Chapter 34 34. Breeze City
Annan is like a country bumpkin who came 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 made passers-by move aside.
Lying in front of the window and looking at Breeze City in amazement: the spacious street that accommodates eight carriages stretches 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 sunshine 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 few professionals who can be seen in the busiest streets of the town all day long. Bards wearing hats with colorful feathers, priests spreading doctrines, avoiding pedestrians can be seen everywhere. Children running around with carriages and horses, and mercenaries covered in dust.
Annan even saw the longing elves - the elves that 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 around, showing off their beautiful and vigorous figures. Some of them wear luxurious natural robes. Their long pale golden hair is braided into thin braids, and they are adorned with sparkling jewelry.
"They are so beautiful..." Annan couldn't help shouting.
Soruman Bronzebeard's muffled hum sounded from behind, seeming to be mocking mankind's poor aesthetics.
"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 keenly. , his eyes were 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 disappeared after seeing the Winchet emblem on the car.
An incident turned into nothingness, but Soruman Bronzebeard was more pleased with Annan.
She likes the saying that goblins and elves are related.
As the carriage approaches the aristocratic area where the Winchet family lives, there are fewer and fewer people wearing simple and monotonous linen clothes, and correspondingly more and more passers-by wearing luxurious clothes.
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 out of the carriage, asked Annan and the others to stay outside, and then entered the manor with the female escort. Not long after, the female guard came to the carriage holding a box of books.
"The lady said that she wants to rest at the manor for a day. Let you meet here tomorrow afternoon."
Annan put away the book box and probably guessed that Lindy didn't want them to go in - mainly because she didn't want her aunt. Meet yourself.
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 the club when a legend stood on the opposite side."
Hopping off the carriage, the female dwarf pointed at the middle-aged man who greeted him and said.
"Are you sure you want to ridicule me in front of new friends?"
A middle-aged man with long hair smiled bitterly and held his hands on his chest, greeting Annan and Tasia: "Andrew... Luna.”
"Annan, she is Tasia." The female dwarf introduced.
Andrew Luna’s temperament is very much like that of a bard, especially the feathers on his collar. 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 bluntly.
"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 quite neat and clean, but because the walls are made of single-layer wooden boards, soundproofing is a luxury. Fortunately it's only morning.
Soruman Bronzebeard reminisced with Andrew Luna on the first floor. 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.
“Can’t you 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 arranging rituals, and arranging rituals requires magic materials. The more expensive the magic materials are, the better the effects will be...
Of course, you can also just meditate without arranging any rituals... The cost is time itself.
Bang bang——
Soruman Bronzebeard knocked on the door at this time: "I found out the location of the traveling merchant. Do you want to go over and take a look?"
"Of course."
Annan, who was still feeling sluggish due to the meditation ritual, felt very inspired.
Tasia also got into the carriage. 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.
At 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 everything here."
Tasia stayed in the carriage, Annan and the others walked into the publishing house and explained their purpose. Go 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"." Youshang introduced.
""The Law Breaks 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 merchant was stunned, The deal that 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."
(End of Chapter)