Coincidentally, the watch shop recommended by the professor to Jenkins is on Sophie Stuart Avenue, which is the real business district of Nolan City, where the gentlemen and ladies of the upper class will purchase items.
The air in the city is still so bad, the weather is a bit gloomy.
The old man asked the coachman to stop the carriage at the corner of the street and wait. He was going to buy some Jenkins books, while the professor and Jenkins went to repair watches.
Looking back, he saw that his father had already walked into the book store with a huge signboard. Jenkins immediately approached Professor Burns and said in a low voice, "According to the rules, every encounter with a strange situation must be reported to the church."
"I understand. We later found out that as long as we ask about small things like the next month's steam bill, the Lord of the Paradise doesn't know the answer."
The professor nodded to Jenkins, smiled slightly, and strode into the watch shop.
It seems that the age attribute can really affect intelligence and social interaction.
Tick-tock, click-click clocks hung all over the wall, and the mechanical style was brought to the extreme in this shop. A brown-haired man wearing a monocle noticed their arrival.
"Hello, may I help you?"
The warm smile on his face, the decent and serious clothes, and the fine gears on the table all show that he is a skilled and reliable watchmaker.
"My pocket watch is broken, please see if it can be repaired."
Jenkins handed over the pocket watch, and the professor stretched his head to look at the wall clock on the wall, looking very interested.
At first, the sound of gears turning and clocks ticking was interesting, but it became annoying after hearing too much. In particular, the sound of one of the gears was particularly prominent, almost like the suona sound of a symphony orchestra playing. Jenkins frowned and tried to find the source of the sound, but the watchmaker had already checked the pocket watch.
"Okay, it should be that the springs in the dial are entangled due to the collision, just replace it with another spring. Guest, this watch of yours should be specially customized, please cherish it, every clock made by a craftsman, Each has a soul of its own."
The pocket watch and the deposit of 1 shilling were left in the watch shop. Jenkins came out with the receipt deposit slip and the professor, just in time to see his father stepping into the carriage with three books.
"Is there a picture?"
After the professor sat down firmly, he took the "Story Collection of Stranger" handed over by his father, a little surprised.
Books of this era, except for special purposes, are mostly full pages of densely packed text.
He flipped through it casually, looking very interested, and promised Jenkins to recommend it to the students in the school.
Although it is a fairy tale, Professor Burns seems to think it can also be regarded as a love story - he just turned to the part where Sleeping Beauty is awakened by the prince's kiss.
The carriage stopped in front of Papa's Antique Store, and a middle-aged man with a serious face that looked familiar / stood at the corner of the street and waited for everyone.
He nodded slightly to Papa and Jenkins, then glanced at the professor, beckoning him to follow, and the two stepped into another carriage.
"I seem to have seen him, when he was being treated in the hospital, and the night of the storm."
Jenkins said hesitantly.
"Yes, he is here to pick up Professor Burns to go to church... Has the current manpower shortage reached such a point..."
The old man muttered softly, took out the bronze key from the dark coat pocket, opened the big lock hanging in front of the door, and turned the cardboard at the door around to read "Opening".
Jenkins' book was placed on the counter by his father, and he flipped through a few pages. Although he also received a trial print from Mr. Bro a few days ago, he still had to check it out.
"Mr. Grant's drawing skills are awesome!"
He sighed that the old man really understood his request for childish pictures with a two-dimensional style.
"After all, he is a painting teacher for noble ladies, of course."
Dad walked in through the side door and handed a stack of papers to Jenkins:
"Write a report on the devious situation and hand it over to me within a week."
"Okay, sir."
Jenkins put away the stack of papers, and then thought of another thing: "The professor and I have harvested a gold grain in this strange situation, do we need to hand it over to..."
"No, it's your own."
Dad waved his hand, and then remembered one more thing:
"I almost forgot, dress neatly tomorrow, someone wants to buy your [Earth and Harvest] commemorative badge."
Jenkins almost forgot about this matter, he nodded: "Which one is it, a nobleman, or a large farmer who believes in Mother Earth?"
"It's Mademoiselle Michael."
Britney Mihail, the name Jenkins is not the first to hear. She is the youngest daughter of Marquis Mihail, and she is still at the age of school.
The reason why this aristocratic girl met her father was that besides being the owner of an antique shop, her father was also a nominal history consultant at San Pascatini College. Of course, this is an idle job arranged by the church for the convenience of work.
Britney Mihail also has two older brothers and one older sister, so it's definitely not her turn to inherit the family business.
Unlike ordinary noble girls, she is adventurous by nature and is very interested in the so-called "supernatural". Being born into a marquis family made her know more things, but the way to become a benefactor is not easy to get.
In order to realize her "ideal", she is very concerned about ancient books, antiques and hidden legends, so she has an intersection with the honorary history consultant of her school during a treasure hunt. Of course, she didn't know Dad's church status, nor did she know that she could buy from Dad, and there would definitely be no undiscovered Extraordinary items.
Jenkins had only heard of her in chats with her father before, and she had sent someone to deliver apples when he was in the hospital, but had never seen her in person. The old man's description of her is: "Very beautiful, kind, traditional aristocratic girl... But excessive curiosity about Chaofan will destroy her one day."
"That badge doesn't seem to be a supernatural item, does it? She wants to rely on that thing to ask the [Earth and Harvest] church for a way to become a gifter?"
"No, I heard it was just a gift for a friend."
Nothing happened that day, and Jenkins was very worried about his unlucky physique when he went out. But then it occurred to him that, except for the time when he met the flower seller A-01-2-0198, Dad seemed to be there on every unlucky occasion. Maybe someone else is really unlucky
He boldly expressed his opinion, and in exchange for that, he brought back two tomes tonight.