Taking advantage of the fact that there were not many customers, Lu Yao prepared to give instructions to Mumu and the other two one by one.
After two days of activities, the three apprentices’ design ability and aesthetic taste have been qualitatively improved.
She wanted to focus on correcting their bad habits and expand their ideas on color matching and composition.
Clarissa came back and announced that she wanted to apply for an apprenticeship.
Lu Yao was speechless for a moment, then said tactfully: "I'm sorry, this shop is just a nail shop. The main job of an apprentice is to do nails for customers, I'm afraid it's not suitable for you."
This person is obviously an adventurer, he is quite powerful, and he doesn't understand Mumu's existence. The Adventure Guild is also organizing a group to play the nail salon dungeon, and Lu Yao doesn't want to just accept an apprentice with high combat power but unclear motives.
Clarissa took a small step back, flexing her fingers, thinking of something, and said anxiously, "Shopkeeper, I can learn to receive customers like a slime, or be a guard or collect materials like a giant... or other employees. I can do both."
Eugenia was shocked. This customer had just been critical of Mumu in the store, went out for a while, and suddenly came back saying that he wanted to be an apprentice in the nail salon. It didn't seem normal.
Lu Yao still shook his head.
Tina gently pulled Lu Yao's arm and whispered in her ear, "Shopkeeper, she is amazing."
Lu Yao nodded and whispered back: "I know, otherwise I wouldn't have come here."
Tina came closer and lowered her voice even more than before, almost whispering: "There are very few adventurers as powerful as her. It is very likely that she is the demon adventurer."
With strength comparable to that of a dragon, such a being could never be an ordinary human.
Lu Yao was slightly stunned, then he clicked on the illustration and found that the icon of the demon clan was indeed lit up.
The few guests received in the morning were all ordinary humans without magic powers. She came out of the laboratory and took a look at the illustrations, but they were not lit at that time.
The only new guest during this period was Clarissa.
The demon, who is in his fifties, looks like a girl of seventeen or eighteen.
In terms of age alone, Harold and Tina are probably several decades older than Clarissa, so it doesn't seem strange to think so.
Lu Yao pondered for a while, then got straight to the point: "What are your specialties? If you become an apprentice, how will you explain it to the guild?"
The shopkeeper knew that she was an adventurer, and after a moment's thought, Clarissa decided that the shopkeeper's attitude was actually quite normal, considering the situation of the guild.
But she was determined to stay in the store. She straightened her shoulders and said firmly, "Adventurers have not signed a contract and members can leave at any time. The Black Hawk Squad and the Guild have no restrictions on me. As for my specialties, I am a magician with three attributes: wind, thunder, and wood. I am quite good at close combat."
A three-attribute demon magician who is good at close combat, with full attack and built-in healing. This buff is almost stacked to the sky.
Lu Yao found it quite interesting that such a genius wanted to be an apprentice to a manicurist.
"The probation period is seven days. The apprentice's main job is to learn all the relevant knowledge of nail art and receive customers, which is very different from your previous job content. If you feel that it does not meet your expectations within seven days, you can leave at any time. Of course, after seven days, if your performance does not satisfy me, I will also reject you."
Clarissa perked up and said without hesitation: "I will try my best to satisfy the owner. You don't have to draw the concealment magic circle on the door in the next few days. If the guild members come again, I will deal with them all at once."
Lu Yao: "... This is too reliable. It would be better if there is a gentle way to solve it. I don't want to scare the customers who come to the store."
Si Jin and Harold could also deal with those adventurers, but Lu Yao chose the most troublesome way. One reason was to catch the demons and other high-level races, and the other was that he did not want to scare ordinary guests, but he lost a lot of magician guests who were of intermediate strength and had financial capabilities.
This is quite unfortunate. If Clarissa can deal with the people from the guild, she certainly won't object.
Clarissa was full of confidence: "Don't worry, owner. I will handle this matter properly."
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In the evening, Clarissa returned to Braibis City to pack her luggage and take care of some things.
Although the apprenticeship job was only tentative, she had made up her mind to do everything she could to stay in the store, and it would be best if the guild could make it clear all at once.
Clarissa is probably the least devil-like demon. She was caught up in a conspiracy from birth, and was later abandoned and hunted. Becoming an adventurer was a passive choice for her.
The only thing she decided on her own was becoming a nail salon clerk.
In the inn, the heavy sword warrior heard the sound, pushed the door open to check, and saw Clarissa, and was a little happy: "You are back, have you completed the mission?"
Clarissa stopped and shook her head: "I've given up the mission. I'm leaving the Black Hawk Squad. Is Norman in the room? If not, please tell him for me."
The heavy sword warrior couldn't believe what he heard, his face full of shock. "Clarissa, it's okay if you can't complete the mission alone. Let's go to the town together tomorrow. The captain and I will cover you. There's no need to think about leaving the team because of such a small matter. The captain is indeed a little strict with you, that's because you are strong and he has high hopes for you."
Other adventure teams thought that Clarissa, as a heroic adventurer, had a high status in the Black Hawk team.
Only the team members knew that Captain Norman often asked Clarissa to complete various difficult tasks alone in an imperative tone.
The other team members were privately worried at first, thinking that Clarissa might leave in anger one day.
But Clarissa was like a machine without private emotions and never disobeyed the captain.
As time went by, the members of the Black Hawk team gradually got used to relying on Clarissa for all the difficult and dangerous tasks.
At this time, Clarissa suddenly said she wanted to leave.
The heavy sword warrior's first thought was that she might be under too much pressure, and he unconsciously found a nice excuse for Norman.
Clarissa: "It has nothing to do with the mission. I just suddenly don't want to be an adventurer anymore."
The heavy sword warrior asked tentatively: "Then do you have any other place to go?"
Clarissa nodded: "Yes, I have already discussed it."
The heavy sword warrior's heart trembled. It must be another adventure team coming to poach Clarissa, and the other party must have offered very generous conditions.
Captain Norman was just called out, apparently for something important.
The heavy sword warrior was anxious, wanting to retain the only heroic member of the team, but he couldn't find the right words. In the end, he just asked dryly, "Where are you going after you leave? The conditions offered by the other party are higher than those of the top adventurers?"
Could it be that he was invited by a noble to be a bodyguard
With Clarissa's strength, it is not impossible for her to join the Knights Templar.
It's a pity that she is half demonic and is not accepted by the royal family.
Clarissa: "No, I applied for an apprenticeship at the nail salon in Emerald Town."
The heavy sword warrior was shocked and at a loss: "Apprentice? What apprentice?"
Could it be the store where we were assigned to do the mission today
Clarissa's face was solemn. "I'm an apprentice at a nail salon and a part-time guard. Please tell the people in the guild that if there are any more adventure teams taking that A-level mission, I will personally receive them in front of the store. Please be prepared."
Heavy Sword Warrior: "..."
After leaving the Black Hawk Team, Clarissa still went to the Red Heart Guild and cancelled her identity as an adventurer.
From then on, she was just the half-demon Clarissa, an apprentice in a nail salon.
The news that the heroic adventurer Clarissa had left the Red Heart Guild spread to all guilds, big and small, in the city of Bulais within one night.
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The next morning, Si Jin came back with a large amount of materials and found that there was a half-demon clerk in the store. He raised his eyebrows slightly.
Their shop owner is really brave.
Lu Yao formally introduced Clarissa to the other shop assistants, and finally asked Mumu to take care of her.
Eugenia and Tina were originally apprentices and were both taught by Mumu.
Mum taught them very well and she was relieved.
Clarissa looked down at Mumu, looking slightly embarrassed.
Mumu bulged her watery eyes, tilted her head to look at her, and made a sweet "chi" sound.
Clarissa was shocked. Slime... seemed... really cute.
The higher-level races seemed to be a little reserved towards each other, but Lu Yao didn't care and let them get along with each other. They would naturally become familiar with each other over time.
She hadn't removed the concealed magic circle drawn outside the store yet, perhaps she could still hang something else.
There were no customers in the store early in the morning, but the staff were able to serve ordinary customers.
Lu Yao went to the snack bar to pick up breakfast. From the original one person's portion, he now has to pick up a large stack of lunch boxes every day. There are also more and more employees in the nail salon.
She asked the waiter to have her meal and took her own portion back to the laboratory to check the materials.
Si Jin and Harold worked very hard this time and brought back all the materials she needed at once, which was quite a lot.
She hurriedly ate breakfast and began to prepare the materials for No. 3 glue.
The difficulty of refining glue No. 3 is greater than that of glue No. 2. Lu Yao failed fifteen times before he was able to produce a barely similar product.
But the glue is very ineffective. When applied to a manicure knife, it can only cut the plastic nail plates, and the attack power is not significantly improved.
She spent some time reconfiguring the materials, checking the recipe over and over again, adjusting small details in the refining process, and trying three more times before finally producing a finished product that was almost the same as the original.
Lu Yao applied a little on the manicure knife, and this time he swung it lightly, and the knife left a silver afterimage in the air.
A corner of the laboratory table broke with a "snap".
!!!
The glue was so strong that she actually wanted to try to chip the plastic nails, but she didn't control the force well when she swung it out, and the manicure knife lightly touched the test bench and chipped off a piece of the corner.
Lu Yao was thinking about a question. He wondered what the effect would be if he used a manicure knife coated with No. 3 glue to attack the nail tips coated with No. 2 glue.
At this time, the door of the laboratory slowly opened a gap as wide as a palm from the outside, and a cold air rushed in from the soles of the feet and climbed up along the skin.
Lu Yao shuddered and shouted to Mumu to help him close the door.
Mumu didn't respond, and Lu Yao felt something was wrong.
Even if Mumu didn't hear it, Sijin and Harold were outside, so there was no reason for them to ignore her.
Besides, it was a little too quiet outside.
“Click—click—”
There was something outside. Lu Yao gripped the manicure knife tightly and slowly stood up.
"What's going on outside?" she asked the system.
The system paused for a while before responding: [A necromancer has arrived. ]
"Where are Harold and the others?"
[It froze.]
Lu Yao was puzzled: "What do you mean?"
[Time stopped.]
Lu Yao: “…”
During the time when everyone was communicating, the Necromancer, holding a black staff, slowly walked to the door and pushed open the black door.
He seemed very surprised to see Lu Yao.