After Randolph left, according to the agreement with the other party, Claire no longer pressed for the construction of the church. Anyway, when he came back, Oma was basically at his mercy. As long as he did not allow it, the other party would not even dare to come out of the church, let alone preach everywhere like Randolph.
After Randolph left, those masters also withdrew from Nafu City. Without the opera competition between Wendy and those masters, the popularity of Nafu City gradually decreased a lot. Compared to those days, it became a lot more deserted.
But that is only a superficial phenomenon. In fact, the number of tourists coming to Nafu City is still slowly rising, and its popularity has been established. In addition, it happens to be the autumn and winter seasons at this time. When some residents in northern cities are traveling to avoid the cold, they include Nafu City as an option for travel.
And it's not just tourists who come, there is a group of people who are particularly attractive - troubadours. You can often see some troubadours performing in the streets and alleys.
Most of these troubadours were attracted by Wendy. As a newly emerging troubadour master, and his invincible record against many masters, it was enough for many troubadours to regard Wendy as their idol, just like Wendy originally regarded Morey as his idol.
After arriving, because there are many tourists here, it also gives the troubadours the opportunity to stay. The income they get from performing here is more stable than when they wander around, and Wendy will also select some more capable ones to work in Grand Theater. This gives hope to many low-level troubadours. After all, they did not have a stable way to rise before.
Claire also welcomed these troubadours and issued several laws to ensure their legality and income when working in Nafu City. Although it seems that they are attached to Nafu City now, if time goes by, they will form a unique culture that will in turn affect Nafu City and become one of Nafu City's unique cultural characteristics, attracting more tourists to travel and watch.
On the newly built Mei Mermaid Plaza, Claire stood in the distance and watched the performance of a troubadour. Just like the previous Wendy, the troubadour was also crowded with people, listening carefully to the ups and downs of the legendary stories.
Because there are more troubadours in Nafu City, there is competition among these troubadours. They must innovate and create stories that are attractive enough. Many troubadours have found that their skills have improved a lot after arriving at Nafu City.
After hearing half of it, Claire turned around and left. This time he was not here to discover talents like Wendy. He was just here to see how the troubadour group was developing in Nafu City.
Now it seems, not bad.
After walking less than ten steps, Claire was stopped by someone shouting, "Young Master, wait a moment!"
Claire stopped and turned around. The other party was a hawker pushing a stall. Such hawkers are very common in Nafu City nowadays. They mainly gather in places with large crowds and sell some drinks or snacks. As far as Claire knows, they have even sold out the squid.
After seeing Claire stop, the vendor smiled and walked forward, "I guess this is your first time traveling to Nafu City, right?"
Claire tilted his head:??? Am I an outsider?
After seeing Claire's reaction, the vendor became more determined. "Shall I introduce to you Nafu City's specialty? This is a sculpture of a mermaid..."
"Wait a minute!" Claire stretched out his hand to stop the other party's words and asked, "Are you a local?"
Hearing Claire's words, the vendor was obviously stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted and said without hesitation, "Of course! I am a native of Nafu City. I can give you directions wherever you want to go. I know all the interesting places in Nafu City!"
Claire smiled. It seemed that Nafu City was from other cities doing business, otherwise he wouldn't even know him. However, Claire is not very disgusted with these external merchants. It just needs to bring in some catfish. Otherwise, the merchants in Nafu City think that they can just sit at home and collect money due to the geographical location, which is not conducive to future development.
Claire smiled and said, "No, please introduce your products to me."
"Okay, okay." A smile appeared on the vendor's face again, "These are some sculptures I sell. You must have heard of the story of the mermaid, right? I have a sculpture of a mermaid here. The name of the park here is also called Mermaid Park. It was built with money from the Viscount..."
As the vendor spoke, he handed the statue of the mermaid to Claire, and at the same time took out a new statue from the stall.
"It's okay if you don't like the story of mermaids... I also have statues of Walter and Millie here. This is the scene when they met in the cemetery, and there is also a statue of Cupid..."
The vendor kept taking out the statues from the stall and placing them in front of Claire one by one. They were all characters who appeared in Wendy's story.
Interestingly, Claire discovered that the statue of Cupid was actually based on Melly. If you are familiar with Melly, you can recognize it at first sight.
Claire weighed the statue in his hand, rubbing his thumb lightly on it, and suddenly the movement in his hand stopped.
Claire frowned and looked at the mermaid statue in his hand in confusion. When he rubbed it just now, there was no roughness or cracking at all. After a closer look, Claire discovered that the statue was different. This was already very different from the mermaid statue that Wendy held in his hand when he first arrived.
It feels much more delicate to the touch, and from the appearance point of view, there are already some obvious differences. The one in Claire's hand is more refined, and it looks more low-key and luxurious.
Claire thought to himself: Have the blacksmiths at Nakin Town improved their craftsmanship themselves? That's pretty good, at least you don't have to take action yourself. A statue like this is enough for now.
The vendor saw that Claire was immersed in the sculpture of the mermaid, and said ostentatiously, "I bought this from other places at a huge price. It is much more exquisite than the previous sculptures!"
"Out of town?" Claire frowned slightly.
"Yes, compared to the statues sold by others, the quality here is not only higher, but the price is about the same as them!" the vendor said proudly.
Claire raised the mermaid statue in his hand and asked, "Isn't this forged by Nakin Town?"
"Nakin Town? Where is that place?" The vendor scratched his head and said, "I bought it from Augon City."
"Augon City..." Claire murmured. He knew Augon City, which was the nearest big city to Nafu City. It was a bit more developed and wealthy than the current Nafu City.
Claire thought of something and said quickly, "How much! I bought it."
The vendor didn't know why the man in front of him reacted so fiercely, but he still replied, "The mermaid statue in your hand contains seven Silver Coins."
Claire took out seven Silver Coins from Spatial Ring and buckled it on the stall, picked up the mermaid statue in his hand and turned away.
The vendor put away the seven Silver Coins and said happily, "Hey, this guy is so generous. He bought it without haggling." If he had to bargain, he would be able to accept four or five Silver Coins.
As soon as Claire walked away, a vendor ran over and shouted, "Aubrey! What are you doing!"
Aubrey blinked and didn't understand why the other party had such a big reaction. He scratched his head and said, "I'm selling something."
"Pah!" Another vendor slapped his hand on his forehead and asked helplessly, "Do you know who he is?"
Aubrey was even more confused, "Who is this?"
He was indeed an outsider just as Claire thought, and all the information he had about Nafu City came from the vendor in front of him. They were distant relatives. After Nafu City became popular, he came over to join him, and the vendor led him to start the vendor business.
"He is the Viscount I often mentioned to you! I saw him just now, but I didn't even dare to come up and talk to him, but you are quite brave..."
"Ah?!" Aubrey was so shocked that he almost couldn't hold the statue in his hand. He turned to look in the direction where Claire disappeared, and said at a loss of words, "Is that the Viscount?"
It seems that I have done something extraordinary. I sold the statue of the mermaid to the viscount Nafu City...