Cornflower Witch

Chapter 410 Ice Cream and Dragon

"Aurora, have you ever seen a dragon?" During break time, Lover suddenly asked this question.

"Never seen it before, what's wrong?"

"I'm suddenly quite curious." The blonde young lady twirled a strand of hair between her fingers.

“I have seen all the existing ‘attributes’ and abilities, but the only ones I haven’t seen are ‘Dragon Eye’ creatures and treasures.”

"I used to think that it was just Ellafendi that didn't have it; the Mage Alliance is so prosperous, it must have it."

After listening, Aurora smiled and then shook her head slightly.

“Dragons haven’t appeared for a long time. What you can find in the Mage Alliance now are probably only the remains of dragons or treasures they once made,” she replied slowly.

"Around the end of the Eighth Era, with the return of the 'Celestial Dragon' and the establishment of the Heavenly Garden - Dragon Kingdom, most of the living dragons migrated there to live. Currently, the only place where you can see dragons flying is probably the First Continent."

"There is the Sun Dynasty, blessed by the Corona Dragon. The royal family has dragon blood, or rather, they are humanoid dragons. In addition, some dragons also live in the palace."

"What about the other continents? Are there none at all?" Luo Wei'er asked curiously.

"Well, didn't Hedra say that the ancestor of the Fox family encountered a dragon-slaying warrior?"

“That one…” Aurora also twirled a strand of silver-gray hair around her shoulder.

"Perhaps it's some forgotten dragon."

"Actually, there is another legend, which is that there may still be dragons on the lost seventh continent."

"The Seventh Continent?"

"Yes, you rarely hear people talk about the Seventh Continent, right? That's because that continent is at the end of the giant serpent and may have sunk into the fog, not seeing the sunlight for thousands of years."

“No one knows exactly where that continent is, but the Divine Stars all say that the Seventh Continent does exist and is related to the position of Divine Star of ‘Mist Shadow’,” Aurora said. Just then, Sylvia returned to the classroom and sat down next to the two of them.

"Hedra is back."

"Yes, I discussed it with the butler sent by Miss Hu Tao for a while, and I didn't expect her to actually start taking action." Xilutiya said, recalling the ice cream cone that she and Hu Tao suggested at the last banquet. She didn't expect that a month later, the other party would actually produce the finished product.

"I heard from that butler that the Fox family's pastry chef has developed three new flavors of ice cream scoops, which are sold with cones," Hiltia recalled of their conversation.

"Compared to traditional cakes and pastries, the biggest advantage of this new type of cone ice cream, 'Snowball Ice Cream,' is that it is easy to hold in your hand."

“In the past, desserts could only be enjoyed at home or in restaurants, but this new type of ice cream can not only be bought on the street and eaten while walking, but its bright colors and cool taste are also rare among other desserts.”

“It’s already the end of May, and the weather will soon get warmer, making it easier to promote the new ice cream,” said Hilti, referring to the business plan they had just discussed.

Actually, she had only mentioned it casually before, but seeing how sincere and proactive Walnut and Fox were, she couldn't help but take it seriously and began to consider the possibility of promoting this new type of dessert.

"Wow, Hedra really did it!" Lover exclaimed excitedly, her eyes wide, as if Hilti had already succeeded.

"Not so fast yet, we need to see the market reaction first." The girl shook her head slightly. In this world, there wasn't a specialized marketing and promotion concept yet. The methods used by major businesses were still very simple and outdated: holding banquets to inform the upper echelons, and then having them spread the trend to the lower classes.

"In addition, this kind of promotion will require opening many new stalls and test sites in the Asla area, which will probably require a lot of people to do it, and recruiting people is not an easy task."

“The useful laborers in the Asura District have long been recruited by the major leaders, becoming their cards and resources to trade with various merchants and schools. The laborers that the leaders don’t want are either those with bad reputations and criminal records, or those with unfamiliar backgrounds who are difficult to control.”

The three chatted and laughed as they passed the break and continued their studies for the day.

——Nighttime·Scallion Street——

In the underground passage, hurried footsteps could be heard. The elderly man with the bird-like beak strode into the largest, most spacious room and saw the enormous, fiery red boar sitting on a stone seat.

"Your Majesty, I have good news!" He walked to the other person's side and continued speaking without waiting for a response.

“The Fox family sent people over to talk to us. They want to recruit people to test new projects and promote new desserts. And this project is very big and requires a lot of manpower.”

For the next hour, the old man gave Fire Pig a detailed introduction to the new ice cream project, as well as how much the Fox family had invested in it and how big their plans were.

"Oh, this is wonderful." The fire pig opened its eyes and struggled to sit up.

“Yes, once we have a partnership, we can easily connect with them and get them to help us find clues about the ‘Dragon Eye’,” the old man said excitedly.

"Their family has businesses in various districts of the Mage Alliance, and they are very well-informed."

“Yes, yes…” The fire pig nodded, but he wasn’t as excited as the old man. Instead, he looked at the flames and pondered carefully.

"However, how can we get the other party to search wholeheartedly for us without doubting or opposing us?"

“It’s true that we don’t have any conflict with them, but they don’t have much of an obligation to help us either.” He continued tapping the handrail, thinking step by step.

"We must connect this matter with what the other party wants to do, and make them the same thing."

"That's right, we're not just making ordinary ice cream. That kind of thing only makes a little money." Fire Pig suddenly laughed, but his greasy face made the smile look very fierce.

“I love eating, and I understand what students and kids like. Ordinary ice cream can’t satisfy those proud students. They want something more novel, more imaginative, and something that can easily evoke a sense of superiority.”

"Vanilla ice cream? Fruit ice cream? No, no, no, what we want is something that no one has ever seen or imagined before: Flame ice cream, Dragon ice cream."

"Tell the Fox family's envoy that their ideas are still too conservative and need to be more impactful. To conquer those proud mage apprentices who think they are superior just because they have knowledge, they need something more powerful and rare."

"That's right, that's right, dragons are such creatures, creatures that only exist in fantasy. Who can resist the fantasy of riding a dragon to save a princess in fairy tales?"

The fire pig managed to stand up, its enormous, obese body reaching almost to the ceiling.

"Let the Fox family use their existing network of connections to bring in the remains of a dragon and create a magnificent, enormous dragon specimen. That would be something to attract students from all over the Asura district to visit and experience."

The brazier in the room was burning, and the huge back of the fire pig was projected onto the wall. On his seemingly foolish face were deep, dark eyes, which, in the flickering firelight, burned with desire.

(End of this chapter)