In the sacred calendar year, at the end of the dormant month (February), Rentat, "Sadeni District."
This area was originally outside the city and was inhabited by ordinary merchants who sold fish from the Storm Strait. Later, it gradually gathered citizens who made a living by salting, processing, sorting, and intermediary fish, and gradually prospered. In the Kingdom of Holm
It prospered due to the influence of the Magic Council, and was included in the city during the second expansion of Rentat City. It was named after the "Sardney" bream, a specialty of Storm Strait.
But as the magic steam train traveled between "Porte Padre" and "Rentate", the fishing industry was monopolized by big businessmen relying on abundant funds, cheap prices, and fresh goods, and ordinary businessmen went bankrupt.
As the citizens changed careers, some began to work for big businessmen, while others fell into the miserable situation of unemployment.
Fortunately, at this time, the initial popularity of alchemy items and the increase in alchemy workshops prevented the unemployed citizens from finding a way to survive. It only took a few years for the Sadney District to become a neighborhood of half workers and half fishery practitioners.
The night is dark, and the houses are still flickering with dim candlelight because they cannot afford magic crystal lamps. However, the street lights on both sides of the street are bright and dazzling under the connection of spider web-like black lines. The light and shadow are shaking, interspersed with darkness.
Sparse and dense.
"Bah, you couple and a loser!" A fourteen-year-old or fifteen-year-old boy looked at the man and woman cuddling each other in the shadow behind the street lamp and spat harshly. Although the style of Holm Kingdom was conservative, the couple did not do anything other than hugging and whispering.
Kissing, touching and other actions, but the boy's eyes were still shining, full of envy, jealousy and hatred.
"Andy, stop looking, it's about to start." A slight voice came from behind the street trees on both sides of the road.
Andy was startled, and quickly turned around, only to see three friends sticking their heads out from behind a thick street tree, waving inconspicuously.
"What, that..." Andy came back to his senses, and his expression suddenly changed. He looked nervous and excited, as if he was doing something dangerous and exciting.
Quietly approaching the street tree, he complained softly: "William, Mickey Martin, why didn't you come to me earlier?"
The brown-haired Martin laughed softly: "How dare I come to you? You must be spying on other people's dates."
"Well." William, the blond and blue-eyed man, cleared his throat, "Spring is here, everything is growing, flourishing, and Andy is in heat again."
"Do you want to die?" Andy gritted his teeth and stared at them, his blue eyes full of anger.
"Keep your voice down! You really want to die!" Mickey, the shortest but grimacing, pressed down hard with the palm of his right hand.
Andy took a deep breath, closed his mouth tightly, pointed in the distance and indicated with his eyes that he should leave now?
"Well, otherwise I'll be late and miss Miss Nightingale's voice at the beginning." William looked fascinated.
"This guy is also in heat..." Martin said as if he didn't know you.
The few friends were chatting and laughing in low voices while timidly moving forward like thieves.
After turning around a dozen houses and passing through two sparse woods, their voices gradually subsided, becoming unusually quiet, and their breathing became heavier.
Ahead was a row of civilian houses in a remote corner of the "Sadeni" district. They walked to the third-to-last ordinary two-story building.
After pulling up the collar of his clothes and covering half of his face, Andy knocked on the door six times in a rhythm of two fast and three slow.
The door opened silently. A middle-aged man with a serious expression quickly looked around and signaled Andy and the others to come in quickly.
Andy, Martin, Mickey, and William sneaked into the room very skillfully. They saw that the hall was packed with people, sitting or standing around the center. It could be said that there were three floors inside and three floors outside, and the curtains had been drawn.
, the room was dim and swaying under the light of a candlestick, which made people think of the ghost stories they had heard.
In the hall, there are strong men, girls, old people, children, boys in "estrus" such as Andy, and several young girls in their prime.
Looking at each other, Andy, William and others took advantage of their short stature and squeezed through the crowd. Finally they came to a few girls and said with a shy smile: "Scarlett, Thelma, you guys too
coming?"
The beautiful little girl with blond hair and blue eyes glanced at them and raised her slender white fingers to her mouth: "Shh, be quiet, it's about to begin."
Hearing these words, Andy and others' bodies trembled violently. They temporarily stopped thinking about getting close to the girls and concentrated on waiting.
The owner of the house, a serious middle-aged man with a straight face wearing an old white shirt, squeezed into the middle and played with the weird head-sized thing on the coffee table.
This thing is gray in color and is engraved with strange patterns. It has a row of black buttons and two round knobs. Like a sheep's horn, two long wires with shining metallic luster come out, about half a meter long, and they are also wrapped around each other.
With strange patterns and symbols.
Watching the serious middle-aged man playing with this weird thing, Andy and the others, old or young, male or female, rude or gentle, all held their breath and waited as if they were worshiping in a church, as if it was extremely sacred.
thing.
Zizzi, the familiar sound of electric current sounded, Andy's back straightened up, and the people around him made similar movements almost at the same time as him.
A vague, noisy female voice came from the strange thing. As the middle-aged man fiddled with it, the voice gradually became clearer:
"Hello everyone, FM 5926 Hoz, this is the Sound of Mystery, thank you for listening. It is now 10 o'clock in the evening, Arlinge time. The next four! Your friend Nightingale will accompany you.
.”
The sweet and moving female voice made William, Andy and others feel itchy, wondering how beautiful Miss Nightingale was.
"The first program is 'Life Tips,' where I will bring you a healthier and more reasonable lifestyle, so that you can avoid various hazards that you may encounter in life."
"In recent months, many unscrupulous businessmen have appeared in Rentat and other cities in the Kingdom of Holm, selling toothpaste, shower gel and other items under the name of 'radioactive,' claiming to be more fashionable, more effective, and able to prolong life.
But in reality?”
"We have to start talking about this matter five months ago. Member of the Arcane Review Committee, high-level arcanist, three Holm Crown Awards, one Immortal Throne Award, one Arcane Scepter Award, and one Snow Medal Award
The winner Lucien Evans published the paper that had been sealed for three years, which was the paper for which he won the Ice and Snow Medal: "A new element capable of radiating electron currents and two other types of rays." In this paper
He pioneered the concept of 'natural radioactivity', believing that the structural instability of some elements would emit new elements and electron flows."
"It's amazing! Selma, 'Music Corridor', many works were composed by him, including some of our favorites! He also has such a long list of titles! He also has the same name as that great musician!"
After more than a year of "popular science", Scarlett, who roughly understood the meaning of these titles, said in surprise and admiration, and suppressed exclamations occurred one after another in the hall.
Andy is very conflicted. On one side is the girl he admires, and on the other side is the musician he likes very much. How should the magician treat Lucien Evans?
As for the somewhat difficult description of natural radioactivity just now, they can probably figure out what's going on after months of fatigue bombardment by businessmen. In the words of those businessmen, "This is the best toothpaste that can emit new elements and electron flows. Electrons
The flow can effectively remove the dirt on your teeth and restore them to whiteness, while the new elements can make you healthy. Currently, only the great nobles can use it regularly."
"Well" Mr. Evans, he gave a detailed explanation of "natural radioactivity". While emitting new elements and electron flows, these materials will also emit "curses. The curse will change your body and make your hair
Falling teeth, loosening of teeth, distortion of blood, body failure, and new elements and electron flow can also cause serious damage within a certain range."
Huh? The frightened voice broke through the oppressive atmosphere.
"And this kind of damage will not only affect you, but will also pass through your body and bring it to your children, causing them to become deformed at birth. Therefore, listeners, please do not be misled by unscrupulous traders. Radioactivity is only harmful to you.
, there is no advantage in buying them just because they are fashionable.”
"Finally, let me sum it up with the words of Mr. Evans: Religion ruins a lifetime, radiation ruins three generations!"
"I, I want to throw away that toothpaste quickly! Fortunately, I came to listen to the mysterious voice!" Similar voices sounded one after another, with a mix of fear, fear, and joy. They were relaxed, and they were not in the mood to oppose "belief in religion will harm your life."
Suddenly, Scarlett said with a cry: "I, I have been using it for a month, will it..." Ruin the third generation...
Nightingale's sweet voice continued: "Those unscrupulous vendors' toothpaste, body wash and other items have small or even no added amounts. Stop using them immediately. There will be no sequelae."
When I exhaled, there was almost a strong wind in the hall. Just be okay, be okay!
"After a short beautiful melody, we will start the 'Revealing the Secret of the Church' program hosted by Mr. Sage, telling about his thirty-eight years as a municipal official dealing with pastors and bishops, and removing the sacred halo from pastors, bishops and others.
Restore the emotions, anger, sorrow and joy they should have as real people."
"Wow, having an affair with a nun again?" Andy became excited.
A strong man next to him with arms as thick as Andy's thighs looked back at him and joked: "Maybe it's a little boy like you..."
Just as I was about to retort, a beautiful melody sounded from the ore radio, which was calming and refreshing.
"It's Mr. Evans's light music 'Castle in the Sky,'" Scarlett said in a low voice, fearing to interrupt the beautiful music.
After "Unveiling the Church", "Into the Arcane" and "Magic Lecture", the sweet voice of Nightingale sounded: "Next is everyone's favorite program 'Mysteries of the Body'. We continue to invite Mr. Felipe, an authority in the field of human body, as a guest.
.”
"Well, I like Mr. Felipe, I really like his cold and arrogant attitude..." Selma said with excitement.
"Hello, Mr. Felipe."
"Good evening, Nightingale."
"Mr. Felipe, as we all know, the human body will undergo a period of rapid development when around the age of twelve, which will be accompanied by great changes in the body, which will bring about depression and depression for boys and girls. I don't know, Felipe
Sir, could you please explain this in detail so that they can understand that this is a natural phenomenon of the body?"