In addition to the 12 scrolls mentioned earlier, Xia Duo also needs to buy another 2-ring magic scroll, and in contrast, the store comes with a Mithril fountain pen and two bottles of red graphite dedicated to making magic scrolls.

At this point, not only did Xia Duo's windfall just get swept away, but he also took the dozens of gold coins on his body.

Walking out of the store, the cold wind was fierce, Xia Duo smiled self-deprecatingly, and when he looked back at the store, the steward was already busy with his own business.

Sure enough, as long as people have money, especially when it is a windfall, they will always be unable to control the desire to buy, buy, buy. This transaction is not a loss, at least most of the things are urgently needed at the moment, not here, but also to other stores.

After leaving the secret shop, Xia Duo and Ava found an inn where they could eat, ate to their heart's content, and after settling down, Xia Duo went to Ava's room and placed two magic scrolls and two alchemy bottles on the table.

"Ava, thanks to you today."

"Nope." Ava shoved the things over again, "You've already paid for it!" ”

"Huh?"

Shado blinked, staring at Ava, as if to find out when he had paid.

"When I came back, I said you owed me 50 gold coins."

Ava's words made Xia Duo stunned, Ava did say such things before, but Xia Duo only thought that he was referring to the consumption of magic scrolls, and now he directly sent the scroll over, and also attached a copy, but he didn't expect Ava to accept it again.

It's certainly not about gold or anything else.

Xia Duo felt that something was wrong, and had the heart to directly give 50 gold coins to end the matter, but he didn't have 50 gold coins on his body now, which made people crazy.

Thinking of Ava's constant obedience to his orders during the mission, Xia Duo felt that Ava should have asked for something from him, but he couldn't figure out what he had to worry about as a mage apprentice.

He asked tentatively, "Is there anything you need me to do?" ”

"No, you don't."

Ava's avoidance of talking about it caused confusion in Shado's mind, but Ava didn't want to say it, and he couldn't force him to say it, because his questioning might anger Ava and lose more than he gained.

Many thoughts passed through his mind, and Xia Duo put away the scroll and alchemy bottle on the table, and said to Ava, "I will get the gold coins as soon as possible, but no matter what, thank you, in addition to today, and your help during the mission." ”

'That's what I'm supposed to do, we're teammates.'

Ava's words made Xia Duo a little embarrassed, and aside from other things, the undead attack in the village outside the Green Pearl Forest, if it wasn't for Ava's reminder, he might have been cold by now.

Maybe Ava was really a good person, as Gibb said, and he himself might have been too suspicious.

……

Back in his room, Xia Duo began to count the items he was carrying, he usually didn't pay much attention to it, and he was really startled when he counted it deliberately.

Bags of dry food, hydration bags, spell notes, inkwells, quills, scroll crates, crossbows, daggers, venom bottles, and scattered gold and silver coins, paper, pajamas, slippers.

They're almost ten pounds.

Now there are more alchemy bottles, although they have not yet reached the limit of Xia Duo, but psychologically they give people a feeling of bloat and complexity, Xia Duo once again remembered the dimensional bag that had been placed in front of him.

It would be nice if he could have a carry-on space, so he could travel light at any time, and he could take out whatever he wanted.

But seeing the Pikachu pajamas and slippers that followed him from the earth, Xia Duo's heart instantly calmed down, and this was the only sign that he was an earthling.

Xia Duo solemnly arranged his pajamas and slippers, and then packed up his other things and put them with him.

At this time, Xia Duo noticed that the two ledger books he had taken out of Old Neil's storeroom, the covers had become dark, and Xia Duo casually opened one of them.

The page turned to was marked by a list of strange symbols, each followed by a chromophoric number, ranging from 5 to 800.

The most common number is between 100 and 200.

There are also numbers in front of the symbols, but these numbers are easy to come up with, and they are shorthand numbers for the date.

Xia Duo turned a few more pages, and the result was that each page was about the same, and it was also a combination of symbols and numbers, so the record made Xia Duo feel for the first time that this should be a black account.

Otherwise, how many people will keep accounts in normal business! This is not on the earth, not keeping accounts is about the same as tax evasion, here tax collection has nothing to do with accounts, just look at the evaluation of the tax officer, saying that you have to pay as much as you want.

Generally speaking, only large-scale operations need to be booked in order to summarize, but the Old Neil Hotel is obviously not that large-scale.

Basically, in Xia Duo's eyes, having an account book means having a black account.

Looking at another ledger, it is similar to the previous one, but the symbols in this one are very regular, looping almost once in less than 10 lines, and there are several symbols that appear particularly frequently.

Turning all the way to the last page, there is a piece of parchment only the size of a palm, on which is the explanation of the symbols corresponding to the color resistance language, Xia Duo's color resistance language is not proficient, but it can still be found that these color resistance words should be a personal name.

He hurriedly flipped through the previous book to the end, and sure enough, there was a similar piece of parchment, on which there were not only people's names, but also words such as gems, crystals, gold, silver, etc.

This made Xia Duo even more convinced that these were two black ledgers.

In this way, the number behind the symbol should be the amount, looking at the flowing water of tens, hundreds, and the highest close to 800, Xia Duo felt for the first time that he underestimated the man who opened the hotel.

Fortunately, he has already finished him with his own hands, otherwise, I don't know how much trouble there is!

Put away the two black books and spell notes together, put them on his body, and Xia Duo fell asleep with his clothes.

Savile's nights were getting colder, and the blankets provided by the inn were no longer as warm as a night's sleep, not even when they were out on a mission.

The only thing that's better than being outside is probably that there is no cold air blowing outside from time to time. Xia Duo didn't sleep well this night, in addition to the cold, there was also the vigilance of being in an unfamiliar environment.

……

The next day, Xia Duo woke up early, with a disappointed look on his face, he had not dreamed last night, or more precisely, had not experienced the magical dream of the day before yesterday again.

This shattered his illusions of improving his strength in a short period of time, but fortunately, Xia Duo did not pin all his hopes on this ethereal dream.

Magic is what he can really control, from scratch, from beginner to mastery, this is all traceable, and there is even a lot of experience from his predecessors to learn from.

What reason not to make this the main target!