Early the next morning, Furina assigned Cissia a fairly simple task.
It was to harvest the medicinal herbs planted in the basement on time; he had already calculated how many years’ worth of herbs could be harvested a few hours after planting.
As long as it was roughly accurate, it would be fine.
Besides, there was no need to do a lot of work all at once, and Cissia, that little silly snake, was quite happy with that.
As for our Furina, he was naturally busy studying this so-called Magician’s Notebook.
Sitting on the recliner behind the bar, Furina wore his holographic monocle and opened the notebook.
In an instant, a peculiar pale purple energy dissipated, and the pages flipped rapidly, finally stopping at the last page, which had a rather strange point.
It was an identity card displayed there.
It looked like a tarot card, featuring a man in a crisp suit, holding a cane and wearing a top hat, bowing slightly to salute the crowd.
From that top hat, patterns of ribbons, small balls, and the like gushed out.
[Magician’s Identity Card: Joniat’s lifelong magic tricks and magical skills are gathered here.
As the world’s most perfect magician, one should use magic to showcase one’s skills.]
[Yes/No: Equip this identity card?]
Nodding, Furina was indeed very curious about magic; after all, since coming here, no one had given him a Vision, and he had no Hydro Archon abilities, arriving empty-handed.
Although it was certainly safe to stay in the shop, having finally come to such a fresh place, how could he not go out and take a look?
As he thought about it, Furina entered his mysterious little mental theater again.
He saw a White-haired Cat Girl floating in mid-air, facing the expanding Hollow, facing the Ethereals…
With a wave of her hand, countless magic circles appeared, and all sorts of cool, insanely powerful magic cracked and popped, destroying the Ethereals and shrinking the Hollow.
Then, everyone looked at her with admiration on their faces, offering sincere praise.
“Great Mage Furina!
Great Mage Furina!
Great Mage Furina…”
“Hehe…
Ehehe~ Alright!
Equip—”
After giggling foolishly for a long time, Furina shook his head and equipped the identity card.
In an instant, faint blue energy enveloped the Magician’s Identity Card as it slowly floated out of the pages, spinning in front of Furina before suddenly accelerating with a burst of nitrogen-like speed and rushing into Furina’s chest.
“Eh~ What happened?
Wait a second!
How did it drill into my body!”
A colorless magic circle unfolded from Furina’s chest, spinning and emitting light.
Faint energy gathered, gradually filling the colorless magic circle and turning it into a water-blue color.
A wonderful warm current appeared and traveled through his limbs and bones; Furina couldn’t help but slump onto the recliner, slowly closing his eyes and starting to giggle as he felt this warmth.
As the magic circle dissipated, it turned into magic power and merged into Furina’s top hat and black-and-white gloves.
He slowly opened his eyes, his water-drop-shaped heterochromatic pupils reflecting the pattern of the magic circle; as he blinked, the magic circle slowly dissipated.
“Is that it…
I feel…
Hiss~”
Originally thinking it was over, Furina was just about to sit up and properly feel it, but the next moment, a large amount of memory fragments flooded into his mind.
They covered a lot of Joniat’s mage experience, and—magic tricks~!
By the time Furina had digested it all, nearly an hour had passed; sweating profusely, he slowly sat up and adjusted his breathing.
After another while, as Furina slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, he stood up.
His whole body felt light, yet full of strength.
Raising his hand clad in a black glove, he paused for a moment, and the next second, he instinctively snapped his fingers.
Snap~
A burst of sparkly special effects flashed for a moment, and a bright red rose appeared in his hand.
Such a scene felt novel even to Furina himself.
He flipped his palm again, and the red rose disappeared, replaced by a lollipop; he unwrapped it and popped the candy into his mouth.
A sweet peach flavor.
It was a real lollipop—
“So amazing, haha…
Is this interpreting magic tricks with magic?”
You know, magic tricks are originally about deceiving the audience’s eyes to achieve the desired effect; no matter how clever the trick, there are always suspicious aspects, but now…
Furina skipped from behind the bar and came to the center of the hall.
He took off his small blue top hat, and with his white-gloved hand, slowly reached into the hat, grabbing something casually.
“Flap flap~”
A small white dove fluttered its wings and appeared in Furina’s hand; it was very well-behaved, and Furina could even direct it to do things.
For example~.
“Bring the Hydro coin from the bar over~”
With a light wave, the little white dove flapped its wings and flew towards the bar; after landing, it reached out with its small beak, picked up the Hydro coin, and returned to Furina’s hand.
He held the white dove in one hand, put his top hat back on with the other, and after signaling the dove to place the Hydro coin into his hand, he moved his mind.
In an instant, the dove’s pure white feathers flew, and it turned into a mass of freely controllable water.
His black-gloved hand casually snapped its fingers.
“Snap~”
The water gathered into a ball and dissipated into thin air.
“Haha…
So interesting~ From now on, I am New Eridu’s greatest mage!
And also the greatest magician~ Hahaha…”
Spreading his arms slightly, Furina bowed elegantly to the air, then put his hands on his hips and laughed proudly.
Just then, the shop door was suddenly pushed open, and the blonde snake-girl looked very excited.
“Store Manager Furina!
Quick, look—I’ve brought a customer~!!!”
“Uh…”
Holding a paper bag of pastries in one hand and pointing behind her with the other, Cissia’s words stopped halfway, and she froze instantly.
Seeing Furina standing there with his hands on his hips, laughing like a madman.
“Ah, oh Cissia, you’re back~ What!
There are guests?
Bring them in quickly—”
“Ah, this, um, Furina, are, are you okay?”
“Ahem, how could I be crazy!”
Clearing his throat twice, Furina looked behind Cissia, where a pink-haired Damselette with an impressive bust was carrying a woman with short white hair and a white combat suit as they walked in.
“No, are you sure your Suixin Shop can treat her injuries?
Don’t waste time; if it won’t work, I’ll go somewhere else immediately!”
“Yes, yes!
This is our shopkeeper; you can talk to him, Nicole~”
Coming into the shop, Nicole first observed the decor, then fixed her gaze on the White-haired Cat Girl in the blue-black formal suit before her.
Although the other party had been laughing like a fool just now, which made her a bit suspicious, judging from the current appearance, both his temperament and the feeling he gave off were that of a gorgeous, noble, upper-class person.
“I accidentally picked this kid up while I was scavenging for treasures.
Seeing she was still breathing, I brought her over in a hurry.
I feel like she’s not going to make it; do you have any way to save her, Shopkeeper?”
It’s time to show off; go for it, Furina—
“Rest assured~ Leave it to me…”
As he spoke, Furina waved his hand casually, and the round table floated in front of him, then he snapped his fingers.
Nicole was startled to feel her back lighten; the short-white-haired Damselette was lifted by an unknown force and laid flat on the round table.
This sequence of actions left Nicole stunned, and even Cissia, who was eating pastries in the back, opened her mouth wide and looked over.
“So, so amazing, Shopkeeper, is this your ability?”
“Heh heh…
Naturally~”
Clapping his hands, two bottles of life recovery potion floated over from the shelf; Furina casually opened one and poured it onto the white-haired Damselette’s neck.
There was a gruesome gash there, still constantly oozing blood.
The second the recovery potion covered the wound, a faint cyan-green light flashed, and the gruesome gash actually slowly healed.
Anby…
Hmm~ I didn’t expect her to have just been picked up by Nicole…
So that’s how it is~ That means Twiggy should be in a similar situation; either lying dead in the wilderness, or picked up and sent to the black market, she shouldn’t have been bought yet…
Seeing Anby’s complexion improve a little, Furina looked at Nicole on the side.
“Your name?”
“Ah, oh, I’m Nicole, the boss of the Cunning Hares agency…”
“Come…
open her lips; to ensure safety, she needs to drink another bottle of internal-use recovery potion.”
Nodding, Nicole wiped her hands and stepped forward, gently prying open Anby’s lips; Furina poured the recovery potion into her mouth and slightly lifted her head so that the liquid could be successfully consumed.