Natalie's magical growth record

Chapter 18 Salamander City and the Rejected Letter

Affected by this accident, although Blair wanted to take the two guests from afar to visit other places in Nome City, Natalie and Alina were obviously a little unable to do so and just followed Blair for a brief tour. After checking out the largest library and museum in Tuzhinan District, I hurried back.

And what about Blair? After sending the two people away, they not only have to help the administrative department deal with the aftermath of the accident in Eden Village, but also maintain the daily order of the Tsuchinonan District on this basis.

Looking at the pile of documents and books in front of his desk, Blair couldn't help but feel a headache. At this moment, he couldn't help but envy Alina and Natalie, who were able to enjoy their time out freely.

Let's talk about the two people who were envied by Blair. The two people seemed not to be affected by Blair's busy work. The next day they went directly to Salamander City, the main city of the West District of Fire, as originally planned.

"Um...Teacher Alina..." Looking at the red and white door standing in front of the two of them, Natalie raised her head cautiously and asked, "Are we going to continue to issue commissions today?"

"That's right."

"Then what kind of person is the sage of the West District of Fire?"

Before getting the commission bottle, Natalie said with some anxiety.

"Yugiri, how should I put it? He is a very individual person. Anyway, you should say hello to him first and see if he will reply."

Alina thought for a while, but after all, she did not tell the student the truth she knew. She patted the student's shoulder with relief, then directly picked up the entrustment bottle in the center of the magic circle and asked the student to write a letter.

"Um…"

Seeing that the teacher, who was a sage, did not show any obvious strange emotions, Natalie's nervousness also subsided for the most part. After following the teacher's instructions, she folded the letter with the contents and put it in the bottle, and she felt very satisfied. Stepped aside expectantly.

However, her expectation did not last long. After the light of the magic circle where the commission was submitted disappeared, the person who appeared just took the bottle from Natalie's hand and left without saying a word. He neither showed any familiarity with Teacher Alina, nor did he wear the cloak reserved for sage assistants.

"Since we didn't meet him, let's go shopping by ourselves. When Master Yugiri is free some other time, we can come and play with him."

Alina didn't seem surprised by this result. She just touched the girl's head gently and comforted the somewhat disappointed student with a slightly regretful tone.

"Um…"

Natalie nodded, reluctantly cheered up, and followed Alina to other parts of Salamander City.

Salamander City, like the other three main cities, is an important city named after the elemental elves. It is different from the East District of Wind and the South District of Earth. The West Zone of Fire is just as its name sounds, hot and dry, with no wind all year round. If people from other areas come unexpectedly, they will definitely not be able to adapt to this dry and windless environment in a short period of time.

Alina naturally took this into consideration, so when they first entered Salamander City, she arranged a simple wind barrier around her and Natalie in advance to simply isolate them from the outside. Uncomfortable environment.

Next is food. Natalie followed Alina all the way down. Most of the stalls and shops on the street sold some dry pasta or some heavy-flavored food with a lot of spices. Of course, Natalie will not try these, and Alina will not try with Natalie.

Then there was the clothing. Natalie discovered that most of the people on the street were wearing thin clothing, as if due to the hot weather, and some men were even walking on the street wearing sandals.

These were the first times Natalie had seen them, so driven by curiosity, she began to carefully look at the clothes of the people around her. However, after observing so frequently, she realized belatedly that she and her teacher were incompatible with the surrounding environment.

As if her thoughts were confirmed, people on the street were already looking over.

Feeling these gazes that were neither close nor hostile, Natalie, who was still happily observing the things around her, suddenly withdrew her gaze from looking around with a guilty conscience, and leaned towards the teacher in a panic.

"It doesn't matter, Natalie doesn't need to pay too much attention to them, because..." Before she finished speaking, Alina glanced sharply, and at the same time, she unceremoniously threw a wind blade whose strength was adjusted by her in the direction behind them. magic.

boom--

Before Natalie could realize what was going on, they heard a dull sound behind them. Natalie was confused and couldn't help but look back, but she happened to meet the resentful eyes of a person behind her.

"Don't be afraid, teacher, I will never let those pickpockets hurt Natalie." After speaking, Alina immediately increased her strength to hold the student, comforting her.

"Um…"

"Don't worry, if Lord Yugiri knows that someone is bullying our Natalie, he will definitely seek justice for Natalie."

Alina smiled gently again, gently bent down and touched the student's head.

"is that so…"

"Of course, the teacher promises you! Let's go, I suddenly thought of a very good place, let's go and see it together."

Seeing that the student still looked a little scared, Alina simply took Natalie out of the densely populated area and went straight to the outskirts of Salamander City.

"Um…"

Although she was still a little scared, Natalie did her best to straighten her back and followed her teacher closely out of the bustling business district.

……

dong dong dong~
  At the same time, there were three well-timed knocks on the door in a dark room on the top floor of a mansion in Salamander City.

"what's up?"

The people in the room responded impatiently, as if they didn't want to be disturbed.

"Sir, I have your letter."

The deacon answered politely and succinctly through the door.

"Dispose of it."

In one sentence, it was crisp and unceremonious.

The deacon was obviously panicked and quickly reminded: "This is a letter from Suzuran-sama and her students."

"Wind of the Bell Lily?" The person in the room chuckled and opened the door, "Forget it, just give me the letter."

"Yes…"

After receiving the master's consent, the deacon hurriedly handed the letter through the crack in the door, which had limited space.

Immediately afterwards, the owner of this mansion, the 14th sage assistant of the Western District of Fire, a group of violently beating flames appeared above the fingertips of Fire Yugiri, and before the deacon could stop him, it suddenly He burned the letter which reminded him of unpleasant past events.

"Sorry, please continue to rest."

Without saying a word, the deacon quickly made the right choice for him at the moment. He bowed solemnly to the people in the room and gently closed the door to do other things.

As the last ray of light disappeared on the other side of the door, the entire top floor of the mansion returned to its previous appearance shrouded in darkness...

(End of this chapter)