Sky Machinery City, as prosperous as ever.

In the commercial area with the most people, in the center of the crowd, a melodious music suddenly sounded. The tune is soothing and elegant, and you can't help but slow down and listen carefully.

The noisy streets have become a little quiet because of this song.

Because the music is so melodious, everyone can't help but chase the sound source.

I saw that in the middle of the crowd, on the edge of a three-story elegant fountain, there was a young man with slightly long and curly hair, with his eyes closed, holding a saxophone in his hand, playing without distraction.

The image of youth is scattered, dashing, and uninhibited.

Paired with his elegant music, people can't help but explore the story behind this unruly prodigal son.

After the song was over, everyone had not heard enough of it, and they wanted the young man to play it again. However, the young man's actions made everyone a little dumbfounded.

He lazily took out a basin from the package behind him, and then put the basin in front of a nearby person with a smile on his face, the meaning could not be more obvious.

- Begging for money.

The begging man twitched the corners of his mouth, scolded angrily, and when he saw the people around him looking at him, he was embarrassed not to give anything, so he could only touch his nose and endure the heartache, and took a small cut magic crystal and threw it to the young prodigal son.

And this begging young man was not satisfied, and took a basin in front of the people around him, begging one by one.

Everyone was angry, but the young man's face was extremely thick-skinned, and he said with a smile: "Because I want to participate in the Nova Competition, I don't have any money on my body, so I can only ask everyone for help." ”

Hearing that this young man was going to participate in the Rising Star Competition, everyone's expressions softened slightly, after all, those who dared to participate in the Rising Star Competition should not be weak.

It's not bad to be able to get some relationships with the players who participated in the Rising Star Competition.

Passers-by who had this idea paid some money in the face of the begging of young people. Don't look at how little everyone gives, but if you do the math carefully, it adds up to a lot.

At this time, in the higher sky, two people wearing the clothes of the law enforcement team silently watched the scene below.

One of the weaker apprentices frowned, and said in a tone that didn't know whether it was indignation or jealousy: "Captain, should we stop him? It's just disgusting, there are so many people who give him money without a book!"

The law enforcement captain in charge of the business district, whose strength is generally a formal wizard, looked at the angry team member next to him and said, "It's okay, he has a sense of proportion." ”

"What do you mean?" the law enforcement officer wondered.

"This guy only comes once every three days, plays a piece of music at a time, and leaves when it's done. It didn't cause any major impact, and it didn't cause a traffic jam, so we had no excuse to stop him. The law enforcement captain explained.

After hearing this, the law enforcement team members were even more dissatisfied. Listening to the captain's tone, it is obvious that this young man has been doing this for a long time, and if he can earn so many magic crystals every time, it will be very unpleasant to watch!

But since the captain let him go, as an ordinary team member, he could only endure it.

"You have to rely on acting to make a living, and I don't think he can get a good ranking in the Rising Star Tournament. The law enforcement officer couldn't help but mutter.

After hearing this, the law enforcement captain burst into laughter: "He said that he would compete, did you believe it?"

"Huh?"

The law enforcement captain shook his head and said, "This guy is not an ordinary person, he is a spirit." The real contestant is the person behind him. ”

The unruly young man who was discussed by the law enforcement team, as they said, after playing a song and begging for a circle of money, disappeared into the crowd with his gorgeous saxophone.

The young man took three steps and two steps, and soon came to the door of a narrow alley in the business district.

Although this alley is located in the middle of the city, the mouth of the alley is full of unknown experimental garbage, and it emits a billowing stench, so not many people go inside.

The young man didn't care about the stench, he stepped directly into the alley, and after walking for a long time, he saw a young man-like person, leaning against the mottled wall, holding a book in his hand by the faint light of the wall-hung gas street lamp, reading carefully, his eyes were fascinated.

"My dear master, don't you already like the Black Codex?" the young man faked a look of hurt on his face.

The young man who was reading the book slowly raised his head with a confused face.

"It's been two minutes since you've been back for two minutes, and you're not looking at me, you're looking at this broken book. The young man picked up the saxophone and pointed to the book in the boy's hand, "So, don't you like the black code?"

After the young man who called himself "Black Code" finished speaking, his figure suddenly changed, and he turned into a plump and bewitching woman, holding a cigarette gun in her hand: "Or does the master prefer this image?"

The young man said angrily: "Don't make trouble with the black codex, hurry up and change it back!"

Although Heidian wants to continue to tease his little master, he also knows where the bottom limit is, and he can still accept it, if he continues, it is estimated that the little master will blush and have a thick neck.

Heidian turned into an elegant middle-aged man wearing a black embroidered gold-patterned trench coat.

"Master, this is what you got today, although they are all cut magic crystals, but in total, there should be more than 10 complete magic crystals. Kuroden took out a bag of magic crystals from his coat pocket.

Surprise flashed in the young man's eyes: "Sure enough, the people in Sky Machinery City are very rich, and they can actually beg for 10 magic crystals, which is more than I used to earn in a month of work!"

After the young man took the magic crystal, he took out three magic crystals from it and handed them to the black codex and said, "You help me go to the bookstore to buy another copy of "Firefly Night Language", and you can use the rest of the money yourself." ”

The Magic Book looked at the book in the young man's hand suspiciously: "Didn't you already buy it in the morning, why do you still want to buy it?"

The boy spread out the cover of the magazine, pointed to the characters on it that had been retouched by the painter with a brush, and said, "See? This is Angel, my best friend! For the first time, he is the cover character of "Night Whispers of the Fireflies", so I naturally want to buy an extra copy to treasure. ”

The Black Book also knew Ingres, and had seen Ingres before when he had not become a spirit. It can be said that Angel and Nausicaa are equally important in the hearts of their masters.

Looking at the characters on the cover of the magazine, this is the first time that Heidian has seen Angell's appearance after becoming a spirit.

Handsome, young, and full of youthful spirit.

"Why did Ingres appear on the cover of Firefly Night Talk?" asked Heidian curiously.

"Because he's done something big. The young man said a little proudly, as if he was talking about himself: "I didn't expect that Ingres would have such a bumpy and bizarre experience, I really wanted to meet him and ask about the situation at that time." What is the Lord of the Ice Valley like?Where did the source fire go?And ......?"

As soon as he spoke, his mouth began to chatter.

"I don't know, will he come to the Rising Star Competition? Probably not, his current strength should not be enough to participate in the Rising Star Competition...... Alas, it seems that we can only wait for the game to be over, and go back to the savage cave to see him again. ”

After he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered the topic: "By the way, hurry up and help me buy a copy of "Firefly Night Language", if it is a little later, if it is not sold, it will be bad." ”

Heidian nodded helplessly and walked out of the alley.

At this time, the light of the alley illuminated the joy in the young man's eyes. In the change of light and shadow, this person can be seen to be the one who came to Sky Machinery City to participate in the Nova Competition-Sairum.

......

Near the edge of the North Sea, there is a city called Paradoba.

The city is divided into a new city and a deserted city, and the architecture of the new city is very unified with the style of Yirongguo, and the ubiquitous reinforced concrete and steam machinery. The sky was gray and full of industrial exhaust fumes.

And the deserted city is actually a deserted urban area, separated from the new city by a river.

The architectural style of the deserted castle is the style of the former Yirong Kingdom, and it is full of Byzantine architecture with a sense of religion. Although there are similar buildings in the new town today, there are various steam machines around, and it seems that there is a lack of religious flavor.

The deserted city is basically deserted, except for a few wanderers and some poor people who live here.

The tall domed building is unmaintained and littered with debris, giving it a sense of apocalyptic ruins after the destruction of the city of religion.

At this time, the sun has just set, and the stars and moon have just woken up. The thin night gradually expelled the afterglow of the sunset and encroached on the land.

In the deserted city, on top of a church that was once used for religious worship, a young apprentice wizard sits cross-legged.

This is a witch wearing a blue-black wizard's costume, the costume is very old, and the only highlights of the whole person are the bright red dancing shoes and bright red bows.

Around her floated a broom, which had an interesting pattern and a curved design at the handlebar, where a black-framed portable oil lamp with clear glass on all sides hung from the bend.

The light from the oil lamp allowed the witch to read the letter smoothly.

This letter was sent by her mentor, and the first sentence at the beginning was a fleshy "dear Qili", which made her shiver.

After reading the letter quickly, 99% of the content is to explain the feelings of longing, and the remaining 1% is not the topic, only one sentence: "The letter should be accompanied by this magazine." You can take a look at it, it will definitely surprise you. 」

Although Qi Li scolded Kanter for being improper, she seriously folded the letter in her hand and solemnly put it into the satchel on her waist.

After doing all this, Qi Li whispered, "Luna, is there a magazine that came with the letter?"

After a slight "meow" sound, a young black cat suddenly ran out of the dark deserted city, don't look at its small size, but its movements are very sensitive. With the help of various landing points, he quickly jumped to Qi Li's side.

After the little black cat landed, it rubbed at Qili's feet, and then took out a magazine twice the size of its face from the bell around its neck.

"How could the tutor let me watch this kind of gossip and miscellaneous ...... Hey, isn't this him?" Qi Li looked at the book cover with some suspicion in her eyes?

Why does the character on the cover look more and more like Ingres?

Originally, Qi Li didn't want to read a magazine like "Hotaru Night Talk", but at this time, she turned the page with curiosity.