Even at a second glance, Eward’s actions seemed suspicious. Accompanied by a group of suspicious people, he had headed into a building without any signage up front. That alone would have been suspicious enough, but a few burly and vicious thugs were even hanging around to intimidate anyone who got near.

This was definitely a shady location.

Eugene grabbed the doorknob and tried to turn it a few times, but the locked door refused to open. It looked like some kind of magic had been cast on top of the physical locking mechanism. Someone else might have asked themself, should I smash it? But Eugene didn’t even pause to consider.

The stars around his heart shone as Eugene checked the flow of mana that he could feel from the doorknob.

Eugene felt lucky he had started learning magic. If it were in the past, he would have...