my age of magic

Chapter 1144 247. Alia and Demi
The magic caravan was parked outside the gate of Aliya's new estate, and Katerina and I jumped out of the magic caravan.

He casually threw a silver coin to the coachman, and waved to him, indicating that he could leave. The coachman took the silver coin and quickly put it in his arms. He said: "Thank you for your generosity, and may the goddess of luck always be by your side."

After the coachman finished speaking, he raised his whip and flicked it in the air. The ancient horse immediately raised its hooves, stepped on the hard snow-covered road, and disappeared into the snowy night pulling the magic caravan.

The street lights at the door were a bit dim. A guard poked his head out of the gatehouse and saw Katerina and I standing at the gate. He hurriedly opened the door and ran out of the gatehouse. A copper hot pot was lit on the wooden table, steaming hot inside, and a wine glass and a piece of fresh meat were placed beside it, and a small knife for cutting meat was placed on a wooden plate.

The guard put on a large suede sheepskin coat and pushed open the big iron gate. I stepped into the manor. The guard at the gate quickly closed the gate, took out a lantern from the gatehouse, and ran to the front to guide me. , the guards were only halfway away, and Betty, Alia's personal maid, had already greeted her from the villa. Betty's long silk dress was only covered with a fur coat, and she was wearing a pair of beige short leather boots, with a section of ivory-colored boots. The exposed calves are better than the snow in the yard.

She saluted me slightly, then took the lantern from the guard at the gate, walked to Katerina's side, took Katerina's arm affectionately, and whispered a few words in Katerina's ear, Katerina hid Smiling, seeing that Betty was wearing thin clothes, he hurriedly dragged her to the villa, and it was obvious that Betty and Katerina had a very harmonious relationship.

Aliya is standing at the door of the villa, behind her are two exquisite wood-carved doors that are open, and the bright light from the living room shines through her back. , Alia smiled faintly, her face makeup was very light, but very delicate, her long golden hair was tied behind her head, making her figure look extraordinarily tall.

Seeing me climbing the stone steps at the door, she took my arm affectionately, and pressed her full forehead and chest against my arm, making me feel unparalleled softness. Alia walked into the hall of the villa with me, walking Say to me, "How's the Yerkes Scholars' inscription display going?"

The warm air in the hall rushed towards my face, I took off my coat, and I sat on the soft leather sofa, took the wet towel she handed over and wiped my face.

Said to Aliya: "Everything is going well, and Yerkes specifically asked me to say thank you to you in person. He likes the layout in the exhibition hall very much."

A few red-burning fruit trees were burning in the fireplace, and there were two crackling sounds from time to time. A maid added some new firewood to the fireplace to make the fire in the fireplace burn hotter. Another maid came from the kitchen. There was a plate of exquisite fruit, grapes, apples, pears and plums, and these colorful fruits had some water droplets hanging on them, which looked very beautiful.

Katerina and Betty went upstairs together, and vaguely I heard Betty ordering the maid to prepare hot water. Katerina whispered to Betty as she walked, and untied her red hair casually, letting her thick long hair hang down behind her head , and took off the 'Earth Shield' leather armor on their bodies, and the maid who followed them hurried up and took the leather armor in their hands.

Aliya knelt down next to the coffee table, her plump legs under the long skirt outlined her charming curves, she poured me a cup of tea, and with a faint smile on her face, she said to me: "It's good that he is satisfied!"

She straightened the folds on the chest of the dress a little, then sat down next to me and asked me, "Are you going to Airport Town early tomorrow morning?"

I shook my head and reached out to hug her soft and slender waist, but Alia patted her away with her hand. I was worried and glanced at every corner of the hall, waiting for me with a little anger.

There were a few servants and maids in the hall, and it was obvious that Aliya was unwilling to lose the majesty of the master in front of these servants.

I leaned on the soft sofa, stretched myself, and said to her, "Before I leave tomorrow, I have to go to the academy to say goodbye to Scholar Xiaon."

I turned my head and wanted to kiss her bright red cheeks, but suddenly found that there was a trace of silence in her eyes at the moment, and when she saw me looking over, her eyes became as gentle as water again.

Holding Alia's hand, he hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but said to her: "How about...you go back to El City with me?"

"El City?" Alia smiled wryly, brushed a piece of messy hair beside her ear, and said to me: "The town of Mars no longer exists, and Zimmerman Manor has become a piece of land. Ruins, is there any point for me to go back?"

Looking at the exquisite hall, she moved the corners of her mouth slightly, and said to me: "I'd better stay in the imperial capital, and you can go back to El City with peace of mind. I will take care of the workshop and His Highness Qige for you." of the firm."

Alicia was silent for a moment, then put her arm around mine and held it tightly in her arms.

I squeezed her hand and said to her: "Alright, I'll be back when winter is over."

Aliya waved to a maid and gave her a few instructions. The maid turned and left before saying to me: "By the way, I have prepared some gifts here. You have to bring them to Ann and Jenny for me."

"Okay." I agreed.

After a while, the maid brought over ten large magic-sealing boxes with her servants, and I don't know how many things they contained. Looking at these magic-sealing boxes at my feet, I didn't open the magic-sealing boxes. Leah said: "Let you prepare the empty room, are you ready?"

Aliya was about to open a magic sealing box. Hearing what I said, she stopped immediately, sat up straight and said to me: "I'm ready, I'll have someone empty out the basement of the villa. The clutter has been moved to the warehouse next to the stable."

I supported my slightly tired body, stood up from the sofa, and said to Aliya: "Take me to your basement, and carry these magic sealing boxes there too."

The basement of the villa is next to the kitchen of the villa, where some sundries and ingredients were originally stored. Walking down the stone steps for a few meters, you can feel a cool breath in the basement.

The waiter carried the lantern and walked ahead, the steps were a bit steep, and when he came to the stone door in the basement, the waiter pushed open the stone door vigorously, and the heavy stone door made a creaking sound, as if there was a lack of lubricating grease in the shaft. Walk into the empty basement first. There is not much moisture in this basement. The waterproof layer should be well done. Only a little hoarfrost condenses on the ceiling above the corner. The basement floor is paved with terrazzo. These slabs are put together , with almost no gaps.

The basement of Aliya’s new house is several times larger than the basement of my rented house. All the items on the shelves have been cleaned up, and it can be seen that they have been carefully cleaned. I asked the servant to put the magic sealing box in the basement Then I let the waiters and servants leave, and only Alia and I were left in the basement. I closed the heavy stone door and hung the lantern on the hook behind the stone door.

I opened a portal to Xinliu Valley by the stone door in the basement, and then I took Aliya into Xinliu Valley together. Two orc warriors wearing white rhinoceros magic pattern leather armor guarded the teleportation altar. The open space below is full of copper hot pots, and these copper hot pots are stacked together like a long flower wall.

The most meaningful thing Murray has done recently is to buy nearly a thousand copper hot pots for me in the free market in front of the Tower of Pride, because these copper hot pots are all Imitating the best-selling models on the market, these copper hot pots are very simple to install with the 'Focus Fire' rune plate.

The production of copper hot pots at Xinliu Valley Workshop is insufficient, and the Magic Engraving Workshop has stockpiled several boxes of 'Fire Gathering' rune plates. With the copper hot pots that Murray bought back in time, a batch of newly baked copper hot pots is very fast. Soon they were neatly piled up in the stone room of the teleportation altar.

Now there are three magic engraving machines in Xinliu Valley working day and night. Under the careful maintenance of the old dwarf craftsman, although the working efficiency of the magic engraving machine is not satisfactory, it has been very stable, especially the performance of the third magic engraving machine is much higher than that of the first magic engraving machine. It is naturally very efficient to produce rune tablets day and night in Xinliu Valley.

When Kalancuo learned that I had arrived in Xinliu Valley, he rushed over and saw Aliya standing beside me, and nodded slightly to her.

Aliya took good care of little Ella in the imperial capital, and Kalancuo always kept these things in mind, that's why she was so kind to Aliya.I asked Kalancuo to order people to move these copper hot pots and 'miniature tornado' rune boards out of Xinliu Valley. I don't know how many times this kind of living orc warriors have done it. They have already packed these goods without special instructions. Stacked neatly.

Then I took Alia to the silk reeling workshop. At the door of the silk reeling workshop, Alia hugged my arm with limp legs, her face was pale, and she refused to go in no matter what. She had nothing to do with those giant spiders. I felt an inexplicable fear, so I ordered the native women of Yero to move the prepared magic-weave spider silk ingots to the warehouse square.

It was the first time for Aliya to see the three magic engraving machines in the workshop. She saw pieces of magic rune plates being printed directly on the magic engraving machines. Aliya covered her mouth in surprise and leaned against the stone wall. She couldn't even utter the last sentence. When Aliya saw the magic engraving machine for the first time, she knew what these magic machines meant.

These magic engraving machines mean that the era when inscribers are the primary productivity of magic runes is about to pass away, and magic machines will gradually replace the junior inscription masters in the manual workshops.

Aliya used to be the wife of Colin Babington, the first heir of the Babington family, and has always been the speaker of the Babington family in the imperial capital, so she is very clear about the rune board process. She is testing Watching a 'Focus Fire' rune board ignite a flame in the hands of the female dwarf, touching those exquisite round magic rune boards excitedly, she couldn't put it down.

She turned her head and asked me: "You told me before that you want to win back the exhaust fan market, so you already have these plans, right?"

I nodded and said to her honestly: "Although I have always had this plan before, these magic engraving machines have been successfully developed one after another in the recent period."

"Such a magic engraving machine is almost equivalent to ten junior magicians drawing magic rune boards day and night..." Alia stood beside the magic engraving machine for a while, and said to me.

Afterwards, she picked up a metal magic line rune plate, carefully groped the magic pattern on it with her fingertips, and asked me: "Engraving magic metal rune magic line on an ordinary copper plate also greatly reduces the manufacturing cost." , Those waste rune plates do not have magic metal plating, so that the cost of materials is saved, and there is no manual cost for the inscriber, how much do you plan to buy such a magic rune plate?"

After thinking about it for a while, I said to Aliya: "I said that I want to take back the exhaust fan market that originally belonged to me. After I have accumulated enough magic rune boards and prepared enough exhaust fans, I will fight the price with them." I am going to set the price of the new exhaust fan at half the price of the cheapest exhaust fan on the market."

I picked up a discarded rune board, threw it in the waste bin, and said, "At least I can sell the exhaust fans, but the rune boards in the hands of junior inscribers will probably be rotten. Unless they are willing to lower the price!"

Aliya heard me say this, took a deep breath, and said to me: "These new-style rune tablets are not only a nightmare for junior magicians in the imperial capital, but also for the industrial area of ​​San Carlos City. "

When talking about the city of San Carlos, Alia's eyes ignited a hot flame, she bit her lip and asked me: "What do you need me to do here in the imperial capital?"

I said to Alia: "I asked the orc warriors to move the 'miniature tornado' rune boards in your basement. You can find someone to make an exhaust fan and put it on the market little by little at a low price. Let the imperial capital first Warm up the magic market, let the magic merchants get used to these metal magic line rune plates, but these 'miniature tornado' rune plates I gave you are the only batch of metal I gave you before returning from El City Rune boards. When you release exhaust fans to the market, you have to plan, and invest in stages, because the second batch of rune boards I will provide you will at least wait until the spring blossoms."

I patted my forehead and said to her: "The other thing is to help me keep an eye on Murray in the rune plate workshop, check the accounts in the workshop with him regularly, and let him hoard as many round copper plates as possible, The wooden box of the exhaust fan can also be customized, and the workmanship should be as detailed as possible.”

Aliya stuck to my back, hugged me tightly, put her face on my back, and said to me softly: "Leave these things to me! Jijia..."

"Huh?" I held her hand tightly and said a word.

Aliya said softly to me: "I'll wait for you to come back!"

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The morning sun bathed the imperial capital, and the row upon row of roofs was covered with a thick layer of snow, which reflected the dazzling light, making it hard for people to keep their eyes open. Walking out of Alia's new courtyard, Looking back, I saw Alicia wearing thin silk pajamas, waving to me in front of the glass window, and I waved goodbye to her.

Katerina was wearing a leather armor with magic patterns, and her curly red hair was flying in the cold wind. She stood beside me and said to me with a half-smile: "Jijia, I found a strange thing!"

"what happened?"

I turned my head and asked her, she rarely had such a strange expression, all along, no matter what I did, she would support me unswervingly like Kalantso, even if my choice was wrong.

Katerina looked back at a marble column in the corridor outside the courtyard, and said to me: "In Alia's manor, there is a noble lady who has been avoiding you intentionally or unintentionally!"

"..." I looked at her speechlessly.

Katerina squinted at the stone pillar, as if someone was hiding behind it, and she said to me: "Every time you leave, she will hide in the shadows and watch you leave."

"Who is it? Someone who admires me?" I followed Katerina's gaze and looked there, but found nothing.

At this time, Katerina said to me again: "I asked Betty about the identity of the noble lady. She is Mrs. Alia's niece—Miss Demi. She came to El City and has been studying with Alia recently. Management."

Miss Demi is the daughter of Earl Zimmerman. I have heard from Alicia that Demi is in the imperial capital, but I haven't seen her recently, and I thought she had returned to El City.I said to Katerina: "Demi? I heard Alia said that she was in the imperial capital, and I thought she and Ann went back to El City. I remember that when I was teaching Ann about magic knowledge in El City, I often could Seeing her in Mrs. Jenny's hotel, why didn't she dare to come out to see me?"

Katerina smiled at me and said, "Maybe the only way to know the answer is if you ask her yourself."

I scratched my head helplessly, walked towards a magic caravan parked on the side of the street, and said, "No matter what, there are still a lot of things to do in a few days, call a magic caravan, let's go to the Royal Academy of Magic first, and tell Xiao Scholars En leave, maybe he will have something to bring to Mentor Heidi."

Katerina walked side by side with me, and seeing that I didn't care about it, she replied briskly, "Oh."

(End of this chapter)