Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 103 Afternoon in the Business District
"What's your name?" Rhodes turned to the grocery store owner.

"Hans," replied the grocer. It was a very common name.

"Isn't the 'Dalton's General Store' hanging outside?" Rhodes asked curiously.

"The boss is not here today, do you want to find him?" Hans said.

"No, no, I'm here to buy books." Rhodes replied.

"What kind of book do you want?" Hans asked again?
"It's related to magic." Rhode looked around, but he didn't see any bookshelves in this room.

"There are very few books related to magic that will be sold by us, so now we only have two here." Hans took out two thick books from under the counter, "Just take a look, if you read If you understand."

Rhodes opened one of them and found that he had never seen the text on it.

"What kind of text is this?" Rhodes asked.

Missel also looked over, "This should be the language of elves, those elves who live in the giant forest."

"No, it's the ancient Nord language." Hans shook his head, "Although I can't understand it, the boss knows it."

After hearing Hans' words, Michel blushed in embarrassment.

Speaking of the ancient Nords, Rhodes remembered a beast skin scroll in the tomb where he got the "Wise Men's Calamity" during his first adventure, which recorded a powerful combat skill.

Rhodes used the system to scan the scroll and obtained the Divine Illumination Technique, but the scroll was lost along with the space ring being stolen, which made Rhodes feel very sorry, otherwise he could ask the owner of the store to translate it.

"You can read another one, the other one is written in the current language, although I can't read it either." Hans said again.

Rhodes opened another book and browsed it roughly. He felt that it was all about the basics of magic theory, but this book was missing a few aspects.

"How much do you plan to sell this book?" Rhodes asked, picking up the book in his hand.

"At least three gold pieces and fifty silver pieces," Hans replied.

I had a premonition before that this book should not be cheap, but I didn't expect it to be so expensive. Rhodes remembered that he sold a good sword before and only sold it for a few gold coins.

"Forget it, don't buy it, this book is so damaged, it's useless, and it's a waste of money to buy it." Misel said beside him.

Michelle should be bargaining, I should cooperate with her, Rhodes thought beside her.

"How about it being cheaper?" Rhodes asked, "I only have one gold coin with me now, and I can't give you all of it."

"One gold coin is too little. I paid more than this amount when I received this book." Hans looked a little impatient.

"Then let's go to a few nearby stores first, there must be cheaper and more complete books than yours." Rhodes turned and walked out.

"Don't you want to buy it? Actually, I think this book is not bad. What I said just now was to bargain." Michelle held Rhodes back.

Rhodes sighed helplessly, he shouldn't have brought her here, how could she have the experience of doing business with civilians like she grew up in the knight order and was favored by the gods they believed in.

It was really difficult for her to make her think of such a counter-offer just now, but why can't she turn her head around afterwards?
Hans stood behind the counter and held back his laughter. This was not the first time he had seen such a thing, and he was ready to lower the price just now.

"For the sake of your partner's knowledge, three gold coins are enough for you?" Hans said.

Rhodes sighed, "I tell you, I only have one gold coin. Let's go, Michelle."

"You don't have enough money, I can help you." Michelle took out his wallet.

Rhodes hurriedly pressed her hand holding the wallet and pulled her out.

"Don't you buy it?" Michelle looked at Rhodes strangely.

Just now Rhodes secretly scanned it with the system, and the system did not directly reward him with a single martial art, which means that there is no magic recorded in this book, and the book is full of theoretical knowledge of magic.

Learning mathematics, physics and chemistry in the past made Rhodes feel extremely headache. If he is allowed to learn this kind of magic knowledge that he has never been exposed to before, it is estimated that he will learn to be autistic. For the sake of hair, it is better not to I bought it, lest I become bald like Baron.

"Forget it, I don't think it's necessary. Anyway, I won't read this book after buying it, and I can't understand it if I want to read it. It's better to buy some food, drink and clothes." Rhodes was a little helpless, looking at Mi Saier had a naive expression on his face, so he could say something in case he made her angry.

Or wait for the opportunity to teach her this kind of thing.

Forget it, let someone else teach her. Anyway, after sending her back, there is a high probability that she will never be able to meet her in her lifetime.

There is a vast sea of ​​people, and there are people from two countries, and the transportation in this world is inconvenient. I still have to return to Nord in the future, and become a Nord by myself. It is easier to become a nobleman in Nord than in other countries, and then get A piece of fiefdom, where you can comfortably farm for the elderly.

"So do you have anything to eat?" Michelle asked curiously.

"Not yet, if you walk a few more steps, you might meet them," Rhodes said.

The area of ​​the commercial area in Rapids is probably not as large as a pedestrian street in a modern city. There are mainly shops selling furniture and daily necessities. The grocery store that Rhodes just went to is almost at the entrance.

"Do you smell anything?" Michelle suddenly said as he walked into the main road of the business district.

"Nothing?" Seeing her like this made Rhodes a little nervous, and sniffed carefully with his nose, "Is it a fire?"

"No, let's go a little further." Michelle took Rhodes forward while smelling the smell again and again.

Rhodes followed curiously, and soon he seemed to smell something, like baking bread?
"It's here." Michelle pointed to a bakery and said.

The bakery door was open and they walked in.

The owner of the bakery is a fat middle-aged woman and said after seeing Rhodes and the others coming in

"Want something? We have all kinds of bread here."

Michelle pointed to something that looked like a cake in the window and said excitedly, "This is it!"

"This is the latest delicacy of the Fish Kingdom. They call it a cake. It is made of very fine flour and carefully baked with eggs. It is very delicious." The female boss explained.

"How much is it?" Michelle asked quickly, hearing her voice, Rhodes felt that her saliva was about to flow down.

"Because it is very troublesome to make and the raw materials are very valuable, the price is relatively expensive, fifty silver coins each." The female boss said.

This is indeed very expensive. A piece of cake is only the size of a palm but costs fifty silver coins.In the Nord Kingdom, a barbecue steak is only about one silver coin, which is much more expensive than barbecue.

"Bring me two first." Michelle said quickly, she quickly took out a gold coin from her wallet and put it on the counter. Rhodes was going to pay at first.

The female boss directly took two out with her hands.

Why not use clips?Without gloves?Rhodes thought in his heart.

After Michel caught it with his hand, he handed one to Rhodes, and then he took a bite, showing a happy smile, his bright eyes narrowed into two curved crescents.

"Why don't you eat it?" Seeing Rhode staring at the cake in his hand in a daze, Michelle asked curiously, "This is really delicious, try it quickly."

Rhode reluctantly took a bite.

Well, this cake is not sweet or fragrant enough, it is still a bit mushy when baked, and there is a fishy smell of eggs on it.

"It's delicious, bring me two more!" Before Rhode finished chewing, Michelle had already finished her piece.

Rhodes looked at her with some pity...

(End of this chapter)