my age of magic

Chapter 272
The full name of this small market is College Market. The entire street on the left side of the college is occupied by this market. The red and green restaurants on both sides of the street show the prosperity of this market. Many people who were not hungry originally heard about it. When you see those tempting aromas, you can't help but stop and take a closer look. If you are greedy, you may go to a small restaurant to eat a bowl of delicious stew. The stew restaurant here is the most famous in El City. of.

I remember that Fanny brought me here to eat stew once before. It seemed to be when I bought leather leggings for Tracy. I even drank the soup, it was very delicious, and I can still vividly remember that Fanny was sitting at the small table by the window, watching me eat with a smile.

Later, I came to this small market specifically. Although it was a bit far from my home, it was worth it for the delicious stew.But now, I am already a magic apprentice in the Magic Court of Zhanzheng College, and I attend classes every day in the college that is only a wall away from it, and it has been so long that I have not come here once.

Now, holding Ying Li's hand and wandering around in the small market, I didn't expect this small shop to come into my sight again, but my mood is completely different.In fact, one of the important reasons why I have a soft spot for this small shop is that the stewed meat in this small shop is authentic Pai plateau goat meat. I feel very satisfied and reminds me of many things from the past.

I've always wanted to bring someone to this place, share a bowl of delicious stew with me, and ask me to tell a story about my former life.But as the pace of life keeps getting faster and faster, this kind of thought has been forgotten in my mind. Until today, standing at the door of the small shop, the memories deposited in my heart were awakened by this familiar fragrance, just like a day A stone was thrown into the lake of my heart, and ripples appeared on the calm lake.

"Would you like to go in and taste the stew here? I remember Fanny brought me here when I was a child. I think it's delicious. I don't know if the taste has changed now!" I saw that there were still a few vacant tables in the small shop. , just ask Yingli.

Ying Li is soft-tempered and rarely refuses me. Although it's not time to eat yet, he readily agrees when I propose it.The residents of El City are accustomed to eating dinner when the sky is completely dark.At this time, there are so many people in this small shop, and it can be seen that the business of the small shop is very prosperous.

We found a seat by the window and sat down. I thought it would be a date with Ying Li, but now it's like a small party, three beautiful girls, Becky, Helena, and Lagertis Sitting across from us, the diners in the shop all looked over.No way, Helena's fairy-like beautiful face is very eye-catching no matter where she goes. Although she no longer wears makeup, most of the diners in this small shop are students from our college. Now, they can run into the campus goddess here, the excitement is beyond words.

Those exaggerated laughter, some people suddenly spoke in a more emphatic tone, and some people talked together, talking about this year's water polo game, about the midterm exam, and about the field adventure activities after the end of the semester.I know that these are all intended to attract Helena's attention, but Helena who sits across from me is always used to lowering her head. Can't hear anything.

Ying Li was curiously looking around at the exotic furnishings in the small shop. Her eyes fell on an oil painting hanging on the wall. On it was the ever-flowing Ulutu River. Several orcs Holding a kayak to ferry in the turbulent river, the painting is very vivid.

I said to Ying Li: "That is the Ulutu River. Its origin is the glacier on the top of the Daxue Mountain, the holy mountain of the orcs. It is a river formed by the continuous melting of snow water there. Even the mountain range is cut off from it, and after flowing through the western wilderness of the blood wolf tribe, it finally reaches the Baipuya and merges into the Benma River at the foot of the plateau. The water here is icy cold all the year round, and even the orcs dare not swim in the river... ..."

"Ah! There really is such a magnificent river? The scenery of the grassland on the bank is really beautiful. I have always thought of riding a horse on the real grassland, hey!" Countless stars appeared in Ying Li's eyes, and she looked enviously at the picture in the oil painting. He looked at the beautiful scenery, and then said to me wistfully: "Painters are always able to describe the scenery beautifully. Maybe standing there may not necessarily be as beautiful as the painting. Maybe the scenery in the eyes will be different if you are in a different state of mind."

I do think that one day I will return to the Pai Plateau, because there is my brother Kurtz, and I must go to see him.So I said, "When we graduate, shall I take you for a walk around the Pai Plateau?"

"Ah! Okay... ah. But I heard that the orcs on the Pai Plateau are very cruel, aren't you afraid?" Ying Li asked me worriedly.

To her one-sided remarks, I smiled and shook my head and said: "Many orcs are still very friendly to humans, and they are not as fierce as you think. When I was very young..."

Yingli and her best friends patiently listened to me telling stories about my childhood while tasting the stewed meat. I feel that now we have developed such an ambiguous relationship with Yingli, which is one step closer than good friends, and they are very close to each other. I like her, but I don't know anything about her life experience, and she never asked me about my past, I want her to know a complete me.

She listened very intently, her bright black eyes were like the twinkling stars in the night sky, sometimes she could always inadvertently reveal her elegant temperament, which made me feel that her appearance was not as ordinary as what I had seen.Becky said that she traveled to many places with her family when she was a child, and stayed in Haiyinsi for two years. Unfortunately, she was too young at that time and couldn't remember many things, unlike me who kept everything firmly in her heart. .

Ying Li kept silent about her childhood, just smiled and listened to our chat.

Through the glass window, I looked at the street outside the window. There were many students among the pedestrians coming and going. I found that their clothes were not just the school uniforms of the War College, but also students wearing the school uniforms of the Steins College. The crowds on both sides of the street There are street vendors full of stalls, and the products they sell are also dazzling. Most of the products are related to the academy, like various protective equipment that are often used in the Warrior Academy, or some exquisite weapons, and some Ordinary magic herbs and some blank magic paper.

When we walked out of the restaurant, Becky quietly pulled my sleeve and put her face next to my ear. She had a very unique deodorant that made my nose itchy. She didn't care about Ying Li's meeting. How do you look at it, put your face very close and asked me: "Jia, what did we eat just now?"

"Madbok meat!" I replied,
Becky was a little surprised, and asked me: "The magic antelope on the Pai Plateau, isn't that very expensive?"

The magic antelope skin is considered a bestseller in the imperial capital. Many magic paper processing workshops use the magic antelope skin. The selling price of these magic antelope skins on the Pai Plateau is about [-] to [-] silver coins per piece. The price in Sluit will double. Many people think that the magic antelope skin is a very expensive item, so the corresponding magic antelope meat should also be very expensive. In fact, the magic antelope meat in this shop is not expensive at all.

The reason is simple. During the hunting season on the Pai Plateau, skinned oryxes can be seen everywhere in the depths of the wilderness. If you follow a hunting team, it means that there is an endless amount of antelope meat. Over the years, with the continuous development and changes of the orc tribe, the magic antelope meat is not like before, after being skinned and thrown around, but sold directly to the accompanying caravan.

In recent years, the rise of canned food for lunch has greatly solved the embarrassing situation that the orc tribes can only enter and cannot enter. There are also some new industries that follow, parallel frozen meat is one of them. The cost of those thunder rhinoceros carrying them down from the plateau would have doubled.The clever businessmen came up with a way, which is to use the power of ice magic to freeze the fresh devil antelope meat into frozen meat, and then cut down a large amount of wood on Yelian Mountain, hollowed out the huge log, and stuffed it with Frozen meat, and then push these logs filled with frozen meat into the Ulutu River and let it flow down the river, directly down the Baipu cliff.

El City is not too far from the Benma River, so a large amount of magic antelope meat poured into the Grimm Empire, seriously impacting the meat market of the Grimm Empire. The magic antelope meat here is definitely not as expensive as imagined.

As the bustling crowds wandered through the small city, many of the stall owners were college students, and the things they sold were often very simple, such as a long-used Roman sword or a half-new boxing glove. I also saw a senior wearing a magic robe squatting in front of his booth. There were only two worn-out magic notebooks and a bottle of magic ink on his booth. He was sitting cross-legged with a pair of glasses with very thick lenses on the bridge of his nose. Quietly looking at a magic book in front of the booth.

Ying Li squatted down curiously, picked up a magic notebook and flipped through it, and asked, "How much will this notebook sell for?"

The stall owner withdrew his gaze, glanced up at Ying Li, and said incessantly: "Thirty silver coins, this notebook records all the symbolic knowledge that needs to be learned in the magic rune class. With it, at least You don’t need to take notes in the magic rune class anymore! Don’t look at it is a bit worn out, just change the cover of a page, it’s like brand new. You see, the whole notebook is bound in parchment paper, very thick, Junior, think it over, it’s definitely worth the money if you buy it back!”

Ying Li picked up the bottle of magic ink and looked at it again.

"Milk white ink, the necessary ink for making 'Ice Archery' magic scrolls, I've already sold quite a few, there's only one bottle left, if you want it, I'll sell it to you directly for one gold, every magic apprentice The path of an inscriber is inseparable from this kind of ink." The senior stall owner started selling again.

I really wanted to buy a bottle of milky white ink for making frost scrolls, but when I heard the price of the ink, I resolutely kept my mouth shut.I know that magic ink is expensive, but I didn't expect it to be so expensive. No wonder Yerkes kept silent about those magic inks.

The further you go, the more crowded it becomes.The originally narrow street was full of stalls, which was nothing at all, but the stalls in front were crowded with people. Through the gaps in the crowd, I saw Sophie wearing a robe of a magic apprentice from a distance. Sitting in front of the booth, several magical items were placed in front of her.There are many people around her booth.

Even though her face was covered with a gray veil, it was still difficult to hide her beautiful face. Perhaps a passing student recognized her deity. Suddenly, her booth was full of people, and Sophie's forehead was covered with It was covered with a thin layer of sweat beads. It seemed that it was not easy for her to close the stall and leave at this time.

The crowd became crowded, and I was worried that Yingli and Yingli would be separated, so I grabbed her hand, her face blushed slightly, she didn't dare to look at me, instead she whispered to Helena beside me, but her little hand was Obediently let me hold it tightly, I pulled Yingli and squeezed towards the booth where Sophie was, and Becky pulled Helena to follow behind us.

"It's Sophie!"

I whispered to Ying Li, Sophie is the assistant of Heidi's instructor, she is usually in charge of the daily affairs of the water magic class, so I am not very familiar with Ying Li, Ying Li heard me say this, follow my instructions Looking over, I was a little surprised and said, "Ah, really!"

Ying Li and I squeezed through with difficulty and stood in front of her booth, ready to say hello to Sophie, but when Sophie saw me, she immediately grabbed me as if she had met a savior. Pulling directly into the stall, Ying Li also screamed, and jumped into Sophie's stall with me.

The annoyed expression on Sophie's face has disappeared, she looked at me with a smile, and said to me in a voice that no one else could hear: "I was praying that someone could save me, but you appeared unexpectedly, hello! Jia, you can't do nothing, I have to sort out the magic scrolls for tomorrow's magic class for Instructor Heidi at night, but I don't have time to spend here, please! Help, help me close the stall!"

I thought to myself: I don't know what you have on your stall, the stalls here are crowded with people.

But at this time, someone in the crowd was already exclaiming: "Wow, this kid is the one who attended the dance with Teacher Sophie last time!"

Someone else whispered: "Helena, it's Helena, oh my God, Helena is dating her too."

"Fool, you dare to say that you are Helena's hardcore suitor. Don't you know that he has always been very close to Helena's best friend, Ying Li? They are all freshmen in this session of the Magic Court, and it is normal for them to get together... ..."

"This roundabout tactic is well done..."

For a moment, my old face was flushed by the words, and Sophie took advantage of this chaotic opportunity, bent down and hastily collected some magic books and magic scrolls on the booth, hugged her and squeezed into the crowd .

"Sophie, what about the booth? What about these items?" I saw that Sophie was about to leave, so I hurriedly asked.

She turned her head to look at me a little, gave me a charming smile, and said, "You sell it for me, then... see you tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)