203. Gifts
Red hibiscus flowers hang down from the top of the canopy like bunches of bright tassels, adding a bit of brilliant color to this quiet street.
The street north of the Royal Academy of Magic belongs to the gathering area of magicians, and there are various magic shops on both sides of this street, which is a place where many magic shops are gathered outside the magic trading hall on the first floor of the Tower of Pride, but the magic shops here sell magic items that are relatively more professional, so civilians rarely come here to shop, and there are few magic items in the magic shops here.
Some of the odd magic shops have only a few items in them, and some of them are still open from time to time, and most of the owners of these magic shops are aimed at a fixed consumer group, which has become almost the quietest shopping street in the imperial capital.
Erica sat quietly on a bench in the shade of a tree, holding a magic book in her hands.
Senior Vernon walked from the Academy of Magic to the back street, and he always seemed a little absent-minded, until the moment he saw Senior Erica from a distance, Senior Vernon seemed to be a different person, he stopped and straightened his collar a little, and then walked over to Senior Erica.
"No wonder Senior Vernon bought a wand and had to run to the back street of the college, it turns out that the beautiful woman has an appointment!" Noah muttered quietly next to me, then put his arm around my shoulders and asked me, "Jiga, are you really not going to go to Waski with me this time?"
I shook my head and said to Noah, "I really don't have much time this time, and you don't know it, I built a town on the Hiero plane, and the Nibru spiders on the Hiero plane have been making a lot of trouble recently......"
Seeing that I had made up my mind, Noah didn't say anything else, but said to me, "Well, if the Hiero plane has a place where I am useful, just ask." ”
I nodded to Noah.
Senior Vernon walked through a row of tree walls, and when he was about to turn out from behind the tree walls, he happened to see a magic caravan coming from the opposite street, and the carriage quickly drove in front of Senior Erica, and then came to a steady stop.
Senior Vernon hid behind the tree wall and didn't go over, the door of the carriage was pushed open from the inside, and Helib, dressed in a smart magic robe and holding a golden cane in her hand, stepped down from the magic caravan and came to Erica's side, smiling at her and not knowing what to say.
Erica held the magic book in her hand, raised her head and smiled brightly at Halib, then stood up and reached out to hold Halib's arm, holding the long skirt in the other, and the two of them talked and laughed, and boarded the magic caravan intimately, and the carriage then drove away from this silent street......
Noah and I looked at each other under a large locust tree on the side of the street not far away, and Shirley Newman, who was next to Noah, was also blinking her eyes, not knowing what to say for a while.
Senior Vernon stood under the locust tree with a dejected expression, silently watching Erica take Halib's arm and leave.
Seeing me and Noah coming, Senior Vernon spread his hands a little embarrassed, shrugged his shoulders at us, squeezed out a little ugly smile on his face, and said to me and Noah: "Erica has left beforehand, let's go to the magic shop over there, I know that there is a magic shop on this street that sells magic wands that are very good, especially for water magic, Jiga, I suggest you should buy one too." ”
Senior Vernon didn't know that Lady Manda had given me a Crystal Dagger of the Deep Cold, and that in the face of such an epic magic weapon, an ordinary wand had no appeal to me.
Noah laughed when he heard Senior Vernon say this: "Senior Vernon, you don't know how exaggerated he is, when he fights, he likes to carry an axe!"
At the Royal Academy of Magic and Magic, it's no secret that I like to carry an axe and duel with people, so Senior Vernon only smiled when he heard Noah say this.
"What's this, no one rules, magicians must take a wand when fighting, maybe I'll be a melee magician in the future, I've recently learned a few magic skills, all of which are good for close combat......" I immediately argued with Noah.
Noah put one hand on my shoulder and said to me, "Hey, Jiga, please note that we are magicians, and we can't compete in hand-to-hand combat. ”
He seemed to have forgotten that he had been a member of the Sword and Rose Society.
I said to Noah, "I know that, but for a magician, we need to learn some melee spell casting skills, otherwise it will be very dangerous to encounter assassins such as assassins on the battlefield." ”
This is the purpose of the Sword and Rose Society, but this sentence is only convincing when it comes out of Lucia's mouth.
"That being said, I think this kind of thing can be left to your own subordinates, isn't it?" said Noah, who seemed to be completely out of the pit.
"Hey, can you two stop arguing and stop arguing, okay?" Shirley saw me and Noah arguing, and immediately squeezed between the two of us, took our arms, and raised her voice and screamed.
Noah rubbed his nose with his hand and said, "I didn't want to argue with him......"
The four of us walked under the shade of the trees in the back street of the Magic Academy, and on such a sunny afternoon, we didn't feel a cool breeze, the leaves on the trees on both sides of the street drooped, the air around us seemed to be melting, and every time we breathed, it felt like our lungs were about to start burning. It's really uncomfortable to go shopping in such a hot weather.
At this time, Senior Vernon changed the topic and asked me: "By the way, Jijia, after becoming an intermediate magician, what kind of magic skills do you plan to learn?Continue to specialize in ice magic, or are you going to learn some water auxiliary magic first, although I don't know what is going on in the temple, but I have to say that water auxiliary magicians have been very popular recently, I remember you said that when you were in the junior magic academy, you chose to take water auxiliary magic." ”
I hesitated for a moment and replied frankly, "Well, I seem to have a choice for both!"
Icicle and Healing Rain, the former happens to be the most powerful level 3 ice magic, while the latter is a model of level 3 water magic, both are very practical magic.
"......" Hearing me say this, Senior Vernon was also speechless for a while.
Then he patted his forehead and said, "Okay! I almost forgot that you were a freak who successfully advanced to an intermediate mage in the second grade, and the usual water mage is not suitable for you at all!"
With some topics to chat about, the atmosphere was noticeably better.
In particular, Senior Vernon also belongs to the kind of free and easy temperament, with strong self-regulation ability, and quickly freed from loss.
Since we talked about this, Senior Vernon couldn't help but ask me, "Jijia, speaking of which, after you were promoted to a first-level intermediate magician, did you register with the Magic Guild?"
I smiled wryly and said, "Not yet, I was just going to go!"
To be honest, after being promoted to an intermediate magician, I really didn't have time to register with the Magic Guild.
At this time, Noah suddenly seemed to think of something, stretched his neck and said to Senior Vernon on the other side: "Senior Vernon, in fact, I think we still use magic swords to be more handsome, on the first floor of the Tower of Pride There is a magic shop on the magic trading hall that sells rune swords that are very good, since you have decided to buy a magic wand, it is better to walk around more and choose the most suitable one." ”
Senior Vernon didn't hide it from us, and directly said the reason: "Rune Sword...... Anyway, the cheapest rune swords are already out of my budget. ”
Noah paused slightly, I think he had just communicated with Shirley Newman, and then he heard Noah say: "Actually, the rune sword is not as expensive as you think, the price you hear is just the price shouted by the merchants, in fact, the real price is often a discount." ”
Senior Vernon looked at him in disbelief and asked, "Is the Rune Sword really that cheap?"
"Why don't we go to the magic trading hall first, we won't have anything to lose anyway. Noah didn't give any affirmative answer, but just said this to Senior Vernon, and he said this, which made Senior Vernon inevitably feel a little moved.
Then Noah mentioned again: "Moreover, Jijia can also take the opportunity to register as an intermediate magician in the magic union at the top level." ”
Hearing Noah say this, Senior Vernon agreed to Noah's proposal: "Okay, then let's go and have a look!"
We walked all the way out of the backstreets of the Royal Academy of Magic, and only then did we meet a magic caravan in front of an ice drink shop, Noah took out two silver coins from his bosom, threw them to the coachman, and asked him to drive us to the Tower of Pride at the other end of Yulin Street.
It was cooler in the caravan of magic, and Senior Vernon and I sat down with our backs to the coachman, with Noah and Shirley Newman sitting across from us.
I pulled out a few Patoto snake fruits from my magic belt, which is a specialty of the Black Forest of the Hiero plane, this vine called 'Patoto' parasitizes some oak canopies, only the natives of Hierro can find them, and in the summer, they produce a snake-like strip of fruit, which is very sweet and has a good taste, with a strange fragrance.
I distributed the Patoto snake fruit among the people before I said, "By the way, I'm coming back this time with a gift for you." ”
Both Senior Vernon and Shirley Newman thought the fruit was a gift I had brought back and set their eyes on the snake fruit.
Only Noah asked me unceremoniously, "What gift, why didn't you take it out earlier?"
I said to Noah, "Well, this gift is a little special, okay, it's a magic pattern! ”
"Have you even learned this?" Noah asked me with a look of surprise, and then said to me excitedly, "Can you tell me what kinds of magic patterns you have learned, and is there one that suits me?"
I will name each of the eight primary magic patterns that the Yerkes scholar has given me.
Noah listened very carefully, and after thinking for a while, he said to me: "Strength enhancement and protective shield are obviously only suitable for warriors and knights, Wind Rush and Weakness Detection are suitable for ranger archers and hunters, and the Murmur of Death is amplified spell magic? ”
Shirley Newman, who was sitting next to him, hurriedly touched Noah's arm and reminded Noah: "Hey, Jijia's fishskin hood has a magic effect of flexible thoughts......
A fishskin hood with a nimble mind does not have the effect of the Life Pattern.
Hearing Shirley Newman say this, Noah immediately changed his mind and asked her, "Shirley, do you think mental concentration or mental protection is better?"
Apparently Shirley Newman had some ideas, and without pause, said to Noah:
"Psychic protection!"
Noah said very simply, "Then choose this." ”
Senior Vernon sat beside me and hesitated for a moment before saying to me: "I don't need that, my first primary magic pattern was tattooed last year, it is a 'Water Magic Amplification Magic Pattern', and the effect is not bad!"
Hearing Senior Vernon say this, I suddenly felt a trance in my heart, and I suddenly thought of Sister Guoguo.
Senior Vernon said to me with a little regret, "When you learn the second-level magic pattern construction, you must tell me, with my current carrying capacity, I can just carry a second-level magic pattern construction." ”
"Well, I'm not sure how long that one will take. I said, "Actually, it's not these gifts that I want to give you......
“......”
Senior Vernon and Noah looked at me curiously.
I rubbed my nose and said to everyone, "I just learned a Life Pattern called 'Life Guardian', and as we all know, Life Pattern hardly consumes much carrying capacity. ”
Noah asked me with a look of surprise, "You mean...... Can you tattoo a life pattern on me?"
"That's right!" I replied in the affirmative.
Noah excitedly stood up from the carriage and said, "Oh my God, wait a minute, let me catch my breath, I find that I can't breathe a little...... Happiness came a little suddenly, and I finally understood why some people would say what a happy thing it would be to have an inscription friend, and it was not wrong at all. ”
"Jiga, this is too precious!" said Senior Vernon with some hesitation.
I smiled and said, "If you don't want to go, you can pay for the magic ink, or invite me to the alleys of the backstreet of the Tower of Pride for a drink, but I suggest you don't refuse, because this life pattern is really good!"
Noah immediately said, "A fool would refuse, since you took the initiative to talk about it, when will you give your gift?"
"I'll be back in the dorm in the evening!" I said to them.