Guide to Running a Shop in Another World

Chapter 68: The second store

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[Successfully light up the icons of ten races in the Alexander Continent, collect the illustrated books, and complete the mission! Rewards: 100,000 popularity points, special glue formula 4, and ancient weapon refining magic book*1! ]

[The name of Luyao Nail Salon has spread throughout the entire Alexandria continent, achieving the "Famous" achievement and upgrading to a four-star store. Please keep working hard! ]

[The ultimate mission has been opened. The commission from the dragon couple has been sent to the prop box. Please complete the task within seven days! ]

After sending away the mermaids coming from the deep sea, Lu Yao received a task prompt.

The ultimate mission came a little unexpectedly, so she immediately returned to the laboratory and checked the warehouse.

There are several more items in the warehouse, not to mention the popularity points gained by collecting the illustrated encyclopedia, there are also four special glue formulas and a weapon refining magic book.

Lu Yao took them out one by one, but did not open them immediately.

A black treasure chest with gold edges caught her attention. It lay quietly in a compartment in the corner of the warehouse, and was only the size of a palm when taken out.

There was a protective magic circle drawn on the top of the box. Lu Yao lowered his head to study it for a while, and soon broke it open. There was only a letter of authorization inside.

"Please make a set of nails with the strongest defensive and offensive weapons for my son Harold before the contract date arrives."

Signed by Drex and Alia.

Lu Yao blinked his eyes. This was the commission from the dragon couple.

Considering that the mission deadline is within seven days, the contract date is probably one day seven days later.

Harold, it must be the little black dragon.

If this is a commission from Little Black Dragon's parents, where are they now

Why do we need the strongest weapons on the day of the contract

Lu Yao thought of the mermaid fortune teller he had met before. She said that the result predicted by the crystal ball would definitely happen at some time in the future.

The day of the contract is...

She had thought that if Harold had not met Helena that day, his future would have changed.

Maybe the mermaid is right, the future is not so easy to change.

Lu Yao put away the letter of authorization and opened the new magic book he had just received.

This book only records three weapons: the artifact-level Magic Dragon Armor, the artifact-level Nine-Star Magic Sword, and the holy artifact-level Holy Shield of Light.

The refining conditions of the three weapons are extremely harsh, and each one requires several rare materials.

Recipe 4 for dragon-specific glue. The materials required are more difficult to find than those for glue No. 2 and No. 3, and even require a portion of unicorn blood.

There is also a line of small print at the end of the recipe: For light magic weapons only, it enchants the weapon to have the effect of rebounding damage.

Glue No. 2 increases defense, glue No. 3 increases attack and enchants blood-sucking effect, and glue No. 4 enchants rebound damage effect.

What about No. 5 glue

No recipes appeared, and no quest prompts.

Lu Yao ignored it and just sorted out the materials he needed and divided them into three parts.

Ambrose and Edward were busy with Anne's custom manicure, and Lu Yao handed the task of collecting materials to Si Jin, Clarissa and the twin fairies.

"These three materials need to be collected within two days. Thank you for your hard work," said Lu Yao.

The material collection team set off immediately.

Harold came over, a little aggrieved: "What about me?"

Lu Yao called him, "I'm going to make a magic manicure for you, let's go out for a while."

To make armor and weapons for a dragon, you must first measure his body shape, and it must be in dragon form.

Harold was delighted when he heard this. He took Lu Yao out immediately without asking any questions.

They didn't go far, just to the Baishacui Lake where the little black dragon took a bath last time.

Tailoring is a huge project. Harold is not yet an adult and will continue to grow, so Lu Yao took this into consideration.

It’s not possible that the armor is only worn for one year after it is made. The next year, the child grows taller and the armor becomes too small to wear. That would be embarrassing.

-

After the collection team left, Si Jin and Clarissa left first.

Merulu and Pushu walked a little slower out of the nail salon and a few steps later they saw the Knight Commander and the Captain of the Magician Team waiting nearby.

When the two saw the twin fairies, they ran over excitedly.

The Knight Commander had a serious expression on his face. “Why haven’t you heard from us for several days? Have you found out what’s going on in the store? Marquis Mickey is waiting for your report.”

Pushu went to see Meruru, will they go back

Merulu took Pushu's hand and nodded without resistance: "Well, we were just about to go back and report to the Marquis."

The Knight Commander and the Magic Captain looked relaxed. The fairies were indeed very obedient. They would neither resist nor betray. It seemed that their previous worries were in vain.

Meruru and Pushu followed the two humans back to the inn.

Mickey Kinklay sat at the table, his expression cold and contemptuous: "What did you find out?"

Meruru picked out some useless little things to talk about.

Mickey Kinklay had been guarding the hotel for the past few days, and his patience had worn out. He said impatiently before he finished listening, "You've been gone for so long, and you only found out these little things? You didn't find the dragon's weakness? Is this the only thing a Holy Knight of Light can do?"

“Bang, bang—”

Suddenly, there were two crisp sounds outside the window, followed by a bang. Clarissa, holding a huge red sickle, jumped in by leaning against the window sill. "Marquis Mickey, long time no see."

The red sickle caught Mickey Kinklay's eye first, and his heart trembled. When he saw that it was Clarissa, he relaxed again: "Clarissa, His Majesty is very sad for you."

Clarissa sneered, and with a wave of her hand, the sickle drew a wind blade.

Mickey Kinklay felt a chill on his face, followed by a slight tingling sensation.

He wiped his hand, which was covered in blood, and angrily shouted: "Dirty son of the devil, have you forgotten that it was because of your loss of power that His Majesty's ambition was blocked halfway. All this is your sin, and you should have been executed in the temple long ago. The Jinkeli clan advised His Majesty and reluctantly spared your life and allowed you to atone for your sins as an adventurer. You dared to escape, and now you dare to attack me? Demons are demons, born bad, and they are willing to degenerate."

Clarissa raised her hand and swung it. Wind blades flew out, leaving several more wounds on Mickey Kinklay's body. "What sins have I committed? I didn't complete enough missions, or I wasn't obedient enough. I didn't put your Kinklay clan on the throne. So it's not enough to atone for my sins?"

During her time at the nail salon, Clarissa occasionally thought about her life over the past few decades.

The things that once bound her like thorns are now like weeds and are not worth mentioning at all.

She didn't plan to go back to the capital, but the Jinkeli clan was overreaching.

Judging from what Mickey said, her good father was also involved.

Clarissa was the second child of Bais III. She had an eldest princess whose whereabouts were unknown and whose life or death was unknown, and the third prince born to the empress.

Because she has demon blood, she is not recognized by the royal family. Except for a very few people who know the truth, her true identity is rarely known.

Mickey Kinklay winked at the Knight Commander and the Magician Captain. Clarissa noticed it, raised her hand slightly, and the sickle turned a circle, harvesting the small fish.

Clarissa stepped on Mickey Kinklay, "What is your purpose here? What do you want to do to the nail salon?"

Mickey Kinklay was completely unable to resist, nor did he dare to hide his purpose, so he told the truth.

Clarissa stepped harder, "Back then, my father... What was the powerful soul that Bais sacrificed to the devil? What did he pray to the devil for?"

Mickey Kinclair: "A dragon... a dragon. The silver dragon was Helena's friend, and it died of illness. It just so happened that His Majesty wanted to pray to the devil, but couldn't find a suitable sacrifice, so Kinclair offered the dead dragon to His Majesty. You should be able to guess His Majesty's wish."

Clarissa was lost in thought.

Merulu's eyes moved, and she flew over and asked anxiously, "Silver dragon? The one that died was a silver dragon? What about the black dragon? It's the black dragon that signed a contract with your Kinclay clan."

Pu Xiu had already thought of Yin Long's identity. Tears welled up in his lemon-yellow eyes and he was about to cry.

The silver dragon is a relatively rare species of dragon. It possesses a very special power and can briefly travel through time and space. It is difficult to see one once in a few hundred years.

Back then, when Merulu and Pushu met Drex, he was chasing a silver dragon all over the world.

They were young at the time and didn't think much of it.

Pushu remembered that Drex called the beautiful and gentle silver dragon Alia.

Mickey Kinklay: "Dead, even earlier than the silver dragon. I don't know what Helena did, but the black dragon died just a few years after the contract was signed."

-

Lu Yao and Harold came back from outside and went straight into the laboratory.

While the gathering team had not returned yet, she took the time to complete the design of the armor plates, and then followed the steps in the magic book to practice refining a bunch of similar magic weapons.

Si Jin was the first to come back, bringing with him a large amount of materials.

Lu Yao prepared the materials for No. 4 glue and refined the glue in advance.

When going to look for a sample of glue No. 4, Lu Yao picked up glue No. 5 and took a look at it.

She had never used No. 5 glue before, nor had she paid attention to it. Only when she picked it up did she realize that this bottle of glue was different from the others, even the label was different.

There are four words written on the black bottle: Soul-Guiding Blood.

Lu Yao took the No. 5 glue back to the laboratory.

After a while, Clarissa, Merulu and Pushu also came back.

Lu Yao was so busy refining magic weapons that he didn't notice the twin fairies' hesitant expressions.

She stayed in the laboratory for five consecutive days, without sleep or rest, relying on recovery potions to stay alive.

It seemed that Annie came once and took away the custom manicure, but she didn't notice it.

[Emergency reminder: The ultimate mission will expire in three minutes! ]

Lu Yao raised the nail piece in his hand, "I'm done, Harold!"

Harold pushed the door open, followed by a string of shop assistants, each with curiosity in their eyes.

The owner worked non-stop for seven days, and I don't know what kind of manicure he created.

Lu Yao waved to Harold and handed him the black scale manicure he had just finished. "Try it on."

The overall design of this manicure is simple and plain, and all the nail pieces are of the same style.

The surface of the armor is neatly and densely arranged with small black scale-like parts, shining brightly, just like the scales on a dragon's body.

Harold took off his original jeweled manicure, not caring about the colorful gems scattered all over the floor, and put on black scale manicure.

When he first saw this manicure, he didn't feel anything special.

But after putting it on, he stared at the armor for a while, then turned his head to look at Lu Yao: "Did you use the Brilliance of the Sun?"

Probably because not much was used, there was a little bit of golden glitter on the arc of each scale. Such bright material could not be noticed unless you looked carefully.

Lu Yao nodded weakly: "More than nine thousand scales, three drops of material, I really saved and saved to cover it."

Even after using so many good materials, including a lot of the extreme crystals and black star stones that Si Jin had saved, and all the special glue obtained from the mission, it was still only the glittering crystals that could attract the dragon's attention in the first place.

Tsk.

Si Jin stepped forward, lifted up Harold's fingertips and looked at them for a while, "Didn't you say you can dress up?"

Harold: "Probably not in human form."

Lu Yao interrupted: "Yes, the scale armor can be flexibly transformed to meet the needs of any form of combat."

To meet this requirement, she overturned several plans, abandoned all flashy designs, and chose the simplest scale design.

Edward and Ambrose showed anticipation in their eyes. A few days ago, they worked together to complete Anne's battle manicure and gradually realized the fun of making manicures.

The owner has been busy for so long to create a manicure that looks ordinary. Will there be any surprises if it is deformed

Harold chanted a special spell, and the scales attached to his armor seemed to have received an order. They flew out in a line and covered Harold's body bit by bit.

In less than a minute, a dashing young man in golden armor appeared, with a dark and ancient magic sword on his waist. There were nine magic gems embedded in the hilt, and the brilliance was captivating.

Harold touched the hilt curiously and found a silver-white area at his fingertips, as if there were stars flowing. His dark blue eyes curved, "Is this the light of the stars?"

Lu Yao nodded, "Well, this manicure has three layers of design, this is the second layer."

Harold was satisfied.

Ambrose's eyes flashed red, and he pushed through the crowd and walked to the front, "This... this... this armor can't be... I've only seen it in books, but the bone-eating grass has long been extinct, and the magic dragon armor can't reappear in the world."

Edward also moved closer to Harold and looked down at the sword at his waist. "Is this the Nine-Star Magic Sword?"

Ambrose: "How is this possible? The Nine Star Demon Sword is the weapon of the legendary world-destroying demon dragon. How could it appear here?"

The previous Nine-Star Magic Sword had been destroyed and no longer existed. To forge a new Nine-Star Magic Sword, like the Magic Dragon Armor, the extinct Bone-Erosion Grass was needed.

These days, they often come in to watch the owner work.

If she took out such precious materials, they would definitely notice it at first sight.

Could it be that the store owner found alternative materials and imitated the Demon Dragon Armor and the Nine-Star Demon Sword

Pushu flew around Harold a few times, pointed at his fingertips and said, "There is a scent of light magic. Is there a special effect enchanted on the armor?"

Everyone turned to look at the owner. Lu Yao was lying on a chair with his head drooped, eyes closed, and breathing deeply.

Edward walked over and took a look, and said helplessly: "She fell asleep, maybe her magic power is exhausted."

They were so miserable that they could only hold back their curiosity and wait for the owner to wake up.

-

The sun is shining outside the window, and the wind blows the curtains, making a rustling sound.

Lu Yao struggled to open his eyes and raised his hands. There was a blanket covering his body.

It was very quiet, as if we were in a lounge.

She tried to sit up, but she felt weak because she had slept too deeply.

"Harold?" Lu Yao called out, but found his voice was hoarse, "Si Jin?"

The sound was too quiet and no one heard it.

Lu Yao struggled to get up, leaned over to pick up the water cup from the low table, and drank half a cup of water. His dry throat felt a little better, and he picked up two biscuits to fill his stomach.

After a while, I felt I had regained my strength.

She slowly moved out of the lounge in her slippers. There was no one in the laboratory. She pushed open the black door and found that there was no one in the store either.

Lu Yao felt around for his cell phone, trying to see how long he had slept. Could he have already gotten off work

Not feeling anything on his body, Lu Yao stood still: "How long have I slept?"

System: [Two days and two nights.]

"… "

No wonder my body feels so heavy and I have no strength.

I slept for too long and felt numb.

"Did you get the clue? Let me see what it is." She lost consciousness only after she heard the system prompt that the ultimate mission was completed. She had no idea what happened next.

System: […Not yet.]

Lu Yao was puzzled: "... Did the mission fail?"

System: [Successful. However, according to the store opening progress, the store owner has not yet reached the conditions for obtaining clues to the next world.]

Lu Yao: "The ultimate mission has been completed. What other conditions are there?"

I'm so numb. I've been working so hard for a week. It's like I'm risking my life to complete the task.

If she hadn't been alive and hadn't had the recovery potion, she would have died long ago.

This condition has not been met yet, and Lu Yao expressed his incomprehension.

The system hesitated for a while and was about to say something when the door of the nail salon was knocked open from the outside.

Merulu and Pushu stumbled in and saw Lu Yao, and calmed down a little: "Shopkeeper, shopkeeper, Harold and the black dragon have been demonized in Braibis City."

Lu Yao: “???”