As a border city, it's no surprise that Setland doesn't have the bustle of Catalina, but that doesn't mean the city doesn't have anything to offer.

The most important feature of a city as a trade node is that it has a variety of unique products from various countries.

The fertile land and grain production are among the highest among many small countries, making the solid bread widely praised; The Blue Land is geographically cold, and it is necessary to use a high number of spirits to raise people's body temperature.

Sea fish, fabrics, and dairy products from smaller and more remote countries can all be seen in this border town.

These things Corina knows and tried, but they are all "gifts" that have been packaged layer by layer, like this full of original ecological style, she has seen relatively little, but it has a unique flavor.

However, this idea stopped after tasting a cake with "authentic xx flavor" but not quite to her taste.

"Raw ecology is not always good."

With a sigh, Corinna spooned off the cake she had tasted, threw it in the trash, and gave the rest to a girl who was holding the window but didn't dare to say anything.

Looking at the girl's happy expression after tasting the cake, the girl's mood suddenly improved a lot.

"It's time to go back, right?"

She glanced at her watch.

Although she had only been shopping for more than ten minutes, she felt that it was enough.

It's bustling here, but there's not much to keep her going.

If you don't like it, you don't have to stuff it in your mouth.

It's just that just as she was about to walk out of the door of the cake shop and turn back to find the woman who took her out, the sudden restless flow of people around her made her subconsciously stop.

"Let me go, let me go, don't get in my way."

"Why are there so many people? It's so noisy, how can I listen to the story later."

"Pull it down, how many of you are here to listen to stories? Are you?"

"Am I just listening to stories? You touch your conscience and ask, Miss Alyssa, is she not good at poetry or is she singing badly?"

"This ....... It's such a thing, it's such a reason, but ........."

"Don't be stubborn, if you don't squeeze forward, the next position will be gone."

「.......」

"Sister."

A childish call pulled Corina's mind back from the noise.

She tilted her head to the side.

Standing next to her was the girl who took her cake, and next to the girl was a middle-aged man with a paper bag, who seemed to be her father?

"Sister."

The girl shouted again, took out a small cloth doll from the paper bag that the man was carrying, and handed it to the girl.

"This one is for you." She held her face high and said, "Dad said that when you receive a gift, you must give it back, otherwise you won't be a good child!"

「.......」

Corina blinked, looking at the doll that looked a little hard to describe in words, and couldn't help but laugh.

"Thank you."

She took the doll, and couldn't help but reach out and rub it on the girl's head, looking at her comfortable expression like a cat, the girl suddenly felt that her mood was even happier.

People always love beautiful things, and innocent children are undoubtedly the treasures of the world. ….

Pinching the doll, the girl suddenly smelled a fragrance.

Carefully and steadily, she judged that the doll was filled with weed.

It is a not particularly precious herb that works as the name suggests, helping to relax tiredness and relieve tension.

Corina herself uses it a lot, for example, by lighting a scented herb in the bathroom, so that she can wander in the bathtub without being haunted by reality.

"I think it's going to help me a lot." The girl thanked her again.

"Hee-hee.

The girl smiled happily, and then asked as if curiously, "Sister, aren't you going to listen to Sister Alyssa's story?"

"Alyssa?" Corina asked, confused, "Is that the one they just talked about?" Who's that?"

"A bard." The explanation was made by the girl's father, "She has only been in Setland in the last few days, and it is said that she has only just finished her trip to the Blue Lands, and she has collected a lot of fresh stories, so she is here to share them with you."

"Bards." Corina thought for a moment and said, "It sounds like a woman's name, a female bard....... It's rare, no wonder it's so popular."

"It's not just because it's rare." The man smiled and said, "Her story is really good, and her singing voice is really good, if you want to make a good memory in this city, I think you should try to listen to it."

"Huh?" Corina was a little surprised that the man could see that she was a foreigner, but she was relieved when she thought about it.

Dress and demeanor aside, just from the temperament, even she felt that she was out of place with the city, and there was a strange sense of alienation everywhere, if it was a person who lived here all year round, it should be easy to distinguish people from other places.

What's more, the trading city is already dominated by floating population, which is also normal.

"Thanks, I'll think about it."

The man nodded slightly, and without further words, he left the cake shop with the little girl.

"So, do you want to take a look?"

Corina thought about it and decided to give it a try.

After all, it was the first time she had left Catalena alone, and these new things were also interesting to her.

.......

The Bard's temporary site was in a small square in the middle of the shopping street, and by the time Corina arrived, it was already surrounded by water.

However, it may be because of their experience, the uniformed guards waited here early, trying to arrange the people in an orderly manner.

Corina arrived late, and there was no place around, but after paying the price of dozens of gold coins and the deterrence of a knight's sword, she managed to exchange a middle-aged man for a single room in a restaurant with an excellent view.

Looking past the window and onto the dry fountain in the center of the square, Corina let out a soft breath of white air, quietly waiting for the show to begin.

"Whew—"

The girl with good hearing heard the sound of the wind.

To her surprise, the sound of the wind did not match the temperament of the deep winter she was in now, containing a bone-chilling coldness, but a bit like the breeze that blows the ripples of the spring in summer, gentle and fresh. ….

As the wind reached the square, a woman with bright blonde hair and a slightly messy face, dressed in a thick beige gown, floated down to the edge of the fountain with her erection and the wind.

"If the wind had a sound, it would be one of the masterpieces." The girl with excellent appreciation ability made a good evaluation of the appearance of the bard.

"Good afternoon, everyone."

A bard named Alyssa greeted the people.

She is very beautiful, although she does not use powder, she still deserves the word "beautiful", and her body curves are very superior, and Corina feels ashamed of herself when she sees it - the girl in the development period is far from the time to compete with the femininity of the *** sex.

All of the above is the basis for the popularity of female bards, and the reason why she is so popular, in Corina's opinion, is because she is very generous.

When she greeted and beckoned, she raised her arms indifferently, and she couldn't see the grace and softness that a woman should have, but combined with the deeds she had just returned from the blue land, it was quite appropriate for her identity.

Corina doesn't like it, but she's not okay to interfere with other people's habits.

"Good afternoon! Miss Alyssa!"

"Hey, Alyssa, why don't you have a drink together after today?"

"People have come back from walking around the blue ground, so don't be ashamed of your example.

」

「.......」

Hearing the sound of everyone responding to the greetings, Corina took a sip of tea a little boredly, urging her to hurry up and start.

As if hearing her inner voice, or perhaps perhaps a bard by nature who does not like to spend too much time on politeness, Alyssa quickly stops the noise with the sound of the piano and begins a light and slow narration.

"On the west side of the continent, on the endless sea, there is a small island isolated from the rest of the world, which for a long time was caught in the flames of war, until a king appeared.......

Corina listened quietly to Alyssa's chanting.

Alyssa's story, if I want to summarize, is the story of a man who unified her country and became a popular king, and then collapsed into a "king who does not understand the hearts of the people", all kinds of deeds sound like real things in Alyssa's description, like historical events that have been transformed by legends.

Still, the bard apparently knew how to make what he created more popular.

Rather than focusing her narrative on history, she focused on some of the less believable but more interesting-sounding stories.

For example, "The Female King", "Pulling out the sword in the stone proves that it is the chosen one", "When I return from the battle, I find that the harem has been stolen by my closest knight", "I was stabbed in the back by my own son after losing the last battle", etc.

Compared with boring history, these *** dramas are obviously more concerned by ordinary people who are politically indifferent.

Of course, Corina has little interest in these ethical plays.

These are performed every day at the Catalena Grand Theater, and she has long been tired of watching them.

There were several reasons why she didn't just get up and leave.

For one, Alyssa's narration is really good, at least those who don't listen are bored, and it's a good choice to pass the time; Second, she was very interested in what the king was doing. ….

To be specific, it is the "Knight of the Round Table" that she created.

The Knights are also available in the Kingdom of Laiyin, but the Knights in this story are obviously more special.

"The Knights of the Round Table are Knights of the Round Table because they don't have the same high and low positions as the Knights of Laiyin. They all sat at a round table, with the king with them, and there was no difference in status or between kings and ministers, and everyone was allowed to speak freely, and in the end the king united his opinion and made the final choice."

Corina felt that this king seemed to be inexplicably similar to herself.

They are all women, they are all knights, and they all need the help of others to make choices.

The only difference is that she is the daughter of the Duke's family, and the other party is born to be a king.

Corina picked up the teacup and was about to take a sip when she heard Alyssa add a voiceover.

"By the way, there are rumors that the Knight King is not really a royal bloodline. A duke replaced the king's orphan with his child and placed him in the countryside instead of the original king—but maybe the original king wouldn't be able to draw the sword in the stone, would he?"

"Tick-"

「.......」

Looking at the little tea on the table, Corina smiled helplessly.

Really, she didn't grow up in the country, so what did she bring into such a deep place.

By the way, isn't this story a little too close to me?

For a moment, Corina felt as if the bard was reciting a story specially made for her.

But the thought was fleeting.

Alyssa's story is logical, from the beginning to the end is very smooth, there is no particular exaggeration, and the main nodes of its narration are all in various *** dramas, which can be said to perfectly fit the psychology of the public, and it is a story that has been tempered many times.

"It's me who is a little nervous."

Standing up, Corina stretched lazily and prepared to leave.

Walking down the restaurant, Alyssa's story was over, and many people were rushing up to ask her to sign and do it again, but Corina was obviously not interested

The feet are leaving.

However, as soon as she crossed the threshold of the restaurant, the first thing she looked up at was not looking at the road, but at the opposite shop.

Opposite is a jewelry store.

Perhaps because the contents are so expensive, there is only one guest inside—and from afar, Corinna's ability to judge the value of the jewels inside.

"When you receive a gift, you must give it back~"

The girl's voice echoed in her head, and Corina subconsciously stroked the turquoise bracelet on her wrist.

Although the gifts she brought were precious, they were all for the Marquis, and the woman was not in consideration.

Something should be returned.

"Good afternoon, miss."

The waiter greeted him with a bright smile, "What type of jewelry do you need?" Bracelet, or necklace?"

Corina thought for a moment and said, "Necklace."

"Okay! Please come with me!"

The waiter led her to a counter and introduced her vividly: "You see, this necklace is inlaid with a sapphire containing the water element, which is said to be extracted by another great alchemist after a great magic defeated a powerful sea monster.......

"And this, inlaid in it is the fruit that bears on the thousand-year-old spirit tree, and the aura contained in it can heal injuries and prolong life.......

"This one is a bit special, it is not a natural gem, but an alchemist extracted the blood of the red fox, plus a platinum-level alchemy gem to make it, and the function of this alchemy gem is to improve people's sensory ability, and the effect of the blood of the red fox is ........ Ahem........"

Corina listened silently to the waiter's story, lacking interest.

The waitress gulped one after another, eager to blow the value of these necklaces to the sky, but she was not an uninformed person, how could she not know what kind of rags these were - just putting them in the window could not be good.

Of course, she also knew that in this kind of place, there would definitely be no treasures.

Just look at it.

"This, this, and this....... Show it to me."

The waiter happily took out the three necklaces that the girl was pointing at and left them to view.

These three necklaces are what the waiter said, "nourishing and nourishing", "prolonging life", and "mentioning but forgetting", Corina rubbed the blue one and began to hesitate again.

Judging by the waiter's offer, her private purse didn't allow her to keep all three necklaces — at which point she began to wonder why Hearst had so much pocket money — and that she could only choose one as a gift at most, given the need for the future.

Then the tangled ones come.

For a woman, appearance is undoubtedly a top priority, and a blue necklace is a great thing to look at.

The attraction of the spirit wood necklace was the worst for her, because the things it described would not be believed by anyone with even the slightest knowledge.

And the last one......

Corina thinks it might be the most useful one for a woman, but she's a little too embarrassed to give it away.

So, which one to choose?

Corina, who was already not good at making choices, fell into a deep tangle.

She hated herself for not having a Knights of the Round Table to help her decide what was going to work....... When you return to Catalina, be sure to recruit a few more "knights" who can carry them with you....... Well, let's start looking now........

"Miss, don't you know how to choose?"

The sudden, soft words brought Corina's divergent thoughts to a halt.

She looked up blankly at the young male who had suddenly appeared beside her.

"This should be a great way to give it away."

The thought was suddenly interrupted, big

Kelina, whose mind was blank for the time being, subconsciously looked at where he was pointing.

"Green ....... Is it?"

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