"Can I call you Ronald?"

After getting Luo Xiaotian's permission, the blonde youth continued.

"I'm from the Grant family, just call me Marcus. Seriously, I've been amazed by the music boxes you've made, I've seen a lot of magic props, but they're either huge in size, or they don't fit in with life at all, you know, these magic props are designed and made more for magicians to experiment and research magic. ”

Marcuston paused for a moment and continued.

"So, I'm very interested in the music box you made, if you can, can you make another one and sell it to me as a collection? And, I will definitely give you a suitable price. ”

"Hmm... That's fine. ”

Luo Xiaotian didn't think much about it, but was inspired, if he made some music boxes and sold them, maybe he would be able to save enough tuition to go to the Bauhinia Imperial Magic Academy.

"So, what about the price of a gold coin?"

Luo Xiaotian calculated a little, counting the two magic motors used, the raw materials for making other parts, and the processing fee for asking Matthew, a total of more than 400 silver coins were spent, and the most expensive was the magic motor.

If you sell it for one gold coin, you can get a profit of nearly six hundred silver coins, which is more than one hundred percent, which is enough.

"Okay, when will it be handed over to you?"

"My brother is also studying at Fink City Comprehensive College, his name is Lance, and you can hand it over to him when the time comes, then, look forward to your work, goodbye. ”

"Goodbye!"

After saying goodbye to each other, Luo Xiaotian took a glass of what looked like juice, sat on a chair in the corner, and considered the possibility of doing business with music boxes, if he could sell ten music boxes, he would be able to make up enough for the tuition of the Imperial Academy of Magic, not only that, but with his weekly salary for cleaning the classroom, maybe it would be a lot more.

You should know that ten gold coins is just tuition, and it must be reduced by half if you get a scholarship yourself. Accommodation and meals are paid separately, and magic is a costly art in every way.

Retracting these complicated thoughts, Luo Xiaotian looked around, and Nina did not come down from upstairs.

Knowing that the party was over, the guests left one after another, and Nina did not come down from the second floor.

......

"I felt good today, although I didn't see the scenery on the street, it was really lively, and I was very happy. ”

On the way back to the dormitory, Luo Xiaotian made a special detour to the lake where the mermaid princess Helen was, and wanted to put her back.

"Do you want to sit at my house for a while? ”

"No, it's wet and cold in there. ”

Luo Xiaotian decisively rejected the proposal.

"Okay, since you're happy, have you paid the price for forgiving me?"

"Hmm, who knows? Hahaha, goodbye!"

"Hey..."

Before Luo Xiaotian could react, Helen jumped into the lake and made a "poof" sound. The ripples rippled in circles, making the full moon reflected on the lake sway, like a lively pudding on a plate.

I don't know when I'll be able to eat grilled fish again next time.

At the beginning of the second day, Luo Xiaotian began to make the music box promised to Marcus in addition to class. The owner of the magic prop shop is happy that the magic motor entrusted to him by Tesla can finally be sold, but refuses to discount it again.

Luo Xiaotian was noncommittal, and handed over everything to Matthew, of course, this time the shell didn't have to be so elaborate to engrave the pattern, this time he was going to make three in one go, not that he didn't want to do more, but in fact, whether it was his salary or the money he got from the previous transaction with Marx, it was only enough to make three music boxes.

He was going to give one of them to Marcus as agreed, and put the other two on consignment in the magic shop.

In addition, I don't know why, I haven't seen Nina for the past two days, and when I asked Marx, he also said that he didn't know what was going on, but he would help Luo Xiaotian ask.

......

"Hey, Ronald, can you do us a favor?"

"Poof, come again?!I can't do it, even if I have an iron plate tied to my body, it hurts too much to hit the magic!"

"Haha, this time it's not a test of magic~ That's right, in a few days, the anniversary of the establishment of Mackintosh Province is coming, the school is going to have a three-day holiday, and we want to go on an adventure in the forest east of the city. ”

"Adventure? I remember that there are a lot of magical beasts in the forest, right? Didn't you learn all the zero-order magic? I don't feel like it will be useful in the face of magical beasts, right? Besides, I don't know magic, what did I do?"

"The main thing is that we got a treasure map, and the location marked is on the edge of the forest, which is safe. I'll also bring the mercenaries with me, so I can rest assured!I asked the others, and they all thought you could be trusted, and they would definitely be able to help us anyway. Oh yes, I found out what happened to Nina, her mother grounded him, and it took me a lot of effort to see her. ”

"Grounded? why?"

"How do I know... It took me a lot of effort to see Nina in the name of sending her study handouts. You must know that Nina's grandfather, Isaac Patrick, is a marquis of the Empire, and although our family is also a nobleman, a mere baron is nothing in the eyes of the other party. ”

"Well... Thank you!"

"Look, do you want to go on an adventure with us?"

“... Okay, I'll go!"

Although Luo Xiaotian felt that it was very unreliable, and in his impression, this kind of risk was said to be that there was no danger and that he would definitely encounter danger in the end, right? But since Marx had helped him so much, he couldn't refuse anything.

"That's great! By the way, this is the letter that Nina asked me to give you, and I didn't even read it!"

“... I'm thinking... If I don't agree to go on an adventure with you, aren't you going to give it to me?"

"Aha, how is it possible? I'll let you know when it's time to leave after that, I'll go first, you take your time!"

Leaving Luo Xiaotian, Marx waved his hand and left the classroom. Luo Xiaotian pursed his lips and opened the note in his hand. It was a letter, but it was just a folded note.

"Old place in the garden on a Monday night"

A simple line, if Luo Xiaotian didn't understand it wrong, was it to let him wait in the old place in the garden on Monday night?

......

Luo Xiaotian finally got all the processed parts from Matthew, spent a night assembling them, and according to the previous plan, handed over one music box to Marcus's younger brother Lance, and the other two to the owner of the magic prop shop.

Lance also has blonde hair that can blind people, and likes to show the same sparkling teeth when smiling. He handed over a gold coin to Luo Xiaotian as agreed, and praised the music box.

Soon it was Monday, and Luo Xiaotian waited in the garden to see what Nina wanted to do.

The days of the full moon have long passed, and the last quarter moon hangs on the horizon, and a faint orange glow can still be faintly seen in the sky on the other side.

Marx had told Luo Xiaotian that the departure time was nine o'clock on Tuesday morning, at the school gate, and that most of the students whose homes were in Fink City had now returned to their homes, including Marx and his friends. According to Marx, the adventure should be over in a day at most, but Luo Xiaotian, who always felt that it was not so simple, prepared as much dry food as possible, as well as some useful things such as knives, flints, ropes, etc., although a fireball technique can completely solve the problem of making fire, just in case, it is still good.

"Ronald?!I'm glad you're here, hurry up, find a place to hide me!"

Nina, who suddenly appeared, was still wearing the red and black dress she wore when she first met.

"What?"

"Oh, we'll talk about it later!

"Hiding in my dorm?"

"No, no, they'll definitely check your dorm!"

Luo Xiaotian wanted to hide Nina in the utility room, which should be hidden enough, but he had already returned it to Martin. It seems that Nina secretly ran out by herself, but after hearing Marx talk about the situation of Nina's family, Luo Xiaotian really didn't know where to hide her.

"Helen, Helen?!"

Nina watched inexplicably as Luo Xiaotian squatted by the lake and stirred with the lake with her hands.

"What's the matter! I'm going to sleep!"

Helen, the little mermaid princess, poked her head out of the water's edge.

"This, this, this, and this !!"

"Oh, isn't this Nina who celebrated her birthday that day? Why are you here? And Luo Xiaotian, you brought strangers without my consent, what if I was captured?!"

“... What stranger, don't you know Nina? Okay, I want you to help me hide Nina in the cave before, please!"

"Anyway, don't bring strangers over next time!

"You didn't see you worrying about me when you caught me in the lake, don't worry, Nina is fine, right, Nina, you won't tell anyone about it, will you?"

Luo Xiaotian turned his head to Nina next to him for a preventive shot, although he was friends with Nina, Luo Xiaotian was also worried that she would accidentally tell the story and attract people with evil thoughts.

"Of course not! What the hell is this?"

"I'm not a thing! I'm the noble mermaid princess Helen!"

"Mermaid princess, so small?! I've seen mermaids, don't lie to me!"

"Where is it small, don't say I'm small, okay, don't talk nonsense, go you!"

Helen took advantage of Nina's proximity to the water's edge and dragged her into the water at once, and Nina didn't even have time to scream.

Luo Xiaotian next to him was splashed by the splash of water, and he didn't have time to finish the unfinished words.

He had no choice but to continue speaking into the water, expecting Helen to hear.

"Helen, I'm coming to pick up Nina tomorrow morning, don't you catch her a cold!"