Chapter 41: Grocery shopping

After two days of rest, Alicia's health improved significantly, but she still had little strength, but the castle ran out of food.

Therefore, the procurement work was handed over to Char and Arthur.

Walking out the door, it was another sunny day in Eagle Point, the warm sun tore through the white clouds, illuminating this coastal town with golden light, and the blue sea in the distance sparkling under the sea breeze.

Ever since Char first came here, he had noticed that the weather in this town seemed to be nice every day, and it was rare to see cloudy skies.

Char turned his head and looked up the ramp of the town, on the hillside away from the town, he could see the vines all over the mountain, neatly arranged.

However, these grapes are not used to eat, but to make wine, and although they are very sweet, they are also very acidic.

The warm and humid climate and abundant water make the town a great place to grow grapes, and the hillsides and trees are well protected from westerly winds.

Despite its proximity to the sea, the town's main industry is wine rather than fishing.

Because the town's harbor was a deep-water port, used as a military port by the Britannian army, many large fishing and netting were banned, but fishing was allowed and could be caught a little further away, so the fish was cheap.

The door in front of her opened, and a woman took a broom to sweep the dust inside into the street, and when she saw Arthur beside Char, she greeted her warmly.

"Good morning, little Arthur, where's your grandmother?"

"She's sick." Arthur said, "It's a little uncomfortable. ”

"Oh, that's terrible." The woman said in a low voice, "Obviously she was so energetic the other day." ”

After a pause, she asked, "Is there anything you need me to do?" I know a very good doctor. ”

"No, she's almost fine today." Char spoke.

Hearing this, the woman raised her head to look at Char, she looked at Char carefully, and then asked with some doubts.

"You are...."

Char's main activity venue these days is in the imperial capital, and the rest of the time he usually basks in the sun on the balcony, and rarely goes out of the gate of Eagle Point Town, so the people here are not familiar with him.

After a pause, she suddenly said, "I know, you must be the son of Granny Alicia!" ”

"Yes, my name is Char." Char nodded as usual.

"I knew it!" The woman said happily, "I didn't expect her to have such a handsome son." How come I never met you? ”

"I just arrived." Char said, "We used to live in the imperial capital, but the environment in the imperial capital was too bad, the smell of soot was strong, and the winter was too cold, which was not suitable for the elderly to live.

So I bought a house here and asked her to move in first. ”

"That's right." The woman sighed, "I used to think that such an old lady cleaned such a dirty house by herself, thinking that it should be that the children and grandchildren are not filial, and it is pitiful.

Unexpectedly, she had such a filial son. ”

Char sighed, "I originally wanted to ask two people to clean the house, but I guess the old man was reluctant to spend money, so he came without telling me." ”

The woman suddenly said with empathy, "Yes, some old people are so stubborn, and my mother was like this before she died, and they thought they were young." ”

"No, I'm tired." Char said helplessly.

"The old man is getting better, but he has to take a good nutritional supplement." The woman said, "Wait a minute, I'll ask my husband to bring you a cod." ”

"What's so embarrassing about that." Char laughed.

"Eh, we're all neighbors, helping each other." The woman said, "And here is by the sea, and the fish is cheaper than in the imperial capital." ”

Char smiled, and did not continue to shirk her kindness, he took out his coat pocket, took out a small object from it, and handed it to the woman.

"Then I'll give this to you as a thank you."

The woman took the object curiously, it was a red bracelet with a small bell tied to it, and the workmanship was very exquisite.

"It's a gadget I made." "In the East, it means health, peace and all things going well. ”

The woman looked very happy and smiled, "Thank you, I love this gift." ”

Char nodded to her, and then led Arthur down the slope in the direction of the market.

The woman watched Char's departing back, stroked her slightly red face, and sighed, "What a handsome young man." ”

.....

"That must be Mrs. Foster who gave us fish a few days ago, right?" Char asked.

Arthur nodded, "Her husband sells fish in the market. ”

After a pause, Arthur couldn't help but say, "Grandma Dean said that it's not right to lie. ”

"White lies are sometimes necessary." Char said solemnly, "Otherwise, would you tell her that I am a wizard?" ”

Arthur nodded a little incomprehensibly.

As they spoke, they also came to bring the town's bazaar, which was a road that stretched along the coast, with rows of houses on the left, shopfronts, and the sea on the right, but there were also many vendors setting up their stalls.

It seems that because there is a port, there are also many things, not only fish, but also many products that are not available locally.

Arthur asked suspiciously as he watched Char buy a bunch of miscellaneous parts, some wire, leather and the like.

"Didn't we come out to buy ingredients?"

"Yes, I'll make vinegar wire and stir-fried leather at noon today." Char said seriously, "This is the wizard package. ”

He looked at Arthur and teased, "Didn't you always want to be a wizard?" ”

Arthur's face was a little pale, "I don't think I'm hungry at noon today." ”

Char chuckled twice, "Although you can distinguish between good and evil, you can't distinguish between lies." ”

"Were you lying to me just now?" Arthur reacted.

"I don't think even wizards like to eat this kind of thing." Char said, "These are the materials used to make the Thousand Miles Flying Boots. ”

"Flying Boots?"

Arthur put the joke behind him and turned all his attention to the word.

"What do you do?" He asked, a little excited.

He was interested in these things and had been begging Char to teach him magic all this time.

Char seemed to be about to say something, but suddenly, he took a step back, and by the way, pulled the bewildered Arthur to a fish stall.

"Don't make a sound." Char whispered, "Don't turn your head either." ”

Arthur seemed to realize something, his body stiffened slightly, although his eyes did not move, the corner of his eye still curiously skimmed to the side.

He had a strong sense of perception and noticed something was wrong almost instantly.

In the crowd of people, there are two very special "people" who are looking around, looking for something, they are very tall, wearing very gorgeous coachman clothes, wearing eye patches, and their skin does not look like normal people, but more like rubber material, but the people around them are not aware of it.

As they approached, Arthur's body stiffened, and his breathing stagnated slightly.

Fortunately, the two rubber men didn't notice them, and when they were about to get here, they seemed to be attracted by something, and turned away.

Char quietly stared at the departing backs of the two, silent, without words.

"What's that?" Arthur asked.

"Servant of the Witch of the Wilderness." Char muttered softly.

Char wasn't surprised by this, as the arrival of the Wilderness Witch was a matter of time from the moment Alicia arrived at the castle.

"Witch of the Wilderness!" Arthur's eyes widened slightly.

Char asked with some interest, "Do you know her?"

"Alicia told me." Arthur said nervously, "She said it was a super-villain,"

Char nodded, suddenly, he said.

"How about eggplant at noon?"

"Wh.... What? ”

Arthur was a little uncomfortable with Char's jumping rhythm, and he couldn't help it.

"Shouldn't we care about the Wilderness Witch now?"

"Then you won't eat at noon?" Char said seriously, "Only by eating well can you have the strength to deal with the bad guys, right?" ”

The corners of Arthur's mouth twitched slightly, and he complained, "Alicia said that you are heartless, and it seems that this is indeed the case." ”

"Then do you eat eggplant?" Char asked again.

"Don't eat it!" Arthur shook his head and said, "Eggplant is the worst thing in the world. ”

"Okay." Char nodded and confirmed, "Since you want to eat it so much, then you will eat eggplant at noon today!" ”

Arthur was stunned for a moment, and even thought that he had heard it wrong, and he said a little angrily, "Did you hear it wrong!" I don't want to eat! ”

But Char had already dragged him to the vegetable stall to buy eggplant....