Also aware of the changes on the sea is Ilya who wanders outside Haikou City, since leaving the cruise ship to Haikou City in the past few days, she has been thinking about ways to sneak into the city every day, the current entrance and exit of the city is guarded by two guards more than two meters high, they are like two stone statues staring at the entrance all the time, Ilya is not praising them for their loyalty, but describing their stiffness and old-fashionedness, no matter what method she uses, she cannot be accommodated under the two guards, even if she shows the token she stole from Duke Buck.

Ilya: "It's been a few days, so it's not interesting for us to continue like this, right?"

Guard: "......"

Elijah: "So you two are going to use this method to force me away? Please see clearly, this is Duke Buck's token, I am a trustworthy person, there is no need for this, is it?"

Guard: "......"

Elijah: "Okay, well, even the duke can't call you two guards, it's really yours, hmph, do you think I want to go to Haikou City......? Oh, let's be accommodating~"

Guard: "......"

The final negotiations were fruitless, and it seems that the two Iron Guards did not take Ilya's coquettishness seriously. In fact, Ilya also considered whether to use magic to forcibly infiltrate, but today's sixth-order magic "Four Elephant Climate" interrupted her thoughts, maybe there is a ruthless character in the city, even if she can sneak in without being detected, she will have to hide under the noses of others and live obscenely, which is something that Ilya can't accept.

The long-awaited trip to Haikou City was interrupted, and Ilya finally chose to bow to reality, at least this time to bow her head, and she began to leave dejectedly.

When Ilya was far away, the two guards looked at each other, and they both breathed a sigh of relief and wiped their sweat. It's really a fairy girl, waving her hand and playing with her temper, how can she be so cute, her coquettish words in a long nasal voice made the guards almost unsteady, but fortunately the girl gave up quickly.

Losing her "dream", Ilya became a walking corpse, and the first blow on her journey away from home was always unexpectedly heavy, making the sky less blue, the trees less green, the breeze less gentle, and the carriage less ...... Well?

A majestic carriage appeared in Ilya's sight, since Haikou City was regulated, no merchant would take this road, and when she looked closely, she saw that it was still a carriage driven by a child.

......

...

Mike was left on the side of the road by the merchant, less than a kilometer from Haikou City, and the merchant just left a sentence lightly.

"I've got something to take care of, you're here to wait. ”

So Mike stayed where he was, waiting, with one man and one cart and nothing to do.

"Hey, kid, what are you doing here?"

Mike: "Huh? I'm waiting for ......."

People's life is full of color, it is embellished by everyone and everything, but some people can't notice it, because they don't pay attention to the wonderful moments, resulting in a gloomy life, or they may not meet the right person, the person who lights up your life.

Mike at the moment is the latter.

The eyes are dazzling with stars, the eyebrows are picturesque, the skin is better than snow, and the smile is intoxicating.

There are really such good-looking people in this world!

Ilya raised her eyebrows in confusion, stretched out her hand and shook it twice in front of Mike's eyes: "Hey, little guy, why don't you speak?"

Mike blushed, "Ahhh Is there anything wrong?"

Ilya smiled and hid the little cunning in his eyes: "Hehe, it's nothing, I just happened to see you here alone to say hello, are you driving this carriage alone?"

Mike: "When... Of course not, I... I'm and my shop... The store manager together, he... He told me to wait for him here. ”

Mike felt that he must be stupid as he was now, and it was simply unreasonable why he stuttered when he just talked normally, and even more incomprehensibly, his heart was now sweating all over his body because of the high speed of beating.

Ilya: "Hmph~ and your store manager, then you and your store manager are passing by here?"

Mike was a little restrained, obviously he only needed to move his mouth to answer, but he couldn't control the hands that he didn't know where to go: "No... We are preparing to go to Haikou City, sister... Did my sister just come out of Haikou City?"

Ilya's eyes lit up, "Sister", what a new name, this is very good, she is very satisfied with this title.

Ilya pinched the other party's cheek: "Yes, my sister is from Haikou City, my name is Ilya, what is your name, brother." ”

Mike was stunned by the other party's sudden intimate movements, but his speech was smoother: "Mike, Sister Elijah, my name is Mike." ”

Ilya: "Hello little Mike, you said that you and your store manager are going to enter Haikou City, I advise you to be mentally prepared, the two 'stones' at the door will not let you enter easily, in fact, I am a good example." I forgot to bring my pass when I went out on an errand this time, and now I am not allowed to enter at all, even if I asked them to follow me back to my house to get a pass to prove that I have the right to enter and exit, they have been denied, what a bunch of inflexible guys. ”

Mike touched his face that had just been pinched: "Is that so, that's really excessive, but...... That doesn't seem like it's easy to get into. ”

However, Ilya was keenly aware that something was wrong, and her eyes flashed differently, and Ilya found something special in Mike's bag, a lifelike eagle.

Elijah: "Mike, what do you have in your cart? ”

Mike: "Yes, the little guy said that the store manager always brings a lot of things with him when he goes out, oh, the little guy is a friend of mine, and he's right, the store manager likes to be prepared before going out. Mike lifted the curtain, "You see, there's a lot of stuff in there, ingredients to eat, cooking utensils and some medicines, whatever you need on a daily basis, you can find them in the car." ”

Elijah: "Wow, this is amazing, hey? What is this? I don't think I've ever seen it before." ”

Mike: "Haha, I don't think you've seen it, the first time I saw this was in the store manager's shop. It's a kind of herb, it's called tongue herb, it's a good medicine for healing, it looks a lot like our tongue, doesn't it, and there's a ...... you look at this."

Under Ilya's questioning one question after another, Mike became more and more talkative without nervousness, and the topics of the two also changed from the items in the carriage to what they saw and heard on their own trips, to the things they liked and hated, and the two became more and more acquainted, and finally sat side by side and talked and laughed.

......

...

When the merchant returned, the carriage could not stop the laughter, he did not expect a new customer, and his clerk was so happy to chat with the other party, chatting without hindrance.

Seeing the merchant return, Mike immediately stood up, and he restrained his smile: "Store manager, you're back." ”

Merchant: "Hmm. ”

Sweeping his eyes from head to toe, a young magician, for the current Haikou City, is a rare guest, but the merchant didn't care, this trip to Haikou City and his own expectations are a little different, this is a very rare thing, almost the first time, and it should not happen for the first time, it seems that something has joined this journey, something hidden in the depths that even the merchant himself is not aware of.

Ilya looked at the merchant as well, but unlike her, her gaze was unscrupulous, even scrupling. Handsome but colder, slender but stiffer, plainly dressed but neatly groomed, Ilya summed it up, this is a person who is rigorous and likes to hold the situation in his own hands and see everything, etc., it seems that something has happened that makes the store manager feel a little different.

This is a special skill that Ilya has had since she was a child, she is particularly outstanding in observing words and colors, or has far exceeded the level of observing words and colors, Ilya can always find the other party's mind in some inconspicuous small details, add her own inference, and figure out the thoughts in the other party's mind, the most terrifying thing is that the accuracy rate is extremely high.

Elijah: "Hello, you're Mike's store manager. ”

Merchant: "Hmm. He didn't intend to say anything more to the girl in front of him, "Mike, get ready, let's go into town." ”

Mike: "Ahhh.....h

Ilya didn't care about the merchant's rejection, she stepped aside, smiled and waved goodbye to Mike. Sitting in the carriage, Mike picked up the reins but his eyes wandered, his mouth opening and closing, his gaze shifting between Elijah and the merchant.

Merchant: "Something?"

The merchant's question made Mike tremble, and after looking at Ilya for a while, he exhaled and plucked up his courage to say, "Store manager, let's ...... Can we bring Sister Ilya with us?"

The merchant didn't speak, but Ilya replied: "No, no, no, it's okay little Mike, you don't need to take me, it's not your obligation, I'll take care of my own affairs, you can go first." ”

Mike: "But, didn't you say you didn't bring the pass, how are you going to get in when we go in?"

Ilya still smiled and shook her head, not being kindly received by Mike.

Merchant: "Hear me, Mike, she said that she will take care of 'herself' affairs, and we should also take care of 'our own' affairs, and get ready to go to the city." ”

Mike was silent, unable to refute it.

Elijah: "Yes, we should all take care of our own affairs, and besides, the store manager doesn't seem to be in a good mood, so I can't bother." ”

Mike was stunned for a moment, took a quick look at the merchant, and felt that it was no different than usual.

Mike couldn't help but ask, "Did the store manager have something going on?"

The merchant's voice was deeper than ever: "No, concentrate on controlling the reins in your hand." ”

Ilya immediately interjected: "No, I feel like there is, how to say, it seems that something planned has an unexpected situation, which is different from what I expected, although the problem is not big, but I don't like this kind of accident beyond my control...... Feeling like that?"

The merchant turned his head and stopped his gaze on Elijah for a long time, without any trace of magic formation, and without a hint of magic interference flowing to him, so did the girl say a simple guess, or did she expose something? The merchant rejected the latter conjecture, he knew that he would not make such a mistake, and since that was the case, it was the former.

Merchant: "Your name is Ilya?"

Ilya performed a standard ceremonial gesture: "Yes, store manager." ”

Merchant: "Did you see the sun that just rose over the sea?"

Ilya moved slightly, her smile narrowed, and she began to look at the man sitting high in the car again, is this really just a store manager?

Ilya felt that she needed to think hard before answering the question. She had traveled to several places across thousands of mountains and rivers, and even traveled to different dimensional spaces, but she had never tried to think about a thing so seriously, let alone just an answer.

Mike didn't understand the conversation between the two, he craned his neck to look, the sea was calm as usual, and the sun was always above him, how could there be a second rising sun on the sea?

Ilya put away all her playfulness and replied in a proper manner: "Yes, I saw it." ”

Merchant: "Well, since we're all going back to the city, I'll take you with me." ”

Ilya smiled again: "Thank you very much, Mr. Manager!"

Mike was inexplicable, and although things went the way he wanted, he seemed to be an outsider and didn't play a role.

The three of them sat down, the carriage started slowly, and began to drive the last kilometer from Haikou City.

......

...

The work of the two guards was monotonous but very important, especially in these extraordinary times, so they needed to carefully and rigorously check everyone who entered and exited the city, including the approaching carriage, of course

As the distance shortened, the guards noticed that there was another acquaintance of theirs in the carriage, who was approaching the two guards with his head held high.

Mike stopped the carriage, took the eagle badge of the Marquis of Ville from the merchant's hand, and told the guards that they had come to Haikou City to do business, and the guards looked at Ilya from time to time when they checked the badge, and Ilya, who had not yet forgiven the guards, would not give a good face, she did not even look back, and the merchant who was also in the car noticed this, and he thought that Ilya might not have had any pass from the beginning.

Merchant: "Is there something wrong with the two of you?"

Guard: "No, dear sir, there is no problem, the president has already explained, there will be relatives and friends of the Marquis of Ville in the next few days, let's just recognize the Marquis badge, just ......"

The merchant's brow furrowed, and he staggered his gaze, but these small movements still did not escape Ilya's eyes, and she secretly thought that the shopkeeper and the marquis should have some story.

Mike: "Guard, what's it?"

The guard glanced at Ilya, "Are you sure this girl is with you?"

Elijah: "What do you mean? Don't you see us sitting together? Why, do you want to stop me because I don't have a pass?"

Mike hurriedly said, "Lord Guard, she does know us, and she doesn't have a pass, but she forgot her home in the city, and when she gets home, she can show the two of you." ”

The guards felt inexplicable: "She hasn't been in any city house." ”

Ilya suddenly disrupted the two of them loudly: "Okay, okay, since the badge is okay, then they can go in, right, and I'm with them, so I can also go in, okay, little Michael, let's go quickly, it's getting late, don't you still need to find a place to live." ”

Mike looked up at the sky, the sun was shining and it was not early, but he still collected his badge and prepared to drive the carriage into the city. The guards thought it was strange, but Mr. Barron, President Dean's immediate secretary, had personally come here and instructed that guests with the Marquis de Vale badge must be very polite, so the two of them finally held back their doubts and let the carriage go.

Ilya, who finally managed to enter the city, breathed a sigh of relief and was almost exposed, but fortunately he was witty. Relaxed, she recalled the small details she had just entered the city.

Elijah: "Store manager, don't you get along with that Marquis of Ville?"

The merchant was silent, and Mike was glaring at Ilya not to ask. Seeing that there was no answer, Ilya could only sit obediently, but silence was sometimes an answer.

"Why don't you try to get involved", the merchant pondered this sentence in his heart, maybe Hank and he didn't realize that he had been involved a long time ago, a game of intrigue, the merchant always thought that he was sitting in the audience, but he didn't know that the whole theater included two parts: the stage and the audience, and he was in it. Thinking about it like this, the merchant felt more and more that there was something hidden behind his trip to Haikou City this time, and someone was manipulating behind the scenes, as for this Marquis Veer, he may feel that he had successfully designed his own Haikou City this time, but the merchant did not feel that Marquis Veil was the person behind the scenes.

A human being who thinks too highly of himself?

Not worthy of participation.

The businessman looked at the calm city.

The "holy relics" at the bottom of the sea are not holy relics.

The three days when he came to Haikou City were Mike's freest three days, the Chamber of Commerce sent a guide named Barron to lead them to visit Haikou City, the merchant did not restrain Mike, nor did he refuse the guide, so Mike was equivalent to getting the tacit approval of the merchant, he went shopping in the city every day, there were too many things he had not seen here.

On the first day, Mike and Elijah went to the largest pier in Haikou City, where he saw for the first time the Cyclops, five giants who were under command. Loading and unloading goods, five tall giants were able to empty a warehouse in an instant, and when they walked past Mike, the little Mike couldn't even compare to the giant's toes. Barron told them that the five cyclops ate nearly fifteen cows a day, but it was interesting to note that such a large body only needed one meal a day.

The next day, Mike and Elijah ate all the delicacies in Haikou City, not to mention all kinds of seafood, there is even dragon meat for sale here, and being able to eat dragon meat is something that Mike can never imagine. Ilya doesn't like the dragon meat, the meat is thick and firm, although the taste is incomparably fragrant when you eat it, but after chewing it for a long time, it is like stuffing a piece of wax in your mouth that can't be bitten, and it is difficult to swallow, so the two of them just tasted it and went to eat seashell meat in a different place.

On the third day, they went to the most lively commercial street in Haikou City, and even though business was affected during the lockdown, the commercial street still did not cool down much, and the crowd made the two almost disperse many times.

Elijah: "Hey Mike, look at this thing. ”

Mike: "Huh...... Is this a bamboo man?"

Ilya: "It's a lot like the store manager, isn't it? Especially with this same expressionless face, does that guy have a straight face all the time?"

Mike: "Of course not...... The store manager just has a less obvious facial expression, for example, when the store manager is in a good mood, his eyebrows will be relaxed, and his face looks more relaxed, and when he is thinking, the atmosphere of the whole person will be difficult to approach, and his face will look like... Tighten up. ”

Elijah: "Like a taut eraser?"

Mike: "Yes, yes, something like that... No, no, no, Ilya, please don't tell the store manager that I think of him that way. ”

Ilya: "Hahaha, don't worry, your store manager doesn't seem to want to talk to me, looking at your nervous appearance, do you like your store manager so much?"

Mike's eyes were firm and he didn't hesitate: "Of course." ”

Ilya narrowed her eyes: "What about me, do you like me?"

Mike was stunned for a moment, and then his face quickly turned red: "When... Of course, I also like Ilya... I mean, it's like the feeling of liking, respecting, adoring, and yearning for the store manager, no... It's not the other kind of like. ”

Ilya laughed, and little Mike was too easily shy: "I know, I know, I'll tease you." ”

The two are now in a gift shop, which is also a frequent shop for tourists visiting Haikou City, but now the store is full of aborigines of Haikou City. Mike Jr. wants to be able to choose a gift for the merchant in the store, and Elijah has expressed a strong desire to help with the gift, but it is more troublesome to say that he is helping.

Barron interjected at the right time: "Two, although I don't know the store manager you are talking about, if you want to give a gift, I have a little suggestion. ”

Mike looked away from Elijah, who was about to pick up another bamboo man, it was certainly not possible to count on her, maybe Barron would be more reliable in this regard.

Mike: "Tell me about Mr. Barron, please." ”

Barron: "There are actually only two things to consider when giving gifts, first, what the other person likes, and second, what makes the other person like. ”

Elijah: "That's not nonsense. ”

Barron smiled and said nothing, and Mike asked, "Mr. Barron, can you tell me more about it?"

Barron: "Of course, Miss Elijah is right, these two points are almost nonsense, because when choosing a gift, you can choose what you know the other person likes, otherwise you can choose the gift that the other person likes, but it is not easy to do these two things." Mike, you are the one of the three of us who knows the store manager best, only you know what he will like, you need to think carefully about what the store manager uses on a daily basis, what is the most exposed to him, or what the store manager uses the most. ”

It's abstract nonsense, and it sounds simple, but it makes Mike even more unsure of what to choose.

Ilya stopped: "Okay Mike, I think it's good to send this bamboo man, there's no need to think about it so much." ”

Mike didn't want his first gift ever to seem so casual, let alone to the store manager, and he felt that Mr. Barron was right, and he needed to think about it.

While Barron was watching and Elijah was messing around, a box in the corner broke into Mike's eyes, who was thinking about it.