Lord of Arcane

Time soon came to the last day of January in the year 840 of the Nese calendar, which was the Midwinter Festival in the traditional sense.

Many traditions in Netheril come from the elves, and Midwinter is one of them, so today's Netherese people basically don't care about this festival.

But in the elf world, Midwinter's Day is still quite lively, just like people sitting in a warm air-conditioned room looking at the snowy scenery outside the window, and even going out to roll in the snow when they get interested.

For people without air conditioning or even basic cold-proof clothing, this is completely unimaginable. Who would roll around in the cold snow after eating so much?
This is what Tevi Mansa looks like now.

As soon as Xia Duo went out that day, he felt an unusually obvious chill. You must know that even if the robe he was wearing was just a spare, it was still in the elemental balance field. A normal degree of coldness could not exceed the balance limit of the robe.

It is conceivable that this must be because Taivi Mansa relaxed the temperature control, making the temperature in the city consistent with the freezing temperature outside.

Under normal circumstances, the [Everlasting Spring] effect will be added to the Elf's City Mystery Lock at the beginning of the design, and there are even special Everspring Mystery Locks. Now that the cold is sweeping through the city, isn't it just that the temperature control has been relaxed!

……

"It's really refreshing!"

Walking on the narrower trails in Taivimansa compared to other elven cities, Shado couldn't help but sigh. Although the Everspring Barrier is a good thing, it won't taste good if it stays there for a long time.

Just like people on Earth who stay in air-conditioned rooms all day long and want to go out for a walk occasionally even just for the novelty, in Taivi Mansa, such an opportunity to "go out for a walk" is only available during midwinter.

At any other time, the Hengchun Barrier will not be closed.

Such a special day is undoubtedly a rare experience for the ordinary residents of Taivimansa. When Shado first arrived in Saratotia, where the Nese embassy and the palace of the crown prince were located, everything was still the same as in the past. Not much difference.

But when he went to other districts, the festive atmosphere spread little by little.

An elf poured basins of water on the specially designated trail, and the trail with a slight difference in height from front to back turned into an alternative ice rink.

The lively elf child couldn't wait to use the seat, so he jumped directly onto the trail, then stabilized his posture with unusual agility and slowly slid to the other side of the trail.

Occasionally, there are more active children pushing each other, so don’t worry if they fall off the trail. The invisible wind wall outside the trail will blow the fallen child back to the end of the trail and land firmly on the ground.

In normal times, such behavior would be considered a violation of road traffic rules, but today, even the guards patrolling in the air would occasionally come down to play a few games, completely losing their usual majestic posture.

Seeing such lively and cheerful scenes, even if he is a complete outsider to this city, Xia Duo can't help but smile occasionally.

……

After passing through several blocks of thick branches, Xia Duo even saw an elf mage making flying snow. By the time he saw it, a thick layer had already accumulated in a special area.

However, the elf mages he thought were not necessarily the real mage class in elf society. They might just be magic craftsmen living in nearby communities who couldn't bear the entreaties of neighborhood children to come outside to make artificial snow to add some fun. .

After walking a few blocks, Chateau could already see various ice and snow sculptures. It seems that this should be a tradition in Taivi Mansa.

Most of those sculptures are of various animals, including elves of course, and a few are of wonders and buildings.Although the shapes are different, they also have one most obvious thing in common, which is the superb craftsmanship. Whether it is the shape or the detail processing, they are quite professional and do not look like just playing tricks.

But in fact, this is just for fun!
Xia Duo even saw with his own eyes that the elf children made the same outstanding works. They looked like children, which meant that their actual age was most likely under 25, because when the elf grows to 25, he is no different from an adult.

The 100-year-old adult mentioned by the elves does not mean that one is biologically mature at 100 years old, but has the qualifications of an independent individual in social recognition.

Given the right environment, it's not unusual for a 25-year-old elf to behave more maturely than a human of the same age.

People under the age of 25 have excellent ice and snow sculpture shaping skills, which is hard to imagine for Nese people in the current world. Most Nese people of the same age are still struggling on the edge of survival!
Even the children of powerful families will seize the opportunity to learn magic while they are young, instead of wasting time learning ice and snow sculptures or other artistic skills. This is simply a waste of life.

That's why it is said that the elves are so blessed that even Xia Duo is envious.

Although his current lifespan is much longer than that of most elves, such bloodline achievements are difficult to apply to other humans. Most humans can only live to be a hundred years old if they eat well, drink well, and have good health.

But this is just the adult age of human elves in society.

What a huge difference!

Even if human spellcasters can extend their lives through various means, there are limits due to various reasons. The limit that most spellcasters can extend their lives is the lifespan limit of an ordinary elf.

Not to mention that elf mages can also extend their lives through various means!
That is to say, the elves have the traditional idea of ​​entering the home of Avandor after death. Under normal circumstances, only a few high-ranking mages who are obsessed with it will choose to extend their lives or even forcibly stay in the mortal world.

Most elves still follow the tradition and die "at the right time". Otherwise, it will be more difficult for humans to catch up.

……

Walking on the streets of various cities in Taivimansa, Shado observed and compared the similarities and differences between elf society and human society.

Even though he has incarnated as an elf in the projection plane many times, such observations are still meaningful, and he can still make new discoveries and new ideas.

However, he did not go out today to observe the elf society. His real purpose was to study the Yeerlan Unified Mystery Lock based on his authority credentials. He had reached a bottleneck and needed to collect more data while he had the authority in hand.

If it wasn't for this, he would most likely stay at the Nese Embassy until dusk as he did the previous two days, and then directly attend the Midwinter Dinner.

"what--"

When passing by a wooden fountain extending from the body of a giant oak tree, Xia Duo stopped. Although he was more focused on collecting data now, he was assisted by his brain after all, so he wouldn't just collect it without reading it.

In the process of collecting data, Intelligent Brain has already started preliminary sorting.

This fountain looks ordinary, but in fact it is very unusual. The parameters of the surrounding magic network actually show some characteristics similar to those of the magic network near the palace of the Crown Prince!