Chapter 584

Aurora thought for a moment and uttered a place name: "Blue Jade Street."

"Blue Jade Street?"

Dak repeated it in his mind and said, "Then let's go to Blue Jade Street first."

Blue Jade Street is not far from the Duke's Mansion, and it takes about fifteen minutes by carriage.

He was not surprised that Aurora wanted to go to Blue Jade Street. After all, it is actually a fairly famous jade street with many well-known jewelry stores.

Isn't it normal for a daughter of a city lord to want to go to a jewelry store?

However, after paying a little attention, he found that Aurora was not wearing any jewelry. Compared with those noble ladies in the capital, she was too simple.

Dak thought casually: "Since we went to Blue Jade Street, I'll buy her some gifts as a reward. After all, she received such a precious Sun Elf Egg."

The main gate of the Duke's Mansion had been opened in advance.

Two guards stood upright.

At the door was a luxurious carriage with the family emblem of the Dimon family, and waiting next to the carriage was a dragon trainer.

The Duke's Mansion raises several flying dragons in the mansion, which is a private breeding, and the Dragon Tamers are the guards responsible for taming flying dragons.

They not only know how to tame flying dragons, but also have strong strength and can ride dragons to fight.

When Dak travels outside, he is usually equipped with only two guards, one who is also the coachman and the other a personal guard.

Because the horse pulling the carriage is a dragon-horned horse with a trace of dragon blood, the coachman usually chooses a dragon tamer to serve.

And the personal guard will be selected from the twelve head maids.

In the past, the one who accompanied him most often was "Aries" Oli.

But Oli still had a lot of things to do today, so she gave the other head maids a chance.

When Dak walked out of the door with Aurora, a head maid wearing a standard maid outfit walked out from the other side of the carriage.

That was "Lion" Trina Dimon.

Trina was 1.8 meters tall, with short hair and ears, and very long legs.

Her hair color is brown, and her eyes are the same color. The corners of her eyes are slightly raised, revealing a hint of ferocity.

As a maid, she carries a sword with her, and there is a dagger hidden on the side of her thigh under her long skirt.

The "Leo Palace Maid Group" that Trina is in charge of is responsible for "fighting", and the "Scorpio Palace Maid Group" responsible for "assassination" is one bright and one dark.

Dak and Trina don't communicate much, but in fact, the number of times Trina accompanies him out should be second only to Oli.

After all, she is responsible for fighting, and she has also been taught swordsmanship by Yalvette, and she is deeply trusted by Yalvette.

Dak is not repulsive to her, after all, she is "speaking little".

"Greetings, young master!" When Dak approached, Trina immediately knelt on one knee and looked up.

"Get up." Dak asked curiously, "Why didn't I see you the other day?"

Trina only showed a very faint smile: "Just got back."

"Yes, you are often out after all." Dak nodded, and turned to walk towards the carriage.

He boarded the carriage first, then half-knelt down and stretched out his hand.

Aurora's cheeks were slightly red, but she still placed her hand in his palm, then lifted the hem of her skirt with her other hand and stepped on the board.

Dak pulled her up with another effort.

The two entered the carriage.

There was not much inside, only small pieces of fruit and a few small forks were placed on the small table in the middle.

Dak guided Aurora to sit by the window, and sat opposite, then picked up a fork and put a piece of fruit into his mouth, chewing it carefully, the juice was sweet.

Then, Trina bent down and entered, asking, "Where are you going?"

Dak: "Blue Jade Street."

Trina turned around and opened the door, and said to the dragon trainer, "Blue Jade Street."

"Okay." The dragon trainer responded and waved the reins.

The carriage began to move slowly.

Because the carriage chassis was equipped with a special magic circle, there was almost no bump in the car.

When the car speed stabilized, Dak took the initiative to find a topic: "Aurora, what kind of city is Free City?"

Aurora took off her hat and put it on her knees, whispering: "It is a very vibrant place. Although it cannot solve the internal needs of residents very well now, it has been improving and will definitely get better and better in the future."

Dak: "I heard that the outside of Free City is very dangerous?"

Aurora nodded and said: "After all, it was built in the former demon territory. Monsters will invade every once in a while. But we are trying our best to develop adventurer culture. We have successfully applied to establish an adventurer guild. More and more people have come to the city to help us clean up the surrounding monsters."

Dak said: "Monsters themselves are both dangers and wealth. There is an endless supply of monsters. The continuous flow of monsters means that the Free City can always keep the way to obtain monster materials. The derived industries such as material processing and trading may become the pillars of the Free City. "

Aurora said excitedly: "That's right. I hope that one day, the Free City can become the world's largest material trading market. At that time, more and more people will come and go in the Free City. These people will put aside their prejudice against mixed-bloods in communication and let mixed-bloods be accepted little by little. Once mixed-bloods can be treated equally in other places. The Free City will be truly free!"

Dak smiled and said: "That day will definitely come."

Aurora grabbed the brim of her hat and bowed her head and said: "Thank you."

...

The carriage moved forward quickly under the pull of the dragon-horned horse and soon entered the city.

The speed slowed down.

Dake opened the curtains and looked out, enjoying the pleasure of watching familiar scenes with a different mentality.

And Aurora followed suit, observing the ecology on both sides of the street.

The Free City is naturally far less lively than the urban area of ​​the Royal Capital.

Aurora looked and suddenly asked: "In the Royal Capital, are there also homeless people?"

Dake was a little curious about why she suddenly asked this question, and immediately said: "Why, what did you see?"

Aurora said: "Two homeless people are arguing."

Dake said: "The world is moving forward, and there are always people who can't keep up. Besides, the tragedies left over from the war are countless, and homeless people are just one of them. Some people have opened homeless shelters everywhere, but not all homeless people are willing to be rescued."

Aurora wondered: "Why don't they want to be rescued?"

Dake was silent for a moment and said: "Dignity, laziness. Some people can't let go of their face, and some people don't want to work anymore. The homeless shelter is centered on helping homeless people get jobs, not letting them eat and drink for free."

Aurora was thoughtful.

...

Soon, confusion flowed away from both sides, and the hustle and bustle came.

We arrived at Sapphire Street.

The carriage stopped by the side, Trina got off first, followed by Aurora, and then Dak.

Aurora was a child after all, and seeing the busy scene around her that she had never seen before, her eyes were shining.

People came and went in Sapphire Street, and from time to time there were loud shouts, and the mixed sounds of quarrels seemed to be completely integrated into it, not abrupt at all.

This is not a truly high-end jewelry area, and the people who come here are mixed.

Dak walked in front very familiarly, introducing various shops to Aurora.

Aurora listened on the side, but did not show any intention to enter the store to observe.

It was not until Dak mentioned a jade shop called "Liutianfang" that her eyes lit up and said, "Can I go in and take a look?"

Dak looked at the new sign of Liutianfang and couldn't help but look strange.

But he still nodded and said, "Of course."

So the two of them walked into Liutianfang accompanied by Trina.

As a well-known store among the many stores on Lanyu Street, Liutianfang mainly sells unprocessed raw stones. Of course, there are also jade jewelry, but they are all made by the owner himself out of his hobby.

When Dak entered, there were quite a few people inside.

But as he walked in, the faces of those gathered in the crowd suddenly changed. One by one, they put down their work, lowered their heads and slipped out of the store in a hurry.

And the owner of Liutianfang changed his face even more, and even showed panic.

But seeing that Dak had no intention of turning around and leaving, the owner had to bite the bullet and go out to greet him: "Isn't this Master Dimon? What wind blew you here?"

The owner was in his forties or fifties, dressed in ordinary clothes, but with a green jade ring hanging around his neck, and his wrists were full of jade bracelets, which looked glittering.

Dak had known him for several years, so he said without hesitation: "Bring someone here to play, and bring out the best things you have."

The owner took a look at the delicate Aurora, and immediately understood.

But when he turned around to get the inventory at the bottom of the box, Aurora said: "No, I'm not here to buy jewelry. Do you have any uncut raw stones?"

"Yes, yes." The owner stopped and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

In fact, his store is mainly engaged in gambling on raw stones.

But with that little ancestor in front of him, he really didn't dare.

Aurora said excitedly: "Then bring some out and let's see."

The owner had no choice but to drag out an uncovered box from behind the counter.

The box was full of large and small uncut raw stones.

Because these raw stones are buried deep underground, they are still covered with a layer of weathered skin after being mined.

Because the layer of rock skin has not been cut, the original appearance cannot be seen clearly.

It is impossible to know the quality and size of the jade inside.

The store makes an offer, the buyer buys, and then the rock skin of the raw stone is cut on the spot to reveal the jade inside.

If the quality is higher than the purchase price, it is a profit.

If the quality is lower than the purchase price, it is a loss.

This is commonly known as "gambling on stones".

But here, the bet is not only on jade raw stones, but also on more expensive rare metals or magic stone mines.

Aurora squatted down and picked and chose the box of raw stones.

Dak accompanied her, and had nothing to do, so he also looked inside.

But Aurora just couldn't see it, and stood up after picking for a long time.

Dak asked curiously: "Don't you want to try it?"

"No." Aurora said happily, "I just came to take a look."

After that, she didn't even look at the jewelry and walked out of this Liutianfang.

Dak was confused.

The owner was overjoyed.

...

Then Aurora went into several jewelry stores that "gambled on stones". Every time she was excited, but she didn't buy anything.

As time passed, an hour was about to pass, but she still didn't buy anything. Even Dak couldn't help it and approached her and said, "How about buying one?"

"No." Aurora shook her head vigorously, "I don't have that much money."

The shop owner standing next to her didn't dare to say that the raw stones in the store were very cheap.

They just wanted to get rid of this plague god quickly.

After leaving the last store, Aurora was obviously satisfied and took out the note again, pointing to the second line and said, "Let's go to the next place?"

The carriage started again, and when it stopped again, it was already at the door of a high-end dessert shop called "Sweet Honey".

Dak originally thought that Aurora came here because of its reputation, but he didn't expect that she really came here because of its reputation, but she still didn't buy anything.

The three of them walked around for about ten minutes, and Aurora looked at the desserts on display one by one.

And then when Dak said he wanted to buy something, she shook her head and said no.