After listening to Ringer's words, Lil came to the door dubiously, opened the door gently, and looked out. Sure enough, it was Land Street filled with green mist.
She stared blankly for a while, then closed the door and stretched out her little hand to touch the smooth door panel.
"Wow, what a magical door."
"Hey, woman, don't touch me, I'm a serious person."
The sudden sound from the door scared her and retracted her hand as if she was electrocuted. When she looked again, there was an attractive red lip on the door.
"If you touch me again, I will lick you."
A wet tongue stuck out of his mouth, waving it back and forth threateningly.
Lil was startled and ran back to the bar.
"Mr. Bartender, that door-"
"Don't be afraid, that is our store's door spirit and will not harm our customers. It is precisely because of its existence that our store's exit leads to all parts of the mainland."
Lil adjusted her glasses, picked up the water glass on the bar, drank a few sips of hot water, and managed to calm down.
After sitting for a while, she suddenly remembered Ringer's question just now and said: "In Xila, the degree of water pollution is expressed by numerical values, from 0 to 100. Citizens' water is initially purified by the central water plant, and the pollution value is controlled below 50. And special chemicals have been added so that citizens can gradually adapt to this water quality.
Most people will not be able to withstand water with a pollution value exceeding 50 if they have not taken stomach-strengthening potions or used alchemy to strengthen their bodies.
As for water with a pollution value of over 100, it is already a potent poison. Assassins or thieves can often be seen in the water near the alchemy factory. They use the water there to feed poison to daggers or arrowheads. "
Lil took another sip of water. Such a cup of hot water was an extremely luxurious thing for her as a student.
She raised the glass and looked at the small half of water left in the glass. The water surface reflected the light. She had only seen this alluring luster in her dreams.
"Water of this purity can be bid at Scylla's auction. I'm afraid only a master alchemist can purify Scylla's water to this level."
Linge said: "You can come to us to drink water from now on. The hot water here is always free. Our business hours are six hours a day. When the light sign outside the door lights up, it means we are open."
"Really, it's okay even if I don't drink?" If she could drink water like this every day, Lil felt like she would laugh in her dreams.
"There are very few customers in the store, so you can add a little bit of popularity to the store."
"Thank you, I will definitely come. Ah, I haven't asked the bartender's name yet." Lil stared at Ringer's face excitedly.
"Linger."
"Okay, thank you, Mr. Ringer." Lil's hand holding the cup trembled slightly.
"But not all the customers in our store are human beings, for example, the one on the table." Lin Ge decided that it would be better to tell her in advance, lest she be frightened by the strange customers in the store when she comes back.
Li'er looked over and saw a woman in white with disheveled hair lying on the wine table. The woman seemed to be aware of her gaze and turned her head in an exaggerated manner, as if she had broken her neck.
She brushed aside the wet long hair that covered her face, showed her a pale and sinister smile, and let out a breathtaking laugh.
"hello."
"Hello."
After saying hello, the woman in white turned her head and stared at the strange square magic item in the corner.
"Her name is Awen, and she is a water ghost."
"Water... ghost?"
"In addition, you may also see undead, headless horsemen, lizard men, kobolds and talking cats in the store."
Lil has gradually calmed down and looked expectant: "I'm more interested in talking cats."
"You should be able to see her if you come here often. She is a very cute cat."
"Well, I will definitely come here often, for clean water and cute cats." Lil raised the glass and drank up the remaining water in the glass.
"By the way, where is this beautiful sister? What do you call her?" Lil looked at Elise at the bar again.
Ringer hinted to Elise with his eyes: Good opportunity, let’s practice how to communicate with guests.
Elise glanced at Ringer and seemed to understand his hint, so she asked: "Did you eat the wrong thing just now?"
Li'er was stunned for a moment and replied with some embarrassment: "Actually, in addition to the water source issue, the food safety in Sila is also very worrying. If you are not confident about your body, you will not eat outside easily. Yes. I went to Land Street to eat noodles for a project, but halfway there...well, then I found this place."
"oh."
The atmosphere seemed to suddenly become awkward, and Ringer quickly broke the silence:
"By the way, the store will be closed tomorrow. The last day of the week is our store's rest day. If you want to come, just wait until Monday."
Li'er scratched her head and said with some distress: "I have an alchemy theory class on Monday, but I can't seem to make it. It seems I can only come on Tuesday."
Ringer glanced at the small leather satchel around her waist and sensed a hint of magic from it. It seemed to be a storage-type magic prop, and its internal capacity should be much larger than it looked.
So he asked: "Do you have a container with water on you?"
"Ah, yes, please wait a moment."
Lil excitedly opened her satchel, put her hand in and groped around for a while, and soon found a large round-bottomed flask with a long and slender neck and a spherical bottom.
"this."
"Hold it."
Lil held the neck of the bottle with both hands and gently pressed her chest against the bottom of the bottle, with a look of anticipation on her face.
She saw Lin Ge slowly raise his hand. It was the most beautiful hand she had ever seen. It was slender and elegant, and seemed to have some kind of magic power, making her unable to take her eyes away.
Lin Ge stretched out his index finger and pointed it at the mouth of the flask on her chest. With a pop, a crystal water column shot out from his fingertips and fell accurately into the mouth of the flask.
Even though she was separated from the flask, she still felt the cool water rushing into the bottom of the beaker, giving the illusion that her chest was being wet, and her face couldn't help but turn slightly red.
Elise noticed the change in her face, the corners of her mouth raised slightly, and her eyes became subtle.
Ringer originally wanted Diluco to do the job, but he was worried that she would spit water out of her mouth. Although he didn't think the water spit out of her mouth was dirty, Li'er didn't necessarily think so, so he had to do it himself.
Soon, the bottom of the flask was filled with magically pure water.
Lil put away the flask, said a blushing thank you, and hurriedly left the bar.
Lin Ge stared at her back, a little strange, why is she blushing?
"You really know how to be courteous to girls." Elise said suddenly.
"You really don't know how to chat," Ringer responded. "When chatting with guests, you should try to avoid questions that will make the guests feel embarrassed."
"Yeah, I'm not as good at chatting as you are, and I make people blush."
Just as Linger was about to continue responding, the wind chime at the door rang again.
This time, a stout man with a gray face came in, as if he had just crawled out of the ground.
The opponent was nearly three meters tall, with a pair of unusually thick arms, like a little giant.
