chapter.4 Stars and Towers(2/2)
Does it seem unhumane for a demon to run errands? But as a qualified spellcaster, it is a basic skill to train a familiar and let the familiar do the trivial things that are not too important, such as... Well, Eve, come here - "
As the girl clapped her hands twice, Klein heard the sound of the door opening and closing from the direction of the kitchen, and then a burst of messy footsteps headed straight to the restaurant with the appetizing aroma of bacon.
...the sound of footsteps? the smell of bacon?
The figure of a giant bird that was more than one meter long popped up in his mind. Klein resisted the twitching of the corner of his mouth and turned his head to look at the door. Before the ominous premonition in his heart had time to warn his reason, he was unprepared to see his order.
He was confused.
A strange little girl wearing an apron and a small black and white maid's dress, holding high the frying pan that was much bigger than her head, walked towards Alice with a slightly weird walking posture.
From the mouth of this little girl with bright black eyes, a clear and loud childish voice sounded very familiar:
"Alice, Alice, help you bake these...these bacon, can I go eat delicious berries?"
"As long as you don't burn them, come on and put the food in the frying pan on the plate."
Klein looked blankly at the cute girl with long bright white hair and a few light golden strands in her temples, who was diligently preparing the dishes. Then he looked at Alice, who looked like she was taking orders for granted. He didn't know what to do for a moment.
reaction.
It wasn't until the dinner plate with bacon and side dishes was placed in front of him that he reflexively picked up the knife and fork at hand, regained his language skills, and confirmed to the girl with a stuttering voice:
"You...your familiar? Is this your familiar?"
Before Alice could speak, the little girl, who looked to be about eleven or twelve years old, immediately turned to him and showed a very familiar, arrogant expression:
"Nerd! I recognize you, you are the nerd!"
"...it...no, how could she..." Klein remained calm and tried to ignore the call of the stupid bird, "Is it some of your spells again?"
"Yeah. It's a transformation spell." Alice slid the silver table knife in a very pleasing manner, cut off a small piece of bacon that was roasted golden and crispy, chewed it carefully and swallowed it before raising her eyes to look at him.
, "Originally, I planned to wait for Eve to advance to Sequence 8 before fixing this spell for her, but because of a little accident that happened before...well, so I treated it as a task reward paid to her in advance."
"Alice clearly agreed to let me stay in that dark, cold place for two days before I came out, but I ended up staying there for a long, long time, many days..." Eve sniffed with an aggrieved look.
"It's my fault for failing to do what was agreed upon, so I will compensate you." Alice smiled and looked sideways at Klein, "Okay, come on, Eve, this gentleman seems to have something to do with you.
, you have to answer him honestly. Is that okay?"
"...Oh." Eve nodded sadly.
this……
Klein looked awkwardly at the "stealer" little robin who had turned into a human girl for a long time before he suppressed the weird guilt in his heart of bullying the younger ones and let go of his bank account balance.
Concern took over and he asked the question that made him think about it for a long time last night.
"Are you worried that Eve will steal all your savings..." Alice, who was listening, seemed to be speechless for a few seconds, and then suddenly burst into laughter uncontrollably, "How is that possible? Let's not talk about it for now.
Eve has now digested the 'Stealer's' potion, and no longer needs to play the role of 'Stealer'; she is my familiar first, and the 'Extraordinary' secondly, and will not act against her master's orders. I was
The instruction given to her was to withdraw 70 pounds in cash, and she would not withdraw even one more copper penny."
"Yes, yes, that's it! I only took out 70 pounds!" The little guy nodded desperately to show his innocence.
"And don't look at her now, she has actually learned a lot of common sense about human society. Sending her to do simple tasks like miscellaneous tasks and running errands from time to time will also be more helpful for her future role as a 'scammer'." Ai Li.
Si said and winked at Klein quietly, seemingly hinting at something.
Uh, she... wants me to find some jobs for this stupid little girl-looking bird?
But this is not good, it looks like child labor is being exploited...
Klein finished the delicious breakfast while thinking, went to the living room, found a map, paper and pen, and scribbled down a list of items he needed to buy:
"Sleeping flower, mint - Sirens flower shop;
Crimson Sandalwood – Hat Lane Spice Shop;
Silver Flake – Greystone Hardware Store…”
After finishing the list of more than twenty items, he took a deep breath and handed the estimated shopping expenses and the leather satchel containing the materials to Eve, who was chewing berries and blinking her big black eyes.
Chapter completed!