On the second day, the students took a boat and went down the river to enjoy the scenery along the way.
Everyone talked and laughed along the way until the boat docked at the river bend at the end of the journey. The water here was quiet and large areas of Windbell Tree grew along the coast.
It is the time of early spring, before the leaves have grown, and there are large tracts of bright yellow Windbell Tree flowers on the branches, cluster after cluster, filling the gaps between the branches, lush and beautiful.
The students carefully jumped off the boat and walked on the forest path paved with fallen leaves. There were large clusters of bright yellow flowers above their heads, making them feel like they were in a fairy tale scenery.
There is no need to think too much about the troubles and chores of life, just take in the beauty that overflows the field of vision and stroll among it, which is a kind of quiet happiness.
The relaxing day passed happily, and in the evening, the students boarded the carriage waiting on the roadside and began their return journey.
This is a hillside not far from a river bend and woods. Standing on the roadside, you can still see a large sea of bright yellow Windbell Tree flowers below.
"It's time to go, Hedra~" Lovier waved in front, greeting the girl behind.
"Yes." Sylutia nodded, looked back at the scenery below again, and prepared to leave.
At this moment, a blond girl passed by her. When the other person passed by, she stopped, as if waiting for her. When Sylutia approached, she waved her hands lightly.
"Hello~ My name is Xinke." She introduced herself generously, her beautiful red eyes looking very beautiful in the afterglow of the evening.
"Hello." Sylutia was startled for a moment, then recovered and nodded in response.
Xinke? She had already remembered that this was the student in Asura District who was secretly rated number one by the teachers.
"I'm at School No. 24. You can come over and play when you have time."
"Oh, by the way, there is an ice cream shop that I like very much next to our school. If you come, I can take you to taste it." She smiled and waved her heart, then said goodbye to Sylutia, and boarded the carriage with her companions to leave.
A few minutes later, when Sylutia and his two roommates were sitting in the carriage, they couldn't help but curiously asked what they had just talked about with the blond girl.
"It's nothing. She said that she can go play with her and make friends in the future. There is a delicious ice cream shop next to their school." Sylutia recounted the content.
"Is that so, but that one is Xinke, and I heard it is very powerful." Lovier thought for a while, and became slightly interested in the blond girl just now.
"How about we go there together next time and have a look."
Sylutia thought for a while and nodded in agreement.
If Lovier hadn't said so, she probably wouldn't have taken the initiative to go there. After all, her temperament is not keen on socializing, unless she is invited by an acquaintance.
After returning to Asura District, Sylutia's life returned to normal, that is, the three points and one line between school, dormitory, and laboratory. Now she has begun to try to use the equipment in the laboratory to make some simple mechanical props.
"Is this the self-watering flowerpot made by Hedra? It feels a bit cute." Lovier looked at the small flowerpot on the windowsill curiously. There is a container for collecting water at the bottom. The water will be pumped up every once in a while and sprinkled on the soil.
"It's still under testing. I don't know how long it will work automatically." Sylutia fiddled with it and added water to the container inside.
"I have to go out in the afternoon." There is no class today, Sylutia thought of something.
"Where to go?"
"Agate Street." She hadn't been there for almost a month and wanted to visit this time.
In the afternoon, Sylutia rode a carriage to this familiar street and walked into it.
After visiting many times, she got to know most of the residents here and remembered their names. Many people greeted her when they saw her.
"Long time no see, Hedra."
"Miss Hedra, good afternoon~" This is a relatively normal greeting.
"Master Hedra!" A tall Orc stood at attention when he saw her.
"You are back, Master Hedra." These are relatively new ways of greeting.
Since that spring outing, Sylutia defeated School No. 19's genius Malo, and her reputation has spread further in Asura District. Now, even ordinary people in the Orc neighborhood have heard of her name.
"Well, hello." Sylutia responded a little unfamiliar, then quickened his pace and arrived at Uncle Duss's house.
This Orc had accidentally broken the glass of the school before, and was deducted money by "Four Fingers", and almost had his daughter taken away. If Sylutia hadn't taken action, I'm afraid he would have been beaten to death, and there would be no hope for the rest of his life.
It was rare that Duss was at home today. When he saw Sylutia coming over, he immediately got up to greet him and called his daughter Milika out.
"Make some tea for Master Hedra." He ordered, and then came to Sylutia to tell him about the recent situation.
During this time, he recovered from his injuries, returned to work, and found a job as a chef in a restaurant.
"Although I'm tired, I can get leftover food every day, which saves a lot of money on meals, and I can still have a good meal occasionally." He explained.
After that, Sylutia asked him a lot about part-time work with interest, such as how the salary is settled, how many people a restaurant needs to hire, how many ingredients are prepared, and the approximate amount of losses, etc.
If you go to the restaurant and ask them directly, they will definitely not be willing to disclose it, but from Duss you can quickly and conveniently learn about it.
After listening to Duss's description, Sylutia thought slightly.
"It seems that it is relatively profitable to open a restaurant in Asura District."
"That's right, many people have this idea, including many people from Agate Street." Duss replied.
"However, it is not easy to really open a restaurant."
"First of all, there is the issue of qualifications. You need to obtain an official business license. This application is not easy. According to black market sources, an ordinary business license costs thousands of gold coins."
"In addition, there must be a stable supply channel for food ingredients. This link is controlled by underground gangs. If it is not handled well, they will add other things to the ingredients or cause damage, which will make it difficult for the restaurant to operate. The leader "Fire Pig" is in charge of this."
"Later, in order to prevent anyone from causing trouble, we had to establish a good relationship with the head of labor control."
"If the relationship is not good, will they cause trouble and make the restaurant unable to operate?" Sylutia became curious.
"Yes, but it's not direct destruction, but something that keeps happening that makes people tired of dealing with it and disgusting."
"Most of the people who help in the restaurant are not paid well and can easily be bribed by their rivals. As long as they cause a slight accident and make the guests who come to the restaurant feel uncomfortable, the restaurant's reputation will be ruined."
"But Asura District's laws alone cannot severely punish these helpers. They will argue that they were just careless."
"But if these people are workers assigned by the boss to the restaurant, it will be different."
"They will ensure that these workers do not have major problems. If they do, they will impose internal punishments. This punishment is naturally illegal, but it is a very strong deterrent and most people do not dare to disobey."
"Listening to what you said, you don't seem to hate the "Four Fingers" and "Chili Face" gang." Sylutia thought of what happened before.
"In that matter, I did make a mistake. I can't blame anyone else. Alas."
"But for Milika, I am still willing to give everything. Thank you very much, Mr. Hedra. If you hadn't taken action in the first place, I'm afraid she..." At this moment, Milika brought the brewed tea over and asked Duss to stop what he was saying.
Taking the tea from the girl with cat ears, Sylutia thought slowly.
Although Mage Alliance has formulated relatively good laws, they are far from perfect and difficult to implement 100%. There are too many reasons, such as limited manpower, the powerful Transcendent is naturally stronger than ordinary people, which makes people fear retaliation, many extraordinary means of committing crimes, and it is difficult to trace the source. Finally, there are various hidden groups at the bottom. They have their own internal order framework, and it is difficult for outsiders to penetrate and interfere.
No matter how good the design and planning is on paper, it needs to be transformed into implemented policies and actions, which will encounter countless complicated problems, so that many people's ideals will be shattered and eventually they will be broken.
What is truly great is never a seemingly perfect system, but a group of people who have strong beliefs and will to follow and implement it.
It's a pity that this kind of sentiment has not been understood by the current Mage Alliance official. In other words, if it is understood, it doesn't matter, because in this world, ordinary people in all continents live like this, and no one thinks it is wrong or bad.
It's always been like this, so what's wrong with it?
This is not an era that eulogizes ordinary people and promotes the people's view of history, but a world that relies on heroes and strong men to change the general trend.