In another world, Lu Mingfei is learning card making.

The Travellers' Street in Saint-Marie is laid out differently from other places: it doesn't require any shuttle service, nor do students need to leave the school gates to go to the alley next door; its appearance to the outside is that of five pavilions.

The pavilions were distinguished by their respective magical powers; the roofs of the five pavilions were each the color of their respective magical powers. Lu Mingfei watched the people coming and going inside, pondered for a moment, and then sat down in the green pavilion.

Summon, the Pot of Life!

Even if the summoning requirement doesn't include the corresponding mana, the magical spirit itself has a certain spell preference. This preference might be somewhat lacking in combat or rituals, but it's more than enough to activate the Traveler's Street teleportation.

When applied to the pot spirit that initially accompanied him, it becomes the color 'green', symbolizing life—although the act of turning life into the Philosopher's Stone is viewed with hostility by many, it is indeed a transformation of life, and it certainly falls within the realm of green magic.

The spirit landed and immediately leaned against Lu Mingfei. First, it hugged Lu Mingfei's arm, and then it put the prepared 'offering'—an innocent sparrow that had fallen into a bird trap—into the jade bottle and used the residual magic power from when it was created to transfer it.

Lu Mingfei first felt a wave of dizziness, then layers of invisible ripples flashed before his eyes, and the scene outside the pavilion rapidly changed, transforming into a scene that perfectly fit the stereotype of a "commercial street for mages in a magical world":

On both sides were uneven, aged bluestone walls, and prominent signs displayed various icons. A constant stream of people, dressed in all sorts of different styles, surrounded the area.

Some wore black cloaks and capes like wizards, some wore silver helmets and armor like knights, and some even had a pumpkin on their heads that was three times the size of them!

Lu Mingfei couldn't help but wonder, since he hadn't seen anyone dressed strangely at school and hadn't seen a changing room along the way, how could they have changed their usual school uniforms into something like this?

Then he found the answer at a roadside stall:

"Look, these are magic cards from the Costume Change Card series." The senior student selling the cards, dressed in a floral shirt that looked like it was made of patchwork fabric, explained when he saw Lu Mingfei looking at the cards on his stall with curiosity:

"According to the classification, this belongs to the category of prop cards, but compared with those props with special functions, this kind of card does not have any special abilities. It is just like putting a leather cover on the clothes you are wearing."

"Don't use it for fighting. This thing is not meant to be used in fights. It's very troublesome to repair. You can only wear it when the Traveler's Street is open, or when you attend a dance party on Halloween."

"Want one? Just swipe and you can transform yourself!"

The senior student pulled out another card, smeared it on his head, and his floral shirt instantly transformed into a well-fitting suit—but after their earlier exchange, Lu Mingfei could no longer see him as a gentleman; instead, the more he looked at him, the more he resembled an insurance salesman.

But you know what, this thing is actually quite interesting...

"How much is one?" Lu Mingfei picked and chose at the stall, finally finding one that caught his eye.

"It's not expensive, it's 15 credits each, we only make a meager profit—a blank magic card costs 10 credits, junior, don't bother haggling."

It seems...not expensive at all?

Lu Mingfei thought for a moment, then tapped his college card against the senior's. After deducting 15 credits, Lu Mingfei picked up the card he had already chosen.

Swipe your card, transform!

"Junior, don't transform during class, or the teacher will confiscate your costume cards!"

Lu Mingfei waved his hand, leaving the senior student who was setting up a stall behind, walked a few steps forward, found a secluded spot, and summoned the red-robed monk:

"Come on, look at my new clothes! Aren't they nice?"

The red-robed monk stared into thought as he looked at Lu Mingfei's red cloak, which matched hers.

Lu Mingfei, however, didn't seem to notice anything. He was currently exploring his new toy—a cloak that was entirely red, with a mechanical structure in the center of the back, and could be controlled by four spider-like mechanical limbs through the threads on the collar.

"Hey! Ha!"

Lu Mingfei pulled the thread, and the mechanical limbs swung down with seemingly swift but actually weak movements. If you didn't consider that Lu Mingfei's fingers were below his face, manipulating the thread at his collar, it would actually look like he had undergone mechanical modifications as well.

"Let me adjust it for you." The red-robed abbot looked at the rather excited Lu Mingfei and didn't comment on his "fashion sense." "I'll adjust the input ports of these machines so that you can use these auxiliary machines discreetly, without having to maintain this posture."

"Okay." Lu Mingfei nodded excitedly. The red-robed monk's mechanical pupils moved slightly, as if adjusting their focus.

She pulled out two steel wires from somewhere, connecting them along the thread of her collar to the machinery behind her back, and then began modifying it. Four mechanical limbs made of sheet metal were removed and transformed into two multi-functional mechanical claws. The control ends of the steel wires were shaped into rings and placed on Lu Mingfei's middle fingers—

"It's finished. Try it again." Looking at his masterpiece, the red-robed monk nodded.

Lu Mingfei tentatively moved his fingers and quickly figured out how the mechanical claw worked: there was a steel wire inside the ring to balance the impact of daily activities on the mechanical claw's control lines. If the mechanical claw needed to be activated, he only needed to flick the ring, and it would be controlled by the ring on his finger, moving wherever he pointed.

The default setting is a mechanical claw. If you pull it a few times to draw all the threads from the back to your hand, the claw will turn into a sword blade. If you rotate the ring to send all the threads back to the back, it will activate a small alcohol lamp, which can be used to light fires or burn things.

The mechanical claw can even automatically grasp objects using purely mechanical means and then deliver them to Lu Mingfei's hand.

"Wow! So cool!"

Lu Mingfei manipulated the mechanical claw, transforming it from a claw to a sword to an alcohol torch, thoroughly enjoying himself. The red-robed acolyte watched this scene, his mechanical prosthetic eye fixed on Lu Mingfei's face, his pupils shifting back and forth.

—Since there are no restrictions on what to wear on Traveler's Street, the students, who had been cooped up for a month, wore all sorts of strange outfits. Lu Mingfei walked with the flow of people and didn't look out of place at all.

A red-robed attendant led the way, and Lu Mingfei followed behind her, heading towards the spot his teacher had given him.

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Traveler's Street itself is divided into sections. Section A is mainly a sales point for professional materials for five-color magic power, and most of the people who frequent this area are upperclassmen. Section B is where freshmen usually hang out, and it sells blank magic cards and various basic or semi-finished materials.

As for Zone C, it mainly houses snack shops, bookstores, pet shops, and treat shops, and also sells recreational toys like Magic Chess, making it the true consumer area of ​​the traveler's street.

Lu Mingfei first picked out a classic card holder with the red-robed acolyte before going to find the so-called Cat Servant Tavern.

"Seriously, isn't there some kind of rule in this world that prohibits young people from drinking? How come a pub is located in the traveler's street near the school?"

Lu Mingfei looked at the name and couldn't help but mutter it to himself.