Chapter Thirty-Seven: Duck Eggs of Despair
Pilgrim's Elysée is one of the busiest shopping streets in Lorin City and the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands, with historic century-old shops abounding and a wide variety of goods. From daily necessities to ritual materials, from rags to rare treasures, all kinds of goods are available.
When Yuniel and her juniors arrived on the street, they took the flat-backed giant turtle back into her summon space and walked on foot through the bustling crowd.
Ke Zhenxi had already been dazzled by all kinds of novelties, and the variety of snacks made it even more difficult for him to move, he swallowed his saliva while looking at a stall selling fried meat strips, and he couldn't move.
He thought to himself, "Let's buy one and try it first." ”
Just as he was about to ask the price, he heard someone next to him pulling his sleeve, and Nuno said, "Zhenxi, you ...... Why don't you keep up with us?"
Ke Zhenxi heard Xinghua's voice, so he was more sober, he glanced at Xinghua beside him, and then looked at the three Yuner in the distance, realized that he had fallen behind, and stumbled and said, "I want to buy something to eat, eh...... Let you taste it. ”
He didn't say that he wanted to eat it, but lied that he wanted to buy it for Xinghua to eat.
Xinghua naturally did not doubt him, his face turned red all of a sudden, and his voice was almost inaudible: "First ...... Don't buy it yet, senior sister asked me to call you over. ”
"Oh, it's good...... Ke Zhenxi nodded again and again, and hurriedly pulled Xinghua towards the senior sister.
Ke Zhenxi fell behind because of the delicious food, Yuniel saw this in her eyes, she had never seen such a student, especially among the classmates in the "Summoning" class, there was no such "heart-eating eye".
Everyone is not a child anymore, especially this "Martin Zhenxi", she has seen the other party's ID card, he is twenty-five years old, such an old person, she is really embarrassed to reprimand.
"We're here, let's go inside. Yuniel glanced at Ke Zhenxi, who was barely smiling, and led everyone into this demon goods store called "Pepsi House".
The interior of the store is very quaint, and all kinds of novelties are very similar to the indigenous style of his world to Ke Zhenxi.
The owner of this shop is also a goblin half-breed, wears a pair of round-framed glasses, and looks very old.
"Oh, Miss Yuneer, what do you want today? We have a new batch of magic power stones in our store, do you want to take a look?" The shopkeeper seemed to know Yuniel very well, and his smiling face was full of enthusiasm.
Ke Zhenxi heard from Yuniel that the boss's name was Charlotte, and that he was the uncle of Columbia Brin, his teacher of "Goblin Throwing Lessons".
"It looks like it. He stole a look at Charlotte, thinking silently.
"Another day, Uncle Charlotte, I'm taking my younger brothers and sisters to choose spirit beast eggs today. Yuniel smiled politely.
"Eh, why did you forget this, spirit beast egg! Yes, school is starting again this year. Charlotte clapped her hands, looking happy, "You come with me." ”
The so-called "spirit beast egg" is actually the egg of the high-level demon clan, that is, the demon egg. However, if a mage accepts a demon or monster as a summoned beast, he will also call them spirit beasts.
The five of them followed Charlotte into the back room, and asked the clerk to drag out a large iron box from the back room, and when it was opened, there were more than twenty eggs inside. These eggs are colorful and come in different sizes.
"Pick patiently, pick carefully, it's all good goods. Charlotte said, rubbing her hands. Very few people will buy spirit beast eggs, and this year, there are four new students at once, and he can sell eighty gold coins, which is another big profit.
"Leave it to me. Yunel nodded to Charlotte in thanks, and began to explain to everyone what they needed to pay attention to when choosing spirit beast eggs.
After about an hour, Floya chose a golden Dream Beast Egg, and Xinghua chose a silver Soul Hazy Beast Egg, and both of them successfully signed a natal summoning beast contract with the Spirit Beast Egg.
Nami first chose the blue Flying Fish Egg, but was unable to sign the contract, and then chose the orange Flying Pig Egg, which was successful.
Ke Zhenxi looked left and right, and fell into the dilemma of choice.
Is it a tiger beast, or is it this witty demon monkey? or is it an immortal bird?
After a long time, looking at Ke Zhenxi, who was still hesitant and hesitant, although everyone present didn't say anything, they were all impatient.
"That's it. Ke Zhenxi finally chose the Ice Pig Egg.
"You sign the contract first, and then buy it when you sign it. Yunel said patiently.
Ke Zhenxi nodded, a little excited, activated his mana, and said in a trembling voice: "The Nine Realms Spirit God, the Ten Directions Heaven and Earth, call my soul, drive your mortal body, make an appointment with it, and be bound by life and death." With that, he put his hand on the egg, but nothing happened.
"What's going on?" Ke Zhenxi panicked again and looked up at Yuneer.
"It seems that this spirit beast egg refuses to sign a contract with you, it doesn't matter, you can try something else. Yuner comforted with kind words, it is normal for spirit beasts to refuse masters who are not suitable for them, fortunately, there are many spirit beast eggs here, and there will always be one that will be suitable for Ke Zhenxi.
"Then what should I do?" Ke Zhenxi had no backbone, and he was full of excitement to choose the Natal Summoning Technique, but this happened.
"You have to choose one that shares your heart, not that you choose whichever one you see is great. Yuniel patiently explained.
Ke Zhenxi didn't know how to see the same heart, so he had to try one egg at a time, and after trying five eggs, it was already noon.
"Ke Zhenxi, do you want to continue to choose eggs, or do you want to go to dinner with us first?" Nami asked with a smile, looking at Ke Zhenxi's dejected appearance and thinking it was very funny.
As soon as Ke Zhenxi heard about eating, his stomach growled, he blushed and said with red eyes: "I can't choose eggs, how can I be in the mood to eat, you go first." ”
"Don't you really want to eat first?" Yuniel looked at Ke Zhenxi, who had an ancient melon face, with her pink eyes, and she knew that the other party should really want to eat.
"No...... If you don't eat, go ahead. "Everyone else has succeeded, but he hasn't succeeded, he is also a face-saving person, how embarrassed to go to dinner.
"Then I'll be here with you. Xinghua whispered, a look of sympathy in his eyes.
"Don't be, you better go to dinner with your senior sister. Ke Zhenxi hoped that Xinghua would accompany him, but he was embarrassed to drag others down.
"It's okay, I'm not hungry. Xinghua was rare and stubborn.
"Well, thank you, Xinghua. Ke Zhenxi no longer pretended to refuse.
Yuniel looked at the "affectionate" conversation between the two, showed a playful smile, and said: "Then let's go, it's the restaurant opposite, come to us when you choose." ”
With that, she left with Floya and Nami.
As a result, until two o'clock in the afternoon, twenty-five eggs had been tried, and still no one was willing to sign a contract with him.
Floya, who had been silently paying attention to Ke Zhenxi, also kindly reminded: "Is it that the spell is not pronounced well?"
"Spells are fine, it's just that these eggs don't want to sign up with him. Yune's lovely little face also had a sad face, this was the first time she had encountered such a situation, and it stands to reason that students who passed Teacher Harry Bute's exam should not be in this situation, "Let's get here today, and you can ask Teacher Bout next week." ”
"Maybe you're not suitable for summoning at all, and you didn't pass the introductory exam using the normal method. Nami said sarcastically.
This time, Ke Zhenxi's heart was poked, and he also guessed that he might not be suitable for learning summoning techniques.
Yuniel saw that Ke Zhenxi's face was already very bad, so she comforted again: "Maybe there is no suitable place for you here, there are also spirit beast eggs sold in other cities, I will take you there on the weekend." ”
At this time, the kind-hearted Charlotte took out a duck egg and said, "You take this, and practice chanting more on the way back." ”
Ke Zhenxi saw that everyone cared about him so much, and thought that he was so uncompetitive, so he took the duck egg with red eyes, and didn't forget to say to Sherlock: "Thank you." ”
Charlotte didn't care about Ke Zhenxi's study, he didn't want to miss this opportunity to sell eggs, he originally thought that he could sell four, but it turned out to be such a bad thing, and he was also very depressed.
So, everyone walked out of Pepsi House and prepared to go back to school.
Ke Zhenxi was very unwilling, he practiced the spell seriously on the duck egg as he walked on the road: "The spirit god of the nine worlds, the ten directions of heaven and earth, call my soul, drive your mortal body, make an appointment with it, and be bound by life and death." ”
"That's a good mantra. Ke Zhenxi took the duck egg and looked at Yuniel again.
Before Yunel could say anything more comforting, suddenly, a pale yellow glow emitted from the duck egg! As the spell was completed, one spell after another appeared on the duck egg, repeating each other, changing light and dark.
Yuner, who was sitting on the giant beast, had been keeping an eye on the boy who had no talent but was still practicing hard, and when she saw the spell appear on the duck egg, her face changed suddenly.
"How did you succeed? Why can't I?" Ke Zhenxi was indignant and threw the duck egg into the sky, wanting to vent his anger with it.
"Don't break this egg!" Yuniel hurriedly cast a spell to levitate the duck egg in the air, "Didn't you notice?
"What signed successfully?" Ke Zhenxi scratched his head and asked, the second monk was puzzled, "Which demon egg are you with?"
"I mean, you signed a natal contract with this duck egg, and if this duck egg has three longs and two shorts, you will also die. Yune's handsome face took on an unusually serious expression.
"Senior sister, when is it, you're still joking! I'm really angry if I do this again. Ke Zhenxi didn't expect this senior sister, who has always been serious and serious, to make fun of him, if he usually would be happy to get closer to his senior sister, but now, he is not happy at all.
"Martin-san, I'm really not kidding, you signed a contract with this duck egg, and the duck it hatches is your natal summoning beast. ”
Ke Zhenxi was stunned and said, "Impossible, the mage can only sign a natal contract with the egg of the demon clan, this is what you talked about in class, senior sister." ”
"But now the fact is, you're signed with this egg. The experienced Yunel said with great certainty.
Xinghua also said timidly: "You and its soul are already connected. ”
Xinghua, who flows with the blood of the Noah Gate family, has a very keen sense of the soul.
"This, this can't be!" Ke Zhenxi panicked again, "Then isn't my lifespan as short as this duckling?"
Yunel shook her head and said thoughtfully: "No, the lifespan of the summoned beast is linked to the owner, and the one with the longest lifespan shall prevail, generally speaking, this is the case, but I am not sure about you." ”
Ke Zhenxi listened, rolled his eyes, and almost fainted.
That night, Ke Zhen came to the castle to find Mr. Harry.
Bute, whose face was full of wrinkles, looked at the duck egg in his hand with a solemn face, and said, "I saw that the raw rice has been cooked into cooked rice, you can use your mana to hatch it, there is no way." ”
Ke Zhenxi had a feeling of despair, he walked home with the egg, his mind was blank, and he didn't know how he got home. He was so depressed that it would take about seven days for the mana to hatch, and after seven days, he didn't know how to face this duckling.
He found Ben Shuangfeng with a bit of luck, and the other party's reaction disappointed him even more.
"What? Sign a natal contract with the duck egg? You hurry up and learn the immortal arts, in case you die with this duck in two days, the truth will never come to the surface!
Ah, what a cold, unforgiving voice.