In the laboratory, Lu Yao was discussing the style with Amos.
Amos looked up and saw the blue magic book next to Lu Yao, his purple eyes flashed, "Dominic's book?"
Lu Yao touched the blue cover of the magic book and nodded: "Yes, he lent it to me, but I haven't had time to read it yet."
Amos took a close look at Lu Yao for the first time. She was an ordinary human with black hair and fair skin. She didn't look anything special. It was quite strange that Dominic, who hated humans the most, was willing to lend her his magic notebook.
Amos is a giant purple dragon who controls the power of nature - thunder and lightning.
After looking through the designs Lu Yao had made, he said with a burning look: "I want to create a lightning effect on my fingertips. Just move your fingers and lightning will flash on your nails. It must be brighter than gems."
Lu Yao: “…”
Even though she was knowledgeable and had designed many novel and unique manicures, this kind of request, which was almost like "finding fault", was the first time she had heard of it.
Amos looked like a cheerful and cool guy, but he was surprisingly thoughtful. He could see the difficulty in Lu Yao's frozen face, and pointed at Dominic's design on the tablet, "You can make a starry sky map like this, but lightning is difficult for you?"
This is not a question of whether it is difficult or not.
It's the kind of... the kind of...
Lu Yao came back to his senses, retracted his divergent thoughts, lowered his head and pondered for a while, then looked at Amos: "I have an idea. If you think it's okay, let's try it?"
Dragons are generally very curious, and when Amos hears a new idea, he immediately expresses his desire to listen.
Lu Yao took out a notebook and a pen, and quickly drew a conceptual diagram, explaining: "I need your cooperation, and I have to rebuild a magic circle, like this, and then... and then like this, do you think it's okay?"
Amos looked at Lu Yao with a respectful look, as if to say, "Are you a genius?" His eyes bulged and he nodded repeatedly, "Interesting! How long will it take to finish it?"
"Wait a moment." Lu Yao tore up the sketch and started drawing again.
It took about three hours to construct a new magic circle.
Half an hour later, a large mass of dark clouds suddenly gathered above Emerald Town, with lightning, thunder, and strong winds, as if a heavy rainstorm was about to come.
Outside, there were two students from the magic academy who had an appointment to get a manicure in the afternoon. They were sitting on the sofa drinking tea and eating snacks. When they heard the thunder and wind outside, their scalps tingled.
This scene sounded so scary, as if the roof was about to be blown off.
Mumu noticed that the two were a little scared, so he moved over to comfort them: "Jiji."
The little slime looked so soft, cute and harmless, which was really soothing, and the two girls felt a little more relaxed.
It was obvious that a heavy rain was about to fall, so the residents of Emerald Town took away the clothes and bedding that were hung outside and closed the doors and windows.
Half an hour later, the dark clouds dispersed, the sky cleared, the sun reappeared, and there was no sign of rain at all.
"The clouds have dispersed. The day is changing so fast," said a student.
Another person added: "It's good that it's not raining. I was afraid it would rain too hard and I wouldn't be able to go back to school. When can the owner do our manicures?"
The black door of the laboratory was opened from the inside, and the handsome, tall and cool guy Amos came out with his shiny paws raised, and the excitement between his brows could not be suppressed.
Tina and Harold immediately noticed that Amos's manicure was different and moved closer to watch.
Amos showed it off with his chin held high. “It’s really interesting that the owner can do this!”
When the two students from the Magic Academy saw the owner coming out, they couldn't wait to get their manicures done. When they stood up, they glanced at Amos's nails, which seemed to have flashing lightning patterns on them, and they couldn't help but feel curious.
When I got closer, I saw that the base color of this customer's nails was as dark and thick as ink, and at first glance there was nothing special about them.
A few seconds later, blue-purple lightning shaped like tree roots suddenly flashed on the armor surface, illuminating the armor surface. The stacked gray clouds lingered around the fingertips like cotton, heavy and depressing, as if one could hear the rumbling thunder in the next second.
Harold and Tina remembered the heavy dark clouds that had hovered over the town. They were the first to react and looked up at Lu Yao.
There was fatigue between Lu Yao's brows, and a faint light condensed in his dark pupils, and he was obviously a little excited.
She had just shrunk the lightning summoned by Amos and fixed it on his nails with a magic circle. This was probably what Dominic meant by further development of the practicality of magic manicure.
Magic was indeed very interesting, and she suddenly had many ideas on how to combine manicure and magic more closely.
Amos dropped a bag of gold coins and walked out of the nail salon excitedly. He was going to pick a fight with someone and show off his freshly done manicure at the same time.
Lu Yao turned around and said, "Sorry to have kept you waiting. Please take a seat over here. Did you like any of the designs?"
Considering that there would be more and more customers in the store, Lu Yao resolutely bought two new tablets so that customers in the laboratory and front hall could choose their models separately.
The two guests from the magic academy came back to their senses and sat down to discuss with Lu Yao the styles they wanted, their minds still not away from Amos's manicure.
The customer's manicure completely exceeded their understanding of nail polish. Lightning actually appeared on the nail. Was that magic
Lu Yao sat aside to rest, Eugenia and Mumu sat at the workbench to polish the nails of two customers, and Tina watched from the side.
Tina is a dragon and is very strong. She often breaks her nails when practicing, so she doesn't dare to start yet.
It was Eugenia and Mum's first time receiving guests, so their techniques were a little unfamiliar, but they were very patient and the guests did not feel uncomfortable.
Lu Yao looked around and was satisfied that they could already start doing simple nail care for the guests.
After polishing and applying protective nail polish and shining a light, Lu Yao took over the subsequent design work, while the three apprentices continued to watch and learn on the side.
Harold was worried that the situation that happened in the morning would happen again, so he didn't stay in the lounge. Instead, he lay on the sofa outside and read comics.
Both guests chose cute styles with similar design ideas. Lu Yao worked faster and it was almost evening when he finished.
After seeing off the guests and having dinner with the shop assistants, Lu Yao asked them to go back first.
The 6:30 p.m. agreed upon with Carlos was already the end of the working day, so the shop assistants didn't have to work overtime with her.
Mum, Eugenia and Tina left first, while Harold stayed in the store.
Lu Yao sat on the sofa with his chin supported by his hand, "Why don't you go home?"
There were no guests, and Harold lay on the couch like a boneless man again: "I'm a guard."
Since Si Jin was not around, there was no one to fight with him.
There's no point in a dragon wallowing in its return to the cave where its treasure is hidden.
Harold has been a little annoyed lately and he doesn't seem to like his cave very much.
If Lu Yao’s shop wasn’t too small, he would have wanted to move his treasures over and live in the shop.
Xiao Heilong has been slacking off since he started working. Lu Yao wanted to make fun of him, but then someone came into the store.
"Excuse me, is the owner here?" A young lady came in with long black hair draped behind her and wearing a patched dark dress.
Lu Yao felt that the visitor looked somewhat familiar, but couldn't remember where he had seen him before, so he walked over to greet him, "Hello, I'm the owner."
The black-haired lady put on a gentle and harmless smile and said shyly, "Hello, I'm here to apply for an apprenticeship."
"Sorry, we have already recruited enough apprentices and we are not accepting any more for the time being." Lu Yao took back the notice that was posted on the door yesterday.
She has limited energy and cannot teach too many people at once.
Once Mumu and the other two have finished their training, they will be able to train new apprentices, and she won't have to worry about anything anymore.
The black-haired lady clenched her hands at her side, took a step forward, and pleaded weakly: "Shopkeeper, I came from a long way away. I walked for a day and a night, my feet are rubbed raw, and I am in pain, tired, and hungry. If I can't be an apprentice, my father will give me to the lord. Can you..."
As she spoke, she moved closer and reached out to pull Lu Yao.
Harold suddenly stood up, dragged Lu Yao back, raised his hand to wave away the black-haired woman, and said in a nice boyish voice with a hint of coldness, "Don't touch her."
Witch Cangyuan was pushed away and felt annoyed. She clearly saw the clerk leave, so how come there was still one
The black-haired woman is the Cangyuan Witch. Her last plan to kill people and seize the store failed halfway, but she has never given up.
However, she took another job and left Onoton City a few days ago. When she came back, the nail salon's business was much better than before, and there were more employees, which made it difficult for her to start easily.
She waited in Emerald Town for two days and came to the nail salon at night, but found that the door could not be opened from the outside, which made her very angry.
The owner was alone in the store tonight with the door wide open, and she thought it was a great opportunity, but she ran into Harold.
Her disguise was exposed. The Cangyuan Witch no longer pretended to be weak. Dark flames condensed in her palms and rushed straight to Harold's face.
Harold, who turned into a human form, had a childish face and looked no more than fourteen or fifteen years old. He had become even lazier in the nail salon during this period of time. The Cangyuan witch didn't think she would be defeated.
The attack power of dark magic is extremely strong. If this young man gets a little spark, his body will immediately burn and he will probably roll on the ground in pain.
Now that you have taken action, there is no turning back.
The Cangyuan witch simply made up her mind to kill the clerk first and then deal with the troublesome light magician owner.
Harold snorted coldly, raised his hand to catch the palm, and tightly grasped the opponent's wrist, with a purer dark flame burning in the palm of his hand.
The witch Cangyuan screamed with fear in her eyes. Is this young man also a dark magician
"Kerala—"
The sound of the hand bones breaking was chilling, the black flames burned the flesh and blood, and the place where the Cangyuan witch was held gradually sank inward, revealing the white bones. She was in so much pain that she couldn't make a sound.
Harold looked gloomy, carried her out of the nail salon with one hand, and turned into a giant dragon and flew out of Emerald Town.
When the Cangyuan witch saw the true form of the dragon, she fainted from fright.
Lu Yao was the only one left in the store. The sudden change happened so fast that she didn't have time to react.
System: [A savage and stupid bandit, a spoiled and arrogant noble, a greedy and vicious witch... I always feel that this store is not as peaceful as a snack bar.]
Lu Yao looked at the door and said calmly, "The Land of Dreams is the world of the dead. After a person dies, most of their desires disappear, leaving only the purest thoughts. In the world of the living, whether in another world or this world, the forms of desire for humans or other creatures are much more complicated. It's not surprising that creatures are driven by desire to take action."
After waiting for a while, Harold came back from outside, avoiding Lu Yao's sight, with a slightly unnatural look on his face.
Seeing that the witch secretly condensed flames at her fingertips and tried to touch Lu Yao, he was really angry and attacked without mercy.
Would she be scared
Lu Yao didn't know what Harold was suddenly upset about, so he walked over, pulled his hand away, and checked carefully, "Are you hurt?"
She saw the black flames burning through the witch's flesh, and Harold's hands were completely engulfed in flames.
Harold glanced secretly at Lu Yao. Her eyes were dark and clear. There was no disgust in them, but instead a hint of worry.
The little black dragon wanted to wag his tail, but after moving his body, he remembered that he had no tail after turning into a human.
He blinked and whispered, "I'm very strong and I won't get hurt."
Lu Yao touched his hand and was relieved to make sure there was no skin injury. He asked casually, "Where did you take her?"
Harold's blue eyes sparkled, and he raised his chin, "Thrown into the poisonous swamp."
Lu Yao nodded: "I'm glad you're okay. I'm waiting for the guest to come. It will be very late when I'm done. You can go back first. There won't be anything else to do today."
Harold shook his head, looking smug: "Without me as your guard, you can't run the store by yourself."
Lu Yao: “…”
This guy's tail is up!
Fortunately, Carlos was on time and didn't keep them waiting too long.
The young man in the silver robe held a staff and knocked on the door twice, attracting the two people to look over, and then walked in slowly, "Shopkeeper."
Lu Yao stood up and said, "Hello, please sit here."
The young man had his eyes closed, so Lu Yao was embarrassed to hand the tablet to him, so he asked him what style he liked.
Carlos said calmly, "I already informed the owner yesterday."
Lu Yao: “?”
Oops, no impression at all.
Carlos seemed to sigh and said, "I like black and lotus."