A strange world

Annan is like a country bumpkin coming to the big city for the first time.

Despite the fact that he was in a carriage with the emblem of the Winchet family printed on it, the emblem prompted passers-by to step aside.

I lay in front of the window in awe and looked at Breeze City: the spacious street that accommodated eight carriages stretched straight, as if leading to the snow-capped mountains in the distance. The buildings here are tall and solid, and the houses with pitched roofs facing different directions shine in the sun as the clouds disperse.

A strange shadow fell. Annan raised his head and saw two dragons waving their wings and casting shadows, gliding towards a majestic and tall mage tower standing in the northwest of the city.

Food, alcohol, candies, and magic materials were sold in the windows beside the street. The smell of spices entered the carriage, and even Tasia no longer looked at the "Bastard" that she had never left her hands on.

There are not many professionals who can be seen in the busiest streets of the town all day long. You can see them everywhere here. Bards wearing hats with colorful feathers, priests spreading doctrines, avoiding pedestrians and cars rushing around. Children, mercenaries covered in dust.

Annan even saw the longing elves - the elves who had appeared in Pinglin Town and left quietly as if they appeared quietly - they, or they were as beautiful as the legend, as beautiful as walking out of a painting. These elf rangers wear leather armor that is easy to move, showing off their beautiful and vigorous figures. Some of them are also wearing luxurious natural robes. Their long pale golden hair is braided into scattered thin braids, and they are adorned with sparkling jewelry.

"They are so beautiful..." Annan couldn't help shouting.

Soruman Bronzebeard's muffled groan sounded from behind, seeming to be mocking the poor aesthetics of humans.

"Are elves and goblins related?" Annan pointed at his ears and asked, "Their ears are all pointed..."

After the words fell, an elf ranger on the street turned his head sharply, his eyes like arrows shooting towards the car window... When he saw that it was just a beautiful boy sitting in the carriage, his hostility retreated slightly, and then he saw Wen Che in the car. The special emblem disappears afterward.

An incident turned into nothingness, but Soruman Bronzebeard was more pleased with Annan.

She liked the idea that goblins and elves were related.

As the carriage approached the aristocratic area where the Winchet family lived, there were fewer and fewer people wearing simple and monotonous linen clothes, and correspondingly more and more passers-by wearing luxurious clothing.

Along the way, Annan did not see any products of the industrial age, such as steam cars or factory chimneys, which basically confirmed that industry in this world is still in its infancy.

Not long after, two carriages stopped at the door of a manor—this manor, located in the core of Breeze City and covering an area of ​​​​acres, silently announced the status of the Winchet family.

Lindy got off the carriage and asked Annan and the others to stay outside before entering the manor with the female escort. Not long after, the female guard came to the carriage holding a box of books.

"The young lady said she wants to rest at the manor for a day. She asked you to meet here tomorrow afternoon."

Annan put the book box away, probably guessing that Lindy didn't want them to go in - mainly because she didn't want her aunt to meet her.

But she left the carriage to them. A carriage bearing the Winchet family emblem can solve many unnecessary troubles.

Annan and Tasia looked at each other and at the same time looked at Soruman Bronzebeard.

The female dwarf boasted all the way. Breeze City was as familiar as her dwarf bunker. Now, it was time to take them to the bunker to have a look.

…

Morrowind Tavern.

It sounds like it has something to do with Fast's Dawn Tavern, but in fact it does. In addition to Soruman Bronzebeard being the liquor dealer here, the tavern owner was also a member of the secret society.

"But this coward quit when a legend stood against him."

After jumping off the carriage, the female dwarf pointed at the middle-aged man who was coming and said.

"Are you sure you want to make fun of me in front of your new friends?"

A middle-aged man with long hair smiled wryly and put his hand on his chest, greeting Annan and Tasia: "Andrew Luna."

"Annan, she is Tasia." The female dwarf introduced.

Andrew Luna has a very bard-like vibe, especially the collar feathers. Annan guessed half right. The female dwarf said he was a melancholy poet.

"We are going to stay here for a day and prepare three rooms." Soruman Bronzebeard said unceremoniously.

"Come with me."

Andrew Luna looked at the carriage parked at the door and led them into the tavern.

When he stepped onto the steps of the second floor, Annan discovered that Andrew Luna was wearing curved shoes and a slightly exaggerated aristocratic dress, like a theater actor.

The room is fairly neat and clean, but since the walls are made of single-layer wooden boards, soundproofing is a luxury. Fortunately it's only morning.

Soruman Bronzebeard is on the first floor catching up with Andrew Luna. Tasia and Annan stayed in the room, watching him eagerly open the meditation method. Not long after, he put down his precious meditation method and looked a little strange.

"You do not understand?"

"no……"

This evocation meditation method does not have overly complicated vocabulary, and is even inferior to many literary works that are filled with rhetoric. The root cause of Annan's confusion is that meditation is not an ethereal and obscure way of "allowing consciousness to perceive magic." It does provide clear steps, but there is a prerequisite:

Meditation requires setting up rituals, and setting up rituals requires magical materials. The more expensive the magic material, the better the effect...

Of course, you can also skip the ceremony and just meditate...the cost is the time itself.

Bang bang——

Soruman Bronzebeard knocked on the door: "I found out the location of the traveling merchant. Do you want to go over and take a look?"

"certainly."

Annan, who was feeling sluggish due to the meditation ritual, was very inspired.

Tasia also got into the carriage, and they first went to the traveling merchant's location. They learned that the traveling merchant was still negotiating with the publishing house, so they took him there with them.

Near noon, the carriage stopped in front of the publishing house.

"You come with us," Annan and Soruman Bronzebeard said.

"You asked a dwarf to help negotiate?"

"I'm not familiar with anything here."

Tasia stayed on the carriage, while Annan and the others walked into the publishing house, explained their purpose, and then went to the second floor of the publishing house. From here you could see the street and the carriage below.

"This is the author of "The Law Breaks the Sky"." You Shang introduced.

""The Sky" does not have the structure of a multi-act play, thought-provoking narration and characters..."

"He told me the same thing..." You Shang said in a low voice.

At this time, the publishing house owner looked calmly at the carriage on the street below.

"However, the simple plot and many unprecedented innovations and impressive characters show that this is an excellent work that can be sold."

The travel businessman was stunned. The deal he had been negotiating for several days was easily completed. "The Law Breaks the Sky" will be printed and sold within a month, and Annan will receive 60% of the net profit.

After Annan signed the contract with the publishing house owner, he politely asked Annan what his relationship was with the Winchet family.

"Margaery and I are friends."