Every time Roy comes to Winterland, he feels like he's in a different world.

That's a big change here.

The walls of Twilight City were already in tatters, and they couldn't even be called walls, with only a few sections of ruins remaining.

Successive Grey lords didn't even think to repair it.

Colin simply demolished the existing city wall, and the demolished bricks and tiles were given to nearby residents to repair their houses, and the new city wall was already laying the foundation, but looking at the place, it was obvious that it had expanded a lot.

Roy rode in a carriage, and instead of going directly to the fortress to find Colin or Jennifer, he went to a large newly built mansion in the city and unloaded a large amount of goods brought by the convoy into the courtyard.

"Thank you, Lord Roy."

A thin old man in a plain linen shirt greeted him from the house.

"Old Harvey, I almost don't recognize you in this dress." Roy laughed and walked over and hugged the old man.

"There's no way, the master said that Xia Ya is no better than Thunder City, everyone should be more low-key." Harvey still looks like he is kind and rich.

"It's really hard for you, who would have thought that Lady Finia would be willing to let you come over to take charge of Twilight City in person, and you won't have to worry about the business on the Western Continent?"

"It's going well over there, but Winterfell is just getting started and needs someone to look after it."

Ever since Colin expressed in his letter that he hoped that the Golden Chamber of Commerce would open a branch in Winterfell, Phinea had seriously considered this matter, from a business point of view, a place like Shaya was obviously unprofitable, even if it was to sell Colin's face, there was no need to invest too much.

But this shrewd lady has a keen eye for the difference.

Colin Vane has always been a humble and low-key person, he is very sure of things, and he can only say six points, every time he always says that he can do big things by trying, there are many examples of photocameras, but this time he made this request straightforwardly, obviously Xia Ya has changes that she doesn't know.

In that case, it is not appropriate to send a few random people over as the letter said.

After thinking about it, since he was completely unclear about Xia Ya's situation, and the distance was long, it would take time to report back and forth, so he simply sent Harvey over.

This old butler, who has followed the Finia family for two generations, is second only to Finia in authority in the Chamber of Commerce, and even surpasses it in terms of experience.

It's been more than two months since Harvey arrived in Twilight, and after meeting Colin Vane, he opened four shops in the city to test the water according to the other party's request and idea.

In the first week, four stores.

Harvey, who saw the situation in Winterfell, had actually expected this outcome, and most of the people here didn't even know what the money looked like, so how could they come to the store to buy something?

The people of Twilight used to be mostly bartered, and a few necessities such as salt were exchanged for food or other things from the places designated by the fortress.

After the new store opens, many people will look inside curiously, but they dare not approach it at all.

But from the second week onwards, the store's business ushered in an epic growth - revenue exceeded a silver shield.

109 copper strain.

This amount of money can't afford to sit in a carriage in Thunder City, and it's not enough money for those ladies to drink a cup of coffee.

But here, it's a breakthrough from scratch.

Harvey later learned that it was because of the first "salary" from departments such as the alchemy workshop and the logging team.

In the eyes of most workers, taking care of rice is already the biggest reward after work, but being able to get the legendary copper strain is of course a fresh and enjoyable experience.

Although they have been told where they can use the money, very few people actually go to the store to buy something.

On the one hand, I feel that it is not necessary, and on the other hand, I am reluctant.

But there will always be people who try.

This is the origin of the turnover of the 109 copper plants.

Someone starts the way, and the rest of the things are much easier.

Although the business is still not "good", at least people have dared to enter these spacious and bright shops - although the workers who have just received the money often just ask and then leave with the copper plants in their hands.

Most of the goods in the store were purchased from the surrounding territories and countries at a high price, and with the cost of transportation, the selling price has actually been lost to the sky, and it is not sold.

Consumption is not something that can be cultivated overnight, not to mention that Twilight now needs to focus on productivity, not the market.

Every time Roy hauled books, he would load his spare wagons with light and practical goods and pull them to Twilight to fill the shelves of his stores.

Inside the castle.

After Roy handed over the books to Anne, he went to find Jennifer.

Since the library had not yet been built, all the new books were placed on the first floor of the castle, which was fortunately large enough.

……

……

Colin woke up from exhaustion, and the failure of last night's experiment had made him somewhat irritated, so much so that he sat on the floor of the lab and watched the giant Wind Nucleus collider in silence for a night, and had slept for two hours until the early hours of the morning.

It's right in front of you, but you can't grasp it.

Nine months without progress, the longest bottleneck he had ever stagnated.

Instead of catching up on sleep in the morning, he got up at seven o'clock as usual, washed and dressed, and walked out of the room.

As soon as he reached the first floor of the castle, he stopped Roy in the hallway.

"The dormitory for the government hall has been built, and Jennifer has moved over there now."

"Aha." The big head smiled awkwardly: "I won't look for her, our brother hasn't seen each other for two months, of course, I'm looking for you to catch up first." ”

"I'll believe you?"

"Hehe, what, I've put the books and goods away, it's safe."

"Well, the Chamber of Commerce will still let you bring the goods over?"

"Yes, Ms. Finia insisted that I bring more goods after knowing the price of your purchases."

"So she doesn't have to worry about that." Colin said indifferently: "But Harvey is indeed a talent, and he is very solid in his work. ”

"Of course, old Harvey was there at the beginning of the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, and he was the one who watched Phinea grow up, and Ms. Phinea herself joked that she flashed an idea in Thunder City, and old Harvey could receive it in Twilight City...... How outrageous, haha......"

"Heh......"

Colin was about to open his mouth to laugh, but he was stunned for a moment.

Then his eyes fell silent.

Roy talked to himself for a long time, and suddenly found that his friend was completely unresponsive.

"What's wrong with you?" The big head came over worriedly.

Synchronous ...... Reception...... Shake off...... Elemental entanglement...... Colin muttered dumbfounded, "I'm such a fucking idiot!" ”

"What?" Roy didn't hear it at all.

It was as if a bolt of lightning struck the brain, and it seemed to instantly catch something that had been impossible to grasp for a long time.

"Get out of here and find your Jennifer."

Colin chased Roy away and almost ran back upstairs.

……

Inside the laboratory.

The windows covered by movable wood panels could not let in a single ray of light, and the room was lit only by a few glow-in-the-dark stones from the Wind Core Collider.

Colin picked up the experiment notes and saw that the last record above showed that the 16th ontology experiment, the time ...... Result: Failed...... Guess the reason for the failure......

He took his note and walked over to the magic circle on the left side of the collider.

Maybe he had failed too many times, but this time he didn't have the slightest psychological burden.

Even the deep breaths that had to be done before were omitted.

Synchronous ...... Reception...... Shake off...... Entangled ......"

Colin muttered a few words, casually tossed the note to the floor behind him, and took the seventeenth step onto the giant demonic circle.

The strange and complex magic pattern emitted a bright light.

The next moment.

The whole person disappeared, leaving only a pile of clothes.

And at the same time.

The magic array on the right also glowed brightly.

Colin Vane appeared on the symmetrical magic array, naked, his hands on his hips shamelessly.

(End of chapter)