My Triling System

Chapter 22: Chapter Twenty Two: A Question

“How much is the rent for two hours, for the two of us?” Lexa asked.

“Five credits per hour, for the two of you, it’s twenty credits. You have the money with you?”

Kevin had heard from their homeroom teacher that their access cards will be credited with 10 credits automatically everyday.

Students only received 10 credits a day as an allowance but that didn’t stop their parents from sending them extra money while they were in school. The richer students were free to spend and buy whatever they liked and they were usually the stronger ones as well. But the poor students had no other choice but to spend their ten credits as little as they can.

Although the food in the academy is free, there’s not actually much to spend money on, other than evening snacks and drinks. But Kevin is not that kind of person who eats anyhow. Perhaps he could gather up about a hundred credits and use it to buy a sword and any other weapon. But there’s a matter he needs to take care of presently and his credits will be spent on it.

‘ I wouldn’t have done this, I just don’t want to seem embarrassing to Lexa who brought me all the way here. At least she was trying to help out, but I must pay ten credits to some game I don’t know about.’ Kevin forcefully brought out his card from his pocket. The old man had a device that registers every student’s access card when they are to pay for something. Kevin took out his card but before he could even give the man, Lexa had quickly given the old man hers.

“Everything?” The man asked.

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“Yeah everything.”

Kevin blinked in confusion but had immediately came to his senses.

“You’re paying for everything? Twenty credits?” Kevin asked.

“Don’t be ridiculous, I’m paying for you as a friend. And besides, I have a lot of credits with me.” Lexa said and then she moved closer to Kevin and whispered into his ears. “My parents sends 2000 credits to me every week.”

Kevin jaws dropped as he heard what Lexa just told him. He closed his mouth as he swallowed in and stared at Lexa. He was speechless on what to say. How can someone’s parents be so rich to send their daughter 2000 credits every week. So, what Reed and Zoe told him were true, Lexa’s parents are so rich. But as Kevin thought of this, his stomach churned angrily as he realized that his father was just a wizard with no wealth or that thing called money.

‘ Why am I so unlucky to be his child. I wish I was born into a rich and wealthy family like Lexa’s. I would have the world at my feet if I could at least be a prince, eh eh.’ Kevin smiled to himself, but he suddenly felt a tug on his arm.

“Hey, what are you thinking about, let’s go inside.” Lexa pulled the sleeve of his uniform as he dragged him into the game shop.

“Enjoy the game!” The old man said.

They got inside the game shop and Xin could see all sorts of game machines and devices. Right on one corner were dozens of a chair like machine located. They look just like an office chair, comfortable for people to sit on and rest peacefully.

“You see that chair,” Lexa pointed at the chair in front of them and Kevin who was anticipating to know what it was, shifted his gaze to the chair. “That’s a VR capsule. We’ll be sitting on it if we have to play a VR game.”

“It’s like a chair like game device?”

“Yeah, I guessed you haven’t played a VR game before and it seems like I was right. It’s not really sold to the public, so only the military and wealthy families who could afford it had it with them.”

“Hmph, like your family.” Kevin knew that Lexa’s parents would be able to afford to buy such a device as this, since they are the number two most richest family in the city.

“You’re right, my father bought it for a two million credits.”

“Two Million credits!!” Kevin exclaimed surprisingly.

“It’s crazy right. I heard it’s from the human world and the price is really high over there. But my father said that our scientists here are making plans of creating something like that, If it’s successful, we won’t have to be buying VR’s from those humans anymore.”

Talking about humans reminded Kevin of his state. He was wondering how he became an human when his father was an elf and his mother was also an elf. Something doesn’t seem so right at that point. Did his mother by any chance cheated on his father. That made Kevin ask Lexa a question.

“Lexa, I have a question to ask you.”

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