Episode 111
Allen returned to the dormitory after the end of the semester ended.
From the bullying incident to the dozens of day and night battles with Gaion, and Dalian at the end of this semester.
Allen didn’t get a proper rest until the midterms were over.
The next morning, after spending the rest of the day sleeping, Allen and Enelia took to the streets.
Second-year students will start competing at the end of the semester from today, but first-year students who completed all their schedules on the first day were not eligible.
Therefore, they added to the festivities by setting up stalls according to the wealth they belonged to.
After leaving the dormitory, the street I saw was noisy.
“Inelia, I’m going to walk around slowly today, so please guide me.”
“All right. Follow me.”
It was no exaggeration to say that Enelia was able to see through the map of Elpis because she roamed the streets countless times under Allen’s orders.
The first place she headed was the industrial district.
The industrial district, where goods and weapons stores, including various daily necessities consumed in the city, were listed was strange.
“Cat organ! There is only one cat organ in the world!”
“I am selling stones that dance alone!
Elpis city itself was full of strange things that could not even be heard from outside.
“Inellia, what is a cat organ? It’s the first instrument I’ve ever heard.”
“… He doesn’t look good, so you’d better not look at it.”
Allen realized that she knew how to make those expressions.
‘No, this is a decoration for me.’
It is said that her native race cannot feel emotions.
Allen was soon able to hear from her why the industrial district was full of these strange inventions.
“It is said to be a tradition held at festivals twice a year.”
She explained in a clear voice.
“It was originally a contest to select the best artist in the industrial district, but the city grew… .”
Conversation with Enelia was beneficial.
Originally, in the industrial district, only practicality and mass production were pursued, but when the craftsman who came from outside laughed and left, the craftsmen in the city held a contest saying that they could make artistic objects themselves.
So I toured the industrial district with her, stopping by the Hall of Valhalla.
“Sindri, are you in?”
“who… yap! Oh, Allen.”
“Sindri, long time no see. Is business going well?”
“Ah, Allen-sama, Duck, it is!”
Allen smiled at her seeing her after a long time. She was still small and tall enough to hold a hammer.
“Maybe it’s a festival day, are you doing anything special?”
“Ah yes. yes! This is it!”
Sindri made such a confident face and brought something out of the hall of Valhalla.
“Hey, this, ah, look inside, there’s a treasure!”
What she brought was a box the size of her upper body. There was a hole in the box to put one of her arms in, and the sound of hundreds or thousands of wings could be heard from within.
“… Is there anything in there… .”
“Bee, it is!”
She pulled a suit the size of a human fist out of the hole with large tongs. She then explained her rules with a smile.
“If you get caught in the bur, bee and put all your hands in, you can get a treasure, treasure!”
If you put your hand safely in avoiding hundreds of bees, you can take the treasure inside?
Isn’t that just suicide?
Sindri was steeped in strange traditions while in the industrial district.
“Inelli… ah?”
Allen could see Enelia approaching the box before he knew it. She shoved her hand into her hole without Allen having time to dry it.
then how long was it
After waving her hand a few times, she pulled out her hand as if she had found something.
There were no wounds on her hand.
“De, finally the first one, you are a success!”
Sindri seemed so happy that Inelia had succeeded that she was about to bring something else out of Valhalla’s hall.
Allen took Enelia and left before she brought out something more bizarre.
I could hear them looking behind me, but I didn’t look back.
After leaving the industrial district to some extent, Allen opened his mouth.
“… Can you tell me what you found?”
“It’s a bracelet.”
What she showed me was a finely crafted bracelet with a thin golden ring.
“… Did you know that Shindri could do something like this?”
“Do you want Confucius to write?”
“no… I became.”
Allen shook his head. In the first place, she said that she didn’t like to decorate her body unless it was a place like a banquet hall, and she felt more cumbersome.
“… If so, can you fill it out?”
She held out her thin wrist.
Allen grabbed her wrist and fastened her bracelet.
A golden bracelet shimmering over the white skin suited her well.
“It suits you well.”
“… … thank you.”
She smiled shyly. Perhaps it was her that she was too close, and she smelled of her thick lilac.
“Then let’s go somewhere else.”
After leaving the industrial district, the direction to the east was the research district.
The reason I came to the research district rather than the bustling commercial or residential district by now was simple.
“Did I say here… ? The place where Illyana works for the festival.”
Illyana said that she got to work because a senior in her club asked her to take over while they were competing at the end of the semester.
Linbell, who had been following her, was also caught with her without ever escaping.
“Hey, come this way… nyan.”
While looking for the street vendor she worked for, Allen saw something unbelievable.
“… Is that Illyana?”
“It seems right.”
As the granddaughter of the king of the beast, she, who kept her dignity and manners, was soliciting a maid wearing a maid’s robe she did not know where she got it, with a -nyang attached to the end of her horse.
Linbell was busy cooking.
Since Illyana can’t cook at all, it seems that she had her gather people.
Allen thought about saying hello, but thinking of her pride, she decided to let it go.
Linbell’s side didn’t seem to have time to talk, too, as they were processing orders.
So, I sat down at a nearby street vendor that Enelia was okay with, and looked around the research area.
From the name alone, it was not strange that more than the industrial district protruded, but unlike the industrial district, the research district exhibited items from the ruins.
Characters restored to near perfection.
Thousands of years old sunflower flowers obtained from branches of the World Botanical Gardens.
Steampunk dodecagonal heat conduction watch.
Scenery of the ancient magic video record crystal ball.
Literally, it could be said that among the things found in the ruins, everything that could be brought was brought and restored or displayed for viewing.
Because you can’t usually bring artifacts.
Even so, the successful restoration proved that Elpis’ technology was several times superior to those of other countries.
It was half past the afternoon sun by the time Allen and Enelia left the study area, as there were so many interesting things to do.
“Don’t eat dinner early. I’m thinking of going to the residential district… , is there a good place?”
“We will take you to a place that most aristocratic guests have highly rated.”
The residential district to the west, reached by walking on a large boulevard, had the appearance of a typical festival, as Allen had seen in the estate.
A man soaked in oil spews fire, and a man on top of the ball juggling with a knife.
Stand on both feet in a line about 5 meters high and perform a stunt.
A puppeteer who controls a puppet with two hands presents a play.
From the stunts Allen had seen many times in the estate since he was young, to the stunts of the circus troupes from each region, the reason he started eating was seeing the pale moon in the west.
“… This, I’m sorry.”
“no. It was a pleasure to see a different side of Confucius.”
As she promised, the taste accustomed to Linbell’s cooking was satisfactory enough.
“If there is a good restaurant next time, please come often.”
It seemed like it would be okay to come here once with Rachel.
At the moment, she must be resting well after finishing Dalian at the end of the semester.
As I was about to leave after finishing my meal, I felt a commotion outside.
“Look at that!”
“It’s a parade!”
I turned my head at their cry, and the middle of the road was empty, to which a huge lizard slowly dragged the wagons in the back.
All kinds of artisans were showing their talents on top of the carriage.
“… Hmm, I can’t go to the commercial district like this.”
“If it’s okay, Confucius… How about that?”
When Allen turned his head, what he saw was a piece that had been imprinted in his memory with a strong impression from the first day.
It was an iron horse, a train.
Allen and Enelia entered a nearby station because the road was blocked.
It was the first time Allen had been walking down the street, but Enelia helped him skillfully, as if he had used it a few times.
“Confucius, if you buy this token, you can ride the train. And when you get off, you have to return the used tokens to open the door.”
“… It makes me want to put one in the estate.”
“Perhaps, Dwarf… Can we make ramen?”
At her words, Allen turned her head. Most of the staff working at the train station were Dwarves.
I can’t get enough sunlight, so I chose a job that allows me to work underground… .
“I wish the Sindri brothers and sisters would grow up sooner.”
“… I think it might be difficult for two people.”
“is it… , it’s a shame.”
Iron horses and trains moved quickly and arrived in the commercial district to the south.
In the commercial district, a huge night market was formed as if it was just the beginning. The colorful lights prevented people from falling asleep, and the thick darkness lit up as brightly as daytime.
“A very important auction… It will be held on the last day of the festival, so I think it would be better to just visit the night market today.”
“Do what you want. You were the guide.”
“then… , I will tell you a story about the night market.”
I looked around the night market while listening to her story.
Unusually, the stories related to the night market were not the stories of the place itself, but of people.
The street vendor occupying this place was actually a farmer who sold potatoes somewhere, but it is said that an ancient artifact came out of his land and sold it and came here.
Hearing the stories of many such people, I looked around the night market.
While moving like that, Allen’s footsteps stopped.
As Inellia approached, Allen bowed and picked up the stones with the tornado pattern from a store.
“How much is this?”
“The tornado stone… .”
The merchant tripled the price when he saw Allen’s clothes and the maid waiting for him behind him.
“Give me 3 silver each.”
“Three silver?”
Allen did not haggle and bought what they called the whirlwind stones.
She stays quiet even after Allen’s shopping is over, opening her mouth when the crowds are scarce.
“Confucius, the reason you bought that thing… .”
“This thing is not a whirlwind stone. Its real name is kaleidoscope. It’s helpful when learning wind-type magic. I knew it because I saw it in my mother’s room.”
“Then the original price… ?”
“Even if you can’t, you will have to pay 20 times more than the price I gave you. There is always a demand for things that promote magic training.”
Allen moved forward in a pleasant mood at the slightest gain.
But perhaps it was because of the wrong direction, the number of people in the night market decreased. The bright, colorful lights became gloomy, and more and more people were wearing robes here and there.
Allen paused.
“Inelia, may I ask for guidance?”
“Yes, this is a place where slaves are traded, so this atmosphere… .”
Kwagwang!
While Enelia was speaking, she heard a sudden binge and her back words were buried. Allen narrowed her eyes, raising a moderate tension in her body.
Two dolls were fighting each other for a certain huge sack.
However, it was hard to see in the dark, but both dolls were familiar to Allen’s eyes.
“Heisel, Maria… ?”
The two escaped after being unable to hear Allen’s voice, and eventually a man believed to be a Hygel hijacked the hilt.
Maria was outraged about it, so from the rooftop of the highest floor, she looked in the direction where Heisel had run and flew to another place.
“Is it the original? .”
Soon it will be summer vacation.
Allen decided to organize the knowledge he had, including the black book and the white book.
“Let’s go back, Enelia. I’ve finished watching.”
I took a step back after her.
“Next time, I will come with others.”
Allen moved slowly, thinking about what would happen after the summer break.
The second night of the festival began to pass.