my age of magic

Chapter 407 203. Midsummer Night

The long street in El City was dimly lit, and the street lamps on both sides of the street had all been lit up, and the dim yellow halo was reflected on the faces of pedestrians through the glass cover, so soft.The warm evening wind blows on people, making this hot Xiachong a rare coolness. Many people who hide in the house during the day will take to the street at this time, or move a chair at the door of their house. Everyone gathered together to sit and enjoy the cool air.

The men would take out a little sweet and sour golden cider from the wine cellar, pour it into a decanter in a glass bottle, and then ask the children to buy some ice cubes from the ice shop at the corner of the street, and throw a few pieces in it , The remaining cool ice cubes will become a good summer gift for children.It’s just that there are new changes in the ice shop in the city of Ai Er this year. Now the children can no longer satisfy the bland ice cubes. They prefer to eat a cold drink of red bean smoothie. When the children hold a bowl of cool ice in one hand Red bean ice, when walking back from the street with an ice bucket in the other hand, I don’t know if the hands of the men sitting under the Lianxiang tree will tremble while touching their purses, maybe they When I think about going to work tomorrow, I should work harder.

The housewives sitting on the wooden plinths of the doorway might be talking about another drop in the price of something in the grocery store this summer, and they were discussing in whispers that the rawhide in a certain shop had dropped again.Maybe I should take advantage of the reduced price to buy a piece of leather to make a pair of suede shoes, and line the shoes with a piece of wolf fur to ensure that they will be warm all winter.

Many merchants in El City are dumping some inventory in the warehouse. No one can tell whether the cans and leathers shipped from the plateau will go bad or have insects in such a hot summer. In this midsummer season, the stocks in those warehouses have become delicacies on the tables of the citizens.Recently, more and more caravans have come down from the Pai Plateau, bringing back a lot more types of goods. They are like countless stones thrown into a pond, making the water surface of the originally very calm business district in El City There are layers of water waves on it.

I am thinking about the future livelihood of those orcs. Since they have become my followers, I can’t let them live in the shack all the time, cooking the vegetable leaves picked up from the vegetable market in iron pots and eating swill from restaurants every day. , It's a bit nerve-wracking.Maybe they wouldn't mind living on that strange plane, if that's okay...

After all, it should be discussed with those orcs, maybe they can have their own tents tonight.Tomorrow morning, they should be able to nibble on black bread and drink oatmeal at the same time. They don’t have to get up from the cold bed hungry and go to work in the city with the stars on their heads. if……

I held the copper collar around the neck of the elf girl who was on the road alone. Unfortunately, my name was not engraved on this collar. Deep gratitude, at that moment she was sure that she had obtained the rarest freedom.

Before she left, she said to me: She still can't believe it, she asked me why?
I just smiled at her faintly at that time, and said casually: Actually, there is really no reason, if there is one, it is too far-fetched.

Her eyes are as clear as lake water, and after regaining her freedom, some magical fluctuations appeared around her body. After the "soul contract" that restricted her freedom was revoked by me, the slave catcher set a After all the magic restraints were released, I found that her eyes were still clear, and gradually revealed the confidence that only a strong person can have.

The elf girl looked at me, probably wanting to know what the very far-fetched reason was.

I was a little overwhelmed by her staring eyes, so I could only say a little embarrassed: "Fifty magic crystals! Anyway, I am reluctant to take them out to buy a female slave. You are a good friend of mine who bought it back and gave it to you For me, he felt that he owed me a great favor, so he wanted to give me a very expensive and precious gift."

"That's not a reason!" The elf girl's imperial language is not standard, but her voice is very pleasant.

I muttered in a low voice: "I don't like elves!"

I'm not sure if she heard me, I guess she heard it, because she gave me a hard look as she turned away, just when I thought she was going to go up the airport tower with the crowd At that time, she turned her back to me and said softly: "Can't you put that reason in a high-sounding way? You can say that you are looking for love on the road of life, or you are pursuing truth on the road of magic, or you can also say that you want to help me as much as you can. There are people around who can help…”

On the contrary, I couldn't hear her words clearly at the end. Her tone of voice seemed to be singing, but I was just feeling infinitely emotional at the time. She really deserves to be an elf who came out of the city of art!

Before she left, she said "I hope to have the opportunity to meet again in the future", which shows that she is still grateful to me.

Thinking about every trivial thing one by one, I arrived at that familiar street before I knew it, and I saw lights in the attic from a distance, Tracy's figure leaned out from the attic window, probably taking advantage of the wind Enjoy the cool air comfortably at night.

The street lamp in the distance stretched my shadow very long, and as I slowly approached that street lamp, the shadow behind me became clearer and clearer.There are some simple magic circles engraved on the base of each street lamp. The wick in the lampshade is actually a hollow copper ball mixed with a small amount of magic red copper, but the craftsmen brushed a little on the surface of the copper ball. A thin layer of moonstone powder, some fragments of magic crystals are placed in the central area of ​​the magic pattern circle, and the entire magic pattern circle is driven by those magic crystal fragments, so that the moonstone powder emits a faint yellow brilliance. The structure of the magic lamp is simple, and the only core is the hollow copper ball coated with moonstone powder and the magic pattern circle under the copper ball.

This kind of street lamp is a commodity shipped from the imperial capital. In all the magic guilds in the entire northern city, there is no inscription master who can simplify the magic pattern circle in the street lamp so thoroughly, and even use moonstones and magic crystals together. It can be said that the idea is very novel, but the cost is not cheap.At present, only some streets in the eastern part of El City have installed such street lights.

The instructor in charge of the magic patterns in the Academy of Magic has studied this kind of street lamp, and specially brought a street lamp to the classroom for this purpose, and disassembled it on the spot.I remember that the instructor at that time said with admiration: If any of the students here can make such magic props that benefit the people when they are on the road of inscription masters in their lifetime, don’t forget to send him a copy of it. pieces so he can brag about it at parties with his friends.

After I got home, I couldn’t avoid being nagged by Fanny. Sneaking out of the house while recuperating was a mistake in itself. How could I dare to argue with Fanny? Seeing that I was very hungry, Fanny lifted the copper pot on the stove, poured out a cup of fragrant milk tea, and pushed it in front of me.

"You're obviously injured, but you still have to run around!" Fanny complained to me as she sat across the dining table.

Seeing me eating like a hungry wolf, Fanny was in an atmosphere and distressed, and couldn't help nagging me: "If you come back too late, then eat something outside, don't come back hungry, yes Is it not enough pocket money?"

Just as I was waving my hands repeatedly, Tracy, who was wearing a cool and loose nightgown, came down from the stairs and said to Fanny complainingly: "Hey, how can I be so partial, I'm your biological daughter. I've never seen you ask me that before!"

After finishing speaking, Tracy went to the sofa where Leonte was sitting, hugged Leonte's neck affectionately, put her forehead against Leonte's bearded cheek, and whispered: "Hey, Dad, did you see that Fanny Are you jealous of being so kind to Jijia, do you want to join hands with your daughter to protest against Fanny?"

It seems that Alante left my house awkwardly that day, and did not bother Tracy too much. I was slightly relieved. At this time, Tracy also came to the dining table, and Fanny used her eyes fiercely. Gouged her out, but poured her another cup of milk tea before saying, "Even if you want to keep fit, why don't you try the milk tea I made?"

On such a quiet and warm night, probably every family in El City will get together at this time to talk about each other's trivial matters during the day, which is like having the warmth of home.The flames of the candlesticks on the dining table were constantly beating. Liante got up and went to the half-opened bottle of golden cider and an empty goblet over the wine cabinet. He gestured to me with the bottle, and I shook my head. Say no.

The men in El City always like to drink a little wine after dinner. Usually they only drink some aperitifs at the table, and when they usually drink, they always drink after meals, such as now.Occasionally, some appetizers will be found, sometimes it will be a simple fried fish or a plate of chips. Girls rarely have the opportunity to drink. The custom here is that drinking is a man's business, even Fanny Also occasionally encourages me to taste the taste of cider.

Some people say that the men in El City are very qualified wine tasters. I think this is very appropriate, but I prefer to drink a little while eating, and I am not used to this way of drinking after dinner, even here I have lived for five years, and I am not used to this practice.I sat quietly at the dining table and ate pumpkin pie, motioned Tracy to take down an iron bucket from the side table, casually raised an arm supported on the dining table, and flexibly drew a picture in the air with my fingers. A simple magic circle.

The water elements slowly lined up water spheres the size of pigeon eggs in the air. Just as the sound of my quaint incantation fell, dozens of water spheres condensed into ice at a speed visible to the naked eye amidst the creaking sound. Dangdang fell into the iron bucket, and when everyone was stunned, he pushed the iron bucket half filled with ice cubes in front of Leonte, grinned slightly at him and said, "Try to add ice." Yes, maybe the taste is not bad!"

In fact, since I became a magic apprentice, I rarely show off my magic skills at home. Seeing that Fanny and Tracy both have big mouths and look at the bucket of ice in shock, it is obvious that This little spell was like an ice storm, which terribly disturbed their peaceful hearts. Maybe they had never regarded me as a magic apprentice before, and now seeing the little spell I cast , It is also beyond surprise.

Leant wasn't too surprised, probably because he had more contact with magicians at ordinary times, and he wasn't too surprised by such a small magic skill. It looks really good!"

...beautiful dividing line...

I have always had a question in my mind, and probably this question will not have the correct answer until I meet the wise man of Meyerna again.

When I saw these orcs again the next day, they were still preparing lunch at noon, watching the little half-orc girl Ella squatting next to the big iron pot like other orc children, watching a clean and The beast girl in simple leather armor was cooking porridge. She kept stirring the pot with a large wooden spoon. The edge of the pot was pasted up, and it was already pasted half a circle when I went.

The lame old orc Zewang is an old shaman and witch doctor. In the orc tribe, the level of shaman and witch doctor is similar to that of magic apprentices. However, for orcs, once they have magical power, they can have a stone stone. Drum totem, this is the ability of junior shamans and witch doctors. When they become real shamans, they will master the real totem power.However, for the old orc Zewang, he may not be able to cultivate to the peak state of shaman and witch doctor in this life. If he cannot reach the peak state of shaman and witch doctor, there is no way to break through the bottleneck and become a real shaman. When Wang came, this was a great pity, after all, every orc had the dream of becoming a great shaman buried in his heart.

Even in such a hot summer, the old orc insisted on wearing a leather jacket. It seemed that the living habits on the Pai Plateau were hard to get rid of.

Those orc girls who were too poor to even wear clothes in the shack all day were sitting at the entrance of the tent, earnestly sewing more light leather armor, even though these leather armors were only from the side. The ordinary cowhide bought from the leather workshop next to the slaughterhouse, the cowhide of these beef cattle in the slaughterhouse is very cheap, and a large number of one-horned bison cowhide brought back from the Pai Plateau is flooding the entire leather goods market, making the quality of this kind very poor. This kind of thin and tough beef cowhide is already rotten on the street, otherwise the leather workshop would not sell the cowhide to me at the price of one silver coin per hide.

But for these orcs, wearing leather armor will feel that they are wearing clothes, and the orc girls are finally wearing simple stitched half-length leather armor.

Perhaps it was because the orc girls rushed to work overnight, but after only one night, five cowhide tents had already been set up next to the camp.

I don't know what this orc wise man who lived a simple life like an ascetic monk had instilled in these orcs. In short, when they heard that they would collectively migrate to a quiet and rich small plane to live, the lame old man The orc Zewang seemed very excited. I almost didn't waste too much talk, and I didn't even ask where I was going, so I agreed excitedly.

There are still many things to prepare for next. Before nearly one hundred orcs enter Xinliu Valley collectively, they need to make some adequate preparations. At least everyone needs to carry some food and enough tents. Originally, I suggested that Ze Wang bought some finished products in the market, but the old orc insisted that the orc girls sew them by themselves. Orcs are born to be leather makers.

The orcs in the bonfire camp have already made a preparation for a long journey. I made an appointment with the old orc Zewang to leave here in three days.

(End of this chapter)