In Brando's memory, he had not been to the workshop area of Ampere Seale many times. What he remembered most was the rusty signboard that swayed slightly in the sea breeze on the side of the bridge at Grey Harbor. The messy interior of the house, the stove that had not been lit for a long time, and the old dwarf who reeked of alcohol.
It was not that 'Red Nose' Odork's craftsmanship was amazing, but with a small barrel of strong liquor, the old dwarf would help you take care of your equipment, as long as he was not too drunk to get up.
Ampere Seale was different.
After the carriage passed by a fortress, the road became narrow and the houses were lined up. The salty sea breeze in his memory faded away, replaced by a heavy smell of smoke. The red signboard was made of brass, and the words on it were extraordinary, with the unique cultural atmosphere of a port city.
The carriage passed by an old dwarf smoking tobacco at the door with a hammer in both hands, his beard strung with shining iron rings. They were either Wind Elves from Luzik or the forest further north in the Misty Weave Forest, wearing a hollowed-out ring that covered the entire third knuckle to prove their identity as an enchanter.
Most of these people were the best of the best from all walks of life, with a hint of arrogance in their eyes. They were also worth a lot. The workshop area of Ampere Seale represented expensive, luxurious, and the corresponding quality of service in most people's minds.
It was like the aura of nobility that was branded in the bones of this port city.
The history of the workshop area of Ampere Seale was even older than the port. It first originated from the trading market between the Erouine people and the southern mountain people. Later, the market became the military station of Erouine, and then developed into a deep-water anchorage, gradually growing to the size it was today. Today, there were still stone pillars covered with moss on both sides of the road in the workshop area, standing in the sea breeze, telling the history of the past.
The carriage slid into a secluded alley, and the sound of wheels turning in the pottery or textile factories behind the alley became distant. Then, the unique black wood signboard of "Lucetania" came into view. The magic black wood was suspended between a carved gold-plated bracket. There was no physical connection, but it was suspended in the air by magic and slowly rotated.
Although magic was common in the world of Wohnde, the fact that a shop could use a permanent spell on its signboard showed the style of the shop. This wasn't even a shop related to magic items, but an ordinary weapon and armor shop.
The carriage slowly stopped at the front door of Lucitania's weapon and armor shop. No one came out to greet them. Normal people wouldn't open a shop in such a secluded place. However, according to the princess's explanation, it was because the shop owner liked peace and quiet. Fairies were a strange race.
Brando and Her Royal Highness entered the store. The interior of the store was decorated very elegantly. Many counters were made of dark wood that emitted a special fragrance. On each counter was a shiny weapon covered with glass and a brass nameplate with the name of the weapon written on it. It ranged from the most common rapier to spears and armors.
What surprised Brando was that almost all of the items on display in the store were magical equipment. They weren't the crude products of low-grade alchemists, but real magical items. There were even some ancient items. Brando recognized the horned axe – 'Caesarus the Cutter'. This giant axe ignored 10% of the armor with every attack, and could only penetrate half of the armor at most. A divine weapon under Elemental. This was a good thing. Originally, Brando wanted to buy it for the red-bearded Batom of the Red Bronze Dragon Mercenary Group. This was the only guy under him who used an axe, and he was also a rough man. However, when he saw the price, Brando immediately pretended that he had never thought about it.
Caesarus the Cutter was priced at 550,000 Tor.
Brando immediately felt that the profiteers in the game were simply the model and conscience of a businessman. No wonder this shop only catered to nobles. Apart from those people who didn't treat money as money, who else would patronize this place with such a ridiculous price?
He looked away and saw that Princess Gryphine was also curiously looking at the furnishings in the store. However, her eyes were mostly on the display of various long swords. Brando followed her gaze and even saw a 'Thorn of Light'.
"Princess Gryphine, have you never been here before?" He was slightly surprised and asked curiously.
Princess Gryphine put her index finger to her lips and whispered: "No, Mr. Brendel, I don't think so. This is my first time here. But I know the owner here. Aunt Tanya saw me when I was very young. "
"Aunt Tanya." Brando thought that this was probably the name of the owner. It was a characteristic of the fairies. The fairies of Wohnde liked to give themselves a human name, but most of them were simple and lacked regularity.
He looked around and found that there was no one in the big store. No – there was only one person. When the three of them passed through the center of the hall, they finally alerted the only employee in the store. To be exact, Brando saw a head popping out from a pile of boxes and realized that there was someone here.
But it was a little girl with short brown hair. She looked at them curiously with her big eyes: "What are you doing here?"
This question was full of meaning. Because generally speaking, thieves wouldn't patronize this place at this time, unless they were in a hurry to register in the prison of the city guards. On the other hand, they could only be customers or creditors.
The little girl cleverly didn't reveal her relationship with the store. This way, even if the other party identified themselves as creditors, she could say that she was a temporary worker or something else. Brando's thoughts were in a mess, but the little girl's eyes were already wide open.
"Ah ah, are you a customer?"
When Brendel saw her, he hurriedly dropped what he was doing and rushed out. Before he and the princess could shout 'no!' or 'be careful!', the little girl screamed and slammed into the open door of the cabinet, and then bounced back.
With a clatter, the stacked weapons, armors, and cans suddenly fell to the ground.
Brendel cursed in his heart. This shop doesn't seem to be as reliable as the rumors make it out to be.
… …
"I'm sorry to startle you two. This little girl is called Carol. Because her father owes me a debt and is temporarily unable to repay it, she is temporarily here to help me. "
Brando and Princess Gryphine sat on the chairs, and the little fairy lady who was wearing a grayish-purple robe like a loan shark sat on the counter. She wore a pair of silver-rimmed glasses and looked a bit like a jewelry merchant in Perry. But she claimed to be the manager and investor of the 'Silver Cross Chamber of Commerce', and this weapon and armor shop was just a side business.
The Silver Cross Chamber of Commerce was a chamber of commerce from the Neos – Deepwater Port area. It was said that their background was a business organization under the name of a wizard craftsmen from Buga. Therefore, Brando was very skeptical of her self-introduction.
Fortunately, the Silver Wizards did not have any practical influence on the people of the land. Since they practiced isolationism, Brando was too lazy to ask. He glanced at Carol, who was holding her red forehead with tears in her eyes. [Isn't this the legendary child labor?]
Brando expressed his sympathy.
"This child is too young. Aunt Tanya, how can you have the heart to let her do those things?" Princess Gryphine also complained. "Aunt Tanya, how much money does her father owe you? I will repay it on her behalf."
"Hehe." The fairy lady picked up her pocket-sized white porcelain teacup and took a sip. "The last time I saw you, you were still a little girl, Gryphine. But her father owes me a total of two million Tor. Are you sure you want to repay it on her behalf? "
"Ah!" Gryphine was shocked. "Why is it so much!?" Two million Tor was a huge number for most of the nobles in Erouine, let alone ordinary people. Even for the royal family and those powerful Grand Dukes, this was not a small amount of money.
Brando could not help but look at the little girl curiously. He wondered how her father was able to owe so much money.
Unexpectedly, Tanya replied. "Her father was a good friend of mine when we went on adventures in the past. I promised to lend him money to open this shop. So in fact, the future owner of this shop will be Carol. I let her take care of these things because as the future owner, she should also learn all these things. "
"Of course, she can also sell herself to repay the debt."
"I see. Then what about Carol's father?" Gryphine could not help but ask curiously.
"Her father has already died in this war."
"Ah!" Her Royal Highness finally reacted. Brando also understood. In fact, it was clearly the responsibility of supporting a friend's daughter, but she insisted on saying it was a loan. This Faerie lady's temper was really strange.
"You are amazing, Aunt Tanya." Her Royal Highness praised from the bottom of her heart, but also a little sad. "All of this is because the descendants of the Covardo family did not fulfill their responsibilities, and the war spread in the kingdom. This war in Ampere Seale has implicated many civilians. "
"That is not your fault, Gryphine," Tanya replied. "The last time I saw you, you were still an ignorant little girl. But in the blink of an eye, you have become a competent princess. But I heard that you do not have a partner to your liking. So is this the Knight beside you you have your eyes on? "
"No, no." The princess blushed and hurriedly denied it. But then she explained. "Although Mr. Brando is indeed … my Knight, it is not like what you think, Aunt Tanya."
The Faerie lady smiled but did not say anything. Brando suspected that she was deliberately teasing them. Fairies have always liked to play pranks. In all kinds of legends, they have a 'good reputation' for fooling stupid people. And now, this Aunt Tanya was obviously enjoying it.
But she quickly became serious.
"Oh?" The Faerie lady turned her head and looked at Brando curiously. "You are Brando?"
Brendel suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, but he still nodded his head. Tanya asked curiously. "I heard that you saved Ampere Seale. Are you the hero of this port?"
"That … I don't think so."
"Your grandfather owes me a Holy Sword. Presumably, you did not know?"
"Is that so?" Brando was stunned. "What!?" He shouted, wondering why he suddenly had a debtor. Looking at this pace, it can't be the legendary story of the son paying the father's debt, right?
"Don't tell me you don't know, the weapon of the Earth Sword Saint."
"My grandfather's weapon …" Brando was slightly startled, and suddenly remembered the sword of the Earth Sword Saint. It was a mythical weapon called 'Meteor'. It was said to be a replica of the legendary blade that split the earth, the Fang of Sirius.
The Fang of Sirius was the sword of the hero of the mountain people, Kula. The myth of the mountain people drifted away from the epics of the Cruz people, but Kula did exist in history, and he had an adventure with the Azure Knight. This piece of history was not widely spread, but the Fang of Sirius was quite famous. Legend has it that the mountains of Alkash were split open by this sword, forming a rift in the earth.
The Fang of Sirius in the language of the mountain people was originally Siri Anlida, the sword that split the earth. In a sense, this sword was more famous than Kula himself. And the reason why the Earth Sword Saint Darius got his name was because of this.
Brando couldn't help but look at Her Royal Highness. Unexpectedly, Princess Gryphine nodded to him with an embarrassed face. "Mr. Brando, I'm sorry, I almost forgot … your grandfather's sword was given to him by Aunt Tanya when he was young."
"That guy also promised me that he would exchange a real holy sword for my sword in the future, but he didn't keep his word." Aunt Tanya complained like a child, "But fortunately, his grandson is now a grown-up —"
Damn, it's really a story of the son paying the father's debt!
"Wait, what do you want to do!" Brando shouted. He suddenly felt that the biggest mistake he made today was coming here. He originally wanted to repair his equipment, but he didn't expect to meet a debtor. There was definitely something wrong with this story.
"Don't worry, I won't really ask you to find a holy sword. That was a wish of mine when I was young, but now my adventurous thoughts have faded." The Faerie replied generously.
"Even if you want me to find one, I don't have one." Brando replied in a bad mood. He did have a genuine Halran Gaia, which could barely be regarded as a holy sword, but it was a sword that he found with great difficulty. Asking him to use it to pay off his debt was simply unthinkable. He couldn't help but curse in his heart. For others, it was all kinds of good things to recognize a powerful relative. Why was it that when it was his turn, he either provoked an enemy or a creditor? What kind of detestable things did Sword Saint Darius do when he was alive?
Regarding Brando's bad attitude, the Faerie didn't care. Instead, she said to Carol. "Carol, can you go to the house and help me take out that box?"
"Huh?"
"It's the one with a ring of gems on the lock."
"Oh." The little girl, who was still in tears, obediently ran to the back. However, no matter how you look at it, Brando looked like this profiteer-like Faerie trying to find a way to get rid of the person in the way. Sure enough, she turned her head and said. "Gryphine, Mr. Brando, I want to ask you to do me a favor."
"Aunt Tanya, what's the matter?" Before Brando could answer, Princess Gryphine had already spoken.
"I want to ask you to help me find something."
"Aunt Tanya … those legendary holy swords have long disappeared in the current era. This is no longer the era of the War of the Holy Saints." Princess Gryphine couldn't help but smile bitterly when she heard what she said. Obviously, she had some understanding of this' aunt's' eccentric temper.
"That's not necessarily true." The Faerie looked disapproving. She put down her teacup. "The real glorious era is just about to begin. But let's not talk about this first. I'm not asking you to help me find a holy sword or anything."
"Eh?" Princess Gryphine was slightly startled. "Aunt Tanya, what are you looking for?"
"This is actually the reason why I came to Ampere Seale. And I don't have to find that thing. I just want to take a look at it. This can be said to be my lifelong wish."
Brando saw the disapproving look on the princess' face and knew that this old Faerie must have had a lot of lifelong wishes. Maybe she said the same thing when she gave the sword to his grandfather.
"Aunt Tanya, so what exactly are you looking for?"
"The Azure Lance. I heard that it's hidden somewhere near Ampere Seale."
"Ah —"
Isn't this even more ridiculous than looking for the holy sword? This was the only thought in Brando's mind at that time.
…
(PS: Since it's KUSO, then I'll just recommend the game Lucretia. Although it's just a doujinshi game, the quality is really high. I think I played it half a year ago. I suddenly remembered that I was about to write about a mysterious magic shop, so I decided to play it for a bit. If you like this work, you're welcome to come to qidian.com to vote. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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