199. Partington
It is a very small pier with only a wooden platform that goes deep into the water.
A lot of the paint on the wooden planks on the platform has fallen off, and it has become black under the immersion of seawater, and it is soft when stepped on, and some seawater will be squeezed out.
There are a large number of wooden crates stacked on the port dock, which look like they should be packed supplies, and it is impossible to see what kind of goods are inside.
At least a thousand boxes were piled up on the stone platform of the dock, which were only rough frames, and the filling of hay could be seen through the gaps in the planks.
Instructor Nora led the team out of the boat and walked straight out of the dock.
There were a few horse-drawn carriages parked outside the small pier, and Instructor Nora personally came forward to negotiate a price with the coachman, hired two carriages, and the group of nine people rode into the quaint mountain belly of the town.
The only way was through the crevices of the mountain, now paved with flat stone slabs on which the wheels crushed and gurgling.
Roy sat in the car, looking out through the window, and the vertical mountain wall always gave people a strong sense of oppression.
The dock is not far from the town, and as he enters the town, Roy discovers that many of the town's buildings have been carved out of the rock walls of the mountain.
The belly of the mountain is only the size of four football fields, and all the open space in it is full of houses, these stone houses look dense, but the streets and houses are clean and tidy, the sun shines through the cracks in the mountain, and the north wind blowing from the frozen sea is completely blocked by the mountain, and it is not cold in the belly of the mountain......
The carriage stopped next to the square in the center of the town, and the square the size of a basketball court was stacked with wooden boxes exactly like those seen on the docks, and there were more wooden boxes stacked here, and the whole square was like an open-air warehouse.
Instructor Nora led everyone to jump out of the carriage, frowning at the supplies in the square, wanting to walk in some, but was stopped by the elven guards standing at the edge of the square.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Partington Town Square is closed for the time being."
"Can't the portal in the square be used? When will it be back to normal? Instructor Nora asked.
"It will take about two more days, please check the notice on the notice board in front of the town hall for details."
Following the gap between the stacks, Roy saw the portal in the town square, about the height of a two-story building, and in the middle of the stone frame was a counterclockwise rotating magic vortex, which was filled with thick dark clouds, and from time to time there would be flashing arcs of electricity.
A team of half-blood elves is coming out of the portal with a wooden chest......
"Let's go, let's go find a hotel and stay in it, and we'll probably have to wait two days before we can pass through the portal here."
Instructor Nora exclaimed.
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Due to its unique volcanic geology, Partington is a spa town and a gathering place for half-blood elves, with only a small number of the mayor's management being Silver Moon Elves.
There is no treehouse that elves like to live in, and the Silvermoon elves don't want to settle here, but there is another portal to the Partington plane.
So the town has now grown into a gathering area surrounded by half-blood elves.
As the group walked down the stone-paved street, Miss Scarlett looked at the buildings on the street and proposed to Instructor Nora:
"If you're going to stay here, you have to choose a hot spring inn."
Instructor Nora did not refuse this time, and said, "I know that there is a good hot spring inn, just west of the town, and the last time I passed through the town of Partington, I also stayed in that hotel. ”
Among the members of the adventure group, Christie, Scarlett Magician, Sabrina, and Eleanor Instructor are all outstanding in appearance, and only Instructor Nora is a little neutral.
Wherever they went, the half-blood elves on the street would frequently cast curious glances.
Many of the half-blood elves here should have made a living from fishing, and some houses even had some dried fish hanging in the shade of the house, and there was a faint smell of sea in the streets.
Christine covered her mouth and nose with a gauze scarf......
However, Roy and Sabrina are very accustomed to the taste of this kind of sea fish, Sabrina's family itself sells fish for a living, and Roy even misses the taste of fried dried fish.
Roy walked at the back of the group, muttering to Sabrina in a low voice, "I don't know the name of the party yet,"
"Elven Academy Adventure Party."
Sabrina whispered in response.
“……”
The name is really unpretentious.
……
Instructor Nora led everyone down Stone Street to the edge of town.
Outside, she walked out of the town through the gap in the mountain wall, and then she walked up the corridor carved between the mountain walls, and Roy found that there were many houses built on the mountain wall in the belly of the mountain, and in front of these houses was a narrow corridor, and there was a staircase leading up on the inside.
Instructor Nora walked up the 'Z' staircase to the third floor, and walked more than fifty meters down the cloister on the mountain wall to find a hotel.
The signboard outside the hotel was covered in dust, and the wooden doors looked very old.
Instructor Nora stepped forward and pushed the door open, and the inside of the hotel had a completely different style from the outside, the outside looked old and depressed, but the inside of the hotel was exceptionally warm.
Upon entering, Roy noticed that a group of people seemed to have entered the living room of a normal family, and a half-blood elf woman was sitting on the couch knitting sweaters.
She looked up at Instructor Nora and smiled kindly, "Nora, you haven't been here in years!" ”
"Nancy, you're still the same......"
Instructor Nora walked up and hugged the elf lady who knitted the sweater.
"Nancy, we need five rooms." Instructor Nora said.
The elf lady put the half-knitted sweater on the couch, turned and picked up a bunch of keys from the wall, and led everyone into a hallway.
As she walked, she said to Instructor Nora, "In the last two days, the Partington Plane has been delivering supplies to this side, and almost all the travelers who want to rush to the Partington Plane are stranded in the town, so try to avoid conflicts with those people when you are in the town. ”
"Got it." Instructor Nora said.
The hallway was dimly lit, and the elf lady opened a door, and Miss Scarlett was the first to enter, and walked around the room, saying:
"It's not bad, Nora, let's stay here!"
The room was very clean, the boards were all shiny paint, and there was a wooden bed with bunk beds and thick mattresses and snow-white sheets.
She handed the key to Instructor Nora and headed down the hallway.
Next up are the rooms of Instructor Virgil and Instructor Gru.
When the third room was assigned, only Instructor Eleanor remained, Christine blinked her eyes and asked Instructor Eleanor:
"Instructor Eleanor, can I share a room with you?"
Instructor Eleanor walked into the room, hung the saber on the wall, looked back and smiled at Christine, "Of course. ”
The fourth room, Nora, was assigned to Sabrina.
Then, she turned to Roy and the Silver Moon Elf Gigiroud and said, "Roy, you and Gigiroud live in the same room,"
Roy honestly agreed, "Oh, good! ”
Gigirous, who was standing at the back, frowned and said to Instructor Nora:
"Wait, I'm not used to living in the same room with half-blood elves, Instructor Nora! I'm going to have a separate room. ”
"But the question now is ...... I've only left you five rooms. Lady Nancy frowned, looked at the Silver Moon Elf nobleman Gigilul, and said with some displeasure.
She is a half-blood elf, and the town of Partington is also a gathering place for half-blood elves, and the Silver Moon elves who come here, especially those with such stinky mouths, are not welcome.
Instructor Nora didn't speak, and turned to look at Instructor Gru.
"I'll share a room with Roy, Gigiroud, you and Virgil, so be it." Instructor Gru immediately stood up and said, walked up to Roy's side and patted Roy on the shoulder.
Instructor Gru's right arm is very strong, compared to his left arm, which appears to have shrunk away.
Of course, Roy doesn't care, he is a member of an adventure group, and when everyone is exploring in the wild, they even need to drill the same tent at very different times, if they can't even stand this little thing, then why join the adventure group?
Gigilul's face was a little ugly, but there was no reason to refuse.
Ms. Nancy stood in the hallway, and after assigning the keys to her room, she said to Instructor Nora:
"By the way, I will prepare breakfast for you, if you need lunch and dinner, you have to tell me in advance, but you don't have the right to choose what to eat, I think you still have to solve lunch and dinner by yourself, I'm worried that you won't be used to eating the island flavors here."
Originally, this inn was open for lunch and dinner, so you can eat whenever you want.
But now Lady Nancy clearly doesn't want any contact with this unusually fastidious Silver Moon Elf nobleman......
Instructor Nora said with some depression: "We will solve lunch and dinner by ourselves. ”
At this time, Gigiroux stood up and said to Ms. Nancy, "My breakfast is also free." ”
"Then breakfast is free for all of you."
Ms. Nancy said without looking back.
Instructor Nora pressed his hand to his forehead, looked at Gigirous helplessly, and said:
"Alright, let's go back to our rooms and rest. Before entering the Partington plane, you still have the right to choose your own food, but after entering the Partington plane, I hope that everyone can act in unison, otherwise I don't mind kicking you out of the adventure group halfway. ”
Gigiru, however, shrugged his shoulders indifferently, turned and walked into the room.
"Next time, no matter who comes forward, I don't want him to appear in my adventure group!" Instructor Nora whispered.
She said this as if she was saying this to several instructors, but her eyes kept on Instructor Ferguill.
Instructor Virgil could only shrug his shoulders and apologize......
(End of chapter)