novelonline Chapter 3928 Candlecastle Black Market
Chapter 3928 Candlecastle Black Market
Chapter 3928 Candlecastle Black Market
After explaining the important points, the witch marked the location of the black market for Shad and gave him detailed instructions on what to do there.
After she finished explaining these matters, seeing that it was already three in the afternoon, Xia De prepared to take his leave. Although she had stopped coughing, the witch, who still appeared delicate, did not try to stop Xia De, but instead rose to see him to the door.
"I'll arrange a carriage to take you to the Candleburg Library. Although this house isn't far from the library, the slope in front of it is quite difficult to walk."
"I took a horse-drawn carriage to the library this morning, but this time I want to walk there and also enjoy the scenery."
Shad said that the witch did not insist and left the study with him, going downstairs. After they arrived at the entrance of the Fragrant Mansion, Miss Viggo Astley extended her hand to Shad again, and Shad shook it.
"What does this mean? Is shaking hands the common way to say goodbye in this area?"
The witch laughed:
"No, I just want to confirm that you are indeed immune to the witch's curse."
As she spoke, she released Xia De's hand, not giving Xia De any chance to let go of her on his own.
"However, please don't think I'm a casual girl. Goodbye, Mr. John Watson whose real name I don't know. I will make good use of your blood and make it a part of me. See you at ten o'clock tomorrow morning, still here."
She waved goodbye, but then coughed, covering her mouth with a handkerchief in her left hand. Xia De blinked slightly, utterly at a loss for words. His encounter with this witch today had far exceeded his expectations.
"Alright, I will visit you on time tomorrow. If there is an opportunity after we meet tomorrow, I will tell the witch I know about my meeting with you today."
"Yes, you already said that."
Her smile remained unchanged as she watched Xia De leave Fragrant Residence down the slope.
Once Shad's figure had completely disappeared, the tall and elegant Miss Eve MacDonald emerged from the shadows at the mansion's entrance:
“Teacher, I have already investigated, and no one knows where this person came from. The first coachman to come into contact with him was the one who met him at the alley where old Mr. Leberi’s house was located.”
The witch looked surprised:
"Why didn't you show up all afternoon? What are you investigating him for?"
"Teacher, do you really trust him like that? There's something strange about this person."
As a student, the girl really didn't want to accuse her teacher of being blinded by the other person's beauty.
"Of course I know the other party is strange, but aren't we strange too?"
Vigo Astley hummed an unknown tune as she returned to the mansion with her students:
Do you think I'm infatuated with him?
"Don't dare."
"Your choice of words is still so precise. But you're not wrong, I am indeed captivated by him."
Thinking of Xia De's appearance just now, a smile appeared on her face again:
"However, I'm not entirely without thinking. Since the dewdrop came from him, I think he and that colleague in the council who provided the dewdrop must have a very close relationship."
Adele, for some reason, didn't say that Megan gave her the dewdrop, and Megan herself certainly didn't mention it either.
"Teacher, perhaps he is just a material supplier for some great witch, and the relationship is not very close."
The girl with long rose-gold hair said worriedly. The two walked through the hall to the restaurant and then headed towards the door in the southeast corner.
“Eve, so you are the student and I am the teacher. I am the Great Witch of Chaos, and my perception of the four elements is as strong as that of the Balanced Galina. When I was sucking blood in the outer city, I was able to deeply sense his inner state.”
Why do you think he can touch me so freely without being affected by my special physical condition?
The young woman answered cautiously:
"Extraordinarily powerful soul and body?"
"That's only part of the reason. You know, I actually sensed the unity of opposites between order and chaos in him. He is both absolute order and the purest chaos. I can't describe it in a few simple words. In short, he is the most contradictory point in this normal world."
Therefore, he was immune to the witch's curse; therefore, I sensed that he seemed to have learned witch's secret arts. If I weren't the Great Witch of Chaos, I wouldn't have been able to sense any of this.
"what?"
The young woman was increasingly incredulous:
"Teacher, is the other party a witch?"
"No, he's just a ring sorcerer, that's why he seems so special and alluring to me. Eve, pick out a few clothes for me later. I was dressed so plainly when he saw me today, it was so embarrassing. Also, remind me to prepare some special perfume to give to that gentleman tomorrow as an apology."
As for the Alchemy Guild prisoners, we'll deal with that later. For now, keep them locked up underground for a few days.
“Yes, teacher, I’ve taken note. But since he has learned witch’s secret arts, doesn’t that mean he has had a rather deep relationship with a witch? Considering what you want to achieve, teacher, this is worse than simply having a cooperative relationship with a witch.”
The young woman asked again, and the sickly witch smiled and said:
"Of course I know, but am I inferior to others? I am the Great Witch of Chaos, the witch among witches, the most beautiful witch. I am confident that no matter who I face in the council, I will be the one to win in the end."
"Even His Excellency the Speaker?"
Wei Ge raised an eyebrow:
"Yes, even Adele, she's older than me and too old-fashioned, she doesn't have my methods."
Miss Eve McDonald pursed her lips and turned to look at her teacher, who looked much better than usual:
"Teacher, are you really planning to be with that man?"
"Anyway, I don't have much time left to live. What's wrong with finding a suitable partner before I die and experiencing the taste of love?"
The witch smiled and said, then whispered to her student:
"Eve, you'll help me, right?"
The young woman didn't want to hear her teacher talk about things like lifespan; she nodded emphatically.
"Yes, teacher, whatever you want to do, I will help you."
So Vigo Astley and her student walked along the circular corridor deeper into the Fragrant Mansion, talking as they went. In fact, she had just said at least two things wrong—
First, Adele Isabella is quite shrewd, as 'Miss Saber' is the best proof of; second, her opponents are definitely not just one person, and Miss Astley has clearly underestimated the challenges she is about to face.
Of course, Shad, who had already left Fragrant Mansion, was unaware of the conversation behind him. He was still thinking about going home for dinner that night and telling Galina about what had happened that day, so he walked quite quickly towards the Candlecastle Library at the top of the mountain.
To get to the library by carriage, one would have to travel along a winding mountain road, but if one were to walk, one would only need to climb steps, and the distance would be much shorter than that by carriage.
After showing his membership card, Shad re-entered the library. The library was still crowded with readers that afternoon. Following Miss Viggo Astley's directions, Shad went to the "Astronomy" section at the far end of the first floor and easily found the area where the ritual to expel ordinary people had been prepared in advance.
The area was still filled with bookshelves. As he walked among them, Shad took out a mask and put it on. When he reached the end of the bookshelves, the bearded man guarding the entrance glanced at him:
"I've never seen you before. Are you from out of town?"
"Yes, a friend recommended me. I know the rules; the entry fee is two euros, and the password is 'Books create value'."
“Your Willendale accent is very standard.”
Shad handed over the silver coins and, after receiving the pass badge, passed through the door and headed down the steps to the underground area.
Arcadia's black market isn't much different from other places. A small space has been carved out in the basement of the library, where a brokerage service is provided for buying and selling items, commissioning and accepting quests, and so on.
The architectural style of the black market space is basically the same as that of the ground floor, so this space should just be a renovation of the original library area, rather than an additional excavation.
However, the area of the underground black market is insignificant compared to the area of the library's ground floor. But due to the ancient anti-detection ritual set up there, Shad doesn't know how large the underground portion of the library, located inside the mountain, is.
Galina and the other witches had already issued missions to witches who didn't know Shad to "purchase special coin-type relics from the black market in your city," so Shad didn't expect to actually get any new coins when he came here.
But perhaps the effect of Ellie's "apple blessing" from last night continued into today, because when they inquired with the black market merchant, he actually had a coin in his hand:
"You've come at the perfect time; this coin was sold to me this morning."
The document-level relic, "Blood and Flesh Repayment," is blood-red in color, almost identical to fresh blood.
The characteristic is quite simple: once someone gives a coin by direct contact and the other party also receives the coin by direct contact, one-tenth of the flesh and blood of the coin recipient will become the flesh and blood of the coin giver, without causing fatalities.
Simply put, this coin can make one person's weight lighter and another's weight heavier through a "payment" process.
This sounds quite useful, but in reality, the artifact is quite dangerous because the loss of weight is distributed evenly throughout the body, including the brain. A brain shrinking by one-tenth or gaining one-tenth more weight out of thin air is not a good thing for most lives.
Therefore, the so-called "positive characteristics" of this relic are inherently dangerous. Its negative characteristics are even more dangerous: each time it absorbs someone else's weight, while there is a very small chance of gaining the other person's physical talents, there is a moderate chance of causing the ring sorcerer to lose control.
Therefore, both the black market dealer and Shad wore gloves during the transaction of this dangerous relic. Although the relic was dangerous, it had little practical or research value, and Shad bought it at a relatively reasonable price.
He then purchased some locally unique materials, intending to take them back to room number three on the third floor, as these materials might come in handy later. After completing the purchase, Xia Decai handed the black market merchant an extra 3 crowns.
"Tell me, has anything interesting happened in the city lately?"
(End of this chapter)