Chapter 46: Oddity

Although Dominionaria is now less than one-tenth the size of Ren City, including the harbor area, everyone is still accustomed to calling it Dominionaria City, because both the planning and the facilities were designed and built with reference to the standards of the number one city on the mainland, Frank City.

After all, the descendants of the dragon veins have a long lifespan, so they can build it slowly over a few hundred years. The same reasoning applies to why Baron Stewart built a Count-level castle.

Dominaria City, Mage Tower.

Olivier stopped Christine and said with a smile, "My Lord Baron, there's something small."

Christine immediately looked at them with a guarded expression and said, "Huh? What do you want?"

Olivier hastily waved his hands and said, "I don't want anything, I don't want anything.

Christine asked confused, "Then what do you want?"

Olivia blushed and said apologetically, "Well, cousin Christine, I would like to borrow a pair of stockings..."

Christine interrupted before Olivia could finish, "Get out! Get as far away as you can."

"Cousin Christine, it's only a loan. As long as you lend them to me, you can do whatever you want with me. Tears immediately welled up in Olivia's eyes, making her look even more pitiful.

"Pervert!"

"Whatever my cousin wants, I can do." At this point, the look on Olivia's face was so unbearable that Christine had to avert her eyes.

Christine had to admit that when it came to shamelessness, Olivia was truly shameless. If you were to put her in front of her time travel, she would definitely be a green tea.

Christine asked confusedly, "Cousin Olivia, if I remember correctly, you already have several pairs of stockings. Isn't that enough for you? Why do you still want to ask me for them?"

Olivia immediately explained, "Cousin Christine, although my stockings are already the best in the Kingdom of France, they are in no way comparable to the fine products of the elves in your hands. The material and workmanship are nothing less than works of art."

Christine was speechless upon hearing this.

As mentioned earlier, the stockings in this world are made from the silk spun by a type of spider monster. Although the silk is thin, it is extremely tough. Therefore, the finished product is much lighter, more durable, and more comfortable than the stockings Christine wore before she traveled back in time. Of course, they are also much more expensive.

Of course, in an era without mechanical production, the more skilled the handmade product, the better the quality. Human craftsmen can never be compared to elves in this respect. Even if a human starts at the age of ten and continues until the age of fifty, this is only a period of forty years. An elf, on the other hand, can devote a hundred years to this task and then have two hundred years to lie around.

A pair of stockings made from the same material by a human craftsman costs about 30 gold coins, while an elf's pair starts at 50 gold coins and is hard to come by.

Christine's mother is an elf, and every year she has to buy a lot of different supplies from the elf island. Since they're of the same race, the price isn't expensive, it's just a little more expensive to ship.

After Christine inherited the title of lord, due to the expansion of the harbor and the construction of the Elven Temple, there were more merchant ships going to and from Elven Island.

Elven merchants are not old-fashioned, and it is normal to give gifts to the lord. It can be said that the elves are using Christine here.

After Elena and the sisters Milisa and Misa followed her, they naturally got a lot of cosmetics, stockings and jewelry.

Olivia's research on these things is based on being able to tell the origin by smell, so she discussed with Christine whether the experimental funds could be paid with these cosmetics and the like.

Although she was scolded, she is not ashamed. She was backed into a corner and had no choice but to give.

It's okay if the price isn't high, for example, a small bottle of Elf Plant Nail Polish costs only five metal coins, so it's okay to deduct it from Olivier's experimental funds. But now a pair of stockings costs 50 or 60 gold coins, and after deducting that, she has no research funds left. Does she still want to advance to the master level?

You should know that in just half a month after she arrived, Olivia had nearly 100 gold coins deducted from her account, not to mention the clothes and shoes she bought herself.

So Olivia didn't dare to say "want" anymore and instead said "borrow" in a different way.

Christine also wanted to come up with a solution, so she said, "Cousin Olivia.

"Cousin Christine, please tell me what you need.

"I have a condition. If you agree, I'll give you a pair of stockings made by the elves."

"You can ask me for anything." Olivia was overjoyed.

"Promotion to second level magician within six months."

"No problem!" Olivier readily agreed.

"I'm not done yet. If you don't meet my requirements by then, I'll throw away all your clothes."

"No, cousin Christine, you can't do that!"

"You can choose not to accept my conditions," Christine said nonchalantly.

"No, I accept! It's only a second level mage, I'll be fine," Olivier said firmly.

"Then it's settled."

In fact, Olivia had a good talent, but she spent too much time on her appearance. In Christine's opinion, she should use this opportunity to spend more time studying.

"Well, Cousin Christine, can I have the stockings first?" Olivia asked with a flattering face, like a kitten trying to please its owner.

"I'll have Elena bring them to you," Christine didn't know what to say.

"Cousin Christine, you are truly kind, as beautiful as the brightest moonlight," Olivier couldn't help but praise.

"The money will be deducted from your research funds," Christine added.

"No problem, just deduct it," Olivier didn't care.

But even though Olivier said she didn't care, she increased the time she spent studying from that day on, and she was afraid to spend money recklessly anymore, but instead worked hard to improve her rank.

She knew that Christine would keep her word, and if she didn't become a second-level magician when the time came, she really would have to throw away all her beautiful clothes.

There was only one odd person like Olive, and the other, Master Ramos Aiken, studied every day except when he ate, slept, or was on duty in the control room of the Mage Tower. He was either in the library or the laboratory.

Even the four apprentice mages were studying hard, after all, Christine had given them the opportunity to use the Mage Tower's laboratory to simulate casting spells, and that opportunity was really hard to come by.

In fact, many apprentice mages were unable to become full-fledged mages because they did not have access to sufficient resources and missed the best age for promotion.

However, judging by the way they were working so hard now, the Stewart family would be adding a few more full mages.