"If I play this boring game with you, will you let me go?"
God knew that Ciri had the courage to say such provocative words to the demon in front of him.
Ciri's character is like that, she never bows to anyone.
Anyway, her life has been pinched in Qiao Xiu's hands, and the worst outcome is a dead end... Uh, it seems to be really bad.
But the problem is that Ciri has tried to get along with Qiao Xiu with a respectful attitude. In the royal court, those "aristocratic Bichi who wear a self-conscious appearance but are full of thoughts on how to seduce men" behavior, Ciri reluctantly. Strong can imitate a tenth.
In exchange for her own life, she found there was no way she could do it.
Because she couldn't feel any threat and oppression in Joshua at all... There was no contempt for humans by demons, and no contempt for servants from superiors.
This is the reason why her mouth is full of trains when she communicates with Joshua, and her nature is completely exposed.
"That's right, I'll set you free when this shoot is complete."
Joshua certainly understands the truth of whips and sugar, give her a little hope, and she will work hard for this hope.
"But let me correct it a little bit, the next thing we're going to do is make a movie, not make a game."
"A devil going to save those villagers, isn't it just a matter of a whim to pass the time."
Ciri's words were whispered to herself, but she didn't control her voice deliberately, as if she wanted to let Joshua hear it.
I have seen so many idle nobles, Ciri, and they should be thrown into the wilderness to survive in the wilderness, experience the days of eating tree bark, and let them understand how precious time is.
Wait... Thinking of this, Ciri suddenly remembered that she hadn't eaten for almost a day.
The hunger in her stomach made her give up the idea of continuing to bicker with Joshua, and began to turn over the small package under the magic robe she was wearing.
Ciri found that there was nothing to eat except a pile of scribbles and pens that were useless for eggs.
No, there is still half a piece of bark under the package!
Ciri's excitement is no less than the witcher Geralt discovering a certain Gwent master. He just took out this piece of bark from his package, and before he could take a bite, he realized that Joshua was watching. Her eyes were a little strange.
"What? Haven't seen the bark of the cacao tree? This tree is a delicacy in the human world... um... I mean it."
After talking about it, Ciri can't make it up anymore. She is so poor that she has no money to eat and exposes her side to others, which really makes Ciri a little embarrassed.
"What I want to ask is that you drew this?"
Joshua was holding a piece of white paper in his hand. This piece of white paper fell out when Ciri was rummaging through things in her package.
On the white paper is a sketch of a landscape, a creek, a grove, a simple grill, and a bonfire. The black and white tone perfectly outlines the scene of a camping picnic under the night sky.
"Where did you find it! Oh no, give it back to me!"
Ciri suddenly realized that it fell out of her luggage, and she immediately stepped forward to grab the painting from Joshua's hand.
But her identity as a magician and the blessing of the negative state of hunger, doomed that the chance of Ciri retrieving the painting from Joshua was basically zero.
Not only did she fail to grab it, but because Ciri was too excited, she jumped forward too quickly, causing her body to be unable to maintain her balance, and she was about to fall directly to the ground.
Considering that the poor girl only had a little chest goods left, Joshua might also be ruined because of this problem, so he politely stretched out his hand and wrapped his arms around Ciri's waist to stabilize her body. Ciri's balance.
The hug was just a touch and it was released, but Ciri still shivered, and immediately took a few steps back.
It was the first time that Ciri had been touched by a man on such a sensitive part of her stomach! It's just that before Ciri could pay attention to this issue, she found that the bark she was holding had dried up on the ground!
She hurried to Joshua's side, picked up the dry bark on the ground and patted it a few times.
should be no problem! Ciri once heard a famous Archmage say, "It's fine to pick up food within three seconds of being dropped on the ground."
"I say… "
Joshua squatted down and looked at Ciri like this, and he had begun to feel some inexplicable sympathy for this poor mage lady.
How poor is it to eat the bark every day
"If you drew this picture, I might consider treating you to some meat."
Joshua put the painting in front of her and said.
It may be an illusion. When Qiao Xiu said the words "please eat meat", Ciri's eyes suddenly lit up, and the reluctance just now disappeared completely.
"Yes, I drew it."
Judging from Ciri's excited appearance, Qiao Xiu really shouldn't have promised to "set her free" just now, but should have used the words "follow me from now on and make sure you have meat every day".
"You can sketch?"
At the beginning, Joshua did plan to release the young lady magician after the filming was over and let her return to nature.
But the painting on Joshua's hand proves that Ciri has the value of letting Joshua keep her.
"Sketch? What's that? I drew it with the charcoal pencil I used to draw the magic circle. I caught a few fish in the creek that day. The reason for drawing it... is to have a thought."
Ciri thought about it carefully, and finally explained it in this way.
As a traveling mage apprentice, she is not very rich, and the burden of the usual spell casting materials makes her in a state of poverty.
This kind of life has allowed Ciri to develop a good skill. She is very good at catching fish with lightning and catching rabbits with fire and fog.
The only thing I have is that I can draw a little.
"Did you learn all this by yourself?"
"If I didn't learn it myself, who else could teach me? The paints used by the court painters alone can cost me 20 years of food. If they teach me, I don't think I can pay for 50 years of food. rise."
"Very well, maybe I'd like to formally hire you, Miss Ciri."
Qiao Xiu did not expect this female magician to be a talent for painting.
Sketching is easy to learn, but hard to master. Ciri's painting undoubtedly steps into the "subtle" range.
You must know that learning to draw and sketch is the most basic skill. Maybe some painting geniuses skip the sketching stage, but Qiao Xiu really learned to draw in ten years and five years.
Considering that Qiao Xiu will continue to develop towards game design in the future, no matter how many people can draw, there will be no shortage of talents.
"Hire? Um... Didn't you say let me go after the movie is over?"
Ciri took a bite of the bark she was holding, and she didn't seem to believe Joshua's various promises to her, including the phrase "please eat her meat".
And the so-called employment must be synonymous with slavery!
"Whether you want it or not is up to you, but I think the price I offer will definitely satisfy you," Joshua said.
"What price?"
"Guarantee your meal for a lifetime."
In the future, if he wants to expand his cultural invasion business, he will definitely need a lot of talents. Qiao Xiu has not yet formulated specific employment conditions, but this sentence is enough to make Ciri's heart move.