Magic Merchant Racial Anecdote

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Alai stopped the conversation with Mira and briefly introduced each other.It was the first time for Nino to meet Avery and the others, and he nodded reservedly to them one by one.

"Since everyone is full, let's have dinner. We will chat while we eat." Alai turned on the hot pot and barbecue machines, asked Ned to take out all the ingredients in the space, and called everyone to sit down one after another. .

On the long table, Alai and Ned sat side by side on the right side, Nino and Weixi sat on the opposite side, Avery and Werther sat next to them, and Mira sat next to the little dragon cub next to Alai.

On the wooden dining table, the ingredients were full, and the bottom of the hot pot was boiling, but no one moved their chopsticks.Nino, Weixi, and Avery didn't have the consciousness to do it themselves, Werther didn't know how to eat hot pot, and Mira didn't dare to move because everyone didn't move.

Ned was the first to break the silence. He had been coveting the food on the table for a long time.He stood up as if no one else was there, and poured the seafood brought by Eli on the table into the pot boldly. The yellow fin fish fillets and small squid tubes can be eaten as soon as they are blanched, and the tiger prawns need to be cooked for a longer time.

Alai also stood up: "You can put what you want to eat. There is a barbecue machine over there, and you can watch and pour the wine yourself, so you are welcome." Then, he picked up the serving chopsticks and poured a whole plate of beef rolls into the spicy rice. pot.

Avery had never eaten like this before, so he observed Alai's cooking with a curious face, and then followed others' example and put the shrimp and shellfish into the spicy pot.

Werther naturally picked up the glass jug and poured a glass of iced juice for Avery and Mira, "Do you want a drink?" He politely asked Nino and Vesey sitting opposite.

Nino frowned at first, a little uncomfortable, but he didn't refuse.Passed the cup to accept Werther's kindness, said thank you, and chatted with Werther.

Everyone gradually became familiar with it.

Ned had switched from hot pot to barbecue, and stood beside the barbecue machine with the little dragon cub, turning into an emotionless barbecue machine.It's a joy to eat while roasting.

A Lai leisurely fished out the fat beef that was just hot from the spicy pot, dipped it in a lot of chili powder, and ate the meat while breathing.Have a sip of chilled pomegranate wine every now and then.

Weixi also put some fat beef in the bowl, carefully dipped some sesame oil, and took a tentative taste.Immediately, he was so hot that he couldn't speak, and the juice was poured down with no image.

Alai gloated over Weixi, who was so hot that tears came out, and praised himself silently in his heart, for actually coming up with such a genius idea of ​​treating him to hot pot.

Weixi and Ailey's personal experience proved that no matter which plane the prince is, it is impossible to remain graceful and calm in front of the hot pot.

Thinking of this, Alai still refilled Weixi with another glass of juice. After a week of the incident, he also recovered, "So, how is the follow-up of the incident?" Alai asked seemingly unintentionally.

"Cough... I thought you wouldn't ask." Weixi coughed twice, and said with tears in her eyes, without realizing that she was now with a swollen mouth and teary eyes.

"Aren't you just waiting for me to ask? Otherwise, why did you ask Nino to contact Ned? You don't feel too tired after going around such a big circle." A Lai took a sip of the pomegranate wine in his hand and complained through his drunkenness. road.

"I feel like I'm completely hated by you. You'd be cuter when you just met me." Weixi said, rubbing her brows, and it's a bit wrong to take Alai's attitude.

Alai smiled slightly, and didn't answer Wei Xi's words.

Weixi took a look at Alai, and said, "You probably saw all the reports on what happened later, but secretly... After you left that day, our people rushed to the 'Bloodstone Star' and lost the barrier Afterwards, that place completely became a weakness of the fourth district, and most of the magicians didn't even have time to evacuate, and they were even blamed."

"Generally speaking, the entire planet has been banned, and we have taken over the kidnapped rare creatures. Those that can be sent back are sent back, and those with serious injuries are also receiving treatment."

"Well, the news said that it was a smuggling group that was 'discovered' by the fourth district, so what's going on?" Alai asked with his chin propped up, "Let me guess, the third district made a deal with the district after all." ?”

"That's right." Weixi's voice sank. The third district doesn't want to start a full-scale war with the fourth district at the moment, so even if such a thing happens, they don't want to tear themselves apart with the fourth district.

"I think so, that's why the "Plane Peace Agreement" that hasn't made any progress has started to move forward. Have you captured the top management of the Magicians Association?" Alai raised his eyebrows and asked with a half-smile.

"You guessed it right, the principal culprit is indeed a member of the Association of Magicians, and..." Wei Xi closed his eyes before continuing, "We let him go."

Alai was not surprised by this. The magicians on the 'Bloodstone Star' were not so much members of a smuggling group, but most of them were actually registered official magicians.

Most magicians need a medium to perform their magic.And magicians who can't activate magic are just ordinary people with weak physical strength.Therefore, rare creatures are a necessity for some magicians, just like eating and drinking, they are indispensable.

Although the Association of Magicians said on the surface that it would protect rare creatures, it would not stop magicians from hunting magical creatures at all, and would even secretly encourage them.Because once stopped, everyone will be starved to death.

"Aren't you curious who we are arresting?" Vesey asked.

"Hearing your question, could it be someone I know?" Alai became a little curious.He knew that Weixi had investigated his past, but he didn't know how far he had investigated?How much do you know?

"The principal offender's name is Cecilia, and she is the deputy head of the Purchasing Department of the Magicians Association." Weixi said slowly, observing Alai's expression.

"Heh... is she already a deputy minister now? It seems that she has done some shady things these years." Alai sneered, a little drunk.

"It seems that you really know her."

"Well, we come from the same mage tower, so strictly speaking, we are from the same family. By the way, didn't you investigate me? Why are you asking these questions now?" Alai asked after taking another sip of fruit wine, putting his hands on the chair.

Weixi was silent for a while before saying: "Actually, I didn't find out much, and the strength you showed in this incident fully proves that the part I found out with great difficulty may also be fake."

"Is this important? My past." Alai asked back.

"I just want to know if you have participated in the past... After all, you are a magician, and Ned is the strongest dragon among magical creatures." Weixi said, with a consistent smirk, like a The mask on Zhang's face blocked his true emotions at this moment.

"Although I don't think you are qualified to ask me this question, I can answer you...no. They did recruit me, to be precise...they are also inviting me now. But I didn't agree." Alai said lightly Answered calmly, and was not angry because of Weixi's suspicion.

"That's because they know your value. A magician who is free to come and go anywhere, the cost of casting magic is basically zero. Alai, if your magic is used for crime or war, it will be almost useless. Especially in our three districts After the development of the space transfer system, the demand for space magicians in the fourth district has skyrocketed." Seemingly dissatisfied with Alai's casual attitude, Weixi reminded with a frown.

"That's because they are preparing for the battle." Alai lowered his head and shook the glass in his hand, the deep red pomegranate wine also stained his fingers a little blood, "Anyway, I've retired, I don't want to worry about the four Life is good now with all the crap in the district. Besides, magic will be replaced by technology sooner or later, and they are just dying."

Wei Xi opened his mouth, looking like he was going to say something, but was interrupted by Alai.

"By the way, the investigation of Ned by the people in District [-]... is still going on?" Alai asked.

"Don't worry, such a big incident happened. Of course, no one will pursue what Ned did." Seeing that Alai didn't want to continue the topic just now, Wei Xi replied with a sigh.

"That's good." A Lai nodded in satisfaction, it was worth the effort he spent, and talking about the effort... "By the way, should you pay for the order?"

"Oh, yes. I forgot, 3000 magic gold coins, right?" Weixi asked, he really forgot about it, this week is really too busy, that is, today Alai promised to meet with him It's hard to spare some time for dinner.

"No, no, no more." Ah Lai said, turned on the system and sent Wei Xi a long, long bill. "Remember to give a five-star praise after you finish the order, dear~" Alai reminded with a smile.

Vesey: "..."

After finishing speaking, Alai got up and walked towards Ned who was having a barbecue, and unilaterally ended this unpleasant conversation.

***

The moon is in the middle of the sky, and everyone is full of wine and food.

The little goldfish in the biological cabin was not eaten, and Alai planned to raise it as a food reserve. The smell on the barbecue grill had gradually dissipated, the bottom of the hot pot soup was no longer boiling, and all the ingredients were swept away.

A Lai took out iced fruits and desserts, and invited everyone to sit down and taste desserts slowly.Some hot apple pies, together with cheese's favorite egg tart, the sweet aroma gradually overwhelmed the strong smell of hot pot in the air.

Ai Li, who was overwhelmed by inattention, sat on a chair, drinking hawthorn tea to help digestion.He recalled the food called 'spicy hot pot' that he ate just now, and discussed with Alai in a low voice if he could sell him a copy of the recipe, he wanted to go back and cook for himself.

"Don't be so troublesome. The main flavor is on the bottom material. Many ingredients are not available in Poseidon. Why don't I give you a few packs, and you can take it back." A Lai said straightforwardly. He has always been generous to long-term customers. .

"But...cough, actually, I want to bring it to my family to taste. Why don't you sell me some, otherwise I won't be able to take it for nothing." Avery said politely, blushing a little.

"Of course, that's what I do. You can buy anything you like from me." Alai was stunned for a moment, and then said, he has been out of business for a long time, and he almost forgot What did he do in the first place.

Avery thanked him politely, thinking that if there are many mermaids he likes, he can also consider opening a hot pot restaurant, but he is not in a hurry to tell Alai right now, anyway, let’s see the acceptance of his family first.

"By the way, I haven't asked yet. Is the mermaid named Lacey okay? Trey Yang and the others should have been arrested, right?" Seeing another business deal in the blink of an eye, Alai turned to care Mermaid things.

"Well, Trey Yang, and that person named Mayfair were all arrested by the people sent by Mr. Vesey." Avery nodded and smiled at Vesey who was sitting next to him.

"That group of people didn't react fast enough, and they didn't even have a decent resistance when they were arrested. They have now been handed over to the law enforcement agencies in the three districts, and they will be sentenced to permanent ban. As for whether they will be executed or exiled later, it probably depends. The circumstances are serious." Wei Xi said lightly from the side.

"Then... that... Borg was also arrested?" Mira asked timidly beside her. She had been deliberately avoiding these things these days, but she still had to face what she had to face.

Weixi glanced at Mira, who had never had any sense of existence, and said, "Borg is a mermaid. Our people didn't arrest him directly, but handed him over to Avery. I think the matter of the mermaid is still the mermaid's own." Handled better."

Mira turned to look at Avery upon hearing this.

Avery nodded affirmatively at Mira, "We sent someone to arrest Borg, and we are now in the stage of questioning the crime. The death penalty is certain, and it depends on the sentence."

Most of the executions of the mermaids still remain in the Middle Ages, and there are many forms. Hanging is the easiest, and the rest include scale removal, beheading and so on.Avery had always thought that these punishments were too cruel, but now he doesn't think so.

"We also searched Borg's room and found a wooden box inside, which contained twelve strings of bracelets made of different precious stones, such as giant clam, sea jade, agate, crystal...all of which were similar to Mira's. Much the same. Combined with the diary he wrote, we believe that these should be...his 'gift' to those mermaids who have been killed." Avery continued.

Everyone frowned, this Borg is no longer bad, it's just crazy.

Mira grabbed her wrist nervously, the place was already empty, and Avery took the bracelet away as evidence.

Seeing that the atmosphere was becoming a bit serious, Weixi said from the side: "In addition to these, we also asked Trey Yang about the previous story of that theater, do you want to hear it?"

"Is it the story of the sorcerer and the mermaid?" Ned raised his head from the sea of ​​apple pie and asked with interest.

"You still remember?!" Alai was surprised, but he didn't expect Ned to still be thinking about the follow-up of this story.

So everyone ate the fruit and listened to Weixi's storytelling together.

It turned out that about 50 years ago, the original first owner of the theater was also a magician, and he was also one of the smugglers sent by District [-] long ago.

The boss is a magician with very limited talent. If there is no magic medium, he can't use any magic at all, so he came to Poseidon voluntarily, because he can get in touch with mermaids and get a lot of free mediums. up.

At the beginning, in his heart, the mermaid was a prop that could be used at will, until he picked up the young Lorelei.He originally planned to keep Lorelei for a long time, so that he could take blood and cut flesh at any time for convenient use.

But at some point, he found that he fell in love with the mermaid girl with a charming voice.But love did not bring back his betrayed conscience, and he was still frantically hunting for the magic medium until he was discovered by Lorelei.

Lorelei questioned him why he did this, and he said that he was forced to do so because the organization forced him to do so.The innocent mermaid girl believed his words and persuaded him to stop.

But he refused, saying that if he didn't do it, people from the organization would die if they came to the door.

"Then what happened next?" Mira couldn't help asking.

"Later they agreed to elope, leave Poseidon, and go to a plane that other magicians couldn't find." Weixi continued, "But the magician didn't come in the end, and Lorelei was caught by the organization. "

"Is that magician caught by the organization?" Ned guessed, thinking that this magician is super useless, it's fine if he's not good enough and has no conscience, but he can't even protect his beloved.

Wei Xi shook his head, "He sold Lorelai to the top management of the organization, and he was promoted because of this, and he was in charge of the auction. Later, in order to make the auction more interesting, he made up a story about Lorelai. He also set up the later operation mode of the theater, so it can be regarded as...very business-minded."

"—Huh?" Ned was shocked, he had never heard of such an operation in his mind, "Didn't he love that mermaid named Lorelei?"

"It's love, but it's probably not as deep as his love for rights and his identity as a magician." Wei Xi smiled and took a sip of pomegranate wine. It's not that he couldn't understand this choice.

"No, he doesn't call it love." Ned said firmly, although he himself couldn't tell what love was, it definitely wasn't like this.

Wei Xi shrugged, but did not answer.

"Then what about that person? Was he also arrested this time?" Werther couldn't help talking, but his focus was different.

"No, he has climbed higher and higher these years, and he has long since stopped doing low-level things. Most of the magicians caught this time are active criminals on the 'Bloodstone Planet', and we can't move the others for the time being. Not to mention This kind of old account." Speaking of this, Weixi also felt a little bit embarrassed.

When people at the apex of power are all in the same boat, who will deliver justice for the race at the bottom?The magic world has long been rotten, just as Alai said, it is just dying now.

The author has something to say:

Wei Xi: The giant wheel of the times rolls forward...

Alai: Why do you think I lost my job?

Ned: Love, it's a problem~

The main line is half pushed, and the next world pushes the emotional line, hahaha, try to press the head~~~