[Comprehensive Anglo-American] Gem Merchant

Half a month later, Edelfelt Jewelry Store.

Alphonse has the habit of subscribing to newspapers. Even though the print media is declining now, the New York Daily has a new column dedicated to describing the current trends of the Avengers.Heroes are no more frequent than celebrities who come out for business, and the probability of being able to capture them is never high. Even at the dangerous scene where Iron Man beats up the villain, there will be hardcore fans going all the way over the protective net and holding their mobile phones to send live videos, taking pictures at the same time. Shouting wealth and insurance begging me to fire!

Alphonse who watched these videos: "..."

Although he himself is also a member of human beings, it has to be said that human beings are really a bit difficult to understand.

Because of the high speed of movement, photos often only capture blurry edges and corners.The fuzzy golden-red battle suit skipped over the square sky framed by the newspaper, and it could barely be seen from the shape that it had iterated a new version.Military fans on some online forums are very familiar with the characteristics of each version of Iron Man's suit, and those words such as firepower coverage radius and instantaneous acceleration are particularly unfamiliar to Alphonse.

When he is free, Tony Stark will invite Alphonse to have dinner at the Avengers Building. After two consecutive meals, he finally remembered that he still has a conscience. Jin came to make an appointment" This originally absurd agreement caused everyone to laugh.

"If you're really in such a hurry to make money, Al, S.H.I.E.L.D. has a lot of trouble to deal with."

Clint laughed so much that he wanted to rub his eyes: "It's just the kind of gemstone that can bring people back from the death line, as many as you think Fury is willing to buy."

Alphonse glanced at Stark, and replied slowly: "Using this kind of thing for a long time will make people lose their respect for life, and if they don't have enough self-protection ability, mystery and mystery will attract each other, which is very dangerous things..."

Just after everyone thought that Alphonse had given up on this business, the blond gem dealer changed his subject: "I have already explained the serious relationship, if you still insist on buying under such circumstances, let Fury just contact me."

Clint: "..."

Tony: "..."

It's still the same feeling as before, this all-out means to make money is exactly the same.

The one-sided carnival in the Avengers Building has been raging for a long time. As long as Thor is present, the scene will become a celebration of indiscriminate drinking.Steve, who had a four-times metabolic rate and would never get drunk, drank so much with the blond Asa, that it was already late at night when Alphonse got rid of the group of people and returned to the store.

Azure magic light appeared at the door of the store, and Alphonse walked out from the portal, and found a person sitting at the door of his store.

With an unshaven beard and a tired look, it was obvious that he had been waiting here for a long time.

Seeing the light outside the door, the little clerk pushed open the door and poked his head out a little hesitantly: "Boss, is it because our cognitive interference has failed? This person has been sitting at the door of the store and said he wants to see you, but he doesn't seem to be Not some magician."

Stephen Strange raised his head against the moonlight. This should be the most miserable Waterloo in his life so far. He searched for Karma Taj all the way but was rejected, until later there was a The magician under Gu Yi told him that there is a gem shop in Brooklyn, New York City, and the owner here accepts all entrustments from the mysterious side, you can go to him.

So he waited until now, and really saw someone break through the space and appear in front of the store door.

"Cognitive interference is fine, it's still functioning normally."

Alphonse stared at the other party with complicated emotions.He had known for a long time that Gu Yi was preparing for his successor, but now that the other party appeared in front of his shop, the meaning expressed was very obvious——

"I have found the right person, until he grows into a reliable Supreme Mage, everything is up to you. 』

But it also has another meaning.The Ancient One mage is a magician with a vision of the future. Once the opponent starts to make plans for his successor, he can only express one attitude:

She was dying, or, sooner or later, she would choose to end her 500-year life of her own accord.

After a short silence, the alchemist opened the door of the shop: "Come in if you have something to say."

Stephen Strange, a former general practitioner with a doctorate in medicine, is well-known in the medical field.

Now because of a car accident that injured the nerves in the hand, I can no longer pick up the scalpel with both hands.

He had heard the name before, the clerk thought, his boss had an extra reaction to the name Strange at first, but to his surprise, Alphonse didn't speak directly to him in the shop, but pulled He opened the door of the jewelry processing room that only he himself could enter.

That symbolizes that the other party is talking to him not as a customer, but as an equal.

Under the incandescent light, the two sat opposite each other across a low table.Alphonse tapped the table lightly with his index finger, and two cups of tea appeared on the table, steaming white.

"Alphonse Bathermelo Edelfelt, the magician of the clock tower, did not specify which department he belongs to. If you really want to say it, you can tentatively think that I belong to the astronomy department or the law and politics department."

Alphonse held the hot tea and was not in a hurry to drink it: "At present, we are in the business of magic gemstones in Brooklyn. If there is any demand, we can generally get suitable gemstones."

"Then is there a cure for hand nerves?"

Strange was obviously excited: "Can you sell me such a magic item?"

"I don't think you can afford it."

Alphonse calculated the doctor's salary: "And I'm not selling to ordinary people."

Stephen's eyebrows twitched, he is a well-known doctor!

Alphonse remained calm, this kind of setting that he thought he was "not ordinary at all" at the beginning always felt familiar.

So the blond jeweler knocked lightly on the door of the room, and after a while, the little clerk wearing a monitor pushed open the door helplessly: "Mr. Alphonse, you need me to show the Do you have any gemstone transaction records of Mr. and others in recent years?"

Stephen Strange poked his neck, and fell silent after reading the long list of transaction records and the transaction price marked on the back.

The transaction amount of hundreds of millions of dollars or a large amount of gold is really dumbfounding-although his salary as a doctor is enough to maintain a decent life, he still has more than enough energy to face gems of this price.

Just as he was considering whether to take on more than ten years of loans, the alchemist suddenly said, "Since you already have a basic understanding of the mysterious world...do you want to try learning magic by yourself?"

Shopkeeper: "...?!"

He suddenly raised his head and looked at Alphonse with a confused face, not understanding why his store manager said that suddenly.

"You were able to find Kama Taj, and also met Master Gu Yi himself. I think she planned to give you a chance. If a person's talent is good enough, the magic of Weishan Emperor's origin can be said to be progressing by leaps and bounds. , I think it probably won’t take much time before you can heal your own hands by yourself.”

Alphonse said.

This kind of temptation is really too great, and the rhetoric of "they may all be a bunch of magic sticks" was quickly overwhelmed in the inner balance, so Stephen Strange agreed without hesitation: "Then I am willing to start learning magic .”

Facing those firm eyes, Alphonse suddenly felt guilty.These experiences, as a magician with a vision for the future, the Ancient One should have expected it, and Alphonse had heard the name Strange mentioned by his teacher, Mr. Zellridge.Therefore, as the swindler responsible for "deceiving the other party into the thief's boat", he rarely felt guilty.

And this guilt made him say a few more words: "From now on, you will inherit the power of Emperor Weishan, and how to use it is up to you. I don't know much about this faction, but magic The foundation of everything is always the same. The gradual increase in power brings danger, and the magic power you acquire also shows responsibility..."

Seeing the slightly confused expression of the other party, Alphonse opened his mouth, gave up and continued, but turned around and pressed one hand on the wall, accompanied by a series of dazzling space changes, the whole face was white The wall inverts to form a huge bookcase that stretches from floor to ceiling.

Alphonse took out several thick books from the bookcase, and stacked them one by one in front of Stephen Strange: "The New York Temple and Karma Taj also have such entry-level books, But the textbooks sent by the Clock Tower should be the latest revisions. It will definitely be beneficial for you to read it as an introductory reading-ah, speaking of it, you probably don’t know the Clock Tower yet. This is the base camp of most magicians. It is a place for academic exchanges and learning, but the magic of Weishandi's origin is relatively eccentric, and has always been taught by the supreme mage himself, and a guy like you who is halfway through it is not recommended that you directly contact the magicians of the Clock Tower."

This series of words was mixed with a lot of invented words, which made Stephen Strange stunned for a moment, and then several books were stuffed into his arms: "Read more about popular science" Basics, after all, you are a bit late to get started now, orthodox magicians have been exposed to the knowledge of occultism since childhood."

The other party's movements were so proficient that the little clerk stretched his neck to peek, and saw "Dayuanxue" written on the cover of the first book in this stack of books in beautiful cursive characters.

This is indeed the textbook for the entire basic course of the clock tower... He followed Stephen Strange's movements and flipped through the textbooks one by one. The next content is "Basics of Ore Science", "Summary of Modern Magic", Introduction to Alchemy" and "Seancery from Beginner to Master".

Clerk: "..."

The content of these textbooks really makes people don't know how to complain.

Stephen Strange, who has been studying for a Ph.D. in university, is obviously no stranger to this kind of books, but the words of mysticism are added in front of these textbooks, which makes him a little at a loss.Alphonse put the last book on the table and flipped through it casually: "You should be able to read these quickly. It doesn't take too much time to get started, and the key point is what Master Ancient One will teach you later. For that part, you don’t have a lot of time, and it’s definitely not enough to learn step by step, you have to find a way to skip the grade.”

Stephen, who was quite speechless about this: "...I would like to ask..."

"what?"

Alphonse took out a copy of "Soul Magic" from the shelf, glanced at it, and put it back: "If it's a question I can answer, I will try my best to answer it for you."

The former surgeon was holding a thick stack of books, his lips moved, and his expression was confused: "I want to ask...does magic really exist?"

He saw the man in white robe in front of him suddenly startled, and then smiled.

Regardless of whether the other party's question is not clear about the difference between magic and magic, or the question is purely about magic, the answer to him is always unique.

"existing."

Alphonse said firmly: "Your future teacher, Mage Ancient One, my teacher, Mr. Zelrich, myself, and you in the future, all have different levels and forms of the Second Law."

"—By the way, I think you should be even better."

After the other party left the Edelfelt Jewelry Store, the clerk said to Alphonse with a horrified face and mixed emotions: "Boss, who... wants to learn magic from you?"

Alphonse shook his head: "Two mistakes. First, I learned from the Supreme Master, the Supreme Master. I just lent him some textbooks. Second, it is magic, not magic— —The one you just met should be the candidate for the next supreme mage on earth, after my master and ancient one mage, the third complete second mage."

The little shop assistant who thought tonight was just an ordinary overtime night was dumbfounded.He froze on the spot for a long time, then asked a less pointed question: "Boss... aren't you a complete second magician?"

He realized that when Alphonse mentioned Strange, he put them together with those two famous predecessors in the mysterious world, instead of comparing them, he was also able to use the second method, and even escaped death in Gotham City himself.

"Some gifts from Fairy Township are nothing more than jewel magic that never changes."

Alphonse smiled and did not deny the statement: "I'm still far away."

The moon and stars are rare, and I am really sorry to keep people working overtime too late. Alphonse knocked on the store door, turned to look at the little clerk: "I will give you a ride? I may go to Karma Taj in two days , ordinary people without magic circuits can't see that place, you can give yourself a vacation."

"Okay boss, thank you boss."

The little detective nodded kindly, and asked the last question of the night: "Mr. Strange just now... Is it convenient for him to file within S.H.I.E.L.D.? We have his file as a doctor, magician How should the identity be filled in? And how should the risk level be defined?"

He has been with Alphonse for more than two years now, and he no longer hides it at all. Anyway, his boss himself has a straight-forward personality and doesn't need to go around in circles.

Alphonse thought for a while, and gave an ambiguous answer: "The magician of the temple, the second magician, the danger rating...you just set the same level as me."

"After all, we're all going down similar paths."

The author has something to say: The Memoirs of Strange:

That's right, because I couldn't afford his gems, I got on a pirate ship and worked for the temple for the rest of my life for free.