Annihilated Lilith

Chapter 32 32. Magic Street (1)

On the evening of the seventh day of their journey, Emma and Hayward arrived at the capital.

The Stewart family's food here is obviously not as good as in other northern cities. The hostel is squeezed out of the main business district, and it can only reach the edge of the bustling, and the scale is also smaller.

As usual, the manager took the two of them to the penthouse suite.Open the door, the decoration inside is just the usual royal capital style, it seems that there is no thought of pursuing features and selling points.

"Miss, please wait a moment, I will let the kitchen prepare the meal."

"No need, I heard that the commercial street in the capital is also very lively at night, we are going to go there directly to find something to eat." Hayward said.

The manager nodded, saluted and prepared to leave.

"Oh, wait a minute. I have to ask first, where is the magic street?"

The official full name of Magic Street is "Magic Related Merchandise Street". Although other cities also have stores that exclusively sell magic potions and items, there are at most one or two in small cities, and five in big cities.After all, professionals related to magic are rare, and there are not so many customers except in the capital.

"That street is not too far from our hostel. It's at the northeast corner of the business district. It's only five intersections from the outside, but... I suggest that the two ladies take a short detour and go through the street next to it. It might take an extra 10 minutes or so."

Hayward frowned and said, "Why is that? What will you encounter if you go directly there?"

"This...is the so-called Mingshu Street...Magic Street just connects there."

The manager looked embarrassed, and Hayward immediately stopped asking, indicating that he could leave.Mingshu Street is the synonym for Flower Street and Liuxiang. Women with special occupations open shops there after obtaining official approval, soliciting customers openly, and paying high taxes at the same time.

Usually such areas are in relatively hidden locations outside the commercial street, so Emma and Hayward have never set foot there.

Hayward looked at Emma, ​​but did not speak.Emma immediately understood that she was asking, "Do you want to see it?"

Is this okay?Emma immediately glared at her fiercely, saying, "You are courting death!"

Hayward spread his hands and said, "Go and wash your face, I'm starving to death."

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Although they were hungry, but because the temptation of Magic Street was too strong, the two just found some sandwiches and other food, and were not in a hurry to visit famous shops.Anyway, I have to stay in the capital all day the next day, and I have three meals to savor slowly.

The Magic Street is very bustling. Firstly, all kinds of human voices come to the ears, because it is too complicated to hear the content clearly, then the strong medicinal fragrance, refreshing, and finally dazzled - all kinds of shops are crowded. It is full of main roads running from east to west, and there are some auxiliary roads that shuttle between them from time to time, and the inside is also full.

All kinds of signboards float in the air, and some even extend their invisible hands to welcome customers, which is completely abusing magic.

Emma has never felt such a strong shopping pleasure, everything here is too fresh.Not only the shops, but also the customers who come and go.In addition to those dressed as ordinary warlocks, there are druids in animal skins and dwarves in full armor.It turns out that not all dwarves have long beards, and some have clean faces and even meet the traditional definition of "handsome", which has never been seen in other cities.

"It's an elf!" Emma whispered to Hayward, and then pointed with a tiny movement.

Two female elves, wearing plain white robes and silver hair ornaments in the shape of olive leaves, are bargaining with a certain boss.Their hair color is very close to Ms. Alesia's, and their beauty is also comparable.Such a beautiful person looks so elegant and refined even when he is doing such a marketable thing as "bargaining".

Emma also noticed that they all deliberately parted their hair to reveal their pointed and long ears, which were a symbol of their status without any shyness.This is very different from Ms. Alessia. She seems to deliberately cover her ears with her long hair, and occasionally reveals them inadvertently. She doesn't look that long, but she is a bit sharper than ordinary people.

Before the Duma Continent was unified by King Ireya, it went through quite a long period of troubled times.The various small countries fought violently for one reason or another at intervals, and the hostility was soaring, which also affected the elf kingdom at that time.

At that time, the elves had not completely lived in seclusion, and the country was established in a place that humans could easily reach.Their beauty and strength are like an original sin, attracting the attention of the evil nobles.It has become their dream to have an elf maid or guard.

As a result, criminal organizations and underground black markets have emerged that specialize in trafficking elves.

Although the elves are powerful individually, they are too few in number, and even one casualty would be a big loss.So after several fierce conflicts, the four elf kings decided to stay away from right and wrong, and moved the country to a pure land that is difficult for human beings to reach.

After King Irea came to the throne, he promulgated strict laws prohibiting the trading of elves, but even so, most of the elf kings lost their trust in humans and disappeared.The only one that has re-established diplomatic relations with humans is Fanya, ruled by King Alvin, but his attitude is also very conservative, and he refuses to disclose the specific location of the country.

These two elves must have come from Vanya with a purchasing mission.

Although I wanted to buy everything I saw, but this time I was traveling lightly on horseback, and many things were difficult to carry.For example, the crucible for boiling potion, the crystal ball bigger than the head, and the pair of talking mirrors of the same height... These are all different from the basic models in the academy for apprentices to use and learn, and the texture reveals "advanced".

Having said that, the price of good things is also unaffordable.So Emma was just envious.

However, she couldn't help spending a lot, and purchased two pairs of hand-stitched vegetable-tanned leather wand covers for herself and Hayward at a handmade leather goods store called "Never Pull Can".Although new the wand cover is pale yellow, the leather will gradually turn a rich amber color with use.Emma has been reluctant to put down this leather product since she picked it up. It looks much better than the standard fabric wand belt provided by the college.

It would only seem superfluous for Hayward not to thank Emma for his gift.Immediately she removed the wand from her waist and reassembled it.She is more suitable for this style of decoration than Emma, ​​which suddenly makes her temperament look sharper.

At the door of another shop, Emma was attracted by the window.Behind the huge glass windows hung a row of mandrakes drying in the sun.Each one is more than [-] centimeters, and it is a very standard human shape, with sound limbs and even facial features.

You know, the mandrake we usually use in herbal medicine classes has three limbs, which is already very rare.

Standing blankly admiring these superb herbs, Emma's eyes suddenly met with some girls in the shop.Maybe it was because I had been standing there for a long time that they noticed it.

Those girls were wearing low-cut, bell-sleeved long dresses, with gorgeous makeup on their faces, and they were all very beautiful.Emma was also not sure if this was a popular outfit in the capital, but compared to them, she was a little too tightly wrapped.

So Emma shyly pulled off her hood, exposed her hair, and smiled awkwardly at them.

The girls suddenly became very happy, smiling and waving desperately at Emma.

"Huh? Why are you looking at Charm Pharmacy? Why do you want to buy it?" Hayward's doubtful voice came from behind.

(End of this chapter)