The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 618: Alustriel
"Lady Hope, my heart is filled with sweetness when I think of you. I wish I could be with you today, in this city..." A bard was singing a song in praise of the Seven Sisters of the North in the square, and at this moment he just sang the part about Lady Alustriel at the end. The surrounding vendors and the citizens who were just relaxing began to sing along.

“…..You are like the lily of the valley, and I cannot let you go. Although sometimes we feel sad and cry, and our emotions cannot be restrained, but when I think of your face, my sorrow will turn into joy.”

In the midst of the singing, the crowd suddenly made way for no apparent reason. A young silver-haired woman in a simple white linen robe did not sing along, but walked towards the restaurant through the gap. The strange thing was that even though she moved so much, no one around noticed the abnormality, and everyone else ignored her as if she were air.

However, Ryan discovered the lady when she was about ten meters away from him. This was because his mastery of the rules of alchemy gave him extraordinary perception. As she continued to approach, Hermione also sensed her presence through her perception of life.

This lady was a head taller than Ryan, but she didn't look bulky, instead she looked extremely elegant. In Ryan's eyes, her charm was even stronger than those Veela he had seen before.

From her silver hair and eyes, as well as her spellcasting skills with almost no magical fluctuations, Ryan and the others quickly recognized that the lady in front of them was probably the local master, the supreme wizard of Silvermoon City, known as the Lady of Hope and the Lady of Shine, the supreme lady of the future leader of the Silvermoon Federation.

"Welcome, the patron of the world's will. And thank you, the lady wizard who controls death, for helping the caravan. I'm sorry, for safety reasons, I asked the Harpers to investigate you during the days when you were communicating with the Gandru couple. But what's strange is that you didn't leave any traces before you met the caravan, as if you were suddenly teleported from some unknown place."

Ms. Alustriel didn't realize that she had unconsciously revealed a truth. Ryan rubbed his forehead helplessly. The biggest problem in such a powerful world is that it is easy for others to find out where he is. But since he has been exposed and found by others, he has no intention of doing anything bad. Ryan simply gave up the disguise and saluted. "May the light of the arcane always cover you, the chosen one of the mysterious lady."

As a chosen one of Mystra, Alustriel could naturally see some things about Ryan, especially his closeness to nature. Although Hermione was entangled with the power of death, she chose the cycle of life and death of all things as the path to pursue the power of death. In Alustriel's eyes, she was more like a druid than a necromancer. More importantly, both of them had very obvious signs of being favored by the world consciousness.

People or creatures who are favored by the world consciousness are basically neutral or good people, and are welcomed in most places, especially cities like Silvermoon City that are committed to peace and order.

Not to mention that Ryan removed part of his magic cover to show his friendship. After feeling Ryan's strength, Alustriel showed a surprised expression on her face. She came here for Ryan and his friends, because Andolin was a harpist. On the day she received Ryan and his friends, she sent news about the arrival of two powerful mages to Silvermoon City.

Recently, Alustriel was seeking to establish a united country. Under internal conflicts and external threats, everyone was on edge. After learning that a spellcaster with level nine magic had come to Silvermoon City, they naturally launched a targeted investigation. However, the strange thing was that Silvermoon City had not found anything about Ryan's whereabouts before they encountered the caravan.

This naturally piqued Alustriel's interest, especially since although she was a powerful legendary spellcaster and the supreme leader of the Silver Moon Federation, she was not the kind of old-fashioned and arrogant aristocrat. On the contrary, every year many young men and women received her support and funding to make further progress in their careers. So she chose to come and see for herself.

This habit brought him a big surprise today. She really didn't expect Ryan to be a legendary spellcaster, although he was just a legendary one. But if he could win him over, it would be a powerful help. Although Alustriel's men were not short of mages, they had never had a legendary spellcaster.

"What are you doing here? I think as a legendary wizard you will be welcomed wherever you go. Why do you come to Silvermoon City?" Alustriel asked the key question.

Ryan had already prepared for this question. He looked into Alustriel's eyes and said sincerely, "We came here from a very far place mainly to study, hoping to gain knowledge that we have never mastered before. At the same time, we want to see if we can do business to exchange for some of the things we need. As for why we came to Silvermoon City, it can only be said to be an accident, because before we set out, we didn't know where the teleportation magic would take us. It was just that after we came out, we found that Silvermoon City was the nearest city, so we came here. But please rest assured, we have no hostility towards Silvermoon City or you."

Elastro nodded slightly when she heard this. This was similar to the result she and the Harpers had analyzed before they came. With the divine power bestowed by the Goddess of Magic, she had the special ability to easily see through everyone's intentions. Although it could only be used once a day, it was also a very powerful bug-like ability.

After making sure that Ryan had no hostility or special needs towards her or Silvermoon City, Alustriel invited him and Hermione. "There is a private banquet in my palace tonight, I hope you can come!" "Of course, we will attend on time." Hermione walked up and agreed. Alustriel smiled and stuffed two badges into her hands, then disappeared into thin air.

"You seem to admire her very much." As someone who shared the same thoughts, Ryan knew why Hermione suddenly stood up and accepted Alustriel's invitation on his behalf.

"Of course," Hermione did not hide her admiration for Alustriel, she said to Ryan through the Phoenix Mark. "I knew her dream before, she hopes to build a great elven city like the deceased Myth Drannor, a glorious city-state that can accommodate all races to live together in peace, without conflict and killing."

"And she did just that. Now Silvermoon City has a peaceful living environment under the protection of powerful wizards. In addition, she has never been high and mighty. The people under her rule regard her more as a trustworthy friend rather than a lord that the common people fear. In this medieval environment, she is also the only ruler who puts herself in the position of a servant. How can I not admire her?"

It should be said that Hermione saw her dream self in Alustriel, so her admiration is easy to understand. At this time, Ryan took a badge from Hermione's hand. It was a shield-shaped badge that could be hung around the neck with a silver chain.

If the book I read before was correct, this thing was called the Rasol Mark. It was a key that temporarily granted certain people access to certain isolated areas in the palace, and was usually taken back afterwards.

Ryan and his friends spent the rest of the day looking for a place to stay. If they wanted to learn magic, they would not be here for too long, so staying in a hotel would not be very convenient. In addition, if they wanted to trade across planes in the future, they would always need a base, so they planned to buy a second-hand house that they could move into right away.

As the core of the future Silver Federation, the richest and most important surface city in the North with a population second only to Waterdeep. The housing prices in Silvermoon City are not low, especially for the street-side houses that Ryan hopes to buy, which can be used as shops.

In addition, when the economy is booming, second-hand houses are much less than expected. Fortunately, Andolin, as a mage who grew up here, is well-informed, and she quickly brought news of several properties that wanted to be sold.

After looking around the two properties they had chosen earlier, Ryan and Hermione had a brief discussion and decided to buy the complex garden villa-style mansion located on the commercial street in the northern part of the city.

Garden villas are not uncommon in a city where elves make up 1/3 of the population. The property Ryan chose has a two-story stone structure shop with an attic and a three-story basement on the street side, and an exquisite villa with more than a dozen rooms on the other side. In the middle is a garden of at least square meters.

The beige marble walls of the house are covered with creepers, which look very beautiful with the brown tiles. The fence in the yard is also a kind of short green thorns specially cultivated. The whole house looks like those houses in those Japanese fantasy games.

Ryan and Hermione fell in love with the house at first sight after they came here, and the house really met their requirements. So they just bargained with the original owner and bought the house worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins. Fortunately, gold, silver and gems in this world still maintain their value, and Ryan and his friends easily paid the house price with a small iron box of gold bars.

"Okay, let's clean up quickly. Otherwise we'll be late for the party tonight." After everything was done, looking at the sun that was about to set, Hermione and Ryan reminded each other to change clothes and prepare for the party in the evening.

(End of this chapter)