The next day, before dawn, Austin couldn't sleep and got out of bed. Because there were so many things in his mind, he couldn't sleep well after tossing and turning.
First of all, although Kelly's matter is over, how can his wounded heart be so easily healed? as soon as he closes his eyes, she will appear familiar figure; secondly, after adopting Irina, the burden on his shoulders has also become heavier, and he just has no source of livelihood now, because he is an apprentice of Master Zecier, and he has to go to Navia Manor often to learn to read and write for nearly a year, so naturally he can't continue to be a gangster or do other work to make money.
The thought of going to Navia Manor, counting the time, wouldn't tomorrow be Monday?Given that the robe on his body had been burned to ashes by himself, and the previous clothes were really not decent enough, he had to buy himself a slightly more decent robe, which was another place to spend money!
In addition, I have added new clothes, can I miss Irina's? After becoming her brother, I haven't even given a gift, which is really a bit unreasonable. But the girl's clothes.... That price... I'm afraid it's more expensive than the robe I want to buy.
Money, money, all of a sudden, he was stumped by money. Although he was so poor before, as long as he was full of food and occasionally had two spare money to enjoy, he was satisfied. Now that he has become a special mage caster, his requirements and expectations for life have naturally risen, and he feels that the money in his hand is too little and too little.
After getting out of bed as silently as possible, he quietly took out his remaining savings, sat on the ground and counted them over and over again by taking advantage of the moon still hanging high outside the window.
After counting for a long time, the money was still there, and there was not one more sub, 16 gold coins, 120 silver coins, 343 copper coins, and the total amount was not even 30 gold coins. This is also because in the past few days, it has taken a lot of money to run for Kelly's affairs, and it has also cost a lot to eat and drink with Velote!
At the price of textiles on the market now, a coarse cloth robe is about 1 gold coin, a decent fine linen robe costs at least 5 gold coins, and a skirt of Irina's size, even if it is coarse cloth, is between 2-3 gold coins, because the girl's clothing style is complex and requires more time and energy from the tailor.
And during this period when there is no source of income, he and Irena still have to eat, even if they only eat bread and cheap wild vegetables, the two of them will have to pay nearly 1 silver coin a day.
Oh my God! Austin finally finished the calculation, and couldn't help but hold his head: even if he and Irena maintained a very low standard of living, his fortune would only last for more than half a year.
For now, the only way to make money is to find a way! But how to make money?
Austin's first thought was to register as an adventurer, and with his reputation as a level 1 special mage, he believed that it would be easy to find a job in such a scarce spellcaster, but in this way, he would have to travel far away often, unable to take care of Irina, and unable to continue his studies. No, no, Irena must be under her nose to rest assured, not to mention how precious the opportunity to learn from Master Zecil is, once you lose it, you will regret it.
But after this idea was rejected by himself, his head was empty, and he really couldn't think of a way to make enough money without taking up time, unless a full bag of money fell from the sky.
"Hehe..."Austin couldn't help but smile bitterly, worried about his livelihood.
But if you think from his point of view from the perspective of someone who is open-minded and more knowledgeable, you will find that it is too easy to make money, not to mention anything else, just because he is the apprentice of the Jersey mage, as long as he finds an opportunity to go to the upper circle of Oni City, there will naturally be people rushing to slap him up and give him money.
No matter how bad it is, with his current means, he will show his hands among the gangsters at the bottom of Oni City, and when the news that he is a spellcaster spreads, there will naturally be people who will ask him for help with things that cannot be solved, which means that there is an opportunity to make money.
Austen's current vision decided that he couldn't figure it out, causing him to lose his hair.
When Irena got up, it was already dawn, and she was young, and it was normal for her to snooze a little bit. Austen walked over and rubbed her hair, and then pretended to be happy and said to her, "Go and wash your face, and after breakfast, we will go to Uncle Soupy's tailor shop to buy a new dress." As for the current financial situation in the family, of course, I won't let Erina know, so as not to worry about her.
"What, brother, do you mean to buy new clothes?" the little girl looked surprised, she couldn't believe what she had heard, was the last time she bought clothes happened two years ago, or three years ago?
"That's right! buy you a beautiful new dress!, are you happy?" The girl's surprise was the best encouragement to him, and strengthened his idea that he would make a lot of money no matter what, so that she could live a comfortable life.
"Irena... Irena is so happy!~~" The girl jumped up happily in the room, and finally hugged Austin and kissed her excitedly. Touching the wet kiss marks left by Erina on his face, Austin was a little fluttering, is this what it feels like to have a sister? It is so happy! He quietly put a few more gold coins in his arms, his sister is so beautiful and cute, how can he let her wear a coarse cloth skirt, even if he doesn't buy it, he has to buy her a soft fine linen dress, then it is worthy of her!
As a result, Tang Rui's tailor shop welcomed two customers, one large and one small, early in the morning.
"Morning, uncle. Austin, who had led Erina slowly from the street, took the initiative to say hello to the tailor Soupy.
"Morning, Uncle Tang Rui. "Irena knew him well, too, and greeted him crisply.
"Oh, it's Austin, and the lovely Irena, you're early, too. Did Kelly find it?" Uncle Tailor naturally remembered the day before yesterday when Austin came to Kelly in a hurry.
"Sister... As soon as she heard her sister's name, Arena's eyes immediately turned red again, and the excitement along the way was instantly replaced by sadness.
Austin touched her head and told her not to say it, it was a sad thing after all, and he didn't want to spoil the little girl's good mood today.
Uncle Tang Rui is also a sensible person, and from Irina's reaction, he immediately understands what happened: Kelly was unfortunately killed. He quickly changed the topic and asked, "Then you are here today, this is to buy clothes?"
"That's right, I'd like to buy a nice dress for Irina. He didn't dare to say that he still needed a robe, because the ten gold coins in his arms might not be enough to pay the price of the dress.
"Welcome, welcome. Uncle Tang Rui was worthy of being a businessman, and a warm smile immediately appeared on his face, and he knew that now that Austen was a spellcaster, it would definitely be a big deal.
So, for the first time, Irena entered the place where her sister often came to help with the short-term work.
"Would you like to tailor a dress for her, or would you like to choose one of the finished products in the store?" asked Tang Rui first.
"What do you say, Irena?"
"Well, it's still a finished product, it's cheaper. The little girl crossed her fingers and thought for a moment, and replied. Her sister had worked here, so she knew that the cost of custom-made was at least two to three percent higher.
"Well, that's what I'm recommending, or do you guys take a look for yourself first?" Tang Rui's enthusiasm did not diminish at all.
On this question, Austin still looked at Irina, anyway, to buy her clothes, everything can satisfy her. Irene replied without thinking, "Uncle, let's choose for ourselves, thank you." "
"That's good, that's good, you take your time, just choose and bring it to me. After Tang Rui finished speaking, he ran to the small table to the side and continued to work on his unfinished clothes.
The girl seems to have a natural dedication to choosing clothes, and she will not get bored of trying, facing all kinds of different clothes hanging in the store, but if it is the right size, Irena will ask Austin to help take it off, and compare it on her body, and she is very busy.
As for Austen, after the initial novelty, she quickly felt bored, and later, almost numbly, she obeyed Irina's instructions and fetched one dress after another for her.
"Well, that's it, Brother Austin, what do you think? Will I look good in it?"
I don't know how long it took, and after almost all the suitable clothes in the store were tried on by Irina, Austin finally heard the heavenly pardon, and also carefully examined the long dress that Irene held in her hand.
"Huh, Erena is a little big?" Austin's eyes were not broken, and he could see at a glance that the one that Erena had picked was not the right size, maybe it would not fit until Erena grew ten centimeters taller, and as for the skirt itself, it was a little too simple and plain, with almost no decorative things.
"No, when I go back, as long as I change a few places, I can shorten the hem of the skirt, and when I grow taller, I can slowly release the excess. Erina explained to Austin with a single look. These tricks for modifying clothes were all given to her by Kelly.
Hearing this, Austin still didn't understand what was going on, Irena was saving him money!"Irena or should we get another one?"
"No, brother, just buy me this. Irena took his hand and begged.
"Ahem, okay then, let's go to Uncle Tang Rui and ask for the price. Austin couldn't say no to Irina's coquettishness, and his money was a bit tight.
Tang Rui, who was working on the side, raised his eyes and glanced at it, and quoted the price: "Thin linen dress, 6 gold coins." "
This is a very real, even low price, Tang Rui can't help but look at Kelly's face, not to mention that she has suffered such a big misfortune, and she should do something for her sister.
6 gold coins?Austen's heart almost ecstatic, so wouldn't he have four gold coins left?If he went to the second-hand clothes store, it would be enough to buy an old robe, and as for whether it was new or not, he didn't care, he just could wear it.
"Chenghui!" After accepting Austin's gold coin, Tang Rui also found an old cloth to wrap the long skirt and gave Erina a small ball of thread.
"Goodbye, uncle!"
"Goodbye. "
Irene got the new clothes, like a happy lark, and was eager to run home with Austin and change into this brand new dress to show him.
"Irene will you go shopping with your brother again?" Austin was still a little embarrassed to say that he would go to the second-hand clothes store directly, he was afraid that the girl would have a psychological burden on his new dress, after all, she was so sensible and well-behaved. In order to achieve his goal tactfully, he planned to take her around the market first, buy some ingredients, and finally 'happen' to pass by the second-hand clothes store. Irina, who was locked up at home almost every day, of course happily agreed, in the past, my sister had to work a lot of jobs outside every day, and there was no time to take her out for a walk.
So, before noon, Austin successfully purchased a fifty percent new white robe for himself, and only spent 2 gold coins, which was far less than he expected!
Hehe, Austen, who was very good, bought a cream cake for Erina on the way, and shared the good news that he was about to learn the language.
"Brother, can Irena learn words too?" the girl's eyes were full of anticipation. In a social environment where knowledge is monopolized by the upper class, almost every poor person will have such expectations in their hearts.
Forehead... Austin knew what it would cost to be allowed to study with Lillian—an extra ten vials of blood would be worth 500 gold. Of course, I hope that Irena can also learn knowledge, which will be of great help to her future, but even if she is willing to pay more blood at the most cost, will Mage Zecil still accept it?
"Well, tomorrow my brother will lead you to Navia Manor, and we will beg the kind mage together. If not, can my brother teach Erina slowly after he learns it later?" Austin really couldn't give up the heart to reject Irena, so he compromised.
"Haha, brother, you're so nice, Irena is so happy. Irina, who had not been very hopeful, was overjoyed when she heard that it was possible, even happier than if she had bought a new dress in the morning.
Austin pinched the little girl's nose affectionately, and said, "Then let's go back and prepare, and tomorrow you will dress up well, and maybe Lord Zecier will see that you are cute, and accept you as an apprentice." "
Of course, this is his joke, if he wants to become a mage's apprentice, which depends on his appearance, whether he has the qualifications to become a mage is the key, but he didn't expect that Master Zecier really gave him such a surprise.