He has had the ability to distinguish different types of fluff since he was a child. Even with his eyes closed and just touching, he can feel the difference between different types of fluff.
It may sound a bit commonplace, but it's actually a talent.
Moreover, as he grows older, this talent becomes more and more powerful.
He can feel the direction of life force and even the veins of energy by stroking the down hair.
Then, he followed the energy veins to weave the fluff, making it smoother and even making the old fluff glow with new power.
Slowly, his ability to weave fluff became stronger and stronger, and he was able to retain some of the energy properties of the fluff of extraordinary creatures.
It can even give these woven fluff some new characteristics.
Later, after some ups and downs in life, Edward became a makeup and hair artist. His biggest hobby was making wigs.
The wigs he makes are all made of human hair or the down of extraordinary creatures. Because of his talent, he can also give these wigs some extraordinary elements.
In particular, some wigs woven with rare fluff are endowed with properties comparable to some alchemy tools.
Edward relied on his talent in braiding wigs and made a big name in Lorenbier.
However, people are afraid of being famous, and pigs are afraid of being strong.
Edward's reputation had only just risen when he encountered a major disaster that limited his life.
One day, a mysterious man in a cloak came to Edward's makeup and hair shop.
He told Edward that his name was Ronan and he came here because of his reputation.
Immediately afterwards, he took out a ball of hair stained with unknown blood, hoping that Edward could help weave it into a wig.
Ronan took out a rough drawing. The rough drawing showed the style of a wig. It looked like a women's wig.
Ronan's request is that it is best to bring out the hidden characteristics of hair.
Although Edward has been able to weave some wigs with extraordinary properties, he is not successful every time. Once in ten, he is lucky.
Therefore, when faced with Ronan's request, he told the truth: I can't guarantee success.
Ronan was very generous: "It doesn't matter, just try. It doesn't matter if you don't succeed."
Seeing Ronan's gentle speaking attitude, Edward decided to give it a try.
After trying it, Edward discovered that this blood-stained hair seemed to have a "living" quality; every time he knitted it, he wanted to follow the life veins in it to soothe it, and the next second its life veins would
It will change, as if this ball of hair is playing hide and seek with him.
As expected, there was an accident.
Although he made the hair into a long wig with blood-red highlights, he did not succeed in giving it special characteristics.
However, Edward did not destroy the "living" nature of the hair, he just changed it to look like a wig. This was the limit of what he could do.
Ronan held the waterfall-like long hair, his eyes flashed with fascination, he seemed to like the wig very much, and he kept praising Edward's skills.
Seeing Ronan's attitude, Edward breathed a sigh of relief: Although he did not destroy the "living" nature of the hair, he did not develop the characteristics of the hair as Ronan said. He was also afraid that Ronan would not like it.
, Ronan can praise him, he must like it, right?
Later, Edward found out.
Ronan really liked this wig, and he didn't destroy the "alive" nature, which was actually in line with Ronan's ideas.
Ronan himself was unable to discover the "living" nature. Only a talented hairstylist like Edward could sense the "life" in hair.
Ronan liked the wig so much that he took Edward away.
Hmm... This logical relationship seems to be very inconsistent, but in reality many things do not require logic at all, and often, upon closer inspection, they are completely absurd.
When Edward was forcibly kidnapped by Ronan, he learned that Ronan was actually an extremely powerful legendary wizard.
This shows that Ronan is definitely not from the Southern Region.
At that time, there had been no legendary wizard in the Southern Territory for more than two hundred years. The last one closest to a legendary existence was Isabel, the "King of Dusk" in the Black Castle in the fairy tale world. However, even Isabel also left the Southern Territory.
, to pursue the path of legend.
Facing the extremely powerful legendary wizard, Edward could only go with the flow.
In the next two days, Edward felt like he was constantly traveling through space and time.
He didn't even know how many space gates he had passed through.
In the end, Edward only remembered that Ronan took him into a dark room and said to him: "Your hair-making skills are very good, and the wigs you weave are also very good. It just so happens that Yizhi Town is short of a makeup and hair stylist."
, you can go live there from now on."
After finishing speaking, Edward felt like he was pushed into a mirror.
When he opened his eyes, he found that he had arrived in a small town with sunshine.
There were people coming and going in the town, and it seemed quite lively.
It's just that everyone's expressions are not very good, like numb walking zombies.
Seeing Edward's appearance, they just glanced at him with sympathy, shook their heads and continued to live in the small town.
Edward turned around, trying to find the mirror he entered, but found that there was nothing behind him.
It was as if the mirror before was just a dream and he had traveled through this world.
After Edward searched for the mirror to no avail, he asked people in the town about the situation, but no one paid any attention to him. Even if he told him that he was thrown into the mirror, it was caused by a wizard named Ronan...
But the people in the town still ignored him.
However, judging from the details on their expressions, they knew Ronan...
At this moment, Edward understood that perhaps, everyone here was sent here by Ronan.
In the next few hours, Edward continued to question the townspeople in the town.
Perhaps it was Edward's persistence that moved a town citizen, who told Edward: "Just live here, you can't get out."
"Also, it's getting dark. If you still want to maintain yourself, you'd better find a room to hide in."
Another month has passed.
Edward understood why the people here were numb.
Because they all know that they cannot leave this world...The power of their souls has been marked by this "world".
The moon that hangs high in the sky at night, as long as it shines on a person, will consume the power of the person's soul and be marked, completely becoming a person of this world.
The people in the town are numb because their soul power is constantly being consumed. They look like humans, but in fact they have lost too many emotions and have turned into living zombies.
Edward was very lucky. On the evening of the first day he entered the town, he was taken in by the mayor.
"I took you in because of the rules. Everyone who enters Yi Zhi Town will be taken in by me on the first day, but only for this day."
"After that, if you want to hide from the moon and absorb your soul, you must own a house."
As for how to own a house of his own in the town, the mayor told him: "You can show your abilities. If your abilities are useful to the town, I will temporarily lend you a house. The house lent to you,
Your rent will be waived for the first month, but for the next six months, you must pay me double the rent."
As for the "medium of exchange" in the town, or "money", it is the power of the soul.
Food, clothing, housing, and transportation can all be exchanged with others by consuming the power of the soul.
As for "how" the soul power is traded, it is actually very simple. As long as a living being is illuminated under the moonlight at night, the soul power on his body will float out, and these scattered soul powers can be condensed into a special coin.
In the town of Yi, this kind of coin is also called: soul coin.
From these rules we can know that if you want not to be marked by this world, you must not be exposed to the moonlight.
If you want to maintain yourself, you cannot be exposed to the moonlight.
But if you want to live here, you must use the soul coins obtained after the moonlight shines.
Then there is only one way: either be marked by this world, or make other people's money.
At that time, Edward didn't know the hidden dangers of being marked, but he secretly felt that this would definitely not end well...
Therefore, if Edward wanted to avoid being marked, he could only agree to the mayor's request. Rent a room and open a makeup and hair salon to earn other people's soul coins.
Edward showed off his talents as a makeup and hairdresser in front of the mayor. He could make wigs, and also knew how to dye hair and put on makeup.
To the mayor, this insensitive town doesn't need a hairdresser.
To be continued...