Chapter 8

"William are you sure that you want me to be the vice leader? And why a back tattoo? You know how the society perceives people with tattoos, right?"

"Yes, mother. I want you to be a member of my guild. Not only will it allow you to improve your magic powers but it will be very beneficial for me too. I need Galleon, lots of it. It is used as currency in this space. I have no business sense though. I could learn how to do business and waste a lot of precious time, or I could ask for help from someone I trust to earn them for me.

As for tattoos, it is a necessity mother. Normal people won't even be able to see it. Only those above a certain level of power can see it. According to Saphira, people should at the very least be at the level of Hogwarts Professors to be able to see it, so don't worry about society. Frankly, the tattoo has so many benefits that I would get it even if I had to go against the society.

The only reason I haven't gotten one is that I wanted to get your permission."

Claudia was feeling quite complicated right now. She didn't know whether she should be happy that her son trusted her so much, she should be shocked about this almost impossible farm like existence, happy that he was relying on her, be angry about the tattoos, or be annoyed by having to learn so much about something new at once.

Seeing that his mother was in deep thought, William decided to not disturb her and silently waited for her decision. Even he had been completely blown away after knowing Saphira's existence. He had to take an emergency nap to recover from the heavy blow.

'Sigh! Even Saphira cannot overcome the principle of equal exchange. In fact, she is even more tightly bound by it due to the nature of her existence.'

(*Ding* I'm sorry Will. I will try hard to evolve further.)

'Don't be sorry. It is okay to be not the best. Your friends will help you out. And all you want is money, fortunately, my mother happens to be quite rich.'

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'No reply? Seems like even you can get embarrassed, huh?'

"Son, I think I will join your guild and I guess the tattoo is fine if no one can see it."

William quickly jumped out of his chair and gave Claudia a big hug.

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***Inside a Forest somewhere in South America***

William and Itachi were having a dinner right now. William was in the mood for some first-class steak and Itachi wanted some ramen and seeing that there was no way to cook it in the forest, they asked Sophia to deliver it to them. There were some perks to confessing things to your mother after all. Having awesome food to eat while adventuring in the middle of an ancient forest was one of them.

"Sophia has truly outdone herself this time, right Itachi?"

"She must be distressed that you will be away from home for so long, that is why she is trying her best to bribe you with the food."

"She doesn't know about the space, that is why she is so worried."

"William, why didn't you tell Sophia about the space?"

A sigh escaped William's lips. "During Voldemort's massacre, her family members were also killed. She was very suicidal after that. But she gained a control over her feelings after I was born. You have seen how she treats me right. I'm pretty sure that she would sacrifice her life for mine if the situation ever demands it. But she misses her family too much. So, I just want her to happily serve us and get reunited with her family when her time comes."

All Itachi gave was his usual short and stoic nod to acknowledge that he had heard William's answer.

"But we got a lot done today. We made my mother the Vice-leader of 'Rhapsody of Death'. She and I both had the first tattoo of our life. Having the image of a fully cloaked grim reaper, with white wings, and a black scythe is pretty cool if I say so myself. The said tattoo also provides us with a 10% increase in health and a 10% increase in KP, increasing its coolness factor by a thousand times.

(AN: KP and EXP are different stuff. He gets EXP just by raising dragons and sitting on his ass. He needs to kill things to get KP. That is why he is still Level 1 even though he is so powerful.)

Not only that, the premium lottery ticket for guild-related items was such a success. We got ourselves a Cerberus as our guild's guardian spirit. When it grows stronger it can definitely help us protect the dragon farm from outsiders."

While William was ranting about how happy he was Itachi suddenly stiffened. Naturally, this didn't escape William's eyes. He stopped his ranting midway and started looking at Itachi with a gaze full of expectation and barely concealed happiness.

"This forest does have a tribe that worships the five dragons of elements. I don't know how true the legend is, but we do have a solid clue."

"That's good. We should rest early today. We will set out at 5:00 am in the morning tomorrow."

'It will be great if I can get five dragons at once. Becoming stronger is such a pain in the ass'