Chapter 83

Mumedeli: "There's a lot involved in spatial rifts. Even with this, you need to check if the interest is enough to cover the consultation fees."

Telingewei: "We'd like to inquire about spatial rifts and other dimensions."

Mumedeli glanced at Xie Juanhan, seemed to understand, and led them directly to the study.

Let's talk for a while.

Mumedeli said to Xie Juanhan, "Hoping that a forbidden spell or a thunderstorm will open a spatial rift is basically impossible, and even if it did, it would be difficult to return to your original space."

Xie Juanhan was mentally prepared, but his heart still sank.

Mumedeli continued, "Normally, to open up such a specific space, we magicians calculate the coordinates ourselves and then draw the magic circle ourselves."

Xie Juanhan couldn't help but ask, "Calculating the coordinates probably won't be easy, will it?"

Mumedeli: "It's extremely difficult. Even a grand mage who is proficient in space would have to rely on divination, guessing, and experimentation to calculate the corresponding coordinates. I certainly couldn't do it."

Xie Juanhan fell silent.

Telingewei gently patted his shoulder and turned to Mumedeli: "Would it be alright to ask someone to help with the calculations?"

Mumedeli: "Hiring one person isn't enough; we need at least a large group, and a Grand Magus-level mage to lead them. But which mage of that level would be willing to put aside their own research, waste precious time, and bury themselves in calculating coordinates for someone else?"

Telingewei: "There aren't any magicians like that in Ahaman City?"

Mumedeli stated definitively, "No! There aren't even any mages researching space."

Telingewei frowned.

Mumedeli looked at him and said seriously, "We don't have such talent right now. If you need it, we'll probably have to search for and train them. If you're willing, opening a specialized magic academy might be the best way."

Xie Juanhan snapped out of his reverie, "There's no rush, let's think about it some more. I've heard you have many books on spatial abilities here, may I borrow them to take a look?"

Mumedeli readily agreed, "If it's just borrowing books, of course you can. I can even give you a receipt, and you can also borrow them from the Royal Library, which has a lot of books on space-related topics."

Xie Juanhan said, "Then I'll have to trouble you."

"No trouble at all, it covers the interest." Mumedeli turned to Telingewei to confirm, "This can cover the interest for the overdue portion, right?"

Telingewei nodded. "Okay."

==========Author's Note:=========

Thanks to Nanzhi for the grenade; thanks to Fuli (*2), Ancient Spirit (*2), Junzizaiye, Xuezhi, Tangpingyezi, and Qingfengyiyi for the landmines.

Chapter 83 [VIP]

In the southeast corner of Ahaman City lies the city's largest Dwarf workshop.

At this moment, dozens of Dwarf were bustling about in the workshop.

The whooshing sound of the wind in the furnace, the clanging of the forging iron on the anvil, and the Dwarf' quarrelsome shouting—

All the sounds combined created a cacophony of noise.

Telingewei looked into the Dwarf workshop and immediately saw Xie Juanhan sitting on a small, low chair with blueprints in his hand. The Dwarf around him were crowding around him, looking at him with great eagerness.

Telingewei had just turned his gaze over there.

Xie Juanhan suddenly looked up.

Upon seeing it was him, Xie Juanhan smiled and mouthed: Wait a moment.

Telingewei nodded.

Xie Juanhan said to wait a moment, but the Dwarf kept crowding around him and refused to leave, pointing at the blueprints as if asking something.

When faced with the Dwarf's questions, Xie Juanhan answered very seriously, his attention quickly drawn back to the questions and answers.

Telingewei waited in the cold wind for a while before sitting down in the Dwarf's reception area.

The reception area was furnished with several sets of standard tables and chairs.

Telingewei sat in one of the seats, watched the passersby for a while, then took out a bottle and glass from his storage space, poured himself a drink, and sipped it.

As soon as he poured the wine, several of the Dwarf around him twitched their large noses and slowly made their way toward him.

He ignored it.

The Dwarf, however, stood before the table, craning their necks to look at his wine cup. "What kind of wine is this? We don't think we've ever seen it before?"

Telingewei: "The Wraith Wine."

Telingewei glanced at them expressionlessly. "The situation is a bit unusual; your constitutions aren't strong enough to handle it."

The Dwarf immediately retorted, "Who isn't strong enough?"

Telingewei: "Wine from vengeful spirits, can you drink it?"

The Dwarf said, "If you can drink it, why can't we?"

Telingewei looked away. "Even if you can drink, I won't invite you."

The Dwarf stared wide-eyed.

Telingewei said coldly, "We're not friends. Do you expect to drink my wine for free?"

"Who wants to drink for free? We'll buy it, okay?" One of the Dwarf immediately pulled out gold coins from his pocket and slammed them on the table. "We have plenty of gold coins!"

Telingewei: "Two gold coins, enough for just one cup."

One of the Dwarf exclaimed, "Why don't you just rob it?!"

Telingewei: "Drink it or don't, it's up to you."

The Dwarf huffed, "Two gold coins it is, bring me a drink."

Then Telingewei took out another large cup and poured them a large cup of dark, viscous "Wraith Wine".

As for the gold coins, Telingewei slammed his hand on the table and spat out a mouthful of Dragon Flame.

The gold coins bounced up and landed on the Dragon Flame, where Dragon Flame were washed clean and made to sparkle. Only then did he reach out and scoop them up, catching the two gold coins in his hand.

The Dwarf should have protested his rudeness, but at that moment Dwarf didn't care to.

The Dwarf hurriedly passed the wine cups around, taking turns sipping the dark, sticky liquid inside and uttering sounds of admiration from their throats.

"It smells so good! It's so exciting!"

"Ouch, my tongue! A vengeful spirit is attacking my tongue!"

"This tingling, numb feeling is so nice!"

"It feels so good to drink it—so refreshing!"

Telingewei ignored them and only sold alcohol.

After the Dwarf finished their drink, they jostled and moved around on the sidelines, lingering for a while, until they had scraped together two more gold coins to buy more wine from Telingewei.

Telingewei accepted the gold coins and then sold them a glass of wine.

The Dwarf continued to take turns drinking.

This process lasted for several rounds.

Soon, Dwarf in the entire Dwarf Workshop had drunk the Wraith Wine.

Xie Juanhan finished talking with the Dwarf, he came out and asked, "Why did you all drink so much?"

Dwarf: "Delicious!"

Xie Juanhan glanced at Telingewei: "Be careful not to get an upset stomach if you drink too much."

A Dwarf pointed and said cheerfully, "It's already uncomfortable; Banya and Dajiaozhi have been fighting over the toilet several times."

Another Dwarf: "Hahaha, who told them to sneak in such a big gulp while they were taking turns drinking?"

Xie Juanhan was speechless, and finally gave the Dwarf a thumbs up.

Xie Juanhan walked over to Telingewei and rested his elbow on his shoulder. "Bored while waiting?"

Telingewei shook his head. "The Wraith Wine is delicious."

Xie Juanhan glanced at the empty glass. "Be careful too."

Telingewei: "It's okay, I'm not one of them."

The Dwarf, still drinking, instantly glared angrily at Telingewei.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei visited several magicians and borrowed many books over the past two days.

He had an idea about space, so he drew up the blueprints and came to the Dwarf to order some tools. He also wanted to ask the Dwarf about the strength of the materials when carving magic circles.

Xie Juanhan was surprised that Telingewei would actually drink with the Dwarf.

Looking at the empty workshop and the Dwarf resting there, Xie Juanhan had an idea and asked, "May I rent your foundry and anvil?"

The Dwarf workshop owner waved his hand dismissively. "Use it as you please. It's just sitting empty anyway, what's the point of renting it out?"

Xie Juanhan looked at Telingewei and, seeing that he didn't object, thanked him and said, "Then I'll use it now."

Telingewei: "I'll wait for you outside."

Xie Juanhan: "You can read for a while, I'll be quick, three hours at most."

Telingewei wasn't reading outside.

He invited the Dwarf to drink as a gesture of goodwill for Dwarf in exchange for Xie Juanhan's forging furnace and anvil.

Telingewei brought several good wines with him.

The Dwarf unanimously demanded "Wraith Wine."

Not only did he finish drinking it, but he also insisted on buying it from Telingewei.

Telingewei only sold three bottles, infuriating the Dwarf who called him stingy.

Xie Juanhan said three hours, so it was three hours.

Three hours later, he emerged from the Dwarf workshop, taking Telingewei's hand. "How was it? You must be stiff from waiting?"

Telingewei: "It's alright."

Xie Juanhan shook his hand. "Come on, let's get something to eat first, then go back to the hotel."

Once your body is stiff, you'll naturally need to move around a bit.

After washing up before bed, Xie Juanhan returned to the bedroom wearing light pajamas.

Telingewei was half-reclining on the bed, looking at a magic encyclopedia while waiting for Xie Juanhan.

"Robbery." Xie Juanhan climbed up from the foot of the bed, straddled Telingewei's waist, and pressed him down with a smile.

Telingewei braced his hands around his waist to keep him from losing his balance. "What are you robbing? All my property belongs to you."

Xie Juanhan: "Of course, it's about sexual assault."

Xie Juanhan told him not to move, then stretched out his arm and pulled a small bag off the table.

He didn't drag the small bag onto the bed; instead, he took out a pile of glittering gold ornaments from it.

Armbands, waist chains, chest chains, clips...

Xie Juanhan looked on with admiration and put the ornaments on Telingewei's head.

Telingewei: "Made fresh within those three hours tonight?"

Xie Juanhan and said, "Yes, the Dwarf are all drinking. Let's borrow their tools."

Telingewei: "They're not doing it that fast."