Chapter Twenty-Six: Lilia's Great Adventure
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District 52.
Here, divided by streets, was the fifty-second neighborhood of Cassania, the capital of the Heyman Empire, and was also a slum in the city of Cassania.
Although the legal system of the Hearman Empire was sound, and the kings of the past were all brilliant kings of great talent, the slums were still an inevitable part of any country. The only difference is whether the slums are starving to death or on their way.
Naturally, this kind of confusion of the legal system has become a place of filth and dirt as always.
All kinds of **, gangsters, thieves, liars...... There is no shortage of dregs in any city, even in the beautiful city of Cassania, where sin is hidden in the dilapidated sewers behind the dilapidated houses of the slums.
It was getting late, and the sun had sunk between the mountains a few hours earlier, leaving the stars in the sky to the people of Big 6. Under the three full moons, the slums are brightly lit.
Under the bright street lamps, women in cool dresses chatted in twos and threes, and from time to time threw a wink at passers-by, and if there were guests who came forward, the two sides would probably hug each other and walk into the makeshift inns on both sides of the street after bargaining, and do something that everyone likes to see.
Entertainment venues and casinos on both sides of the street are lit up with colorful neon signs as darkness falls. The bright lights often illuminate the nearby streets, like a painter's paint accidentally spilled on the curtain, so that the original streetscape is tarnished by the colorful color.
This is the fifty-second neighborhood of Cassania City, a slum.
Of course, although it is said to be a slum, it has done well in recent years, thanks to the acquiescence of the upper aristocracy and the mutual peace agreement between several underworld groups in the slum.
At night, the streets around the city become some of the busiest in the city. All kinds of large and small casinos, temporary hotels, and places for sex trading are intertwined here, creating a situation like a group of demons dancing wildly.
**, thieves, **, petty nobles or commoners who come to have fun...... All kinds of people poured into the gold coins on both sides of the street, supporting these prosperous long streets.
Of course, no matter how prosperous and lively this place is, it cannot be separated from its essence, and we can summarize it in a very simple word - the red light district, which is actually a red light district.
And in such an environment full of red and smoky lights, Lilia, who still has the timidity and pure aura unique to a little girl, seems a little abrupt in any case.
"Yo...... Little sister, who are you looking for when you come here alone? It's very dangerous here," a few ** next to him came up with a smile, blocking the little girl's way with a strange smile, "Let the brothers send you home, okay?"
"Leave ...... Stay away from Lilia!bastard!**!scum!" The little girl instantly jumped up like a frightened rabbit and quickly ran away, "Lilia can find her way by herself." ”
"Tsk...... What an unlovely little girl," he shrugged his shoulders and laughed.
And after the little girl ran away, she quickly blended into the crowd of people who came and went on the streets at night. After walking for a long time in this ruffian **, which is full of people coming and going, dressed coolly, and those ruffians who are not good people at first glance, the little girl found her destination.
It was a magic potion shop hidden in a dark alleyway, and the sign hanging on the dilapidated door of the shop had long since been damaged, and could only shake weakly in the night wind. On the low door, the mottled patent skin has fallen off a lot, like a dark red ringworm on the skin patient's body, and it looks a little disgusting.
took out the note in her arms, looked at the name of the store recorded on the note and compared it with the tattered sign hanging outside the door for a long time, and then Lilia confirmed that this was indeed her destination.
"Is it really possible to find what I need here?" muttered half-believing words as Lilia gently pushed open the dilapidated door of the magic potion shop.
The light in the shop is very dim, except for the oil lamp in the middle that emits a dim light. In this era when magic lamps have long been popularized, oil lamps are really a bit out of place.
The small shop was surrounded by tall black wooden shelves with many magical alchemy potions that Lilia didn't recognize, as well as some very old magic scrolls. Behind the desk in the center of the room, a sloppy old man with a long head and a long beard dragging to his knees sensed the arrival of an outsider, raised his head slightly from the books on the table, and stared at the little girl at the door of the store with wide, cloudy eyes.
After a long silence, the scruffy old man opened his mouth and asked in a hoarse voice, "Little girl, is there anything you have to do with me?"
The old man's voice woke Lilia up, I don't know if it was an illusion, the moment the old man raised his head and looked at her, she clearly saw the vertical pupils flashing in the cloudy eyes. The eyes that were supposed to be only found by a lizard or crocodile or other beast, and the strange chill frightened the little girl so much that the old man came back to her senses when she spoke.
"That...... Belch...... Excuse me, are you Mr. Nesario? I have come here to hear that you have many ...... Belch...... A lot of powerful magic scrolls for sale," was watched by the old man's cloudy eyes, and the little girl suddenly felt a little flustered for some reason, and her movements were flustered, but there were some words that did not make sense.
But the old man understood what she meant.
Nodding, the scruffy old man named Nesario stood up from his chair with a stiff and sluggish movement, like all old men his age, "Are you here to buy something?" ”
Slowly walking to one of the rows of wooden shelves, the old man turned his head to look at the little girl, "What type of magic scroll do you want? elemental or transformational?"
"Uh...... That one...... "Sir, are there any summoning ones?" asked the little girl timidly, "the kind of scroll that helps magicians summon magical creatures, preferably permanently." ”
"Oh, permanently summoned?" the old man couldn't help but look sideways, "that kind of magic scroll is very restrictive, and the summoner must not have signed a summoning contract with any creature before. Little girl, depending on your age, you must have already learned the course of summoning magical creatures, right?"
"Well," the little girl replied in a low voice, bowing her head in some frustration, "but I haven't been able to summon any magical creatures. ”
"Oh, is that so?" I see......" nodded clearly, and the old man stopped asking anything, and began to look down on the row of shelves that were full of shelves, "Summoning...... Summoning?uh...... Got it. ”
Holding a magic scroll sealed in dark red patent leather, he handed it to the little girl, and the old man said, "Little girl, you want the scroll." ”
After a pause, the old man added, "But if you're really the kind of constitution that can't summon magical creatures, then you can only try to summon otherworldly creatures like undead creatures or demonic creatures. This scroll can help you summon the minions you need, but your power is the main thing. ”
"With your current strength, it is estimated that your spiritual power will not be able to penetrate the barrier of the world to contact those otherworldly creatures, let alone sign a contract with them to summon them...... Uh, I almost forgot. If you have to summon it, you should be able to summon a demon from the Ten Abyss Hells of the Demon Realm, because it is the closest world to the main plane among the many worlds. ”
"But...... I'd better not do that," patted Lilia on the shoulder vigorously, the old man squatted down with a stern face, staring at the little girl with those cloudy eyes, and his words were full of warnings, "The demons in the first four prisons of the Ten Abyss Prisons are a group of crazy beasts, they have no intelligence, they only know how to eat all the edible creatures that appear in their sight. If you do summon a demon, then I'm sure you'll be the first target of its attack. ”
"So......" patted Lilia on the shoulder, and the old man slowly stood up and walked back behind the desk with stiff and slow steps, "Wait until you're stronger later, and then use this magic scroll." ”
"Uh...... Know...... Got it," the little girl nodded a little helplessly, for some reason, standing next to the old man always gave her a sense of fear. Nervously clutching the magic scroll the old man handed her, Lilia asked, "And ...... Sir, the ...... Belch...... How much does this reel cost?"
The old man waved his hand, put on those small eyes, lowered his head and continued to study his yellow ancient book, and said without raising his head, "If you want money, come back and pay after you summon the summoned creatures you want, and then I will collect money according to the type of creatures you have summoned, and now you can leave." ”
"Huh?" the old man's statement made the little girl stunned, "this...... But aren't you afraid that I'll never come again?"
The old man said without raising his head, "Don't worry, you will definitely come back." ”
Raising his head and staring at the little girl at the door with those cloudy eyes, the old man's voice was hoarse and unpleasant, "Yes, that's right, you will definitely come back." ”