Magic Merchant Racial Anecdote

【Who are you? 】Alai frowned and asked on the system.

[Please wait a moment, it's not clear, I'll communicate with you directly. ] As if he had anticipated Alai's question, the customer quickly replied.

The next second, Ned's system rang, it was a communication from his brother Nino.

Ned subconsciously looked up at Alai.

Alai nodded, indicating for Ned to connect to the communication.

Ned clicked on the system, opened the public release, and an A4-sized electronic screen floated above the courtyard, which only Alai and Ned could see.

"Good afternoon, my dear brother. Nice to see you, Lai." Nino sat on the sofa in the study room, nodded slightly, and greeted Ned and Lai politely.

Nino on the screen was wearing a white shirt with a anxious expression on his face. The black satin vest was embroidered with dark silver patterns, and the coat was draped over the back of the sofa, looking a bit messy.

His partner Wei Xi sat beside him with a relaxed expression, holding a half-drunk cup of black tea in his hand.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Nino, I think I probably need an explanation." Before Ned could speak, Alai said to Nino first, with a bit of gnashing of teeth in his tone.

One second ago, the mysterious 'client' was still talking about contacting me later, and the next second Ned's brother called.Alai thought to himself, he would not be so naive as to think it was a coincidence.

"I'm sorry, you shouldn't have been involved in this matter." Nino obviously understood what Alai was asking, and apologized simply.

Nino's attitude made Alai take back a bit of anger. After all, he has not suffered any actual losses so far, and besides... Nino is Ned's brother.

Alai sighed deeply, but the doubts in his heart did not decrease at all.

"Why? Does this matter have anything to do with you? What's the point of involving us?" Alai asked.From his point of view, Nino is completely capable of solving these matters by himself, and it seems unnecessary to drag them into the water.

Nino on the screen did not answer Alai's question right away, but tilted his head slightly, and looked at Weixi sitting next to him with a complicated expression.

"You should ask me these questions. Nino didn't know about it at the beginning, and I dragged you into this incident without authorization." Weixi said unhurriedly, leaning slightly, and took the teacup Put it back on the coffee table in front of you.

"What's going on here?" Alai frowned even tighter. He glanced at Weixi who had a calm expression, then turned his gaze to Nino who had a suddenly gloomy expression, and finally asked Weixi.

"It's a long story. To put it simply, I took advantage of you and ruined a disgusting and dirty deal." Weixi said flatly, and even smiled leisurely and nodded next to Alai. biological compartment.

"So, is it true that you placed the order? Let us go to Poseidon's theater to 'pick up' the goods, and what will happen next is also within your plan?" Alai gasped and asked , although there were some vague guesses, Alai was inevitably surprised when Wei Xi really admitted it himself.

"Yes. All of this is planned. I know there will be a live auction and I know what the lot is, so I placed an order to let you go. The following things are similar to what I expected. The only thing that surprised me is Unexpected..." Wei Xi paused for a moment, glanced at Ned, whose expression was still clouded because he couldn't keep up with their conversation, and stopped talking.

"I don't understand. If you need help, just tell us." Alai asked.I don't understand why Weixi has to make such a big circle.

"If I directly ask you to stop a dangerous smuggling of rare creatures, will you agree?" Weixi asked softly with a smile.

A Lai was silent, he knew very well that if such a situation really happened, he would most likely refuse.

"But since you've said that, I'm now formally seeking your help, please help me." Having already expected Alai's reaction, Weixi changed his tone and asked sincerely.

Alai was choked up by Weixi's natural attitude of asking for help.This 'now that you say so, help me. 'The attitude is really annoying.

"What if I refuse?" Alai said in a bad tone.

"Don't forget, the order is still in progress. In theory, I'm still your customer." Weixi said with a chuckle.

"What?! You placed the order?" Ned, who was sitting on the side, suddenly asked loudly at this moment, with a surprised and puzzled expression on his face. Obviously, he finally realized what Weixi and Alai were talking about at this moment.

Alai glanced at Ned and covered his face in despair.At this moment, he is fighting alone!

"Our company's business scope only includes transportation. What you ask me to do now has nothing to do with the order." Alai no longer counted on Ned, and directly refused, wishing to put the biological cabin next to him. Slam it in front of Weixi through the screen.

"That's true... Sorry, I didn't think carefully." Weixi blinked and picked up the teacup again.

Just when Alai breathed a sigh of relief and felt that he had escaped a catastrophe, Weixi spoke again.

"By the way, speaking of it... how's the business going? Is the advertisement I sent you effective?" Weixi asked casually after taking a sip of tea leisurely.

"What do you want to say?" Alai narrowed his eyes, no matter how he heard this sentence, he didn't care about his business.

"It's nothing, I'll just ask, when do you plan to pay for the advertising fee?" Weixi kept a perfect smile and asked Alai, no matter how he looked like that, he had a dark belly.

Alai's eyes widened involuntarily, he, he, he... He actually used the advertising fee as a threat.

"Don't be nervous... I just want you to help a little. Besides, since you have been involved, why not accept the reality and cooperate with my work." Seemingly amused by Alai's expression, Weixi took the teacup Covering his lips, he continued.

"Then you should explain what's going on, right? What exactly do you mean by your so-called 'work'?" A Lai let out a deep breath, and finally asked as if compromising.

"Hmm... Actually, it's easy to say. You know the tension between District [-] and District [-] has become increasingly tense recently, right?" Wei Xi asked with a serious face as he sat up straight with his hands folded.

"I've heard a little bit that the battle between magic and technology is nothing new." Alai replied thoughtfully, probably understanding what Weixi meant.

"For a long time, the attitude of the four districts towards rare magical creatures has been ambiguous. Magic requires a large amount of biological media, such as mermaid meat, dragon blood, orc bones... As long as it is a large-scale magic, these materials are basically indispensable. Sitting on the sofa, Weixi revealed the cruel and bloody side of magic in a calm tone.

Alai didn't answer, these things are not new topics among magicians.Not everyone has such a high talent for magic and can use magic as they like. Most magicians rely on "medium" to cast spells. The rarer the medium, the more powerful the magic can be cast.

"But since the rise of the third district, this situation has gradually improved. Because...technology does not need to rely on these lives as a price." Weixi continued, gently holding Nino's slightly cold hand beside him.

"I think you also know what happened later," Wei Xi said.

"Are you referring to the 'Rare Creatures Protection Act'?" Alai interjected.

A Lai had indeed heard about this bill, which was a very important part of the "Planar Agreement" bill.At that time, after long-term struggle and negotiation between the third and fourth districts, the third district tried its best to promote the signing of the "Rare Creature Protection Act" in order to win the support of other planes.

In fact, a large part of his unemployment is the result of the long-term struggle between the third district and the fourth district. The technology in the third district has largely replaced magic.He felt that there was nothing wrong with this, but obviously, most magicians didn't think so.

"That's right, after the bill was passed, the three districts and four districts jointly established the 'Rare Creatures Protection Association'. On the surface, the trafficking of rare creatures was banned. In contrast, the smuggling industry has flourished like never before." Wei Xi almost sighed.

Where there is light, there is darkness, and the brighter the darker the shadow.

"After promoting the passage of the bill, I took over the position of president of the 'Protection Guild' because of my special relationship with Nino, but in fact it was just a name, most of the things such as collecting scales and feathers , We will turn a blind eye to activities like this." Weixi continued.

Ah Lai couldn't help but nodded when he remembered the whitebait he had sold back then and the 'commodities' he saw at the Fairy Bazaar.Indeed, if you have to manage this kind of transaction, you won't be able to manage it even if you are exhausted...

"But this time the incident is different. This mermaid girl is already the 12th rare creature to be auctioned this month. This is only what we have monitored. This is not so much a small-scale smuggling as a blatant one." It's provocative. However, there are magicians from the fourth district supporting them, and the relationship between the third district and the fourth district has become more and more tense recently. In my capacity, it is really inconvenient to intervene easily." Wei Xi said here, A little helplessness appeared on his face.

'That's right, Weixi is the prince of a certain plane in the third district. It was only then that Ah Lai remembered that it was no wonder that he felt constrained in this kind of case.

"So, you placed an order to lead me and Ned to the trading site, so that we can rescue the mermaid girl? But, how do you know that we will choose to save her? Maybe we just leave her there. Not necessarily..." Alai asked curiously.In fact, he did think about throwing this mermaid lady down more than once.

"That's why I placed the order, and paid half of the deposit in advance. Given how responsible you are for your work, you definitely won't leave the 'goods' alone." Weixi said slyly.

"Then our 'fish' has been saved now, what else do you want to ask?" Alai asked, knocking on the biological cabin beside him.Knowing the cause of the incident, he was much calmer now.

Alai waved his hand and called the flying little dragon cub to his side, while stroking the cold scales on his body, he continued to talk to Weixi.

"Rescuing her is only the first step of the plan. My real purpose is not to catch one or two little people who are in charge of the auction. The point is, if you rescue the mermaid, you can naturally intervene in this matter and help me follow the vine The culprit who tricked the mermaid was arrested and used to wipe out the entire organization."

"But why us? There should be other people who are responsible for this kind of incident, right?" Alai didn't answer Wei Xi's words, but asked tactfully.

The implication is that professionals do professional things, so let Weixi find someone who specializes in doing this.

"In fact, not everyone can do this." Weixi explained with a wry smile.

"First of all, this is a gang case that spans multiple planes, so having the ability to travel between planes anytime and anywhere is the most basic requirement. Secondly, given what the prisoner did to rare creatures, he must be cold-blooded and possess Extremely high force. And Ned happens to be the strongest dragon among the rare creatures. Finally, and the most crucial point... The person who does this must be someone I can trust. So, counting and counting, only You guys." Wei Xi said sincerely.

At first glance, it seems that they are really responsible for this matter, but they can't just put them in danger just because of this... Alai could see Weixi's careful thinking of confusing the public at a glance, and was about to refute.

But Wei Xi seemed to have expected it, and then said: "Of course, this job will not let you do it in vain. After the prisoner is caught, I will not only terminate the order on my own initiative, and continue to provide you with free advertising services, but also There will be an additional payment. Let me think about it... how about 3000 gold? The common currency of the four districts."

Is this... so many?

Alai, Alai was shamefully moved.

Mingming wanted to firmly refuse, but when he opened his mouth...

"Then it's not impossible to discuss this matter." Alai said in a low voice.

***

On the other side, in the reception room of Castle Vesey and Nino.

Weixi hung up the communication with Alai, subconsciously picked up the black tea cup on the table and put it to his mouth, only to realize that he had finished the tea in the cup.

He stared at the bottom of the empty cup for a long time, and finally sighed.

"I think you must have a lot of questions to ask me now." Weixi said softly, without looking at Nino's face beside him.

"...Why did you bring Ned into this without telling me." Nino was silent for a long time, and finally asked.

"Because you would never agree to let Ned do these things, would you?" Wei Xi replied with a chuckle.

"You know exactly what the consequences will be if you continue to let Ned's instincts go." Nino frowned and warned in a low voice.

"Of course I know, but the situation is different now. He has found a 'partner', hasn't he? You should have more confidence in his self-control ability." Wei Xi raised his voice slightly, and retorted.

"That can't be done in such a radical way." Nino said after taking a deep breath.

"But as you can see, Ned is a natural dragon, and those two magicians are not so-called 'little people'. He only took less than 2 seconds to deal with them. And he was very calm and self-controlled throughout the whole process." West sharply pointed out the facts.

Nino couldn't deny that his dear brother had grown up out of his sight.If Ned in the past was a beast that only knew how to eat and hunt, then Alai's existence taught him restraint, calmness, and thinking.

There is nothing more terrifying than a dragon who has learned to think calmly.

"Don't always think about the worst. As long as Lai is still here, Ned is safe. Besides, you said that if I can think of a way to get Ned to take the initiative to save people, you won't interfere with my work anymore. ” Wei Xi reminded herself, pouring herself a cup of hot tea again.

"I know, I will abide by the agreement." Nino responded helplessly.

"I have a feeling that I will often deal with Alai in the future." Weixi smiled slightly, picked up the teacup, and took a sip of hot tea.

The author has something to say:

Alai: bow to the evil power of money.

Vesey: I have a big plan.

Nino: My younger brother and my lover are neither worry-free.

Ned: Can anyone tell me what they're talking about?