner of that building."

Both pairs of husband and wife's eyes were shaking. They looked grateful even though they were afraid of Dusk. It was a good decision for both sides. Eventually a deal happened between them.

"Tomorrow my subordinates will come. He'll take care of the rest."

"Well miss, and thank you for your compassion."

After a pretty exhausting conversation was over. Now Dusk plans to go to the black market to see the development of buildings that he will use as a valuable source of information.

"I know you sold this building for fear of hearing Duke Ari's name. Even so I was happy, at least it became very easy for me to take a step towards revenge."

A demonic smile coiled on the innocent face of Dusk. Although he looks evil but he is really happy with his position.

"I don't need to feel sorry for them, after all it's their own decision. Besides who would want to bring knights to ruin the lives of ordinary citizens."

A little while later Dusk had already entered the black market area. There Dusk immediately went to meet the Servant Count to discuss the matter of the building.

"During no meeting, Count."

"Greetings Miss Dusk."

"No need to be so polite to me, just relax anyway we will also be partners later."

"Alright, thank you for your attention."

"Do you know what I didn't mean?" tanya Dusk naughty while continuing to put on a friendly smile like an angel.

"Of course Miss. I've got what you want, according to your taste as well."

"Is that so? Real nice. "

"Thank you for your compliment."

"All right then, come on."

Looking at the expression of the question mark on the count's face. Making Dusk a little upset and grumbling.

"Come on!"

Old Count only realized the meaning of the word 'ayo' spoken by Dusk.

"God. Sorry Miss."

" ... "

"Please."

The Count hesitated in guiding Dusk to his destination. Cold sweat kept dripping down his face even in some places it had already become extremely wet.

"Here is the building, Miss."

Dusk just saw an old building right at the end of the hallway east of the black market. The building does not look luxurious but is still beautiful.

"Good building."

"Your assessment is absolutely correct, miss. This building originally belonged to a merchant from the western region but somehow two years ago he experienced a major incident where all his property was lost without rest and finally this building was abandoned."

"I accidentally found this building when I was about to find a lost cat."

"Just tell me if the merchant is yourself, Count."

"Hehehe. I was caught," the Count shamelessly stroked while scratching the back of his head that was not itchy at all.

"How could you lose everything back then?"

"The story is long Miss but before that, please come in."

Count opened the door of the building, inside it was very clean and neat.

"My wife cleaned this place when she found out that someone was going to buy it."

"really? Very good," exclaimed Dusk indifferently.

"As the lady knows. This building fits perfectly with the criteria you asked me for. The basement is also nice and hidden."

The Count then headed into a hallway and turned on the lights. There are some beautiful paintings and bookshelves neatly displayed.

"Please pass by here Miss," the Count said as he cast a magic spell.

"This is the entrance to the basement and the key can be changed according to your wishes."

"Sounds interesting."

"Of course besides that in this underground room there is also a secret road that will take you to the forest on the edge of the plaza."

" ... "

"Miss can get in and out of wherever you want. In addition if there is a problem, this path can be the best alternative."

Count's bright smile was now getting wider. He seems very satisfied with the design of the building he had first.

"Isn't that the rat's path where you escaped first?"

"Haha. Miss you're very good at making things messy."

Count Servan's laughter continued to echo throughout the basement. He seemed very happy and annoyed with the honest words of Dusk.

"Although this road is my life-saver. Maybe you'll do the same thing later."

"Why should I, so troublesome. Moreover, rather than getting dirty through that small gap, I would rather teleport with magic" said the indifferent Twilight who did not care about the Count's nostalgia for his past.

"Haha. Miss you're so funny,"

Finished surrounding the modest building, Dusk then returned to academia. Even though it was late at night, the streets of the city still looked crowded.

When Dusk was engrossed in seeing the surrounding scenery, he was shocked to see Amel and Dira who were having a light conversation.

"What are they doing there?" murmured as he turned his head back to look at the two.

"It's weird, didn't they finish talking this afternoon."

Dusk felt an unpleasant feeling when he saw Amel who smiled kindly in front of Dira. And not only that strange, the face of Dira who smiled warmly at Amel that's much stranger.

"Wait a minute, is that what Amel was holding? Isn't that like an identification device?" twilight murmured before the horse carriages turned towards the academic road which made him unable to see them anymore.

"There's something weird. I must immediately tell the others this as well, "darken before completely disappearing from the streets of the capital.