245. Magical merchants and noblewomen
In front of Hall 38 was a group of noble lords and magic merchants, and Ivan stood in the middle of them, telling them about new ideas about the energy efficiency of street lights, but it seemed that the lords and magic merchants around him didn't buy it.
"How can this extravagant street lamp with Mithril plated on the lid of the umbrella stand on the street?, don't you worry about the Mithril under the lid being scraped clean by a street man with a knife at night?" the two noble lords at the back of the crowd discussed in a whisper.
Although their voices were soft, the words still fell into my ears word for word.
The other noble lord was silent for a moment, and said with some uncertainty: "Maybe this kind of street lamp should be set up on the lawn of his manor!"
The noble lord from before reached out and wiped the money bag on his waist twice, and then said: "Although the price of magic crystals has been falling now, there is no need to consume magic crystals on street lamps! I think it is already a luxury to be able to afford to burn whale oil, and whale oil is still very fragrant, so the cost should be cheaper than that of magic crystals." ”
The nobleman who spoke behind couldn't help but remind him, and said: "Pay attention to the way you speak, Mike! You are now a nobleman with status, don't always hang words like gold coins and magic crystals, think about it, whether the magic street lamp looks more stylish than the ordinary street lamp, you must improve your taste as soon as possible, don't always make yourself a virtue with those nouveau riche!"
The noble lord in front of him said nonchalantly: "Lao Tzu was originally an upstart of the plane war, what is there to hide!"
The noble lord who spoke behind hurriedly grabbed his shirt and stretched out his hand to cover his mouth, but in the face of the burly friend, there was nothing to be done, and the previous noble lord said like a cannon: " Lao Tzu led this knight to cut down those Nakma people and keep Menea City, what can not be said about such a glorious deed, but I don't plan to take out those black magic crystals in my hand and buy these bells and whistles street lamps, what I want is the magic pattern construction, so that my knights can defeat the magic pattern construction of the Nakma people. ”
"Okay, whatever you want!" The noble lord behind him felt that he couldn't stop him, so he finally had to give up, patted his arm, and said in a low voice: "Since you don't think it's interesting here, let's go to the next exhibition hall and have a look, maybe the next exhibition hall can see something interesting." ”
The two lords talked and walked to the next room.
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With his hands in his trouser pockets, Agnes stepped out of the crowd behind him and stood side by side with me.
"Hey, Egger, are you also here to see the inscription show?" I greeted Egger when I saw him.
Iger and I met when we announced how to make a fishskin hood, and as a public servant of the Magic Guild, he did some coordination and communication work, and when I was in the lecture hall, Egg helped me a lot.
Looking at the street lamp at the entrance of the exhibition hall that emitted a cold glow, Egger smiled at me and said to me, "The lords are not willing to buy the street lamp designed by the Ming Society!"
He thought that I was a magic student of the Royal Academy of Magic, so I must be a member of the Ming Society, so he said that.
"After all, after the outbreak of the plane war, there are fewer and fewer lords who are stupid and have a lot of money!" I pursed my lips and said to Iger as I stared at the noble lords gathered around Ivan.
After listening to Ivan's account of the function of the street lamp, the magic merchants who mixed in with the crowd in search of business opportunities left the crowd one after another, and they were like a group of sharks swimming in the sea, starting to find their next prey.
Egger stood beside me, looked at me with some surprise, and said, "Maybe they don't like this kind of streetlamp that consumes both moonstones and magic crystals, and I thought you would take out another magic item with a life pattern and slap the magic union hard." ”
I smiled and said to him, "To be honest, maybe you don't believe it, until now I don't know what the life pattern in the fish-man leather looks like!"
Egger said to me: "I don't believe your statement, but I'm afraid that all the inscriptionists in the imperial capital won't believe it. ”
After saying that, he patted me on the shoulder, put his head to my ear, and whispered to me: "Recently, some inscriptionists in the imperial capital have been targeting you behind your back, and they have done something unfavorable to you, you better be careful." ”
I smiled faintly and said to Egger, "Tomorrow I will be in the northern province, and I will not come back until the spring flowers bloom, and by that time, maybe everything will be over." ”
Iger patted me on the shoulder and said to me, "Then I'll say 'I wish you a nice trip'!"
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When I returned to the No. 49 exhibition hall, I found that there were many people crowded here, these people admired the huge paintings of the painters on the wall, and on the other hand, they admired the antique furniture in the exhibition hall with a sense of age, and some people could not even guess what works were on display in this exhibition hall, and some people speculated that the paintings and antique furniture in the entire exhibition hall were fused together, which was a kind of magic that was now given to the upper class society of the imperial capital.
There must be a magical inscription hidden in those paintings to make the scenery in the painting blend perfectly with the scenery in the hall.
In the dark room, there is a copper table lamp, a bouquet of flowers, a plate of fruits, and a transparent crystal glass on the coffee table, forming a beautiful picture scroll like a beautiful picture.
In this exhibition hall, the eyes of the noble lords are always making some new discoveries, and there is no need for Yerkes scholars to stand next to them to explain, and everyone who enters the exhibition hall seems to have a different experience.
Scholar Yerkes stood in the exhibition hall, reclining on the bookshelf, holding a goblet in his hand, looking at the exhibition hall with satisfaction, and exclaimed: "Professionals are professionals after all, it turns out that the exhibition hall can be designed so tastefully, the only fly in the ointment is that Arya should leave at least two chairs, she doesn't want the two of us to stand here all day!"
Seeing me coming, Yerkes took a goblet from the shelf and poured me a glass of wine, and the two of us stood in the exhibition hall, drinking golden cider, talking softly, and no one asked what the hall was on display.
"Ahh A noblewoman in a long dress covered her mouth with a feather fan, stared at the bronze lamp of an elf statue with wide eyes, and said with a hint of surprise. The bronze lamp of the elf statue happened to be a night elf leaning against a giant tree in the eternal night forest, holding a huge trumpet flower in his hand, and the heart of the trumpet flower was the wick, from which a soft light emanated.
The thin voice was a little sharp, and I thought she might be a soprano in the opera house.
The shrill voice attracted many onlookers from the female companions, and some people exclaimed, "What a delicate table lamp this is!"
The shrill voice added, "It would be nice to have such a fine lamp on the cabinet next to my bed." ”
There seemed to be a sour female voice next to her who said, "Are you afraid that in the dark, because you can't see the face of the lover, you will call the wrong lover's name?"
I didn't think about eavesdropping, but they were chatting so loudly that I couldn't cover my ears.
The sharp voice immediately retorted sharply: "I just want to see their muscles as hard and strong as marble, but Janet you don't have to, those old guys lying on your bed, pick out any one of them and their faces are full of wrinkles, just like the blooming autumn chrysanthemum makes people unappetizing, it is better to be in the dark, and you can also let yourself have some room for reverie." ”
The female companion next to her hurriedly said: "Hey, ladies and ladies, we are here to participate in the inscription exhibition, if you want to quarrel, please go home and quarrel again, don't be embarrassed here." ”
Such a group of noble ladies gathered together and talked non-stop, and someone said, "Dear Maggie, since you like the lamp here, why don't you ask the owner of this place if he would like to sell you that bronze lamp?"
The shrill voice also said to itself, "That's right, why don't I ask?"
At this time, the Yerkes scholar walked up from the side, assumed a gentleman's posture, and coughed lightly twice as he approached them: "Ahem, ladies, is there anything you need help with?"
The group of noble ladies hurriedly surrounded the Yerkis scholars, and the lady holding the fan stared at the Yerkes scholar with big round eyes, and looked at the Yerkes scholar with a coquettish smile and said, "You are the master here?" ”
Scholar Yerkis straightened out his emaciated chest and stood up with great vigour, and introduced himself to the noblewomen, "Please call me Jerkes, I am the creator of these bronze magic lamps. ”
I sighed silently, perhaps Lady Cecilia had been gone for too long, and the male hormones in his body were too strong for Eve to control him.
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The fame of the Yerkes scholars is now well known to many people in the circle of inscriptionists.
Maybe not many people have seen the Yerkes Scholar, but there must have been many who have heard of his name, and at this time, when the surrounding visitors heard the name of the Yerkes Scholar, it immediately caused a small sensation, and the people who heard him speak gathered around them.
Someone on the side whispered: "...... Yerkes Scholar, he's really a Jerkes Scholar......"
Another person said, "You're saying he's the designer of the 'Snake Fang', 'Giant Bear's Power', 'Earth Shield' Magical Pattern Set?"
The person before looked at the latter like an idiot, and said, "If it's not him, who else will it be?......"
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The noblewoman with a fan in her hand and a sharp voice, known as Maggie, approached the Yerkes Scholar, looked the Yerkes Scholar up and down seriously, her eyes flashed with surprise, and said to the Yerkes Scholar in a soft voice: "Your Excellency the Wizard of Yerkes, I like the lamp of this elf statue, can you sell it to me?"
She moved the fan in her hand away from the front of her face, which was quite delicate, usually well maintained, and her skin was delicate and fair.
Scholar Yerkes's gaze fell on the white skin, and he did not look away, he said with a smile: "Before you buy this lamp, please allow me to introduce you to my work, so that maybe after you buy this lamp, you will feel more worth the money." ”
Lady Maggie's eyes twinkled, she looked at the Yerkes scholar and said, "Well, I hope you can surprise us. ”
Scholar Yerkes put his fist to his mouth, cleared his throat, and then pretended to be deep: "The table lamp of this elf sculpture is one of the twenty-two table lamps of the statue of the human figure, and there are also table lamps of statues of other races in this exhibition hall, these table lamps are not the kind of table lamps that we usually see that use moonstone wick to emit light, the reason why they can emit a soft warm light is because the wick is a magic rune board, and the rune board is engraved with the 'Shimmer Illumination Technique' magic pattern circle, these are magic glows. ”
Ms. Maggie squinted her eyes, a smug smile on the corner of her mouth, and said softly: "This kind of magic light really makes people feel very warm, it turns out that this kind of light is called warm light, it sounds really good, if you can put this kind of table lamp in the bedroom, in the cold winter, it will probably bring a trace of warmth to the room." ”
In her clear eyes, the reflection of the bronze lamp was reflected.
I had no sense that she had the slightest intention of paying, and the confidence and triumph in her eyes as she looked at the Yerkes Scholar were like a spider queen gazing at prey in a spider's web.
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Just when I was worried that the Yerkes Scholar would fall prey to Miss Maggie's net, the Yerkis Scholar gathered around him with a lot of magic merchants and noble lords, and they came together one by one because the Yerkis Scholar was standing here explaining the magic lamp.
A magic merchant in the crowd asked the Jerkis Scholar, "Yerkis Scholar, since you said that your magic lamp is also a magic rune board used, where is its gem pedestal, I would like to know if it is convenient to replace the magic crystal fragments, and I also want to know, how much does this table lamp consume, and how long can a magic crystal fragment make it bright?"
Seeing that someone was asking him a question, the Yerkes scholar put the glass aside and patiently explained, "Actually, it is a very energy-efficient magic lamp, it only needs a trace of mana to light up the rune board, and then the magic rune board of the wick will automatically draw a little magic from the surrounding air and continue to glow, because its magic energy consumption is too low, so this table lamp does not need any magic crystal fragments." ”
The surrounding magic merchants immediately exclaimed in unison, "Ah!
The Yerkes scholars quickly corrected their arguments and said to them, "Note that this lamp does not consume mana, but it consumes very little mana. ”
The magic merchant who first asked asked asked, "And how long will it take for it to go out and replenish its mana?"
The rhythm of the Magic Merchant's questions was so well mastered that Miss Maggie couldn't interject.
The Yerkis scholar scratched his head and pondered for a moment before he said, "Theoretically, as long as it is not damaged and not placed in a forbidden space, then it will always be lit. ”
Scholar Yerkes said this, which immediately aroused the interest of many magic merchants, and some people hurriedly asked, "Is this lamp really as magical as you say?"
The Yerkes scholar didn't have a good face for the talker, and said directly: "If you don't believe it, you can buy one back and put it in the house to observe it for yourself, and I will give you a promise, if the lamp goes out without damage, then I will compensate you ten times the price." ”
The talk-grabbing magic merchant laughed, followed the words of the Yerkis scholar, and continued, "I don't need you to pay me the magic crystal, if it's as you say, of course I'll buy one back, but if the lights go out not long after I buy it, I just hope you can accept one of my orders." ”
Yerkes asked him with a blank face, "What order?"
The magic merchant smiled and said, "I hope to order your 'Giant Bear Power' Magical Pattern Construct at the market price!"
Yerkis was still very confident in this magic lamp, so he patted his chest and said, "I can promise you, but I must warn you not to expect too much from it, this will basically not happen." ”
The magician took out his handkerchief to wipe the fine sweat from his forehead, and said to the Jerkes scholar flatteringly, "Hope is better than nothing!"
At this moment, the magic merchants next to them shouted as if they had exploded:
"I'm going to buy one!"
"I want one too!"
"I want to ......"
The ladies in the crowd were surprised to find that the twenty-two bronze lamps had been snapped up by the hateful magic merchants......