"Dream Dream Grocery Store, what a childish name..."

Standing in front of a shop, looking sideways at the name written on the sign, Alan sighed and wondered.

Wasn't this grocery store called a conch grocery store a while ago?

Despite his busy work with Goblin Ball, Alan arrives at the agreed time with the Elder of the Water Tower, but upon arriving, he begins to wonder if he is in the wrong place.

If he remembers correctly, the name of this grocery store should have been Hill Grocery Store at first, and then it was renamed Conch Grocery Store, it didn't seem to be long, right?

How has this changed again?

"A bunch of mages with eccentric personalities. ”

Shaking his head, he decided not to think about the inexplicable question again, and Alan stepped into the grocery store.

The situation in the grocery store is still the same, the shelves take up most of the space here, and at a glance, it is full of things.

"Welcome to Dream Grocery Store!"

A crisp and sweet voice appeared in his ears as he stepped in, a little sudden, startling him.

Alan looked up to see a short little girl with a single ponytail smiling and raising her hand at him.

said that she is a little girl, but in fact, she is not small, and she is estimated to be fifteen or sixteen years old by looking at her appearance, but she looks petite.

"Like a schoolboy. Alan complained secretly.

With big watery eyes and round cheeks that were a little baby fat, the girl looked so cute from the outside, Alan thought it would be fine to call her a little girl, but he had apparently forgotten that he was not yet eighteen.

"I'm looking for Elder Momiji. ”

Although he was surprised that the grocery store had inexplicably changed to a female clerk, Alan didn't bother with anything, and truthfully stated his purpose.

"Elder Momiji is on the second floor, do you need to lead the way?" the girl's smile looked very cute, but Alan always felt that her eyes were a little strange, and she was very bright, as if she was going to melt away at any time, and he was quite uncomfortable to see.

So he declined: "No thanks." ”

"Okay, the guest goes upstairs and pays attention to the feet, the ground just mopped~"

This kind of swishing voice seems to have not been encountered for a long time, and now he has met one here, but the first thing that comes to Allen's mind is not nostalgia, but-

"You're a little nervous. ”

He complained secretly, but on the surface he seemed to be very sincere in thanking him, and then hurriedly went upstairs under the smiling gaze of the female clerk.

"Orange-flavored cutie, I really want to take a bite..."

A faint muttering sound behind him made him stumble and almost fall to the ground.

"What's the matter, guest, do you need help?" came a greeting from downstairs that was visibly raised, and his tone seemed to be full of laughter.

"No, no, thank you, it's just that the ground is a little slippery...."

Alan wiped the cold sweat that didn't exist on his forehead.

"I said the ground was slippery, you were so careless, guest..."

Alan didn't hear this, because he had already left the staircase.

There are many rooms on the second floor of the grocery store, because it is daytime, so many of the rooms are not closed tightly, and from the outside of the door, you can clearly see a lot of mages looking down to read a book, or raising their hands to gesture or something, they look very diligent, but Alan can clearly feel their absent-mindedness.

At least most of the mages would turn their heads to look at him as he passed by, and if he was really focused, could his senses be so sensitive?

"Is this a pretense under the teacher's nose?"

Following the fright brought to him by the previous "little girl", Alan was "shocked" by the strange behavior of these mages.

So with mixed feelings, he knocked on the door of the innermost room on the second floor.

"Crunch—"

As in the previous scene, the door was windless, revealing a rudimentary room;

The stone walls of the room are gray and black, the beams of the round wood are unobscured, and the furnishings of the room are simple, with a cypress table, a few chairs, and a wooden bed covered with futons.

Sunlight shone in through the tiny window, and a floating mist of light shone in the center of the room, landing at the feet of a black-robed mage.

The mage was dressed in a black robe, with a rickety waist, and a gray cloak just standing there, his eyes like torches, and he was holding a staff inlaid with blue crystals, the staff was crooked and brown, and the skin color of the hand held by the mage in his left hand seemed to be a little deeper than the last time.

"Old man, long time no see. ”

Looking back at the door, he saw that it had closed automatically, so Alan turned around and said hello.

The old mage did not respond, but stared at Eren closely, his eyes flashing with blue light, as if he was observing Eren in some strange way.

Just looking at it, without other movements and words, Alan was able to maintain his composure at first, but gradually, he was seen a little hairy.

After a while, under Allen's increasingly puzzled expression, the old mage said slowly, "Can you tell me what you encountered underground?"

Without the slightest greeting or politeness, the old mage went straight to the point.

Eren was actually a little apprehensive now, because the old mage's gaze was so strange, and the cloudy blue eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the outside of Alan's body and see the deepest part of his heart.

So after she opened her mouth to speak, Alan didn't hesitate much, and said what happened to her as if relieved.

It's also a castrated version, but unlike Raphael, this time Allen said it in more detail, such as things like the breath that comes out and disappears again, such as the dangerous plains and the encirclement when escaping.

However, the old mage did not seem satisfied with his answer, and moved to Alan's side, and walked back and forth in front of him a few times, occasionally reaching out to touch Eren with a thoughtful expression.

"There's still dark energy left in the body, but it's fading.... I don't see any traces of treatment, so you're very interesting."

"It's not corroded, which is good, otherwise I'd have to do it hard. ”

"It's just a bit of a shame....."

Looking at her appearance, it seemed that she was using some magical means to probe the situation in Alan's body, but Eren didn't feel anything abnormal at this time, he only saw the old mage babbling nervously, and sometimes stretched out his hand, which made him a little frightened.

"You, what are you doing here?"

"Your magic seems to have diminished..... I can't see clearly? Is the seal of the soul mirror starting to loosen?"

The old mage ignored him, still muttering nervously, as if he didn't expect Alan to answer the question.

After a long while, her strange gaze narrowed a little, and she turned to a curious look.

"You have a strange aura on you, and you used to look like you were just a bird's poop. ”

Bird baba is the dialect of the old towns and villages before the stars, but that was a long time ago, and few people use it now, and others probably can't understand the meaning of the old mage's words.

However, Eren could understand it, because he was bored on the reef, and he had learned about the history and customs of the stars.

The meaning of the word bird, like that of a rookie, expresses the meaning that you are very garbage and weak.

But it doesn't sound like a rookie.

Alan felt a little speechless. Because compared to the old mage, the apprentice-level mage is indeed a bird's poop.

...

So Fisher actually misunderstood the old mage, she also has the curiosity of normal people, but she is not just curious.

It is not surprising that Alan can clearly perceive the scrutiny under the curious gaze of the old mage, and he also perceives the inexplicable aura on his body, which is strange and unheard of.

This aura seems very evil at first, reflecting Alan like a big villain, but for some reason, his temperament always changes, this can be evil, that will be very fresh, this morning he woke up and looked in the mirror, that ethereal and extremely illusory figure looked like a resident of another world.

Alan couldn't figure out what was going on with him, and only guessed that it might be caused by the black gift, Calajel's breath, the name was obvious, and it had something to do with the breath.

But naturally I can't tell the old mage.

So he diverted the subject and said, "Do you have anything to do with me?"

The old mage informed Raphael to call him over, naturally it couldn't be idle, the last time he was called over was because of the so-called reincarnation status, what about this time?

The Underworld?

Obviously, his guess was extremely correct, and when the old mage was asked about this, he temporarily ignored the question just now, and said slowly: "It's very gratifying that you can come back alive, but I don't understand, that old guy Momien obviously did something to you, but you seem to have gotten rid of his power, could it be that the seal of the soul mirror is really loose?"

Obviously, the old mage knew something that Eren didn't know, so Eren hurriedly asked.

Unfortunately, the old mage didn't want to answer his questions.

"That's going to be a long time. "You just need to know that you look healthy and don't have any after-effects," she said. ”

Alan asked reluctantly, "Then you should always tell me, what is that underground world, right? After all, that place is under my castle, and the mystery of the gods is impossible to ignore..."

"Hmm...... Reasonable. The old mage nodded, thought for a moment, and seemed to be thinking about how to talk to Alan, but she held back for a long time, and only held back a sentence.

"That's the main reason why we've endured the Knights' ostracism for countless years and stayed in the stars. ”