Magic Merchant Racial Anecdote

The wooden carved door was pushed open, and the stained glass reflected the magnificent starlight.Alai stood at the door in a daze for a while, although he had only been away for less than a day, he still felt as if he had been away for a while.

In the space, the sun has already set, and the early winter night shrouded the courtyard, giving it a sense of tranquility.The camellias in the yard ushered in the final flowering period, bringing a strange fragrance that seemed to be absent.

Ned followed Alai and stepped into the courtyard. He passed the dazed Alai and took two steps forward before turning back to look at his partner who was standing still.

The boy was wearing a long-sleeved hoodie, with a bit of dust on the hem of the clothes, and his hair was hanging on his forehead, looking a bit cute and harmless. With a pair of raised cat eyes, he was looking at Ned without blinking.

Seeing Ned turning his head to look at him, Alai subconsciously smiled.

With a thought in his heart, Ned took two steps back and approached Alai: "...Are you going to pick up the little dragon cub?" He was silent for a while, and finally asked awkwardly, as if he had forgotten the agreement with Alai.

Alai came to his senses after hearing the words, and after thinking about it, he realized that it was Ned who cared about him.

After he apologized, Ned was no longer obsessed with wanting to know his past. Asking this at this time is equivalent to a tactful expression, 'If you don't want to tell, I don't have to ask'.

But Alai had already made up his mind, and he wanted to share his past with Ned.What's more, he wants to share everything about himself with Ned.

He has been walking alone for too long, so long that he has forgotten where the starting point is, and he does not know when he will reach the end point.But now, everything is different, and finally someone is willing to walk side by side with him.

This is his chosen 'partner', not by contract, but by his own choice.

"You can pick up the little dragon cub tomorrow morning. Before that, I hope you can listen to me tell a story." Alai smiled at Ned again, walked to the small round table in the middle of the courtyard, and sat down.

"About you?" Ned's follower, Alai, reconfirmed.

"Well, it's about me." Alai nodded leisurely.

Ned stared fixedly at Alai, wanting to see something in his eyes. He wasn't sure if this story would make his partner recall bad things, and he didn't want to make Alai feel sad for this. .

As if knowing Ned's concerns, Alai's smile widened. Sharing his past with Ned was not a burden for him, but it relieved him.

"Actually, it's not complicated..." Alai ignored Ned's hesitation, and opened his mouth in a deep groan.The memory of the past is too far away from him, so that when he thinks about it now, it doesn't cause much emotional fluctuation.

Ned blinked, then sat on a chair in the garden, feeling rare and quiet.

But soon, his stomach started to growl.For the first time in his life, Ned tried to ignore his own hunger, and signaled Alai to continue talking and leave him alone.

But Alai burst out laughing, and the last trace of heaviness in his heart disappeared: "Let's talk while we eat, it's not too late."

"...But there is almost enough food at home." Ned said, unable to resist the temptation of delicious food.

"Then let's go out to eat." Alai said relaxedly, and stood up from the chair.

So, ten minutes later.

They sat in a teahouse in District [-].

The teahouse at night was unexpectedly bustling with people, and the ceiling of the hall was shrouded in thick white mist.That is the heat from the steamer stacked on top of each other, converging on the top of every guest.

Ned and Alai sat opposite each other in the small booth, facing the table full of refreshments, neither of them spoke for a while.

People around are busy enjoying the delicious food, and no one cares who the person sitting next to is, whether it is dragon or human, it is just one of the mortal beings.

A Lai ordered a pot of Pu'er tea, the reddish-brown tea was rippling in the small ceramic cup, and he took a sip before slowly breaking the silence: "Actually, my story needs to start a long time ago... ..."

About 20 years ago, on a planet named 'Islay' in the fourth district, there used to be a famous mage tower.This mage tower was built by Magister Leviathan.

Leviathan is a very famous space magician, and also a loyal follower of the old magic system.He has always believed that a magician is an existence above the top of all creatures, and the constant pursuit of power is the reason why he becomes stronger.

Leviathan in his heyday was recognized as the strongest among all space magicians, no, among all magicians. They called him the last glory of the old era.

However, Leviathan 20 years ago has already started to go to the ultimate process of every life - getting old.At that time, he still wore the halo of glory of the old era, but his strength had long been inferior to before.

"20 years ago, I remember that it happened to be the time when the three districts started to emerge? At that time, the mage towers began to gradually transform, because they couldn't make money, and then most of them went to research and develop magic equipment." Ned ate I took a big mouthful of shrimp dumplings, recalled.

"That's right, 20 years ago was the last glory of the Mage Tower. After that, due to the decrease in funding, the rise of the three districts, and the exhaustion of magic energy, etc., there were fewer and fewer Mage Towers, and now the remaining ones have almost changed careers. The tertiary industry has been developed, such as employment and delivery of goods." Alai nodded, and took a basket of steamed chicken feet from a passing cart.

"Then what does this Leviathan have to do with you?" Ned asked.

"Of course it has something to do with it, because the legendary Leviathan is my mentor." Alai picked up a chicken paw and said to Ned.

Twenty years ago, Alai was only eight years old, an orphan struggling to survive.He didn't know his name, where he came from, or who his parents were.

From the moment he opened his eyes, he was standing on a street in 'Islay'.Apart from wearing an overly large black magic robe, there is nothing on his body.

"Wait? Don't you know why you appeared there? You don't have any previous memories?" Ned frowned and interrupted Alai's narration.

"Almost, but I have some guesses." Alai took another sip of hot tea and said, "I guess I was very likely to have suddenly awakened space magic, or the magic was out of control, so I appeared on the street. .As for the amnesia, it may be a side effect of the out-of-control magic."

In fact, a large part of the reason why Alai took in the little dragon cub was because of this.The situation of the little dragon cub is somewhat similar to him when he was a child.

But the difference is that the little dragon cub is luckier than him.

Ah Lai glanced at Ned, seeing that he had no intention of asking any more questions, so he continued talking.

There were people coming and going on the streets in mid-winter, but no one was surprised by the sudden appearance of the child, or in other words, no one was interested in things that had nothing to do with them.

Most of the magical planets that exist in the fourth district follow the basic code of conduct of a magician, which is indifferent, conceited, and has no extra sympathy.This also made it difficult for children to live alone without protection.

Alai is like that.Before he was picked up by the mentor and brought back to the Mage Tower, he wandered the streets for three full days, almost starving to death, and even some of his limbs were frozen to death.

Speaking of this, Alai paused for a while, glanced at Ned, who had a serious face and didn't know how to eat, and pushed the white sugar cake on the table towards Ned, indicating that he could eat while listening.

Ned didn't move, his eyes were fixed on Alai's hand.The boy's hands looked fair and soft, with a touch of cherry blossom powder on his nails, and there were no traces of injury.

Alai followed Ned's line of sight, and also looked at his hands, "It's all in the past, and my healing magic has always been used very well."

The physical/physical wounds had healed long ago, and as for the spirit... At that time, he didn't feel how miserable he was.

"Then...how did you get picked up?" Ned felt his chest constrict because of the young and helpless Alai whom he had never seen before.

"Because they discovered my ability." Alai replied with a calm expression.It was as if he wasn't the one who could only undergo amputation surgery because his hands and feet were damaged by freezing, and then use healing magic to grow a new little finger again.

"At that time, I was so hungry that I couldn't stand it, so I used space magic to steal food, and I was caught later. You also know that the attribute of space magic is very rare after all. After they found out that I had this talent, they sold me Arrived at the Master Tower." Alai explained in a few words.

The Association of Magicians, which maintains order in the four districts, is a very loose organization. Their functional targets are only for registered magicians, and they have always been indifferent to other races and ordinary humans.

In fact, many high-level members of the Mage Association have their own mage towers.These mage towers are their own industries, some rely on the manufacture of magic scrolls, some engage in magic mineral mining, some rely on research patents, etc., in short, it is the place where magicians use to obtain benefits.

The mage tower in the old days would 'take in' children with magical talents, and through raising and teaching, they would continue the industry and inheritance in the mage tower.These children are collectively called 'Magic Apprentices'.

And the eight-year-old Alai was a "magic apprentice" who was sold to Leviathan's mage tower.

The life in the mage tower seems simple and boring, but it is actually full of dangers.

There were eleven 'magic apprentices' who entered at the same time as Alai. Their main job was to learn the basics of magic and assist the official magicians in the tower.

But in fact, these official magicians will hand over the dangerous magic work to 'magic apprentices' to complete.For example, feeding too dangerous magic creatures, or verifying dangerous magic medium, etc.

Leviathan takes a tacit attitude towards this.

Because for the mage tower, a formal magician is much more precious than a "magic apprentice", so before becoming a formal magician, the "magic apprentice" is a replaceable consumable.

As for Alai, I don't know if he is lucky or unlucky.Because of its precious magical properties, it does not belong to the scope of consumables.

This also means that from the very beginning when he entered the Mage Tower, Alai was out of tune with other 'magic apprentices'.

Especially later, after Alai showed his amazing magical talent, he quickly attracted Leviathan's attention and directly became the direct disciple of this legendary space magician.

And this... is also the beginning of a series of events that led to it.

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Put a short chapter, continue tomorrow~