Half-elf Notebook

Without any damage, it seems so out of place against the dilapidated background.

There were no stripes, reliefs, or even a single inscription on the white cross.

Some just have a silver pendant hanging on it.

Judging from the silver-colored dust that has accumulated on it, it has been left there for a long time.

The person who erected the tombstone had no intention of removing or opening the pendant.

Rick took out a bucket and a towel from his ring and began to clean the dust on it.

When everything was done, the towel in his hand disappeared in an instant.

Instead, a bouquet of white roses.

The flowers of the white rosy shrub give off a faint fragrance, and it is also a flower used to commemorate the deceased.

"I'm sorry, Willow, little Nash, it's been so long since you came back."

"Perhaps I can tell you about that lovely little one at home. Yes, the one who became Xiaona's sister..."

Rick's voice became soft and slow, as if he wanted even someone who did not exist in this world to be able to hear it clearly.

He pushed aside the roots of the plants on the ground and placed bright roses on them. He then recounted his experiences and what happened this year...

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Thunderstone, East Third Block.

In the afternoon, after finishing her shopping, Ina returned to the Merchants Club.

In preparation for the next attempt, she took off her shawl and all accessories and decided to wash up and relax first.

The rooms provided by the Merchants Club are not large, only the size of a normal double room in a hotel.

Compared with the lounge rooms in regular social clubs, the layout is simpler, but it has everything you need.

Except for the single heating fireplace in the single room.

The bathroom is equipped with a rare porcelain toilet, bathtub, and a coal and gas heating box with connected pipes.

Turn on the valve and wait for a while before hot water is available. Ina had only heard of this from the conversations among the children of merchants in school.

Metal products are always expensive, this is true for a section of pipe and even more so for a complete set of pipes.

Take the neighborhood where they live for example. Most of the residents there, like Rick, bought a separate house to live in.

It is possible that some people will buy it first and then rent it out to serve as future investment income.

But there is no doubt that these families are at least among the high-income groups among the entire urban civilian class.

But even so, let alone the gas pipelines.

Most of them simply cut a line from the public water pipe and connect it to the kitchen or the bathroom on the first floor.

Very few are fully configured.

Although from Ina's point of view, the reason why Rick didn't install it was more out of fear of trouble...

As an adventurer with little experience, she made a conservative estimate.

Rick, who has similar strength to Uncle Shu Xi, earns more than a thousand gold coins a year just by completing the rewards on the commission board.

This income is enough to lay several sets of pipelines.

I am afraid that even professionals in medium and large cities, whose salaries and assets qualify as middle class, can only aspire to be like them.

This is almost equivalent to being the owner of a well-known wine estate.

A businessman who runs the Earldom's Chamber of Commerce.

It might even be equal to the annual income of a slightly impoverished baronial family estate.

But this does not change the reality that pipes are expensive and costly to maintain.

Moreover, after processing wood and coal, the gas produced is much more expensive than the raw materials themselves...

In the words of our neighbor Mr. Anderger:

"The merchants who supply these gases would like to take one gro from you every time you open the valve and every second you use it."

"They're like the greedy vampires that come out to feed during the full moon!"

"Those damn vampires, they even demanded that when we connect to the pipeline, we have to pay them an extra fee for a meter that is more sophisticated than a pocket watch!"

And now, in the club, all of these are available.

Even the gas bill is free.

In the north, where wind, snow and clouds appear more often than the sun in a year, raw materials such as wood and coal are not cheap.

The fact that they have the luxury of being included in the scope of providing services is enough to show that the membership is very expensive.

If Anya stayed here for a night, becoming a member might become one of her future goals right there and then...

After washing up and changing into a woolen coat on the outside and a long-sleeved dress on the inside, Ina did not forget to make fun of her good friend.

He threw the peeled orange-yellow wood into the fireplace and lit it with a snap of his fingers.

She sat down on the only chair in the room.

Ina was in no hurry to try out the potion's effectiveness.

Before that, another rare item purchased this time is also of interest.

Blessed weapon, a word Ina had never seen in the language of the Fulant Kingdom.

There are also few mentions of it in the "Continental Detailed Scripts" written in the common language of the human race.

According to the half-elf seller, this is a weapon that is only passed down and made among pure-blooded elves.

The utility model is characterized by easy production and wide application.

From Ina's perspective, it is easy to make, which probably refers to the technology, success rate, or manufacturing process.

Ina injected her mental power and took out one of the objects from her bracelet.

A small dagger made of crystal.

The sword body and the hilt are all emerald green and transparent, just like a truly finely carved work of art.

Different from ordinary magic weapons.

Even if she looked at it now, Ina couldn't find any magic crystals to supply energy, or any external inscriptions to store and output magic power.

Assuming that the main body of the weapon is made entirely of magic ore, with a purity that is almost as clear as gemstones, selling it to her for thirty gold coins is indeed very cheap.

The collection value of this level of crystal clear magic ore far exceeds its value as a magic consumable.

If this is true, it is undoubtedly a failed business, and it would not be an exaggeration to even call it a free gift.

And this is obviously impossible.

Similarly, even if spiritual power penetrated into it, there was no trace or anything special inside, and there was no magic circle that could be operated.

It seems that without the corresponding professional knowledge, relying solely on the sense of touch and mental penetration to comprehend this, even the materials and principles cannot be understood...

While thinking, Ina took out another crudely made knife for peeling fur.

Huo Ran swung the sword horizontally, like cutting wood.

The exquisite emerald green dagger slashed diagonally towards the knife from top to bottom.

With a ping, a small piece of metal fell on the table, and only half of the knife remained in the white-haired girl's left hand.