Chapter 133 Bookstore and Mrs. Amanda
So, having got a new clue, Jiangyou couldn't wait to come to the bookstore that his senior mentioned, and looked at the pink shop called "Dream of Another World" with great interest.
As the central town associated with the Royal Academy of Magic, Huntington's highest institution of learning, the bookstores are naturally the most numerous. Most shops sell a wide variety of magical books, classics, and textbooks, but there are also many shops selling poetry, novels, picture scrolls, and other popular leisure books for teenagers.
This store is clearly the latter.
The small shop painted pink sparkles romantically in the sun, and the white gauze curtain hanging at the door flutters in the wind; there is a small semicircular flower bed at the door of the shop, and pink and purple irises sway gently in the flower bed; a window facing the street is wide open, and an open book is placed on the small table behind the window, with a cup of steaming black tea next to it.
The owner of the book and tea shop was nowhere to be seen, but the shop was filled with the chatter and laughter. A sweet, happy aroma wafted out from the window, and Jiangyou took a deep breath: Hey, it smells like strawberry milk!
She had a good first impression of the store, so she lifted the gauze curtain and walked in.
The golden bells tied to the gauze curtains jingled, and a brown-haired head popped out from behind a bookshelf deep in the store. "Please feel free to look around! I'll be back later!"
"Okay!" Jiangyou agreed and started walking around the bookstore.
This store is slightly larger than her snack shop, but because there are many bookshelves and books, the space seems more narrow, and many places require turning sideways to pass through - but fortunately, Jiangyou is a thin skeleton and does not have this problem.
The cashier counter is placed on the right side of the door, and behind the counter is the small table facing the window. This somewhat romantic reading corner obviously belongs to the owner and looks very warm and comfortable.
Rows of bookshelves at the entrance prominently displayed popular books and a hand-painted sign: [The second installment in the "The Tyrant Knight Chief Falls in Love with Me" series, "The Tyrant Lord Falls in Love with Me," is now on sale! Order the complete set now and receive a special Lord x Knight CP illustration from the otherworldly observer, Kaede-yeye!].
There is also a Q-version snake with a silver and pink heart painted at the bottom of the billboard. The image looks very dog-like and very cute.
"What a familiar book title." Jiang You couldn't help but think of the novels she had burned according to Mi You's will. "The case is solved. It turns out that Mi You bought all those books about social death here."
In an instant, she felt like she was shopping in a comic book store. She rubbed her bone claws and started to choose from the bestsellers.
Her eyes swept across the signed illustrations of the Q-version black-haired lord and silver-haired knight in the lower corner of the billboard, and landed on the familiar pile of "Collection of the Most Beautiful Men in Huntington" next to it. The owner obviously liked to put works from the same series or with the same protagonists together. Jiang You looked all the way down and found several different picture albums with Andre as the model in a bookshelf next to him.
"Hey, this one's well illustrated~ Hiss, this one's also wonderful!" There was a pink flame burning in Jiangyou's eyes. He slurped his saliva and put the picture book he liked into his arms. "Hehehe, let Andre pose for me tonight~"
As she was happily selecting, she saw several girls jumping out from the back of the store, each holding a stack of books and a bright smile on their face. Jiang You couldn't help but take a few more breaths, and a vibrant aroma instantly filled her soul.
"So full of life!" she exclaimed, turning around and meeting the shopkeeper's gaze. Lady Amanda, who had just asked her to 'wait a moment,' adjusted her glasses, which were as thick as the bottom of a wine bottle, and gave her a wide, snake-like smile. "Ah, Miss Lich, you have good taste! These are some of our best-selling picture albums!"
Jiang You's eyes lit up as he flipped through the album to the page about Andrei. "Do you still have his albums? I want them all!"
"Yes! Yes!" Lady Amanda smiled and started searching with her. "So Miss Lich likes this type? You really have good taste!"
The lady snapped her fingers, and countless pink little snakes popped their heads out of the bookshelf, spitting out their tongues at the picture album in Jiangyou's hand, and then crawled back into the bookshelf. Soon, several little snakes handed out more picture albums with their tails wrapped around them.
"Wow!" Jiang You took the picture book, "What a cute snake!"
"Thank you for the compliment~" Mrs. Amanda smiled, "These children are very well-behaved. They usually don't hurt anyone unless they meet someone with bad intentions. You can tell them what book you want, and as long as the store has it, they will find it."
"That's amazing!" Jiang You exclaimed, and then asked casually, "By the way, do you sell the "Big Magic Book" here?"
"The Great Magic Book? No, I don't have anything that profound here." Lady Amanda shook her head. "I only collect stories and picture books related to love and beauty from various worlds. If you want academic books, I'm afraid you'll have to go to the nearby bookstores. I believe there are so many bookstores in the central town, there's bound to be one that can meet your needs."
"Oh, okay!" Jiang You nodded, then tilted his head, "Different worlds?"
"Yes..." Lady Amanda adjusted her thick glasses. She hissed like a snake, her tone becoming ethereal and vague, like a charlatan. "Myriad worlds converge in dreams, and our clan is both dream keepers and observers. We witness, record, and spread beautiful stories everywhere... Hey, Miss Lich, you too have a scent from another world."
She studied Jiang You closely, then suddenly her whole body trembled violently, and she uttered a sound like a dream: "Oh! I see... your brother's wife's brother-in-law and his partner are visiting your brother's family! Hey, they're all acquaintances... Do you want to know about his best-selling new book?!"
When Mrs. Amanda was halfway through her speech, the feeling of dreaming suddenly disappeared. She picked up the two new books in the set and stuffed them into Jiangyou's arms.
Takumi: ...Wow, what the hell is this? Could this be the legendary acquaintance scam involving the mother-in-law of your neighbor's third aunt's classmate? This is the first time she's seen such a charlatan sales tactic!
She quickly waved her hands: "No, no, I just want these picture books."
Mrs. Amanda regretfully took back the two novels and took all the picture albums that Jiangyou had selected to the counter. After a quick calculation, she quoted a price: "Three gold coins and five silver coins."
"Wow! That's expensive!" Takumi clicked his tongue, then suddenly had an idea. "Oh, right! Mi You recommended me here. Is there a discount?"
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