A team of horse-drawn carriages set out from Tiezhensenling, their destination being Emerald Town on the border of the northern district.
Necromancer Ambrose has too many possessions to use a teleportation array.
Nearly twenty horse-drawn carriages rushed from the central part of the West District to the border of the North District, and the journey took half a month.
Ambrose only followed the convoy to the nearest teleportation array. Apart from having to rush to work, he really didn't want to stay with Edward any longer.
The long-haired man in a black cloak—Edward—sat opposite the necromancer, his emerald eyes full of curiosity as he stared at Ambrose's hand.
Preparation, it was his fingertips.
Ambrose sat upright in the carriage, holding up a delicate white porcelain teacup with one hand. The aroma of black tea spread throughout the carriage, and the gemstone ring on his finger bone sparkled under the reflection of the soul lamp.
The finger bones that hold the cup handle are slender, white, and have black and white leopard prints on the fingertips. They are placed on the wall of the white porcelain cup, showing wild and beautiful beauty.
Edward stroked his chin and looked at it for a long time, then slowly said, "Dark magic and light magic... You are just a skeleton, but you still use magic to connect your nails. Ambrose, you have fallen too."
"… "
Ambrose lowered his head to drink tea and did not want to talk.
This vampire ancestor is so annoying.
The story of all the evil deeds began two hundred years ago, when Ambrose had just changed from a magician to a necromancer and moved to the depths of the Iron Needle Forest.
At first he just wanted to find a place where he would not be disturbed and concentrate on studying magic.
Unexpectedly, there was a vampire living near the residence that he carefully selected.
Ambrose didn't want to be disturbed, so he took the initiative to go to the vampire's house and fight him, hoping to drive away this neighbor.
At that time, Ambrose had just broken free from the constraints of the flesh and his strength increased greatly. He didn't think he would lose at all.
But he didn't expect that the lazy green-eyed vampire would be the original ancestor.
Ambrose lost the fight and moving out was too troublesome, so he chose to swallow his anger.
He lived there for two hundred years, and often had to endure Edward's harassment.
In fact, thinking back on it, this move might be a relief for him to get rid of Edward.
Edward was already accustomed to the Necromancer's silence. He picked up the tea, took a sip, then put it down with a frown, his eyes still on the Necromancer's fingertips.
"Take a closer look. These circle patterns are quite nice. Your outdated aesthetic seems to have improved a bit." Edward said these infuriating words lightly.
Ambrose took a deep breath and held it in, held it in!
Soon they were in town, and he teleported directly to the nail salon, to endure this vampire for the last time!
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Emerald Town, nail salon.
Lu Yao sat on the sofa, fiddling with his phone.
The black ring was sold at a auction early last night.
She received a message from the buyer in the morning, saying that the other party wanted to bring an expert to appraise the ring.
It’s an old acquaintance, Lu Yao knows who it is without having to guess.
She thought about it and agreed.
The agreed transaction time was the afternoon three days later.
Yesterday, a group of adventurers were clearing a nail salon dungeon, but were dragged to a deserted mountain by Sijin and Clarissa and given a beating.
In the morning, Clarissa said that no one in the Heart Guild dared to take on that mission.
The adventurer's problem was solved, and the concealing magic circle drawn on the door was removed.
But there were not many customers in the morning, and the shop assistants were sitting in the leisure area doing nothing.
Lu Yao was reading the magic book that Dominic lent her in the laboratory. It contained many complex ideas about the application of magic, interspersed with a large number of application examples, including magic of various attributes.
This book is a little deeper than the one Si Jin gave her, and is more inclined towards practical knowledge, which has indeed broadened Lu Yao's thinking.
She took out her scratch paper and started drawing.
She had an idea to combine manicure and combat, and after reading Dominic's book, her ideas gradually became clear.
Ambrose held the staff in his hand and gently pushed open the black door. "I'm sorry, owner. The move took a little time. I'm late."
Lu Yao didn't even raise his head. "It's okay. The store isn't busy today. You just arrived and need to get familiar with the place. If you have any questions, go ask Mumu. He knows everything."
Ambrose: "..."
Why Slime
Suddenly, a male voice with a hint of madness and surprise came from outside the door.
"Ahahahaha, Xiao Ming! Xiao Ming, Daddy found you!"
Lu Yao and Ambrose walked out and saw Mumu being picked up by a pale-skinned, black-haired man and held above his head.
The man had long black hair, green eyes, and a handsome and feminine appearance.
There were only some burn marks on the skin on his face, revealing the bright red flesh inside, which looked extremely scary.
But the surprise on his face was beyond words, while Mumu looked rarely disappointed.
Lu Yao looked at the others, "What's going on?"
Harold gloated: "That man claimed to be the father of the little slime."
Ambrose raised his hands to cover his eyes, on the verge of emotional collapse, "Edward, why are you here?"
They clearly parted in the last town.
He jumped into the teleportation array very quickly, so Edward should not have known his destination.
The skin on Edward's face was healing bit by bit. He had just walked over from the Fountain Square in the sun.
If it were an ordinary vampire, it would die if exposed to the light.
Only the original vampires, walking in the sun, only had their skin burned.
Edward hugged Mumu tightly in his arms, and deep joy burst out from the depths of his green lake-like eyes. "Ambrose's evasiveness is so interesting. I asked your relatives and learned that your destination is this town. However, I didn't expect Xiao Ming to be here too. Xiao Ming, my son, do you still remember him?"
Ambrose glanced at Mumu and rolled his eyes, "… He is a clerk in this store, his name is Mumu. Not Xiao Ming."
Edward has a quirk. He likes to raise some weak and powerless monsters.
Some time ago, he was indeed looking for a slime.
But slimes all look the same as long as they are the same color.
The West District and the North District are so far apart, it is impossible for his Xiao Ming to run to the North District.
Edward was surprised, "Who named him?"
"Chi." Mumu called out weakly.
Lu Yao walked over and stood on tiptoe to take Mumu from Edward. "I named him. May I ask who you are?"
Edward then noticed Lu Yao, an ordinary human female. His expression suddenly turned cold: "Edward, this slime's father. I want to take him back to the castle."
Mumu hugged Lu Yao's arm tightly, her watery eyes filled with reluctance: "Jiji."
Lu Yao understood.
Mumu is probably really Edward's Xiao Ming.
Harold came over and pulled Mumu off Lu Yao's arm, looking refreshed: "Xiao Ming, go home with your father."
Mumu: “… Ji.”
Lu Yao held Harold down and looked down at Mumu, "Mumu?"
“Chiji… Chijiji… Chijiji…” Mumu raised her chubby little face and slowly told the whole story.
The little slime originally lived in the Iron Needle Forest Ridge in the West District, accompanying a lonely vampire.
The vampire called himself the little slime's father and named the little slime Xiao Ming.
The vampires increase their followers through the First Embrace, but it is just a simple naming, which will not make Xiao Ming become Edward's follower.
Moreover, slimes have no blood, and Edward had never thought of making slimes his followers. He just wanted to raise them like children.
Slime is a purely low-energy monster that generally has no thoughts.
But the ancestor of the blood clan liked Xiao Ming very much and took him with him wherever he went, whether sleeping, eating, or studying magic. He never left his side.
Under the influence of what he saw and heard, the little slime gradually developed his own thoughts.
However, the ancestor of the blood clan has not discovered this yet.
About a month ago, the ancestor of the blood clan needed to go out for the first time in a long time. He didn't want Xiao Ming to stay in the castle alone, so he took him with him.
There was a little accident on the way, and when Edward found out, Xiao Ming was gone.
Edward searched for a long time but couldn't find Xiao Ming.
On the other side, Xiao Ming woke up from the wilderness and thought he was abandoned by his vampire father.
He was sad for about three days, and then he found that living in the wilderness was actually very comfortable, except that he was a little lonely.
The little slime was having fun all over the mountains and fields, but was accidentally caught in the web of a spirit spider that captured monsters, and he couldn't get free.
When he met Lu Yao, he had been hanging on the tree for three days and three nights.
When the little slime lived in the castle, he occasionally heard Edward cursing the human race. He always thought that the human race was more terrifying than the original vampire.
After being rescued by Lu Yao, he immediately turned into a puddle of water out of fear, but the human praised him for being cute.
Even his vampire father never praised him for being cute or smart.
Little Slime didn't know how to describe that feeling.
It’s probably like experiencing a long, harsh winter and suddenly encountering a hot spring.
He jumped in with a "plop", his whole body was wrapped in the warm spring water, and he didn't want to move for a long time.
Later, he used a bunch of black lotus to knock open the human shop and turned into Mumu.
Mumu is very capable.
Mumu is very cute.
Mumu is superb.
No matter how many times she heard it, Mumu never got tired of it.
Mumu wants to stay in the nail salon and stay with the owner.
But Edward's green eyes, like a green lake, looked at him moistly, and Mum was very conflicted again.
Lu Yao looked at the pale man holding Mumu Rua opposite her. His watery and clear green eyes were exactly the same as when Mumu was acting coquettishly. She finally understood why Mumu loved to act coquettishly.
But, but.
This is the vampire clan!
How can I get him to agree to a manicure
Lu Yao glanced at Mumu and thought for a while. "Mumu, if you want to go back with your parents, that's fine. We live far away, so you can take the teleportation array to come to work, which is almost the same as usual."
Mumu doesn't live in the store. Every night after get off work, she returns to the wilderness.
There is actually no conflict between going home to live and staying in the nail salon to work.
Edward held Mumu in his arms, his face grim, "He's just a slime, what can he do? Humans are always so cunning and greedy, they even want to use slimes."
Lu Yao: “…”
Harold was delighted. He sat down next to Lu Yao, glanced at Mumu provocatively, and said happily, "Yes, yes, take this little Slime back quickly. He is too much of a nuisance in the store."
Lu Yao exhaled and said calmly: "If Mumu is willing, you are the parent and want to take him back, I have nothing to say."
Mumu made a sad "chi" sound.
Lu Yao paused for a moment and continued, "But there is one thing I don't quite agree with. Although he is a slime, Mumu is very capable. Since he joined the company, every task I gave him has been completed very well."
Edward was a little surprised, "What can a slime do?"
Lu Yao said seriously: "Perhaps no matter what I say, you won't believe it. Why don't you experience it yourself?"
"How was the experience?" Edward admitted that he was provoked by this human.
A few minutes later, Edward sat at the workbench, and Mum held up a black and gold nail file and carefully helped him grind his nails.
Edward looked incredulous, "Ohhhh, Xiao Ming actually knows how to use tools!"
For some reason, Ambrose felt unsurprised at the scene before him.