Because tomorrow is the opening day of the Tianba Competition, all the work she can do has been completed, and the rest are some heavy chores, which have nothing to do with her. In addition, Sivi had notified her in advance yesterday that she would not come to Golovito if she had something to do today, so on the eve of the Tianba Competition, the girl had a short holiday instead.

But like many people, they always expect to have time to rest when they are busy, but once they really have a rest, they don’t know what to do.

Sleeping in? Alina has always had a clear schedule. Even if she wants to sleep in, the habit she has developed over the years has made her unable to fall asleep.

Shopping like an ordinary girl? Because I have been shopping with Sivi and Sharan for a lot of time before, I have no interest in running into the crowd and crowding people for the time being.

After thinking for a long time, the girl finally decided to go to the bookstore to read a free knight novel for one day...

But not long after she left her room, she met Shalan on the way.

The blue-haired girl walking in the crowd seemed not to notice Alina's sight, and she stood aimlessly in the crowd with a small parasol with lace on the edge.

I don't know if it was her illusion, but Alina always felt that the girl who was always full of energy when she was with them was a little gloomy and melancholy at this time.

After hesitating for a moment, Alina still shouted to Shalan: "Miss Shalan!"

The expression on Sharan, who was originally absent-minded, was stunned. He raised his head and looked around for a moment before he realized that Alina, who was not far from her.

"Ah, good noon." Although Sharan seemed a little surprised, she still greeted Alina in a low voice.

"Do you have any worries?"

Alina came to Sharan calmly and naturally, walking side by side with the girl, and asked in an innocent tone: "I always feel that you are not in high spirits today."

"Nothing." Shalan stubbornly refused Alina's temptation like an angry child and turned her face aside: "I didn't feel lonely because my uncle was away."

"Uh..." After a long time of hard work in the mall, Alina was already used to those slick and cunning people and was speechless. She suddenly didn't know what to say.

At this time, a sentence that Sivi used to comment on Sharan's usual words immediately came to her mind.

What a fool.

But thinking this way seems to be a little too rude to the other party.

The girl immediately expelled the word fool from her head and tried to start looking for other topics: "Miss Sharan. Are you planning to stroll around the city?"

"By the way, are you very familiar with this city?" As if reminded by Alina, Sharan stopped and asked Alina.

Although I don’t know what Shalan means, out of the attitude of serving customers he developed in the past, Alina stopped and replied seriously: “It should be quite familiar. After all, I have lived in this city for many years.”

"In that case, do you know where to make a lot of money in one day?" Hearing the rare silver-haired girl in casual clothes in front of her say this, Sharan immediately reached the girl with interest, opened her almond-colored eyes wide, and looked at her with water.

Although Sharan did not realize it, she had unconsciously activated the special spell-like ability "charm" possessed by some vampires. Of course, in Sharan, her ability is still relatively weak...

"Making money is not that easy...but how much money do you have now?"

Perhaps because of the charming effect, Alina, who was supposed to be confused about this, actually began to seriously consider the issue of "making a lot of money in one day".

Sharan searched through her pockets and finally found only the legacy Cage left for her and the pocket money that Sevi gave her - a total of five silver coins.

"Although not many, it's enough." Alina nodded. While walking forward with Sharan, she introduced to her: "There are many messy places in Golovito City, and there are many places where old items can be recycled. Although most rare or valuable antiques will definitely be taken away by the shop owner, but..."

She and Shalan came to a somewhat dilapidated house, which was filled with all kinds of things like garbage dumps.

However, Alina was disdainful of the antiques that looked old. She just focused on digging into the old book and finally laid out a red cover with some gold-toned text on the cover that had begun to fade. At the end of the book, she also wrote irrecognizable floral characters in black paint.

Then she took a few books and grabbed them one by one.

"Boss, how much do these books cost?" Alina asked loudly to the uncle who was lying lazily on the counter, with his hair falling out of the center of his head and turning into a Mediterranean hairstyle.

The uncle, who had a bump on his nose, raised his eyelids and glanced at the stack of dirty books in Alina's hand, then lowered his eyelids and said weakly: "You can take the thirty copper coins."

Unlike other antiques, unless they are magic books or something, they cannot be sold at a high price, so the owner is not interested in checking the books on the girl's hands.

After paying the money to the owner, Alina took Shalan, who was confused, and left the pawn shop and came to an alley with fewer pedestrians.

"What's wrong? What did you do?" Shalan, who hadn't figured out what was going on from beginning to end, asked Alina hurriedly after leaving the pawn shop.

Alina threw all the broken books except the Red Book in her hand into the trash can, and then shook the red skin in her hand at Shalan and could almost sell it to about one to ten gold coins."

Sharan blinked her eyes, looking puzzled: "Can such a broken book be worth so much?"

"This is a magic book written in secret language. Many great magicians or great alchemists do not like to let their experimental results be read by anyone. Therefore, they often use some special magic to encrypt it after recording. Although even some appraisers cannot tell it. However, as long as they can interpret it, their value can be increased by hundreds of times immediately." Alina patiently explained to Sharan: "Although the total amount of this kind of book is not large, many of the books in many pawnshops in Golovito can make many libraries feel inferior after the accumulation of the years. As long as you search carefully, you may find this type of book. This is what many appraisers call Taobao."

"Oh, so that's the case!" The expression on Sharan's face immediately became very clear. She patted her flat chest and said confidently: "You wait for me here!" After that, she trotted in Elina's vision with an umbrella.

Not long after, she walked back with a pile of books in her arms and struggled.

"Look at how much these books are worth!" Putting the stack of books on the ground, Sharan couldn't wait to look at Alina.

Alina could only smile bitterly and squat down and read the dusty books that had been around for those years, and acted as a temporary appraiser to help Sharan identify the value of these books.

Fortunately, there are not many pedestrians in this alley. Otherwise, the two girls staring at each other with a bunch of tattered ancient books would definitely attract a lot of curious gazes.

It took a long time before Alina closed the last book. She rubbed her forehead and met Sharan's expectant gaze in embarrassment.

"Alina, how much are these worth?"

"Uh... about fifty copper coins." After thinking for a while, Alina decided to tell the truth.

"How could it be?! I obviously spent five silver coins to buy these books!" Shalan opened her eyes wide in disbelief and made an incredible voice.

"Those are just that, not only are there no magic books, but even books with collection value..."

Alina looked through the books that had disappeared in embarrassment: "Although I don't deny that I might be at odds with it, there is little chance of making mistakes in this type of easy identification."

"Woo. Why is this like this..." Shalan suddenly became depressed.

This is normal... Alina said in her heart.

Just now she wanted to teach Shalan some tips for distinguishing magic books first, but before she could say anything, the blue-haired girl rushed out by herself. If she could really find magic books, it would be unscientific...

In short, the two of them could only sell the pile of books to the pawn shop and exchanged them for three silver coins. They continued to consider ways to make money.

"Speaking of this, Miss Sharan, you live in the Catherine Hotel, right?" Alina suddenly remembered that when Sevi and her took Saran back, it seemed that they were going to the Catherine Hotel.

"Yes." Sharan nodded, affirming Alina's words.

"Then it's OK." Alina said, and took Sharan toward the Catherine Hotel.

To be precise, it is the underground casino of the Catherine Hotel.

As a guest of the hotel, Shalan can naturally enter the underground casino, and Alina is also well-known in the Luolan Chamber of Commerce, so she will not be blocked.

Because of the celestial ball competition, the casino, which should have been a little deserted during the day, was also very lively at this time. As soon as I stepped into this place, the girls were filled with cheers from the winners, the crying of the losers, the sound of dice, the roulette, rolling or turning.

"If it were here, even if you don't have the skills, you can win a lot of money by relying on luck." After exchanging three silver chips, Alina set an example for Shalan.

Although Alina is not good at this, she will inevitably encounter various social engagements when working for the Chamber of Commerce, and there are also many situations of meeting on the gambling table, so she still has some experience with gambling girls.

Stud (here is referring to similar games, the same below), blackjack, landlord, dice gambling, Russian roulette...

After Elina and Sharan circled around the casino, Elina's three silver chips at the beginning have now become two golden chips and twelve silver chips.

She is not a big gambling player who can put all the chips on as soon as she goes up, but she will first use some chips to test it. After she gets familiar with it and has the confidence to win, she will suddenly put all the chips on and make a big profit, and then immediately change to other gambling methods.

"How is it, it's very simple?" After winning another game, Alina turned around and said to Shalan: "Although I rely on a little bit of technology, the proportion of luck and observation in this kind of thing is a little higher."

Seeing Shalan, who was still silent, Alina thought the girl was afraid of losing all her money. So she cheered her up and said, "Don't be afraid of losing money. If you lose, you will probably lend it to you. Anyway, as long as you are familiar with the art, it is not difficult to make a comeback. If you are still afraid, I can guide you in the future."

"Go back."

After a moment of silence, Sharan whispered.

"Don't you try it? If Russian roulette is black and white, there is a 50% chance that it can double the chips?" Alina asked.

"This is not the money I want." Sharan shook her head and rejected Alina's invitation: "I just want to buy something with my own money. I'm not interested in this kind of unknown money."

Although Shalan had been to the casino before and lost a lot of money, in fact, the girl didn't have much feelings about money or something at that time. She just simply thought gambling was very interesting.

Alina looked at Saran with an inquiring gaze, and Saran looked back at Alina with a clear gaze without dodging.

The two looked at each other like no one was watching in the noisy surroundings.

After a while, Alina burst into laughter.

Shalan frowned inexplicably at this.

Alina took Sharan's hand and pulled the reluctant blue-haired girl out of the casino and walked out of the Catherine Hotel.

At this time, Alina said without looking back: "Now, Luo Lan Auction House is recruiting temporary workers."

"What, what?" Because she was a little resistant to Alina's actions, Sharan couldn't hear clearly when she spoke.

"The Luolan Chamber of Commerce is recruiting temporary miscellaneous workers, with an hourly salary of five silver coins, but the work to be done is scary." Alina repeated: "Six hours of high-intensity work can earn thirty silver coins."

"Um..." Sharan looked at the silver-haired girl who was pulling her in front of her, a little hesitant.

"Although thirty silver coins are not too many, I can't buy anything too luxurious, but a well-made tie, a delicate and durable quill, and a beautiful staff cover are also a good gift. Isn't it?"

Alina turned around and gave the blue-haired girl a big smile.

"Why do you know!" Sharan's cheeks suddenly turned red - as a high-level vampire, the blood in her body was still better than many vampires - asked stutter: "I obviously didn't say I wanted to give a gift to my uncle!"

"Because your expression is too obvious." Alina suddenly felt that this girl who was not familiar with was really cute in her mood to try to do something for others: "There is no way to hide your thoughts."

"Ahhh..." Sharan was shy and wanted to use blood magic to bury a hole in the ground.

"So, do you want to do it? A temporary handyman at the Luolan Chamber of Commerce?" Alina asked Shalan seriously.

She still held Saran's hand, and the shy look of the blue-haired girl made Alina have no doubt that if she let go, Saran would escape in a flash.

Although she was still very shy, this time Sharan raised her face and tried hard to make her expression serious: "Do it! No, please let me do it!"
To be continued...