Angor looked up and saw a figure wearing an antenna helmet sneaking around his door.
The fence in the yard was quite high, so he could only see the metal helmet with an antenna. Even so, he could guess who the intruder was.
"Dave?" Angor rested his chin on the fence and lazily greeted the visitor.
It was indeed Dave. His brown goggles covered most of his face, but Angor recognized him from his clothes and figure.
Dave took off his goggles and gave Angor a dry smile.
"Why are you here?" Angor was still leaning on the fence. He did not intend to open the door.
David pinched the hair on his forehead, lowered his head, and mumbled something in a muffled voice.
"What did you say? I didn't hear you."
Dave looked up and gave Angor a flattering smile. "Angor, I need you to do me a favor …"
Angor narrowed his eyes and asked cautiously, "What is it?"
Feeling a little embarrassed, David took out a familiar object from his satchel: the cross-shaped blades, the threaded rods, and the simple appearance … It was the propeller flyer with huge flaws.
"Angor, I … I made a new one. Ahem … I want my sweetheart Toby to test it again." Dave blinked his watery eyes and looked at Angor expectantly.
Angor smiled back.
Dave also smiled back.
Angor's smile disappeared in the next second. He waved at Dave and said, "See you later."
Dave's expression froze. When he saw Angor leaving, he quickly shouted.
"Angor! Please give me a chance! My dear Toby, please help me! "
Angor sat down under the mistletoe, picked up his book, and continued to enjoy the sun. He completely ignored Dave's cries. The sun was nice today, but it was a bit noisy.
Dave's voice sounded like he was about to cry.
Toby, who was resting on the tree, was woken up by David's cries. It circled around in the air and landed on Angor's shoulder.
Dave's cries grew louder when he saw Angor.
Angor explained to Toby why Dave was here. Toby flapped its wings in the shape of an 'X' and refused without hesitation.
"Stop howling. First of all, don't simply add the suffix 'little darling'. Secondly, I don't believe in your alchemy skills. In the end, Toby didn't agree to help you, so there was nothing I could do. " His voice was as clear as the ripples on the surface of a lake in the summer, which reached Dave's ears slowly.
"This time, the Propeller Flyer II is absolutely flawless. I've also installed the steering mechanism, so there won't be any problems! Just give it a try, Angor! I'll pay you back! Toby, please! "David shouted from outside the door.
Toby froze when he heard the words "paid for it".
Toby kept gesturing and pointing at the attic from time to time.
"You mean you'll agree if Davy gives you another Echo Flower?" Angor knew what Toby was thinking.
Toby nodded immediately. It had already thought about it. It could fly anyway. If something happened to the aircraft, it wouldn't die from the fall, right? If he could get another Echo Flower from Dave, Toby would be able to play an extra duet.
After spending some time with Toby, Angor understood why Toby liked Echo Flowers. Toby seemed to be obsessed with sounds. Or rather, he was obsessed with music. While Angor was training, Toby spent every day in the attic studying how to make its voice clearer and how to use the Echo Flower to play a duet with Toby's beautiful voice.
Angor remembered that his hologram tablet stored a large amount of music from Earth. When he finished calculating the remaining four surfaces, he decided to play them to Toby when he had time to improve the bird's "aesthetic" ability.
Since Toby already agreed, Angor did not have the right to refuse. However, he was not as narrow-minded as Toby, who could be bought over with an Echo Flower.
Angor rolled his eyes and came up with a plan.
He walked to the fence and saw Dave giving him another pleading look like an abandoned puppy.
Angor snorted in his mind. He would not fall for this "cute" trick.
"It's not impossible. But you have to agree to three of my conditions first. Otherwise, no deal." Angor crossed his arms in front of his chest and looked at Dave with a "bye" look.
Dave gulped. He had a feeling that Angor was going to set him up badly if he said yes. He also wanted to find a rabbit to test the aircraft. However, the rabbit was too stupid to know how to control the aircraft. He spent two months designing the steering system. How could an ordinary beast know how to control it? Only Magical Beasts with high intelligence like Toby would be able to control it.
To be honest, it was David's first time seeing such a small magical beast with intelligence comparable to that of an adult, but with such a weak ability.
"What are the conditions?" Dave asked in a weak voice. He looked like he would faint if Angor asked for too much.
"First, I need some information about the Sky Tower." Angor started with the less lethal condition. He was only asking about the Sky Tower because he wanted the Sorcerer's Garden in Floating Mech City. He wanted to see if he could use Dave to find a way to reach the top without too much trouble.
"Information about the Sky Tower? That's not a problem. I'm preparing for the — ahem, I mean, my friend's joining the competition, so I collected some information for him. Dave sighed in relief when he heard the first condition. It seemed Angor was just as kind as he looked.
"Second, Toby did all the work, so you have to give him something in return." Toby also flew over and stood on Angor's head proudly.
"That's not a problem!" Toby knew he had to pay a price today. He only hoped that Toby's heart was as kind as Angor's.
Angor pretended to talk to Toby for a while before he looked at Dave.
"Toby already told me that if you want his help, you have to give him some Echo Flowers." He emphasized the word "some" and carefully observed Dave's expression, trying to figure out the man's bottom line.
An Echo Flower cost 128 merit points, which was a little more than one magic crystal. Dave's monthly salary at Prome's Alchemy Shop was five magic crystals, so one Echo Flower was equal to one-fifth of his salary.
David's face flashed with a conflicted look. He could grit his teeth and bear with one or two flowers, but if there were more than four flowers, there was nothing he could do.
"Three! Toby said three! "Angor observed Dave's expression for a while and decided on the price.
"Three?! That's too much! I only get two magic crystals a month! " Dave pretended to cry. Three Echo Flowers was his bottom line, but he wanted to lower it as much as possible. So, he decided to cry about how poor he was.
However, Angor did not care about Dave's cries at all. Instead, he watched Dave's crying act as if he was enjoying a show.
In the end, Dave clenched his teeth and accepted the three Echo Flowers. However, he was cursing Toby in his mind. Why didn't this evil bird learn anything from Angor? Angor was the kindest person in the world!
Toby, who had no idea that Dave was cursing at him, was overjoyed. He only wanted to extort one Echo Flower from Dave, and he did not expect his young master to help him so much. He could already imagine Toby's concert in the future!
"Third —" Angor was about to say the third condition when Dave quickly raised the white flag and surrendered.
Dave's eyes were filled with tears. "I'll tell you first. I'm losing my salary for this month!"
Angor smiled gently at Dave. "Don't worry. I don't need your money."
Dave was comforted by the gentle smile. He wiped away his tears and looked at Angor with a tearful expression.
"I'm going to become an apprentice in a few days."
David: "Then congratulations! But I heard that most of the talents in this year's batch received posters from their mentors. You're taking too long to become an apprentice. "
Angor did not mind at all. "Can't help it. I'm not talented enough."
Dave saw a young man who covered his self-mockery with a strong heart. Even if he was not talented enough, he still worked hard. Dave instantly saw himself in Angor's shoes. His talent was average. He was not at the bottom of the list, but it was still difficult for him to improve.
Dave suddenly had a good impression of Angor.
"What do you want, Angor? Just tell me. I'll help you as long as I can!"
Angor was surprised to see Dave's expression change. He did not know what was going on. But judging from Dave's tone, the topic was still on track.
Angor cleared his throat. "I found a beginner's alchemy manual by chance, so I want to learn alchemy after becoming an apprentice. Third, I want to buy some alchemy materials from Prome's Alchemy Shop. Of course, I'll pay the price. I just hope you can sell them to me at market price. "
Angor did not intend to ask for too much. He just wanted a stable supply chain for materials. As an employee of Prome's Alchemy Shop, Dave must have been in business for a long time. It was much more reliable to buy materials from Dave than a newbie like Angor.
Dave was not surprised to hear Angor's third request. Alchemy books were available in many places. Many new apprentices in the wizarding world looked forward to the lucrative business of alchemy, and many of them wanted to earn money by doing it. However, most people would give up on alchemy as time went by. Alchemy depended too much on talent.
Dave looked at Angor and saw himself in the past. He was also hot-blooded and plunged headlong into the pit of alchemy. Now, he was neither high nor low in his career. He was not good at fighting because he spent all his time on alchemy. He was not good at alchemy either because he had no talent and no knowledge. It had been five years since he started his alchemy career, and he only made his first product — a propeller flyer.
And it was a defective one. Dave felt sad when he thought about it.
"No problem. I can even give you some materials that Master Prome doesn't need at the original price." "But you need to know that alchemy isn't that easy to learn." Dave looked a little worried as he said, "It's not easy to learn alchemy."
Angor chuckled. "It's fine. I'm just experimenting. If I don't have talent, I'll just switch to something else. "
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