Magic Merchant Racial Anecdote

Legend has it that in a certain plane of the third district, there is an extremely steep snow-capped mountain, and a magnificent ancient castle stands on the top of the mountain.

The castle has a light gray conical top and a pure white exterior wall. It is shrouded in clouds and mists all year round, and from time to time you can see the shadow of a dragon flying by.

But now, Alai and Ned were standing at the foot of the snow-capped mountain, looking up at the castle.

This is the residence of Ned's brother Nino in the third district.This morning, after Ned used the newly purchased system to reconnect with his brother, he received the spatial coordinates of Nino's house.

But Alai didn't expect to see such a scene after opening the 'door'.Continuous snow-capped mountains, magnificent castles, and dark clouds in the sky...

Although I have vaguely heard various legends about the Dragon Clan before, who would have thought that Brother Ned actually lived in the castle? !It's still the one on the snow mountain. I heard that the whole mountain belongs to him!

As for why they are in a daze at the foot of the mountain now, there is actually a reason.

The matter started from where Alai and the others were standing, which was actually the outskirts of a small town belonging to a certain high-level magical plane in the third district.

But if they go one step further, they will completely enter Ned's brother's private domain, and Alai has just discovered that in Nino's domain, he cannot use magic at will.

In other words, Ah Lai couldn't directly open the 'door' to the castle on the top of the mountain as usual.If you want to go up - you can only climb the mountain!

It is absolutely impossible to climb a mountain, and then Ned suggested that he should change back into a dragon shape and fly up there with Alai on his back.

but--

"I can't do it! Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely will fall!" What a joke, he is not a dragon knight, this kind of thing is impossible!

After all, those legends about riding a dragon, if you think about it, you will know that it will not work at all. Where are you going to sit?on your back?That kind of place just flies up, and it will fall because it can't catch it.

"No, maybe I can go up with you in my mouth." The dragon-shaped Ned opened his mouth, trying to convince Alai.

"...Are you serious?" Alai looked at Ned's sharp teeth, which gleamed unnaturally coldly against the gloomy background, feeling desperate from the bottom of his heart.

Can't you contact your brother normally and ask him to pick him up?

Just when Alai was struggling with how to get up, Ned's system call box popped up.

"It's brother, he's calling." Ned glanced at the system that enlarged with his transformation, and simply changed back to human form to connect.

"Hey, is that brother? Can I do anything for you?" He was busy now, and he was almost able to convince Alai to let him carry him up the mountain, so couldn't he call later?I really don't know the time.

"Hello? Hello—"

"..." There was silence at the other end of the system, only the slight friction of clothes corners and footsteps, as if someone was walking back and forth.

"Why don't you talk? Hey, brother? Can you hear me?"

After a while, someone finally spoke on the opposite side, and the voice was filtered through the system, making it appear very low. "……you are late."

"It's really brother, haha, why didn't you talk just now. Forget it, it doesn't matter, we are not late, we have already arrived at the door."

Ned said carelessly, completely unaware that the other side was on the verge of getting angry.

"..." There was another silence on the other side.

After a while, Alai heard a slight 'buzzing' sound, and an empty suspension vehicle drove down from the top of the mountain and stopped in front of them.

"Get in the car." Ned's brother said on the other side of the system, and then hung up the communication neatly.

"What should I do? Do you want to get in the car?" Ned looked back at Alai, as if he hadn't given up the idea of ​​carrying Alai up the mountain.

A Lai got into the car without thinking.Just kidding, that 'brother' is obviously angry, okay, you must be obedient at a time like this.Thinking of this, Alai tilted his head to Ned who was still standing by the car, signaling him to stop thinking about it and come up quickly.

Well, Ned shrugged and got into the car too.The hover car rose slowly, leading them towards the castle.

***

Although I knew the castle was very spectacular when I was down the mountain, it is really more oppressive to see it up close.A Lai got off the car, stood at the entrance of the castle and looked up. The white outer wall outside the castle stretched up, and the top could not be seen at all.

While Alai was looking around curiously, the gate of the castle opened slowly, and a golden suspension system flew out.

"Hi, I'm the butler here, 'Xing', welcome to the two of you, the master has been waiting for a long time, please let me lead the way for you." 'Xing' stopped in front of Alai and the others, with a soft voice said the voice.

Is this the super-expensive suspension system I saw in the 'Honeycomb' last time?A Lai looked at Winky in front of him, became more curious about Ned's brother, and followed it into the gate.

Although it was on a snow-capped mountain, the inside of the castle was as warm as spring, with blue velvet dotted with golden decorations.They walked through the hall and the red colonnade all the way, and after detouring through the unknown number of doors, they finally came to the living room.

A young man with the same black hair as Ned was waiting at the door with a serious face, his straight suit buttoned to the top collar.

He first looked up and down Alai who entered the room with his light gray eyes, and then turned his gaze to Ned who was standing beside him.

"Long time no see, my dear brother." The young man said in a low voice, raised his hand and inadvertently adjusted his cuffs.

"Hi, brother, it's been a long time since I saw you. The last time we met was last year, right?" Ned waved his hand and greeted the opposite party in a relaxed tone.

"It was the year before last, at my 'partner' contract ceremony. Don't you want to introduce me?" The young man took a few steps closer and nodded politely to Alai.

"Oh, I almost forgot. Lai, this is my brother Nino. Brother, this is my 'partner' Lai." Ned dragged Lai to his side and introduced to Nino.

He just remembered that he forgot to tell Nino that he had a 'partner'.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Alai, thank you very much for taking care of my brother these days." Nino nodded reservedly at Alai and greeted him.

"It's nothing, I'm glad to see you too." Alai stepped forward, and for some reason, he greeted Nino a little nervously.

Ahhh, why did he unconsciously use the honorific title?Who's going to tell him why Ned doesn't look like his brother at all?He couldn't handle such a serious and serious scene, and his social phobia was about to attack.

"It seems that you have found a 'partner'. Then maybe you would like to explain why I didn't receive the invitation to your contract ceremony?" After greeting Alai, Nino's attention returned to Ned body, he asked calmly.It was as if he had performed the most important ceremony in the life of a "dragon" to his own brother, but he didn't even tell him about it.

"Oh, that, we didn't hold the ceremony, it should be said that we didn't have time to prepare... Not to mention, anyway, our contract was very sudden, and we couldn't inform you of the situation at that time." Ned said carelessly.

The contract of the Dragon Clan is a very important traditional ceremony, and it is usually necessary to invite several members of the same clan to witness it.But Ned's contract with Alai was a complete accident. At that time, he himself didn't know that he would become a 'partner' with Alai, so naturally he couldn't notify anyone in advance.

"My dear brother, it seems that you have lived a wonderful life in the past two years, and you didn't even have time to tell me that you have found a 'partner'. If you hadn't contacted me yesterday, I thought you had given yourself and Forget about my brother." He took two steps closer, almost touching Ned's face, and said in a low voice.

Wait, is it his illusion or the air pressure in the room is getting lower and lower?Also, what happened to the contract ceremony?Why hadn't he heard Ned mention it at all? !

Just when Alai was hesitating whether to ask about the ceremony, another gentle voice came from the door: "Nino, you scared our guests."

Following this voice, another young man walked into the room, with golden hair and blue eyes, as luxurious and dazzling as the interior decoration of a castle. With his arrival, the low air pressure in the room seemed to gradually rise .

"Hi, I'm Nino's 'partner', and my name is Vichy." The young man walked up to Alai calmly, and stretched out his hand to Alai.

"Hello, I'm Alai." Alai shook hands with Weixi, trying to move his eyes away from the sapphire on Weixi's chest and the golden hair.This Mr. Vesey is as dazzling as a walking human-shaped glowing thing.

"I'm sorry for being late, I just came back from outside, why don't we sit down and talk." Vichy led Alai and the others to sit down on the sofa by the window while talking, and casually ordered 'Shining' Tea and snacks were served.

"Let me introduce myself again. I am Weixi and this is Nino. You are welcome to visit our castle." Weixi sat on the sofa and said with a smile.

"It's my honor, thank you for your hospitality." Alai sat stiffly on the sofa, and raised the corner of his mouth at Weixi.

Honorable title, another honorific title, what happened to him today?Also, is he thinking too much or is his tone of voice getting weirder now?

"I was really rude just now. Ned only said in the news that he would come over. We didn't expect that he came to introduce his 'partner' to us. It would be great if he could tell us in advance. Make some preparations." Weixi smiled slightly in Ned's direction, with a bit of helplessness like an elder.

No, shiny Mr. Vesey, that's not why we're here.But yes, usually I will tell my family members that I have such a big event as a 'partner'.Thinking about it this way, Ned's nerves are really not ordinary.

"I'm sorry here. In fact, I only found out about Ned's older brother yesterday, and I just came to visit rashly now. I'm really bothering you." Ah Lai said, motioning Ned to take it from the space. The meeting ceremony prepared yesterday came out.Thankfully, he was prepared yesterday, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to handle this situation.

"We met for the first time, this is a little kindness, please accept it." A Lai said politely to Weixi while desperately recalling the social etiquette he knew.

Two bottles of red wine bought from the 'Monster Bazaar' were placed on the table by Ned.

"You actually learned how to give gifts. It seems that you have grown a lot in the past two years." Nino, who had been sitting silently on the other side of the sofa, said, is it a relief?still happy?In short, he said in the direction of Ned in a very complicated tone.

And Ned, Ned, he has already started eating the cake on the table.

It's cold...it's cold.

Now how to do?Should he answer?Shouldn't Ned say something at such a time?Alai followed Nino's gaze and looked at Ned.

--stare

The two people's gazes at the same time finally caught Ned's attention. He put down the small plate in his hand and thought for a while, but to no avail, he picked up the plate again.

what to do?It always feels colder.

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