After refusing the courtesy of His Royal Highness the Baron's escort, the two took Anna and left the Baron's villa and merged into the flow of people on the street. Monica took Babu's arm, and Babu held the stumbling little Anna in the other, and the three of them strolled along the bustling streets like a close family of three.

One is radiant, the other has an outstanding temperament, walking on the street will always cause everyone's attention, but at this time, the expressions of the two are not very relaxed, which also makes the surrounding passers-by subconsciously stay away from the two and consciously bypass the two.

Compared to the previous small towns with a population of several thousand, Higashiya Castle is worthy of a large city with a population of more than 50,000, and the streets are quite bustling during the day, especially in the core area close to the city center.

Towards noon, the taverns in the city center have not yet opened, but several specialized restaurants have already wafted out the enticing aroma, and the aroma and noisy human voices are mixed together to fill the streets and alleys, making the streets and alleys gradually covered with a layer of human fireworks.

Between the fragrant restaurants, there are all kinds of shops, which are not only ordinary daily necessities stores, but also more specialized fringe-related goods and combat goods, including a ......

"Hey, hey." Babu bumped Monica with her elbow and pointed to a strange shop on the side of the road, and Monica's eyes lit up and she pushed Babu inside.

The sign at the entrance of the shop was a hanging wheel, which was supposed to be a horse-drawn carriage dealership, but when I walked in, I realized that the contents had nothing to do with the carriage.

As soon as you enter the store, in the most eye-catching position opposite the door, there is a half-length stone sculpture of the same height, the statue is a middle-aged man about fifty years old, slightly fat and beardless, his hair is neatly combed behind his back, he looks kind and kind, there is always a smile on his face, and even every wrinkle reveals a kind smile.

The statue is indeed expressive, and the craftsmanship is quite exquisite, but even the wrinkles can be seen so clearly, because not only the statue, but also a huge portrait is hung on the front wall, and the painting is the middle-aged man on the statue, who looks very energetic in a gorgeous costume.

In front of the statue and portrait, there is a line of glass display counters, which display all kinds of goods, an old man in coarse cloth overalls, with white hair is sitting behind the counter, with one-sided glasses on his face, is lowering his head and fiddling with a few gears in his hands, hearing the ringing of the doorbell, the old man puts down the parts and stands up, with a professional smile on his face.

"Long live Your Majesty, Lord of the City." The old man shouted skillfully, then squinted his eyes and looked at the two, and said with a smile, "Hello three guests, in fact, when the three entered the city yesterday evening, they had already seen the three, hehe, what about the caravan of the three of them, why didn't you see them?" Looking at it from a distance last night, the car is not in very good condition, it won't break down today, so I came here to buy a new one, it's a good car, it's a pity if it breaks. ”

The sudden shout startled the two, the two looked at the statue and portrait, and then at the old man with inconsistent attitudes, and nodded thoughtfully: "Our caravan has been repaired by His Royal Highness the Baron, and it will be sent back in a few days. If you have something to do, get busy first, and we'll take care of it ourselves. ”

As he spoke, the two began to walk slowly around the store.

The shop is actually very large, with delicate items in the display cases on the front, and large items along the walls on both sides, giving the small shop a strange sense of fulfillment.

The bulky cargo is actually some strange model, and the model itself is supposed to be a purely human-propelled vehicle, including the most important property of Monica and the Babu Chamber of Commerce, that is, the model of the caravan that looks like a home, of course, only similar rather than original.

Barbu even saw some two-wheeled, chain-linked rickshaws that looked much lighter than those that were driven by a drive rod. I have seen a lot of similar two-wheeled vehicles in the edge before, but the chains of those have long been rusted, and the wheels have become broken, and they can no longer be used.

Many of them are very interesting models, especially those chain-driven rickshaws, which are very suitable for moving in complex terrain on the edge, and it will be much more convenient to use with caravans, but looking at the zero behind the gold coin on the price card, the two nodded to each other seriously, and then resolutely put down the model in their hands, but in the end, Monica still looked back with some regret.

"Do you really want that?" Babu said as she leaned into Monica's ear.

"There's no need." Monica shook her head, "I want the normal way, but for our own desires, some things are not necessary. ”

"Heh, I see." Instead, Babu seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, nodded and smiled, "Then let's go to the edge to look for this kind of mechanical thing, and when we have the opportunity, we can always find some finished products that are still in good condition." Even if there is no finished product, we can put together a few cars by dismantling the parts and putting them together, and when the time comes, we will all ship them back, open a store next to him and sell them at half price, and steal his business. ”

"Poof, it's too loud, the shopkeeper is glaring at you." After Monica left the Baron's Mansion, she smiled for the first time, secretly punched Babu, pointed to the counter, and said, "Actually, that's what I'm really interested in." ”

The counters are filled with small but delicate special items, such as energy storage gems that automatically and slowly absorb the ubiquitous polluting energy at the edges to power devices, warm stones that consume polluted energy or magic to raise the temperature, and of course, two strange headlights.

The shape is very similar to the lights of those abandoned vehicles often encountered in the edge, and the effect is also very close, not only the illumination range is very wide, but also the penetration of the light is very strong, hundreds of meters away can be dimly illuminated, and it can be illuminated quite clearly at close range, Babu believes that if there were these two lights before, the night he first arrived in Tanuki Town, he would never have become so embarrassed because of the dark night and heavy rain, and he would have been able to easily find a farmhouse to rest, of course, it is difficult to say what would happen after he found it.

"It's more than that." Monica shook her head and corrected in a low voice, "The place where this thing is really useful is still in the edges." Remember, every time we spent the night on the edge, I would look for a suitable building for the night, and if I couldn't find it, even if it was still bright, I would have to deal with it early. ”

"Well, the edge is too foggy at night, and visibility is too low."

"Yes, once the visibility is drastically reduced at night, you tried the ordinary lantern last time, and you can't see anything a meter away at all, and if you're unlucky, you'll be close to the mutant who comes out at night, it's too dangerous." Monica pouted at the two lamps, "But this lamp has too strong illumination ability, even at night at the edge, it is barely enough to illuminate the range within ten meters, with it, the safety can be greatly guaranteed, so ......"

"I'm in favor of buying." Without Monica going on, Babu had already taken the initiative to raise her voice and said, "Shopkeeper, how much does this lamp cost with an energy storage gem?" ”

The old man confirmed the clothes of the two again, and said with a smile behind the counter: "It's quite cheap, we have always marked the price here, you see, two sets of headlights nine gold coins, three gold coins for energy storage gems." ”

"Hey, your price ......" Monica's mouth twitched, her expression tangled.

"How much money do we have?" Babu asked in a low voice.

"Counting the money you won last night, it's less than six gold coins, which is still a lot short of twelve gold coins, and that's all our liquidity." Monica sighed and explained, "When we were in Tanuki Town, most of our property was used to exchange for the Requiem Bell, and if that thing was to be sold, it could be sold for at least sixty to a hundred gold coins, and we made a lot of money, but it was more difficult in terms of cash now, unless we sold it, but whoever sells this kind of thing is stupid." ”

"Actually, I think it's worth more." Babu pondered, "You should buy it for any amount of money." ”

"Huh?" Monica was stunned and looked at Babu in surprise, "Are you serious?" ”

"Yes." Babu pulled Monica out the door and muttered, "This thing is much easier to use than a fluorite ball, and with a little modification, it's a very handy edge exploration tool." ”

Monica frowned and motioned for Barb to continue.

"I took a look at it just now, maybe it's limited by its internal energy structure, I don't know much, anyway, the volume can't be reduced again, but this size is actually about the same." "Think about it, connect a lamp to an energy storage gem and put it in a special sturdy box that you can carry around. Later, when you explore the edge and encounter a lightless environment, you can take it out and open it, which is countless times better than a fluorite ball. The only flaw is that the volume is indeed relatively large and heavy, which is not suitable for long-term carrying, but we have that handbag, do we still care about the volume and weight? ”

Monica's eyes had almost penetrated the door and nailed to the headlights on the counter.

"It's just that the price is ......" Babu couldn't help but sigh, fully understanding how Monica felt when she said that buying something casually in a big city would cost tens or hundreds of gold coins at every turn, he thought about it and said, "Why don't we go to the Second Highness's shop again, just like last night?" ”

"Dead boy, you must have cheated last night, although I don't know how you did it, but be careful of being beaten out again." Monica bit her lip and glared at him, she couldn't hold back her smile, then sighed and shook her head, "Forget it, I don't want to have too deep contact with these people now, at least not today." ”

"Finally laughing, don't sulk with a straight face? I actually ......"

"I've known each other for so long, I can see that you have other plans, and I still have this tacit understanding." Monica smiled weakly, "I'm actually mad at myself. ”

Babu patted the hand on his arm and listened quietly.

"I really didn't expect that person to kill someone for such a trivial matter, and he tortured and killed him in the most cruel way." Monica gritted her teeth, the corners of her eyes jumped, and the hand holding Babu's arm subconsciously clenched his arm, "Such a young girl, just because of one of our actions, almost lost her life, and I killed her, I didn't even react to what happened afterwards." ”

"I should have thought that both of his sisters were emphasizing that he was a real madman and a pervert, but I never took it seriously, I never thought that people could do this, and they could actually torture and kill human beings as a matter of course. If I had thought earlier, that girl would not have lost her hands, and she would not have suffered the fear and pain that she should not have endured, I felt clogged in my heart when I thought about it. ”

"It's not that I haven't killed people, I've been attacked by marginal locusts several times over the years, and I've killed no less than ten real humans before and after, well, at least ten, but it's the first time I've hated killing people so much, and even the first time I've hated a person so much." Monica smiled self-deprecatingly, and finally said, "As for you, I know you can't get used to him, and even Anna can feel that you have moved to kill, can I, who has eyes, still be able to see it?" ”

"Heh, I hate this kind of person very much, very, I don't care if he is good or bad in other aspects, but since he did this kind of thing in front of me, I can't just ignore it, and leave it alone, maybe how many people will become statues in his hands in the future." Babu sneered, "Since he doesn't take personal names seriously, then if I give him a ride, there is no need to have a psychological burden." ”

"Of course there's no need, no matter what you're going to do, it doesn't matter if you tell me or not, I'll fully support you." Monica squeezed Babu's arm and smiled, "As for the problem of the two lights, don't worry, I'll solve it." ”

"Oh?" Babu looked at Monica curiously, "Are you sure?" How to fix it? ”

"We are marginal businessmen, dead children, of course we solve it in the way of businessmen."

Monica puffed up her chest, smiled proudly, pushed the door and walked back to the store, striding over to the old man behind the counter.

"Looking at the old gentleman's resistance level and knowledge, he was also a marginal traveler when he was young." Monica smiled softly, "Now you're tired and finally want to find a place to settle down?" ”

"Hahaha, ma'am, what you said is too tactful, in fact, it's just that you're crazy when you're old, and you just want to find a place to spend the rest of your life quietly." The old man laughed without hesitation, "Since you and this gentleman are interested in this set of lamps, I can ......"

"Heh, old man, I'm also a marginal traveler, and I'm also a marginal businessman, I'm no stranger to what the price of these marginal props should be." Monica leaned forward, almost crossed the counter, and said condescendingly, "This set of lamps is indeed a good thing, and the workmanship is also very fine, but the two lamps add up, and the production cost is all added, and it can't reach five gold coins, and as soon as you open your mouth, it's nine gold coins, so it's a little too ruthless." ”

"Madam, calculating costs alone is not a habit of doing business." The old man straightened his face and retorted, "And the cost is not only the production cost, I will lose five gold coins." ”

"Then I'll take a step back, how about six gold coins?"

"Ma'am, that's not how it counts." The old man sighed, "It can't be that cheap. ”

"I know that because you have fewer daily customers, you need to increase the price to offset the loss of fewer customers." Monica squinted her eyes and smiled, "So...... A set of six gold coins, I buy two sets, plus two gold coins and an energy storage gem, I also buy two. It's true that you're making a little less per set, but overall, you're still making more, otherwise you'll have to try your luck the next time a traveler comes. ”

The old man's face was cloudy, and he kept breaking his fingers under the table to calculate, and after a while, he said with a wry smile: "It just stuck my bottom line, okay, just at this price, but it must be two sets, and one set is definitely not good." ”

"The price is negotiated, and here is one of my requests." Monica took out a gold coin and slapped it on the counter, "It's daytime, the light fixture doesn't have an effect, I need to bring one into the edge tonight to test the effect." Moreover, our car, His Royal Highness, is helping to repair it, and the lights have been tested, and tomorrow we will find time for the Baron to take us to the craftsman's place to see if it is suitable for our car. Because our car is also modified, not all lights are suitable for installation. ”

"So, we need to take one of the lights in the set for a few tests, which is a deposit, no matter what the result is, after three days at the latest, we will come to complete the transaction or terminate the transaction, and if there is any damage to this sample, we will compensate according to the price. If you are worried that we will not admit it, we can sign a written agreement, you have seen who we invited in, just came out of the Baron's Palace, and in the afternoon he will take us to meet His Majesty, with the endorsement of Lord Karl and His Royal Highness the Baron, what else do you have to worry about? Or do you think the endorsement of those two is not worth the price of these two sets of lights? ”

"Don't you dare, ma'am, don't say that." The old man rubbed his hands together and said in a tangled voice, "With the endorsements of those two, of course I have nothing to doubt, but, just, okay, sign an agreement, and pay an extra gold coin to compensate me for the risk I bear." ”

Monica pointed to the deposit on the table.

"Okay, that's it." The old man gritted his teeth, wiped the gold coins on the table, and then carefully took out one of the lamps and handed it to Monica, "Three days at the latest, or I'll go straight to Chief Carl with the agreement." ”

"Three days at the latest, maybe tomorrow if it goes well."

Monica controlled her joy and put the lamp in her handbag, and after seeing that Monica actually had such a thing, the old man was surprised that he was a lot relieved, and the worry on his face gradually disappeared.

But soon the ones who can't laugh are Monica and Babu.

The two of them forced the smile on their faces and left the store at a normal pace, and as soon as they went out, they couldn't hold back any longer, covering their mouths and smiling brightly, and they didn't know what they were happy about.

However, as soon as the smile appeared, it froze on his face, because not far away, a woman was standing there, looking at them with a smile.

"You're really going to cause trouble, but don't worry, the sinner who sent him has been executed according to your demands, and the screams when he dies are not to mention how beautiful they are."

Ira's apostle, Abby.