Chapter 14. Is this thing in your family made of gold?
The burly man outside picked up his weapon and started smashing Lia's store.
Even the magic potions placed at the door were not spared.
They were all smashed to pieces.
The azure potion flowed to the ground. The ground was full of the smell of money.
Lia watched their violence indifferently. Instead, she was very calm.
"Miss Lia, don't we need to stop them yet... "
The voice behind was a little anxious. She knew the value of those potions. Just breaking one bottle was a loss.
Lia sat leisurely on the chair and watched the rioters continue to make trouble unhurriedly.
"It doesn't matter. Let them smash."
"The more they smash, the more they have to pay."
Of course, Lia also knew.
These people were at most a group of ruffians sent by others. How could they pay?
Feeling that the time was almost up, she touched the mage's glove on her right hand. She got up and was just about to go out.
"What are you doing!"
A shout of reprimand came from outside.
Lia was slightly stunned. Someone was acting bravely?
She stood inside the house and looked out.
A blonde lady with noble temperament was standing beside the carriage and scolding these tattooed men.
Who is that?
Lia looked up and carefully looked at the familiar face of the blonde girl. She already had the answer in her heart.
The daughter of the duke?
Why is she here? Is it just a passing by?
Or... simply on purpose?
Elika Du Croix. Because of her high talent since childhood, she is still very famous until now.
Some people think that her future achievements will definitely surpass that of the once talented Victor.
Including last time, if Victor had flirted with a girl from another family, it wouldn't be worthy of making headlines at all.
But Elika's public influence is really too great.
Lia thought to herself:
I'm afraid that her act of kindness here this time will cause another wave of news.
...
In fact, Elika didn't think too much.
Although today is a rest day, after Victor left, she had no intention of studying in the academy.
Because except for Victor - the level of other teachers was really too bad. It was even worse than herself.
Just taking advantage of today's rest, she also gave herself a day off. Went shopping and let herself rest for a day.
It can also be considered to relax.
As a result, when she heard the servants at home chatting privately and mentioned that the Clevenner family opened an item store in the east city of the royal capital.
Clevenner is Victor's last name. Of course she remembered.
But, the east district...
Elika was very interested. But the store was opened in the east district. It was quite far from her here.
Her family lived in the central district. The central district was full of nobles like Elika.
The royal capital was very large. So large that she couldn't finish visiting the central district in a day.
But she still decided to go and have a look.
What kind of things would be sold in Professor Victor's store?
As a result, it took her more than half an hour to arrive here by carriage and saw a group of people vandalizing the item store.
The family emblem of the Clevenner family was hung on the storefront. This was indeed Victor's property.
The scale was not very large. Compared with other prosperous stores, just this point was enough to deduct a lot of points.
But she wasn't here to rate. Seeing someone smashing the store, Elika instinctively became angry.
"What are you doing?"
A shout rang out. She got off the carriage like a lady surrounded by stars.
Many passers-by saw her figure and couldn't help exclaiming.
"It's Elika Du Croix!"
Simply put, no one doesn't know this kind and beautiful young lady.
She always gives food and gold coins to the poor to help them through difficulties. And she will never bow down and be soft when facing villains.
"It's the eldest lady of the duke's family! Run!"
The leading strong man saw Elika and shouted to the others around him. He was "scared" and hurriedly left here.
Lia gave a look to the clerk behind her. Immediately, she only felt a gust of wind passing by behind her.
Looking back again, there was no one there.
After doing all this, she went out with a smiling face to welcome.
"Miss Elika, thank you for your help!"
"As a weak woman, I am really scared when I encounter such a thing. If it weren't for you, I really don't know what to do."
While listening to Lia's crying, Elika sized up Lia.
This woman in front of her was very beautiful.
She was tall and slender. Her facial features could be called exquisitely perfect.
Especially the mature charm on the other party made her, a young minor, feel a sense of inferiority.
Originally, she wanted to say that there was nothing to thank. But when she looked down, her eyes suddenly paused and stayed on Lia's hand.
Was that Victor's glove?
When Victor first came, Elika still clearly remembered seeing it.
Because there were many magic stones on it. She saw such a glove for the first time on Victor's hand. She paid special attention to it.
After that, she never saw this glove again.
This glove appeared on this woman's hand?
Elika couldn't be sure it was the same pair. After all, the hands of the two people were completely different.
"So, is she a family member of Professor Victor?"
Thinking of this, Elika felt that the woman in front of her was a little pitiful.
Those people must have come looking for trouble because of Victor's notoriety. But the consequences had to be borne by the girl in front of her.
She looked at the fragments all over the ground and the spilled liquid medicine. After thinking about it, she decided to compensate the woman in front of her to soothe the other party's emotions.
"I'm very sorry that such a thing would happen here in the royal capital. I will compensate you for all your losses today in the name of Du Croix."
"Please count the losses of these items. And if there are any leftovers, I will buy them all."
"Oh?"
Hearing Elika's so generous speech, Lia put one hand on her chest and touched her face with the other hand. She smiled.
The way of winning people's hearts engraved in the bones of the Du Croix family. As expected of the daughter of the duke.
Although, she was only seventeen years old.
"Miss Elika, let me confirm. Do you really want to compensate for my loss?"
"You have to know that the price is not cheap."
Before Lia could respond, Elika had already called the accompanying maid and was ready to pay.
Lia looked at her with a smile and reported the price:
"One thousand gios."
These losses, one thousand gios?
In the eyes of ordinary people, this is already a very expensive price, right?
But Elika thought it was reasonable and motioned for the maid to pay.
As a result, the other party added a sentence.
"One thousand gios, one bottle."
"What?"
The maid's hand that was taking out the money paused slightly.
Elika felt like she had misheard.
Not to mention Elika, even passers-by felt extremely strange.
Are you kidding? A bottle of potion is sold for one thousand gios?
Is the water in your bottle made of gold?
The maid calculated the price and was slightly stunned. Elika also showed a difficult expression at this time.
For Elika, this money was just her monthly pocket money.
However, money can't be spent so unclearly.
Now she somewhat understood why Victor was so hated.
He was completely a profiteer!
Before she could respond, Lia said with some difficulty: "Although I really want you to compensate, but the head of the family said that one person can only buy two bottles per day. No more."
There is such a rule?
Elika also heard for the first time that selling things was actually limited.
Especially when she was about to compensate, the other party didn't even want more.
She thought for a moment. The head of the family that the other party said was obviously Victor.
But only two bottles could be bought. This made Elika very interested.
Could this thing really have some magical effect?
So, she picked up a bottle of potion that was not yet damaged and asked Lia:
"What effect does this thing have?"
Lia looked at her and smiled and explained to her:
"Used to restore magic power."
Elika couldn't believe it.
She had never heard of such an item that could restore magic power.
She wanted to buy a few and take them back to study. But the fragments all over the ground made her hesitate.
But soon, Elika strengthened her thoughts.
What has been said cannot be taken back. Moreover, Victor had taught her so much knowledge.
So what if she spent this money today to compensate? It could be considered as even with Victor!
So, she directly said.
"I am a student of Professor Victor Clevenner. Since I saw his store being damaged with my own eyes, I can't ignore it."
"I will compensate according to the cost of the potion plus the cost of manual production. But there is one prerequisite."
Lia raised her eyebrows when she heard Elika's words.
"I want to buy all the remaining potions."
For things related to magic, she was more concerned than anyone else.
So, she planned to take it back and study it.
Lia heard this and looked back at the remaining goods on the shelf.
There were only ten bottles left intact.
Seeing this, she didn't care about the rules that Victor said. She nodded.
Victor had said that he was not afraid of someone researching the ingredients of the potion. Because except for him, no one could make it.
Lia thought it was made by some special magic. Moreover, since the other party said so, she naturally wouldn't worry about revealing business secrets.
"Since Miss Elika is so generous, then I won't decline."
"Then, including labor and cost, each broken potion is three hundred gios. The rest are still at the original price."
Hearing this, Elika readily agreed.
"Deal."
Lia gave the ten bottles of potion to Elika's maid and reached out to receive the compensation and the normal potion money from the maid.
Looking at Elika in front of her, Lia was amazed. Spending a lot of money just because she was Victor's student?
She didn't know what kind of love potion that guy with a black heart all over his body had given this young lady.
After Elika left, Lia took out fifty bottles of potion from the store again. The price was still one thousand gios and continued to be sold.
When the passing mages saw that she took out fifty bottles again, half of them fainted.
So you still have stock.
...
In the alley.
Those violent men who smashed the store before were lying scattered in the corner. One by one, they were half dead.
There were different wounds on their bodies. The picture was extremely tragic.
"Who instructed you."
The masked person was wearing a cloak. Only the upper half of her face and her emerald pupils were exposed.
She held a wooden knife and pointed it at the head of the tattooed strong man.
He was lying on the ground. His limbs were all broken.
The pain made him wish he could pass out on the spot.
But the wooden knife hanging above his head still made him shout in panic.
"It's... it's Duke Levi! It's Duke Levi!"
He couldn't wait to report the mastermind behind it in exchange for a glimmer of life in front of the masked person.
Boom!
The wooden knife swung down. The tattooed strong man finally fainted as he wished.
Then, she dragged the man's foot. Step by step, she dragged the other party and left the alley.