The Port of Abundance, the largest trading port in Arabe, is also connected to the bustling aristocratic district. Although it has been a short time in Arabe, it is the first time that Iluli has come to the aristocratic district to experience the prosperity of this place for herself.

Galia, on the other hand, acts as a guide, and in her description of the place, more than a hundred years ago, it was a barren beach overgrown with thorns, with only a few fishermen settling on both sides of the riverbank. Free-thinking mages landed here and used their knowledge and magical abilities to build the first dock where merchant ships could dock.

More than 100 years later, everything has changed dramatically, and the Port of Plenty, as its name suggests, has become the most fertile part of the city of Arabe. As far as the eye can see, mansions, barns, warehouses, wooden houses, inns, markets, chamber streets, taverns, brothels, one after another.

Even though it was still a little far away, Iruli could still see all kinds of pedestrians shuttling through the streets, including citizens, merchants, sailors, wanderers, and hawkers mixed with merchants.

Wide stone avenues, straight shop streets, and criss-crossed alleys weave between the buildings. The destination of their trip, the Harbor Mage Tower, is located on the top of a hillside, and seven towers of the Magi stand on top of it, looking down on the entire harbor from a high vantage point.

On the dome of the tallest mage tower in the center, a flag flutters - gold as the base, and in the center is an ornately carved staff studded with various colored gems, symbolizing the authority of the magician.

Hundreds of wharves line the waterfront, and countless ships are moored in the harbor, huge merchant ships, barges like small fish, deep-water fishing boats, and rafts on rivers, loading and unloading goods from all over the world.

Upstream of the harbor, there were nearly thirty narrow warships with their sails raised, which was the main force of the Duchy's proud navy, the Jewel Scepter Fleet.

"Iluri, let's report to the Mage Tower first, if nothing happens. I'll take you on a stroll around the streets, where you can buy a lot of novelties. ”

"It's really prosperous. Overwhelmed, Iluli couldn't help but sigh that compared to here, the so-called most lively market area in Nancheng District is simply like street vendors.

"yes, so it's important here. Galia looked a little worried: "The density of people here is very high, and the composition is even more complicated. Once the sea monster lands, the whole of Arabe will probably fall into a situation. ”

"It's not just the sea monster, it's that terrible curse. Iruli added, "In my opinion, the curse that spreads too quickly is what you should be most worried about. The population here is so dense that if it erupts, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

"I see what you mean. There is currently a strict curfew in place, and everyone must stay home away from the coastline as the sun is about to set. That's all it takes, you know, there's no way we're going to get it all out. ”

"I hope so. ”

Talking all the way, along the straight avenue, we finally arrived at the Mage Tower of Fertile Harbor. After the guards confirmed their identities, they respectfully sent them in.

Compared to the bustling port city, the Mage Tower District follows the usual style of a mage - quiet, neat stone-paved streets with few pedestrians.

In charge of receiving Galia was a mage apprentice, a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old, who arranged for them to be placed in a makeshift dwelling near the mage's tower, an equally richly decorated igloo, according to the standards of a mid-level magician.

Unfortunately, Hadilith was not here for the time being, and went with the team to the coast to observe the situation.

"Whew~ I guess there shouldn't be any of my tasks in the afternoon. After a brief rest in the room, Jialia said with great interest: "While there is still some time, I will take you out for a walk." Oh, by the way, the other day the association also came down with an application, saying that there is a nobleman's daughter here with a talent for magic, let me investigate. If it's confirmed, I'll have a mage apprentice. Well, at least she'll be able to tidy up my study, haha. ”

"You're going to take in an apprentice?"

"Sort of, let's go, let's talk as we go. ”

According to the regulations of the Mage Association, after being promoted to a mid-level magician, you have the obligation to accept apprentices. The local aristocracy would select a number of eligible school-age children and send them to the guild to be tested for magical talent.

After the initial determination of magical talents, these young children do not immediately become apprentices, but instead go home and wait, where they are regularly observed by members of the Guild and are qualified to become magical apprentices when it is determined that the magical talents are stable and not short-lived.

The high status of magicians in Arabe also means that those noble families are very careful about the cultivation of their children, and they all expect their children to become magicians and improve the status of the family.

In fact, Galia's father was born in a small aristocratic area, and after being promoted to a middle-level magician, the family's status has risen, and now the family is thriving and the family has a big business.

The object of Galia's investigation this time is the daughter of a side child of the Pierre family, one of the four nobles of the city of Arabe, named Tina Pierre.

The magician's visit made Tina's family very excited. As the aristocratic class of Arabbe City, even the children of the side line, their wealth is amazing.

The mansion, the garden, the private brewery, and the servants shuttled through the weaving, and it was an eye-opener for Eluri. She originally thought that the manor that Jialia found for them was already very luxurious, but compared to the real aristocratic mansion, it was still a small thing.

However, the Pierre family knew that magicians did not like to be busy, so there were no cumbersome welcome ceremonies. Instead, the Pierre family's mother, Tina's mother, personally led them to the back house, which was also the place where the nobles lived, and it was a very solemn hospitality.

In a richly decorated princess's room, Iruli met a little girl named Tina, only thirteen years old, with long shiny light brown curly hair, skin as white as winter snow, eyes as blue as a summer sky, wearing a light blue silk dress, and a sapphire necklace around her neck, which enhanced the color and charm of her eyes.

In Tina's body, there is an innate aristocratic temperament, which is not only the excellent family conditions, but also the careful care of her parents.

"Welcome, Lord Galia. Tina saluted dignified and elegantly with the corners of her skirt, full of aristocratic style, her immature little face was full of politeness, but there was a hint of nervousness in her eyes.

Because Galia is an important person who decides whether she can become a magician or not.

"Tina, long time no see, how are you feeling lately?" Galia didn't think of herself as an outsider at all, and looked at Tina happily: "You look good." But why do you have faint circles under your eyes? Have you been sleeping well lately?"

"Yes, Lord Galia. Tina didn't dare to lie and stood up straight like a well-behaved student: "My father hasn't come back yet, and my mother and I are very worried about his safety. ”

"Hasn't Mr. Pierre come back yet?" said Galia, who looked a little surprised: "I remember the last time I visited, he was going to go to sea in person, and he said he would be back soon. ”

"Yes, sir. But - it seems that something bad is happening. Father, he's now trapped in the Blackstone Collar. ”

"Blackstone Collar, why haven't I heard of this place?"

"It is a small town on the southern border of the kingdom of Tia. Tina explained, "Located in the southern part of Daotan Town, my father was last entangled by a sea monster and was helped by the nobles of the Blackstone Lord. ”

"Sea monster...... "The sea monster" Jialia frowned slightly, muttered for a while, and muttered, "Has the Tia Kingdom also suffered from the sea monster? ”

"It was the nobles of the Black Stone Collar who used a mysterious exorcism material to drive away the sea monster. I also heard from my father that the Blackstone Collar is very powerful and has a lot of new things. ”

"Exorcism materials?, a little border noble?" Galia was a little unconvinced: "Do they have a way to drive away sea monsters?"

"I don't know. The last time I heard from my father, it was mentioned that the lord of the Blackstone Domain had an unusual talent. But—it seemed that they could not help the distant city of Arabe, so my father stayed there. ”

That's right, Tina's father is Captain Mason Pierre, a side child who relies on the unique products of the Blackstone Collar and is highly valued by the family.

"My lord, do you remember the potion that has recently become popular in our city of Arabe to remove the curse of the sea god?"

"I've heard of it!" "Isn't it developed in your family?"

"Actually, no. It was also the work of the nobles of the Blackstone Lord. It's a family secret, but when adults ask, I don't dare to lie. ”

"What?"

The bustling city of Arabe has a fertile harbor with countless sailors, and the curse of the sea god is like a terrifying demon that has been spread among sailors for hundreds of years, and even the magicians of the Mage Guild are helpless.

When the Pierre family announced that they had broken the curse of the sea god and had developed a potion, it was immediately popular in Arabe, and those who tried it themselves confirmed its miraculous efficacy.

This potion also made the Pierre family a huge fortune.

At one point, Galia believed that the potion was secretly researched by the Pierre family's kinship magicians within the Mage Guild, and used it to make the family prosperous.

She didn't expect it to come from a place she had never heard of.

This made her have an impression of the black stone collar for the first time.

"Poseidon curse?" Iruli had been a pirate for many years and had heard of this curse, but the Fractured Stones were not so lucky.

"This black stone collar, it doesn't sound simple, but even the curse of the sea god that has been spread for a hundred years can be broken!"