I'm not a magician

After hearing Linton's explanation, Ji Chi didn't respond for a long time, but looked at him with a scrutinizing gaze.

It wasn't until Linton was the first to lose his temper, put away his confident look, and poked Ji Chi anxiously: "Tell me something."

Ji Chi: "Oh."

Linton was shocked: "That's it?! Don't you have anything to ask me?"

Ji Chi thought for a while: "Where is the most famous restaurant in East Town?"

Linton: "Oh, it's not far from here, just walk to the right for another 5 minutes."

"No!" Linton suddenly came back to his senses, trotted to catch up with Ji Chi, and kept babbling around him, "Do you think I'm lying to you, and my words are not credible at all?"

Before Ji Chi could speak, he retorted: "I will never lie professionally! I can guarantee it with my talent!"

Ji Chi said lightly, "No, I believe you. You make a lot of sense."

Linton looked at him suspiciously, bowed his head in silence for a while, and said, "I didn't intend to reveal my identity, but actually... I am a senior instrument technician."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Ji Chi with a small look of "Are you surprised or frightened?"

Ji Chi let out another oh.

Linton finally got angry, walked to the front in two or three steps, and turned around to stand in front of Ji Chi: "I'm not showing off, I just... want you to believe me."

A daze flashed across Linton's eyes. He was not usually so reckless, but for some reason, when facing Ji Chi, he was inexplicably unwilling to show himself too badly.

Ji Chi had no choice but to stop and look at him: "Why don't I believe you? Is this rare?"

"Huh?" Linton was stunned. Isn't this rare?A senior instrument technician who is only 17 years old!It's a once-in-a-century genius, isn't it?

Ji Chi also became serious, counting on his fingers: "One of my friends is a high-level magician, another friend is a high-level summoner, and the other is an intermediate magician for the time being, but his fire attribute magic is more lethal than high-level magic. The teacher is still strong... oh, they are only 16 years old."

"So..." Ji Chi asked Linton sincerely, "Why should I doubt you?"

Linton: "...are you lying to me?"

Ji Chi bypassed him and continued walking: "If you don't believe me, forget it."

Linton followed with a blank expression. He said he didn't believe it, but in fact, his self-confidence as a rare genius had been broken into pieces, and he was still thinking in a trance——he would rather Ji Chi not believe him, and he didn't want to face it. This cruel reality.

The two walked for a while without a word, and stopped in front of a very busy restaurant.

Most people in this world are addicted to alcohol. In a town, there are large and small pubs all over the street. People here are also used to going to the pub to order a glass of solid ale, and order some bread and barbecue to fill their stomachs. The meal was just passable.

Therefore, pure restaurants are really rare.

Linton saw Ji Chi's doubts, and cheered up and introduced to him: "A few decades ago, East Town was much poorer than it is now, and there was no surplus food for wine making. This restaurant has been around since then. I don’t sell alcohol anymore, and now I just concentrate on making good food, so many alcoholics can’t help but run here.”

Linton stepped forward to push the door open, and turned sideways to let Ji Chi in.

The restaurant is not very big, but there are many people sitting there, some of them are in ragged clothes, some of them are in luxurious clothes, and they are enjoying the delicious food with laughter and joy.

Linton smiled: "Some masters who know this restaurant also come here very often. They wanted to pay a lot of money to get the boss to prohibit civilians from entering and leaving, but the boss refused. He also said at the time, 'Everyone eats with their mouths. Why do you still have to separate? If you nobles are a little special, I can invite you to eat on the street.' Hahaha! The old man's face is green!"

"Don't mention it, don't mention it, it's been a long time ago." A rough voice came from behind, and the boss held a copper plate and chased them away in disgust, "Don't get in my way, find a place to sit quickly Let's go. And you kid, don't take away all the sauces from my house this time, I will start counting the money next time!"

Linton froze and collapsed as if he had been pinched to death. He nodded and stuffed a small jar at his waist into his pocket.

Ji Chi: "..." Are you serious about that jar?

The two quickly ordered their meals and sat near the window. Linton propped his head on one hand, staring at the free secret sauce on the table, unable to move his eyes away.

Ji Chi glanced at him speechlessly, and diverted his attention: "I'm a little curious, how did you become a senior equipment engineer? Although my friends are also very good, but since they awakened their professional talents, they have been accepting the most advanced equipment in the empire. good education."

Linton finally tore his eyes away from the free sauce, and Chao Jichi grinned: "So you are from Wangcheng, which is similar to what I guessed. But you are wrong, my education is also the best. OK."

Ji Chi put on a posture of listening attentively.

Linton refused to continue talking. He took a sip of tea slowly, and lamented pretending to be troubled: "Oh, I don't know how many days I will be hungry after spending money on such a meal..."

Ji Chi's forehead twitched with blue veins: "I've invited you for this meal."

Linton smiled: "Because I met a very good teacher! Although he is very unscrupulous and likes to hide my coins every day to make fun of me, but he is really good. I can see many things at a glance. The style of the master, but I have never been able to see his style."

Linton thought for a while, and added: "Oh, and I can't see the style of Master Borg either. They are the two masters of equipment that I admire most in my life."

Ji Chi was silent, Master Borg was Barton, and that dishonest one... He always felt that nothing good would happen if these people got together.

"Don't you ask me how I met my teacher?" Seeing that Ji Chi had stopped talking, Linton touched him dissatisfied, "Just order another set of cakes for me, and I can tell you all about it. !"

Ji Chi sneered: "Then please shut up, thank you."

The most famous dish of this restaurant is the pancake set. The guys in the store brought up two plates that took up the entire table. On the shiny plate, half of the golden scones are fragrant with wheat, and the other half are hot vegetables. stew.

The way to eat is also very simple and rude. Use a small spoon to spread a layer of secret sauce on the scones, then spread the thick and fragrant vegetable stew, gently tear it off, and you can start enjoying it.

The taste of the set cake really lived up to its reputation. The scones were burnt, the sauce was sweet and the stew was rich. Even if Ji Chi wasn't hungry, he couldn't help but finish a big plate.

He stared at the plate in front of him thoughtfully, planning to trick Harvey over next time, and use the time-condensed magic to pack a few more copies and put them in the magic bag.

Vacuum Packer Harvey: ? ? ?

At this time, Linton on the opposite side was holding several oil paper bags in his arms. They were fresh pancakes, which he earned from Ji Chi's money bag by using various information and questions.

Even Linton was a little ashamed, and carefully stuffed the set of cakes into his backpack: "Hey, I won't charge you for the next question. How about this discount?"

Ji Chi came back to his senses and snorted, "Then you are really generous, but why are you taking so many biscuits? Are you bringing them to your family?"

Linton gave a slight pause to the hand that tied the rope, and he raised his head and smiled: "Of course not, these can save several days of food money. I calculated that I just finished eating them before they rot." !"

Ji Chi: "..." I'm really young, so there's no need to be so picky.

This time, the secret sauce on the table was finished by Linton, but the boss didn't say anything because they bought so much. He just called Linton to stop before they left, and reminded them lightly: "You've got a long time to go, don't break yourself down."

The smile on the corner of Linton's mouth froze, he responded lightly, and walked out of the restaurant quickly with his head down.

They came to eat very early, and they arrived at the usual meal time when they walked to the street, but the street was abnormally crowded with people. These people were all small teenagers, looking in the same direction with joy and longing .

"What are you doing?" Ji Chi looked in that direction puzzled, but was blocked by the crowd and couldn't see anything.

Linton's eyes lit up: "It's an aid station for the royal family! Common people can receive a share of food with their letters and coat of arms!"

As he spoke, he took off the heavy backpack from his shoulders, held it in his arms, and turned to Ji Chi and said, "Wait for me a moment! I'll squeeze in and get out after I get it!"

As if being chased by a dog, Linton rushed into the crowd without waiting for Ji Chi to agree, and disappeared immediately.

Ji Chi was in awe, stunned for a while, and murmured, "It's not easy for this kid..."

Ji Chi is still a commoner now, and he has a share in the food, but he will not join in this kind of fun.

Ji Chi sighed inaudibly. It is really very difficult for ordinary civilians in this world to climb up the ladder. When even eating is a problem, it is almost impossible to achieve professional success.

They have no lack of perseverance and perseverance, they just need an opportunity, once they grasp it, these strong people will completely overthrow the decadent system with the force of a prairie fire.

Ji Chi withdrew his eyes, and was about to step back a little distance, but suddenly noticed that there were not only teenagers who took the test, but also children who originally lived in East Town on this street.

They hid in the alley, opened their eyes wide, and looked enviously at the grand occasion in the distance.

They are also suffering from chronic hunger, but because they have no talent, they are the most useless people, so the royal family will not give them even a single piece of bread.

"Brother, I'm so hungry... Can't we go and get food?" A little girl with yellow braids in her mouth said softly as she tugged at the hem of the brother's back shirt in front of her.

Her brother shook his head silently, knelt down and reminded the little girl solemnly: "Nana must stay away from there. Remember brother Pete? He just wanted that food, and his leg was broken by those people."

The little girl was frightened. She thought of Brother Pete, who was still unable to walk, and immediately hid behind him. She didn't dare to say another word, and she didn't even dare to look closely at the direction of the food aid.

Her big eyes swayed from side to side, and soon met a pair of dark eyes.

The mysterious black pupils are very beautiful, not at all like the devil in the adults' mouths, and the little girl can't help but be fascinated by it.

Ji Chi walked slowly near her, squatted down, and asked softly, "Does Nana know how to hide treasures?"

The little girl nodded blankly following his words.

Her brother noticed the movement beside him, and immediately pulled the little girl behind him, looking at Ji Chi's neat clothes with a hostile expression: "What do you want?"

Ji Chi smiled, sideways took out the magic bag under his coat, lowered his head to tidy it up, put the bag in the little girl's hand, and winked at her: "Remember to hide it well, and open it when you get home."

He got up and rubbed the little girl's head, and walked back without saying another word.

Seeing Linton approaching, he waved his hand naturally: "Hey, come out? What did you grab?"

Linton gave him a complicated look, and lowered his eyes: "There is nothing good, but enough for a full meal."

Ji Chi smiled: "Then your good cake set will rot?"

Linton twitched the corner of his mouth: "No, it's not enough."

He didn't explain any further. Next, he dutifully took Ji Chi around the whole of East Town, during which he talked a lot about his experiences and things to pay attention to, without charging any fees.

There is no charge!Ji Chi was shocked!He looked at Linton suspiciously several times, and asked, "Do you know a man named Linton?"

Linton stopped explaining and looked at him coolly: "What do you want to say?"

Ji Chi: "Oh, it's just that he hasn't asked me for money all afternoon, isn't that a bit unaccustomed."

Linton snorted and didn't want to talk to him, and muttered in a low voice, "Do you have any gold coins left..."

It was getting late, and Linton sent Ji Chi back to the hotel. He hesitated at the door for a while, and said again: "I'm really sure about the direction of the test. You can think about that direction at night."

Ji Chi smiled: "I am also very sure about the test, don't worry, I am a person favored by the gods."

He was sure that Harvey hoped to pass the test more than he did.

Linton didn't want to say more, and nodded hastily: "It's up to you, then I'm leaving."

Ji Chi looked at his back and shook his head and laughed. Isn't it because there is no service fee for an afternoon, and his attitude is so bad?

At night, Linton returned home dressed in starlight.

His home is in the most remote corner of East Town, which is so barren that even thieves and robbers don't want to patronize it. They knew very early on that there are only a group of civilian orphans who can't even eat enough to live here.

But today seems to be a bit different.

Seeing Linton's return, a child cheered in a low voice: "Brother Linton is back!"

As soon as the words were finished, a group of little radish heads gathered around Linton, looking at him happily.

Linton leaned over and touched their heads one by one, and asked with a smile, "What's so happy about it?"

The children dragged him to the innermost room, and held out a magic bag mysteriously: "Look! What did Nana bring back?"

"It's full of delicious and delicious food! It's still hot!"

"Oh, how did you say it? Didn't you want Brother Linton to guess?"

"I'm sorry... I couldn't hold back."

Linton was stunned, and laughed: "It's all food...that's pretty good, but I'm still worried that people will be watching..."

Linton breathed a sigh of relief, and put down his bulging backpack: "I also have a present for you, you can share it, and you can't sleep until you are full tonight!"

The children smiled in surprise. They endured it all afternoon. At this time, they were already very hungry. Everyone shared a portion of food and ate happily.

"Well, I've never eaten anything so delicious! Is this what old men eat sandwiches?"

"But I don't think the old man's food is as fragrant as this!"

"That's right, it's still a magic sandwich! Look! It's still smoking! Hey, wait, what's this?"

Holding the sandwich with a gap, the child took a closer look, then stretched out his hand and squeezed out a round object from the bottom of the paper bag.

Even the faint lights can't hide the dazzling light of the gold coins.

The children were startled, and they all lowered their heads to pick at the food in their hands, and successfully took out a gold coin in each paper bag. They were like little stars, lying on the children's thin palms.

"Brother Linton!" The overwhelming call made Linton jump, he turned around and said helplessly, "What's wrong with you? Don't scare me suddenly..."

His gaze was fixed on the golden stars in the hands of the children.

His eyes trembled for a long time, then he turned around suddenly, covered his eyes, and a ray of starlight fell from between his fingers: "It's really...how many more stories do I have to tell you..."