Magic Merchant Racial Anecdote

Time went back to the morning two days ago, at the home of Alai and Ned.The time of the clock slowly pointed to 9 o'clock. Alai was lying in the warm and comfortable quilt, listening to the sound of "zilazila" cooking from downstairs in a half-dream and half-awake, staring at the dark red window curtain in a daze .

He knew he should get up, there was still work to do today, and most importantly - if he didn't get up again, Ned, who was cooking, would probably blow up the kitchen.

However, Alai buried his face in the soft pillow and rubbed it.It's so hard, really, it's so hard to get out of bed.Just sleep for a while, Ah Lai thought, and slowly closed his eyes again.

"——Bang! Dingling, bang..." The voice downstairs became louder, and a burning smell began to fill the air, so Alai had no choice but to open his eyes again.The next second, as if thinking of something extremely bad, he jumped out of bed, opened the door and rushed downstairs without even putting on his shoes, shouting: "—stop!"

Uh... When Ned downstairs heard this heart-piercing cry, he subconsciously stopped the annihilation magic that was about to be launched.

Alai ran downstairs with bare feet, and as expected, he saw the kitchen was in a mess, with traces of Ned's "fighting" everywhere, and the culprit of all this was putting his hands back into his pockets guiltily, trying to pretend nothing happened Looking up at the sky the same way.

He got up a little late, and the kitchen became like this. Alai stood there dumbfounded and muttered to himself. "I'm so stupid, really, I shouldn't have let Ned live in from the beginning. If he didn't stay in, he wouldn't want to cook, and if he didn't cook, he wouldn't blow up the kitchen..."

Ned became restless in Alai's thoughts. He looked up, down, left, and right, from the half-burned kitchen to the roses blooming right outside the window, but he dared to look at Alai.He flicked his eyes and scanned the floor, as if he could find some treasure there.

But then, Ned's eyes stopped on Alai's bare feet without blinking. Blue blood vessels could be seen on the white insteps, and the round toes curled up as if they were afraid of the cold, stepping on the cold dark on the floor.

"...That's why I shouldn't let you cook. In the future, the kitchen must also be listed as a prohibited area to enter alone...What! Ned?" Alai was halfway through chanting, and Ned suddenly picked him up.Subconsciously, he put his arms around Ned's broad shoulders and was led all the way to the sofa in the living room.

A Lai crossed his feet, sank on the sofa, blinked in a daze, his thoughts were interrupted by Ned's sudden action, and finally stopped his endless thoughts.

"The system just received a new order, have you seen it?" Ned glanced at the tightly covered feet that were pressed under Alai's knees, and heaved a sigh of relief.Simply taking advantage of his blankness, he quickly changed the subject.

"Really? Well...it's been a week since Wei Xi helped him put out the advertisement? It's almost time for someone to place an order." Alai muttered, and opened the order record to read it.

He leaned on the sofa and read the order quietly, then looked up to Ned who thought he was fine and said, "You don't think I'll forget what happened just now, do you? I'll tell you later." Clean up the kitchen, and you are prohibited from going in and out of the kitchen alone in the future!"

Smelling the burnt smell still lingering in the air, Ned sat beside Alai obediently, and nodded vigorously.

Alai turned his gaze back to the order in his hand and frowned.The kitchen is definitely going to be redecorated, no matter how it is considered, it is a lot of money, plus the daily expenses, although I am very grateful to finally receive the job, but the payment method of this order is really embarrassing.

"Alai, what's the matter? Is there a problem with the order?" Ned looked at Alai's frown, hesitated, and asked with concern.

"Well, it can't be regarded as a problem. It's an order from the beastman plane in the sixth district. The content of the goods is quite simple, but the payment method is a bit... It feels like a joke." Alai went through the system again. The order list on the website, trying to find other more reliable job content.

But it is a pity that for a small company that has just started, few people are destined to take risks.It has been a week since the ad was posted, and the list is still empty so far, only this order is lying there alone.

"Let me see." Ned, who was moved and confused by Alai's statement, simply opened the message to check.On the system page floating in front of him, the order content was clearly written: entrusted purchasing agent - 10KG each of wheat, corn, and soybean seeds.With barter, it can be exchanged for fruit or rice.

"It's just an ordinary barter, what's so strange?" Ned asked Alai after reading it.

"The item exchanged didn't specify the specific variety and quantity. It feels like waiting for someone to fill it in for him/her." Alai took the pillow in his hands and hugged it, and said a little speechlessly.

"It's really strange to say that. It doesn't seem to say where to pick up the goods. Does it mean that we can just help him/her buy it?" Ned speculated.

"More than that, she didn't even fill in the pick-up time and address coordinates. No matter how you look at it, it's unreliable. This order was placed." After finally looking forward to the order, it turned out to be like this.

Alai sighed, and said, "In short, I just sent a message to the customer who placed the order, asking for more specific requirements, and asked him/her to re-write the details of the items to be exchanged, let's wait and see. "After all, I only received this order, even if the other party is playing a prank, I have to ask first before talking about it.

"As for you, why are you still sitting here? Isn't there a whole kitchen waiting for you to clean?" Alai tilted his head and asked Ned pretending to be puzzled.

Ned consciously turned off the light screen, stood up with a 'whoosh', and walked back to the kitchen.Like a marionette, he used magic to dispose of the pile of unrecognizable raw materials, and then began to concentrate on cleaning the kitchen.

Alai shook his head and laughed, he really had nothing to do with Ned's appearance.

With a "ding", the other party replied to the message, as quickly as if they had been standing in front of the page.A Lai opened it and saw that the request this time was much more precise, with detailed pick-up plane information and delivery location attached, and most importantly, the quantity of goods exchanged was very considerable.

"That's about the same. When the time comes, just drag the fruit to the market in the fourth district and sell it, and earn a lot of money from it." Alai snapped his fingers and readily took the order.

***

Two days later, the day of the transaction.

A Lai packed the seeds he bought in advance from the tenth district and stuffed them into Ned's space.Putting on the white magic robe to cover himself tightly, he activated the magic to open the 'door' to Xiyan Country of the Rhodes Continent in the fourth district indicated on the order.

Outside the 'door' is a noisy street. A Lai took out the system to confirm the direction. It is not far from the agreed delivery location, just walk over there.His magic can only rely on opening the 'door' to realize the transfer. If the coordinates are in a place without a door, it can only be luck.

Originally, his luck had never been very good, and he had encountered a situation where the coordinates were on this side, and the door opened to the other side of the mainland.However, thinking of this, Ah Lai couldn't help but glance at Ned next to him. He wondered if it was an illusion. His luck seemed to have improved since he was with Ned.

"The coordinates are due south, so it looks like it should be in that area." Alai stood on tiptoe and glanced in trouble, trying to find his destination past the orcs who were a head taller than him on the street.

'Ah, Ah Lai on tiptoe is so cute. Ned, who was standing by, thought silently. "Let me look for it." After admiring Ah Lai's dangling appearance, he reached out and clicked on his system to call up the coordinates and said to Ah Lai.

As soon as Ned finished speaking, Alai remembered, that's right, Ned is so much taller than him, why did he have to work so hard to jump around here... I must have looked strange just now.

"Then let's go." He pretended to be calm and motioned Ned to lead the way, but his ears turned red silently.

The place they were going to was at the end of this broad street, and Ned led Alai along the low houses along the street.

"Speaking of which, I have come to the orc plane in the sixth district quite often, and it is really rare to develop into this kind of plane." Alai followed Ned, looking at this exotic city curiously, seeing the various races. The orcs live together, and the business on the street is also very prosperous. I can't help feeling a little emotional.

"Huh? Does it mean the level of technology?" Ned asked.

"A part of it, but I'm more surprised that orcs of different races can live together here. In some respects, the orcs are a very territorial race. Looking at it this way, this city is really Strange, I don't know how to forcefully gather these races together?" A Lai said curiously while observing the passers-by on the road.

"I remember that Bell you know isn't also an orc? Aren't they just a group of orcs who got together to open a dessert shop?" It seemed that thinking of Bell's enthusiasm for Alai, Ned felt a little uncomfortable. asked.

"Hey, didn't I tell you? Bell, like you, is an orc in the fourth district. He has evolved to a certain extent. For example, in the sixth district, it is really rare to be able to develop a city-state relying on its own strength. " Alai failed to detect the sour smell in Ned's breath, but explained seriously.

"Oh, you know that orc quite well." Ned replied with a completely wrong emphasis, and his tone became more and more strange.He lowered his head and glanced at Alai, who was obviously out of shape, still staring at the furry ears of the orcs on the street, and simply grabbed his hand.

"Cough...there are a lot of orcs here, so follow closely." Ned said awkwardly, speeding up his pace.

Alai was almost carried all the way to the destination. It was an unremarkable small one-story house with a small wooden sign with a sun pattern hanging crookedly at the door.Ned pulled Alai behind him, and took the initiative to knock on the door.

"Who?" A wary and shrill voice whispered through the door.

"Hello, we are 'Delai Transportation Company', is Ms. Zhao Xiyan in?" Alai replied behind Ned.

"Please wait a moment." There was a sound of walking through the door, as if some heavy object was being dragged.Ned and Alai looked at each other. ——Things don't seem right.

Before she had time to think about it, the door was gently opened a crack, and the person inside glanced at Ned through the crack, obviously a little nervous, then she turned her gaze to Alai behind Ned, and then regained a little composure, He turned to Alai and asked vigilantly, "Who are you? What can I do to find someone?".

"We are from the 'Delai Transportation Company'. We have an appointment to meet Ms. Zhao Xiyan today. Can you let us in first? Standing here is a bit too conspicuous." Alai noticed the eyes looking around, He whispered to the person at the door.

"Joe, let them in." Another voice came from the door, with a slightly commanding tone.After hearing this, the woman called "Joe" didn't hesitate anymore, and hurriedly opened the door to invite Alai and Ned in.

Inside the door is a small living room. There are two relatively strong women standing at the door, holding iron weapons with very primitive forging techniques, staring at them fiercely, and the woman named 'Joe' He also hid aside after opening the door.

A Lai shifted his gaze to the center of the living room, where a woman in her 30s was sitting upright. Her wheat-colored skin looked very healthy. Although her appearance could only be called ordinary, she always gave off a feeling that could not be ignored sense of majesty.

'This group of people, no matter how you look at it, they don't seem to be able to do business honestly...won't they be so unlucky?They just started doing business, and the first order was robbed? Ah looked at Ned, whose face had already sunk because someone gestured with a weapon, and thought helplessly.