Chapter 168: Ariel's Transformation?
On the third floor of the 'Copper Axe', Ayton briefly described that he urgently needed money to pay off the cost of buying a house, and Chili almost jumped up with excitement when he heard that Ayton actually planned to live here for a long time, and tried to keep Ayton in the East End, but the latter was embarrassed to accept.
In desperation, the master smith Chili had no choice but to take out ten purple gold coins from a brocade box and hand them to Ayton.
"What is this?" the two of them looked at the coin made entirely of precious amethyst.
"Purple gold coins, a purple gold coin in the market can top 100 gold coins, there is no market"
"1,000 gold coins!" Ariel stared at the ten purple gold coins on the table with golden eyes, which were a wealth that ordinary people could not spend in a lifetime
Ayton thought about it, if he took five hundred gold coins to pay for the house, how heavy would it be.
"These are just advances, when your epic auction is successful, I will pay you the rest of the gold coins"
"Thank you" Ayton took away the ten precious purple gold coins, and was about to get up to leave.
Chili handed over a small black card engraved with snowflakes, which was similar to the membership card of the underground auction given by the old man at the Thorns Chamber of Commerce, but the texture was more rigid.
"This is the membership card for that big auction, you can check it out when the time comes, there are a lot of goodies in it" Chili smiled mysteriously, leaving Ayton a little confused.
"I see, thank you very much, I'll draw some gold coins for you when the time comes, and please help us keep our identity. ā
"No, no, no, it's already the best favor for me to let me watch, how could I still ask for your money" Chili shook his head repeatedly, not wanting to accept Ayton's kindness again.
Ayton didn't care, declined Chili's offer to send him downstairs, and the two walked out of the 'copper axe' together.
Half an hour later, the biggest auction in the Eastern District of Huangyao came with the shocking news that the chief dwarven forger of the 'Bronze Axe' had created another 'epic' level weapon, and the auction would be held three days later!
For a while, the undercurrents of the major forces in the city were surging, and the funds were flowing into the hands of the major families, and the turmoil from many years ago may be staged again, but Ayton, the initiator of all this, is still hanging out with Ariel.
.....
"Brother, there's nothing fun in this city," Ariel stared blankly at the girls dressed in flowers and branches on both sides of the street, and her whole body was full of rouge.
Unconsciously, the two actually walked to the most prosperous brothel gathering area in the Eastern District... The women on both sides of the flanks fiddled with this coquettish pose to attract the attention of the guests, and the well-dressed rich people walked in in groups, chatting and laughing.
In this kind of world without Internet mobile phones, entertainment and pastime are extremely lacking, and the main entertainment methods of the aristocracy are only gambling and... Visit the kiln.
Ayton cupped his forehead: "We're in the wrong place, let's go back." ā
At the beginning, the two of them saw that there were many people here, and they thought there was some activity, but it turned out to be this kind of place...
"Brother, if you like that kind of woman, don't blame me for breaking your leg then."
"What's going on in your head today!" said two black lines on Ayton's forehead, why was Ariel always worried about him cheating this day...
"Hmph, don't think I don't know your thoughts, you've said something before about opening a harem after leaving, if you..."
"Wait!I'm just talking about it, okay, you won't take it seriously?!"
Ariel gave him a blank look: "Just by your actions in the past two days, I am even more confirmed"
"Confirm what?" Ayton asked cautiously, he didn't think he had been in contact with other women in the past two days... Whose vinegar jar is Ariel eating?
Ariel narrowed her eyes slyly, "I'm sure that's what you thought in the first place..."
"Where do I have," Ayton said wrongly, and he realized that there was something in a woman's mind that he really couldn't guess.
"Hmph, how do you explain that woman named Via," Ariel tossed out what she thought was the evidence. It seems that the intention is to count the old and new grudges together.
"Via, what's wrong with her?"
"Don't think I don't know that you looked at her a few more times, and you obviously said that we should keep a low profile, but it almost started, and she came up to thank you not long ago."
"Ah, that's the nobleman who took the lead in stirring up trouble, okay, I can't let him go on without it."
"What's the matter with the priestess? you've peeked at her several times," Ariel muttered, unconvinced.
"This... I'm just a little curious about her black hair, you see, there are so few pure black hair in this continent, I only looked at it a few times, and I definitely didn't mean that."
"But you frowned when you saw the nobleman come up and show your affection for the woman! ā
"Iā" Ayton was stunned, what kind of logic is this!?
For the first time, he found that Ariel, who usually seems to be careless, actually observed so carefully at this time, but the meaning was misunderstood.
A touch of cunning flashed in Ariel's eyes, and she said crisply: "Forget it this time, if I find out that you have a little meaning to other women, hum!"
"Uh... This" Ayton was a little crying and laughing, if he followed her logic, then he couldn't even look at other women in the future?
"Also, in order to compensate for my mental loss this time, I won't be allowed to touch those broken drawings again in the next few days."
Ayton: "... What?"
"Then it's settled, brother, where are we going now, do you want to go to the North District?" said Ariel, turning her head and walking ahead.
"......" Ayton felt as if she had been deeply tricked by her, in fact, she knew Ayton's thoughts in her heart, but she just took this opportunity to let him not touch those drawings again, which shows how much resentment she had accumulated on the way from the Land of Thorns to Huangyao City.
Forget it, let's accompany her these days, and when she gets tired of playing, let her practice obediently at home, and herself... Hey, hey, hey.
Ayton smiled faintly, and was just about to follow, when suddenly a terrible scream came from not far behind him, and he instinctively turned his head to look.
I saw a middle-aged woman about thirty or forty years old being pushed to the ground... At the same time, she was being beaten by four or five aristocratic youths, her face was still blue and purple, and her back had eye-catching burn marks, and this group of strong men punched and kicked her one after another, and the hot pain made the woman let out a scream.
This woman, like many of the women on the street, had the lowest job, one that even beggars would scorn.
The pedestrians on the street did not hide their disgust and left far away, and a young man wearing a flaming and luxurious mage robe slowly walked out of the door of the kiln, but his face was a little pale, and he took out his handkerchief and wiped his hands with disgust.
"Hmph, it's not easy to come out once, but I actually encountered this kind of goods, beat me hard, and killed me to be responsible"
A paleness flashed across the woman's face, and a piercing scream begging for mercy came from her mouth: "My lord... My lord spares my life, the slave and the maid will never dare again, please forgive the slave and the maid this time, ah!!"
The young man in the red robe was silent, as if he was enjoying a wonderful live performance, and some people around him recognized the robe on his body and made a surprised sound.
"It's actually someone from the Royal Academy of Magic of Bright Blue!?Does a magician ever visit this kind of place?"
Who can stand the boredom of being locked up in a house every day. ā
"It's really stupid that this woman actually provokes such a big person, I don't know if this is a good opportunity for her to soar?"
"Forget it, how could the noble magician fall in love with this kind of garbage, probably ready to play some new tricks with her" The men around looked at each other and laughed at each other, watching this atrocity without pity, and the warmth of people's hearts was undoubtedly revealed...
Ayton stopped to look at the scene in front of him, his breathing became heavy, in the dark cavern, this kind of thing had happened countless times in front of him, the abuser was his kindred, and at that time he had no power and could only walk away silently.
He once fantasized that he roared when he saw injustice, and regarded it as his duty to punish rape and eliminate evil, but the reality is always cruel, and in the face of power and bullying, most people say that they are powerless, or turn their heads and walk away as if they don't see it, for fear of getting into trouble.
Mei'er felt his mood swings and opened her purple eyes lazily. "Master, that person is just a fourth-order mage, if the master wants to be a hero and save the beauty, don't worry."
A hint of struggle flashed in Ayton's eyes, and he finally shook his head and said, "Ariel, let's go." ā
In the face of everyone's beating, he turned around, and the poignant scene of his childhood in his previous life came to mind...
Since his parents divorced when he was a child, one in the south and the other in the north, he needed to go back and forth due to economic and other reasons, and he changed schools four times in just six years of primary school.
Because of the frequent transfer of schools, every time he goes to an unfamiliar environment, he has no connections at all, because of the conflict of personality concepts, he is the only one to deal with four or five children when there is a fight, and over time, he forms a withdrawn character, and he is very 'sensible' to hide it when he returns home.
I don't know when it began, becoming a good person who saw the injustice and pulled out a knife to help has been buried in the bottom of my heart... Even if you have the ability to stop what is happening in front of you, what can you do later?
"Hey, stop it!"
A righteous voice suddenly came from behind his ears, Ayton's face changed, why is this voice so familiar?
Turning his head, Ayton almost hit the ground with his jaw in shock, and Ariel didn't know when he was standing in front of the young nobles!!
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he couldn't believe that she could do such a thing!
When the red-robed magician young man saw a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl with black hair and black eyes actually stand up, he still couldn't help sneering in his heart, but when he looked at it, he found that this woman was really good-looking, and a gleam crossed her eyes.
Motioning for the others to let go of the middle-aged woman first, a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Little girl, who are you?"
Ariel's expression was slightly cold, and her hands were clasped in front of her chest: "She has nothing to do with me at all, I just can't get used to your ugly face, hurry up and get away"
The red-robed mage's pale face suddenly froze, and quickly turned gloomy: "Who are you? Why do you dare to me?"