"Assorted preserves?" As soon as she heard the word, Nora immediately squeezed over in high spirits.

"You wait and eat later!" Luca hurriedly took the box in his arms, "This thing is not expensive, if you want to eat it, you can go to the market and buy a few dozen catties, now bear with it." ”

"Okay......" Nora swallowed as she looked at the candied cherry in her hand.

"That's not too much, isn't it?" Blake asked.

"Not necessarily," Lukka looked him in the eye, "although these candied fruits are of good quality, they are not a rare thing, and they are not dangerous goods, why do you have to send them to me?

"How is that possible? We have normal business on that island, didn't I just say that we still have a mailbox in the square of that island?" Blake shook his head.

"Then why don't you deliver it yourself?" Lukka wondered even more.

"We've tried!" Blake said helplessly, "but every time we send this thing over, as soon as the ship docks, no matter how many people we send to watch, the candied fruit in the box always disappears inexplicably." ”

"Didn't you steal it by your gluttonous employees?" Lukka said, putting the candied cherry in his mouth. The taste is moderately sweet and sour, and it also retains the fruity aroma of the cherry itself, so he can't help but lick the remaining juice on his fingers. That wasn't enough, and he reached for a dried apricot in the box.

Blake watched his movements, caught up in an endless worry about the safety of his goods.

"Why don't you speak? Could it be—well, it's so sour—that your people have eaten?" Lukka asked indistinctly.

"That's impossible. Blake swallowed as well, "The goods we ship have seals on them, although they are not as good as your magic, but if they don't meet the conditions, they will definitely not be able to unlock, don't believe you." ”

He took a wooden box, took out a small piece of paper with a strange pattern from the drawer, put it on the lid, took out the copper nameplate identifying him from his pocket, dipped it in ink, and put it on the piece of paper.

Lukka immediately felt a surge of energy spread from the paper, quickly covering all surfaces of the box. Although this energy and the flow of magic he was able to channel, although they were both magical energy, they were in a more primitive state, and they were not condensed, but they were slightly increased by the pattern on the piece of paper, and it was impossible to make any special magic effects, but it was enough to just seal a box.

"Looks like there's something interesting about your black market. Lukka didn't laugh at the other party for this primitive way, after all, a person who didn't have the talent for spellcasting could use magical energy to this extent.

"Hmph, primitive barbarian! I haven't even reached the embryonic state of casting spells!" Shut up was very disdainful, muttering a "whisper" over his shoulder.

Although Blake heard it clearly, he didn't care at all: "Our little trick is certainly nothing compared to your magic. But this seal can't be opened casually. After I seal it here, only those who have made this transaction and purchased these things will be able to open it. ”

"And what are you worried about?" Lukka asked.

"I'm not worried, it's already happened! These things have been sent since my ex, and I've tried hundreds of times over the years, and each time someone stole all the preserves in it with the seal intact," Blake said with a sad face, "I don't understand what's going on!"

Lukka tested the mana flow, and the seal was exactly as Black said, and even his mana stream couldn't be pried open. This primordial energy, perhaps precisely because of its simplicity, constitutes such a sturdy enclosed space, not only to prevent theft, but also to keep the preserves fresh.

"This seal has a time limit, right? Could it be that it expired because it was overtime?" Lukka's perception of magic made it easy for him to come to this conclusion.

"It's time-sensitive, at least a year," Blake said, "but our stuff arrives in less than three months each time, and the box is still empty." ”

Lukka thought for a moment and said, "Your plan is probably not just to ask me to help you deliver these boxes of preserves, do you want me to help catch the thief?"

Blake's expression immediately turned cloudy and clear: "Look, if there is only one person in this ocean world who has this ability, it must be you!"

"No need to compliment, if I don't do this, won't you let me go somewhere?" Lukka asked.

"That's not it, the exchange for crossing the boiling sea, only you help deliver these boxes to the place, even if the contents are stolen as before, you don't have to be responsible. "Blake was surprisingly generous today.

And then he immediately said two words: "Just ......."

"I knew there was going to be this 'just'!" Lukka said with a sneer, "Say, just what?"

Blake replied, "Only, when you get there, when you have some free time, please be sure to visit our headquarters over there, our boss has always wanted to invite you to a meeting." ”

"It's not a big deal, there are no other strings attached?" Lukka still had to make sure.

"It's really gone, the thief catching thing is my personal request, why don't you give me a price too?" Blake still didn't give up.

"I don't have time to care where a few boxes of preserves go. I don't care about catching the thief, but," Luca's words gave Blake another glimmer of hope, "you leave two boxes unsealed, I'll put some tracking magic on those boxes, and if I find any clues, I'll write them down and put them in your mailbox." ”

"That's fine!" Blake overjoyed.

"One hundred thousand!" Lukka suddenly became a treasurer.

"What 100,000?" Blake's joy immediately diminished.

"Help you track down two boxes of candied fruits, and charge 100,000 silver coins. Luca said with a smile.

"Can I get a discount?" Blake asked.

"No, if you're too expensive, I'm too lazy to get this, or you should go to someone else. Luca said.

"Don't don't, isn't it just 100,000 silver coins? "For Blake, 100,000 silver coins is not a big amount, and the reason for the poor trade route is a thorn in his heart that he can't pull out.

This candied fruit business has not been able to be completed for decades, and the liquidated damages alone have accumulated year after year, I don't know how many 100,000 there are, even if the price is several times higher, as long as there is a clue to solve it, he has to pay.

And, if Lukka doesn't do it now, where else can he go to find another mage?