Chapter 9: Human territory and Black Market

It's been a few days since I left the tomb after cleaning it up.

I don't know how much wealth I have as of now but I should have wealth equivalent to a well off merchant at least probably....

I am crossing the small forest between the tomb and human territory right now.

Hmm....?

Sniff sniff

A sap sweet smell hung in the air.

A lake, 

oh nice I may as well drink some lake water and take a bath, it's been quite some time since I took a proper bath.

Following the scent with my improved senses, I could easily locate the direction of Lake and soon I arrived near the lake.

It was in teardrop-silver in colour and it was shaped like a perfectly flat disc of metal.

it was lined with pine trees, unruffled by wind, the only sound were the clattering of leaves and weakened wood by the flowing cool wind.

A cool atmosphere with lush grass on ground giving soft feeling.

It was peaceful and I would like to spend some time living here but due to the constraint of time, I must leave soon otherwise the consequences will be dire, if mom found out that I still haven't reached other teritory.

But this does not mean that I could not enjoy the time bathing here in nature.

The light of sun seeped from the trees covering the lake and created a beautiful scenery.

Well let's bath.

I arrive near the lake and saw my reflection in it.

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Tremble!

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I was shocked beyond belief and my body could not help but tremble involuntarily.

The face reflected on the surface of Lake was something out of the world..

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Breathtaking!

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The face that was reflected was very captivating and very pleasing to eye.

The face was chubby with a bit of babay fat making the entire face looking extremely adorable,

A bit rosy cheeks with skin that was pale, spotless, silky soft, smooth and glowing brightly.

Albino face looking bloodless signifying the characteristic of a Vampire.

Emerald green eyes with deep blue mixed and a Mysterious colour in the centre of the eye making it look enigmatic.

The face in the lake was doe-eyed looking like an innocent and naive child, pure from the world but if one observed carefully those eyes contained some unfathomable knowledge with maturity a child should not have.

He had elegantly straight nose with pinky rosy soft lips.

I was lost in daze for a moment before the the itching grass snapped me out of my lost mind.

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This is me....?

If previously I was already charming now I am what would be a million times of that charm.

It is most probably due to my true race that my charm was enhanced so much that my face looked more feminine than previously, all vampires had feminine features but there was significant difference in male and female, but I feel like if some makeup was applied skillfully, people might confuse me for a beautiful girl.

Ugh...

I was cringing hard and it was such a pain to me that my appearance has become like this....I don't want to be overly handsome or beautiful.

Agh, what to do!?

It will indeed cause problems in the human teritory, I must find solution to it, for now I will cover my face and test out if it really caused problems.

Although there is no open discrimination and all but humans don't like other races much and there is slavery in the shadows where foreign races like demons, beast kin, elves, etc. are enslaved and sold.

They are sold for various uses, like their beauty, labour, and unawakened bloodlines.

Since open slavery towards a race will indicate their feud with it which can lead to many consequences such a war between the two.

As of now only demons and humans have such a feud where both races openly enslave the other to some extent.

Even though Vampires are not counted among demons, I still don't wish to reveal myself as it will cause many problems and who knows if my mom finds out what will happen.

I took a long and peaceful bath and relaxed for sometime.

After relaxing for some time, I start moving towards my destination while covering my face with a hooded robe and a mask.

After a few days of travel, I reach my destination, and as for how I didn't encounter any beast was because of the route I chose to travel, the route was regularly cleared up from both sides by Vampires and Humans, so it is very safe.

Anyways, I look ahead and see a big city ahead of me, it was very huge and looked beautiful from far, 

One of the countries in the Human territory, 

From what I can see the city had many bulidings and was surrounded by walls made of some grey mineral that seperates or protect the city from foreign elements.

The bulidings were closely packed creating narrow alleys in between.

From far one can see that the kingdom was divided properly.

The official bulidings or houses of nobles were separated from the common buildings and houses.

And at the core of the city stood the large castle of royal family of this Kingdom.

I reach near the gate where guards were checking identities of residents and foreigners entering the kingdom.

I don't have any identification on me, the one I have will expose my identity as a Royal.

I was planning on getting a new identity for myself here.

Well I have to stealthy go in.

I notice a wagon parked near gate with a guard checking it's contents while the owner of the wagon was verifying his documents at the gate.

I quietly made my way towards the wagon, the guard checking the stuff didn't notice me.

I was waiting for him to check everything and after he was done, I quickly got in the carriage, and went behind the wooden cartons to avoid being seen as it was open from back.

After some time the carriage started moving and we entered the city .

I was able to avoid being detected was thanks to my improved perception skills.

I quietly left the wagon after getting inside the kingdom

The streets were clean and people were wearing crisp clothing indicating they were decently living even being commoners.

The market stalls on the sides were seeling fresh fruits and neatly arranged Armor suits.

This city or kingdom, being parts of The human empire was large.

So there were wagons and horses used for transportation.

There were bridges over roads to avoid traveling vehicles.

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Well then now that I have arrived, I should first search for a residence to live.

And I want a permanent residence since I will be living for a long time.

What should I do?

Hmm....

Ahh...got it....this will also be beneficial for my plan.

First and foremost, I should join Alchemy Association.

The Alchemy Association is famous throughout all the planet,

Each race's territory has branches of Alchemy Association.

The Alchemy Association although was founded by a human,, it was according to his wishes that anyone who has talent for alchemy can join his association.

And in accordance to his wishes, the Alchemy Association is impartial that is they treat all the races equally and has members of each race.

Even the members at the highest position are of different races, that also helps in maintaining the balance and reduce the influence of a particular race in decision making.

And it is obvious that for such a wide scaled organization to exist, it has powerhouses in it.

From the novel, I know that the upper echleon are all fearsome powerhouses that's why no one has dared to slander its name and raise against its policies.

Alchemy Association is also one of the business giants on this planet since most of the potions, elixirs  are produced here.

I will need an identity first though to enter association.

For that, I already have plans.

After traveling for a while in the commoners area, I arrive at an alley or it can be called the slum area.

The most poor people live here and this area is also where all sorts of crimes happen daily.

Robbery, Kidnapping, Murder.....and many other.

I enter the alley and if my memory serves me correctly, In the novel, in this kingdom, there was a black market spread underground the whole kingdom and many nobles were involved in it.

That's one of the reason it was surviving till now, although the king knew about it but he could not just uproot it, he has to find the main culprit otherwise such things will continue so he can only ignore it for now and investigation in shadows.

The king was apparently a good guy.

From time to time he would apply pressure to black market.

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After taking some turns and avoiding some pickpockets, I am facing a small cottage.

It was a shabby shed and looked like any other house but it was the entrance of the black market.

Normally, no one is allowed to enter unless they know the code to enter and me being me, I remember the code .

Haha I was not crazy to remember these details.....right?

Well, I head towards the door and knock three times on it.

No response but after a moment, with a creaking sound the door opens and there is an old man at the door looking like a true tramp.

Well at least on outside.

But I can sense a enormous mana fron him....

After awakening my true race, I could perceive the energies naturally even if something is blocking my perception, it is no problem as I can still feel the energy.

One of the many perks of being Engima being.

So i could see whitish energy oozing from his body and in a large amount.

He was the gatekeeper of the entrance to black market.

It is natural that they will keep such a strong gatekeeper otherwise anyone could force in their way.

The old man looked at me curiously as I had my face covered but my clothes were still above average.

"What can I do for you lord ?"

He asks with a fake fear.

Well let's hurry up....

"Black Crow While Moon!"

As soon as I said these words the expression on his face became a bit serious and he made way, signalling me to enter.

I follows him as he took me to the basement of house and there was a black door with few more guards emitting same aura as this old man.

They opened the door and old man just stared at me.

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Hah,

If I go in now, they will kill me without hesitation.

So I just took out 2 Gold coins and tossed then to the two guards, one to each.

This was actually the entrance fees which was mandatory to enter the black market.....it was to ensure that not just anyone who heard the code could enter, he/she should also be aware of the rules to enter.

The guards nodded.

And I finally entered the black market and the doors were closed.

It was huge.

The whole underground was just a bit smaller than the kingdom in area.

There were many people here and were doing their business.

I was walking while occasionally checking the stalls, there were many things that were not above sold here.

Dangerous potions,.magic items, rare minerals and fake copies of many expensive artefacts, Slaves from various races were walking with the slaver.

One thing to note is that there is no gender discrimination on this planet.

The concept of gender discrimination has never existed here since ancient times and there are both genders doing business equally here whether be male or female.

But I will check these things later as I have arrived where I can get my fake identity.

The identification has appraisal magic in them and this is what makes it for the people to know that you are the real person.

The appraisal magic is a high level magic so most people can't deceive it unless they are proficient in appraisal magic.

but 

I need it for now.

I look towards the buliding, it was made up of expensive magic stone and was quite clean.

It had a strong barrier around it.

I enter the buliding and ask a man at reception about it.

The man guided me to a room and I sat on sofa.

The man told me to wait and left.....

After some time the door opens and......

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