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"Welcome!"
Zeros walked in through the door of a newspaper office in Hargeon.
"Welcome back next time!"
A minute later, under the slightly infatuated gaze of the newspaper clerk, Zeros pushed open the door and came out, holding a magazine in his hand—this week's Magic Weekly.
For the past two years, the weekly Magic Weekly has been Zeros's must-read magazine. Even if he misses a week's Magic Weekly due to something, he will catch up on it later, as if it has become a habit.
As Zeros stepped out of the newspaper office, a shop door next door opened simultaneously. Zeros glanced over instinctively and saw a blonde woman in a sky-blue skirt angrily pushing open the door and rushing out. Judging from her angry expression, she seemed to have been greatly wronged in the shop.
Faintly, Zeros, with his keen hearing, seemed to hear the blonde beauty muttering, "You stinky boss, my beauty only gets a 1000 Jewels discount? You have no taste at all."
Upon hearing this, Zeros was first taken aback, then shook his head and chuckled.
In this world, because of the popularity of magic, there are many magic shops all over the world that specialize in selling items related to magic. The shop that the blonde beauty just entered was a magic shop.
Furthermore, because Hargeon is the largest port city in the Kingdom of Fiore, fishing is far more prevalent in this city than magic, so that magic shop is also the only magic shop in the city.
Because it was right next to the newspaper office, Zeros had been inside once, but was greatly disappointed. All they sold were some low-class magical items.
Just now, Zeros had already sensed that this blonde beauty was also a mage. However, the magical energy fluctuations within her were among the weakest Zeros had ever encountered. She must be a novice mage, otherwise she wouldn't be buying things in such a low-class magic shop.
At this moment, the blonde beauty seemed to notice Zeros's gaze, and turned slightly to the side, immediately seeing Zeros walking a little behind her on her left.
When the girl turned around, Zeros was momentarily stunned, and this moment of surprise, when seen by the blonde beauty, naturally took on some inexplicable meaning in her mind.
Then the girl glanced at Zeros's face seemingly casually, then turned back and continued walking forward, but her walking motion was different from before.
With her head held vertically and eyes level, chest out and stomach in, she perfectly displayed her proud S-curve, her long, beautiful legs moving gently with each step, her arms slightly bent and swinging naturally with each stride.
Without a doubt, it's the epitome of ladylike walking.
This was completely different from the way she had strutted around angrily when she first came out of the magic shop.
Meanwhile, the blonde beauty's inner thoughts were even more interesting: "Hmph, I knew that shop owner had no taste. See? With my charm, I can attract handsome guys to follow me in no time. And that guy is really incredibly handsome, even more handsome than those mages on the 'Want to Be My Boyfriend Ranking'."
Thinking of this, the blonde beauty's pretty face immediately turned rosy. That boy was definitely the most handsome she had ever seen since she was a child.
Clearly, this blonde beauty had subconsciously assumed that Zeros was someone who had been attracted to her charm and was following her.
I wonder what Zeros would think if he knew that his momentary lapse in concentration had triggered such a rich series of thoughts in this blonde beauty!
Zeros's momentary daze was not for what the blonde beauty thought, but for another reason.
Of course, it is undeniable that this blonde beauty has many eye-catching features: a pretty face, perfect curves. She is definitely a stunning sight that will make people linger after just one glance.
What truly stunned Zeros wasn't the blonde beauty's 'good looks,' but rather the set of keys that had been exposed to Zeros's view when she turned around.
At a glance, Zeros recognized that it was no ordinary key, but a Celestial Spirit Key, a special key unique to Celestial Spirit Mages in the magical world. Celestial Spirit Mages could use these keys to open the gates to the 'Celestial Spirit Realm' and summon various Celestial Spirits to fight.
Due to certain special reasons, Celestial Spirit Mages are considered a relatively rare type of mage in the magical world.
Although Celestial Spirit Mages are few in number, Zeros has seen them before. What truly intrigues and puzzles him is that this girl, who he considers a novice mage, possesses three golden keys at the same time.
The Golden Key, also known as the Zodiac Key, summons the twelve most powerful Celestial Spirits in the Celestial Realm. There are only twelve of these Golden Keys in the entire magical world, and each one is unique, which shows how rare they are.
These keys are usually found in the hands of powerful Celestial Spirit Mages. Of course, some weaker but lucky Celestial Spirit Mages may also obtain one or two golden keys by chance. Zeros has seen this before.
But at the same time, he had never seen three Zodiac Keys concentrated in the hands of a novice mage with such low magical power.
Even with the three strongest golden keys, such power would be limited if a golden celestial spirit was summoned without sufficient magical support. This is because the strength of a celestial spirit, apart from the keys themselves, largely depends on the magical power of the celestial spirit mage who summoned them.
Otherwise, even if you have many powerful keys, it will be in vain without enough magic power to summon them!
Isn't she afraid of encountering some powerful thugs who might steal her keys? There are only twelve golden keys in the world; even if she doesn't use them, she could make a fortune by selling them.
Thinking of this, Zeros shook his head. This matter seemed to have nothing to do with him; he had only been curious for a moment.
Then he looked away, turned and walked in the other direction of the street, intending to go to a restaurant he was somewhat familiar with for a meal.
Meanwhile, the blonde girl, who was imagining herself as a lady, was completely unaware that the person behind her who had triggered her thoughts had already left, and continued to walk forward with elegant steps.
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