One tells ten, ten tells a hundred, a hundred tells a thousand... In this way, less than two and a half hours passed.
It was only ten-thirty in the morning, not even close to noon, and even the furthest Port Ormos had received the news.
Not far from the Adventurers' Guild in Fontaine's Lione District, there was a shop that offered a super delicious drink in exchange for Primogems, which are beautiful pink and blue stones.
Somewhere in Port Ormos, a Gardes soldier chatted with others, saying, "I heard it's made from fruit that doesn't even exist in Teyvat. My brother's brother's sister's friend told me that it tastes sweet and sour, incredibly good, and very addictive. One cup makes you want another."
A kind passerby joined the conversation: "Oh, are you talking about this too? But I know something, let me tell you."
"Merchants who have traveled to several countries have seen and confirmed that the yellow fruit the shop owner uses, this lemon—I think that's what it's called—they've truly never seen it before."
Another Gardes member said regretfully, "Wow! Is it an unknown fruit? I want to buy one to try too. But we have work, and it's too far from Fontaine. It takes two and a half hours to get there."
In Fontaine, Lione District.
Alex, still unaware of the coming crowd, had even taken a nap at his stall.
The repeater was still running: "Come take a look, come take a look..."
Clorinde and Chevreuse were resting by the stall.
Chevreuse's team members were casually patrolling.
When Alex woke up and checked the time, he realized he had accidentally fallen asleep for nearly two and a half hours.
It was too leisurely, and the repeater's constant shouting had even hypnotized him.
Two and a half hours with no sales, Alex started to get anxious.
No way, no way! I'm just asking for a stone they think is pretty, not even Mora, which is practically giving it away for free. Are there really no more people coming to exchange for it?
Alex didn't know that Primogems were indeed very difficult to collect.
The stones they usually saw everywhere were nowhere to be found when they actually needed to look for them today.
And since the Lione District was a wealthy area, it would take time for individuals in other districts who had collected Primogems to receive the news. In short... the first rule of opening a shop is to wait patiently.
The spread of the news was already snowballing, growing bigger and bigger.
And so, on the unusually empty streets of the Lione District today, the first to arrive was... a pink-haired Damselette with a red hat, making a grand entrance: "Ta-da~ Of course, it's Charlotte, a reporter from The Steambird, here to report!"
"Oh dear, Monsieur Alex, how could you not invite me for such a big event as opening a shop~" Charlotte came to Alex's stall, complaining slightly.
Alex was a bit surprised by Charlotte's sudden arrival: "Uh, why would I invite you?"
"Of course, to take photos for you and help you promote it for free~" Charlotte said, then picked up Monsieur Verite from her waist, turned on the camera, backed away continuously, and then stopped: "Alright, look at the camera!"
The next moment, with a "click~," Charlotte had already taken the photo.
The photo clearly showed the Primogem drink stall, with Alex sitting in the middle, Clorinde on his left playing with his one-handed blunderbuss, and Chevreuse on his right reading a red book.
Alex silently made a super-sized regular lemonade and handed it to Charlotte.
"Here, this one's on me, as a thank you."
Charlotte accepted it with surprise: "Wow, thank you!"
Charlotte took the lemonade but didn't rush to drink it. Instead, she placed her lemonade on the small table, took photos from different angles with various lighting. Finally, she slowly picked up the lemonade and took a slow sip.
"Oh!" Charlotte exclaimed, this drink was truly as delicious as she had heard!
Charlotte looked at Alex: "What is this called?..."
"lemonade," Alex replied.
"Swish swish." Charlotte took out her small notebook to take notes. She didn't even continue drinking the lemonade, but set it aside and spoke to Alex again: "And this lemon..."
"I grew it," Alex said simply again.
"Oh, oh, is it that plot of land outside your yard from before?" Charlotte nodded in confirmation, then aimed her camera at a half-cut lemon and took more photos.
"Put some whole lemons here too." Charlotte said unceremoniously, very familiar with Alex.
Alex didn't say anything and cooperated with him. He directly took out more than ten and placed a pile.
Charlotte adjusted the position slightly, then took another shot.
Charlotte then started taking pictures of the surroundings.
Alex had been watching Charlotte busy around him for a while, and then looked at the lemonade on the table that had only been sipped once. He couldn't help but remind him: "Aren't you going to drink your lemonade?"
"Oh, alright, alright. I'm coming." Charlotte seemed to have finally finished, put Monsieur Verite back on her waist, then quietly, with her lemonade, hid in the corner behind the small shop to deal with some earlier small matters.
After all, it was best to resolve them now, as a big event would happen soon, and there wouldn't be time for these things then.
There was another unexpected guest... an ordinary person, dressed in clothing different from most of Fontaine's current fashion, with a more elegant style, like a clothes hanger, suddenly settled not far from Alex's stall.
Then, the figure of a red-eyed Damselette with brown hair and a three-petal red flower hairpin emerged from behind the clothes hanger.
Then, she hurried away, making several trips back and forth, and soon two sets of men's clothing and two sets of women's clothing were arranged on both sides.
Chiori also sat down on a large stool, as if setting up a stall next to Alex's shop.
Although at first, they thought the Damselette was just passing by while moving things, they didn't expect him to eventually sit still near Alex's shop.
Just as Chevreuse stood up, intending to go and deal with it, Alex directly made another super-sized lemonade and walked towards Chiori: "Oh, Chiori, you're here~ Good afternoon, have a lemonade! It's on me!"
"Mmm, thank you... How does the clothing I made for you feel after wearing it for the past two days?" Chiori said after taking the lemonade, his words full of hints.
"Mmm, it feels super good, and the clothes are designed super, super beautifully! They're very comfortable to wear. Customizing this outfit at 'Chiori Tailor Shop' was truly the best decision I've ever made in my life!" Alex exclaimed loudly, making sure everyone around could hear him.
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