Chapter 6 Follow-up and Daily Life (6)
Takumi sniffed, "Ah, I'm a little homesick."
As she spoke, she pulled out a light blue soul fire from her chest and put it in her mouth, chewing it. "Hey, it's a little sour, the taste of homesickness."
This wasn't the first time Andre had seen Takumiu consume his own soul fire, but he still found it quite amusing. Takumiu's adorable maneuvers were so numerous, he never got tired of them.
Jiang You looked up at Andrei and suddenly saw a barrage of messages flash past his head. She raised her hand and rubbed her eyes. The string of words "Love you, love you, love you" appeared without warning and then disappeared into thin air in an instant, as if blocked by some mysterious force.
"Ah... Could it be that I've consumed too much soul fire recently, making the 'Blessing of the Moon Goddess' ineffective?" Jiang You muttered to himself.
Andre tilted his head, looking like a confused Doberman at this moment: "?"
"Ah, no, nothing. We should go check out the venue for the Leaf Card Tournament." Jiang You laughed and once again took Andre's muscular arm. "Let's go!"
With the announcement of the Huntington Cup Leaf Card Tournament, [Lich Night Market Bistro] also opened in advance in every city where the preliminary rounds would be held, kicking off this hot winter.
The board game tavern's business model had already withstood the test of the Royal School of Magic's students, and the first wave of clerks, familiar with the business model, were promoted to store managers and transferred across the country. To accommodate the gaming and spectating needs of the vast number of Leaf Card players, each tavern was considerably larger.
The table game area will serve as the venue for the preliminary rounds, while the bar and dining area will serve as a viewing area.
Takumi, who loves using photo crystals, collaborated with magicians from the Magic Academy to develop [photographic crystals] and [projection screens] for live broadcasts of matches, ensuring that audiences across the country can see the live broadcast of the matches on the large projection screens in every Bistro branch.
The people of the Middle Ages, who had never thought of this use, suddenly realized the "live broadcast of the game" through magic, and directly stepped from the ninth century to the twenty-first century. This leap was extremely exciting.
In addition to the tavern branch, Jiangyou also had his magicians make a number of large and small screens, which he sold at high prices to magic academies, nobles, and wealthy merchants. Of course, His Majesty the King and the Moon Worshipers, represented by Annina, also bought a number of screens at a 20% discount...
In this way, the flow of people watching the game was effectively dispersed: the king, nobles and wealthy businessmen stayed at home, believers went to church, students went to college... and the remaining civilian players could squeeze into a warm tavern, eating delicious food while watching the big screen. Everyone had their own viewing location, and it was not easy to cause conflicts.
As taverns opened everywhere, Jiangyou also came up with a new initiative. She acquired animal liches from all over the country that belonged to Xiaoniangao's family, primarily bone falcons, bone ravens, bone parrots, and bone hamsters... These animal liches signed contracts with Jiangyou and were managed by Xiaoniangao, specifically responsible for collecting money from these shops... oh, no, collecting soul fire.
Every few days, Xiao Nian Gao would cross the Netherworld to a branch to collect soul fire - of course, a small portion of the soul fire would become the salary of these animal lich cashiers and Xiao Nian Gao as agreed, and the remaining soul fire income would be given to Jiang You for distribution.
The emotionally stable Soul Fire is primarily supplied to Takumiu himself, the katydids working within the Lich Corporation, and a small number of undead employees. These employees' salaries are generally divided into two parts: cash and Soul Fire. The monthly payout ratio can be adjusted based on the employee's immediate needs, a truly considerate arrangement.
Those seemingly toxic negative emotions would be carefully bottled and stored by Jiang You, used as a strategic weapon for self-defense. Although she was now a powerful countess and was protected by the kingdom's knights, when she thought about how she had changed the lives of many people since coming to this world, Jiang You felt that she still needed to improve her combat power.
Take the cicadas, for example. They are perhaps the group whose lifestyles have changed the most. With a stable supply of soul fire, the cicadas no longer have to worry about losing control at any moment, transforming into giant, devastating spiders and wrecking houses. Gradually, people beyond Takuyou are becoming willing to employ these efficient and reliable women.
They excel at weaving, but not all of them are devoted to it. Many have found a new world after attending a reading club and enrolled in classes at the newly opened public magic school in the western part of Eston. More and more weavers are choosing to move from their former small villages to the bustling cities.
They even became the first group of new residents to settle in Dransta County, which was newly taken over by Jiang You. With the cicadas' past reputation as a dangerous place, the remaining forces of the Countess of Canberra in that land dared not provoke them.
- Just kidding, who would dare to mess with a group of scary women who can transform into giant spiders at any time? They come here with only a bag in their hands, with no money and no property on them. If a fight really breaks out, the houses that will be demolished will be those of the locals!
As these cicadas moved out, their male partners, who had long been invisible in marriage, family and work, had to make some changes as well.
Some men resented the changes brought about by the abominable lich, and would frequently curse the women who had violated their ancestral customs and rules by leaving the village to pursue their own endeavors. Perhaps at first, some were still afraid of them, but as more and more weavers learned magic and took steps toward a new life, the threat they posed waned. Gradually, no one paid any attention to their words, and when they saw the men cursing, they would simply sneer, walk away with disdain, and continue living their lives.
Some men breathed a sigh of relief, no longer having to worry about their wives losing control and turning into terrifying spiders to bite their heads off. Those already in a bad relationship took advantage of this opportunity to part ways, while those who were already deeply in love became even more reluctant to part.
These husbands who already loved their wives were the first to support them in mustering up the courage to leave the village. They moved to the city with their families. The men who could find jobs worked with their wives, and those who could not find jobs stayed at home to take care of the children.
After letting go of their strange obsession with face and their desire to control their partners, men gradually regain their rationality and are able to see that life at home is getting better and better.
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