Because tomorrow is the opening day of the Celestial Ball Competition, all the work she can do has been almost completed, and the rest is some heavy chores, which has nothing to do with her, plus Sivi has also informed her in advance yesterday that she will not come to Golovitto if she has something to do today, so on the eve of the grand occasion of the Celestial Ball Competition, the girl has a short vacation.

However, just like many people, they always expect to have time to rest when they are busy, but once they do rest, they don't know what to do.

Sleep in? Alina has always had a clear schedule, and even if she wants to sleep in, her habits over the years make it impossible for her to fall asleep.

Shopping like a normal girl? Because I've spent a lot of time with Xiwei and Sharan before, I'm not interested in running into the crowd for the time being.

After thinking about it for a long time, the girl decided to go to the bookstore to read a free knight's novel for a day......

However, not long after she left her room, she met Sharan on the way.

The blue-haired girl walking in the crowd didn't seem to notice Alina's gaze, holding a small parasol with lace around the edges, and walked aimlessly through the crowd.

I don't know if it's her delusion, but Alina always feels that the girl who is always full of energy when she is with them is a little gloomy and melancholy at this time.

After hesitating for a moment, Alina shouted at Shalan, "Miss Shalan! ”

The expression on Shalan's face, who was originally a little absent-minded, was stunned, and she raised her head to look around only to find Alina, who was not far away from her.

"Ah, good afternoon." Sharan looked a little surprised, though. But he whispered hello to Alina.

"Do you have anything on your mind?"

Alina remained silent, and came to Shalan's side very naturally, walking side by side with the girl, and asked in a casual tone, "I always think that you are not in high spirits today." ”

"Nothing." Like an angry child, Sharan stubbornly rejected Alina's temptation and turned her face aside: "I didn't feel lonely because my uncle was away." ”

"Uh......" has been honed in the mall for a long time, and Elina, who is accustomed to seeing slick and cunning human spirits, is stammered. I didn't know what to say for a while.

At this time, a sentence that Sivi used to say about Shalan immediately came to her mind.

What a fool.

But it seems to be a little too rude to think about it this way.

The girl immediately banished the word fool out of her head, and tried to find something else: "Miss Sharan." Are you planning a casual stroll around town? ”

"By the way, are you familiar with the city?" As if reminded by Aliana, Sharan stopped. Asked Alina.

Although she didn't know what she meant, out of the attitude of serving guests that she had cultivated in the past, Alina also stopped and replied seriously: "It should be quite familiar, after all, I have lived in this city for many years." ”

"In that case, do you know where you can make a lot of money in one day?" Hearing the silver-haired girl in civilian clothes in front of her say this, Sharan immediately leaned in to the girl with interest, and looked at her with wide almond-colored eyes.

Although Sharan is not conscious, she has actually unconsciously activated some of the special spell-like abilities 'Charm' that vampires have. Of course, in Shalan's case, her ability is still relatively weak......

"It's not that easy to make money...... But how much money do you have now? ”

Probably because of the effect of seduction, Alina, who should have been puzzled by this, actually began to seriously consider the question of 'making a lot of money in one day'. …,

Sharan rummaged through her pockets, and found only Cage's legacy and the pocket money that Syvi had given her—five silver coins in all.

"It's not much, but it's enough." Alina nodded. As he walked forward with Sharan, he introduced her: "There are many messy places in Golovitto City, and there are many places where you can pawn and recycle old items, although most of the rare or valuable antiques will definitely be taken by the shopkeeper, but ......"

She and Sharan arrive in a somewhat dilapidated house, filled with all sorts of things like a garbage heap.

However, Alina was dismissive of old-looking antiques. I just concentrated on digging in the old book, and finally dug out a red cover, with some bronzing text on the cover that had begun to fade, and on the last page of the book there were illegible characters written in black paint.

Then she casually took a few books one after another and clamped the red book.

"Boss, how much do these books cost?" Alina asked aloud by shaking the book in her hand at the uncle who was lazily lying on the counter, with all the hair in the center of his head that had fallen out into a Mediterranean hairstyle.

The uncle, who still had a pimple on his nose, raised his eyelids and glanced at the stack of dirty-looking books in Alina's hand, then lowered his eyelids again, and said weakly, "Take the thirty coppers." ”

Unlike other antiques, unless it's a magic book, books don't usually sell for much money, so the shopkeeper is not interested in checking the books in the girl's hand.

After paying the shopkeeper, Alina left the pawn shop with a confused Sharan and came to an alley with fewer pedestrians.

"What's wrong? What did you do? Sharan, who hadn't figured out what was going on from beginning to end, hurriedly asked Alina after leaving the pawn shop.

Alina threw all the broken books in her hand into the trash, except for the red book, and then shook the red book in her hand towards Sharan: "This book can be sold for about one to ten gold coins. ”

Sha Lan blinked her eyes and looked puzzled: "Can such a broken book be worth so much money?" ”

"It's a magic book written in secret language. Many great magicians or great alchemists don't like to make some of their experimental results and magic theories available to anyone, so they often use some special magic to encrypt them after recording, although even some appraisers can't tell the difference. But as long as it can be deciphered, its value can immediately increase by hundreds of times. Alina patiently explained to Sharan, "Although there are not many such books in total, the accumulation of books in many pawn shops in Golovitto over the years can make many libraries sigh at themselves, and if you look carefully, you are likely to find such books." This is what many appraisers call Taobao. ”

"Oh, I see!" The expression on Shalan's face immediately became clear, and she patted her flat chest. With a confident face, he said, "You wait for me here!" With that, he trotted away with his umbrella and disappeared from Alina's field of vision.

Not long after, she walked back with some difficulty, holding a large stack of books.

"Look at how much these books are worth!" Put the big stack of books on the ground. Sharan couldn't wait to look at Alina.

Alina could only smile wryly and crouch down to look through the dusty books that were very old for a long time, acting as a temporary appraiser to help Sharan evaluate the value of these books.

Fortunately, there are not many pedestrians in this small alley. Otherwise, the two girls staring at a pile of tattered ancient books will definitely attract a lot of curious eyes.

It was a long time before Alina closed the last book, and she rubbed her forehead and met Shalan's expectant gaze with some embarrassment. …,

"Alina, how much are these worth?"

"Uh...... About fifty coppers. After thinking about it for a while, Alina decided to tell the truth.

"How so?! I spent five silver coins to get these books! Sharan's eyes widened in disbelief and she let out a voice of disbelief.

"These books are just ordinary books, not only are there no magic books, but there are no books that are collectible......"

Alina flipped through the books, some of which were missing even the title pages, "Although I don't deny that I may have lost my eyes, there is not much chance of error in this kind of easy identification. ”

"Whew. Why is this ......" Sharan was suddenly depressed.

That's normal, isn't it...... Alina said to herself.

Just now she wanted to teach Sharan a little trick of identifying magic books or something, but before she could say anything, the blue-haired girl rushed out of the magic book by herself, if she could really find the magic book, it would be unscientific......

All in all, the two of them had to go and sell the pile of books to the pawn shop in exchange for three silver coins. Keep thinking about ways to make money.

"Speaking of which, Miss Sharan, you live at the Catherine Hotel, don't you?" Alina suddenly remembered that when Sivi and her sent Sharan back with her, it seemed that they had gone to the Catherine Hotel.

"That's right." Sharan nodded, affirming Alina's words.

"That's fine." As she spoke, Alina led Saran to the Catherine Hotel.

The underground casino of the Catherine Grand Hotel to be exact.

As a guest of the hotel, Shalan is naturally able to enter the underground casino, and Alina is also well-known in the Luo Lan Chamber of Commerce, so she will not be blocked.

Because of the Celestial Ball Competition, the casino, which should have been a little deserted during the day, was also lively at this time. As soon as they stepped into the place, the ears of the maidens were filled with the cheers of the winners, the cries of the losers, the sound of the dice and the roulette wheel, or rolling or turning.

"If it's here, even if you don't have a skill, you can win a lot of money by relying on luck." After exchanging three silver chips, Alina gave Sharan a demonstration.

Although Alina is not good at this, when working for the Chamber of Commerce, it is inevitable that she will encounter all kinds of entertainment, and there is no shortage of this kind of situation of meeting on the gambling table, so she still has some experience for gambling girls.

Stud (here refers to similar games, the same hereinafter), Blackjack, Landlord Fight, Dice Betting, Russian Roulette......

As Alina and Saran circled the casino, Alina's initial three silver chips had now turned into two golden chips and twelve silver chips.

She is not the kind of gambler who will press all the chips as soon as she goes up, but will first test with some chips, wait until she is familiar with it, and have the confidence to win, then suddenly press all the chips to make a big profit, and then immediately switch to other gambling methods.

"Well, it's easy, right?" After winning another game, Alina turned to Sharan and said, "Although I rely on a little bit of skill, this kind of thing is a little bit more luck and observation. ”

Seeing Shalan, who was still silent, Alina thought that the girl was afraid that she would lose all her money. So he cheered her up again: "Don't be afraid of losing money, if you lose, I'll lend it to you, anyway, as long as you are familiar with it, it's not difficult to turn it over." If you're still scared, I can guide you on how to do it later. ”

"Let's go back."

There was silence for a moment before Sharan whispered.

"Why don't you give it a try, there is a 50% chance that you can double your chips in black and white in Russian roulette?" Alina asked.

"It's not the money I want." Sharan shook her head. Declined Alina's invitation: "I just want to buy something with my own money." I'm not interested in this kind of unsolicited money. ”…,

Although Sharan had been to the casino before, and had lost a lot of money, the girl didn't really feel much about money at that time. I just think gambling is fun.

Alina looked at Sharan with an inquiring gaze, and Sharan looked back at Alina with a clear gaze without shying away.

The two looked at each other as if no one was in the hustle and bustle around them.

After a while, Alina burst out laughing.

At this, Sharan frowned delicately for some reason.

Alina took Shalan's hand. Pulling the reluctant blue-haired girl out of the casino and out of the Catherine Hotel.

At this time, Alina said without looking back: "Now, Luo Lan Auction House is recruiting temporary workers." ”

"W-What?" Somewhat resistant to Alina's actions, Sharan didn't hear her clearly as she spoke.

"The Luo Lan Chamber of Commerce is recruiting temporary handymen, and the hourly salary is as high as five silver coins, but there is also a frightening amount of work to be done." Alina repeated: "Six hours of intense work can be exchanged for thirty silver coins. ”

"Hmm......" Sharan looked at the silver-haired girl pulling her in front of her, a little hesitant.

"Thirty silver coins is indeed not too much to buy anything too luxurious, but a well-made tie, a delicate and durable quill, and a beautiful staff set are also good gifts. Isn't it? ”

Alina turned around and gave the blue-haired girl a big smile.

"For, for, what do you know!?" Shalan's cheeks flushed suddenly—as a high-level vampire, the amount of blood in her body was still better than that of many vampires—and she stammered, "I obviously didn't say I was going to give Uncle a gift!" ”

"Because your expression is too obvious." Alina suddenly felt that this unfamiliar girl's mood of wanting to do something for others was really cute: "There is no way to hide your thoughts. ”

"Ahh......h

"So, do you want to do it? A temporary handyman at the Luo Lan Chamber of Commerce? Alina asked Saran.

She was still holding Shalan's hand, and the shy appearance of the blue-haired girl made Alina have no doubt that she would let go. Sharan would run away.

Although she was still very shy, this time Sharan still raised her face and tried her best to make her expression serious: "Do it!" No, please let me do it! ”

Probably because she was too excited, her voice was exceptionally loud, which attracted the attention of many people around her.

The momentum of the girl who had finally discovered this immediately shrank again......

-- Six hours later --

"I'm really bothering you today." Saran walks through the brightly lit streets. Say thank you to Alina by her side.

As Alina said, the remaining chores of the Celestial Sphere Conference were very heavy, and it seemed that the Chamber of Commerce was planning to hire a few more temporary workers to do it together, and the so-called five silver coins per hour said the sum of the salaries of those temporary workers. It's just because of the relationship proposed by Alina that Shalan was put in charge of it alone, and of course, all the rewards were given to Shalan.

But even with pure vampire royal blood, her physical strength and endurance far surpassed that of most humans, the rest of the work was too complicated, and Sharan couldn't do it, and she soon found that it would be difficult for her to complete all the work in six hours, even if she didn't rest.

At this time, Alina, who was still on vacation, also changed into work clothes and began to help her. It was precisely because of the help of Alina, who was a second-turn demon swordsman and had much better physical fitness than ordinary people, that Sharan was able to complete the work within the time limit without danger and get a good reward. …,

"It's okay, anyway, I don't know what to do today, it's good to be able to exercise enough." Alina, while drinking the juice she had bought from the stall, moved her aching arms, and asked Saran with interest, "What are you going to buy for Mr. Edric?" ”

Every girl hides a gossip heart, and even Alina has no exception to this sentence.

"What do you think of this?" Shalan picked up a string of silver bracelets from a stall on the side of the road, the main body of the bracelet was an azure orb, although I don't know what the material of the road was, but it looked crystal clear and very beautiful.

"Uh, this kind of thing is more suitable for girls to wear, right?" Alina looked at Shalan, who couldn't put it down with the bracelet, and said with some hesitation.

"That's right." Sharan regretfully lowered her bracelet and slumped her shoulders.

Seeing the other party's lost look, Alina couldn't help but encourage: "It's, in fact, bracelets and earrings are different, but there is no rule that it must be worn by a man or a woman, so it should be no problem to buy that." ”

"Really! Boss, wrap this up for me! So Sharan picked up a pink, more feminine bracelet and said to the stall owner.

Mr. Elideck, I'm sorry for you.

Alina secretly apologized to Sivi in her heart, and began to look forward to Sivi's expression when she received the gift...... (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )