Seth was in bed, Sarah had closed the door, she was standing there naked and he could not take his eyes of her in the white light coming through the window. “don’t look” Sarah said blushing, as she went to her trunk taking out a blue dress and underwear. Seth did not say anything and simply dressed himself. He was nervous, this had not been the plan and even if her parents sounded like they took it nicely. It was still her parent's.

Sitting at the table, they talked. Sarah and Seth sitting on one side, Helga and Harald the other. Everything was moving so fast, so unplanned, ‘this is what happens when going with the flow’ Seth thought to himself. They started talking about marriage right of the bat, and he felt trapped, but not really in a bad way, her parents were not demanding it, just asking if they had talked about it. And Sarah had gotten some medicine from her mother the day before, so this was not unexpected for them either. “I have not thought that far” Seth said after all the questions, “why don’t you both think about it by yourselves?” Helga Said with a serious tone. They must have read both their faces, as they both were quiet and just nodded their heads.

Sarah and Seth looked at each other, sometime apart from one and other could be good, so that they both know what they wanted, Sarah had just gotten her life back, and Seth was not really sure what had happened himself. He cared about them all, they had helped him, but he had no plan on being on this farm forever. So, Seth packed his backpack and was going to go to the mine.

“Seth let’s talk” Harold said as Seth tried leaving the farm and go to the mine.

“I’m just going to the mine, don’t worry”

“I have something I want to give you, and say that I’m sorry”

“sorry for what?”

“You see, I know you have some special skills, I know how fast you leveled and I... I and Helga planned for you to help Sarah as you did, it happened a little faster than we planned but it did, not many mages choose to pick up and 12 levels worth of points on it, and even then finding them or even hiring them is hard” Harold confected.

“We don’t want it to be any bad blood between you and us, so I have prepared 2 gifts, here is a , it’s a spatial storage device, the ore and crystal you mine can be stored inside, it have ten slots, where every slot can store about 99 items per slot, it’s very rare, the second is the deed to the plateau and all its land”

“the plateau? I haven't seen anything like that here?”

It’s where the mine is, just above it, if you are to clime about 400 meters up you will see a large plateau, it’s 31 kilometers long and 41 kilometers from the mine to the mountain side. Getting up there is a big hassle, and up there are many wild monsters.”

“Why haven’t I noticed?” Seth asked

“It’s hard to see from down here, had we been on the other side of the valley a little higher up it would be really easy, as this is the thinnest part of the valley”.

“Why haven't anyone built something to get up there easier?”.

“My father got the deed in some kind of deal with a noble, and there haven’t been any coin in it so far”.

“Thank you, and thank you for the ring” This was a lot to process and he needed to think through everything, he felt betrayed of being used so easily and grateful for everything they had given him.

Standing at the entrance to the mine he asked himself; “what had just happened there”. Harold did not need to tell him anything, and he did not need to give him anything. Had he been scared of him or what he could become later? Harold had predicted he would cure Sarah; they had trusted him with their daughter. Did he see something in him that he himself did not? “” Seth said looking at the iron ring.

Name: Miner's ring Rarety: Rare Modifier: --- Slot: Finger Description: An iron ring given to Seth from Harold, an old heirloom, past down. Effects: +10, Storage slots for mining, Metals, Ore and Crystals Name: Deed to the Plateau Rarety: Unique Modifier: --- Slot: --- Description: The deed to the shadow plateau. 31Km x 41Km Effects: Gives it beholder all rights to the Shadow Plateau and 500 meters from its boundary, Total of 1286,5Km2

“ ” the system asked Seth.

“Yes” Seth said, as he did, he got a new massage.

“”

He could now see it in his interface, there was an empty tab with only one sentence.

“”

So, everything needed skills, that could be why he got it from Harold. They could not really use it or could they, it was clear to him how little he knows.

“Status” Seth said.

Name: Seth Family name: N/A Race: Human Civil Standing: Free Citizen Stat: Base Total Health 195 195 H H.Regen/Min 1,13 1,13 H/m Stamina 199 219 S S.Regen/Min 4,23 4,23 S/m Mana 80 80 M M.Regen/Min 1,94 1,94 M/m Stat: Total Defence Total Strength 9 Magic 0,76 % Constitution 14 Dodge 0,76 % Dexterity 8 Physical 1,83 % Resilience 3 Attack Total Intelligence 4 Magic 24 Wisdom 4 Physical 61 Willpower 4 - - Perception 4 Points left: 173

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He looked at his stats, he had a lot of points left 173 in total and he should start using them.

He looked over at the different stats he could put them in and asked.