In the second district early in the morning, the air is fresh, but the summer sun is too scorching, and there is already a sense of heat, slightly dry and hot.

The neighborhoods of Cárdenas have always been the more advanced districts, the less people flow, but today's second arrondissement has a lot of people, looking at the several main roads of the second arrondissement, although it is not bustling, but it is also endless, the aborigines of the second arrondissement will not be surprised: there are still a few days before the entrance exam to the Cárdenas church school, and every year at this time, students from the surrounding cities and even the surrounding collars come in advance to prepare for the exam, and the flow of people will naturally increase, which is relatively small this year.

Due to the reason of the new fatwa, some of the candidates in the surrounding cities who received the fatwa in time but were not qualified for the examination naturally did not come, which reduced some of the people, and some of the candidates who were already on the road when the fatwa was transmitted to the surrounding cities, after learning about the new fatwa after arriving in Cárdenas, also chose to leave directly, which reduced some of the people. So compared to previous years, this year's traffic is quite small.

And these students who came all the way to Cárdenas to take the entrance exam, especially those students of black-robed mages who were qualified for the exam, most of them were the children of nobles, and naturally they would not live in the place where civilians lived in the sixth and fifth districts, and the first district was not something that ordinary people could live in, so the second district naturally became the most popular choice.

In the past two days, the hotels in the second district have been full, and the bosses have taken the opportunity to increase the price, but they can't resist the consumption power of these noble children, and they have made a lot of money and laughed from ear to ear. And the black-robed mages of the children of the nobles obviously can't go out alone, most of them come in their own carriages, coachmen and servants are necessary, and if you count less, one person with two, that is also a person who has several times the number of candidates, so the second district is suddenly lively.

At the end of Quinlan Street, a guy with his right arm hanging was sneakily bent down and looking left and right.

This guy with his right arm was naturally Norman, his intact left hand was shrunk in his arms, as if he was hiding something in his arms, and his eyes carefully observed the crowd of people, and finally saw a young man who looked like a student, dressed well, and looked quite wealthy, he hurriedly stepped up and stopped this guy in a few small steps.

The man looked at Norman warily, not knowing what he was trying to do.

Before he could speak, Norman lowered his voice and said, "Friend, do you want magic items?"

The boy didn't seem to be used to being followed by others, and subconsciously wanted to take a step back, but Norman's "magic item" still fixed his footsteps in place, and combined with Norman's mysterious appearance, he was greatly interested, and couldn't help but ask: "What magic item?"

Probably infected by Norman, his voice was involuntarily lowered.

Norman's intact left hand was finally taken out of his bosom, and he was holding a piece of paper with a grid of squares with red dotted lines in it.

"You look like you're a student who came to take the entrance exam for the church school, right?"

The boy hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Seeing this, Norman continued: "Then this is just the right one for you, especially at the critical moment when this kind of entrance exam is about to begin. ”

"This magic item is called the Ancient Language Cage, which is necessary for learning ancient languages, and can help you memorize ancient words that you can't remember well. It only takes one day to memorize an ancient saying that takes a month to memorize, and it only takes half a day to memorize it if you are talented! Of course, you will think that such a good thing and a magic item will not be very expensive? Then I will tell you now, it is not expensive at all, only 1 silver narr! In Cárdenas, what can you buy for 1 silver narr? I can't even afford a good dress, but with me, you can buy a chance to improve yourself quickly for 1 silver narr, and maybe because you have mastered a few more ancient sayings at this last critical moment, you can pass the entrance exam if you can't pass it......"

Norman's mouth was like a machine gun, and he kept squirting words out.

Selling rice grids, that's why Norman suddenly came to the second district, because he needed money.

Norman had fallen asleep from exhaustion after writing down what Lancelot had taught him the previous night, and when he woke up this morning, he had practiced the "tongue twister" dozens of times as Lancelot had asked, and then he had discovered something when he was about to go to breakfast and get money.

He didn't have enough money.

He was happy when he smashed Thomas with money, but he didn't pay attention, didn't control the quantity, and directly smashed 30 silver nar, and he himself only had a total of 33 silver nar plus dozens of copper nars, so he promised to go out, he himself had 3 silver nar, and he still had so many places to spend money: it costs money to brush the paint of the mage robe, it costs money to buy paper quills and ink, and it costs more money to find a skilled blacksmith to build a mage badge, especially the mage badge, although the thing is very small, but the requirements for manual work are very high, and he has only paid a deposit of 1 silver nar plus 50 copper ass so far, and the wages behind him don't know where it comes from。 Finally, there is the entrance exam registration fee, which also costs 10 silver narls.

Without money, he can't even take the entrance exam, let alone get close to the saint and become a nobleman through the entrance exam, where can he find the money?

It was impossible to cut Thomas's salary, after all, they all knew what it was like to pretend to be a black-robed mage, and it was not easy for Thomas to agree, he couldn't temporarily cut it when he said 30 silver narls. These 30 silver nars must be left to Thomas no matter what, even if the two of them are thrown into the prison to be hanged in the worst case, these 30 silver nars must be given to Thomas, this is his promise.

You can not say it, but you must do what you say, so that others will believe in you and be willing to help you do things, otherwise even if you escape this time, but no one will help you in the future, you have gained temporary benefits, but you have lost the interests of a lifetime, this is a stupid thing to do.

This was taught by Gawain, and Norman always remembered.

Since Thomas's money couldn't be moved, Norman had to find another way, and as a result, he thought of his previous experience of selling rice grids, so he made some rice grids and ran to the second district to sell them.

The young man was obviously inexperienced, and after being sprayed by Norman, he was a little dizzy, and he couldn't distinguish between the east and the west, so he couldn't help but look at the ancient cage twice, and asked, "Is this really a magical magic item?"

This guy was moved, Norman thought to himself.

I'm afraid that if you don't move, it's easy to do it.

Norman smiled, pulled the boy aside, and said, "If you don't believe it, let's experiment on the spot, do you think it does work before you buy it, okay?"

The boy thought about it and felt that he would not suffer any loss in this way, so he nodded in agreement, and then Norman asked, "Do you have any old sayings that you want to memorize?......

Norman instructed the boy to use the rice grid as he had done countless times, and after a moment's time, he saw the boy's expression change.

The young man, who had been skeptical just now, stared at the ancient cage in Norman's hand at this moment, his face full of surprise, and his eyes were very eager.

It's done.

Norman said secretly in his heart, then laughed and asked, "Friend, how many do you want?"

The young man hesitated again before he smiled bitterly and spoke, but he didn't want a few, but not a single one.

Norman couldn't help but ask, "Are you sure you don't want any of them?" The young man's expression was clearly very wanting, "Maybe you can pass the entrance exam because you used the ancient language cage in these last two days!"

But the boy said, "Yes, but I don't even have the qualifications to take the entrance exam......

After listening to the boy's words, Norman realized that the guy in front of him had come from a surrounding city to take the entrance exam, but he only learned about the existence of the new fatwa when he arrived, and as a result, he was not qualified for the exam. And now that the boy is worried about whether his family can help him win a place as a student of a black-robed mage, it is obviously impossible for the boy to waste any more spare money on these magic items.

"Wasting my time ......"

Norman muttered.

He has been soliciting business here for a while, but the passing crowd either ignores him directly, or after listening to his words, they sneer at him as a liar and leave, this young man is still his first business, and the result is also ruined.

Then Norman stopped staring at the boy and was about to go to the street to do business again, but he heard the boy's voice behind him.

"You can go to the Black Rose Tavern,"

Norman looked back, "Black Rose Tavern?"

The boy was very kind, and seemed to feel a little embarrassed that he had just wasted a chance to use Norman's magic items, and provided information to make up for it: "Yes, the Black Rose Tavern, there are many students of the black-robed mage, and they should be interested in your magic items. ”