The magic caravan is parked on a quiet street lined with maple trees.In the early spring season, these maple trees have just spit out their tender green leaves, and everything seems to be thriving, and the bluestone pavement still has water left behind by the rain, and the wheels of the carriage run over and splash on the bush wall along the roadside.There were always quiet taverns in the streets of the Imperial Capital, and the carriage brought me and Noah here according to the address left on the note that Kig had stuffed into my palm.There weren't many pedestrians in the streets, and the faces hidden under the hoods were so delicate, slender and well-proportioned, dressed in elaborate costumes with cut-out patterns, and though I could see their pointed ears hidden under the hoods, I could sketch them in my mind by their pointed chins and delicate faces.That's right, most of the pedestrians walking on the street are some elves, maybe most of them are half-elves.This is the third largest district of the imperial capital, and the most famous place in this district is the imperial capital Grand Opera House, where most of the people who live in this area are interested in art, music, painting, and so on.Red Maple Street in the third district, is the elf clan and those half-elves living in the imperial capital, almost half of the elves living in the imperial capital, all gather here to live, in the shops here, you can easily buy the elves' daily necessities, the elves like to eat fish and fruits, and there is almost no barbecue food in the restaurants here.Walking on the street, the green grass on the sidewalks on both sides, those portrait galleries and piano shops can be seen everywhere, here is full of artistic atmosphere, there are a lot of green plants in this area, looking at this side from a distance, it feels like a forest in the city, those buildings and the big trees on the street are perfectly integrated, making this neighborhood seem demure and comfortable.This tavern, known as the Red Maple Leaf, is painted with oil paint on the concrete wall to look like the trunk of a giant tree, like a treehouse dug out of a huge maple tree, but obviously this is just a beautiful masterpiece by the painter, but the roof is covered with red maple trees, which makes this place a little more elegant.I walked up the stone steps and gently knocked on the wooden door of the tavern, and an elven waiter opened the door suspiciously, and said with a faint expression, "Sorry, this is a private club, and it does not accept guests other than members. ”"Noah and I looked at each other speechlessly, I didn't expect that there was such a maverick tavern in the imperial capital, which was not open to the public, but only entertained the old customers of the store."
Jijia, did you get the wrong address?"
Noah patted me on the shoulder, his eyes seemed to want to look inside through the crack in the door, but they were blocked by the elven waiter with his body, and the light inside was very dark, and Noah withdrew his gaze with a curtive expression.Somewhat uncertain, I pulled the note out of my bosom and unfolded it to reconfirm the address written on it.Noah suddenly leaned over to me, put his head over to look at the handwriting on the note, and then said, "Let me see, which lady asked you out?"
”A touch of Juanxiu's handwriting was unsigned, and Noah withdrew his gaze in disappointment.I smiled, pointed inside, and said to him, "I'll know the answer when I'm in, so why rush?"
”Then I bowed my head to the elven attendant and said, "A friend invited me here, and my name is Jiga." ”The wooden door creaked and was pushed open by the elven attendant, he stood beside him, holding the wooden doorknob with one hand and the other hand on his chest, and applied a standard elven etiquette to me, and then said lightly: "Miss Lucia has been waiting for you for a long time, Your Excellency Wizard Jijia, please come in!"
”I replied to him with a non-standard elven etiquette, and his face had a slight warmth, no longer the cold look he had just looked.Noah stood behind me, his mouth widened, and he pointed at me and said, "Did you actually take me to see President Lucia?"
Did you know each other before?
”Noah looked a little excited, and chattered to me: "I said, why did two seniors who didn't know each other suddenly kindly recommend us to the Sword and Rose Club, was it arranged by President Lucia?"
But in that case, why don't you just recruit us in and ask for a referral quota from the members of the old club?
”I smiled and didn't say a word, just put my arm around his shoulders and walked with him into this high-end tavern in the form of a private club.Walking into the tavern, I found that the light was not dim, and the walls of the tavern depicted the scene of the forest of eternal night, and beneath the towering trees that covered the sky and the sun was a new world full of tranquility, with ferns and low shrubs that did not need much sunlight to grow, and those bushes were full of yellow berries.Walking in the corridors of the tavern is like being in the middle of the eternal night forest."
This is the Forest of Eternal Night?"
Noah said in surprise, and he lowered his voice: "It's so beautiful here!"
”。
There were some magic chandeliers in the style of pale green tree essence hanging in the hall, and the wooden tables in the living room were almost empty, except for a small stage in the corner, where a few young elves sat together.The melodious sound of the harp came from the hall of the tavern, and on a small stage in the corner, an elven girl dressed in a verdant jungle costume was singing in a low voice to the sound of the piano, she was wearing a long linen dress made of leaf fibers, a beautiful flower crown on her head, her eyes closed and seemed very engaged, and the handsome elven young man beside her was smiling and playing the piano for her.The waiter walked ahead of us, lowered his voice and said, "Please come with me." ”The elven waiter went up the wooden spiral staircase, and Noah and I followed him to the second floor of the tavern, where there was a circular corridor, and along the outer side of the circular corridor, there was a row of circular cabins.On the inside of the circular corridor, a row of small round tables is placed along the fence, from which you can clearly see the small stage on the first floor.Kig and Lucia sat at the small round table next to the fence, Kig was wearing a luxurious magic robe in the style of Calemian, leaning into Lucia's ear and whispering softly, while Lucia was smiling and moaning, she was wearing the skin armor of the thorn-tailed crystal lion, but she looked feminine with a little heroic, and the elegance of the elf girl seemed to be expanded countless times in her.I felt that the elven waiter's eyes actually trembled slightly the moment he saw Lucia, it was a kind of love that was deliberately suppressed in the bottom of his heart, and the elven waiter then turned to me and said, "Miss Lucia and her friends are sitting there, if you need anything, please feel free to command." ”After saying that, the elven attendant silently pushed away, and did not follow us.When Noah saw Kige, his face flushed again, this aristocratic son from Palestina Province finally couldn't resist the unique charm of Kige, even if there were a group of beautiful maids in his castle, the first time he saw Kige, he would still look blushing and nervous, and his palms were sweaty.I had to put my hand on Noah's shoulder to soothe his nervousness.Kige looked at me with a smile, beckoned to me, pursed his lips and smiled at me, "Jijia, this way!"
”Noah and I sat down opposite the two women, and Qige bowed slightly, put a hand on my shoulder very chicly, and introduced Lucia very familiarly: "This is Jijia, I met him in the Star Lake Grassland. ”When Kig introduced me to his close friend Lucia like this, Noah seemed a little unnatural, and he was a little afraid to look into Kige's eyes.Noah sat beside me, looking a little dazed and slightly embarrassed.After a while, he gradually became a little more sober, and he punched me hard in the shoulder before saying, "Jijia, you have made me so miserable." ”"Now how do I feel that I am in front of Jijia, all the face is gone, Jijia, you should have told me earlier!"
Noah looked at me with a grim expression.In front of me, he talked a lot about Qige, and now he saw that Qige was actually my friend, and he looked very embarrassed.I didn't pay attention to Noah, I guess his heart must be like knocking over the five-flavor bottle at the moment, all kinds of flavors burst out in his heart, and his heart must be extremely sour.No matter what time she was, her aura was very strong, she put her arms around Lucia's fragrant shoulder, and then said to me very openly: "Jijia, this is my close friend Lucia.Hehe, you must not have guessed that my close friend is the president of your club, right?
”"Hi Jijia!"
Lucia smiled slyly at me, blushing as she stretched out her small, snow-white hand to me.I looked a little dazed, I didn't think that this incomparably innocent elf girl was occasionally a little dark, at least I looked at Qige's situation, I must not know that Lucia and I knew each other before, and Lucia also thought that those things in El City had never happened before, we nodded to each other, like new friends who would only meet after Qige's introduction.I thought about it carefully, and felt that Lucia was right to do this, no one wants to live in the shadows of the past, probably Lucia wants to forget the gloomy life that was plundered by the slaves, and of course I will help her keep this secret.I had no choice but to bow slightly, gently peck the back of her hand, and then said very humbly: "Hello, President Lucia, I have long admired your great name, the day Senior Andre recommended me to join the club, thanks to your summons, I had the honor to meet you once. ”"I remember you!"
Seeing that I understood her hints, Lucia pursed her lips and forced the smile in her eyes, her eyes were full of tears, and that kind of innocence and shyness allowed her to fully display the beauty of the Silver Moon Elf Girl, her face was dyed with a layer of red at the moment, and her eyes were about to drip water."
Hey, Jijia, your noble hand kiss is really well learned."
Qige was in a very good mood, after she teased me, she leaned into Lucia's ear and whispered to her: "Lucia, I told you before, when I was studying at the Imperial Capital Junior Magic Academy, I had a trip, he was a small handyman in the caravan at that time, and he ran around with an orc boy all day long, and in a flash, I hadn't seen him for a few years, and he actually settled down in a small northern city, and awakened the magic pool, and became an excellent magician, hey, Jijia, I remember you at that time, I also learned some orc magic from the old orc named Kuru, have you forgotten it now?
”Kig actually knew what orc shaman skills I had mastered, and she said this in front of Lucia so that I could use these orc shamanic magic on other occasions in the future, so that it would not be too obtrusive."
Orc magic?"
Lucia said in surprise, her eyes filled with curiosity.Noah also had a look of sudden realization at this time, and when he saw what I said to Qige, he didn't shy away from it in the slightest, so he asked me in a low voice: "Jijia, no wonder I don't know what kind of skills the magic I blessed on my body during the team battle, so those are the magic of the beasts?"
”"Don't talk patroniss, what do you want to drink?"
Kig said, then beckoned softly into the corner.The half-lizard maid Takama wore a tight leather armor, and quietly walked out of the corner, her golden pupils in the shadows, exuding a trace of coldness, her tall and outstanding figure looked more and more perfect under the background of the tight leather armor, she held two glasses of water in the tray in her hand, when she had a straight face, she exuded a coldness, it felt like a poisonous snake in the dark, she seemed to be a little afraid of me, always avoided my gaze as if she didn't care, even when she handed me the glass of water, Fingers were trembling slightly.But fortunately, after she only brought two glasses of water, she disappeared into the shadows again and never appeared again.The four of us chatted briefly in the tavern, and then Lucia invited us to a drink of a wine that was abundant in Silvermoon Elf, and it tasted very sweet, maybe because of the addition of a lot of honey, I didn't think this very sweet wine tasted good, but it seemed to be a favorite of the ladies.Kig actually wanted to introduce me to Lucia, because the Royal Academy of Magic field training activities at the beginning of next month, the Sword and Rose Society will also participate.Moreover, Qige also said in public in the martial arts training ground of the martial arts hall that I will be in a team with Qige when I am training in the Yale plane, so this small gathering, Qige hopes that my close friend Lucia and I can get to know each other in advance.Noah gradually also discovered that the two goddesses in his mind are not so cold, and he usually likes humorous men when chatting, and Noah, who is obviously well-educated by the nobility, has a very good control over the scale of chatting, and knows where to lead the topic, so that everyone will not be embarrassed, so the topic of the four of us has always seemed very relaxed.When Noah found out that Kig and I were very good friends in private, he asked, "So, all those rumors in the Magic Research Institute are false?"
”He was still very concerned about what Lorenzo had said in the afternoon, and began to ask me about these things.Originally, the group of magical teenagers from the Imperial Capital Gang in the morning and afternoon were obviously looking for fault, maybe they wanted to find an excuse to use the advantage of numbers to fight with me.It's a pity that they didn't have the shame to the point of waving their fists in front of everyone, so someone had to stand up and provoke me verbally, and if I was provoked, or to fight with Lorenzo, or to invite a duel, it would give them a chance to do it.At this time, Kige came out and invited me to go on a training trip early next month, which seemed to be a punishment for me.In fact, almost all the single male magicians in the Demon Court are extremely crazy to have this kind of punishment at the moment!"
How could it be fake!"
Kige's sweet smile was incomparably charming, her delicate body was lazily leaning back on the sofa, holding blood-red wine in her hand, and that misty look was like the incomparable beautiful female vampire count summoned by Su in the magic circle."
He's been trying to escape my magical experiments all day, and lately he and Yerkis seem to be working on a magic pattern build, and to be honest, it's affected me."
Kige's sweet voice sounded to me like a succubus' whisper."
Of the potions prepared for the auction, only three have been made so far, and ten are said to be good."
Do you really want to make ten?
Oh, my God!
Sometimes, I feel like my life is pretty bleak.Could it be that with the blood wolf clan's bloodline innate self-healing ability, is it destined to help her test those dangerous potions?