After lunch and a short rest, Enid decided to go find his second brother and give him the greenstone amulet.

Fooling around all day long and not bringing many followers, he should be the easiest target for the enemy.

As for that Milinda, if she has the opportunity to be alone, Enid is also ready to cast enchantment spells directly on her to see what kind of secrets are hidden in her body.

When he came to the business district, Enid asked a few attendants to find out the whereabouts of his second brother, while he walked casually on the street.

There are all kinds of shops on the street, so the little girls are ready to take a look here and buy some necessary props by the way.

As a mage, Enid is different from other mages in one thing. That is, she doesn't have many magic items with her. And for a high-level mage, staffs, scrolls, robes, etc. are actually an important part of their own strength.

Needless to say, the mages before the Great Collapse only had a few spell slots per day, so it was inevitable to carry a large number of staff and scrolls with them to increase their spellcasting ability and adaptability.

The silver-haired young girl who can directly invoke magic power to cast spells is far superior to spell slot mages in terms of flexibility in casting spells, but there is still a limit to magic power. In the past, when she needed to cast a lot of spells, she usually had to be in her own mage tower, supported by an energy pool, so she never prepared these things.

But now it's different.

Wandering through the streets, before the little girl could find the right materials, an attendant came to report that the jeweller Milinda had gone to the Lancet family in the southwest early this morning to negotiate a deal, and the second brother had gone with him......

...... Enid was a little helpless.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise in the shop next to me.

Enid turned her head to see that in the jewelry shop, a woman was pulling the shopkeeper to say something with an excited expression, and behind her, a little girl who looked like her daughter was watching the two adults arguing with a worried expression.

It should just be an ordinary business dispute, and at a glance, Enid has no plans for the past. Anyway, if things continue to develop, the nearby city guards who maintain order will also come and intervene.

"That girl was the one that Miss rescued that day. Ellie reminded behind her back.

Tilting her head in thought, Enid walked towards the store.

Seeing that a richly dressed nobleman and his maid came in, the woman and the shopkeeper also stopped arguing, and their expressions were a little sneering.

"What happened?" asked Ellie.

"That's right, noble lady. The woman said a little stiffly.

"I bought a necklace for my daughter here the other day, but that damn necklace is a demon-cursed item at all! With it, my daughter couldn't sleep well for a few days, and when we tried to take the necklace off, something terrible happened...... This necklace can't be taken off at all!"

The shopkeeper hurriedly defended, "Miss Noble, I swear, I don't know anything like this! ”

There is no denial, which means that this necklace really can't be taken off?

Enid's gaze fell on the little girl who had been hiding behind the woman, and after feeling Enid's gaze, she shrank back behind her mother. Interestingly, she has been staring at Elle ever since she walked in with her.

Enid was not interested in the quarrel between the woman and the shopkeeper, and she went straight up to the little girl.

Why do you seem to be taller than yourself...... Enid's attitude became a little subtle: "What's your name?"

"Sally. The little girl was wearing a white dress, and she kept her head down and played with her fingers.

Enid noticed that a leaf-shaped pendant was hanging from her chest, which should have been the point of contention at this point.

This necklace ...... It's a magic item, indeed.

"Can I take a look at your necklace?" Enid asked.

"Wait......" The little girl did not reply, but the two people on the side became anxious first, "This is a cursed necklace, it is better not to touch it, noble young lady." ”

"It doesn't matter. Enid picked up the pendant under the necklace and looked closely.

The material of the pendant of this leaf row is very strange, non-gold and non-wood, but there is a warm feeling in the hand, one side of the leaves is black, the color of the night, from different angles, you can see the light of the stars flickering.

Enid flipped the pendant over, and a line was written on it in Celestial Language.

Celestial is a language that has been almost lost, and although it is common in some spells involving the outer realm, the continent has long since lost contact with the outer realm, and some summoning spells that were commonly used in the past, such as Planar-Binding, have also lost their effectiveness.

"I protect you under the stars, I warm you above the woodland, I guide you on your journey. Enid slowly read the words out there......

Face to face with Enid, Sally, who was breathing audibly, listened to the words spoken by the little girl, and the expression on her face slowly changed from the initial uneasiness to calm.

One thing that is certain now is that this magic item is a relic of the era before the Great Collapse, the stars, the woodland, the journey...... It seems to have something to do with the goddess of the forest, Alona, this must have been a prop used by the rangers and druids at the time, right?, Enid thought.

As for the specific effect, Enid guessed that it would make people live better in the wild, and more detailed information would have to rely on Identify.

As for not being able to take it off......

Enid began to try to remove the necklace from the girl's neck, and when the necklace was lifted, Enid felt a resistance in both hands, and Enid increased her strength, but the resistance also increased......

I didn't expect it to be a cursed item.

Cursed items are magic items that have some negative effects on the user. It will make the owner go crazy, it will hurt the owner, it will change the personality of the master, etc., etc. Then, they usually have one thing in common, which is that they can't be taken off.

Like now.

As for the cursed item, Enid has only heard of its name and has never seen the real thing, so at this time I want to experience what the book says "can't take off".

In fact, it is actually quite easy to take off this cursed item...... At least for a mage, it's simple, just a Remove-Curse.

Removing the curse is just a four-ring spell, and you can instantly use it and take it off, but I didn't do it just now for the sake of experimentation...... Now.

On the other hand, seeing that the little girl of the Noble family could read words that the necklace could not read, the woman and the shopkeeper couldn't help but have a glimmer of hope, but at this moment, seeing that Enid seemed to have given up, the woman finally couldn't help but shed tears.

"Oh my God!" she cried out with sorrow, "look, look, this black-hearted shopkeeper has sold me this cursed necklace, oh my poor Sally, how am I to be a good ......"

In the midst of a sad atmosphere, Enid saw that Sally was holding the necklace tightly in her hand, and there was a hint of stubbornness on her face.

"No, it's okay Mom, I can actually feel it, this necklace...... This necklace it wants to protect me. Sally held her head high, and there was a glint in her eyes that Enid couldn't understand.

"It just doesn't like enclosed places, so it's okay, Mom, it doesn't hurt me. Sally tried to defend herself, but she didn't notice her mother's gaze growing more frightened.

"Oh my God, is my daughter possessed by the devil on the necklace? ”

The Aaron continent has lost contact with the outer realm, the gods are no more, so the demons and devils in the endless abyss are naturally gone, but among the folk, the legends about demons and devils have never been broken.

Before the situation becomes more chaotic, Enid makes a decision.

"Whether this necklace is harmful or not, I will make a decision after I have the family mage evaluate it," Enid held out his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, "and then I can ask the mage to take this necklace off." Now the question is, what are you willing to pay for this?"

Enid can cast spells as she pleases according to her needs and preferences, but if you put it on the table, it can't be free to ask a mage to cast a spell.

It should even be said that most civilians will never have the opportunity to see a mage use magic to do something for them in their lifetime. Before the Great Collapse, the priests in the temples would provide similar services: healing diseases, injuries, regenerating severed limbs, removing curses, and so on. Although it is expensive, civilians at least have a way to receive magical healing.

And now, with such a rarity of spellcasters, the value of spells has naturally risen. So, when the little girl's question came out, the store fell silent.

The silence is not because they feel that the price is too high, but because they simply cannot imagine what the price of such a thing would be.

The expression of gain and loss was intertwined on the woman's face, how much was she willing to pay for her daughter?

But Enid wasn't going to wait for her answer, and the decision wasn't in the woman's hands from the beginning.

"Sally," Enid turned back to the girl in the white dress, "and if the results of the magic test are that there is really no other harm in this necklace, then you can keep this necklace." Don't be busy rejoicing yet, as a price, you must stay in Lilac Castle and serve the Noble family for ten years, do you accept this condition?"

Maybe it was because of the sparkle in the girl's eyes, or maybe it was because of something else, but Enid, who felt a little touched, decided to keep a girl like Sally in the family.

There are too many fools in the family...... And now, Enid has decided to start slowly changing that.

"I accept!" Glancing in Ellie's direction one last time, Miss Sally's clear voice rang out in the silent trinket shop.

Enid waited for the answer she wanted.