I Am Louis XIV

The bank in the other world is different from their residence. It is Gothic in style, with thorny spires and rose windows.

The second stop after Louis left the bookstore was the bank.

The wizards' bookstores are spacious and grand, and the huge glass (it is said that the wizards have used magic in glass production) not only allows the most light to enter the shop, but also can become dark when the sun is too strong, so as not to damage the books , but most of the books here are about history and legends, and only a small part are related to spells or potions. Of course, it’s okay for wizard families to cherish their brooms, but the population of the inner world has swelled to this point At that time, they still held powerful spells tightly in their hands like misers, and passed them on from father to son, and mentor to apprentice. It was really stupid.

Although Louis must admit that this kind of stupidity is beneficial to the mortals in the table world, but for the wizards, such a victory cannot last long-yes, so far, there are still wizards who emerged from the mortals, and they are very important to the table world. Relatives and friends in the world still have feelings. If the wizard family in the other world teaches them the powerful spells hidden in the secret, it is hard to say who they will point the finger at in the end-then the behavior of the Mancini family needs to be considered. Children... At least Mary's sisters are destined to have a prominent marriage, but the Mancini family is still a wizard family, so after they come out of the other world, are they really willing to be as peaceful as a mortal? live on?

Just look at Marie, she is not a vicious person, but her concepts and opinions have been firmly contracted before she came to Paris.

When Luka found that Louis was carefully flipping through the ancient spell books (this is not to say that they are precious enough, but that these books were written by Merlin himself and given to every wizard in the era of Merlin, spells It is extremely basic, it can be said that it is like an introductory book, generally speaking, as long as there is a mentor, wizards hardly use it, and most of it is put on the shelf as a collection or a gift - he smiled He reminded: "Actually," he said, "Miss Mary is intending to invite a virtuous mentor for you, Your Highness."

Louis showed a look of surprise, "Really?" He said happily, "Then I'll take this as a small gift." He put the spell book in Tuno's hand.

In the bookstore, Louis behaved exactly like an impulsive and curious young man should. He bought a lot of books that he didn’t seem to need, even bought some legends that even the wizard himself would regard as nonsense. When it came down, he said it read like a very interesting novel.

Books in the table world have become less expensive since printing appeared, but in wizards, most of the books cannot be printed, they can only be copied by hand, and some of them have to cast spells, so even if they are not valued by people, they are still expensive because of the process. It is cumbersome and becomes valuable. A strange wizard and an outsider can't help but attract attention by spending so much money. When he entered the bank, he was watched by countless pairs of eyes, only a little naked and a little hidden.

The wizards' exchange office reminded Louis not of the banks of the watch world, but of courts or offices. There were no less than a dozen wizards parading around riding manticores, and there were eerie railings with spears at the top. There are spikes, poisonous snakes wrapped around the iron poles, and the railings form a series of narrow passages, allowing only one person to stand upright. Such a line is very long, and there are always about one or two hundred people.

As the Duke of Colonna, Louis certainly didn't have to endure such torture, but before entering the VIP room, Ta watched with interest for a while at the money exchange place. A small room like a confessional, with only one black hole, which only allows one hand to go in and out. The wizard who wants to exchange coins puts his own things in it—coins from the watch world, and then takes back some coins from the other world. Louis found that their exchange ratio was basically one to one, which seemed fair, but the gold and silver content of the wizards' coins might not be as much as one-third of the coins in the watch world. Let's put it this way, Louis even saw rusty silver coins and Gold coins, what does this mean? They'd even mixed black iron straight into it, and he doubted he'd be able to suck the wizard coins away with just a magnet.

He also paid attention to the expressions of those wizards. Some wizards showed resentment, but most of them were still numb. The inner and outer worlds can be seen, and...the wizard's law has a lot to say.

Louis could almost guess the faces of children and old people when he saw the faces of children and old people on the cornerstone city wall. How could children or even babies commit crimes? It can only be said that the crimes committed by their fathers or mothers affected these innocent beings.

But the Duke of Colonna, or anyone who is eligible to enter the VIP room, the exchange ratio is five to one, that is to say, five of the wizard's currency is equivalent to one of the watch world's currency. For their own interests, there is even a lot of money in return, but judging from the calm attitude of Luca and Tuno, this is probably the privilege enjoyed by the wizards at the top of the pyramid.

Although Luka didn't quite understand it, he could still feel that the young master became depressed after leaving the exchange office, so he suggested to Louis whether he was interested in going to see the arena.

Every young man, even a wizard, loves an arena that makes their blood boil.

The colosseum of the wizards imitates the behavior of the Colosseum during the time of the ancient Roman emperor Titus. There are no wizards here to fight with wild beasts. Even if there are, it is similar to the nature of performance. The shrunken seat is like a funnel. After the wizards take their seats, it rises into the air, so people are looking down to perform—then the place where Louis and the nobles sit is the box, which seems to be suspended in the air one by one. The fruit is higher than the ring seat, but it is almost above the arena, so they can clearly see every corner here.

Compared to the arena, Louis prefers to call this the real version of the monster collection, from the sphinx, to the manticore, to the three-headed dog, petrified lizard, giant eagle, etc., you can see it here, They become violent and irritable under the whip and curse of the wizard-although some of the intelligent creatures can understand that the wizard is forcing them to fight each other for fun, but still have to fight and bite with all their strength, and the wizard is also conscious. It's not like this hasn't happened before, by placing intelligent monsters alongside instinctive ones so that they don't fight together. 】

After a sphinx—probably the one that made the big splash at the fair, which Louis recognized with its reddish-gold fur and missing tail tip—was overwhelmed by a pack of red-eyed rats , Louis' mood couldn't help getting worse. He was about to summon Luca, but there was a scream like a huge wave on the field. The wizards introduced new monsters-three manticores, against a werewolf, one A tense and bloody match is about to begin.

Louis paused for a moment, then sat down again. From his side, he could see the three manticores. They were right under his feet. Their fur was shiny, they were full of energy, and there were no scars on their bodies. Obviously, they were entering the arena for the first time. After a while, the werewolf walked towards the manticore with difficulty and slowly under the urging of the whip. Compared with the glamorous manticore, this werewolf was much more embarrassing - he was naked, and there was nothing to cover his body Armor or cloth, with disheveled hair, and a large torn part, only a dark red scar, no hair, because his back was facing Louis, so Louis could only see his muscular back, thick Limbs, and almost no part of his body intact, all kinds of scars can be seen on them, and his left leg is strangely twisted, and he walks with a limp. It may have been broken. , and then failed to align accurately during the healing process, so now the bones and muscles are deformed.

Louis noticed that the wizards on the edge of the arena were placing bets, and there were goblins flying around holding the golden cups. If the wizards won, they would pour the original bets in the golden cups into the wizard's hands together with the money they won. Or in the robe.

Maybe not many people are willing to bet on this werewolf. The dealer in the arena has not pulled off the magic collar that fixes the three manticores. "How much?", "Nose", "Come to eat meat", "Robe", "Bastard", etc., in the legend of the watch world, Manticore can only imitate the sound of flute and trumpet Yes, but in fact, there are humans in the recipes of these beasts. The reason why they imitate flutes and trumpets is because people who march and hunt often play like this, and when they blow, people will gather, so they will imitate Didi Toot the sound of.

They could learn human speech, as they do now, repeating what they heard from the wizards who hunted and fed them.

After waiting for five or six minutes, the manticore's eyes were already red, its claws were almost broken, and a huge hole was dug out by them on the ground, and the spell collars on their necks were suddenly opened. He rushed towards the werewolf without hesitation. The werewolf dragged one leg in embarrassment, rolled over on the spot, and escaped from under the claws of a manticore. And he got his chance - he grabbed a manticore by the tail and pulled it down with all his strength, using it as a barrier as the other two manticores pounced, the two manticores The sharp claws and fangs of the tailed lions all fell on their companions, and the injured manticore instinctively yelled, and then bit the foreleg of another manticore, which howled. , opened its tail, and shot dozens of sharp poisonous thorns at its new opponent.

The wizards became more and more clamorous, and they even stood up from their seats, shouting wildly, and at this time they were no different from the mortals they despised.

Louis turned the seat lightly. This werewolf made him feel familiar, but that face was not only covered by shaggy hair-sideburns and beard, but also had a scar with deep bones visible from the forehead to the lips. , across the bridge of the nose, making him unrecognizable.

The werewolf was now only facing a manticore, he arched his back and roared at the manticore, his arms were bulging terribly, if his legs were fine, he could deal with it Run away, but now he can only use tricks or face the enemy head-on.

Immediately afterwards, even Tuno couldn't help but marvel, because the werewolf had the courage to thrust one of his arms all the way into the manticore's throat - and the manticore jumped at him When he opened his mouth wide to the limit, he easily thrust his arm straight up to his shoulder, and his other hand firmly clamped the manticore's jaw, making it unable to close its teeth, and bit off his arm. His feet stomped hard on the ground, leaving a hole not inferior to that of a manticore—his shoulder was bleeding, and the blood attracted two other manticores who were still fighting before, and they hesitated. Pausing, sniffing, at this time the werewolf finally caught it, he should have caught it, because the manticore suddenly struggled wildly, its tail lashed the ground, leaving countless bumpy holes , the spikes on its tail flew around, but the werewolf just lowered his body and dodged skillfully - his body was almost covered by the manticore's head.

When the other two manticores came galloping, the werewolf tensed his body and retreated desperately amidst the screams. His arms were bloody, but his hand did hold a still throbbing. huge heart.

He threw his heart at the two manticores, one manticore stopped, and the other manticore continued to pounce on him.

The werewolf stretched his arms to the ground and became a giant wolf. In human form, a lame leg would slow him down, but in wolf form, a broken leg did little harm, and he It leaped even higher than the manticore, and landed directly behind it. When the manticore flicked its tail, it agilely and cunningly bent over to dodge it and took the opportunity to sneak behind it, biting When the blood spurted out, this poor manticore yelled even more horribly than the manticore that lost its heart.

"Emmmm..." Louis said, subconsciously changing a sitting position.