10. The Answer
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Maria led the way to the spot where the magical props were placed.
After instructing the trio not to touch the magical props at will, they stepped back a little distance with the intention of giving the guests, who were on stage, a more relaxed space to move around.
Derek didn't get up during the entire session, just sat on his round stool, quiet like a special object being displayed.
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Inari behaved herself and followed the line of Aunt Marlene's tour.
In reality, Inari was not interested in any of these magical props present.
Although Fursil was unwilling to teach her magic, she would not stop Inari from taking the private collection of magical props to study.
Fushil had made some references to magic props: normal magic props had no value in the hands of ordinary people, but special magic props that possessed magical power of their own could be done so that they could be used by ordinary people as well.
After coming to the small town of Keslang, Fucile spent her spare time making this type of special magic props.
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The magical props on display now, according to the rule of not being able to touch them, which was deliberately dictated. Inari speculated that the magic props on display were not ordinary magic props, but special magic props that could be touched and used by humans without magic power.
Although there was a change in appearance, Inari was able to recognize the special magic props displayed on the scene.
After all, in the magic stone necklace hidden in her lapel, there was a much wider variety and quantity of special magic items left behind by Fuchsildi.
Inari's ultimate goal was at the Magic Edge Stone placed in front of Derek.
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Silently following behind Aunt Marlene, Inari's attention was focused on Marlene.
Marlene's face held an unprecedented level of seriousness and earnestness, as she was carefully identifying these gorgeous-looking magical props one by one.
Inari could also hear Aunt Marlene's broken speculation that Aunt Marlene seemed eager to fulfill the special conditions and get the right to ask questions.
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At this moment, Inari suddenly realized a problem.
Is there a limitation on the condition that Derek proposes to guess the right magic prop function just to be able to ask a question: for example, one bite of a family, only one question can be asked by a parent.
The demonstration of the previous two examples had no reference value, and Inari didn't dare to guess the answer at random, nor did she want to easily give up the opportunity that came to her.
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Time entered the part of the special session, and at Maria's signal, Rook, who was guarding the barrier, gently tapped the barrier with the ring on his tail finger, and the barrier's soundproofing mode turned on.
Rushing before Maria signaled Marlene to choose a magic prop to make a function guess, Inari hastily interjected with.
“Miss Maria, isn't it true that no matter who of us guesses the function of a magical prop correctly, all of us will be given a right to ask questions to Magician Dai Li?”
For the time being, she didn't have the courage to directly ask questions to the unknown magician Dai Li, but Inari knew how to curve her words.
About the time Inari's eyes were too sincere and overflowing with supplication, Maria, after hesitating for a moment, passed her magic mentor a difficult and shaky look.
Seeing Maria's stance, Inari also gathered her courage and looked at the silver-haired, gray-eyed magician Dai Li, whose appearance revealed that he was not close to people.
Dai Li's gaze lingered on Inari for a while, then swept over Jerry, who was also staring blankly at him with an expectant face, as well as Auntie Marlene, who was staying in place with a somewhat difficult face but no intention of stopping her, and slowly opened her mouth
“Yes.”
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“Who's guessing? Only one chance.” Derek looked at the three people who were eventually led by Marlene in the center and stood in a row in front of him and issued a query.
Great Aunt Marlene was obviously a little nervous and her face was white, Inari took a small step forward and then raised her right hand “Me!”
Neither Marlene nor Jerry objected to what Inari did at the moment, rather, they had entrusted their expectations to Inari from the start.
Inari didn't hesitate and chose the small stone in front of Derek.
“This is a magical bonding stone that can detect talent.” The key was directly stated without more qualifying words.
The only one who gave a huge reaction to Inari's words was Jerry, whose suddenly exaggerated expression had incredulity written all over it, while Marlene only showed a slight surprise.
No surprise appeared on Derek's face when he heard Inari's answer, probably expecting it, everyone who chose this transparent stone came prepared.
Dai Li gently nodded his head, acknowledging that Inari had given the correct answer, and
“Then, as promised, you may all ask one question.”
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--Transition.
A domed stone house. Aside from a simple stone table and a rudimentary stone bench, all that remained was the stone stove that reflected the entire enclosed stone room in red.
Inari sat down on the stone stool that had already become together hot due to the temperature of the room, drew off an earth-colored towel tied to her forehead, wrung out the sweat on it, wiped her face delicately, and dropped this towel on the stone table.
Inari felt her body's weakness and powerlessness due to the lack of moisture, and then glanced at the large stone door that was sealed shut, and finally managed to die.
With a pair of dead fish eyes, she stared blankly at the still unrecognizable iron sheet with a certain thickness placed on the stone table in front of her, launching herself into a daze...
In about half an hour's time, her dear friend Kaya would have pushed open the large stone door that sealed her freedom from the outside.
Mournfully, Inari kicked the handle of the sledgehammer she'd left at her feet.
It had clearly only been two years since her small town life, how had she ended up in her current situation as a hard laborer in the ironworks.
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Inari heard the sound of the stone rolling slowly, and with a jolt, broke out of her wandering state, picked up the sledgehammer that had been dropped on the ground, and began to mechanically repeat the work of pounding the iron pieces again, with a voice that sounded reasonably resonant.
“Alright, Nari stop pretending, it's obvious you're just lazy.”
The dark brown skinned and burly Kaya walked in and casually nudged Inari's arm and the sledgehammer Inari was holding immediately fell to the ground.
Inari hugged her best friend, and Kaya, who was half a head shorter than Inari, had her entire neck hooked at once.
“Kaya! This isn't something a human can do! You talk to Uncle Mora about giving up on training me to become a cast iron master!” Inari hung her body on Kaya's body whimpering and pouting.
With a helpless and accustomed face, Kaya unwrapped Inari's arms around her, “Don't say anything stupid, Nari is now a part of our Dwarf race, how can she not learn cast iron.”
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