Blood of Mercury

Compared with other areas, the Second Ring Road is the most peaceful and most like the place where outsiders live.

Because the second ring is relatively close to the core area, the area here is not large. Because it may affect the learning of the wizard apprentices, the wizards of the scientific research department will not put the research institute in the second ring.

After all, the research and development of witchcraft items is basically inseparable from explosions, earthquakes, and various forms of pollution. The wizards in these scientific research departments basically have teaching positions, and as teachers, they do not want their students to be distracted for this reason.

Therefore, the largest number of entertainment and catering stores in the second ring road. Because many wizard apprentices from the outside world can't stand the dullness of the early stage of practicing witchcraft, these stores that mainly face wizard apprentices can make a lot of money.

After all, people who don't have money don't come to learn witchcraft. On the other hand, there are not many bad family conditions for learning witchcraft.

You must know that one of the conditions for learning sorcery is that the bloodline attribute is high enough, and the second is that you like to read books since childhood, and you can get the personal characteristics of the whole book.

This means that the family is at least at the level of scholars or declining nobles. There is even a high possibility that the father or grandfather also had the experience of learning witchcraft.

So these storefronts are very different from the outside world. They take the high-end route, and the quality of the decor and food is much better than the same type of storefront.

The price of their food is at least three times higher than the normal price, not to mention all kinds of non-alcoholic beverages, a banquet can easily break into the income of ordinary merchant families outside the world for more than a year. The wizard apprentices are forbidden to drink alcohol. Those apprentices from Su Ze want to get a bottle of wine, which is basically more difficult than getting the same weight of drugs.

"Hot Calista" is the only bar in the Second Ring Road.

It was noon now, and the people who drank all night here last night have dragged their tired bodies back to the dormitory, and today's guests have not arrived.

It's when the bar is at its least crowded—to put it simply, there's not a single customer in it.

"excuse me."

While the two waitresses on duty were chatting, a man in a long trench coat slowly stepped in from the door, and politely bowed and apologized.

His nondescript behavior immediately made the two young girls laugh.

"Two pancakes, please, masiyah with lemon juice, and a creamy bisque. And a green salad, thank you."

It's like treating this place as a restaurant—

His warm temperament, which was completely at odds with the bar, aroused the curiosity of the two girls.

Involuntarily, the two of them raised their heads and looked at the person in front of them carefully.

First impression is. The deep facial features unique to the Bansa people.

As if staring at you all the time, it's more akin to a **** three-dimensional face than a handsome face.

Looking more closely, the calmness of a researcher in his thirties who has been reading all kinds of classics all year round comes to his face.

The height of nearly 1.9 meters is a bit high for the Bansa people. His hair color is platinum gold, which is close to pure gold, and his pupils are very clear lake blue. A pure and holy temperament made him seem almost out of the realm of people. More like the kind of statue that would be placed in a library.

There was no cape on his long brown trench coat, and no cape behind him. And his cuffs are the kind of fluffy wide sleeves that Bansa people like to use, but the trouser legs are tighter, and the trousers are tucked into the calfskin boots.

In general, he feels more like the kind of bard who was popular ten years ago, who would challenge a bully with a sword, a harp, and a book.

Not very handsome, but it is the kind of person that is missing in today's White Tower.

The two girls couldn't help but their eyes lit up.

One of the long-haired girls glanced at him reluctantly, and was quietly kicked under the table by the female companion. So she had to stare at her and go to the kitchen to prepare food.

The remaining girl with short hair is obviously more lively.

She jumped up to the man, but before she could speak, she heard the man speak apologetically: "I'm sorry... I've never been to such a place. If I say something wrong, please say more. Cover."

"You are so funny..."

The short-haired girl widened her eyes in surprise. Then he burst out laughing: "Even if you haven't been here, most people will pretend to be there. How can you be a coward in front of a girl?"

"I just don't think there's any need to lie about this kind of thing."

The tall man smiled slightly, and his voice was calm and rather ancient: "If you know, you know, if you don't know, you don't know, even if you pretend to be very powerful, it won't change anything... On the contrary, it may be a lie. When exposed, it became the laughing stock of everyone."

"...I see that you seem to like to teach people a lesson."

"It's probably a habit."

The man immediately showed his sincere apology: "If my words make you feel uncomfortable, then I apologize..."

"Okay, okay, you don't need to be so serious when you talk, right? It's just a joke... Then again, are you a new teacher? In fact, we are all wizard apprentices. Maybe one day we can be in class. I met you!"

With a sad smile, the man watched the short-haired girl keep talking beside him.

Suddenly, he said, "You are a good girl."

A neat straight ball.

The short-haired waitress immediately went down.

She was stunned for about three or four seconds before she said incoherently, "You, what are you talking about. It's the first time we've met. This is really..."

"No. It has nothing to do with the first meeting."

The man shook his head gently, interrupting the stammering words of the waitress: "What a person's personality is, it should be revealed when they meet for the first time and when they first talk. , has been deeply integrated into a person's every move."

"You're a good girl, I can see it. You're cheerful. You're pure, you don't have bad intentions, you like to help others, and at the same time, you have the restraint that a girl should have - like a blank sheet of paper, a very clean good girl."

Having said that, he sighed and muttered: "So, you shouldn't be here..."

The short-haired girl was in a hurry.

She said angrily: "What's wrong with me here? The boss is a good guy, and this is not one of those filthy bars outside. It's full of apprentices and wizards who come to work, and those who come to drink will be afraid to study all night. The wizard apprentices who are studying will not make much noise... Everyone is a good person."

The man just listened quietly, with a more compassionate and gentle light in his eyes.

"Yes. Everyone is a good person, just came to the wrong place... No, maybe you are right~www.NovelMTL.com~ It's not necessarily that we are wrong... who knows."

He sighed a third time.

- Really weird.

The short-haired waitress defines him. It just so happened that the long-haired girl made the salad and came out with two pancakes, so the man also found a seat and sat down without speaking.

"Hey! Freak! What's your name!"

"Hey? Lily, why are you so rude!"

"It's really a weirdo because..."

The man didn't blame the two who were fighting, but looked at them with the loving eyes of an old man.

He was not surprised by the sudden question. He just spoke softly, and his steady voice echoed in the small bar: "Xila. My name is Xila."

"—If it's all right, I suggest you take a trip out these days, good girls." (To be continued.)