"Taking us away to live a city life is great and all, but you haven't told me how you got the money yet…" Helena reminded her son.
She would rather stay in Poporo than allow Hal to engage in illegal stuff and earn dirty money.
"Oh, right. Well… your son is also somehow a genius and has just won the Arcana Primis Cup, if you two know what that tournament is? Basically, it's an empire-wide competition for rookies in their first or second year studying wizardry. The gold coin rewards allowed me to buy my motorcycle, though it was on an installment plan, and move you two out," Hal explained as simply as he could.
His mother wouldn't believe what he said the first time anyway.
He would have to repeat himself with a serious face to convince her.
Sure enough…
"And… you won that prestigious, empire-wide rookie tournament?"
