Chapter 8: Disfigurement Elixir (Pink Ticket Hopeless One)
Pink Jingjing's question continued, "Why don't you want to be noticed by others?" ”
Like them, among the elves, they all wish their houses were the most beautiful and eye-catching. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info and she must also attract attention, because her dream is to become the queen of flowers, and she must be the most beautiful flower fairy.
"Convenient." Ash replied.
"Convenient?"
"Yes, for my job."
"Work? Ah, I guess you mean a profession. ”
"That's right, if you want to be a thief, you can't be too noticeable."
Fan Jingjing nodded in understanding, isn't it just to change her appearance to be ordinary?
Although the gray is so beautiful and so charming, maybe, maybe the ordinary gray will be easier to meet true love!
Isn't it often said in those romance novels that falling in love with someone's appearance is superficial? The beauty of the soul is more important than the appearance, and only the person who falls in love with the person under the ordinary skin can really love her, doesn't it?
Pink Jingjing fantasized about how her future husband would be stunned when he saw her true face, and suddenly a little elf sneered.
"Ah, by the way, you want to change your appearance, so why should you look for Vince?"
Noxisi frowned, as if she couldn't stand the disconnection of Pink Crystal, and said, "Have you forgotten what kind of shop Vince opened?" ”
"Isn't it a drugstore... Yes! "Pink crystal crystal remembers, there are many medicines that will cause various reactions to the human body, dyeing agents, skin color-changing agents, and even voice-changing agents!
In fact, the elves are very keen on combining and mixing a variety of plants. In the elf village, they often compare with each other who has the best growth fluid.
Vinsay's shop was on the corner of the street, and from the intersection to the inside, it was already close to the slum, and the more you went inward, the less crowded it became.
Ash would occasionally see slum boys and girls running after broken balls, and each time, Vince would smile and touch their heads and give them something to eat.
Vince carried the lowest bread or pastry, and even so, the children who received the snacks were smiling happily, and the younger ones would kiss Vincey on the cheek.
Pink Jingjing sighed again and again that Vince was a good person, which made Noxisi pout in dissatisfaction, and the lantern could be hung on it.
It's just that for the gray with the mask, the children are a little scared and don't dare to approach her at all, which makes Pink Jingjing very regretful.
Walking around the corner, Vincey's shop was greeted by a gray eye.
The shop is small, just a rectangular lattice around the corner, but there's a lot of stuff inside. Bottles and cans are fixed on all three walls, and there are various utensils on the table in the center of the store, and there are even smoking test tubes.
"Hehe, the shop is small, you don't mind."
The only thing under the wall that didn't have bottles and cans was a small wooden table, half a height higher than the usual table for placing items, like a special cash register.
Vincey sat Ash in a chair outside the cash register, smiled and poured her a cup of tea.
In the wooden tea bowl, there is a golden honey tea with a charming aroma, and in the fairy space, Pink Crystal and Nossisi, they both take a deep breath, and their faces are deeply intoxicated, as if they can smell the charming aroma through the fairy space.
Ash took a slight sip, and unlike the nectar tea they brewed, the sweet taste melted on the tip of her tongue, making her frown uncomfortably.
"What, don't like it?"
In Vince's mind, what girl doesn't like sweet things, this honey tea from the hands of elves is a good product for beauty and skin care, but Ash doesn't like it?
This made him nervous.
He didn't know that Ash was a specially trained killer, and in order to distinguish various poisons, their tongues had long become extremely sensitive, and the sweetness of this royal bee honey was no less than swallowing a fist of sugar to Ash, which was already sweet and astringent.
Ash was about to shake his head, but Pink Jingjing and Noxisi stopped him again and again, and said, "Ash, say you like it, say you like it very much!" ”
Pink Jingjing's little face was pink, and there was a longing in her eyes, and she said, "The honey of the royal bee, which can only be obtained by natural spirits, is said to have the highest mellow sweetness, and I even dream of tasting it!" ”
"Ash, you have to ask him where he got his honey!"
Ash who shared knowledge with Pink Crystal knows that there are no industrious creatures like bees in this place, and there are only creatures known as royal bees.
They come in large and small sizes, but they are all extremely poisonous, appearing in groups, and once they encounter someone who invades their territory, they must be tracked down to death. It is a terrifying monster that everyone on the continent has heard of.
However, the honey they brew is a dessert on the mainland, and only through the elves who are close to nature and are not hostile to the royal bee can buy a small amount of honey, which also makes honey, a condiment, a luxury that only nobles can consume.
Vince told Ash that he had also bought the honey from an elf who had entered the Ghost Forest to explore, and that it was only a small bottle the size of a finger, and that he would never have taken it out if it weren't for Ash.
"I'll give it to you if you like it." Vince smiled softly, his eyes full of naked admiration and flattery.
He didn't hide his emotions at all, nor did he feel shy at all, and looked at Ash generously.
Luckily, both Pink and Nossi had been attracted by the honey in his hand, otherwise the two elves would have had to quarrel over his gaze to Ash.
Ash didn't say anything, which made Vince feel slightly annoyed, was he not enthusiastic enough?
In fact, before he saw Ash, he had never believed that there would be such a thing as love at first sight. But since that day, Ash's distinctive appearance, his figure, has been deeply imprinted in his mind, in his heart, and in his soul.
He had already met Ash in his dreams more than once, and it was also because of the thoughts that caught him off guard that he had forced him to close his pharmacy in the Ghost Forest early and return to the imperial capital.
He knew that he must have fallen in love with this woman whom he had only met once, and it was on the way back that he decided to find her and pursue her.
It's just that he didn't expect to run into ash when he came back, and she sat in front of him so quietly, drinking tea with him.
He knows that it is extremely difficult for someone like him to find true love, so once he finds out, he will never want to let go.
He didn't want to hide it, he didn't want to hide it, he just looked at the ash with tenderness and affection.
Staying with her quietly like this, looking at her eyes full of calm, he will not feel the passage of time, will forget all his troubles, and his heart will be calm and calm.
Sunlight shines through the glass lattice and shines on the wooden cash register. Inside the stage, standing was a blonde man, his hair was slightly fluffy, looking a little messy, and his clothes were not cotton of good texture, just a robe made of linen, but all this did not detract from his handsomeness.
In particular, the gentle smile on his face will warm anyone who sees it from the heart.
The man's gaze was fixed on the man in front of him, as if he wanted to gaze at the man with all his heart, attentive and attentive.
His blue eyes are full of love, gentle pampering, intoxicating, and indulgent.
The person in front of him was a woman in a cloak, and she wore a mask that covered half of her face, making it difficult to see her face. But her dark eyes are impressive.
Dark as night, as deep as the starry sky, it was pure black and frightening.
What's even more peculiar is that from those eyes, there is no trace of emotion, and some, just plain.
She just sat quietly, but it was as if she were cut off from the world, so out of place, as if she had lost all color and disappeared into the air.
Attracting people's attention, but it is easy to overlook, the existence of contradictions.
From a distance, the two of them seem to form a vivid oil painting, which makes people want to touch it, but they are afraid of destroying the colors in it.
Faintly, Ash spoke, "I need a potion-changing appearance." ”
Vince was a little surprised for a moment, as if he didn't understand what Ash was trying to do to change his appearance, but then he narrowed his eyes as if he thought of something.
"A potionist that changes appearance... I don't have it here. ”
Vince poured another glass of water for Ash and said, "Not only me, but I'm sure the whole continent won't find the potion you said. ”
Ash looked up, silently awaiting Vincey's explanation.
Vince smiled, liking the angle from which Ash was looking at him obliquely, which made her look a little cute.
He said, "Do you know about the war in antiquity? ”
"In that battle, the spokesmen of the gods were lost. People don't know what happened, only that one day, as if they had made an appointment, they all disappeared. ”
"And the most regrettable of them is the king of thieves, Jin, and the founder of alchemy, the school of apothery, Sevaronda, they are the spokesmen of the dark god and the god of light respectively, they are not very old, but they all disappeared without leaving any official children."
"Since then, the thieves' guild, alchemy, and pharmacy have gradually declined."
"Now, although people have reopened a new world in these three areas with their own efforts, they can no longer compare with the prosperity of the past."
After saying that, Vince winked at Ash and smiled, "It's a pity, isn't it?" ”
Pink Jingjing and Nossi sighed, it turns out that this is the reason why no one cares about the Thieves Guild.
And Ash frowned, he meant that with the current level of pharmacy, he couldn't make a potion that changed people's appearance?
"Thank you."
Since there was nothing he wanted, Ash got up, pulled up his hat, thanked him, and left.
Vince was stunned, she was leaving? was reluctant and wanted to open his mouth to keep her, but when he met her cold and emotionless gaze, he suddenly lost his courage again, and only a wry smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Leaning against the door, Vince watched Ash's back leave, and only returned to the store gloomily until he could no longer see it.
He knew that he couldn't get such a special woman as Gray now.
But... Vincey's pupils suddenly constricted, and the corners of his mouth hooked into a wicked smile.
But, hehe, it won't be long before he can get the ash.
In the fairy space, Pink Jingjing was holding her cheeks and thinking again, "Mmmmmm
"I think I've heard the name Severonda somewhere! Where is it? ”
Pink Jingjing tapped her little head, and Noxixi hurriedly stopped it, saying, "Don't knock, you'll be stupid." ”
"Woo, but people can't remember it."
"Don't worry, maybe you'll remember it in a few days."
Pink crystal pouted angrily, and Nocisi shrugged her shoulders and brought her a copy of Dragon Quest novels to change her mood.
With the ashes coming out, in addition to the various beautiful ornaments she loves, Pink Jingjing brings all kinds of fantasy novels at most, and some of them still like it even after reading it hundreds of times. In the small fairy space, except for the two small beds where the two elves are side by side, most of the rest are used by Pink Jingjing to put books.
Fingers unconsciously rubbed on the cover of the novel made of soft leaves, and Pink Jingjing suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and said happily, "I remembered!" ”
"I don't hear it, I see it!"
She excitedly grabbed Nocisi and flew around, and said to Ash, "Ash, I've seen the name Sevaronda in the Space Ring!" ”
Hearing this, Ash frowned, and under the urging of Pink Jingjing, he returned to his room in the restaurant and got into the space ring.
Pink Jingjing pulled her to the shelves full of bottles and cans.
"Ash, not there, look at the bookshelf! Bookshelf! ”
There are very few books on the shelves, but compared to the various bottles and cans, there are dozens of books on the three shelves combined, and Fan Jingjing is talking about a thick book that has fallen on the first shelf.
Ash took out the book called Elementary Pharmacy, and Pink Jingjing flew over, pointing to the small print on the cover and said, "Look, is it written here?" ”
Nocisi also leaned over to look, and saw that the name of the author, Sevalonda Tiffin, was indeed written underneath the elementary pharmacy.
"I also saw it when I was sorting out the bookshelves before, Ash, did you say that this Sevalonda is the one that Vinsay said was missing?"
"Maybe."
"Ahh So how did his book end up in this ring? ”
Ash thought of a possibility, flipped through other books, and found not only several books of Sevalonda's works such as intermediate and advanced, but also a copy of Sevalonda's alchemy notes.
It turned out that this dark crystal ring was refined by Sevaronda, and this was his testing ground.
The notes don't tell much about it, it's a thin one, and more of a catalogue of all the items in this ring. Those books are all summaries of Sevaronda's life's knowledge, his life's work, but unfortunately before he could pass it on, he disappeared and disappeared in front of the world.
"Huh? Did they all run away to our elf village when they disappeared? ”
"Stupid, have you forgotten how our village came to be? Isn't it all grass and trees and tree canopies taken from the ghost forest? ”
"Hmm... So, is Sevaronda missing in the Ghost Forest? ”
"I don't know."
"Ash, can you see what's in the note about the reason for his disappearance?"
"It's all missing, what else will you write about?"
Muttering, Nossi also looked at the note.
Gray fingers flipped through the notes, followed by successive blank spaces, until the last page, a series of scribbled words.
The text was written down again, crossed out, and finally deleted by countless lines. If it weren't for the fact that Ash leaned on the bump on the back of the note, it really wouldn't be recognizable.
"Black Tower...", Gray murmured unconsciously, somewhere in his mind seemed to have an inexplicable sense with these two words, and after a second of trance, he suddenly came to his senses and frowned.
"The Black Tower? Black Tower? Does this tower have anything to do with the disappearance of Sevaronda? ”
"I don't know, maybe it's just scribbling?"
The two elves guessed, but Ash secretly felt that the word Black Tower was very ominous.
As killers who have been with death for many years, they believe in the sixth sense they have cultivated through thousands of tempers.
Shaking her head, she didn't think about the strange term, and instead focused on the potion book.
These potion books were different from the parchment scrolls that Ash had seen in the lower city, but in the form of pages that had been flipped through page by page, slightly rough to the touch, and a somewhat hard texture, but similar to some hard paper.
Ash smelled, there was not the slightest smell like a parchment roll, but a faint fragrance, and the words in the book, clear, without any traces of ink, were obviously printed, but there was no smell of ink.
"Hee-hee, this one is easy to touch."
"Well, I remember that the one named Sevaronda seems to be proficient in alchemy, and this is probably his work."
"I guess so."
The two elves rolled around on the paper playfully, and the corners of their mouths were slightly hooked, but this simple paper had already given her an understanding of Sevaronda's level, and she couldn't help but have a faint expectation of his pharmacy.