Chapter 323 322. Help
It's not a drama where "the head of the family just died and outsiders came to seize the property."
The potion shop left by the old elf is not really a valuable asset in the elven society where people have plenty of material goods and no worries about food and clothing.
The elf messenger who came to deliver the letter didn't even know that the old elf had passed away. The purpose of his trip was just to deliver a notice to the store owner himself.
After learning that the old man had passed away, he left the notice with Ruier.
Simply put, the situation on the continent is becoming increasingly dangerous, and the elves have decided to prepare for a rainy day and further strengthen the city's defenses, so some urban areas need to be renovated.
Unfortunately, this potion shop is located in an area planned for renovation.
Of course, having said that, when the human nobles wanted to expand their mansions, they also had all kinds of good reasons.
For the elves in the area, it can’t actually be said that they are unlucky. The elves that need to be relocated will receive corresponding compensation.
But for Rui'er, this shop, which is full of memories of her and her grandfather, is irreplaceable.
After giving his instructions, the messenger left in a hurry. He was holding several copies of the same notice in his arms, which he obviously had to deliver to several other households nearby.
Rui'er held the notice in his hand, huddled in a rattan chair behind the counter, staring blankly. The spirit he had managed to hold together had now disappeared, and he didn't even pay attention to Puji who was wandering around the store.
Scout Puji was casually flipping through the manuscript left by the old elf, which contained various potion recipes densely written in elven characters.
Unfortunately, with Lin Jun's current level of Elvish, he could only understand a little bit. If Rui Er was there to practice, he would definitely learn much faster.
Lin Jun himself naturally didn't care at all about the demolition of the potion shop. He didn't have any nostalgic memories here, so learning potion formulas elsewhere wouldn't be a problem at all.
but……
The old elf treated Puji very well when he was alive.
Because the frequent visits and wandering around of the Pooches can easily distract people, many other potion shops either simply do not open the windows for the Pooches, or only allow them to move around in front of the counter and strictly prohibit them from entering the inner room where the potion is made.
Only at the old elf's place, the windows were always open for Puji, and he never avoided their presence when refining medicine. Even when Riel and Puji's quarrels occasionally affected the progress of the medicine, the old elf never really got angry.
Not to mention, just now, the old elf helped Lin Jun upgrade his [Elf language] to level six.
In short, Lin Jun felt kind-hearted and decided to help the little guy a little.
As for how to help?
Kill all the related elves, send the Puji army to occupy this place, and destroy anyone who causes trouble - this is of course not feasible.
【Magic Perception LV8】
Sure enough, the elf messenger had not gone far. He was now on the tree corridor diagonally opposite. It seemed that he had just completed the delivery mission and was about to leave.
Puji flew up and, with its powerful perception advantage, followed the messenger from a distance.
…
The messenger walked back along the wooden bridge between the tree corridors with a sense of relief that his mission had been completed.
When passing by a larger platform, he stopped in his tracks when an elf standing on a high place gave a somewhat passionate speech.
The elf stood on a simple wooden box, waving his arms at the sparse audience, his voice filled with an urgent enthusiasm.
The sound of "puji" fell on a branch a little further away, and I could only hear it roughly.
It seemed to be calling on other elves to pay attention to the fog and take proactive measures.
To be honest, the elves are far away from the fog-wreathed Western Islands. It feels like reminding inland residents to pay attention to tsunamis, so much so that Lin Jun wonders if he misunderstood the meaning because of his low language proficiency.
Unfortunately, Lin Jun couldn't continue listening.
Just as the speaker was becoming more and more excited, two elven rangers in light armor came over. Without wasting any words, they quickly grabbed the speaker from the left and right.
"You can't do this! The elves need to know the truth! We must..." The well-trained elven ranger quickly took the speaker away. The whole process was quick and quiet, as if it was an insignificant episode.
The people dispersed, and the messenger had no reason to stay any longer, so he continued on his way and eventually returned to the wooden house where the forest officer worked.
After passing by a colleague in charge of another area, the messenger entered the house and briefly reported to the forest officer on the delivery of the notice, and casually mentioned the news of the old elf's death.
The forest officer nodded, indicating that he understood, and let him go.
After the door closed, the forest officer was the only one left in the room.
He stretched back tiredly, raised his hand and rubbed his swollen temple vigorously, complaining softly, "We've even used the surveillance array, and these radicals... What's so bad about life now? Can't we just live in peace?"
The forester didn't notice that there was an invisible Puji in the corner of the room.
That night, the forest officer had a strange dream.
In his dream, he returned to his childhood and witnessed his father, who was over 700 years old and in the prime of his life, die in a sudden fire.
The raging fire engulfed the tree house, and all the relics that could be kept as memories were reduced to ashes, leaving him with endless regrets.
After waking up, the forest officer felt that the dream was absurd and full of loopholes.
His father was one of the palace guards. He was alive and well and had extraordinary skills. How could he be burned to death?
However, when he received an application jointly submitted by residents requesting to retain the old elf's potion shop, his eyes fell on the specific description of little Riel's situation.
The deep emotional connection between the girl mentioned in the application and the store inadvertently resonated subtly with the regret of "not being able to keep the memory" in his dream.
This application was naturally submitted by Ruier's neighbors under the suggestion of Lin Jun's dream.
For this matter, Lin Jun spent an entire night being beaten in Inanna's dream and planting the seeds of suggestion in the dreams of the forest officer and the neighbors. Even he was exhausted.
Fortunately, the work was not in vain.
The forest officer contacted several elven wizards who were responsible for planning the "monitoring array" to ask if it was possible to fine-tune the position of the array.
After receiving the reply that "small adjustments are possible", he personally went to investigate on the spot and finally decided on the new location between several other giant trees not far from the potion shop.
During the entire process, the forest ranger never met with Riel directly. Two days later, Riel received an official notice that her potion shop no longer needed to move.
Overjoyed, Ruier went from house to house to thank his neighbors and wanted to give them some medicine to express his gratitude, but they were all kindly rejected.
When she returned to the potion shop, she found that the familiar scout Puji was already waiting in the shop, seemingly ready to watch her make potions.
"Flying Mushroom! I don't have to move away! That's great!" Immersed in joy, Riel opened his arms and rushed towards Puji without thinking, wanting to give it a hug.
Then, as usual, she was politely held back on her head and body by several tough yet flexible hyphae tentacles, preventing her from succeeding.
(End of this chapter)
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