Throughout the morning, Augusta was fidgeting like a caged animal, pacing up and down in the living room, checking the wall clock on the wall every few minutes. Kefir absolutely did not dare to disturb His Excellency Augusta like this, so he could only squat in the kitchen secretly. Whenever Augusta turned his back to him, he dared to poke his head out of the kitchen and take a quick peek. There was a small file in his body, filing his internal organs again and again, making him feel like Augusta was sitting on pins and needles.
Your Excellency is so anxious because you are waiting for Miss Liliana, and you said that they are not lovers... Kefir thought bitterly. He must be like the kind of careless man who often appears in literary and artistic works, who obviously has someone he likes but doesn't know it. Oh, how lucky is that Miss Witch to have the admiration of someone like Monsieur Augusta! Kefir unconsciously grabbed the apron with his hands, feeling jealous like termites gnawed at his heart.
Near noon, the phone in the study rang. Augusta flew away like a monk inspired by heaven. Kefir originally wanted to secretly follow the past to listen to the wall, but in the end he gave up. He guessed that the call must be from Miss Liliana. If he heard the intimate words between you and Miss Liliana on the phone, he would definitely go crazy!
Not long after, Augusta came back. All the anxiety that had pervaded around him before had dissipated, replaced by... a gloomy sense of disappointment.
"Your Excellency? What's the matter with you?" Kefir jumped out of the kitchen.
Augusta glanced at him listlessly, then looked away quickly.
"Liliana said she couldn't come today."
This must be a revelation from heaven! ! ! Kefir felt that the dark clouds over his head suddenly dissipated, and the bright sunshine hit his head and face, shaking him so much that he couldn't find the north.
Of course, no matter how stupid Kefir was, he knew that he must not let his joy overflow in words, otherwise His Excellency Augusta would think that he was gloating, and would never talk to him again. So he made a shocked and regretful expression: "How could this happen!"
"I don't know... In the past, if she didn't have time, she would definitely notify in advance, but today..." Augusta rubbed her hair anxiously, messing up his carefully groomed hairstyle. Kefir was anxious for a while, wishing to help the magician pull back his hair. "Last week Liliana said that she was going to attend an old classmate's wedding. Maybe the wedding was postponed? Or something unexpected happened? I don't know. She doesn't seem to want to say more, and it's inconvenient for me to ask."
"Then... Are you sure she won't come?"
"Well, I'm sure I won't come."
"In that case, let me start preparing lunch." Kefir immediately rubbed his fists, "But it's a bit late now, you have to wait a little longer than usual..."
"No need!" Augusta said.
Kefir was startled: "Huh?" Could it be that His Excellency Augusta was so disappointed because of this that he wanted to go on a hunger strike
The magician lowered his head, put his hands in his pockets, seemed to be brewing something, and kicked the floor with one foot. After a few seconds, he coughed a few times, cleared his throat, and said quickly and vaguely, "Let's go out to eat."
Kefir didn't hear him clearly. "what did you say?"
The magician turned his head and shouted angrily: "Let's go out to eat!"
He walked towards the entrance without looking back, his footsteps were so heavy that he wanted to step on the floor through a hole. "Are you coming or not!"
Kefir opened his eyes wide. If he was in a wolf state now, his tail must have started to shake from side to side. He quickly followed, and when he reached the entrance, he turned back and hurriedly took off his apron: "I'm coming! Please wait for my lord!"
Augusta's mansion is located on a low hill, surrounded by dense forests, walking along the road through the forest for about 20 minutes, and you will come to a small town named Ladier. The town of Ladier is not as lively as the metropolis, but it is by no means a remote village. There are all kinds of shops, restaurants, bars, and cinemas, and there are even one or two luxury specialty stores. Kefir lived in the "isolated" house in Augusta for too long, thinking that the surrounding area was a deserted wilderness, but he did not expect that there was such a bustling town so close.
"This place is really nice!" Kefir looked around curiously. He wanted to go in every shop along the street, but without Augusta's permission, he didn't dare to walk around, so he could only follow the magician obediently, just like A large dog taken out for a walk by its owner is extremely curious about everything, but can only move within the range allowed by the rope.
"Why don't you live in the town instead of living in that remote mansion?"
"Magicians like to live in seclusion in secluded places, is that wrong?!"
"No!" Kefir dared to say that Augusta was wrong. Although he likes crowded and lively places, his heart is now completely biased towards Augusta, and the magician can do whatever he wants. He thought, His Excellency Augusta likes to be quiet, of course, magicians need to conduct research without interruption! As for that Lord Cavodian who lives in a high-end apartment in the downtown area of the metropolis... he must be a heretic among magicians!
Kefir recovered from his complicated thoughts, and was surprised to find that Augusta was gone. He stood alone on the crowded street, lost his way and had no idea where he was. A sense of fear suddenly surged in his heart: he once watched on TV that a cruel owner deliberately took a pet to a strange place in order to abandon it, and then left in a hurry. Could it be that... he was abandoned by Augusta? Your Excellency Augusta brought him to the town on purpose just to abandon him? No no, how is this possible, His Excellency Augusta is such a good person, how could he abandon him? But why did you disappear in the blink of an eye? The young werewolf looked around in a daze, and was so anxious that he was about to cry.
The door of a shop on the side of the road was pushed open forcefully, and the sound startled Kefir. Augusta leaned half her body out of the door: "I just said why didn't you follow... What are you doing in the street? Come in!"
Kefir almost burst into tears, and rushed forward excitedly. "Wuuuuuu, Your Excellency Augusta, I knew you would not abandon me!"
Augusta avoided his bear pounce with a look of disgust. "What are you talking about? Stop talking nonsense, come in for me!"
Kefir learned to be good this time, and he stopped thinking about it, and followed Augusta closely, wishing he could become a tail and stick to him.
The store is a clothing store. Seeing a customer coming, a shopping guide lady with a sweet smile came up to welcome the customer. Her name was written on her breastplate: Adele.
"Oh, Mr. Augusta, I haven't seen you for a long time. There are new clothes for this season in the store. Do you want to try them?" Adele asked enthusiastically.
Augusta avoids her, doesn't seem to dare meet her eyes at all. "Don't!" He pulled Kefir in front of him, as if he was a fortress blocking the artillery fire, "I'm here to buy clothes for him today!"
Adele looked Kefir from head to toe, wondering: "This gentleman is wearing... Isn't it the clothes you bought in this store?"
"... How do you know that he is not wearing exactly the same style, but the one I bought before?"
"Because there is only one store that sells this brand locally, and that is our store. And the most important thing is the size!" Adele gestured, "This gentleman is taller than you, and your clothes are a bit smaller on him No." Then she showed an expression as if she had been hit by a bullet, "Ah... ah... wearing your clothes... Mr. Augusta, is this your boyfriend?"
Augusta clutched her chest, looking like she was about to vomit blood. "No!" he roared.
"Then why does he wear your clothes?"
"Because he has no other clothes to wear! If I had any, I wouldn't go to your store to spend!"
Kefir is very worried that if he touches Augusta just a little now, the magician will immediately spurt blood from all seven orifices. He quickly chimed in: "Yeah, I don't have any other clothes! Because I didn't wear anything when I arrived at Lord Augusta's house..."
Augusta kicked him hard on the shin, warning him not to talk too much. Kefir knelt down and hugged his leg in pain.
"Get him some suitable ones! If you talk too much, I'll go to another store!" He said angrily.
Adele turned around with a subtle expression on her face: "Okay, okay, I won't talk anymore. Please come here, both of you."
In the following time, Kefir repeated the process of undressing, dressing, and undressing again. Adele brought several outfits and asked him to change them one by one. Whenever he came out of the locker room, the shopping guide and Augusta would comment on him. In fact, Adele was mainly in charge of commenting, and Augusta just nodded or shook her head deeply. According to the number of times Augusta nodded, Kefir couldn't help but have the illusion that "they ransacked the whole shop". In the end they bought enough clothes to pile up a hill. Augusta asked Kefir to wear one of them, and left all the others to Adele. He signed on the bill brought by Adele: "It will be delivered to my house later."
"No problem!" Adele beamed, "Ah, this gentleman's current clothes match yours, what a perfect pair!"
"Bi... What a ghost!" Augusta threw the signature pen at Adele, who quickly avoided it, "Believe it or not, I'll return all of them?!"
"This one cannot be returned, the tag has been cut off."
With veins popping up on Augusta's forehead, she dragged Kefir away from the clothing store amidst Adele's greeting, "Welcome next time!" When he returned to the street, Kefir felt he was a human being again. The clothing store was like a witch's cave. Kefir felt like a doll, being grabbed by Adele and changing into various clothes , there is no right to resist at all.
Holding the hem of his new clothes, he trotted around in front of the magician. "Your Excellency, you bought so many things for me... I... I don't know when I will be able to pay back..."
Augusta gave him a strange look: "I didn't ask you to pay it back."
"I can't ask for your things for nothing..."
The magician waved his hand, like waving away the dust floating in front of his eyes: "I don't want to see you dangling in front of me in my clothes every day. Just think of it as spending money to buy you work clothes."
Overalls... When Adele brought the bill to Augusta, Kefir caught a glimpse of the numbers on the bill. These work clothes are too expensive! If this is just work clothes, how much value will be created in one second by those who wear this kind of work clothes!
"Your Excellency, you are too kind to me," Kefir sniffled, "I don't think my labor is worth that price at all, please don't..."
Augusta pointed to Kefir's back. The young werewolf turned around suspiciously.
"See that forest?"
The street stretches into the distance, the terrain gradually rises in the distance, the hills are covered by forest, and the road stops abruptly at the edge of the forest. In the forest is Augusta's mansion. Of course, in this location in the town, the mansion is hidden by trees and cannot be seen at all.
"What happened to the forest?"
"The forest and hills are my private property. The land under your feet half a century ago is also my family's. So that little money is nothing." Augusta said, "Is there any problem? No ? Let's go then."