Chapter 105: A Parting Gift
The next morning, not long after Watson came downstairs, he received a call from Marina, reminding him to be at the restaurant on time at noon, and "by the way" mentioned such a thing as a moving gift, saying that because she moved, everyone had to prepare a gift for her, and that she would give a gift back as a parting gift to a few people. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
In this way, Watson and Viola naturally couldn't go empty-handed, but the gifts were already ready for the two, and they had to show it.
Sitting at the breakfast table, Watson mentioned this to Viola, and the two discussed it for a while, thinking that it was not yet noon anyway, so it was better to go out and buy gifts for Marlena after breakfast, anyway, everyone was friends, and it didn't matter how much the thing was worth, it was just a heart.
So what is the best gift for a woman? Viola said that she was going to give a jewel necklace, and after eating breakfast and going out with her previous savings, Watson sat in a chair and thought about it, and soon picked up the dumplings and took the money bag from the upstairs and went out to the shopping street, planning to take a walk around first to find out if there was anything suitable.
The commercial street in Dongcheng District is where Watson met the jewelry store of the Hidden Serpent Cultist who was willing to give him a message, and there are all kinds of shops gathered on the whole street, and in general, as long as it is not too strange, there should be something sold inside.
Riding a turnip to the entrance of the shopping street, finding a place dedicated to watching the horses, paying the caretaker a sum of money, and letting the people inside look at his turnips, Watson began to go shopping in Verdas for the first time [although not buying something for himself].
Originally, Watson wanted to buy a beautiful robe for Marina, well, of course, it was not a mage robe, that thing cost more than a dozen gold coins, Watson is not so generous now, plus he thought that he didn't know other people's sizes, so he gave up.
Then I visited a few shops that sold shoes or other accessories, but for various reasons did not find satisfactory ones, and then a watch shop came into Watson's sight, and suddenly it occurred to me that this kind of watch that I had in my hand was a very good gift, both practical and beautiful, and because I could adjust the strap myself, there was no size problem.
The faΓ§ade of the watch shop is not large, only about half the average size of the other shops on the shopping street, and it looks like it should be some years, and the whole store gives people a quaint feeling, which is not a bad thing for a watch shop, which shows that the things in this store are really good, otherwise they would not have been kept for so long.
Walking to the front of the store, through the window next to the door, you can see some old clocks neatly arranged on wooden shelves, and behind the counter in the store, there is an old man with white hair, who is looking down and does not know what he is doing.
Pushing open the half-hidden door of the store, the bell hanging behind the door jingled, Watson also took a special look at this device, this kind of doorbell device can be said to be quite rare in the city now, but it is more used in the countryside, Watson used to live with his father in the house has the same device.
"Hello, do you need anything? I sell watches here, I also help with watch repairs, any type, if you can come up with those very special ones I will consider buying them, just as I am a watch collector here." β
The old man's face was wrinkled, he looked not young, but he was in good spirits, pointing to the various clocks and watches all over the wall and making a little joke with Watson.
"You're the boss here, I'd like to buy a watch for a lady, something more delicate, I don't know if you have any recommendations? β
Standing in front of the counter and looking through the glass at the various clocks and dials, Watson felt that he must have found the right place this time.
The old man put on a pair of eyes that looked like they should be custom-made, took out a few watches of different shapes from a few drawers under the counter and put them on the counter, and motioned for Watson to take a look, Watson had no opinion on these and could only smile and let the old man introduce himself.
"I'm going to give you a different power, it's mechanically powered, there's a barrel that stores power, and you can power it as long as you walk and shake your wrist;
There is the last one that is spar-powered, the most expensive in my store, and it is quite useful, I don't have any research on this new type of watch, just to see that others are selling this thing, so buy some goods to decorate the storefront, you can go back and try it yourself, if it is broken within a month or two, you can still come and return. β
The old man's introduction is very straightforward and very simple, Watson originally liked the spar watch, after all, he brought this kind of watch, it is indeed very practical, but after seeing the exquisite mechanical watch, his eyes can't be taken off, and he pursed his mouth and thought for a while or decided to buy this kind of watch.
Because the meaning of Watson's purchase of a watch itself is a gift, it is natural to pick this kind of good-looking and exquisite purchase, Marina must not lack her own kind of spar watch, and there is no great point in buying it, you can't expect someone to bring this ordinary spar watch to a wizard level mage.
"I want one of this kind of mechanical power, is there a more elaborate one, it's a gift for a good friend, so I want to buy a better one. β
"Wait a minute, I'll find you...... Got it, what do you think of this?"
The old man took out an orange and yellow mechanical watch from under the counter, Watson took it in his hand and weighed it a few times, and found that he could see the complicated mechanical devices below through the surface, and put it to his ear, and he could clearly hear the sound of the mechanical bracket sonature inside, giving people an inexplicable sense of quiet comfort.
"How much does it cost? Counting the spar watch with more functions. β
"20 silver coins, this mechanical watch is assembled by myself, and the effect is much better than the one on the market, so I charge you some more manual fees. β
"Well, a reasonable price, for you, can you help me pack it? β
In the end, Watson came out of the watch shop with two more small packages in his hand, put the package containing the spar watch into the pocket of his trench coat, and the mechanical watch in his hand, and walked out of the shopping street to ride the turnip to the agreed restaurant.
It was almost ten o'clock in the morning, and Watson saw Marlena waiting outside the restaurant, and when he asked him, everyone had already arrived, and they were all waiting for him, even Viola came earlier than him.
Marlena booked a table on the second floor of the restaurant, and when Watson followed her up, the others were sitting next to the table, Locke and Bellamy were playing card games as usual, Benjamin was teasing his rock python Snake while watching them play, and Viola was sitting a little stiffly because she was probably unfamiliar with a few people.
"Watson is here, it looks like lunch is going to start, next time. β
Watson's arrival gave Locke, who was on the verge of being defeated and was meditating, a chance to play tricks, reach out and smear the cards on the table, and then withdraw his cards without pressure under Bellamy's disdainful eyes.
"This is my gift, open it and see?"
Smiling and greeting a few people, Watson handed the small package to Marina, who took it with a word of thanks, and opened it with a little surprise on his face but looked in a good mood, it seems that she likes Watson's gift very much.
"What did Watson give? It won't be another necklace, we've got four gemstone necklaces here. β
Benjamin coaxed Watson's gift to be announced, and Marina generously took out the mechanical watch, which immediately attracted the attention of several people, who asked where they bought it, and they would buy one in the future.
"The watch shop on the commercial street is not a very expensive thing, but I think it is very exquisite, and it should be good as a gift to buy it, haha, I am not as vulgar as you, I buy all the gemstone necklaces to give away, and I am destined to be lonely for a lifetime." β
Pulling out the chair next to Viola, Watson said with a chuckle.
Everyone didn't care, but laughed together, and Viola's expression relaxed a lot after Watson's arrival, and everyone chuckled.
"Alright, dinner, I'm going to Erion tomorrow. We're going to have a good time today! I almost forgot that I also have a gift for you, and I promise you'll like it. β
Marina walked over to her place and slapped the table, speaking heroically, and then took out five boxes from under her place and distributed them to everyone.
Opening the box in his hand, Watson saw a bottle of potion with a pale red liquid lying on the sponge laid out at the edge of the box, which should be an alchemical potion with some effect, and turned his head to look at Viola's box to find that it was also a bottle of potion of the same color.
"I made my own stamina potion! It can restore your exerted stamina in a short time, but these bottles took me two weeks to make, and the effect is more than a little better than what I am going to sell in the store, you should make good use of it." β
"Stamina Elixir, Marina, you actually made this alchemy potion, wow...... No wonder every mage is a rich man, the price of any bottle of this potion is about 8 gold coins, this is a potion that can be used as a hole card......"
Putting the physical potion in his hand and looking at it, Bellamy, who knew the true effect of this potion, couldn't help but admire.
"It's not such an exaggeration, this is one of the alchemy potions that my mentor taught me, and I can show you something else when my technique is more proficient in the future, but unfortunately I am about to move...... It's going to be hard to meet you again when I get to Irien. β
"Who said that, do you think that a few of us will not go to a higher city in the future? If you want to go to a higher level, don't we too, I just talked to Bellamy and Benjamin a long time ago, and the three of us are also planning to find a higher city to develop after a while, and we can't explain to our mentor if we stay in this kind of medium city. β
As if he had known that Marlena had said this, Locke immediately went on to state the results of their discussion.
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