A Mage's Quest

Chapter 3: Reaping Rewards

After the events of the last chapter:

"alright since we gave that weird Shape-Shifter that Golden Watch Lets go reap our Rewards from him" Said Alex

"Yeah but shouldn't we also save some of it?" Replied Ryu

"Where's the fun in that?" Asked Korve

"Well it's not, it's just a good idea." Replied Ryu

The reward money was divided evenly between the five being 20 gold each

"Alright everyone we can do what we want now, let's meet back here later, or if not back at Ryu's place!" Shouted Korve

"Or we could just go to our local Vaults and put them there." said Ryu before everyone but Gloria ran off.

"Believe it or not Ryu, this happens pretty much everytime we get a lot of money, they're lucky I set my share aside for rent for wherever we're living at the time. I'm just glad you're letting us live with you." Said Gloria

"Yeah well, as much as I hate people, I do like not having to drain my mana by creating a magi-clone every day or so." Replied Ryu

"Come on grumpy pants, let's head to the local vaults and deposit some of this cash." Said Gloria

"You go ahead, I'm going to head to dragon doughnuts first." Replied Ryu

"Oh no you don't, you need more than a single doughnut for food, you are coming with me." Shouted Gloria

"But I'm running low on mana, I need a recharge." Pleaded Ryu

"I've been taking care of those knuckleheads like they're my own kids, and thanks to Alex I know there are other options for recharging a magic user's mana than just doughnuts." Shouted Gloria.

Later at the vault Gloria and Ryu each deposited 15 gold pieces in their respective vaults, Gloria then took Ryu to a noodle shop.

"Alright good sir, may we get a single serve of manamen and a serve of udon please." Asked Gloria.

"Sure, coming up, while you're here can you take your healer child when you go as well." Replied the owner gesturing towards Alex, "they've been here eating their weight in manamen and are now in basically a food coma, I mean they are one of my favorite customers but I'm also a bit worried about them."

"Are you kidding me?" Muttered Gloria

Both Gloria and Ryu take a seat at Alex's booth

"So I leave you lot alone for 5 minutes and you are in a food coma!" Scolded Gloria "Ryu do you have a 'wake up' spell ring?"

"Uh I do at home but my mana is very low. I can't open a portal right now let alone wake someone up." Replied Ryu

Just as Ryu finished his sentence the food Gloria ordered came to their table

"Great food's here, now Ryu, eat and once you're charged up get the ring and wake up our sleepy head here." Demanded Gloria

"Yes it's true that this is manamen but this won't recharge my mana like you think it will, magic users recharge better with different types of mana food." Replied Ryu

Mana food are like other food however if consumed by either a healer or mage, it restores their mana very quickly, faster than resting

"What do you mean, a single bowl can refill Alex's mana, no problem." Said a surprised Gloria

"Gloria, not all magic users are the same, what works for one person may not work the same as another." Replied Ryu

It's like a person's strength with a certain type of weapon, sure with their preferred weapon like Korve and his Sword, Korve would be able to fight off a group of enemies, however if you were to give Korve a bow, Korve would not be able to fight off the same group of enemies." Explained Ryu