My Magic Age

There is a row of freight carriages parked on the street outside the gate of the business. These carriages are waiting outside the business early in the morning to transport goods.

The workers moved huge wooden boxes from the warehouse. The full-time clerk counted the number of goods and loaded the wooden boxes into the trucks. Then the shop owners were not in a hurry to leave. They asked the coachman to drive the trucks to a farther place. Then a few people gathered together under the pavilion at the entrance of the business, took out the walnut pipe, knocked out the ashes inside, filled with a pinch of fine tobacco, took a puff, and then blew out a few smoke rings.

There are always some common topics among the shop owners, such as the current market prices of various commodities. Of course, there are also some people who like to exaggerate the problem a little bit, saying that their shops are crowded with people every day, the floor is almost trampled, and the goods in the shop are also selling like hot cakes, but the actual situation is unknown.

Some people implicitly said that their shops were not so prosperous and that their goods were not selling well, but in fact they sold more than anyone else. These shop owners were almost a small circle of people, specializing in those imported goods from the Orc Tribe. In the past few years, the vermicelli brought from the Orc Tribe was popular in the imperial capital. Guinea pig meat, which had always been regarded as a meat that only country people would eat, was also served on the tables of the nobles. Luncheon meat and meat floss bricks also became a must-have for the nobles when they went out for an outing.

However, in the past two years, the classic dishes handed down from the tribe have gradually become less common at the banquets of the nobles in the imperial capital.

As for luncheon meat and meat floss bricks, the sales in the imperial capital were not very good. Because those stupid orcs bundled the corpse fire oil with luncheon meat and meat floss bricks for sale, in order to buy enough corpse fire oil, Marvin had to bring back a large number of luncheon meat cans and meat floss bricks from the orc tribe of Pai Plateau. I combined these luncheon meat, meat floss bricks and toasted wheat cakes to make high-end marching rations, and supplied them to the constructed knights of the North Wind Legion. Only then did I digest a large number of luncheon meat cans and meat floss bricks that seemed a bit unsalable in the business.

I didn't expect to see a different scene when I ran to Qige Business this time. The carriages waiting to transport goods were lined up for a long distance outside the business, and the workers in the business were carrying large wooden boxes filled with luncheon meat outside. The tribal-style wooden boxes were strong and heavy, and the traces of the wood being cut by knives and axes were still on them. These wooden boxes were even more rough, and some luncheon meat cans could be clearly seen through the gaps.

Marvin and I sat side by side on the stone railings across the alley, watching the vendors coming out of the gate with their servants, watching the merchants coming and going at the gate, and we were like bystanders.

Marvin was wearing an ordinary white shirt, tight breeches and long leather boots. This kind of dress is particularly popular this summer. People in the imperial capital don't seem to care how hot the weather is. No matter how hot it is, they like to wear a pair of long leather boots, even if the sweat can pickle the leather boots white.

Marvin is one of them. After he took off the old-fashioned black and gray magic robe, he seemed to be ten years younger.

I didn't wear a magic robe, nor did I wear a noble badge on my chest. I think I should calm down. I don't like standing in the crowd, surrounded by those eyes full of awe. I think when I was in the seventh block, it was the kind of person who had no identity that made people feel more comfortable.

In this hot summer, I wore a white shirt like Marvin, and a pair of original-color bloomers cut from magic spider silk cloth on the lower body, and a pair of herringbone wooden slippers. I sat on the stone railing under the shade of the tree. There was a wooden cart selling shaved ice next to me. The owner of the stall mixed two large cups of crushed ice filled with honey and red bean paste and gave them to us. This stall owner has been setting up a stall in front of the Qige Commercial Bank all summer. Knowing that the young man in front of him who was missing an arm was in charge of the gorgeous shop opposite, his eyebrows were full of flattering smiles, and he even gave each of us a leather mat to put on the stone railing.

Marvin held the cup of shaved ice in one hand and frowned slightly. This was a trouble for him. If he held the cup of shaved ice with his hand, he would not be able to use the wooden spoon inserted in the shaved ice, but if he wanted to take the wooden spoon, then the cup of shaved ice was destined to be placed on the railing, which would be very awkward to eat.

The clever stall owner brought a high chair in front of Marvin, which solved Marvin's troubles at once, but he did not take the initiative to talk to us. He returned to the wooden cart and continued to wait for people to buy ice.

Marvin scooped up a large spoonful of smoothie and put it into his mouth. While eating, he said vaguely:

"Is the war in the Yello plane over so soon?"

I pushed aside the soft red bean paste, mixed the maple syrup and ice chips, and then drank a sip of sweet ice water, and answered without raising my head:

"Yes, we defeated the Nibru spider man. If you have a chance, you should go to Yello with Spei to see that there is a beautiful forest there."

Marvin sat up straight, glanced at the shop owners at the door of the business across the street, and then turned to me and said:

"Okay, if everything is on track here at the business, I can consider it."

If the canned luncheon meat and meat floss bricks were so popular in the business last month, I might not have used those canned luncheon meat as marching rations.

"It looks like the business here is good, at least much better than before."

Seeing the cars coming and going in front of the store, I said with emotion.

Marvin smiled and said, "Yes, people have been asking about the prices of canned luncheon meat and meat floss bricks recently. In the past few days, we have received two large orders in a row. If it weren't for the fact that two airships have recently arrived in the imperial capital full of supplies, I'm worried that I won't be able to provide you with enough marching rations."

I said to Marvin: "The marketing strategy formulated by the commercial bank is not bad! I thought you still need to work hard to reverse the bad situation of the commercial bank. I didn't expect that you can get into the status quo so quickly."

"..."

Marvin looked at me blankly and asked me, "Didn't these shop owners come here because of your connections?"

Seeing me shaking my head, Marvin said to me with a wry smile: "I just reached an agreement with the Imperial Opera House to rent a booth in the Imperial Opera House. When the opera house reopens, I will rent a booth there. To promote the products of these orc tribes, the Fifth District is after all the most prosperous commercial district in the imperial capital. Only there can we open up new sales for these products, but this plan has not been officially launched yet..."

The two of us were sitting on the stone railing, dumbfounded, and couldn't figure out why these canned luncheon meats had become so popular again.

Marvin asked me: "Jijia, why do you think these shop owners suddenly came over and bought these canned meats at the same time?"

"How do I know?" I answered simply.

"Then let me go and let people know..." Marvin inserted the wooden spoon in his hand into the cup, crossed the road and ran directly to the door of the opposite store, and got into the crowd of shop owners. I found that these shop owners He didn't even know Marvin, so he just thought he was a young shop owner and didn't pay much attention to him. The group of people chatted among themselves.

At the beginning, Marvin was still a little unable to get a word in.

But it didn't take long for Marvin to get acquainted with these shop owners with his excellent eloquence, and he joined the group of chatters.

I was sitting on the stone railing and was bored. I could only sit here quietly in a daze.

"You seem to be really free!"

A gentle and familiar voice came over. I turned around and saw that Ying Li was standing in the shade of the tree wearing a white intellectual robe. Helena and Becky were standing beside her. In addition, Ying Li was surrounded by a group of royals. The female classmates at the Magic Academy, the elf girl Tinuvir, were also among them. Those girls had met me at the Royal Academy of Magic and knew about my relationship with Ying Li, but they had never had such close contact. The magical girls were curious. Looking at me.

I jumped down from the railing and was stared at by so many people, which made me a little uncomfortable. I asked Ying Li: "Um, didn't you participate in the plane journey of the Royal Academy of Magic? Why are you here? ?”

Probably because there were too many female classmates around, Helena, for the first time, did not run over to hug me.

Ying Li walked out from among the girls, stood in front of me naturally, smiled demurely at me and said, "It's over! The forward scouts of the Dark Army of the Abyss were also discovered in the plane over there. The academy is worried Something like last summer would happen, so our plane trip ended prematurely.”

Unexpectedly, the plane exploration trip organized by the Royal Academy of Magic ended abruptly again.

I felt a little strange why these female magic students from the Royal Academy of Magic ran together to the seventh block. This area was either a slum or some workshops. Few nobles would hang out here, so I asked Ying Li: "But Why are you here in the 7th Street District?"

Ying Li said to me: "The plan we made this summer is to learn new recipes for magic herbs, and we also want to try to prepare some potions ourselves. We didn't get much from this plane trip, so we wanted to buy some magic herbs in the imperial capital. Practice the herbal formula. Unexpectedly, the magic shop in the imperial capital looks quite big. The magic potions on the counter are basically for show. Either the price is ridiculously high or they are not sold to the outside world. But what we need There are no magic herbs.”

"So you come here..."

I suddenly realized that Yingli didn't know that this trading house belonged to Qige.

"I heard that there is a business here that occasionally sells magic herbs, so come here and try your luck!" Ying Li glanced at the alley and said to me.

Among the group of girls behind Ying Li, a chubby girl with black-framed round glasses chirped: "Ying Li, it's the one across the street. I heard that the boss behind this business has a very good background and is related to Pai Plateau. The orcs of the Upper Tribe have always been in contact.”

After the girl finished speaking, she and Ying Li said in unison: "This business is opened by His Highness Qige!"

Ying Li: "Is this firm opened by Qige?"

These two sentences overlap together...

Ying Li's eyes widened as she thought of Qige's monopoly on trade with the orc tribe on the Pai Plateau in the imperial capital.

I nodded, scratched my hair with my hands, and said to Ying Li: "Before Qige left, she asked me to help her take care of this business. If you need magic herbs, you don't actually need to come here. I can help you get them." get……"

Probably because they knew that Ying Li and I still had a lot to say, these female magic students from the Magic Academy naturally had no choice but to stand awkwardly behind Ying Li. Tinuvel, the elf beauty among the female magic students, spoke up and suggested to everyone. Said: "Since Ying Li is in trouble today... I think today's activities will end here. I invite everyone to have a feast at the Silver Moon Elf Restaurant in the fifth block. Is anyone willing to go?"

Ying Li looked at Tinuville with gratitude, and said to the group of girls with an apologetic look that he would not participate in the next activity, and said that the club activities would continue tomorrow, and everyone would gather at the door of the Royal Magic Academy laboratory. As for the elementary magic herbs needed for the experiment, Ying Li also took the initiative to take care of it.

So the group of female magic students from the magic academy surrounded Tinuville and left chattering. It is not difficult to imagine that their next topic will be about me.

Soon those female magic students walked out of the alley.

Under the stunned eyes of the ice point stall owner, the charming Helena rushed up and gave me a warm hug, followed by Becky. Although she still blushed when she hugged me, her body no longer rejected me. I could feel her symmetrical body and tight skin.

I took Yingli to sit on the stone railing on the street, looking at the bustling business door across the street, looking at the red bean shaved ice in my hand that was almost completely melted, and asked Yingli: "Would you like a cup?"

I could feel the expectant eyes of the stall owner next to me.

Yingli didn't seem to have any intention of eating the ice. She reached out to take the cup from my hand and said casually: "Just eat yours..."

She saw that the ice in the cup had almost completely melted into a cup of sugar water, and the red bean shaved ice had all sunk to the bottom of the cup. She couldn't help but smile and said to me: "Hey! The ice chips in your cup are all melting, why don't you add some ice for me!"

When she smiled, two cute dimples appeared on her face.

"Boss, add a spoon of ice for me..."

I waved to the stall owner, and the stall owner refilled my cup with a warm smile on his face. I stuffed him fifteen copper coins and motioned him to give Helena and Becky a cup each.

Ying Li tilted her head and looked at me with a smile: "Aren't you an ice magician? Why do you need the stall owner to add ice for you? Can't you add it yourself?"

I think she seems to be more cheerful this summer. She rarely used such rhetorical questions to talk to me before.

Faced with Ying Li's questioning, of course I responded without hesitation: "You are also a fire magician! At night, will you be a candle at home?"

"Puff..."