Chapter 58: A Prosperous City, but Slowly Dying (Part I)
The maid sighed and said to Cervantes, "I wanted to 'go and go back quickly', but now it seems impossible. β
Three times during these three days they asked to see Krylov III, but each time he had reason to refuse their request, and they did not see His Majesty.
Today is the fourth day that they have come to Greenland, and if the next day is that His Majesty let them rest and rest first, considering that they have just arrived, and they should have consumed a lot of energy and physical strength along the way, there is actually nothing wrong with it, but the two requests for an audience on the third and fourth days were rejected by him, and now, no matter how dull he is, he can see that there is something wrong with it.
The black dragon tilted his head, it didn't matter much, he was a giant dragon, for him, it was the same everywhere.
The two of them now live in a high-end hotel, after all, the old duke sold the villa in the inner city two or three hundred years ago, until now, the Sad Wind family's property in Greensheep is probably only an immortal magic material shop.
It's a pity that the food is tasteless, and the maid is ready to see what the attitude of His Majesty the King is, and then decides whether to sell this magic material shop in the inner city, after all, it is also a store in the inner city, and it should be able to sell for a lot of money.
The mages in the shop are hired, and the annual salary is not low, because the business is tepid, so it is quite idle, generally speaking, as long as you put up a name, and then let your apprentice manage it, so that there is an extra income.
For the current Grief, the only value of this store is probably to sell it at a good price.
On the way back, the maid dismissed the mage and asked him to sign a termination contract.
The mage was also very simple when he left, and he didn't quarrel with the maid because of this not low income, probably because he had been greedy for a lot of magic materials over the years, and he was afraid that the maid would settle accounts with him...... Of course, it is also possible that Cervantes, who is sitting on the side, is a little intimidating.
The high-class inn was arranged for them by the servants of the royal family, and after going back and getting the suitcase, the maid and the black dragon lived in the shop, the first and second floors were shops, and they lived on the third floor of the house.
This three-storey house with a sense of the period is rare in the inner city, and it is said that this is one of several properties given to the old duke by the 'virtuous king', but the other properties have been sold, and now only this house has not been demolished and rebuilt.
The royal family repairs the house every twenty years, and it has been eighteen years since the last time, and the maid wants to see if the Krylov III will take the initiative to bring it up, and if he does, then it means that he has the intention of wooing the Sadwind.
You must know that the Sorrowful Wind Leader is a strange thing in this country of mages, although it follows the unspoken rules and does not give knighthoods, but it will reuse knights, and even give knights fiefs, instead of non-divisions.
Because of these hundreds of years of 'pampering', the mage has completely become a 'noble', and even the 'magic technology' that Serena has been inexplicably looking forward to in the past has not had any new inventions and progress for a long time.
Airships are a product of more than 400 years ago, and they have only been slightly optimized today, but it is still too difficult to popularize them.
Not to mention being used as a means of transportation, even if it is used as a weapon, it is enough to choke.
Although the gods were afraid of the power of the Arcanists, they united the power of those slaves and the soon-to-be slaves to expel the Arcane Empire from the Arcane Empire, but now the Arcanist World has indeed become more humane, and the Arcanist does not treat intelligent beings as intelligent creatures in the first place, and only pursues the truth madly.
But because these years seem to be too peaceful, even with the supervision of the major churches, there are mages who are secretly creating 'synthetic beasts'.
Such a mage is hidden in this Greenland!
Serena used a text message to tell Edith that the two of them were going to spend some time in Greenland, and received a reply from her.
At the beginning, Cervantes told Serena that he had already discovered the traces of the demon in the [SMS], although he didn't know how to use magic, but when Serena asked him with [SMS], he told Serena the news, so the maid would hurriedly use the [Advanced Teleportation] to arrive.
The maid who remembered this suddenly felt very angry, and kicked Cervantes, who was sitting next to her, and the black dragon gave her maid a strange look - he didn't feel anything.
Jingle bells!
"Welcome. β
Rickan stared blankly at the beautiful woman in front of him who was smiling at him, and subconsciously looked at the store to make sure he was in the wrong place.
But he was surprised to find that he had not made a mistake.
The maid and the black dragon looked over when they heard the doorbell ring, and Serena smiled sweetly and said, "Welcome." β
The wooden door was pushed open, and in with the morning sun came an erect rat about four feet tall - a rat-people.
Looking at the clothes, it should be an adventurer, a rat adventurer who appeared in the inner city, it's really interesting!
Rykan withdrew his gaze, refocused his attention on the pretty woman, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "This young lady, is Master Dali out, and if so, I can come back tomorrow." β
Rickan didn't like to chew words, nor did he like the 'aristocratic tone', but in the face of this young lady with a good temperament, he found that he could not speak to this young lady in the same tone and tone as a female adventurer, and she had such a temperament.
Master DalΓ?
The maid keenly noticed that this rat adventurer did not have the suffix 'master', it should be someone that the mage knew.
"Master Dali has been fired. β
The maid noticed the confusion and panic on the Rat adventurer's face, and explained with a smile, "It's not what you think, it's just that this shop is about to be resold, so we fired Master Dali, not that he did anything. β
Rickan breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, so this young lady, can I still buy materials here?"
The maid smiled and nodded, "As long as you have enough money! at least we'll dispose of all the magic materials in stock before the shop sells them." β
Rykan touched the pocket of his clothes sewn into his clothes, and touched the warm 'round thing', he smiled and nodded, "Yes, then please bring me five refined scorpion venom, six purple stem grasses, and the eyes of a monitor lizard." β
"Okay, please wait. β
The maid kicked Cervantes under the table, and the black dragon pouted, and lazily got up and walked to the wooden shelf.
Serena wrapped the magic materials for making 'Ossified Poison' in silk cloth, and then handed them to the rat adventurer lying in front of the counter: "A total of thirteen gold Razel coins. β
Rickan showed some flattery, and hurriedly took the magic materials, "Thank you, thank you!"
Rykan counted out thirteen gold coins, then his hand suddenly paused and asked suspiciously, "Shouldn't it be fifteen gold coins?"
The maid patiently explained: "Because we have to clear the warehouse, we will discount it, and it is indeed thirteen gold coins." β
Thoughtful but relieved, Rickan placed the thirteen gold coins on the counter, picked up the magic materials, and prepared to leave the shop.
"Well, excuse me. β
Rykan turned his head and looked at the pretty young lady quizzically.
The maid looked a little worried and asked, "I remember that you were holding the materials to make 'Ossified Poison' in your hand, and you looked like an adventurer...... What's going on in Greenland?"
"You ...... Is it an out-of-tlander?"
Rykan watched them warily, his body tensed, and his hand climbed up to his waist, where there was a knife.
"Yes, I only came to Greenland a few days ago. The maid nodded in acknowledgement, "So, is there anything wrong with that?"
Rickan breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head and said, "It's nothing, it's just that the sewers of Greenland have been cleaned up recently, and there are many mages and alchemists in Greenland, and many waste potions have been poured into the sewers, breeding many monsters." His Majesty the King personally inquired about this matter a few days ago, so I may have been nervous lately. So, I wish you all the best of luck in making more money. β
The maid and the black dragon watched the rat adventurer walk out, and then the two of them looked at each other.
The maid muttered, "How did the adventurer know that Krylov III had asked about this?, and was the contradiction between the royal family and the nobility so obvious?, but why hadn't anyone ever mentioned it when we were wandering around Greenland before?"
"I don't know. The black dragon shook his head and sighed, "But it's troublesome." β
The maid sighed as well, then sat down, picked up the book on the table, and waited for the next guest to arrive.