The To-do List

Sein City

"Bye-bye." The little doll waved her hands before resting her head on her mother's shoulder.

Her mother chuckled before waving the entertaining old man goodbye as well. Peter laughed loudly as he returned their greetings before he faced Raizel, "Do you have something against children?"

Raizel gazed at him with deep eyes. Why does everyone like to think that? "No, I do not."

Peter peered at him, thinking carefully before shaking his head. "Of course not, you probably have a problem with everyone."

The entire railway station was full of lights as people came and left in a hurry. Raizel's eyes were filled with nostalgia as he viewed the not so familiar city he had visited many times in his youth.

'The City of Alchemy' it was popularly known as. Sein City had a very advantageous location; it had the Thousand Herbal Forest behind and Green Mountain in front. It was a place where growing herbs flourished and Alchemists appeared in huge numbers. If he could recall correctly, the Alchemist Association headquarters were also located in Sein City.

As they left the station, Raizel's eyes both dimmed with acceptance and was lit up with curiosity again. In his memory, Sein City was a beautiful garden city but gone were the tall trees that grew on both sides of the street and even on people's home.

Wooden houses and villas have been replaced with silver buildings even taller than the ones in Tempest Town. They were so tall that they resembled heavenly pillars leading to the skies. 

However, unlike Tempest town that looked more like a mundane town, Sein City was by all purposes and appearance a cultivator's location. Flying weapons, boats, cars with all sorts of lights and flames behind them soared through the air. Many citizens did not try to restrain their cultivation bases or auras as they moved several meters in a single step. 

Raizel merely glanced at them once before retracting his gaze and looking at Peter. He did not doubt that the marketplace he was familiar with was all gone.

Peter looked to the city, "Sein City is a good one compared to so many. How Peaceful!" He muttered, shaking the dark mood off him in seconds. 

"Let's hurry! We have many places to visit if we want to catch up." He waved his hands and an old raggedly boat appeared before him. He leapt into the boat and looked at Raizel impatiently.

Raizel knew he was not going to put one foot in that boat that looks like it would fall apart any moment. He took out a sword and took to the skies while waiting for Peter to show the way.

"Show off!" Peter muttered under his breath and he slowly moved his boat in front of Raizel.

They went to the bank first to exchange their credits for spirit stone and Peter kept on complaining about their way back. "I knew those bankers at Tempest Town are daylight robbers. The rate is 100 to 1 and they actually hiked the price. They really have no fear."

Seeing Raizel's questioning look, he shook his head, "Most places in Sein City trade only in spirit stone. The place we are going now, the Eagle Pavilion   deals only in spirit stones."

'The Eagle Pavilion?' Raizel had never heard of it and he frowned a bit. It seems the Thousand Pill Pavilion like its namesake is no more.

They flew to the Eagle Pavilion. It was a very majestic and large building. Raizel was a little surprised. Is this still a store?

The Eagle Pavilion was the largest business centre in the entire city and many shoppers and tourists were entering and exiting the automatic doors at every moment. Some beautiful young ladies stood by each side of the door. Seeing Peter and Raizel, one of the girls smiled broadly at him.