The Retired Hero is an Extra

Jash woke up the next morning, having slept right after dinner, with no energy to do anything the previous day.

'I should meet him today,' he mused, walking towards the garage and choosing a car at random to sit in.

The driver politely opened the door, and Jash told him to go for a round.

Jash kept looking outside the car window and suddenly said, "Take me there."

The driver nodded and turned the car to the 'Hex Auction House' on the side of the road.

As soon as Jash stepped out of the car, many people immediately recognized him from the Entrance Test.

Word spread quickly as the manager personally came to receive him and took him inside.

However, no one could take his photos because the bodyguards arranged by his parents prevented it.

Jash entered the lift and looked at the screen in front of him curiously as the manager put his face near the screen.

"Iris scan completed. Welcome..." the robotic voice said as the panel to choose the floor appeared in front of the manager.

Jash didn't really hear her name, nor did he bother to ask.

The lift she had led him to was a VIP-only lift that only a select few could use when they entered the auction house.

The higher floors with VIP rooms were not accessible from the normal lifts, and only people who were registered in the Database of the auction house could enter them.

Of course, any VIP would be guided by someone, so it was safer than asking the VIP to scan themselves.

On the other side, the manager proudly explained it all, believing Jash was curious about it when he simply didn't care.

He glanced at the multiple numbers that were present on the screen in front of him and the one that glowed with a white hue.

'Floor 29, huh? Then 30 must be for the Head of the Auction House,' Jash guessed, passing the time in the lift.

The lift shortly arrived at the 29th floor, and he stepped out of it, following the manager.

Jash found many rooms on the floor, with only gates visible from the outside and having numbers atop them.

The manager walked towards a certain room, asking Jash to follow her before using a black card to scan and enter the room.

In truth, she couldn't believe she was going to get business with the one who won the Entrance Test.

After all, everyone knew he was the son of a Duke and had two SSS-Rank Hunters as his backing.

Though absurd, everything Jash faced would've been the same had he not won the Entrance Test.

'Well, I wouldn't get all that unnecessary attention from the public,' Jash shrugged, knowing they will forget it sooner or later.

"What may I help you with, Sir?" the female manager asked, her face neutral despite her excitement, implying her professionalism.

"Show me what I can buy right now," Jash demanded, and the manager happily complied.

Well, no matter the world, as she was the one attending Jash, she would get commission out of every purchase.

And anyone would be happy to make more money.

Jash watched as she tapped her bracelet and phone, causing a hologram to project onto a wall.

It displayed a list with all kinds of items; clothes, weapons, artifacts, armors, land, decorative stuff, gifts, cars, motorcycles, and more.

Jash just skimmed past them, not feeling interested in any of it.

"Isn't there something like computers, CPUs, and more of that sort?" he asked, unimpressed by the stuff the manager showed.

"Oh, yes." The manager retained her professional smile despite her inner shock.

She had displayed the list that even some managers had never seen, being for the highest VIPs yet Jash held no interest in any of it.

Truthfully, it wasn't that Jash fancied none of it, but his budget didn't allow him to buy whatever he liked.

While Jash was shopping to get ready for the academy, Caera was planning to take Ziva with her.

On another side in the estate, their parents were having a talk of their own.

"Carcel, we need to make him stay away from any potential bad habits," Sera said, her face furrowing in worry for her son.

Initially, she was expecting to only have to console Caera for her loss, but it seemed that it was never needed.

Instead, she had to ask Jash and worry over his condition, especially because he won the bet.

"Sera, it's good that he won, and I know what you're worried about, but you should let him be," Evelia interjected, trying to reason with Sera.

She knew that Carcel would never be able to convince Sera with how stubborn she could be.

"Evelia, I know, but even though it's not a big deal, what if he ends up losing once? That's all that's required to get into a massive problem," Sera said, worry etched on her face.

Before she could get a response, she added with a shaky voice, "You are already aware of his talent, and have already seen it firsthand."

"Yeah, I know. He would definitely become an SSS-Rank hunter, and that's why you should not force the topic," Evelia interrupted.

"If you pressure him too much, it would only end up worsening things as he would feel pressed to let loose," she reasoned with Sera.

"He will be joining the Academy soon, so let's not dampen the mood, yeah?" Evelia ended with a smile on her face.

She was well aware of the problems that came with winning a big gamble, as one wouldn't be able to stay their hands.

"I guess you're right, but I will talk to him once again," Sera sighed, turning to Carcel, "You also talk to him once."

Carcel nodded, having chosen to stay out of their discussion lest he become the topic of discussion and somehow end up angering Sera.

If only the three knew that Jash was literally planning to buy some rundown area to place a bunch of computers, they'd be dumbfounded.

After getting all the stuff he needed, Jash paid the money and got it all placed inside a space ring.

"They even give a space ring complimentary, huh?" Jash wondered aloud, fiddling with it.

A space ring was extremely expensive to the point the cheapest being a hundred thousand Solaris Marks and having just one cubic meter of space.

The one in his hands had more than 100 cubic meters of space, but it wasn't anything much to Jash.

His space ring itself could hold more than a 1000 cubic meters of space, being extremely expensive because even money couldn't buy it.

It was a custom space ring, specially made on order from the Mage Association for Jash, keeping in mind the design and space.

Even being able to detect the slightest trace of mana of the bearer and warn the recipients he was in danger.

It was one of the finest ones and only those with enough power could order it.

Not only was making it extremely difficult, the materials were very rare to begin with, on top of needing a space mage to make it.

Unfortunately, it couldn't be taken into Solarnelle Academy to maintain a sense of equality among the students.

"That's real annoying," Jash muttered after arriving at the rundown house he just bought in an unpopular area.