Chapter 65: The Antique Market in Port Capper
Although the short-lived master of the Bloody Instructor has not appeared in the game, he has a portrait of him in the dungeon, and he will be touched more or less during the mission. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
If it weren't for Shakia, Green might not have thought of the portrait in the background at all, but with Shaqiya and the underwear on Shakia's body as a reference, Green instantly thought of the background man.
Finding out that he turned out to be the legendary "background man", Green felt that the whole person was not good. It feels like a Taoist priest suddenly telling you: "Young man, you are destined to commit a lone star in the sky, and you are destined to masturbate for the rest of your life." Even if you go to the hair salon, you are bound to be severely beaten. ”
Madeakua! Can you talk well?
Before, Green was still worried that if Sakia met the owner of her "destiny", she might be abducted directly! For example, Guan Zhangzhao, the best hero in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, was directly full of favor after meeting Liu Bei and locked in loyalty 100 - you really can't be reasonable when you encounter this kind of dragon arrogant-style plot. But when Green discovers that he looks "very similar" to the master in Saqia's "fate", Green no longer has to worry about his maid being abducted by the "aristocratic boy" who suddenly pops up, but Green needs to worry about his own life.
As a "background man", Green doesn't even have a name left in the game, and the only title he leaves behind is the "Master of Saqia Betrel". If you follow the plot in the game, then Green and Shakia will be separated, and the spiritual connection between the master and servant will be broken, and the spiritual connection will be lost, causing Shakia to be unable to distinguish which master it is, and the next time Shakia meets, she will give Green to Dzi as some "villain who is pretending to be her master"!
Green feels bad!
As a player, Green certainly doesn't believe in those so-called "fates". What is the difference between a time-traveler who can't change the plot and a salted fish? However, what Green didn't expect was that he was "running the plot" from beginning to end, and his "encounter" and "deepening relationship" with Saqia were arranged by "fate" from beginning to end, which made Green have to pay attention to his "established destiny".
Green didn't want to be the Kassandra of Greek mythology.
The trouble is that because the relevant plot is very limited, although Green knows the ending of the "background man", he doesn't understand why the "background man" in the game is separated from Sakia, which makes Green feel very passive, even if he wants to start changing the plot, he doesn't know where to start. Of course, Green himself will try to avoid being separated from Shakia, but what if there are any special circumstances?
Because he had something on his mind, Green was still in a state of confusion until he walked out of the locker room.
"Guest, are you satisfied with the outfit I chose?" The landlady smiled and said, "If you feel that the size is not appropriate, I can help you measure your bust and choose a new one." Apparently, the female boss also seemed to notice that Shakia's actual bust was a little different from the data that Green had said earlier.
"No need to change it, just that one." Although Green also felt that the size was wrong, since Sakia liked it, there was no way to do it.
Although the underwear used very little fabric, the price was not cheap, and the price of twenty gold pami was almost equal to the price of a green weapon, which made Green feel a pain in his flesh. Even underwear made of pure gold is only at this price, right?
The price of the underwear was expensive, but it was worth it in exchange for Sakia's favorability - if she didn't hack Green to death in the future.
After buying the underwear, Green said goodbye to the enthusiastic landlady and left Simon's clothing store.
Although the fate of the future is very uneasy for Green, what needs to be done still has to be done. Greene still has a lot to buy this morning.
After leaving the clothing store, Green takes Sakia straight to the thrift market.
Due to the low level of basic industry development in the world of Io, the price of craft products is usually relatively high, and people usually choose to sell things in the old market if they are not useful, rather than throwing them away as garbage as they do on the earth. Located in the southeast of Port Kapoor, the Port Kapoor Market is an open-air market with a somewhat dirty environment, and most of the shops are in the form of street stalls, which are usually visited by civilians or adventurers with limited financial means.
The market is very lively, and whenever Green stops in front of a stall, there are vendors selling their wares to Green. Most of the traders here are second-hand traders, who buy old items from other residents and sell them here. Ignoring the vendors selling their wares, Green took Sakia through the market, looking for what he wanted.
Soon, Green stopped in front of a stall selling a variety of books.
There are only a dozen or so books on the stall, which from the eyes of earthlings do not deserve to be called a "bookstore" at all. But in fact, there are so many books that are not a few.
Because of the existence of magic, the world of Io is unable to produce cheap wood pulp paper - to be precise, the paper made of wood pulp does not have the ability to resist demonization, and will soon corrode and age due to magic, and eventually turn into a pile of dust. In the game, there were players who tried to transport the papermaking techniques from Earth to the world of Io, but once the paper encountered the monthly "Magical Night", the structure instantly collapsed and turned into a puddle of dust.
The absence of cheap text carriers naturally means that the price of books will not be too low. So despite the fact that there are only a dozen books here, they are actually worth far more than the groceries on many stalls.
"Guest, do you want to buy a book?" The bookseller who set up the stall was a little old man with a mustache, and he looked a little treacherous.
"Hmm." Green glanced at the books on the stall, "Do you have spell books here?" ”
Hearing Green's words, a gleam flashed in the little old man's eyes: "Yes!" Not cheap, though. ”
"Show it to me."
The little old man looked Green up and down, hesitated, opened the wooden box that had just sat under his buttocks, took out a worn-out black book from it, and shook it in front of Green, but did not hand it to Green.
Greene: "Show me the book." ”
"That's not going to work." The little old man hurriedly shook his head, "Books are worthless if they are read." ”
Green couldn't help but roll his eyes: "This is a spell book, and it's not an ordinary miscellaneous book. A spellbook is a piece of equipment that needs to be carried around, just like a warrior's sword. ”
The little old man still stubbornly shook his head: "If you want to see it, just look at it." If you get the book and run away, I'll die. ”
Green was made to laugh and cry by the little old man in front of him: "Do you want to do business anymore?" So tell me how many unused blank pages there are in this spell book. ”
"This ...... There are no more blank pages. ”
"Do you have a blank spell book there, then?"
The little old man looked embarrassed: "I'll have such a book here." ”
Looking at the black book in the little old man's hand, Green couldn't help frowning: "Show me the book, if it is all the spells I have, why should I buy it?" ”
"Hmm~" The little old man's eyes gurgled, "Okay, the book can be shown to you, but for ten seconds at most." ”
"Judging by the thickness, this book should be twelve pages of spell notes, right? For at least a minute, I have to see what spells are inside before I can decide whether to buy it. ”
"Okay, here you go." The little old man happily handed the spell book in his hand to Green.
Green glanced at the little old man in front of him unexpectedly, and felt that the little old man's attitude had changed a little quickly. Although it felt a little strange, Green reached out and took the spell book, opened it, and took a look.
Although he pretended to be reading a book, in fact, Green's attention was completely focused on the system. The twelve pages of the spell book are densely filled with words, and judging from the text descriptions on the book, there should be a total of twelve spells recorded on it, but the system shows that there are only three spells to learn on it.
They are the Mage's Hand, Repair Minor Injuries, and Reading Magic, the three Zero Ring spells, and they are all very practical Ring Collar spells. Unfortunately, since the ownership of this spell book does not belong to Green, so even if Green holds the spell book, he cannot directly learn the above spells through the system, and if he wants to learn the above spells, he must make the ownership of the item his own.
"Hmm...... Three gold coins. Green quoted his price.
"You're kidding!" The little old man jumped up, "This is a spell book!" At least ten gold coins, not a single word is a lot! ”
"If this is really a spell book, ten gold coins really isn't too expensive." Green sneered and quickly flipped to a few pages in the book, "This page, this page, and this page." Two gold coins, I'll buy these three pages, and you can keep the rest for yourself. ”
The little old man looked at the art book, and then at Green: "What do you mean?" ”
"To put it simply, only the content on these three pages of this spell book is correct, and everything else is problematic." Green couldn't help but frown, "What kind of garbage did you pick up from the Wild Road Magic Apprentice?" Nine of the twelve spells were copied incorrectly, which is also too. ”
"Forehead......" The expression on the little old man's face suddenly became a little embarrassed.
"Two gold coins, just tear these three pages out and give them to me. How is it? Very fair price. Green closed the book and handed it back to the little old man, "Or three gold coins, and sell the book directly to me." ”
The little old man hesitated for a while, and finally shook his head: "I'm sorry. The price is just too low. ”
"Then it can't be helped." Green stood up, "I'll go look somewhere else." ”
Seeing Green leave, the little old man sat on the box, stroking the spell book in his hand, and a trace of indescribable complex feelings flashed in his eyes, as if he was caressing his old friend.
"Turns out, I was on the wrong path from the beginning?"