Alchemist’s Daily Life In Foreign World

In the early morning, White Eagle Harbor is as humid as ever, even in this freezing winter. The damp and cold air gave the early risers a kind of chill to their bones, all of them tightened their necks and tightened the skirts of their clothes.

The morning sun rising slowly on the sea horizon reflects the clouds in the sky and brings a trace of warmth to people.

On the fishing boat that had just docked, the sailors who came down hurriedly removed baskets of fresh fish from the boat. Immediately attracted a group of fishmongers onlookers. From time to time, I asked about the harvest of this trip and the price of fish.

From time to time, there is a carriage carrying food, vegetables and fruits shipped from the south to the city, and trucks of ore and specialty products are transported from the city to the Central Plains continent.

White Eagle Harbor is the northernmost natural non-freezing port of the new continent. It is backed by the estuary of the Har River with abundant water and White Eagle Bay shelters the wind and waves. It is a natural deep-water harbor. When the famous explorer Archduke White Eagle landed here, he saw a huge bald eagle pass from the sky and decided to build a city here. His family took the white eagle as its emblem. This bay, this port, and even the Xiongcheng located in Haikou are named after the White Eagle.

There is a westerly wind here all year round, and the west wind will be violent once it enters the open sea. A cargo sailing ship with a deep draft can sail to the Central Plains continent at a speed of 20 knots. Now the flying shears just produced on Central Plains Continent can even pass through the stormy ocean that separates the old and new continents at a speed of 30 knots for more than ten days. So White Eagle Harbor has become a prosperous port connecting the old and new continents.

A wooden steamer sailing from the far east horizon. This is a huge three-masted sailing ship, on both sides of the ship there are two semi-submerged wheels stirring the sea. With its sails unloaded, the big ship is driven entirely by wheels on both sides. Gradually approaching the port. There were two long whistle sounds.

The small boat of the customs immediately rowed over for inspection. After a while, the big ship gradually docked under the guidance of the small boat.

The sailor put down the passenger elevator, and the passengers came out one after another from the guest rooms on the upper deck and got off the escalator. At this time, the captain, wearing a cocked hat and full-length beard, smiled and greeted every passenger who disembarked, saying nonsense such as "I hope you have a pleasant journey." The shrewd and capable first mate has already got off the ship first, and is greeting several foremen chatting on the dock to unload the cargo.

The passengers who disembarked, led by customs officers, formed a long line. Go to the customs hall. Prepare to go through customs procedures. Of course, the well-dressed gentlemen and wives, surrounded by servants, went down the VIP passage specially prepared for the upper class. After a simple procedure, you can leave the customs and sit on the carriage, which should have been waiting for a long time, and leave. The civilians mostly dragged their families, or waited in long lines with heavy salutes on their backs.

After a while, there will be no VIPs who have cleared customs here. Miss Harris, who was in charge of entering the VIP channel, was idle. She stood up, looked at the long line of civilians outside the counter, raised her pretty eyebrows slightly, and said to the guard next to her:

"John, there have been so many people coming from Central Plains continent this year. Ah. They are all new immigrants, right? Usually there are not so many immigrants coming with families."

The security guard John nodded in saphire blue customs uniform and silver high round helmet said, "Yes, There is a war on the Central Plains continent. I heard that five or six countries have been involved in the war. Now there are many people who have become sellers to produce new continents to try their luck. It is better than losing their lives in the war."

"Then why don’t they go to the south? The land is fertile. It is said that you can grow food for three seasons a year. Moreover, the Southern Confederation cities stipulate that as long as they reclaim their own land, they will be their own. It is better than coming to us to be miners. Or the cowboys are better?"

"Hehe, I heard from the crew members in the bar two days ago that it is hard to find a ticket for the ferry from Central Plains continent, and it is possible to buy a new continent. No matter where you go, someone is rushing to buy the ticket."

While the two were chatting, one of the passengers got off the boat last and walked slowly towards the VIP passage.

This is a youngster. Wearing a dark gray round top hat popular with Central Plains continent. Wearing the latest, simple style dark gray striped formal wear. Outside is a long khaki trench coat. And what I wear on my feet is a pair of popular long leather boots from the new continent. This makes his appearance a bit nondescript.

He is very tall. The figure is slightly thinner. The face is a bit long and angular because of his thinness. But his good-looking blue eyes make him look quite handsome. The most noticeable thing is the huge suitcase he is dragging. This suitcase is half a person tall. There is a retractable lever handle on the upper side. There are four wheels below. Even though the suitcase looks bulging and heavy, the youngster glide effortless on the stone pavement in the harbor with one hand.

The youngster pulled the suitcase and walked to the VIP aisle counter. Take off the top hat, revealing short brown hair. A salute to Miss Harris, and then handed over his credentials.

Miss Harris took the certificate. Just about to take a closer look, John, the guard next to him, glanced at the pattern on the ID. The passport that youngster handed was a blue cover with a national passport with a bald eagle printed on the cover. But there is no golden lace that symbolizes aristocratic status, so he immediately scolded:

"Hey, kid. If you understand the rules, go to the civilian window to line up."

youngster laughed. The left windbreaker was opened, and the dress inside his windbreaker was impressively pinned to a small golden round badge.

The pattern of the badge is a balance. On the left side of the balance is a bottle of medicine and on the right side is a pile of gold nuggets.

Seeing this small badge, Miss Harris, her light gray eyes flashed.

"Oh, sorry,"

She hurriedly lowered her head, and read out according to the name on the passport:

"Edward-Mister Smith, you are a Dear, alchemist."

"Don't dare to be, I'm still an alchemist apprentice." Youngster smiled and replied.

"Are you coming back to visit relatives?"

Miss Harris asked. After all, sorcerers like magician and alchemist. On the Central Plains continent, high-end talents are in short supply. Up to now, there has not been a sorcerer who has returned from studying on the Central Plains continent. I heard that on the Central Plains continent, the positions and salaries that can be offered to the socerer are unmatched by the new continent. Moreover, only in the Central Plains continent can we provide complete promotion materials for sorcerers. It is not an exaggeration to say that the new continent is the desert of the sorcerer.

"I won’t leave this time. After all, my home is here. And there is a war on the Central Plains continent. I’m just a little alchemist apprentice. I don’t want to lose my life on the battlefield. "Edward said with a smile.

"Welcome home then, Mister Smith." Ms. Harris happily stamped a blue customs stamp on Edward's passport. Pass the passport back to him with both hands.

Edward Smith took the passport and put it in the pocket of the windbreaker, and then tightened the windbreaker. Putting on the top hat, nodded smiling at Miss Harris and security John. There is no such thing as a slap in the face in traditional novels. He pulled up his big box and walked out of the customs of White Eagle Harbor.

Edward, who walked out of the harbor, put the collar of the windbreaker upright again. The weather was indeed a bit cold. Holding the huge suitcase in his hand, he looked around. To the west of the harbour is the familiar city wall of White Eagle City. The port is only a hundred meters away from the city gate of Baiying City.

A straight stone pavement leads to the city gate. Just as he was pulling up the box and preparing to move forward, a carriage slowly drove past him. This carriage is a passenger carriage. black carriage. There are four tall wheels on the four corners of the carriage, which at first glance imitates the style of the rental carriage on Central Plains Continent. But the workmanship of the carriage is much rougher than the old road. The carriage driver sits in the high driving position in front. The coachman looks forty-fifty years old. He did not wear a black windbreaker and black top hat like the standard uniform of the coachman in the rental carriage of Central Plains Continent. Instead, they wore blue denim overalls and a cowboy hat unique to the new continent. The red hair and beard were messy, like a ball of fur.

The coachman yelled at Edward's back: "Sir, do you want to take a taxi?"

Edward laughed when he looked back and saw the driver.

"Uncle Delton, remember me? I am Edward. Edward Smith."

"Are you little Edward?" A rough smile bloomed. Called loudly: "Hey, little Edward, why are you back? Get in the car and get in the car! I'll take you home."

Speaking, the driver Delton jumped off the carriage and extended his hand cordially. To mention Edward's box. I want to lift it up and put it on the luggage rack on the top of the car. As a result, the box was very heavy. Delton reached out his hand twice, but didn't lift it up.

"This box is a bit heavy and contains all the equipment I brought back from Central Plains continent. Let's put it in the carriage." Edward explained to Delton with a smile. He stretched his hand over the box, lifted it up and placed it in the open car door.

Then Edward did not sit in the carriage. Instead, they jumped into the high driving position with the driver Delton. Sitting side by side in front of the carriage. Delton shook the rein in his hand and yelled "frame." The two quarter horses pulling the cart slowly pulled the carriage towards the city gate.

"Little Edward, our old neighbors are very sorry about your parents."

Speaking, the old coachman patted Edward's thigh. Continue:

"We all thought you brat became Lord Mage. Especially your parents passed away. You will never return to a new continent again. Didn't expect you to come back. This Don’t you go again?"

"Yes, Uncle Delton, I won’t leave this time when I come back. The war on the Central Plains continent is about to spread across the continent. I heard all the low-level professions. Everyone has to go to the front line. Instead of being a cannon fodder on the battlefield, it is better to return to the new continent to develop. There are still more opportunities. I came back soon after graduation. I am going to reopen my parents’ store."

The two people said the carriage and entered the city gate. The guards of the city gate saw the carriage of Delton and did not mean to stop the questioning. Also greeted Delton enthusiastically.

The car entered the city gate, looked towards and turned left. This is a street close to the city wall. On one side of the street is a city wall, and on the other side are some fishing nets. A small shop for groceries such as Luokung. Carriage went all the way to the innermost part of the street.

At the end of this street, there is a storefront facing the street that is not connected to other houses.

The repair of the city wall stops here, because the city wall has been connected to the tall stone mountain. The Grand Duke of White Eagle chose this place as the seaport because of the continuous stone mountain.

This piece of stone mountain. There are high cliffs on the side facing the sea. There is only a golden beach in the city gate of White Eagle City. Building a city wall here is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The White Eagle City was built in the middle of this stone mountain basin.

According to a scholar survey that year, it was once the entrance of the Har River. This piece of continuous stone mountain was forcibly opened by the Har River. Later, due to sediment deposition and the river course was diverted, the entrance of the Har River has now turned to the north of White Eagle City.

Edward jumped off the carriage, took off his luggage, and said goodbye to Delton who was calling for dinner at night. Turned around and looked towards this dilapidated storefront. The sign of the store is a hammer, which says "Smith Blacksmith's Shop"

"Finally home..."