(In front of trader shop)
As they have sent me to the trader, they suddenly are about to take their leave.
"Wait. Are you going already?" I stopped them. "It's already noon. We don't want to get scolded by our adults." Mara pointed out the reason.
"But I still haven't repaid you yet." I asked them.
"It's fine. We don't steal from one of us. Besides, you also didn't have money." Mara said.
Looking at them like that makes me feel wronged if I don't give them anything. As an adult, I feel like giving them pocket money. I was reminded of the time when I was still a kid. On Earth, it is a common way for adults to give pocket money to young children.
By using my molecular manipulation, I want to change a pebble in a gold coin. I gather a bunch of pebbles and put them inside my pocket. I did that to cover my magic from them. As they were leaving, I immediately called for them.
The truth is, I was having an ethical dilemma, but if it was my magic, maybe I should just accept it. I should use what I can do. I don't know what my limit is, but as long as I can imagine it, it would work. I know creating money would lead to inflation, but it is not my business to think about it. The adult should take care of it.
I decided to create my own money as much as I want. I can use, give or monopolize all the money that I want. "As a kid, I should live freely without rules!" That's only an opinion.
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As I rushed to them, I gave out my hand that was holding the coin to Mara.
"Here, you can have this" I said to them while giving the gold coin.
Mara and her friends were in shock as they were holding a gold coin in their hand.
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In this world, the currency is using a centralized value of each material. They do not make their own paper money as they were not having any scarcity for the resources. Each currency is determined from the value of the material.
Whereas there are 2 types of currencies:-
Rune coin:
Orichalcum Rune: A rare and powerful rune used for enchanting and crafting legendary items. Runesilver: A precious rune that enhances magical properties, often used in intricate spellcasting. Aetherium Rune: A radiant and ethereal rune imbued with cosmic energies, sought after by mages and scholars. Frost Crystal Rune: A shimmering rune harnessed from icy realms, used to enchant items with frost magic. Gloomstone Rune: A somber and enigmatic rune that grants shadowy powers, favored by stealthy rogues.
Material coin:
Stelladam: A Mythril Coin. Worth 5000 Eclatskar. Eclatskar: A Diamond Coin. Worth 1000 Verdejade. Verdejade: A Emerald Coin. Worth 500 Diamantite. Diamantite: A Platinum Coin. Worth 100 Solaurin. Solaurin: A Gold Coin. Worth 50 Lunastel. Lunastel: A Silver Coin. Worth 10 Copperlith. Copperlith: A Bronze Coin. The lowest material currency.
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"It is a Solaurin coin!" Elias' cheer is joyful.
"OMG! This is unbelievable. We got money today." Jasper sighed in disbelief.
"This is our first time to obtain something precious today. I can't wait to buy something with this." Ava pointed out her intention.
I was happy to see them in joy of happiness. They were happy as larks for a dime that I make using my magic. Luckily, I just turn the pebbles into the coin that Lady Ellis gives me. Elijah looks weirdly to them for happiness with that pebble that I turn into something valuable for them.
"That's right. Take it as my gratitude for helping me."
The three of them thanked me.
"Maybe you guys should make a way to help the people. I bet there are many people that need help in the street and I promise you they will give you something in return." I share my opinion.
Suddenly, Mara did not look so happy.
"Mara, let's go to the bakery shop." Ava invited Mara to spend the money.
"We are not going! We are not going to use this. We already promise to share with our people." Mara said while looking down.
They all looked puzzled.
Elias & Jasper called her name, "Mara…"
She looked contemplated to use the money I gave her.
"We are giving this to Owen. We already promised that." She reminds them.
I look concerned about them.
"But you still can enjoy the money, right? You will get a change in return for buying something like food or drink. It doesn't cost that much." I told her.
Mara looked at me and she felt angry.
"Shut your mouth. You told us you didn't have money earlier. We already checked on you. Where did you get this?" Mara asks with curiosity.
"Well… I *urmmm*" I contemplated answering.
"Nevermind. I don't care. Let's go home guys." Mara orders them to go home.
She feels challenged as I get to have that money that she thinks I steal from the shop. She thought that I am better than them, like what Owen wants and not like as they were. Before she left, I got to say something to her that made her realize the truth.
"You know the money is yours, right. It is not a must for you to give it to anyone else".
They all feel dejected when Mara decides to give the money to Owen without spending it. Maybe I should not do that in the first place. Mara left without saying a word while the three of them thanked me before going away.
They left me and Elijah. But I don't know what else to do and just let it pass by without thinking about it much.
After that, I enter the shop and continue with my business. I get to exchange the gold bar into 100 Diamantite. With this, I can study the molecule and learn how to create this new type of currency.
I decided to save the money and use it when I needed to. Before that, Elijah and I decided to get lunch in a fancy restaurant.
Jake told us that we should check out everything at the capital. The center of the capital is the spot for tourism.
While walking there, many people are asking us and offer to be our bodyguard as we are wearing fancy clothes to provide us some help. However, I politely refuse and continue my journey because I don't want to as I understand they want to make easy money from rich looking kids like us.