01.
During the five days in the immersive theater of "Pirates of the Caribbean", Hill did a lot of things.
But he stops working all the time, he does business when he is busy, and works with Monroe when he is not busy (…), in short, there is very little time when he is really idle and paralyzed there.
In the past, he could wander around the devil world with his subordinates every once in a while, but now he rarely even has this time. Correspondingly speaking, he has gained a lot, which is probably like a fish drinking water and knowing how warm it is.
Now that he has Alice, he devotes all his remaining time to it.
Alice has been in the devil world for a while, and children of this age are always very quick to adapt to unfamiliar environments, and their adaptability far exceeds that of adults.
Hill made a succubus and a magic dragon become Alice's guards, and Alice needs to push her wheelchair when she goes out on weekdays. This is actually a very distressing little girl, from all aspects.
There was a little time that night, and Hill took Alice to the hot spring resort that he had been working on for a long time.
Hill's hot spring resort has been half built, and it is generally complete, but many details are still not in place. As for why it took so long to build half of it, it was because Hill was busy doing other things... This afternoon he found a hot spring resort in a small corner of the target wall, and he remembered that he hadn't asked for a while. Here's the thing. So he immediately planned to go to have a look today, and take little Alice there to relax.
Except for the market in the center of the resort, most of the houses in the resort are single-family thatched cottages. Hill tried his best to bring out various characteristics. Of course, there are also other hot spring villas of different sizes to meet the needs of different people.
In addition to the most common sulfur hot springs, Hill also plans to create milk hot springs, red wine hot springs, rose hot springs, medicinal springs... etc... There is still a lot to do.
At this time the moon has risen, but the setting sun has not completely set down. The sun is setting, and the dusk is as rich as a cup of fine cappuccino, blending everything into an incredible soft color. There are many trees, and the small villas in the forest are suitable for appearing in literary films. Hill was pleased with the landscape.
Hill asked the succubus to take Alice to the hot spring, and he himself took a bath for a while. After finishing, he lay down comfortably on the deck chair under the eaves and began to write the details of the hot spring resort.
The recliner is covered with thick black patterned cushions, and there are two quadrangular chubby pillows, one is in the shape of a square, and the other is white and black, with a few words written on it, very fashionable style. There was a brown coffee mug on the arm of the recliner, and beside it was a book with a vermilion cover, on which was a pair of monocles.
There is a black iron lantern hanging beside it, and the big candle inside has been lit, slowly burning the dusk.
Everything seemed calm, mild, romantic.
This is what Alice saw when she came out.
Even though she already knew that the Demon World was beautiful, Alice would still be overwhelmed by this new scenery from time to time.
The succubus over there saluted: "Master Demon King."
Hill put down the book in his hand, "Well, it's time for dinner."
The succubus pushed Alice's wheelchair and walked to the courtyard with Hill. The dinner was served soon, and it was not very rich, that is, it was for three people. Unless there are special circumstances, Hill will generally ask Erwin to cook the right amount of dishes, and he is not interested in extravagance and waste.
First up was the boiled mussels.
Now the Kraken's mussel breeding base has been properly established. Mussels are a popular seafood product on Earth. Hill plans to expand the mussel breeding base continuously to make this nutritious food completely popular. Under Hill's carrying information, the Kraken's breeding technology is naturally rising steadily.
The original taste of mussels is very delicious, and you will not get tired of eating too much. They have just soaked in the hot springs, and they are now full of appetite. Boiled mussels are an authentic method. The fragrance of the mussels floats along with the steam, which is quite attractive.
Then there is the fragrant barbecue, which has been marinated with herbs for several hours in advance, and then baked with fragrant fruit wood, which is quite tender and juicy. Hill asked Erwin to skewer meat and vegetables together, and each skewer was very large. If it was a girl with a small appetite, a big skewer might be enough to eat. The barbecue is sprinkled with seasonings and chopped green onions, and the oil is applied to lock in the moisture when roasting, so the outside is charred and the inside is tender, and it is excellent in terms of texture and taste. Bite down, the fragrant gravy gushes out and flows between the teeth...
There is also a dessert called fried milk, mix milk, sugar and starch, heat and stir until it becomes thick, then put it in a box and refrigerate it for several hours, take it out and cut it into pieces, then wrap it in a layer of eggs, and then wrap it in another layer Starch, fry in a pan with low heat until golden on both sides, then take it out. This has relatively high requirements for fire control, and the other processes are simple, so Erwin is naturally handy in doing it.
Hill sandwiched a piece of fried milk, the food made by this method is naturally crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The surface is slightly burnt, and the inside is delicate and sweet milk with a silky taste. Take a bite, and the rich milk fragrance invades the taste buds, which is delicious.
"Do you like this?" Hill asked, he had the impression that little girls prefer desserts.
"I like it." Alice replied, "I like every dish here."
"What about your favourite?" Hill asked.
"Meat," said Alice, "roast."
"Hahaha good, very good." Hill said, "Eat more if you like."
Alice put down her chopsticks with some hesitation—she had learned how to use them some time ago, "Why are you treating me so well? I feel like I can't repay you." This question has been hidden in her heart for a long time.
"I'm stronger than you." Hill didn't answer Alice's question directly. He hoped that children could think for themselves—in fact, he treated his subordinates in the same way. "I'm much, much stronger than you, so I will do it for you Some things just seem to you to be completely unrewardable. Do you see what I mean?"
"You mean I have to become very strong, and everything will be solved," Alice said.
"Yes." Hill said. Alice's thinking is still good.
"I know, I will work hard." Alice said.
"Well, that's the best way," Hill replied.
By this time the sky had completely darkened.
Even though it was night, the courtyard was quite bright because of the strong moonlight.
This kind of brightness is shrouded in a charming light blue dreaminess, as if every plant and tree are glowing.
The lights and shadows are scattered, and the stars are charming.
"Actually, Hill, I've always had a question..."
"About whether your mother is alive?" Hill asked.
"You said that you are not allowed to take the initiative to ask about this matter, so I won't ask." Alice said.
"Then you know why I don't allow you to ask?" Hill asked.
Alice shook her head, "I don't know, sir."
"Because bonds make people weaker," Hill said.
"Bond... what is it?" This word is a bit advanced for Alice now.
"Your mother," Hill said simply.
Alice thought about it, and said her own opinion: "But in general, 'Because there are people who want to protect, you will be stronger', that's what my mother told me." Oh, it's not my own opinion, just I don't know how to think yet, so I just take other people's words as my own thoughts. Many people are like this.
"Your statement is too idealistic, I should show you "Magic Girl Madoka Magica"." Hill shook his head, "For example, you are now, your mother is by your side, and you are willing to become stronger for her, but what about her? What does she think? She probably doesn't hate the Pope. She thinks that you can live comfortably, and she will even oppose you doing evil with the church. The person you want to protect is such an idea, dare you say you won't Are you shaken by this?"
This question seems to be a bit profound, but children's thinking is different from ordinary people, and they can give their own answers after serious thinking: "I want to protect her. It's my business, and it has nothing to do with her. I protect her, and she still has to treat me. Isn't she going too far with so many demands?"
Hill spread his hands: "As someone who has experienced it, I want to tell you that many parents treat their children like this."
"But what they want me to do is different from what I want to do." Alice retorted, "Since she loves me, she should do what I want."
"She will say, this is for your own good." Hill continued to spread his hands.
Alice was silent, "Mom is for your own good", her mother did say this many times, and she was convinced every time.
"Plus, your mother can also be your weakness. The simplest example is that you are fighting people on the front line, and then your mother is taken hostage to interfere with you." Hill said.
Alice thought for a while, and finally showed the expression of a little girl, and she said angrily: "It's really annoying!"
Hill listened to Alice's full-fledged child complaining, and smiled, and then he added another sentence: "This is a very complicated world, so you have to study hard. Don't live up to my expectations of you."
Today's moon is very big, the moonlight is like a dream, and the stars in the night sky are scattered randomly like sparkling dust.
"Are you doing good for me too?" Alice raised her face and asked with an innocent expression.
"No, I'm for myself. And this path is your choice, right?" Hill said.
Alice thought for a moment. "Yes, that's very kind of you, Hill. I see what you mean."
She can feel that Hill and her mother have completely different attitudes towards her. Her mother loves her and really loves her, but that kind of love is unequal, and she cannot be said to regard her as an accessory, but in short It means that. Hill was different, and Hill treated her as an equal.
"Okay." Hill said, "Your mother did survive. I will tell you about this later. I hope you can improve yourself as much as possible now, understand?"
Hill planned to tell Alice the truth when she was a year or two older—about why they were discovered by the Pope, Hill didn't intend to hide it.
"Got it," Alice said.
"So, what question were you going to ask?" Hill asked.
Alice said: "I want to ask, about the cardinal..."
"Cardinal, you mean the one who broke into your house?" Hill said. "You want to know and get revenge?"
Alice was a little dazed, "I don't know, I hated him very much at the time, but I thought about it during the time in the Demon Realm, he let me go on purpose. Why did he let me go? And he cut his wrist What are you doing?"
"Why do you think he cut his own wrist?" Hill asked.
Alice thought for a while, guessing: "Did he pretend to kill me?"
"Yes." Hill nodded, "Even though he is a bishop, he is still under the control of a higher person. If he wants to let you go, he must pretend that you were killed by him, so he cut himself Wrist, smearing your own blood on your clothes, pretending it's your blood."
"He..." Alice was silent for a while, and she asked softly, "Is it because he couldn't bear to kill an innocent child?"
Hill suddenly realized that this was a heavy question.
If he answered yes, then Alice would still have a glimmer of hope in this world.
If he answered it was because Bishop Theresa Shelley was his man, he was not doing it out of kindness. Then Alice would be completely desperate for this world.
Hill suddenly didn't know what to say. He was always at ease with everything, but now he was hesitating. After a while, he said, "You need to think about this problem yourself."
"...Okay." Alice lowered her head and said softly.
02.
During the five days of the immersive theater of "Pirates of the Caribbean", many people from Yulan Empire and Ice Empire have been paying attention to this matter. They couldn't wait for the five days to pass, and they waited for the "Devil World Magazine" to publish related matters.
The rich nobleman wanted to get some information in advance because he thought he could go to the next game.
Those who have no money want to participate in immersive theater in the "cloud". Although I can't go by myself, it is very enjoyable to see other people's experiences.
On the third day of the immersive theater, the Sea God Festival in the Plague Islands arrived.
Hill repeated the same trick, and let the black dwarf Bronze Fang and the troubadour Grant host the special program of the Sea God Festival, which was broadcast on the magic phone. This program relieved everyone's anxiety and diverted everyone's attention to a certain extent.
The Sea God Festival is the most important festival for the natives of the Plague Islands. They hold the Sea God Festival on this day to worship the sea, pray for peace, and ask the Sea God to give them more sea fish and melons and fruits. On this day, all the aborigines will change into their traditional costumes. This year's sacrifice is hosted by the Dark Holy See, and Monroe personally conducts the ceremony, so it is grand and grand, and many old aborigines have tears in their eyes.
— This is a new Sea God Festival, and this is also a new beginning for the Plague Islands.
On this day, the aborigines prepared gifts and sacrifices, and sang and danced on the beach. They played the Mosan flutes, drums, and sang traditional songs.
Copper Fang and Grant stopped and went in the Plague Islands, taking these pictures, and at the same time doing some science popularization on the history of the Plague Islands, and of course there are some humorous dialogues.
You can know the history of the Plague Islands as long as you look it up, but there are still many people who don't know about it. The tragic past aroused the sympathy of many people, who were surprised that their ancestors had committed such a crime against the Plague Isles.
"But now with the presence of the Demon Realm Mall and the assistance of the Dark Holy See, it's getting better day by day." Tongya said to the camera.
This is the first time that Hill has taken the initiative to mention the Dark Holy See in front of the public.
But that's it, this has to be done slowly, and many people still have some resistance to the Dark Holy See.
Then Copper Tooth and Grant also met people who participated in the immersive theater at the Poseidon Festival, so "Poseidon Festival Special" gave them a few shots. Melissa Cecil also swung her sword at the camera, "I'm the famous pirate Melissa!" She deliberately showed a fierce expression, and then she saw the pirate Kubas over there, "Kubas Bass, come here and say hello to everyone."
"Hey, what are you doing? I'm a pirate. It's not convenient for me to show up in public." Cubas was pulled over by Melissa like a little wife, which caused the audience in front of the magic phone to chuckle. "Oh well, hello everyone, I'm Cubas, I like wine, wealth and beautiful women, well, Melissa, don't stare at me, you should be glad I said beautiful women and not handsome men."
Melissa also laughed: "I convinced you."
Then Grant said to the camera: "Wow, it seems that Miss Cecil has fully integrated into her identity. Immersive theater is really interesting, and even I am eager to try it."
"You are too poor and have no money to go." The black dwarf's copper teeth gave him a knowing blow.
"Can I make a financial transaction with Your Highness?" Grant said.
"Then you will be hunted down by some people," said the black dwarf Bronze Fang.
"Oh well, that's such a pity...cough I mean, I'm kidding, hahahahahaha..."
The hosting style of the two of them is still so interesting.
Later, they put the sacrifices on the flower baskets with the aborigines and went away with the waves.
The audience in front of the magic phone watched it with gusto, and it was a rare experience for them to come into contact with the culture of other regions.
Of course, what follows is…
I really want to participate in the immersive theater! I really want to!
I ran into a player in the immersive theater in the middle, and many noble ladies and gentlemen in Yulan City have already recognized Melissa.
Melissa Cecil is the daughter of General MacPherson Cecil, who is a big figure in the empire's military power. In theory, Melissa's political status is relatively high. Olivia is even taller, but right now Olivia is already a few blocks ahead of all the noble ladies in Yulan City, so it doesn't need to be mentioned.
This encounter made everyone even more itchy.
When will some of the contents be published in the magazine!
I would love to hear them speak for themselves!
Five days were over, and after a few days, the players in the immersive theater returned to their homes one after another, and then they became the most popular people at the banquet.
Almost everyone gathered around them, listening to them describe the things in the immersive theater.
"Really, the captain is so handsome. I really envy Miss Maryjo Warren of the Ice Empire. If you can, you must be the heroines."
"Deciphering is fun, and it's great to escape from the pirate ship a little bit! Of course, it's also good to stay on the pirate ship... I want to play it a second time."
"Look, this is a photo of me and my swordsmanship teacher!"
"Devil Magazine" also published the "level clearance feelings" of these players.
"Unrivaled enjoyment, very exciting, highly recommended."
"Everyone had fun, and I knew at first who were NPCs and who were players, but then we all got into that world and I felt like everyone was an NPC."
"I didn't do much because I was afraid, but it was fun to follow everyone. The scenery on the sea is beautiful, and there are many good-looking men and women around. The bonfire party, sea fishing, treasure hunting... the life of a pirate is amazing. People linger and forget to return, and the food in the past five days is very, very delicious! I think the food alone can make up for it!"
"I bought a lot of souvenirs, and I also bought a lot of photos. The souvenirs are a little more expensive than those in the Demon Realm Mall, but it's nothing compared to the quality. There is a set of wine gift boxes in the souvenirs, which I think is very worth buying. The price is 100 gold coins .”
That set of wine was not bad, and the cost was actually not high, but because of the troublesome production, it was not supplied to the Demon Realm Mall. Cold-brew tea wine, Hill prefers a black tea flavor, the juniper berry aroma is mixed with the black tea flavor, and there is also a bright citrus aroma, which tastes infinitely charming and refreshing.
Hill set an unbelievable price at random at that time. He felt that few people would buy it, but it would be a waste to make too much, so let's just hang it up.
In the end, he didn't expect that there were quite a few people who bought it... How come these nobles are so rich. Hill felt a little jealous.
At this moment, people from all over the world are eagerly reading the words about immersive theater in "Devil World Magazine", with infinite yearning.
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