novelraw Chapter 128: Sea Conch
Chapter 128: Sea Conch
Fisher currently bringing Jasmine to go was exactly the largest magic material market of the entirety of Saint-Nazareth. There existed extremely many magic materials sold by famous magic enterprises, for example the magic enterprises under the banner of the Nazarene Development Company. Naturally there were also quite a few individual vendors doing independent business.
Because the behind-the-scenes financial backer of Saint-Nazareth University was the Nazarene Development Company, therefore the university recommended Fisher to go to the magic stores of the Development Company to purchase magic items. But Fisher felt the qualities of magic materials there were comparatively terrible and inferior; he possessed better choices.
"Question, since Magic Crests only require being carved out utilizing magic power to be able to pry the World's Echo, then why do Magicians still require purchasing Magic Materials to assist magic carving?"
While leading Jasmine walking toward the center of the market, Fisher simultaneously suddenly raised a question exactly like so.
"That... there are two points of reasons. First is because for certain magics solely relying on magic power and crests is insufficient to pry the echo. At this time it precisely requires Magic Materials to deepen the connection between the crest and the world; Second is because the vast majority of magics drawn out relying on crests and magic power cannot be preserved for a long time, the effects also lack methods to be enduring. Therefore requiring Magic Materials to maintain the efficacy and duration time of the magic..."
Jasmine crazily recalled the memories within the books within her mind. These were entirely contents she had read upon books previously, therefore she then entirely repeated them out. After finishing speaking, she again somewhat nervously looked toward Fisher, an appearance of nervousness.
Prior to coming ashore, the tribesmen at the bottom of the sea fundamentally all wouldn't use magic. This was still her first time systematically studying magic. Because mother said before "Humans are a race extremely adept at using magic", looking at it currently it indeed was like so. Therefore she carrying an attitude of modestly learning entered into Saint-Nazareth University studying the magic of humans; concurrently she was also able to provide a logical and reasonable identity for her own tasks.
Fisher nodded his head after hearing, supplementing saying,
"What you said is not wrong. In the extremely distant ancient era, demi-humans and humans would utilize Magic Materials to manufacture all kinds of divergent items carrying miraculous and magical effects; they were designated as [Relics]. But the craftsmanship of manufacturing has presently already been lost; scholars can solely rely on the remaining surviving Relics to deduce their methods of manufacturing."
Jasmine nevertheless discovered after hearing this knowledge point she herself precisely knew, because her aunt [Muxi] exactly knew how to manufacture Relics!When small, she manufactured extremely many this kind of things gifting them to herself. However prior to one year old aunt then departed the Ocean Trench proceeding to above the sea surface; occasionally she would mail a few things over.
Listening to aunt say, all crafts regarding manufacturing Relics in the world completely originated from a race extremely far separated from the ocean. Only Aunt Muxi extremely liked exploring the entire world, therefore she only then learned this kind of manufacturing technique.
Jasmine had just wanted to share, yet suddenly recalled she herself right now was nevertheless an obedient and well-behaved human student. What if after speaking she was questioned by Professor Fisher regarding exactly how she knew, what to do then?
She didn't speak, but within her heart lacking words to speak out was perfectly exactly like having been scratched by cat claws exactly itchy like that.
Fisher didn't notice her tiny actions, always bringing her weaving across from within the streets. Beside the streets, not solely existed peddlers shouting loudly peddling all kinds of wild-born magic items, there existed still those selling food and small animals.
Forgot to say, the magic market here possessed the full name of "Saint-Nazareth Curios Sales Market", inside still sold goods of plants, pets, etc.; merely magic items were the primary commercial goods, the vast majority of people coming here were entirely for the sake of them.
"Exceptional qualities of adult Dragon Blood and dragon scales! Gentlemen absolutely must not miss it!"
"Tomb Lily of the Valley of underground mines, Cotila Red Leaf and magic crystal ores, sold in packages! Those possessing massive quantities we will also contract transportation services!"
"Pet kitties of Schwari, obediently giving hugs and giving strokes, the undisputed primary choice for household pets!"
Jasmine looked at that small kitty right by the roadside currently licking fur. Gazing at that long and pliable fur upon its body, for a period of time she extremely much wanted to stretch out hands stroking a bit, attempting a bit exactly how its feeling to the touch was like.
Fisher intentionally placed his footsteps down slowly, letting her size up everything of the surroundings.
Here occasionally would still peddle demi-human slaves. Not long passing Jasmine then precisely saw it. Within the cages by that roadside were locked a good several male Bovine Races, Dogman Races.
This was still the first time Jasmine walked out of the Teaching Building, seeing this many affairs and objects unable to be seen during ordinary times. After seeing the iron chains bolted upon the bodies of those demi-human races, she pursed her lips, somewhat terrifyingly from afterthought following closely behind Fisher. Until they stopped before the doorway of an extremely small extremely small store at the corner of the street.
That store was squeezed between two faces of walls. The entrance possessed absolutely less than one-half of other stores. Hanging upon the door leaf was a skewed and crooked signage, name called "Gina Wholesale Store". Perfectly exactly as told upon the name exactly like so, this store was primarily operating the wholesale of ordinary magic materials; occasionally it also sold a few high-end materials, but extremely rarely was one able to see them.
The materials utilized upon magic classrooms could all be bought here, and by perfect coincidence Fisher had friendly relations with the boss of this store from before. Therefore coming this time was specifically to give a bit of care towards her business.
"We've arrived... The qualities of the stores recommended by the university are not quite good, therefore I found a store I frequently collaborated with previously, enter."
"Enough! If you won't give then won't give!"
Fisher's introductions were entirely fundamentally still uncompleted, that tiny little door leaf before the eyes was then suddenly smashed open. Emerging from within was a young girl with short hair, wearing a remarkably revealing dress. That girl possessed a face completely filled with irritated anger. After seeing the Fisher outside she blanked slightly; that irritatedly angry expression also restrained a bit, making a greeting,
"Fisher..."
Fisher looked toward the girl before his eyes. After nodding his head watching her depart from beside his own sides, entering that clamoring and boisterous street behind, very quickly her figure and shadows were then unseen anymore.
"If you want to scram then quickly scram. If not returning then precisely don't ever return anymore forever... Oh, Fisher, it's you ah. I had thought that fellow Meg still hadn't left yet..."
From within the store, closely followed walking out a carefree and casual middle-aged lady, wearing an entire body of large-sized blue aprons utilized by fishermen to peel fish scales. Left and right each wore a single glove. Carrying two bizarre roosters growing slender and colorful feathers, the corner of the mouth still clasped a single cigarette.
She clasped a cigarette; that fiercely fierce bearing after seeing Fisher completely changed a bit, utilizing an indistinctly blurry accent making a greeting.
This precisely was Gina, the boss of this store. That young girl who ran outside just now was exactly her daughter Meg. Still hadn't reached adulthood yet, precisely also a bearing of seventeen or eighteen years of age.
"What is this about?"
Fisher evidently asked was exactly regarding the Meg who ran out previously; her complexion didn't look quite good.
"What else could it be... The old cliched story of the rebellious stage d-daughter not going to attend school, going out fooling around and mixing with stinky brats every single day. After lacking money returning seeking her innocent old mother asking for money. After being rejected getting angry seizing the door and leaving. That fellow, always feels there is any future mixing together with those gang members. Those bastards aside from deceiving away her body later on will absolutely not do anything!"
The moment she spoke of her own daughter, she was precisely somewhat disappointed that someone hasn't met expectations. She smashed those two innocent roosters down onto the ground, closing them into the cages by the doorway, an appearance of taking the roosters to vent her pent-up frustrations.
Fisher cast a glance at the street behind, lacking any intentions to muddle into Gina's domestic chores. Although he still remembered when Meg was small she was quite obedient, but after growing up it precisely possessed no certainties. Who knows exactly what sorts of changes manifested within her state of mind and experiences during the times when he hadn't come over.
Gina clasped her cigarette, ignoring the domestic topics making her headache. Twisting her head looking toward that Jasmine obedient exactly like a small animal behind Fisher's back, utilizing her head to point at her a bit, she asked exactly like so,
"Right, how do you possess the leisure to come here to my place, I heard you previously went to the Southern Continent? This one is?"
"For the sake of a bit of research projects, I've returned now... Right now I am teaching magic within Saint-Nazareth University. This is my student. Coming this time is primarily to purchase a bit of Magic Materials to be utilized upon the classroom. Roughly using a bit of red stone powder and light-tassel bugs and the sorts; if there are others I'll again look a bit."
"Saint-Nazareth University, that is nevertheless a not-bad university." Gina finished smoking the cigarette. Casually throwing the cigarette butt onto the streets by the store doorway. She looked toward Jasmine, sighing saying,
"If that fellow Meg could have half of your obedience I would exactly be thanking the Mother Goddess. All these years I donated this much to the church; she exactly repays me like this, no meaning whatsoever... Alright, enter right. Just right I possess a few surplus loose goods."
Fisher walked into this tiny little store. Unable to be seen from the outside, the space inside could actually be considered spacious. However due to Gina piling too many Magic Materials into an extremely small room, and lacking any measures of isolation, directly resulted in the smells inside being somewhat unpleasant to smell.
After all Magic Materials didn't solely consist of the medicinal herbs growing amidst high mountains and deep valleys; there was still the dried matters of excrement left behind by giant beasts.
The wilds of Naris possessed a species of pink deer, called "Cicori Horse". This species of creature would completely solely produce excrement once a year, and couldn't be domestically raised. Very quickly after being caught by people it would definitely exactly die from depression. But their excrement was extremely precious medicinal material and magic items. Many high-level Healing Magics entirely required it as raw materials.
Right, the Magic Material for the Main Ring of that Thirteenth-Ring Magic [Resurrection] that Helson carved previously was exactly Cicori Horse's excrement.
And then every year there would precisely be a massive pile of [Material Hunters] following right behind the asses of Cicori Horses. Every time it hoisted up its ass they would completely wait in eager anticipation, hoping they would leave behind precious Magic Materials. Unfortunate that the vast majority waiting arriving was entirely gas.
Jasmine curiously sized up the uncountable numbers of Magic Materials of the surroundings. Regarding these things within the sea she nevertheless had absolutely fundamentally never even seen them before... Although she had seen extremely many even weirder materials exactly so.
Fisher packed extremely many materials that would be utilized upon the classroom later on. Having just prepared to explain the usages of these materials a bit for Jasmine, he then saw Gina pushing a sea conch bearing an exceedingly bizarre appearance arriving right before Fisher's eyes,
"What is this?"
Gina let out a sigh of air, saying,
"That fellow Meg's methods for asking for money. She said this was a magic material from the bottom of the sea; she picked it up beside the Coco River of Saint-Nazareth. I am also not quite certain, but this shell indeed grows quite bizarrely; I have fundamentally never seen it before."
Fisher placed his gaze right upon that sea conch. He solely saw that sea conch present an exceedingly tricky spiral pattern state. The entire sea conch was entirely deep pitch-black; looking extremely sturdy and resilient, but again flickering a bizarre fluorescent light.
"This is a Drill Black Snail, not a magic material ah, but it grows exceptionally beautifully. Blowing air towards the inside directly from behind will surge out dense quantities of air bubbles..."
Unknown at what time walking to Fisher's side, Jasmine suddenly opened her mouth to say, easily and effortlessly exactly recognizing the object before the eyes. Waiting until after Gina and Fisher looked toward her, she again began turning flush red, explaining saying,
"M-my... my home village is right at the seaside, therefore... therefore I recognize this thing."
Actually this kind of thing solely the deep sea possessed. The reason this kind of sea conch's exterior shell was extremely sturdy and resilient was exactly for the sake of resisting the water pressure at the bottom of the sea; however looking at it Professor Fisher and the rest didn't know.
Jasmine began blaming her own mouth unable to conceal secrets; always leaking towards the outside exceedingly many affairs absolutely not supposed to be spoken of.
"Heh, I also felt this thing didn't look like a magic material. That fellow in order to swindle and deceive old lady's money truly every method was entirely thought up, this damned one!"
This sentence evidently obtained Gina's approval. She viciously and fiercely stared at that piece of sea conch, perfectly exactly like staring at Meg like that.
Closely following, she then began cursing up right at her own daughter failing to live up to expectations, making Fisher unable to know whether to smile or cry.
But Jasmine at this very moment nevertheless was pondering, this piece of sea conch was a thing originating from the deep sea, why would that human girl say it was picked up in the rivers of Naris?