The Wizard's Secret Journey

Chapter 6 Old Friend
“Lord Charlie, do you need me to find the three boys who escaped for you?

"Just consider it as making up for my previous mistake."

In a wooden house, Dole took the kickback from Charlie and asked in a low voice.

Charlie on the sofa took a puff of cigarette, with a hint of emotion on his face.

Seeing this, Dole added fuel to the fire:
“Each of these kids who come out of the school has at least 2 or 30 gold dragons on them, and they are all very naive.

"Now that they have just come down the mountain, they are terrified and panic-stricken. This is the best time to strike."

Charlie exhaled a puff of smoke, and the cigarette at his fingertips burned slowly, and the faint light reflected a pair of flickering eyes.

After a long time, he shook his head:
"No need. You know how the Korlik Gang was destroyed... Reasonable deception is harmless. Forget about the rest. I don't want to be that unlucky guy."

"That was an extremely rare incident, Lord Charlie, and it happened a full ten years ago."

“Besides, you know, Lord Charlie, I also graduated from a school. I swear to you, these boys and girls cannot possess the deadly extraordinary knowledge you imagine!
“What we learned in the mountains were just the basics, such as language, the nature of magic, the structure of the human body, some common sense, etc.

“Only after we successfully advance can we access more deadly supernatural knowledge…” Dor wanted to persuade.

Charlie waved his hand and stared at him with a half-smile: “You don’t understand, Dole.

"You have to gamble, you poor devils with debts to pay have to gamble... but I'm different.

"If you want to go, go by yourself. Don't take me with you."

The Black Snake Gang, to which Charlie belongs, is one of the largest gangs in the Shantytown. Although he is only a high-ranking gang member, he has an uncle who possesses extraordinary powers.

This time he just liked Dole and wanted to cooperate with him. If he wanted him to spend more energy to cause trouble for those apprentices... Charlie is not stupid.

……

……

Red Citrus Market, next to Liz Bakery.

Leona held the rye bread in his hand and complained:
"A piece of rye bread about one pound is enough for a day at most, but it costs 6 bronze eagles, which is too expensive!

"So, just buying bread a month would cost at least 18 silver wolves...more than twice as much as rent!"

"Or, you can choose not to buy bread." Jigos broke off half of the bread and handed it to Lin En, saying teasingly,

"You can buy some grains and make your own porridge and bake bread.

"The cheapest oats are only 1.5 copper eagles per pound. Rye and barley are only 2 copper eagles and 3 copper eagles per pound. Only wheat is 5 copper eagles."

Lynn took the bread from him.

Unlike Leona who chose to enjoy a piece of rye bread alone, he and Gigos chose to buy a piece of bread together.

Lynn frowned and took a bite, feeling the rough and sour taste of the rye bread, and sighed inwardly.

Although Dole lied to them, what he said did make sense.

It is not easy for these young people who are burdened with debt to survive in Cuilin City.

Although the accommodation problem has been temporarily solved, the problem of food has also arisen.

It's obviously not a good idea to keep buying bread like this, but cooking for yourself is not that easy either.

All the grains sold in the entire Cuilin City are not shelled.

After buying it, if you want to eat it, you must shell it yourself.

Lin En knew nothing about this. He only vaguely recalled from the corner of the original owner's memory that before the male servant cooked, he seemed to crush the grains with a thick wooden stick, then put them into a winnowing basket and sift out the shells against the wind.

If you want to bake bread, you have to grind it into flour, mix it, ferment it, light the oven, and wait until the right temperature before baking...

The whole process is cumbersome and troublesome.

"My previous life was better. I could just lie at home and someone would bring me food."

Lin En sighed inwardly, patted his chest, took a bite of bread, and urged, "Let's go, hurry up and report to the school station."

After completing the report, he will immediately investigate the market for French films.

If you act quickly enough, you may be able to start making French films today!
If the profit is considerable then...

At least, I don’t have to worry about eating anymore.

……

Just as there is basically no place selling bread in the shantytown, there is no school station here.

The nearest garrison point to them was already within the "wooden house area". It was a two-story wooden building that covered a large area and had a majestic style.

However, whether it is the shantytown or the wooden house area, they are just folk names.

The official name of the location of the garrison is actually the Laurentian District, No. 1 Ginkgo Street.

Not only are the roads here wider and paved with gravel, but there is also less urine and stench of corruption in the air.

The reporting process is not complicated and can be completed in just a few minutes.

The second-class apprentice on duty never looked at them the whole time, nor did he check whether the information they wrote was correct.

After all, the Horsoms Wizard Territory was located in the dangerous Green Shadow Forest, they had no way of leaving, and they had also signed a contract... an extraordinary contract.

It is not as inconvenient as an ordinary contract. Once violated, there will definitely be a price to pay... At least, it is absolute for mortals like them.

……

Bauhinia Street, Golden Forest shop.

Lynn looked up at the magnificent building in front of him.

This is an 8-story department store opened by the Horsens School.

If Bauhinia Street is the most prosperous commercial street in the entire Cuilin City, then Golden Forest is the largest store in the entire commercial street.

There is a saying in the Hosens Wizard Territory: If you can't buy something in the Golden Forest, you can't buy it anywhere else in Green Forest City... It's enough to prove his status! And this is also his first stop to investigate the market.

Lin En straightened his clothes and strode towards the door like the original owner did before.

However, after a while,

But he was stopped by the silver-armored knight at the door.

"Please show me your credentials."

"Certificate...what certificate?"

Lin En was stunned. In the past, the original owner never asked for any credentials when he came here, and the two knights at the door always lowered their heads and bowed to welcome him.

He always thought that these two people were only used to welcome guests and did not have the function of guarding.

"Is this your first time here?" The knight said with a good attitude and a smile.

"I'm not... Never mind, how can I get in?"

The Knight in Silver Armor continued to answer: "Mortals need to pay a fee of 1 gold royal each time to enter the Golden Forest, and they also need to pass some inspections.

"Excuse me, do you need it? I can take you to handle the relevant procedures."

Lynn opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.

He really didn't know that there was such a rule in Golden Forest.

When they were members of the school in the past, the entire Bauhinia Street was open to them, and they had never heard of any fees being charged.

"I hope you understand that the Golden Forest is not a place that anyone can enter." The knight observed his expression and continued to explain respectfully.
"Most of the customers in the Golden Forest are wizards. The fees we charge are mainly used to protect you from wizards."

'...'

"Well... this is reasonable."

Lin En sighed and was about to say something, but suddenly he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye.

Inside the Golden Forest shop, a blonde girl in a grey wizard robe was walking towards the door carrying a grey bag.

She has a slim figure and a face that can only be described as pretty.

At least, in Lin En's opinion, she is not as cute as she was when she was a child.

Yes, this was the girl he had dreamed of last night—

"Elena Rose."

Retracting his gaze, Lin En quickly left the entrance of Golden Forest and walked to the street.

He put on his hood, lowered his head, and watched Elena slowly walk out of the Golden Forest from the corner of his eye.

The next second, Lin En was suddenly startled and looked at the girl's chest calmly.

On the towering left chest of Elena's robe, there was a bronze inverted triangle badge, and the vine in the middle was exquisitely shaped, as if it were a living thing.

This is the badge representing a third-class wizard apprentice in the school.

'Has he been promoted to a third-class apprentice?'

While Lin En was shocked, a trace of resentment inexplicably welled up in his heart.

But soon, he reacted and shook his head.

Elena was actually just a stranger to him... It was normal to be surprised at her promotion to a third-class apprentice, but his resentment was obviously affected by the original owner's memory.

Nine years ago, the original owner and Elena were kidnapped from the giant spider boat by wizards from the Horsens School and brought here.

The two men were of similar age and both came from the Kingdom of Annan. They naturally felt close to each other in this unfamiliar environment and soon became close friends.

Half a year ago, they almost became lovers.

At that time, Elena was just like him, with no hope of becoming a wizard apprentice.

So the two people who shared the same suffering huddled together for warmth and worked hard to earn magic stones, hoping that they could continue to live safely in Cuilin City after being eliminated.

The original owner had been working towards this goal. With Elena around, he even had a little more hope for the future in his heart.

Until a month ago, Elena suddenly disappeared, leaving behind only a small portion of the magic stones that the two had accumulated, and the book on making crystal magic tablets.

The next time the original owner saw Elena, it was in the school's teaching area. She was following behind a third-class apprentice with a bronze badge, and her expression was as indifferent as it was today.

When the original owner saw this scene, he naturally thought that Elena had abandoned him and hooked up with the third-class apprentice, so he was filled with anger.

But the original owner was afraid of the third-class apprentice and did not dare to approach. While she was hesitating, Elena disappeared again.

In the end, the original owner could only return to the stone house in despair.

Half a month later, that is, yesterday, he chose death.

Thinking of this, Lin En suddenly frowned.

From his current perspective, Elena's behavior at that time did not seem like a plaything. Moreover, a plaything could not become a third-class wizard apprentice...

After frowning and thinking for a while, Lynn gave up on causing trouble for himself.

No matter what, Elena and he were from two different worlds, and passing each other indifferently like now was the best outcome.

He has more important things to do.

Lin En waited quietly for a while, until Elena walked away, then he started walking again and headed towards another market.

To Lin En, those memories of the original owner in his mind were more like some extremely real movies.

He was indeed inevitably affected by it, but those were just the memories of the original owner after all.

(End of this chapter)