Xiao Chen used a dagger to cut off a section of the end of Luo Ling's black robe. Even when there was no flame, this dagger was not an ordinary item. It cut through the robe without any obstruction, as smooth as a utility knife cutting paper. But he didn't know what the silver threads on the robe were made of. When he cut them, small sparks occasionally appeared.
If the owner of the robe was here, Xiao Chen might be pissed off. An expensive magic robe was broken into several magic circles. But Xiao Chen didn't care. He didn't know the value of the goods, and he had to find the right clothes to meet people. The owner of the house obviously had a special liking for robes. Apart from robes and underwear, he didn't have any other styles of clothes. In order to adapt to the local customs, what else could he do
Xiao Chen walked around Luo Ling and finally cut the hem to a position slightly higher than Luo Ling's shoe surface, completely covering the original suit pants.
"Okay, very neat." He said with some pride.
"The only thing missing is a pointed hat." He took out a black wizard hat embroidered with light silver patterns from the closet and handed it to Luo Ling.
"I don't want it. This hat is too ugly." Luo Ling looked at the hat and gave it back to Xiao Chen without even trying it on.
"But you have a bandage on your head, and the hat can just cover it up. It won't arouse suspicion when you go out. Besides, we don't know if there is a rule that magicians must wear hats here." Xiao Chen put the hat on her head with a smile, walked behind her, and pushed her in front of a mirror. "Okay, here we have a cute little witch. With a broom, it will be perfect."
Luo Ling saw a very different self in the mirror. She never liked baggy clothes, always felt that she was not neat enough. However, this male magic robe that Xiao Chen had cut roughly did not look ill-fitting on her, but rather very free and easy. The silver threads had an attractive sense of mystery. The silver ribbon around her waist outlined her figure just right. She combed her hair, gently wiped the dust off her face, and then pressed her hat to cover the bloody bandage on her forehead. Then she turned left and right and looked at her appearance.
When she turned around, she heard a "click" sound. It was Xiao Chen taking a picture of her with his mobile phone.
"Don't you know how to save some electricity? You still have the mind to take secret photos at this time." Luo Ling scolded, "Don't take pictures of me looking dirty, delete it quickly."
"Oh, I followed your instructions and turned off my phone to save power." Xiao Chen lifted his magic robe and stuffed his phone into his trouser pocket. "I think you look much cuter now than in your work clothes."
Luo Ling was quite surprised that Xiao Chen, who had been beating his chest and stamping his feet because he came to a different world, acted like nothing had happened after walking around the rooms looking for clothes.
She had a lot of things bottled up in her heart, and she didn't dare to release them. They were far from safe now, and they could only endure their emotions again and again. She didn't dare to be weak, because weakness was like a flood that would break the dam of reason. Once she was weak, it would be difficult to be strong again and face this dangerous new world. Weakness was an infectious disease, and she couldn't be the weak link of this team. But now it seemed that one of the other two people in this small team had good psychological adjustment ability? As for the other one, the word heartless could not describe his thick nerves, right
But is it really cute? She glanced at the mirror again, not knowing what she looked like in the photo. "Show me the photo."
"Hey, hey, let's talk about this later. I have to help Liu Yisheng get dressed. We both have to look presentable before we can go out!"
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The haunted house in Floro has always been a source of worry for nearby residents. This eerie house has stood in the center of the town for who knows how many years. The yard is overgrown with weeds and is a paradise for nearby stray cats and dogs. The roof of the house itself has collapsed in half, and the walls have been weathered beyond recognition. Even if this house is called a relic, it is probably not inappropriate.
People have long forgotten how many years this house has stood there. They only know that this house once belonged to a great magician, but since the magician mysteriously disappeared, the door has never been opened again.
Over the years, there have been brave people who have tried to climb over the wall to see what is going on, but they all ended up wandering out through the main gate. Everyone said that they walked through the courtyard and into the gate of the house, and then appeared directly outside the courtyard gate. If most people who walked out would not fall seriously ill, perhaps this place could become a place for Floro to attract tourists and make money.
So when children in the town are disobedient, some parents will always say, "If you don't behave, I will throw you into the haunted house."
And now, Xi Luo was also at home, and he used a similar tone to quietly rebuke his son: "Don't get involved in tax resistance again, or I'll throw you into a haunted house."
But Garcia was a young boy after all, and he asked unconvincedly: "I saw the count run away in a panic. It seems that they are really nothing. What do you have to be afraid of?"
His wife went out for a walk and became bolder, and she spoke up for her son.
"Oh, what do you know? If that strange thing hadn't suddenly appeared in the sky today, we might have been captured by the count and sold as slaves."
"I saw with my own eyes that the Count was badly hit, with blood all over his face. If he wants to find someone, he must go find the owner of the house that fell down. Does he have time to care about us?" Garcia argued again.
"The more miserable the Earl is this time, the more he will not give up! The first thing he will do when he wakes up is to send people to investigate the details of the house that fell, and the second thing is to come back to retaliate against us! I don't know how long it will take to investigate the details, but to deal with us, he only needs to send a knight and his troops. By then, what capital will that idiot Scarface Pas have to challenge the Earl except for shouting? Now I'm going to send you to your grandfather's house to cut off your relationship with that group of mobs." Xiro said a few more sentences before he suppressed his son's words.
However, Xi Luo knew that even if he sent his wife and children away, he would not be able to escape from the house and land. If the count really wanted to retaliate, the family would suffer great losses. He walked around the room worriedly, hoping to come up with a better solution.
At this time, there was a noisy sound outside. Xi Luo thought something big had happened again, so he quickly went to the door to listen carefully. People outside were saying that something strange had happened in the haunted house in Floro Town today. The house suddenly emitted light, and the dilapidated house that looked like it might collapse at any time suddenly became brand new. The weeds and garbage in the yard disappeared completely, and it became a lush garden. Some people also said that they saw people flashing and talking in the house.
When Xi Luo, who had seen some of the world, heard the news, he immediately thought of magic. He also thought of the people who left during the tax protest and the news from the Earl's ancestral home. It was said that there were people on the island that fell from the sky. Those people wore strange clothes and made terrifying inhuman sounds. Could there be a connection between these two things? If these people were the same group of people, and they were magicians, and they had a grudge against the Earl for destroying houses and injuring people, would there be any chance
Thinking of this, he hurriedly put on his coat, warned his wife and son again not to go out, and went out.
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Xiao Chen and the other two, wearing magician's robes, walked out of the gate and came to the yard. From a distance, they heard the people outside the iron gate of the yard exclaiming and then getting agitated.
But they still had to bite the bullet and go out. No matter what, they had to take the first step to contact the locals. Hearing Luo Ling's breathing become noticeably heavier, Xiao Chen comforted her, "Don't worry, we'll just treat it as a trip abroad. Look, these foreign friends are quite enthusiastic and are lining up to welcome us."
Luo Ling's tense face revealed a hint of a smile, and she asked softly, "Then why are you holding the dagger at your waist tightly with your right hand? I see your hand is so tense that it's almost cramping."
Xiao Chen looked embarrassed and muttered, "I said I'm not afraid just to comfort you. Can you not be so sharp? If you keep exposing people's shortcomings, be careful that no one will want you."
Luo Ling snorted, quickened her pace, and followed Liu Yisheng who was walking in front of her with a swagger.
The crowd at the door was obviously curious and frightened. When Xiao Chen and his friends arrived at the door, they had already dispersed, but they did not go far. They were all watching the three people from the corners and walls around the street. Xiao Chen noticed that some people even ran to the roof and the bell tower. What was even more exaggerated was that several people climbed up a tree across the street. This strong crowd made him feel uncomfortable from head to toe.
He noticed that most of the adults looked nervous. When he looked around, at least two people bumped into the wall out of fear, three people fell down, and one person fell from a tree. The children who were there to join in the fun were not afraid of him. They kept pointing and laughing at him, but soon those who had a boss were taken back by their parents. For a while, the whole street was silent except for the occasional sounds of playfulness.
"I thought magicians were all celebrities." Xiao Chen whispered to Luo Ling.
"Humph, being a star requires capital, for example..." Luo Ling glanced at Liu Yisheng, who was stretching and showing off his muscular body, which made Xiao Chen roll his eyes. She smiled, "Good eloquence is also a capital, you can use your fluent Spanish to get close to them."
"Hi! Hello everyone! The weather is nice today." Xiao Chen said while waving to everyone.
Unexpectedly, when he raised his hand, there was a roar around him, and many people hid in hiding. There was no other way. In such a remote town, no one had ever seen a magician. This haunted house was notorious, and the magicians in the legends did not have a good image. There were too many stories of them taking human lives lightly, performing curse experiments, and massacring villages and cities. Who knew what kind of evil magic the man in front of him was going to perform.
Wherever Xiao Chen raised his hand and waved it, the people on that side would scream and retreat into their "bunker" and disappear. Wherever he waved his hand, the people on that side would turn around and run away desperately. This further aggravated the tension of the townspeople. Everyone felt that this wizard had great magical power. Not only could he scare people with his eyes, but he also had the ability to grab objects from a distance!
The reaction of the townspeople made Xiao Chen laugh and cry. He was about to say something about peace and friendship, or bribe the kids with change, but when he turned around, he found that Liu Yisheng was gone. He looked for him again and found that he had run to a bakery not far away, talking to himself. Xiao Chen was horrified, fearing that someone's idiotic behavior would trigger a vicious incident, so he quickly pulled Luo Ling and followed him.
Liu Yisheng walked in that direction, and the people watching the excitement around the bakery fled back. The bakery's proprietress screamed in fear and went directly under the shop. The bakery owner rushed out of the shop, holding a pot lid in one hand and an axe in the other, using the counter as a barrier, and trembling as he faced Liu Yisheng.
Several neighbors were also very loyal. They took out kitchen knives, brooms and other things and stopped Liu Yisheng at the door together.
"I want to exchange this for food." Liu Yisheng took out a gold coin and held it out. Unfortunately, he spoke in Chinese, and those people not only did not accept it, but also stepped back several steps. He looked at the people in front of him with some confusion. He had never imagined that a man who came out of a haunted house, wearing a magic robe, with a small axe hanging from his waist, and as strong as a bull, would be so terrifying to the ignorant townspeople.
Fortunately, there were still people willing to do business. At this time, a hand carefully took the gold coins from him and handed him a basket of bread.
When Xiao Chen ran over, he saw Liu Yisheng eating a piece of bread that looked as black as coal cakes. Next to him was a bald middle-aged man with a big smile on his face. When he saw Xiao Chen coming, he bowed to him very neatly, handed him a handful of silver coins, and then said respectfully in Spanish with a heavy accent: "Dear magician, do you need a guide? Ciro Romero is willing to serve you."