Chapter 8: The Alchemy Guild of Steel
"I'm sorry, we don't have such a large reserve of steel here, and as far as I know, there is no blacksmith shop in Asahi Peak City that has that much molten steel. If you really want to use more than a ton of molten steel, you can go to the Steel Alchemy Guild in Xicheng District to find out."
"Well," I sighed helplessly. Sorry boss, I'm bothering you about business. ”
With a wave from the owner of the blacksmith shop that it was okay, I left the third blacksmith shop I had visited today.
It's been three days since I came to Xufeng City. In these three days, I didn't do anything, just accompanied Ellie to visit the entire Xufeng City, Ellie had a good time, and I also let go of my mind and experienced the customs of the other world. It wasn't until today that I began to go in and out of the city's blacksmith shops to get a ton of molten steel.
Unfortunately, no blacksmith can provide me with such a large amount of molten steel. On the one hand, because they don't have the strength to melt more than a ton of steel at once and keep it hot; On the other hand, because they have to keep enough steel reserves, they can't sell me all the steel in stock. Therefore, the results of most of the day today are only less than 1,000 catties of iron.
Following the instructions of the blacksmith shopkeeper, I ordered a carriage and took Ellie to the location of the Fullmetal Alchemy Guild.
At the front desk of the Fullmetal Alchemy Guild stood two receptionists, a man and a woman, who saw Ellie and I walk into the guild, and one of the younger men, urged by the older women, came to us with some uneasiness.
"Hello," said the young man, who made a formal bow to us, looking very nervous. The audience ceremony is a necessary etiquette for ordinary people who want to talk to nobles or powerful professionals, otherwise it will be regarded as disrespectful to them. If a commoner comes up to a nobleman or a professional whom he meets for the first time and talks casually, even if he is beaten, there is nothing to complain about.
"Hello, this honorable gentleman, do you have an appointment to come to the Fullmetal Alchemy Guild?"
I shook my head.
"So," the young man swallowed, looking a little nervous, "we don't have an appointment here today, there are Cheryl Fabricator, who is good at making magic armor, and Master Pompo, who is good at making magic weapons. If you appreciate other guild members more, please make an appointment with me first and come back another day. ”
I shook my head again, this young man seemed to be receiving guests for the first time, and when he saw my refusals one after another, he became even more nervous, and he looked at the old-timers around him tremblingly, as if he was about to cry.
Another older receptionist sighed, smiled respectfully but not humblely, took his place, and greeted me: "Hello, dear sir. What is the matter with your visit to our Steelmetal Alchemy Guild? ”
Seeing that the senior came up to take over this guest who did not play cards according to common sense, the young receptionist breathed a sigh of relief, took a few steps back, and carefully observed the senior's way of doing things.
"I want to get at least a ton of molten steel, which can remain liquid for at least three days, for alchemy experiments, and ask that no one come and disturb me during this time, do you have any way?"
The senior is worthy of the senior, even if she has never met a guest with such a request, but she still answered my question very well after a while.
"If you only need a ton of steel, then we can send it to you right away, but if you ask for more than a ton and keep the molten steel for three days, I think only Vice President Crowle, who specializes in the nature of metals, can meet your conditions. However, the vice president had already left Xufeng City three months ago and went to lead the team to the Barren Cliff Mountains in search of special minerals, and he would return in about ten days. I can make an appointment for you here, please come back in 10 days. All right? ”
Ten days? Fortunately, I can take this opportunity to craft some magic items and trade them for enough magic crystals to hatch mutated lava behemoth embryos in a few days.
"Well," I nodded slightly: "You can make an appointment for me, I still have to book a standard alchemy room here, starting tomorrow, it will take a total of three days." ”
"Yes, sir." She lowered her head and took out a notebook, which was recorded: "Now the No. 3 alchemy room and the No. 5 alchemy room are empty, of which the No. 3 alchemy room is slightly smaller, and the No. 5 alchemy room is half larger than the No. 3 alchemy room, and the price is more expensive than it." If you are the only one doing the alchemy operation, I suggest you use the No. 3 alchemy room, the rent is three gold a day, do you think it's okay? ”
"Yes."
She lowered her head again and recorded in her notebook, "Please pay a third of the deposit first, that is, the deposit of three golds, and we will give you an alchemy card tomorrow, with which you can enter the alchemy room." When you leave, please come to the front desk to settle the bill. ”
I handed the money to the receptionist, who pulled out a yellow metal card from the cabinet at the front desk and walked out of the front desk.
"I'll take you to inspect the third alchemy room, please bring the child with me."
Ellie and I followed her deeper into the guild, which was quiet, except for the sound of our footsteps in the hallway. After a few turns, we came to a room with the word number three on the door.
The door's handle has a distinct card-shaped groove on the side, and the receptionist places the card in the recess, and after a few seconds, the door opens on its own.
She walked into the room and opened all the cabinets: "Please check if there is any necessary alchemy equipment that needs to be replenished, I will go to the storage room to get it, but the more expensive the equipment, the higher the rental price, I hope you can understand." ”
I have a perfect set of master-level alchemy equipment myself, so naturally I don't like these bargains. I looked around and found that the most ordinary alchemy equipment stored here was some of the most ordinary, somewhat old.
"Yes, there's nothing to add."
"Okay," the receptionist put away the card, "Please note that if these devices are damaged, you will need to compensate them according to the original price." Then, tomorrow you can come to me to get this alchemy card, thank you for your support of our Fullmetal Alchemy Guild. ”
I nodded nonchalantly and followed her out of the room, ready to leave the guild. During this time, we met a handsome young man in an alchemy robe who was coming out of the No. 4 company alchemy room next door to me. He was slightly surprised to see us, but he smiled and nodded, and I smiled in a friendly way, and then he left before us.
I also left the guild with Ellie, and decided to bring enough food to eat for three days tomorrow, so that Ellie could stay in my god crest, and I would eat and live in the alchemy room for these three days. When we walked to the carriage stop next to the Fullmetal Alchemy Guild, we met the young man in the alchemy robe again.
PS: I woke up early this morning and saw that there was a recommendation, so two more. Little Teddy continues to ask readers for collections and recommendations!