Balon City.
The commercial district was at its busiest around this period because it was the last month of the year, and the start of a new year was always filled with Magic Academies taking in new students and a massive wave of kids awakening as mages.
Everyone in Balon City was preparing for this as well as the New Year celebration.
In a part of Balon City, the Zoran family had acquired quite a number of shops where they sold magic items. Some of these shops were operated by workers while the family ran a few of them personally.
While waiting for Mr Chen to return and fix her broken soul sea, Emily spent her time helping out at the shop. She normally stayed in a shop with Alicia and they attended to customers together.
On this calm morning, Alicia was sitting behind the counter and looking at a book with images of different magic beasts when two people walked into the shop.
