Cashew had been storing all of the crystals he stole from Crystalized Monts in a corner of his cabin. Looking at how much space they take and how easy they would be to steal, he decided he needs to head back into town and sell them.
Of course, he realizes that he can only sell maybe 10 of the small ones to the Old Man, but he wants to brag about it and rub it in his face.
Cashew: But how am I gonna transport it all?... I could go and ask the guards if I could borrow their donkey and cart, but then they would see where I live and figure out I'm the kid they wanted dead from 5 years ago.
He paced back and forth, trying to think of a way that could work.
Cashew: I could try and make my own cart, but I don't have iron or any way to get nails. I could buy nails from the Blacksmith, but realistically, what else would I use a cart for? I doubt its quality would be good enough that I could sell it for anything more than firewood. Speaking of, if I do build a cart, how do I know it can even hold all the crystals? I could have a Golem pull it, though.
Dropping the thought of building his own cart, he continued to pace around.
Cashew: Maybe I could have one of the Golems form and shape it's body into a box, put the Crystals in it and have the other Golems carry it? No... They might not know how.
Dropping that thought, Cashew then started to wonder why he needed to take all of them? He could just take the 3 big ones and a few small ones, leaving the Stone Golems to protect the cabin and only bringing the wood.
Cashew: It's been 5 years, though. What if the guards are corrupt now? What if they try and arrest me, just so they can keep the crystals for themselves? What if they have always been corrupt but I didn't have anything 5 years ago worth taking?
After some thinking, Cashew thought it might be best to just bring the original big crystal, and maybe 20 small crystals.
Deciding to do that, Cashew grabbed his shoulder bag, filled it with 20 small crystals and his 17 silver coins that he never used, as well as the key to open his chest and grab the big Crystal he has been saving to turn into an Orb.
His plan to brag about his wealth to the Old Man was simple. Visit him, get an Orb, learn how to create a Pocket dimension inside the Orb, Cram his Crystal Hoards into the Pocket Dimension, visit the Old Man again and show him the Hoard and brag about the fact that a young child who's not even a teenager yet is richer than him.
Cashew: The Old Man said learning to make a Pocket Dimension could take a while to learn, but when talking about the Crystalized Mont carcass, he worded it as if it's not IMPOSSIBLE to develop a Pocket Dimension inside an orb within a day.
Packing his things and getting ready to go, Cashew Carefully put the Shoulder bag over his head and on his shoulder, throwing his cloak on and heading out, telling the Stone Golems to protect the area and the Wood Golems to rest.
Heading down the road and reaching the Cobblestone for the first time in 5 years, the place seemed no different than before.
Cashew Threw on his cloaks hood and eventually reached the guard gate for the village.
The Guard gate seemed pretty inactive as of now. There were people lined up at the gate, but only 3, not including the person they were speaking to right now. Cashew was pretty busy during the past 5 years, he studied his Spellbooks very thoroughly and knew all of the spells inside of them. The Rune Spellbook wasn't so studied, though, as it was the most advanced and in-depth book Cashew owned at the moment.
Wanting to try something, Cashew decided to cast an illusion based spell on himself and see if he can't sneak past the guards. It wasn't a full invisibility spell, what it did was make you harder to notice in crowded areas.
The gate, was not crowded though. 4 civilians, 2 Guards, and Cashew. The complete opposite of crowded, barren, even. But the city behind the gate was decently crowded, so if Cashew is noticed, he can just disappear into the crowd.
Cashew Quickly and swiftly cut in line and darted into the crowds of the city, the guards didn't notice, but a person in line did notice and loudly pointed out someone cutting in line, but when the guards looked where he was pointing, Cashew was already gone, disappearing into the crowd. Resulting in the guards thinking that the man is under some sort of influence and one of the guards dragged him into the tower, presumably for questioning.
Cashew swiftly moved through the city, still under the influence of the illusion spell and worked his way towards the Merchant with a pink door. A place he hasn't been to in 5 years.
Reaching the door, re moved inside and the same Store Owner stared him down, not looking a day older than he did before.
Cashew: ...
Store Owner: ...
Cashew: ...
Store Owner: I was told you were dead.
Cashew: I am dead. You're being haunted by me. But I'm more interested in Haunting the Old Man.
Cashew Quickly moved towards the Basement door and went inside, ignoring the Store Owner and shutting the door behind him. The Store Owner sighed and went back to his book.
Cashew went down the stairs to the basement and approached the Old Man, who jumped in shock at the sudden appearance of someone next to him.
Old Man: AH! Who are you!?
Cashew responded by lowering his hood and pulling out the Big Crystal he brought with him. It was the same big Crystal he showed the Old Man the first time.
Cashew: Orb me up.
He said while pointing at the Crystal.
Old Man: That costs money, I'm not doing it for free.
Cashew Responded by dumping 20 smaller crystals onto the table, the Crystals varied from 10 Centimeters to 20 Centimeters in height. The Old Man picked a Crystal up and examined it.
Cashew: Orb me up, Lil bro.
The Old Man looked at Cashew absolutely dumbfounded. Never hearing that term before.
Old Man: Turning the big one will cost you 20 Silver Coins. The price of these smaller crystals will be 6 Silver coins per Crystal, you only need to give me 4 of the smaller crystals to cover the price of turning the big one into an Orb.
Cashew: I wanna sell all 20 of the small ones. I'll take coin for the remaining 16.
Old Man: Unfortunately, I can only afford 7 of the small ones.
Cashew rubbed the bridge of his nose, his head starting to hurt more than usual.
Cashew: Why are you so broke? Ugh, fine. How long to turn the big one into a Orb and do you have a book or something on Orbs?
Old Man: You Ponder the Orb, not read about the Orb. It should take me about 3-5 days to turn this into an Orb.
Cashew: I'll be back in 7 days then.
Wasting no time, Cashew turned around and left, not even collecting his 20 small crystals.
Old Man: Wait, you're just gonna leave the small crystals?
Cashew didn't stop walking, but responded as he was heading up the stairs.
Cashew: I'll collect payment when I come back in 7 days. You said 6 Silver coins per Crystal? Be sure to have 96 silver coins by then!
He shut the door, leaving the Old Man behind, who sighed while rubbing his brow.
Cashew immediately left the store, not even giving the Store Owner a chance to stare at him or say anything. Cashew was in a Rush to leave, and in no time, Cashew was back at his cabin, shutting the door behind him and climbing into bed
Cashew: So loud!... Why is that town so loud... It took every ounce of my being not to curl into a ball on the floor and cry...
Cashew pulled the blanket over his head and curled into a ball, clutching his head in pain. Over the years, he killed plenty of animals and took plenty of animal pelts. He had two Deer Pelts directly on the bed that he was laying on and 3 wolf pelts on top of the blanket he was laying under. A very warm bed, the warmth seemed to help with Cashews head pain.
5 months later ... (8 years and 6 months since Cashews Birth.)
Cashew Visited the Old Man 7 Days later and collected his Orb and 96 Silver Coins, due to the loudness of the town, he was in and out in less than ten minutes, immediately rushing back to the cabin to crawl into bed from the head pain.
Cashew Spent the past 5 months "Pondering his Orb" trying to see if something happens, which nothing happened. He spent the time looking at a blank Crystal Orb, waiting for something to happen, but nothing Happened.
Cashew: "Ponder" Means to think about deeply, and I've been sitting here thinking deeply about this Orb for 5 months with nothing happening. What's the deal?!- Ow!...
Cashew clutched his head as he shouted and triggered his head pains. But as he was clutching his head in pain, He noticed as something about the Orb. A flicker of knowledge, which he focused on intently.
Cashews eyes got bigger as he stared at the Orb, absorbing it's wisdom, he now had a deeper understanding of the Orb.
Cashew: I see... Ponder the Orb and it will eventually tell you about your deepest desires and how to accomplish them...
He absorbed this new information he discovered and Pondered the Orb even more, hoping it would teach him about his desires so he can partake in it.
6 months later (9 years since Cashews Birth)
6 more months of pondering the Orb and Cashew finally had a breakthrough! The Orb is revealing more information to Cashew. He Silently takes it in, absorbing the information as it comes through.
Cashew: Pocket Dimension. Heh, I guess my desire to make fun of the Old Man is stronger than my desire to find a cure for my headache.
Cashew wanted to laugh, but didn't out of fear of making his headache worst.
Taking in all the information on creating a Pocket Dimension within an Orb, it was surprisingly simple. All Cashew needs to do is coat the Orb in Mana, use his Mana to search the Orbs surface for an imperfection, a crack, even. Or any way for your Mana to get into the Orb, the worst the craftsmanship, the easier, but also the worst the Pocket Dimension will be, and you use your Mana to "Carve" the inside of the Orb to create your Pocket Dimension.
Youre not actually carving the inside out, it's more like building the Pocket Dimension inside the Orb using Mana as a container. The Orbs other purposes will remain the same, and unaffected.
Cashew sat in the chair of his cabin and took a Deep breath. Getting ready to create a Pocket Dimension inside his Orb.