The next morning, after breakfast, Minna went to the housekeeper of the Yutan family to inquire about Corbyn.

The butler thought it was a little strange, but replied to her anyway, "Do you mean the Bath boatman?" He lives in the lower part of the city, far from here. It's dirty and messy, how can a young lady like you go? If you have something to do with him, just send someone to call him. ”

Minna was about to say why, but soon remembered that the butler didn't seem to like Corbin very much, and he didn't know what he would say if he said he wanted to give Corbin money. After thinking about it, he said, "Uh...... Corbin escorted me down the mountain and back to the boat that day and took very good care of me, so I wanted to ...... I want to give him a gift as a thank you. ”

"I see." The butler was a little unimpressed, but still smiled and said, "You are so merciful, this is just what he should do." But if you want to see him, I'll have someone call him. ”

"Thank you, Uncle Butler." Minna smiled and thanked her, and then she heard footsteps behind her, and when she looked back, it was Sibylla, and she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Since the two of them had a falling out yesterday, Sibylla had been making a lot of noise in her room, not even eating, and Yutan didn't bother to eat in order to coax her daughter, so Minna's lunch, dinner, and today's breakfast were all eaten alone in her room. She didn't want to meet Sibylla and quarrel again, but the rooms of the two were adjacent, and when she left the room just now, she still specially observed, and made sure that she would not meet each other, so she came out, but she didn't expect to run into each other.

Sibylla also looked uncomfortable, pursed her lips and shook her head, looking ignorant, but soon reluctantly turned her head and said weakly: "Good morning." ”

Minna's eyes widened suddenly, Sibylla actually took the initiative to greet her?! It's amazing! She was so surprised that she couldn't even speak: "Good morning, good morning." ”

Then, Sibylla's eyes drifted to the ceiling: "It's a nice day. ”

"Uh...... Ah, yes, not bad. Minna was in a daze. The butler on the side cautiously restrained the look of shock in his face, and stood by with his head bowed respectfully, trying to weaken his presence.

Probably because the scene was too weird, Sibylla also noticed it, cleared her throat, and said, "Yesterday's incident...... I'm sorry, I shouldn't have broken your gift. But his eyes were looking in other directions.

Minna was shocked again, but this time she was not in a daze, and immediately reacted: "No, in fact, there is something wrong with me, I shouldn't have quarreled with you." ”

"Then ......," Sibylla still looked at her incorrectly, "that we are reconciled?" She casually held out a hand.

Minna suddenly remembered her little uncle Radlow in the Elven Forest, who was also an awkward-mouthed, but gentle little boy (at least on the outside). She smiled and took Sibylla's hand.

The scene finally became normal, and the housekeeper quietly breathed a sigh of relief. Sibylla seemed to feel the same way, glancing at the butler, "What were you doing just now?" ”

"I'll ask Uncle Butler to find someone to call Corbin for me."

"Corbyn? That Bass slave? What are you looking for him? ”

"Miss Minna said to give Corbin some gifts, thanking him for taking care of her when she was in the Holy Mountain." This time it was the butler who answered, and Sibila was not happy when she heard it: "It's just a Bath slave, what are you giving him a gift for?" First of all, you only gave me a cheap necklace, and whatever it is for him, it is not worth more than mine! Otherwise...... Otherwise, I'll be angry! ”

Minna was a little embarrassed, although she didn't know how much Corbyn owed others, but the shell necklace was made by herself, and she didn't spend a copper plate.

Seeing Minna's hesitation, Sibylla glared: "You really want to give him something valuable?!" ”

"Ahem, I see, don't be angry." Minna hurriedly reassured the other party, she didn't want to fall out with Uncle Yutan's daughter again, when she saw Uncle Yutan in the morning, she found that he had a lot more gray hair, it must be because of Sibylla's sadness, right? She couldn't afford to trouble him anymore.

As for Corbyn's matter, she only said "I know" and didn't promise anything, as long as she quietly found an opportunity to give Corbin the money and didn't let Sibylla know.

She was secretly proud of her "nimble mind", and Sibylla thought that she really listened to her, and her mood improved, and she regained her original attitude: "Let's hang out today?" Dad gave me a lot of pocket money, said you can buy whatever I liked, and told me to take you shopping. ”

Minna responded, since Youtan spoke, she naturally wouldn't shirk, she had been in Cameca for a few days, she hadn't seen the country and the city well, so of course she had to take a good look if she had the chance.

In addition to it, there are only a few small towns and villages in the whole country of Camica, most of which are either mountainous or low-lying areas, and the surrounding islands were originally populated, but in recent decades, they have moved to the towns or villages of the island.

The city of Kameca is divided into three urban districts, the upper, middle and lower districts, and the upper city is inhabited by the country's dignitaries, large and medium-sized maritime merchants, and foreign nationals. Some of the latter came for business, some for vacation, and some were aristocrats who had made political mistakes or caused trouble in their home country, and chose Cameca as a temporary residence in exile for the temperate climate and distance from the mainland. All the residents of Uptown are well-off, making it one of the richest, cleanest and liveliest places in the city.

Midtown is inhabited by the so-called well-off people, including ordinary employees of shipping and trading houses, small maritime merchants, and more senior crew members, such as captains or first and second officers. Due to the well-developed maritime transport in Kameica, one in three people is engaged in the ship-related industry, so the population of Midtown is quite large. However, compared to the wealthy, these so-called well-off or middle-class people actually only own their own houses - most of them are wooden houses, only a small number of shell stone houses, their families have stable jobs, clean and tidy clothes, can ensure three meals a day, and occasionally spare money to buy some meat to eat, and so on.

The Lower Town is the so-called slum where most of the people live in Kamecan, but there are also a few Bas, who live in shabby houses, are poorly clothed, and have to work every day to feed their families. For hundreds of years, with the exception of a handful of people who have been able to make a fortune through their own efforts and chances, most people have been impoverished for the rest of their lives. Some people can't stand this kind of life, and they go down the wrong path and become hooligans, relying on gambling, robbing, stealing and other sideways to make money. As a result, the lower town is one of the worst in terms of security and environment.

Minna's Yutan family, where Minna temporarily lives, is located in the area with the largest concentration of wealthy people in the upper city, and the market is not far away. But what Sibylla called "the most prosperous commercial street in Mecca", in the eyes of Minna, who is accustomed to the prosperous scene of Shaonan, is not even as good as the streets of the Magic Capital, with dozens of shops selling goods quite single, except for a few shops selling mainland goods, other shops sell mostly seafood.

However, Minna is still interested in the abundant variety of seafood. When Xiao Tianjian took her north along the coast, he made fish, shrimp, crabs and all kinds of seafood for her to eat, so Minna looked at those dried fish, scallops, kelp, starfish and other things of quite good quality, and she wanted to drool a little. It was only at the thought of the smelly rope that had been stuffed into the storage bracelet after soaking in the sea, that she finally retained her senses, and only picked out some dried fish, scallops, dried kelp, and dried shrimp that were convenient to store, and packed them in wooden boxes, and the servants brought by Sibylla to carry them home when Yutan arranged for her to take her back—she had no intention of putting them in the ring.

In addition to food, she also bought some algae that could be used to make potions, and scavenged a lot of shell necklaces as gifts for her cousins. Now she also somewhat understood why Sibylla was angry, there were so many and beautiful shell jewelry in Camecca, and it was really cheap, she bought a lot of them, and it cost less than three silver coins, no wonder Sibylla was angry about the necklace.

There is also a white fine linen cloth made of Camica's specialty, which is woven with the island's unique plant fibers and twine, which is stiffer than the usual cotton cloth, and some of the cloth is woven with colored threads dyed with local plant dyes, which are very beautiful. The cloth was very popular in Cameica, but it was not very popular with ladies on the mainland, so it was only sold on the island. Minna deliberately chose two horses to give to Winnie to make clothes.

It was only at night that Minna would cut her finger and put something in the ring. Looking at the scars on her fingers, she flattened her mouth, planning not to rely on the ring all the time, after all, she was still more used to using her own storage bracelet.

Minna went shopping for two days under the leadership of Sibylla, bought a lot of things, but did not spend much money, she was very satisfied, and became closer to Sibylla. Although she felt that this new friend was too temperamental and self-willed, she was just spoiled, and she was still quite enthusiastic about herself.

But one thing, which she found very strange, was that Sibylla seemed to be interested in the ring on her hand and kept peeking at it, but as soon as she found out, Sibylla would pretend not to look at it and talk about other things.

Not only Sibylla, but also Uncle Yutam and his accountant often stared at the ring on her hand. The latter didn't come often, but he came to visit for two days in a row, and didn't talk to Yutan about business, but always brought Minna some big conch, small wood carvings, straw monkeys and other gadgets, and then quietly stared at her ring. Curiously, Sibylla had no intention of resentment at all.

Why are they all interested in her ring? Minna was a little puzzled. But when she followed Sibylla to a jewelry store, and the nanny who went with her rejected a dark crystal ring recommended by the owner on the grounds that it was not suitable for children, Minna suddenly thought of the reason.

The storage ring left by her grandfather is very simple in appearance, that is, a gold ring engraved with a water pattern is inlaid with a round magic gem, and this ruby is actually the size of an adult woman's thumbnail. In the past, when my grandfather wore it, it was not obvious, but it was strange for a child like her to wear such a big ring. Sibylla and the others keep looking at her ring, is that why?

In the evening, Minna took out the ring and looked at it, and decided to take it off for the time being, find a strong rope to wear, and hang it around her neck like a necklace.

"What are you doing?" Sibylla came over, and they had been very close in the last two days, and often got together together.

"I'm thinking...... It's weird to wear a ring all the time, so let's find a rope to string and hang around your neck. Minna replied.

Sibylla stared at the ring for a long time and said, "This is the storage ring that Dad said, right?" Your grandfather gave it to you, right? ”

Minna thought that her grandfather had told her old friend Yutan, and she didn't think it was strange.

Sibylla leaned closer: "I haven't seen a storage ring before, I don't know what it's like to wear it, can you borrow it for a while?" Just for a moment. ”

Minna was a little hesitant, her grandfather once said that this kind of storage utensils should not be easily handed over to others, unless it was determined that the person could be trusted.

"What? Can't you borrow it and wear it? It's stingy! Sibylla rolled her eyes, "You still say it's my friend, and I'm not asking you what magic crystals you want, what does it matter if you borrow them and wear them for a while?" I can't get my hands on it! ”

That's true. Minna thought about it, but still didn't want to turn her face with Sibylla over such a trivial matter, so she handed her the ring: "Okay, I'll bring it to you for a while, but you must not lose it." ”

"Got it." Sibylla happily put on the ring, and then found that her finger was a little thicker, and the ring could only be put into the little finger, but she didn't care, looked at it a few times, muttered in a low voice, "It's not very pretty", and got up and ran out: "Thank you, I'll ask someone to make you a delicious cake!" ”

Minna called out to her a few times, and saw that she was gone, so she had to go. Soon Sibylla returned, followed by Yutan, whose hair had turned half white in two days. Minna hurriedly got up to greet him, he smiled and nodded: "Sibylla asked someone to make a cake, and the one she liked was the one she liked, and I already asked someone to bring over the newly made orange cake today, I heard that you like to eat it the most, right?" ”

Minna was pleasantly surprised: "Really? Thank you, Uncle Yutan. Turning to look at Sibylla, she was surprised to find that the ring on her hand was missing, and was surprised: "Sibylla, where is my ring?" ”

"That's what you're talking about, right?" Yutan opened his palm, revealing a gold water pattern inlaid ruby ring in the palm of his palm, "You kid is really, how can you lend such an important thing to Sibylla casually?" She's not sensible, I've already taught her a lesson, you put the ring away. ”

Minna touched her head and took the ring with some embarrassment: "Thank you, uncle." She put the ring back on, suddenly felt something odd, and took it off again.

"What's wrong?" Yutan blurted out, a subtle hint of nervousness in his tone.

"It's like...... It's a little loose...... "Minna put it on a few more times, and felt that the ring ring seemed to be a little bigger than the original," it was weird. ”

(It's finally 4K, oh yes~~~)