In the Heart Guild, many adventurers stood in front of the mission bulletin board.
One person asked in confusion: "Didn't the Red Eye, Black Hawk, and Silver Wing teams all accept it? Why is this A-level mission still pending?"
Someone lowered his voice and said, "I heard that all three teams failed, and Silver Wing has voluntarily given up this mission."
"Isn't it just an A-level mission? Silver Wing is one thing, but how could the Red Eye Team and the Black Hawk Team fail? It's ridiculous that a heroic adventurer can't complete an A-level mission."
In the crowd, a platinum-level adventurer made a bitter face: "That little shop is gone. No matter how many times I went there, no matter how many times I searched the whole town, I couldn't find that shop."
"It's really strange. A lot of us went there yesterday, and it was clearly on the street on the east side. But when we went there again today, we couldn't find it." said a member of another adventure team.
What he didn't say was that even if he found the store, the task wouldn't be that easy.
That store has two ridiculously powerful guards. Except for the Silver Wing team, all the others were beaten back yesterday, including Red Eye and Black Hawk.
Ian ignored the prying eyes and discussions around him, tore off the task he wanted to take from the bulletin board, and turned to walk towards the guild gate.
The leader of the Red Eyes team, Red Eyes, came to submit the credentials for the S-level mission. She met Ian at the door and said, "Silver Wing actually gave up the mission on his own initiative. You can still be on par with my team without any hero-level adventurers. I thought you had some backbone."
On the way to the guild, Hongtong had already heard the team members report on the situation of the A-level mission.
The Silver Wing Squad was the only team that was unscathed among the teams that received the mission. But when they returned from the town, they voluntarily gave up the mission.
How could Ian not know what Hongtong was up to? He just wanted to take the opportunity to gather intelligence. He smiled gently and raised the commission in his hand, "With the strength of the Hongtong team, we will be able to complete the task easily. We have other tasks to go out. See you later."
Red Eyes looked back at the receding figures of the Silver Wings, with a flash of deep thought in her eyes. She turned around and saw Clarissa from the Black Hawk team, and curled her lips, "The devil wouldn't be interested in such a small mission, right?"
Clarissa didn't say anything, and walked sideways into the guild with the certificate for the S-level mission.
Hongtong's face looked slightly ugly. The fact that Clarissa had demon blood was no secret in the Red Heart Guild.
Because of my strong ability, no one dares to talk about me openly.
Only Hong Tong, who is also a heroic adventurer, dares to flirt with her occasionally, but she rarely gets a response.
Clarissa is like a tool to complete tasks. She keeps completing tasks and never takes the outside comments, provocations or gestures seriously.
Norman, the captain of the Black Hawk Squad, sat in the carriage and waited for Clarissa to come out of the guild. He handed her an A-level mission commission and said, "I want to hear the news that the mission is completed before dark."
Clarissa took the power of attorney away without reading it, turned around and left.
One of the team members who went to the nail salon yesterday, the heavy sword warrior whose artifact-level armor had been melted, looked uneasy: "Can she handle it alone?"
Norman said coldly, "She is different from you."
The heavy sword warrior looked embarrassed and said no more.
Indeed, Clarissa, who has demon blood, is ridiculously strong, and there has never been a task she cannot complete.
Ninety percent of the credit for their team's current strength and reputation goes to Clarissa.
She is just too strong.
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Clarissa stood in the Fountain Square, turned her head and looked around, quickly found the direction, and walked towards the street to the east.
Standing in front of "Lu Yao Nail Salon", some doubts flashed in Clarissa's red eyes. There was the aura of powerful creatures in this shop, as well as very weak creatures.
There's something posted on the door, recruiting apprentices
Clarissa blinked, suppressing her sudden curiosity.
Her mission was to make this store disappear, so she didn't need to know too much. With a thought, she summoned a huge red sickle, clenched her five fingers, and carefully pushed open the door.
As Clarissa stepped into the store, Tina, who was sitting at the workbench, turned around suddenly with a look of surprise in her eyes.
A very powerful guy came in.
Clarissa also sensed the breath of the dragon at the same time. She was startled and tightened her weapon in her hand. No wonder ordinary adventurers couldn't solve it.
"Welcome, please come in and have your nails done." A soft and cute voice sounded.
Clarissa looked down and saw that it was Slime.
There are dragons and slimes, and the slimes can even talk. It's really a strange little shop.
The nail salon was under maintenance last night, and the space inside the store has doubled. Three more windows have been added, but the view outside the windows is still exactly the same.
The number of workstations increased from three to six, the leisure area was also expanded, a new set of brown sofas was added, and a three-layer wooden bookcase was added in the corner of the sofa.
The height of the bookcase is just up to the armrest of the sofa. There is a round frosted glass on the top of the cabinet for snacks and drinks.
The cabinets below are neatly arranged with books, two layers of which are comics and one layer of various miscellaneous books.
Based on the information provided by Si Jin and Harold, Lu Yao drew a hidden magic circle around the store to accurately block magic users of platinum level and below.
Magic users with no magic power and strength above platinum level are not affected and can still find nail salons directly.
In this situation, there are still customers in the store, but much fewer than the previous two days.
There was no one waiting in the store today, and there were only two customers getting manicures at the workbench.
Clarissa did not carry out the task immediately as usual, but followed the little slime's instructions and sat down.
Lu Yao came out of the laboratory and wanted to call Mum, but when he saw Clarissa, he paused for a moment and did not speak immediately.
Clarissa looked at Lu Yao. This was the owner of the shop. He looked like an ordinary human being, but there was a strange aura around him.
Mumu slowly moved to Lu Yao's side, raised her head and said, "Chiji."
Lu Yao squatted down, touched it, and praised it: "Momo is also very capable today, thank you for your hard work."
"Chi!" Mumu's round eyes were shining, soft and cute.
"Is there anything special about this slime?" Clarissa teleported to the two of them, confusion in her eyes, and even reached out and rubbed Mumu to confirm that it was just an ordinary slime.
"Ah?" A person suddenly jumped out from beside him. Lu Yao was caught off guard and was startled, so he didn't hear clearly.
The concealing magic circle worked well and no one came to cause trouble all morning. Lu Yao asked Si Jin and Harold to go out and collect materials, leaving only Tina in the store.
The guest who came at this time might be quite powerful, and his strength should be above that of a platinum-level adventurer, otherwise he would not have been able to find this place.
But this person didn't look like the demon she was waiting for. Tina said that the adventurer with demon blood was at least fifty years old.
Clarissa reached out and picked up Mumu, squeezed it a few times, and looked at Lu Yao again: "Why do you want to keep it? Slime is the weakest monster on this continent and has no value. Even if you want to keep a pet, there should be many better choices."
"..." Lu Yao snatched Mumu from the customer's hand and put it on the ground, saying in a calm tone, "Although it's a slime, Mumu is very capable."
Clarissa: "Mummu? You named the slime?"
Lu Yao: "Well, Mumu is his name. Strictly speaking, I just gave him a name, I didn't raise him. He is not a pet either. Mumu is an employee in the store, and he is very capable. He works in exchange for wages, and he supports himself."
"Chi." The slime stretched out its little claws and tightly pinched the corner of Lu Yao's clothes, and its big eyes became even more watery.
Clarissa vaguely sensed anger in the shopkeeper's words, but her expression became confused: "What can he do?"
Lu Yao stood up, looked at Clarissa with a helpless look, and pointed at the workbench, "You go sit over there first."
A few minutes later, Mumu moved to the manicurist's seat and sat down.
Clarissa was puzzled: "What is this for?"
"Moumu is your manicurist today. Please communicate with him if you have any questions." After Lu Yao finished speaking, he walked to the leisure area, sat down, and picked up a comic book to read.
There were not many people in the store. Mumu, still in the form of a slime, handed Clarissa a tablet and patiently taught her how to use it.
Clarissa was a little surprised. This slime was indeed very smart. After looking down for a while, she suddenly realized that this was a nail dyeing shop.
There are many styles, and the more you turn to the back, the better the look.
At first it was just ordinary manicures, but starting from a certain set, there appeared many manicures with traces of magic, and even the breath of dark magic.
Clarissa was not very interested in magic manicure and chose the simplest solid color style.
Her request was very simple: each finger had to be a different color.
After communicating the details of the manicure with Slime, Clarissa's expression froze slightly, as if she was here on a mission.
Mumu's little paws held the sanding strip and just as it rubbed it a little, the strip broke.
Tina looked up at Clarissa, took out a black and gold nail file specially made for dragons from the drawer, and handed it to Mumu.
Getting a manicure was a long, relaxing process, and Clarissa couldn't remember how long it had been since she had indulged herself like this.
Stopping to rest suddenly would make her feel extremely uneasy and guilty.
Her father is a human and her mother is a demon, but her birth was a complete transaction.
The father summoned the mother in exchange for the soul of some powerful creature and wished for a demon child.
Thus, Clarissa was born.
With some kind of hidden power.
But something went wrong in the transaction, and the powerful soul that my father sacrificed to the devil was harvested by someone else ahead of time.
The demon did not receive the price he deserved, so he took back some of Clarissa's power.
The forbidden half-demon child has lost his secret power and the value of his existence.
She should have been executed immediately by the Templars.
But someone told her that the devil blood in her was both her sin and her only remaining value.
Clarissa became an adventurer, obeying orders and constantly taking on missions.
She firmly believed that this was her value.
Only a powerful existence has value.
It wasn't until she met a human and a slime that the lies hidden in those words gradually became apparent.
Clarissa's nails were done, with each finger on her left and right hands having a different color.
But Mumu did a little trick. Her left hand had a misty frosted effect, and her right hand was painted with a little silver cat-eye nail polish to create a shiny effect.
Lu Yao came over, touched Mumu's head, and praised: "The color selection and design are very high-end, Mumu is really amazing."
Tina and Eugenia finished their work and came over to look at Clarissa's nails, giving Mumu a thumbs up.
"Ji." Mumu was shy.
Clarissa counted out the copper coins to pay the bill, then raised her finger and looked at it for a long time, looking confused, and looked at Lu Yao again: "You like this slime because he can dye his armor?"
Lu Yao picked up Mumu and held it in front of Clarissa. "My friend, take a good look at this slime! It's so soft, so clear, and so cute. It can put on clothes and even make chirping sounds to act cute. Even if it can't do anything, I still like it."
It is undeniable that Mumu, who has the ability to learn, is very likable.
But in fact, when he came knocking on the door with the Black Lotus on his head, Lu Yao had no way to refuse.
Because it's really cute.
With a "bang", the door of the nail salon was blown open from the outside.
Harold walked in with a gloomy face, carrying a huge box on his shoulder, and said in a cold voice, "Lu Yao."
Lu Yao: “… I’m back.”
Harold threw the box aside, walked up to Lu Yao, pointed at Mumu who was nestling in her arms, and said angrily, "Since you like this slime so much, let him go out and make materials for you in the future! Humph!"
Worried that she would be unsafe in the store alone, I came back halfway through making the materials. At the door, I heard her bragging about the slime to others, which really pissed me off.
Clarissa was even more surprised than before that the dragon was jealous of the slime.
Lu Yao put Mumu down, turned around to pour water, and sat down next to the angry little black dragon. "Drink some water. You must be tired from this trip."
Although Harold was angry, he still took the cup of water and gulped it down in one gulp.
Lu Yao asked softly: "Did you encounter any danger? Are you not injured?"
Harold snorted, "You know I won't get hurt."
Lu Yao took Harold's hand and checked it, then walked around him to make sure he was not injured. Then he said, "I know you are strong. But every time you go out, I still worry about you, afraid that you will get hurt, afraid that you will encounter danger, and afraid that you will meet people with ulterior motives. I am glad that you are not hurt. Are you hungry? I bought your favorite strawberry cake and put it in the lounge, and I also bought instant noodles with a new flavor."
Harold couldn't stand it anymore and got up and walked to the lounge.
This human race is really cunning.
Clarissa was stunned. Perhaps the most terrifying existence in this store was the human who looked the most weak and harmless.
Lu Yao was a little surprised that she hadn't left yet, "Anything else?"
Clarissa shook her head and walked out of the nail salon in confusion.
Standing at the door, she couldn't help but look back, unable to accurately describe her complicated mood at the moment.
If we must make an analogy, she might be the same kind as the dragon just now.
Powerful, with evil blood, and terrifying.
Clarissa looked down at her colorful nails and felt empty.
In the eyes of that human, the weak slime is capable and the powerful dragon is fragile.
What if I were a devil
It was an absurd thought, but Clarissa couldn't help thinking about it.
Unfortunately, no matter how she imagined it, she felt dissatisfied.
Clarissa caught sight of the recruitment notice posted on the door. She turned around and strode back to the store, saying loudly, "Boss, I want to apply for an apprenticeship."
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In a hotel in Braibis.
The giant sword warrior of the Black Hawk team stood by the window, looking at the setting sun, feeling a little uneasy: "Clarissa has been gone for too long."
Captain Norman looked calm and said in a cold tone: "Don't worry, she will complete the mission even if she dies."
If the mission failed, there was no need for her to come back alive.
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Royal Magic Academy, in a dormitory.
High Priest Carlos, who was bedridden due to illness, leaned against the bed, holding a legendary crystal in his hand.
The image of a nail salon appeared in the transparent crystal.
Carlos' eyes were half closed and half open, revealing a faint red light.
The devil also came to her side.
Only he couldn't go.