Lord of Arcane

Back in Evereska, Xia Duo and other investigators of the investigation team exchanged contact information, and then separated.

He immediately went to the NO.18 store in the Mellon Bazaar, placed the avatar in the lounge of the store, and then turned his consciousness back to the main body, sleeping and recovering in the absolutely safe place of the Tower of Time.

This time he slept until the evening of the next day, ignoring the main body's meal, and again transferred most of his consciousness to the avatar that was still in Evereska.

Opening the lounge, Orepus was already waiting outside. Seeing Xia Duo open the door, the elf with a hint of worry on his brow immediately stepped forward and asked:
"My lord, is everything okay?"

"Everything is fine. Oripus is waiting here, please."

Later, Xia Duo asked about the progress of the Evereska urban street lamp renovation project in the past two days, as well as the recruitment of designers for the landmark buildings exchanged between Daxialing and Evereska.

For these two questions, Orepus was prepared and answered immediately:
"The Evereska urban streetlight renovation project has started one after another. If there is no accident, it should be completed before the end of the month, but the site selection and construction of more advertising spaces will need to be discussed with Evereska. .

"As for the recruitment of architects for the exhibition hall of the New Wind Art Exhibition, invitations have been sent to designers from various countries through the channel of the Northland Alliance. So far, more than ten designers have responded, but most of them are from Local to Akola or Evereska."

"That's it!"

Xia Duo pondered for a while, and then gave instructions: "Let's stop recruiting designers here. If there are more than ten people who are really useful, it is enough. If they are not useful, it is useless to have more."

Of course, the real situation is that Xia Duo already has a general idea of ​​how to design landmark buildings, and he doesn't need an overly famous or overly powerful designer.

As long as they can come up with a plan according to his ideas, they don't need to invest too much in their personal characteristics. It is ideal to be able to do it with one move like now.

Those who didn't reply were either trying to show off, or they looked down on such a human-led project. If Xia Duo was willing to think of a way, he might be able to find some more famous or more relevant designers.

But if this is the case, who will listen to when the time comes to make a plan?
Both sides have their own ideas, and Xia Duo himself does not want to back down, and he is almost certain that his design will not satisfy the highborne.

Most of the designers, or artists, in the elf world are from the upper class, and in this case, there is no need to go to great lengths to ask for an invitation.

……

After finalizing the matter of the elf designer, Xia Duo proposed to look at the street lamp advertisement that has been remodeled. Of course, Orepus has no objection to this:
"My lord, the renovation project started from the Shuguang Square. Now almost two streets have been renovated. If you want to see it, we can just go there."

"Ah."

Afterwards, Xia Duo and Orepus went out together through the back door. Although the free trial activity of the Void Warehouse of the Tower of Time Chamber of Commerce has stopped these days, the activity of recommending new customers to extend the usage period is still going on.

The number of customers in the store these days is indeed much less than at the beginning of the event, but it is still much more than before Chateau came to Evereska.

In fact, most of the shops in the northern part of the Mellon Bazaar don't have a lot of traffic, because this place is for high-end customers, and it is impossible to squeeze in and spend like ordinary elves.

Void Warehouse is rather special. It is not aimed at real high-end customers, and the payment cycle is long. The current popularity will not last long.

In the future, like other shops in the North District of Mellon Market, there will be no customers for ten days and a half months. This is the norm.

This is a typical "three years without opening, open for three years" business.

……

Leaving from Mellon Market, not far to the southwest is Dawn Plaza. Xia Duo did not choose to take the flying disc to go there, but walked there with Orepus.

On the way, Xia Duo asked Orepus curiously, "How does it feel to return to the world of elves?"

"Actually, that's all. Apart from making life more convenient, it's better to be at ease in Savile!" Oripus revealed a trace of loneliness in his eyes.

Not only did he not feel the slightest joy in returning to the world that he once had a hard time leaving behind, he was even filled with depression. This was true for the neutral land of Evereska, and it was even harder to imagine in other countries.

Oripus now very much doubts how he could have lived in Cormanso for so long in the past. It was such an extremely depressing life that he couldn't bear to think about it even for a day now.

"Although the material conditions of Savile and the Great Xia are not as good as here, I believe that we will catch up quickly in a short time. I have great confidence in the lord!"

In fact, the living environment of Oripus in Savile is not necessarily much worse than that in Everesca or Cormanthor. In other words, there is not much difference in enjoyment between the upper echelons of humans and the lower echelons of elves.

It's just whether you can enjoy it or not. As long as you enjoy it, you can definitely live more comfortably than the bottom of the elves.

As for Orepus on Xiaduo's side, although he is not an absolute high-level person, he at least enjoys the treatment of a guest minister. In a sense, this treatment is no worse than that of high-level people.

Regardless of the cost of food and clothing, as long as Xia Duo has it, Orepus and even his big family will not lack it.

However, right now, Xia Duo is discussing with the other party about the standard of living of ordinary people, and the Great Xia Territory and the Savile Territory are indeed not as good as Evereska.

This has something to do with productivity, and the productivity of the Great Xia Territory—actually magic in this world—has not generally benefited the lives of the people.

So at first glance, the gap is a bit big.

However, there is one thing that the Great Xia Territory cannot compare with Everriska or even any other elf country. That is, the political status of ordinary people is far higher than that of ordinary elf people.

……

"By the way, Orepus, what do you think of Evereska's introduction of the Great Xia Code?" Xia Duo suddenly changed the subject.

"This is a good thing, but I seriously doubt whether Evereska can fully inherit the true legislative spirit of the Great Xia Code!"

After the baptism of life in Daxia, Oripus deeply realized that what ordinary people in the elf world lack may not be false welfare in life, but the universal right to education.

If it is just to increase the benefits, it will not help to change the current situation of the people at the bottom of the elf society. No matter how many benefits are distributed by the upper class, there are always various means to recycle them.

Only knowledge and power are real and cannot be taken back by the upper class.

But that knowledge and power cannot be the rights of the minority, but should be the rights that all people can enjoy, and this can bring about fundamental changes in the world of elves.

In a word, Oripus is not optimistic about Everriska's reforms.

In other words, such a reform may be just another carnival at the top, while the shackles at the bottom have become even deeper. (end of this chapter)