Chapter Eighty-Six: The Black Market in the Port
Rebecca's leg injury is almost healed.
She is happy today because her good friend Gabila has come to the estate to look for her.
Gabila's mother and Madame Pompeii were best friends, and the two had a good relationship, often attending the noblewoman's salon parties together.
And Rebecca and Gabila have known each other since childhood, and the two also take classes together at the Hypericum Girls' School.
It just so happened that Rebecca also missed this friend a little, so after saying hello to her parents, she and Gabila left Pompeii Manor to go out for a walk.
"Rebecca, I haven't seen you in almost two months!"
Gabila wears a high-necked tutu dress when she travels, and a long shawl under Raff's collar and a Capote hat. Rebecca's outfit is similar to hers, but with more lace on the sleeves of the leg of mutton, and the color of the skirt is more elegant.
"Are your legs really better? We're going to be fine if we go this far, right? ”
Gabila asked.
"It's okay, my father has already asked a doctor to see him, as long as he doesn't exercise vigorously, it's fine."
Rebecca said.
The two walked for a distance, and unconsciously walked to the dock area, and Gabila suddenly said mysteriously:
"Rebecca, do you know about the Occult Realm?"
"The ...... of the Occult Realm"
Rebecca suddenly remembered what had happened in the past few days, when her family had been kidnapped, immobilized like sculptures, and then witnessed the scene of Mr. Jack fighting the enemy.
"I've heard that there are supernatural powers in this world, like tricks...... No, it should be called magic! It's amazing, it's powerful! ”
Gabila said excitedly.
"The 'Cui Cry Zoo' incident a while ago, the man who caused the riot is an extraordinary person with mysterious powers!"
"He's not the one who caused the riot!"
Rebecca was a little angry.
Mr. Jack saved everyone!
He's my knight!
Not a bad guy!
Gabila looked at Rebecca in surprise, wondering why she was so excited.
"Okay......"
She chose not to talk about it anymore and changed the subject:
"Rebecca, I've heard that there's a black market here, and there are some secret shops hidden in it, where you can buy some items that are only available in the mysterious realm......
Do you want to look for it? Maybe we can have magic, too! ”
After listening to this, Rebecca was a little nervous.
Speaking from the bottom of her heart, she felt more and more that Mr. Jack was perfect, and that she had distanced herself from him.
"If I had magic, Mr. Jack would be shocked, wouldn't he?"
Rebecca thought to herself, sneering.
Gabila cast a puzzled look, Rebecca immediately controlled her expression, returned to normal, and then said casually:
"Okay, let's go!"
Gabila smiled, took Rebecca's hand, and found it on the street.
I don't know if it was a coincidence or fate, but the two of them really found the market hidden in the docks, but they didn't know that this was the black market.
The two of them were just curious, and walked inside.
After Chen Lun saw the two of them, he did not step forward to say hello.
Because he found that behind Rebecca, there were several sneaky people, watching in the dark.
"Rebecca! Look! ”
Gabila excitedly shook Rebecca's hand and pointed to a store around the corner.
On the dilapidated light sign, the words "Witch's House" are lit, but because the light bulb is old, the word "witch" is not lit, and it is easy to misunderstand it when you look at it from a distance.
The two looked at each other and walked into the store.
A young woman with impasto eyeshadow is leaning back on a recliner behind the counter with a pipe in her mouth. Looks like the owner of this shop.
Her slender white fingers gently plucked the pipe, glanced at the two of them casually, and spoke:
"I'm sorry, it's closed, please go back."
"Huh?"
Gabila was surprised, and immediately saw a middle-aged customer in the store, looking at old objects. So she pointed to the man and questioned:
"Why are there still guests when it's closed?"
The woman rested her elbows on the table, rested her head on her wrists, and her long hair was lazily draped.
She took a puff of her pipe and smiled softly.
"Because it's a smart guest, and you're not."
"What do you mean?"
Gabila frowned.
"Mr. Morlimer?!"
Rebecca suddenly spoke.
Gabila turned her head to look and noticed that Rebecca's expression was surprised. followed her gaze to the middle-aged guest, and after a little look, she found that the other party turned out to be a history professor at the Hypericum Women's School.
"Oh, it's Rebecca and Gabila."
The middle-aged man turned his head and smiled.
He wears a pair of glasses and has the air of a scholar.
"Why did you get here, it's not safe at night."
Professor Molimer shook his head slightly, admonishing.
As he spoke, he walked to the counter with a clay pot in his hand and took out the gold pound to pay.
"That's 4 gold pounds...... It's still a fake as always, Miss Rosa. ”
The woman accepted the four gold coins and asked indifferently:
"Why buy it when you know it's fake."
Professor Molimer touched the lines on it and said sincerely:
"Although the jar is fake, the workmanship is real, and it is consistent with the pattern of the old era, which is very valuable for research."
"You see, this is a smart person who knows it's fake, but willingly pays for it."
Rosa smiled slightly.
When Gabila saw her smile, she didn't know why she had a feeling of being ashamed of herself. The other party obviously does not have a shocking appearance, but it gives people a peerless charm.
Gabila looked away from those calm but moving eyes.
"So you mean, we're too stupid to recognize a fake, we're going to be scammed?"
Her tone was slightly disgruntled.
"If it's business, why remind us! It's good to make money, I don't believe there will be such a kind liar! ”
Gabila was a little annoyed, not only because she was looked down upon, but also because it was clear that there were no real Mystic Realm props here, and she was unwilling.
"Because I don't want to get in trouble, little girl."
Rosa turned her pipe upside down and gently bumped it against the corner of the table, shaking out the ash inside.
"There's nothing you're looking for here, please go back."
Gabila wanted to say something, but was stopped by Rebecca.
"Forget it, let's go, it's not too early."
"But...... All right! ”
Gabila puffed up and finally compromised.
Professor Molimer stood aside, and then spoke up:
"Do you need me to take you home?"
"Don't worry about it, gentleman, we'll escort these two young ladies' ......"
Then a flirtatious voice came.
Everyone followed the prestige, and saw four or five men in black coming into the shop. They barricaded the doorway, surrounding Gabila and Rebecca.
"I don't know you!"
Rebecca said.
She was a little scared, she knew that she wouldn't have run so far to come to such a remote place.
"Miss, you are willful again, the boss has instructed us to protect your safety...... It's getting late, so let's go back now. ”
The man in black said, and prepared to drag the two away.
Professor Molimer tried to say something, but found himself pointed at a musket.
The man was armed with a flintlock pistol and shook the muzzle of the gun in mockery as a sign of threat. His companion also pulled out a gun and pointed it at the boss Rosa. But the latter, with a calm face, silently lit a new cigarette with a match, and smoked his pipe.
Suddenly, the leading man was stunned and found himself floating out of thin air.
"The boss also told me, let me send you home."
An unfamiliar male voice came from behind him.
I saw a black-haired young man appear at some point, and gently picked him up like a chicken.
"Back to the House of Waste."