Chapter 274: A Pleasant Meeting
At this moment, Duncan's mind thought about all the similar talismans he had shot in the past for a while, and after thinking for a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief.
The only amulets that I remember as special gifts were two for Maurice, and the others were just ordinary goods, and after such a long time, no one who bought the amulet came to report anything unusual.
After breathing a sigh of relief, Duncan couldn't help but fall into thought.
Although the reason for the change in the talisman is not yet clear, the news brought by Vana undoubtedly gave him a wake-up call, allowing him to further understand and mentally prepare for the "strange phenomena" that may occur around him.
Henceforth...... It seems that you can't give things away casually, and you can't take things casually.
The brief silence on Duncan's side also caught Fanna's attention, who cast a curious gaze: "Do you remember something?" β
ββ¦β¦ After thinking about it for a while, there is nothing wrong with it," Duncan shook his head, and said in a nonchalant and sincere tone, "Could it be that Heidi made a mistake?" β
"Unlikely, she's a veteran psychiatrist with some knowledge of the transcendent realm, and she knows her mental state well," Vanna shook her head, "but it's true that the amulet's problem could be something else...... Perhaps, it is just an extraordinary item mixed with ordinary goods, or it may be a ...... in the production process."
Vanna spoke slowly, but not like she was explaining to Duncan, but hypnotizing and convincing herself.
As an Inquisitor, she shouldn't have been obsessed with a potentially transcendent event, but her attention was eventually diverted from the talisman.
The soft sound of the waves echoed in her mind, bringing waves of relief, and she gradually forgot the purpose of her first place.
Vanna looked up and silently looked around the antique shop.
The girl, Shirley, had returned to the store, and was carefully watching the shelves as she placed things on the shelves.
Nina was also there to help out in the store.
A blonde woman named Alice was busy by the small fire.
Mr. Duncan sat behind the counter with a friendly smile on his face.
The sound of traffic on the street outside the shop sounded a little distant, the kettle in the shop was making a sharp sound little by little, the corners of the shelves next to it seemed to have some wriggling and jumping shadows, and the stairs leading to the second floor seemed to extend into the infinite darkness.
The entire building seemed to be filled with whispering voices.
"Tea is ready," Alice's voice came from the side, she brought a cup of hot tea and placed it on the counter, and pushed it in front of Vanna, "Please take your time." β
Vanna silently picked up the teacup, took a sip to her lips, and then chewed it againβthe hot tea and tea leaves were swallowed into her stomach with a blank face.
Duncan was shocked when he saw this situation - it was the first time he had seen a person who could swallow Alice's tea so calmly, this Miss Vanna really deserved to be the first beautiful girl in Prand, and it was very human.
After a while, finding that Vanna was just looking around and not speaking, Duncan finally couldn't help but break the silence: "Is there anything else besides the amulet?" β
"Ah, sorry, a little distracted suddenly," Vana seemed to wake up suddenly, and suddenly coughed violently a few times, as if she had choked on something, she frowned and glanced at the empty teacup in front of her, and then shook her head, "No, I'm just here to inquire about this matter." β
"If you're interested in the amulet, I can give you one," Duncan laughed, pushing the amulet he had just taken forward, "Go back and study it slowly." β
Vana looked at the "crystal" talisman in front of her in a little surprise, and was stunned for a moment before asking, "How much?" β
"I'll give it to you, it's not a valuable thing anyway, I'll sell it as a giveaway," Duncan said with a smirk, "or can I make up a makeshift product introduction for you that sounds pretty good?" Do you want a historical version or a wellness version? β
Vanna was stunned for a moment: "You...... That's how everything is sold here? β
"Honest management," Duncan said, "If you want to sell it, the original price of this thing is eight solas, take a set of health care theory sixteen, and then take the historical story twenty-two, you have to pay twenty-five to give a black walnut box - the box promises not to fade within half a year, and it can also give you a ticket for two hundred." β
Vanna has lived in Shangcheng since she was a child, and she entered the church to cultivate when she was a minor, and when she was an adult, she directly carried a sword and threw herself into the battle against heretics...... Two hundred votes? β
"You can give gifts to your colleagues," Duncan said, "and young people give ...... to their lovers."
Vanna thought about it for a moment and shook her head, "Then I probably don't need toβbut I can't take your stuff for nothing." β
So saying, she took out two bills worth ten solas from her pocket and placed them on the counter.
"The original price of eight solas - the rest is thank you for your cooperation, and thank you for the hospitality of the cup of tea just now."
Duncan wanted to say something more, but saw that Vanna had already stood up and picked up the crystal pendant.
"It's a pleasant meeting," she smiled slowly, and suddenly said in an extraordinarily solemn expression and tone, as she raised her hand and placed the crystal pendant around her neck, "looking forward to seeing each other next time." β
Duncan felt that the other party was a little weird all of a sudden, and subconsciously frowned, but in the end he didn't say anything, just nodded politely: "Okay then, welcome to come next time." β
Vanna bowed her head slightly, and turned to leave.
She walked straight through the shop, out the door, to the clearing in front of the antique shop, where she stopped.
A "Didi" horn suddenly came from the nearby roadside.
Vanna blinked, only then did she notice the car parked on the side of the road, and remembered the arrival of the Storm Cathedral in Poland today, and hurriedly walked over to open the door and get into the car.
"You're finally out," said the young man who stayed in the car, as he started the car quickly, "it's been almost an hour and a half, and I'm thinking I'll go in if you don't come out again......"
"An hour and a half?" Vanna was a little surprised, "I thought it ...... Just forty minutes have passed. β
As she spoke, she gently tapped her forehead, always feeling as if she was missing something, and couldn't help muttering: "I left in too much hurry just now, and I didn't seem to say goodbye." β
"It's the same next time, the store is here anyway," the young subordinate said casually, and then he saw the extra crystal talisman around Vanna's neck through the rearview mirror, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, "Did you buy a new pendant?" It's surprising that you don't usually buy these. β
"Pendants?" Vanna glanced down at her chest suspiciously, and after two seconds she said with a slight hesitation, "Ah, I bought ......"
She shook her head, seemingly completely conscious.
"Don't talk about that, hurry up and go straight to the port."
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In the antique store, Shirley was the first to run to the counter, she looked back at the direction where Vanna had left just now with anxiety, and then turned to look at Duncan: "What is that inquisitor doing here?" Are you here to get me? β
"You're thinking too much," Duncan glanced at the anxious girl with a helpless expression, "She's here to investigate something else, and it has nothing to do with you." β
"Oh, she didn't come to get me," Shirley breathed a sigh of relief, but then couldn't help but mutter, "I feel like she's weird today, and she doesn't have a good time talking." β
"Maybe it's too stressful at work," Duncan said casually, getting up from behind the counter, "after all, the boss is coming." β
Nina also came over at this time, and when she heard Duncan's words, she immediately reacted: "Boss...... Are you talking about the news that appeared in the newspaper earlier? Storm Cathedral? β
Duncan smiled and nodded, his gaze swept over Nina, Shirley and Alice, and suddenly asked, "Interested?" β
"Interested?" Shirley was stunned for a moment, and after reacting, her face instantly showed surprise, "Wait, are you going to ......?"
"There's not much business to do todayβmost of them either go to church for Mass, or visit the harbor, and sit idle in the shop," Duncan said with a look of course, "and go and see, the cathedral of the storm is not something that happens every year." β
As soon as his words fell, Nina jumped up with joy: "Okay! β
Although Alice on the other side didn't know what was going on, seeing that Nina was so excited, she also began to slap, only Shirley had a ghostly expression: "But ...... Cacao...... But that's the Cathedral of the Storm! We won't ...... after we passed."
Duncan looked at her with a smirk: "Won't anything?" β
Shirley looked up at Duncan, looked down for a moment, and shook her head vigorously: "Nothing!" β
Duncan nodded in satisfaction.
Then he raised his head and looked beyond the street outside the door, over the city, and over the port of Plain.
And in his transcendent perception that permeated the entire city-state, he could already feel that there was a ...... "being" exuding a majestic momentum, which was gradually approaching Prand.
The Cathedral of the Storm is here.
(Most of the symptoms have subsided, and now cough and respiratory pain remain, and the biggest problems at the moment are difficulty sitting for long periods of time and persistent tiredness and drowsiness.) I tried it today.,It seems okay to concentrate on writing a chapter.,It shouldn't be broken.,But I don't know when I'll be able to return to the double watch.,Work hard...... οΌ
(End of chapter)