The first topic of the tomato and beef brisket meeting was the current financial situation of the three of them.
Sigrid, who was responsible for taking care of the daily life of the three of them, took out the cloth bag containing the silver coins and shook it on the table.
Various metal currencies are scattered everywhere. At first glance, it will make people feel very rich.
However, these currencies are just a bunch of auxiliary coins, which are currencies between copper, silver, or below copper.
In Yas King City, consumption here is lower than in border areas.
This is not a joke, but is based on the fact that Yas Royal City has a dedicated tax officer to manage it, and will not increase prices or charge fees indiscriminately.
The small town in the Earldom of Nott that Lu Yu arrived at after crossing was a very special case, specializing in robbing hard-working adventurers of their hard-earned money.
Sigrid took off another cloth bag containing money from her waist, with only the last silver coin in it.
"The silver coins found by the owner's white wolf friend were inferior silver coins made by local lords when the Kingdom of Yas was not established, so the final exchange ratio was close to three to one."
"Renting a house, buying food that can be stored for about ten days, and magic materials needed by the two masters, these expenses have already emptied our wallets."
"If we can't find a way to get money this month, then we will have to rent another place... It's not easy for the owner to continue to act."
There are basically no gold coins in circulation in the Kingdom of Yas. The very few gold coins are in the hands of a few great nobles and royal families, so silver coins are the currency with the largest denomination they can use.
Whether it is for future travel or for the present, Lu Yu must replace some items of high value and light enough to take with him before leaving the Kingdom of Yas.
Lulutis said that there are many things on gold coins that can only be traded by barter... I don’t know if there is a way to get some.
"Money...write it down first, this problem will be solved soon."
"The money is still yours to take care of. Priority is given to ensuring food. As for magic materials and so on..."
"Lulutis, don't be stunned, speak!"
"Ah? What do you want me to say? This is something you are responsible for, right?"
Lulutis resolutely carried out Lu Yu's philosophy of not dictating when leading the team on the way home.
"Tell me if the gadgets you bought are enough to facilitate Sigrid's budget."
"Probably. Anyway, the basic materials for your awakening are definitely enough. The excess can be used to make some scrolls and potion mixtures for later use."
Lulutis pondered for a while, "I would like to buy some things to try to lift some basic seals, but these are basically impossible to buy."
"Can't you buy it without money or can't you buy it with money?" Lu Yu asked.
"They are all available. For example, I need the magic core of a starlight slime. I don't think I can easily find or buy it in a place like the surrounding kingdom where the highest level magician is only level five."
Lulutis' plan was to purchase all the materials used for the day's experiment and re-refine them. Through the reaction that occurred during the refining, she could analyze the potion that could relieve her black mist body.
As for her sealed magic power, she needs some more complex composite materials to release it, or some external stimulation to loosen the seal.
Both of these can be tried simultaneously. After all, it is possible that once the magic power is restored, one's black mist body will be restored to its original state, and vice versa.
The most troublesome thing was the sealing effect of the ninth-level magician on her body. Lulutis was really unsure whether it could be lifted.
She could only hope that she could crack it with brute force after recovering the magic power of a seventh-level magician.
Seeing that Lu Yu and Lulutis had nothing to add, Sigrid wrote the word "property" on the paper and concluded her own summary: diligence and thrift.
After thinking for a moment, Sigrid added a line of words.
"If the two masters can be thrifty..."
The second topic is the direction of travel.
Lu Yu walked to the map hanging on the wall of the hall.
This map records the three countries surrounding the Kingdom of Yas, as well as some weak territories that are dependent on the three countries.
"Sigrid and I asked many adventurers in the royal city, and they all said that they had never heard of the Solon Empire."
"Not only that, what you provided is unknown to the Sea of Secret Light, the Sligo Empire, and the Silver Maple Holy Theocracy."
Lulutis had already guessed that the magic flow of the explosion greatly increased the effect of the teleportation scroll, but she was not sure how strong this effect was and how far it spanned.
Now no one knows where the Solon Empire is, which makes it difficult to decide where to go after the Kingdom of Yas.
Lulutis and Sigrid were both staring at Lu Yu, wanting to see if he had any good ideas.
"If you really can't find any news, then buy a dice and come back."
Lulutis thought that dice had some magical uses in Lu Yu's world, so she couldn't wait to ask: "What are you going to do?"
Lu Yu was very puzzled by Lulutis's tone of curiosity. Have no people in this world ever played in a running group?
"When it comes to that, I throw the dice to decide where to go. What do you think I'm going to do?"
Sigrid wrote on the paper: "One die...the number of sides is to be determined."
Sigrid was thoughtful when she saw Lulutis extending her tentacles towards her master.
"Lord Lulutis has more hands. You may buy a few more dice and throw them out at the same time to detect the hints given by the gods."
The third issue is safety.
Since you are going to live in this house for a while, safety issues must be taken into consideration.
Warning magic should be left in all directions of the house's courtyard, and various obstacles that can create movement should be densely planted.
At the entrance and below each window, a one-time triggered trap magic must be arranged.
This is not enough!
In order to prevent someone from possessing magic sensing equipment or more advanced magic-forbidden items, it is necessary to purchase traps for dealing with monsters.
These traps are placed one after another, and Lulutis binds them with a special magic mark. After confirming that they cannot be touched without the corresponding magic mark, the basic security work is completed.
"Is this your foundation?" Lulutis was shocked.
When they were in the tree hole, Lulutis discovered that Lu Yu was very meticulous in ensuring his own safety.
It now appears that this assessment was wrong.
He is not meticulous, he is strict!
The tree hole had no foundation, no environment, and no materials. He was unable to conceive and arrange more sophisticated preventive measures.
Now that he arrived at this house, he immediately entered the state.
"Don't use a word you learned from me and use it indiscriminately. I'm not being lazy, I'm trying to nip it in the bud."
"You can't sacrifice Sigrid's rest time and let her run up in the middle of the night to check the situation around her."
"Besides, Sigrid is only at the level of a Shiraki-level adventurer. Taking the risk of losing control by dragon transformation is dangerous and harmful to the body. Our combat power is currently seriously insufficient, and we must use foreign objects to protect ourselves."
"You can never go wrong with caution."
Although Sigrid didn't know what Lulutis said... but seeing her master and Black Mist arguing constantly, she probably knew that Lulutis felt that her master was too cautious.
Sigrid intervened in the discussion between the two and smiled awkwardly but politely.
"I support the master's idea. It is indeed right to take precautions before they happen."
You are worthy of being the servant I have chosen, and you are indeed on my side!
Lu Yu's pride did not last.
Sigrid's white little hand stretched out in front of Lu Yu.
"Master, please give me money. Only with money can I buy the items you mentioned."
Topic 3, safety issues, is ultimately the financial issue of Topic 1.
"Don't worry, someone will give us money."
Sigrid, who was in charge of recording, stopped.
"Send money?"
"Yes, give us money." Lu Yu did not explain too much, but ordered, "In order to ensure that someone will give us money, I need you to go to the Adventurer's Guild to take the Baimu-level adventurer assessment."
"What time..." Lu Yu glanced at Lulutis, "Let's make it tomorrow."
After the meeting, Sigrid went to her room on the second floor and started practicing her acting skills in front of the mirror.
Lulutis rolled up a large bag of things with her tentacles and led Lu Yu into the basement next to the bell tower.
The basement, which is about thirty square meters, has only one entrance and exit. There is a table, a few rows of bookshelves, and nothing else.
Because there are several hidden ventilation holes, it is not particularly stuffy.
I really wonder what kind of potion those magicians who are seeking death are preparing here. The concentration is so high that it makes me burp.
Also, do magicians always have thick lines?
Shouldn’t protective measures be taken when preparing dangerous chemicals?
What gas masks, protective clothing...oh, there may not be any here.
So a few specific defensive magics should be cast first, right?
If not, mixing it in the open air will not poison yourself.
However, Lu Yu felt relieved when he saw Lulutis waving tentacles and playing with various magic equipment beside him.
A seventh-level magician can blow himself up like this, but a first-level magician poisoning himself is really not big news.
Lulutis's tentacles were dipped in slime juice and painted on the ground.
A circular array with complex patterns gradually took shape.
Thank God, the ninth-level magician created this sealing magic without distorting the pattern.
But this is also what Lu Yu is curious about.
Is it because he can't do it, or is it because he deliberately left a flaw?
"There are many ways to awaken. The material I used is the most common slime slurry. Most of them are born with an affinity for magic."
"Using their serum as a medium, people without magic can easily feel the traces of magic, and then touch the ubiquitous magic."
"Thank you slime, Lu Yu."
Lu Yu bowed slightly respectfully.
They should be thankful that during the days when they were surviving in the tree hole, they relied on eating slime to get through the difficult days.
Now their bodies will help Lu Yu embark on the road of becoming a magician.
"I wonder if slimes can be used as pets. If so, how about raising one as a reward?" Lu Yu was thinking wildly.
"Enter the magic circle."
Just as Lu Yu was about to step in, a question came to his mind.
"It won't explode, right?"
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"You can't come in or not!" Lulutis gritted her teeth.