Spiced street barbecue was handed to Annan.

Annan took a bite with satisfaction and replied to Ou Lin's strangeness: "What I eat is not food, but memories. ”

“…… I want a copy too. ”

I don't know if it was Annan's mood or "The Fall of the Mage Tower" that touched her, and Ou Lin, who revealed her sadness after coming out of the theater, also asked for a copy, and stood on the side of the road with Annan, not biting like a nobleman at all.

"I can't eat it."

"Because it's my memory."

Whether it's magical images or food, they are among the few things that make Annan feel homesick. But just like the adaptation of the magic image is unrecognizable, the barbecue is mixed with different aromas, and without exception it is telling Annan that he can't go back.

"I always thought you were the same as the other lords."

The magical image allowed Orin to see a different Annan—that charismatic side.

"Let's go to the purchasing department."

Annan, who has a huge amount of money, now seems to have bad intentions towards anyone.

Ou Lin took out his handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth elegantly, stepped on his horse and headed to the Imperial Procurement Department. She slowed down a little occasionally, and looked at Annan by the window, as if comparing it to the vague figure in her heart.

The appearance of the Imperial Procurement Department resembled an iron felt, and the footsteps of the standard leather boots of the Imperial officials who passed by made people feel solemn.

Orin led Annan to the hall on the felt side.

It doesn't look as spacious as it is outside, because it is divided into different reception rooms, and the figures who enter and leave the hall are either nobles or rich.

Orin fetched a pale gold piece of wood for Annan - what distinguished it from the other pieces was that there was no number on it.

"Just go into a room and tell the supply officer what you want."

"You're not with me?"

"You are also eligible to apply once."

Annan had no choice but to walk into a room by himself, and Ou Lin stopped outside and listened to Annan's voice coming from inside:

"I'm Annan Reeves, and I'd like to apply for an Arcane Core."

The material officer did not raise his head: "Please take out your number plate." ”

Annan handed over the pale gold wood chips. The material officer's attitude was better, but he still didn't raise his head: "Please take out your high-level material order." ”

"What's that?"

The material officer seems to have faced this question countless times: there is no formulaic answer "The advanced material order is the voucher required to purchase high-grade materials, and you can apply for the advanced material order at the handling department." ”

Annan didn't want to know what it was, he just wanted to get his entry qualification to Floating City as soon as possible.

"Do you know me?"

The material officer raised his eyelids lazily: "Champion Warlock? Fantastic, my daughter loves your Jack. ”

A good start.

Annan showed Jack's charming smile: "Thank you, is she also a student at the Royal Academy of Magic in Montreal?" ”

"It's not." The material officer lowered his head again, as if there was something on the parchment in front of him that attracted him, "Please go and apply for the advanced material order first, and the next one-"

"I'm a champion warlock......" Annan hinted.

"I'm sorry, this is the Imperial Procurement Department!" The material officer shouted loudly, as if Annan was the one who broke the rules, "No one has any privileges in the procurement department!" ”

"Sorry......"

Annan almost developed respect for the supply officer, if he hadn't seen the scene of his laziness before.

Exiting from the room, Annan looked at Ou Lin helplessly: "I still have to come to you." ”

"I'm not going to make it either." Orin shook her head.

"You will, because your last name is Montreal. Without you, it might have taken me a few days just to stand in line. ”

Annan hadn't experienced anything like it, but Ingrid had said it many times with a look of disgust for moths—even Starmoon Bay at the time.

"How about a bet. If he sells it to you, buy it with your quota. ”

Annan, who didn't pick up the money when he went out, realized that this was a good opportunity.

But Ou Lin didn't make this bet with Annan, she left briefly and came back briefly, with the high-level supplies that Annan needed.

"Actually, I won ......"

Annan took the order for high-level supplies that Ou Lin had obtained without much effort, didn't say anything, and returned to the room again.

"I brought the Order of Advanced Materials." Annan said.

The material officer didn't raise his head: "Please take out your number plate." ”

"Oh shit......"

……

Annan sat down at the table again, and handed the number plate and the senior material order to the material officer in turn.

The supply officer put together a form and a high-level supplies order: "Mr. Annan Reeves, your application has been approved, please pay the purchase fee, four hundred and forty thousand gold coins."

"Isn't it 400,000 gold coins!"

The supply officer formulaically said: "According to the Expeditionary Tax Enhancement Act submitted by the Ministry of Military Affairs passed by the Empire on December 1, 999 Saint Laurent calendar, you will have to pay an additional 10% tax, which is a total of 440,000 gold narls. ”

"The levy tax is imposed on the purchaser?"

The supply officer did not answer this stupid question.

"Everyone?"

"Everybody wants it."

"I'll go out for a while." Annan snatched the license plate and the high-grade material order before the material officer could react, and returned to Oulin's side.

"Did you hear it all?"

"Come in with me."

Ou Lin directly took Annan's things and entered the room: "I need an arcane core. ”

What made her heart sink was that the material officer who raised his head immediately prepared flatteringly and didn't ask for anything.

"Why don't you give it to Annan?" She couldn't help but ask.

"Uh...... Your Highness, we have to follow the rules-"

"Don't prevaricate me with excuses."

Orin just hadn't seen it, but it wasn't that he didn't know it.

The material officer showed a caution that Annan had never seen: "Your Highness, his recent limelight has made some big people dissatisfied......"

A strange sound came from the side, and Annan shook his shoulders and let out a wicked laugh.

"Don't act like a fool." Ou Lin said angrily, frowned and continued to ask, "So you deliberately targeted him?" ”

"Absolutely nothing! Your Highness, I'm doing everything according to the rules! ”

"Alright, prove the purchase to me."

"Okay, a total of 400,000 gold coins......"

"Four hundred thousand?"

"That's right, Your Highness, members of the royal family don't need to pay expedition tax......"

Then, until Annan successfully received the proof of purchase, Ou Lin's eyebrows did not stretch again.

Looking at the parchment in his hand, after almost a busy morning, Annan finally got the proof of purchase of the arcane core.

"How do you know?"

On the way to the other side of the "iron felt", Orin asked.

"I should say, you don't know." Annan took the opportunity to satirize Oulin, who satirized his lack of knowledge.

"Is this common?"

"To be honest, I don't know." Annan let out a sigh, "Neither you nor I are ordinary people. But I know that the bottom nest has always been there. ”

Then Orin stopped talking. Rushing to the warehouse, Annan handed over the proof of purchase and paid four hundred thousand kinnars.

"We deliver the goods to your address within a day."

(End of chapter)