I Transmigrated into the Wrong Body

Messed Up (8)

Edited by: ASaltedFish

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When Aster got home after his first day at school, the first thing he did was check up on the plants. After sending his spiritual energy into the soil, he then went into the lab to send out the next batch of stabilizers.

He and Ellery decided to sell the same amount as Ellery did in the past, which was 10 A-grade, 20 B-grade, 30 C-grade, and lastly, 40 D-grade stabilizers. There were fewer A-ranked sentinels who could use his stabilizers, so he didn't bother selling so much of those.

As he was counting the A-ranked stabilizers, he felt something was off. Wasn't he supposed to be three off? Why were there still 30 A-ranked stabilizers in this box?

None of the boxes were labeled, which was his biggest mistake.

"Ellery... I... I messed up."

[Eh? How did you mess up?] Ellery wasn't paying attention because his help was not needed. He was thinking about what happened today with his scummy, piece of shit ex-boyfriend.

"I gave the Marshal the stabilizers I made with Lune..."

[You what?!]

"I didn't label the boxes and just grabbed what I thought were stabilizers made with Sol. I only realized that I had messed up when I tapped spiritual energy into the stabilizers in this box! Do you think he would notice?! You said that he doesn't have good compatibility with any guide right? Maybe he gave it to someone else? Or even threw them away?!"

Aster was freaking out because this was the first time he made this kind of mistake. He decided to label the boxes in the future to avoid this problem! He wanted to cry because he wasn't good with failure, but he did his best to keep it together.

As he was freaking out, he began labeling the boxes so this would never happen again!

[Okay, I understand why you are freaking out, but take some deep breaths. Come on, do it with me. Deep breath innnnn, and deep breath outttt... Okay, good. Don't worry too much. He probably has like, really bad compatibility with it, just like the other stabilizers he has tried. He's apparently a good man, so I doubt he would give it to someone else. If what he said is true, he's just going to hold on to them, burdened by the fact that he can't just give them away because they're a gift.]

It seemed that Marshal Caecius had a good reputation. He usually avoided accepting gifts because he knew that he had a hard time throwing things away or giving them up to someone else, especially with things he didn't want or need. Instead of hurting other people, he straight-up refused to accept gifts. He spoke of this in an interview once, so most people didn't give him gifts. Some would try but would still be rejected.

"What a relief... Well, since he won't be trying them any time soon, then it's best to pretend this never happened... Yeah, sounds like a good plan."

Even though Aster was a bit worried, he knew there was nothing he could do after making this mistake. He could only hope that Marshal Caecius didn't try to use them...

Well, his hopes were shattered the next day.

*****

Aster woke up to a message from someone who claimed to be Marshal Caecius' adjutant. Not only was it from a verified account, but it was an encrypted message that needed a fingerprint to open, so it was probably legitimate.

The contents of the message asked if Aster could meet up with him and the Marshal to talk about the stabilizers he gifted to Marshal Caecius. Apparently, the Marshal had a high compatibility with him and he wanted to talk about buying stabilizers in the future and even guide services.