Super Righteous Player
Chapter 861 - 398 Jiu’er: Is This Reasonable?

Chapter 861: Chapter 398 Jiu’er: Is This Reasonable?

Kafney and Salvatore were outside among the elven ruins, speaking with the ghostly form of Bofis.

Lin Yiyi and Jiu’er were on an adventure in their nightmare, neither tense nor thrilling.

—Or one might also call it tourism.

"This is like a recreation simulator, absolutely love it."

Lin Yiyi commented.

In her hand, she held snacks she had bought from the roadside.

They were skewers of meat with a texture similar to tough chicken or duck.

Each skewer had about seven or eight chunks of meat—the kind that includes skin.

The skin part was slightly charred, even somewhat crispy. The meat was firm, juicy, exhibiting a strange umami... and a subtle earthy taste.

The grilling setup was similar to those roadside lamb skewer setups, with many different muscle parts on display, and the vendor was a middle-aged elven man.

Of course, when she said "bought," she actually hadn’t spent any money.

As they wandered, they stumbled upon a place resembling a food street—an octagonal square surrounded by four roads. It was there that the crowd began to thicken.

Jiu’er simply stood in front of the stall, showing a slight "kind of want to eat" interest, and the enthusiastic vendor gave her five skewers. But he did not mention a price, nor did he bring up money at all.

—He seemed to recognize the young lady Jiu’er was portraying, warmly calling her "little Nafry." As Jiu’er’s bodyguard, Lin Yiyi was addressed more distantly as "Miss Liuguang."

After Lin Yiyi received the items, she nervously glanced around, then realized... it seemed a common understanding here to take things without paying.

It was unclear whether this was an elven cultural tradition or just specific to this time... Regardless, the elves around them took snacks without handing over any money.

They would all very amiably praise the taste of the food and then make plans to meet again some other time.

To call these people festival vendors would be less accurate than to say they were friends gathered, cooking for each other.

Thus, Lin Yiyi promptly began praising the vendor’s cooking skills.

Indeed, the vendor seemed very pleased and chatted a lot with them. Their names and other information were asked during this conversation.

"... Elves really don’t use money?"

Jiu’er was somewhat incredulous, "Then how would Silver Baron’s concept of trade hold up? Are those ’Aesirland silver coins’ all fake then?"

"It’s not necessarily that they never use money. Probably just among the elves themselves they don’t need it."

Lin Yiyi had read historical posts written by Longjing Tea.

She more or less understood the current situation: "After all, during this period, the elves were still employing magic energy... They could basically have whatever they wanted, never lacking resources.

"But neither the centaur nor the Aesirland people have access to magic technology.

"And the so-called [Aesirland silver coins]are likely not used among the elves..."

Before the elves came to the Aesirland continent, the native races of Aesirland also had the concept of ’currency’.

Although the currency wasn’t uniform across different countries or races. Not just currency, even languages and many other concepts were completely unaligned.

It was only after the elves entered Aesirland that unified language, writing, and measurements were introduced. The concept of monetary currency was likely also standardized during that period.

Elves in the Empire era, without a doubt, were superior beings. By the end of the Third Epoch, when magic technology was developed to its limit, they even lacked respect for the gods.

And Elves, along with centaurs, have always been a minority across the entire continent of Aesirland.

Even at the peak of their population, Elves and centaurs combined made up no more than a tenth of the inhabitants. Most of these Elves resided in the imperial capital... It was quite rare to find them living in other towns.

Priests and upper-class nobles, the upper echelons, were almost entirely elected from within the Elves... Even half-Elves with impure bloodlines could hardly enter the upper tiers of the Empire.

In some ways, Aesirland could indeed be considered a colony of pureblood Elves.

"However, although magic technology can directly create items, it is not a matter of whimsical fabrication... A large volume of items can only be exchanged for an equally large amount of magic energy. Items like food that can be easily manufactured probably won’t involve magic energy... Raw materials and such wouldn’t be specifically created unless necessary."

"...So that’s why there are so many artisans among the Elves?"

Jiu’er suddenly realized, "Because they don’t starve but also don’t have access to high-level technology..."

"Simply put, they’re just idly full."

Lin Yiyi added, "That’s why there are so many cooks on this street, the same logic applies."

When they were with Noah and underground, they had seen numerous "Empire era" Elven artifacts. Even by their standards, these artifacts were exceptionally delicate, elegant, and luxuriously magnificent.

It was then that Jiu’er started to have some expectations about the Elves... always feeling that they must be an exceptionally elegant race.

The fact that "Elves also need to eat meat and drink wine" somewhat shattered Jiu’er’s fantasy; however, the notion that Elves were all handsome men and beautiful women seemed to be true.

That uncle selling roasted meat was also quite handsome. He had the kind of charisma where changing his hairstyle could make him feel like he couldn’t steal the headlines anymore...

"That uncle, he looks like he could be a rock singer."

Lin Yiyi sighed.

"I remember Defu saying she knew something about rock music."

Jiu’er whispered, "She used to play the drums."

"Ah?!"

Lin Yiyi was immediately shocked, "Really? Can she even reach the drums?"

"It’s true."

Jiu’er affirmed, "I saw her when I was little... she and my dad were in a band together."

"Shocking... Shouldn’t you be calling Defu ’Auntie’ then?"

Lin Yiyi hesitated for a moment, thinking "anyway, they’re not live streaming," so she still quietly asked, "How old is Defu exactly? Just give me a ballpark figure... I promise not to tell anyone."

"I’m actually not sure..."

Jiu’er mumbled, "At least... at least over thirty, I guess?"

"...But you’d have me believe she’s thirteen."

"That’s called ageless beauty."

"But people usually look like they’re in their late teens at least, no one looks like they’re thirteen or fourteen..."

"There’s no rule that says people can’t be short!"

Jiu’er immediately got annoyed too, "Damn it, why am I such short even in a nightmare! Is that even reasonable?!"

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