Oaktown is a small town, close to the border, and there is only one tavern marked with a six-pointed star in the town. Qian Qian used to go to the bakery and grocery store every few days to buy groceries, and always passed by this tavern, but he never came in.

Qian Qian stood in front of the tavern door and pushed the door open. Although it was a bit early, the tavern was already quite lively, at least half of the seats were occupied, most of them were adventurers with weapons and dust, and there were a few local residents, of course...... Not that kind of ordinary resident.

Behind the long bar stood a tall woman, the proprietress of the place, who was good-looking, but the sharp fangs and straw-yellow hair that showed from her mouth made it easy to tell her as a barbarian half-breed.

"Hah! There you are! The proprietress slapped Qian Qian immediately after seeing it: "I've been guessing, when will you come in." How? Have you finally decided that you want to start living an adult life? ”

"Yes!" Qian Qian replied generously: "My name is Lily, and I live nearby." ”

"Well, I know! My name is Edith. The landlady took out a cup under the bar, filled it with golden liquid, and pushed the cup in front of Qian Qian: "When you didn't have a high bar, you started to come to the town alone to buy things, and you have been buying things for four or five years, right?" Maple honey brewed beer, I'm in for a treat. ”

"Thank you!" Qian Qian took a big sip of the glass, the taste of the beer was sweet, slightly bitter, with a bit of malt aroma, which was very different from the beer she drank in the modern plane, but it tasted good.

"Your wine tastes so good! Thank you! Qian Qian thanked Edith again.

"Drink slowly, the stamina is quite strong." Edith stared at the pitch-black hood that covered Qian's face, and raised his eyebrows with an interesting face: "Let's talk about it, is it just to drink and have some fun here today, or is there something wrong?" ”

"I'm going to go to the Misty Forest recently, and I'm going to ask if anyone wants to go with them and split the benefits equally."

"I'll help you ask." Edith turned around and took down a thick parchment notebook from the shelf behind him: "By the way, someone came to ask two days ago, if anyone would like to help hunt bloodthirsty monitor lizards in the misty forest, the salary is very good, do you want to do a favor by the way." ”

"Yes!" Qian Qian nodded happily: "But I can't do it alone, I need to find someone to cooperate." ”

"I'll leave this to me," Edith nodded, "You can come back tomorrow, and if there's the right person, I'll let them talk to you personally." But I warn you that bloodthirsty monitor lizards are not easy to mess with, you have to think about it. Also, it's not free for me to help find someone, I'm going to take a cut. ”

"I've figured it out, and I'll try to do it." Qian Qian replied: "Regarding the commission, you can follow the rules." Also, let me be clear, I'm an alchemist, not a battle mage. ”

"Alchemists have the benefits of being an alchemist," Edith didn't really care, "there are still many people who are willing to work with alchemists, and you are the best at making magic tools." ”

"Then please." Qian Qian glanced around at the seemingly leisurely people in the tavern, put down the cup and walked out directly.

"That magician is the one who lives alone in the woods just outside town, right?" A middle-aged man with a sickly looking face by the window asked, "The one who always buys things in town, but never comes to the tavern." ”

"That's her." Edith nodded: "I advise you not to beat her, she is not easy to mess with, she is a very talented guy." The Prison Spell I had just put on the glass, and she broke it very easily. Don't look at her as a little guy who has just finished her apprenticeship, but if you want to worry about her belongings, most of them will never return. ”

"Okay!" The middle-aged man shrank back in disappointment: "Really! It was not easy for a young magician to appear, and it turned out to be a prickly one. ”

Edith added a confinement spell to the wine glass, and Qian Qian had already discovered it when he saw the wine. However, the confinement spell is not very clever, and at a glance, I know that I want to test her strength. However, Qian Qian didn't expect that the female boss Edith, who looked quite tall and strong, was actually a magician, and she thought that Edith was a barbarian warrior.

"It's so unfair." After walking out of the tavern, Qian Qian muttered and complained: "They are all magicians, she is so strong, I fell down as soon as I was blown by the wind." ”

"The talent is different, what do you have to complain about," 7788 made a pertinent comment: "When you broke the confinement curse, I saw the energy fluctuations on the two of you, not an order of magnitude, she was only crushed in front of you!" ”

"No one can be taken lightly." Qian Qian replied calmly: "People's talents are fair, her body looks strong and flexible, at least in terms of physical strength, much stronger than me." You know, according to my current level, if I use magic to fight people, I won't last long and I will be covered in cold sweat and so tired that I will lie down. Edith must be good at opening a tavern in a border area like Oaktown. ”

"Well, you're right, and Ivan said it," 7788 stroked his mustache and followed Ivan's tone, "There's no need to offend the tavernkeepers, although most of them will remain neutral and won't be too close or distant to their guests, but likable people may get additional benefits such as free messages." ”

"That's right!" Qian Qianle said: "You learn quite similarly." Ivan's instructions are always remembered by me, so I'm going to get along with Edith, after all, we'll be peers in the future, aren't we? ”

Because he planned to get along with the proprietress Edith, after Qian Qian returned to his shelter, he spent a little time making a simple magic device for Edith, which was an automatic wine pourer that could be driven by a simple small magic spell, which Qian Qian learned from Ivan's collection.

Among the books that Qian Qian inherited from Ivan, there is a book called "The Alchemist: The Complete Encyclopedia of Living Appliances", in which the magic tools don't seem to be very useful, but they are good for gifts.

According to Qian Qian's current level, it was not difficult to make such a delicate wine pourer, and she even wasted a small bit of star sand and made a small magic array in the wine pourer to maintain stability.

Edith clearly loved the gift! Qian Qian took out the delicate and improved wine pourer and put it on the bar, her eyes were as bright as if she had seen Jinshan.

"Is this for me?" Edith repeatedly confirmed to Qian Qian: "It's really for me, right?" ”

"That's right! Take it well, a small spell can be driven, and it shouldn't be a burden for you. Qian Qian pushed the wine pourer in front of her eyes: "Don't show that kind of expression that wants to rob." ”

"You're right!" Edith grabbed the wine pourer and looked over and over again: "If you say it's not for me, I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself and start robbing!" Oh my God, it's so exquisite! I've never met an alchemist of your calibre, and it's a waste of your skills to use as a wine pourer. ”