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"What the hell happened today? Luo Ling actually took the initiative to ask to cook for us?! Moreover, Elena is you sitting here in peace, is it really okay?" Cynthia looked at Elena who was sitting calmly sipping black tea, and asked worriedly.

"Well, no problem. Elena gently put down the teacup with an elegant expression.

"Really, is it really okay? In the past two days, he has been tortured to death by his own cooking every time, it can't be that we have been gloating, so we are trying to get revenge, right?"

"No, I can't tell you what his cooking skills are. I couldn't find fault with the cooking steps, but the food I made was unexpectedly unpalatable, but last night, he seemed to have suddenly opened his mind and was able to make delicious food. Elena also said with some incredulity.

"How does it compare to you?"

"Well——, in terms of cooking steps, it's almost a perfect copy of me, but in terms of taste, it looks like a degraded version of me, right? Elena spoke out her subtle feelings.

"In other words, is Luo Ling barely able to get out of the school?" Cynthia half-jokingly.

"I have no intention of accepting him as an apprentice, if it weren't for Melul's request, I wouldn't have bothered to take care of him!" seemed to have a sensitive reaction to the word "Luo Ling", and immediately drew a clear line.

"Oh~, is that really the case?" Cynthia asked with a disapproving expression.

"Of course, that bastard knows that Melul who seduced me, so I will never, absolutely not forgive him. ”

"......" Cynthia originally thought that Elena was just because of her arrogance and refused to admit her feelings for Luo Ling, but it didn't seem to be the case at all? It seems that Elena was stimulated by Luo Ling, and the tendency of sister control (Melul control) became more and more serious, and the original pure sister relationship began to develop in a distorted direction, of course, this is only one-sided.

"I'm back......" With a slightly weak voice, Charlotte and Serena, the maid who followed closely behind, walked into the café.

Unlike in the past, today Charlotte did not wear the usual maid outfit, but wore a dark blue backless evening dress, which not only appropriately highlighted Charlotte's delicate body, but also showed a sexy and elegant temperament. The hairstyle has also been deliberately combed, and it is no longer the usual draped look. If Charlotte was a beautiful maid who was lively and cheerful, now she is a noble and elegant princess, if you don't look at her tired expression.

In the morning, when Charlotte was about to leave, she deliberately walked in front of Luo Ling, wanting to listen to Luo Ling's evaluation, but Luo Ling showed a face very unbearably, of course, it is not disgusting under the addition of women's clothing, and it is even a little cute?

Luo Zero's reaction was very much to Charlotte's appetite, so he left the café full of joy. Time has passed, but now she has lost that vitality, and the exhaustion and fatigue on her face are no longer that elegant and graceful.

With such a solemn dress, it is not difficult to guess that Charlotte should have gone to a more important meeting or banquet.

"It doesn't matter, it looks like you're tired?" Cynthia asked with a shallow smile on her lips and some schadenfreude.

"You're embarrassed to say, this should have been the representative of the Euniface family - Cynthia, your business, why did I end up listening to that group of old men noisy and not having fun, but you are here to spend time leisurely, this is not fair at all. After listening to Cynthia's gloating words, Charlotte finally broke out, but it was more like complaining than scolding the other party.

"Because your status and status are much higher than mine, and I, as a representative, am just a deputy, and I have not been appointed by the state, so I don't have much say at all. But you are different, you are an existence equal to the status of a king, and only you can ignore the coercion of any aristocratic forces, without the slightest concern, and deal with this kind of thing more reasonably. Cynthia said eloquently.

"That being said, I don't know much about the merchants, and the old men were constantly making noise, and even had a few big fights, but Serena stopped them in time. ”

"This situation is normal, this kind of border trade hub, the interests involved are too great, not only the Principality of Venia or the Isonaga Empire is trying to seek the greatest benefits, but the nobles and chambers of commerce in various countries are also fighting for a piece of the pie, after all, human beings are slaves to money. ”

"I don't care about their interests, how can we get a mutually satisfactory result in this matter? This is your business, Cynthia, you must help, or I will not care. Charlotte, who plays like a child, is also very cute in the eyes of others.

"This has been prepared for a long time," Cynthia pulled out a paper scroll from an indescribable place, "You can get a general idea of the content tonight, and then propose this contract at tomorrow's meeting, which should be mutually recognized, even if they don't want to compromise, but because of your status, I don't dare to put forward any opinions." ”

"That's pretty much it. Charlotte quietly accepted the scroll, handed it to Serena, relaxed her body, and sat down, "Well, Elena, why are you still here, and who is cooking in the back kitchen?"

"Of course it's Luo Ling. ”

"......," Charlotte was silent for a moment, then continued, "Well, when are you going to take over this job?"

"Probably after Luo Zero leaves. ”

"So what are we going to do in the meantime?"

"Of course, it's Luo Ling's food. ”

"......," Charlotte muttered incessantly, "Is this the so-called punishment? No, it's revenge, it's Luo Ling's revenge." ”

"!!" Serena saw her young lady being beaten like this, and thought of the tragic appearance of Luo Ling being tortured by her own cooking, and decided to stop him, no matter what, Miss Charlotte could not be forced to eat Luo Ling's dark food.

Serena violently broke into the back kitchen of the café, "Luo Ling, stop me ......"

"Serena, let's try the latest bread and how it tastes. ”

"Huh, who's going to eat you...... Not. "Before I could finish speaking, I was gagged by a hideous giant, cough, it's just bread, don't think too much.

"......" was handed to his mouth, even if it was unpalatable, let's taste it for the time being, if it was really unpalatable, just stuff it all into Luo Ling's mouth.

Thinking like this, he took a small bite on the bread, "Well——, unexpectedly good?"

"Of course, it's the result of three days of hard work. "Luo Ling, with the bridge of his nose cocked, proud.

"Obviously yesterday I was still tortured by my own cooking, but in just one day, I have improved so much?"

"Why, don't you believe it?" Faced with Luo Ling's slightly aggressive questioning gaze, Serena had to look away for a moment.

"Believe you, if you taste like this, you can also serve it on the table. As the all-round maid of the Laxis family, Serena can only say that Luo Ling's cuisine is barely delicious from the standpoint of a gourmet, and she is far from being a real chef.

"......" Hearing Serena's pertinent but strict evaluation, Luo Ling's face changed slightly, and for a moment he really had the urge to become a chef.

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At the dinner table, the delicacies with all the colors and flavors were neatly placed, and around the dining table, in addition to the maids, there were also three little guys, Lille, Xiao Fei and Little Flo.

As the chef of this dinner, Luo Ling, at this moment, is like a real maid, gently pressing the corners of her skirt with her hands, standing quietly aside, waiting for everyone's evaluation of "her" cuisine.

"Well, is this Luo Ling's food? It's not as unpalatable as I thought. Little Lottie commented seriously.

"......" was such a sharp evaluation in the first place? No, it was little Lottie's ass itching again, right?

"It's better to say that it's unexpectedly delicious? This taste, for beginners, it's really good, is it possible, Luo Ling's taste is different from ours?"

Because Charlotte knew that Luo Ling was a dragon, and she also knew that there were obvious differences between different races in terms of living habits, so it was not difficult to think that Luo Ling, who was a dragon, might have a very different taste perception of human food from humans themselves.

"There should be no such thing, maybe there is a certain difference between the dragon and the human race in terms of living habits, but for the teacher, his inner should be a real human, as for the taste, there should not be much difference from the human being, after all, the dragon is originally the ultimate life form that transcends the energy transmission cycle with the food chain food network as the core, and it is really not easy to conclude about the taste hobby. ”

"Well——? what's going on, why is it involved in the dragon clan again, and does Luo Ling have anything to do with those dragon clans that exist in legends?" asked Xiao Lottie, who still didn't know anything about Luo Ling's true identity, was quite confused.

"So, you still don't know who I really am? I thought I had no secrets before you. ”

"Hearing you say that, it seems that there are any secrets that haven't been revealed? It's better to explain them all quickly, Zero~ sauce. Cynthia smiled a little terrified, and forced Luo Ling step by step.

"There's really no secret, if you have to say it, it's probably only the fact that I'm from another world, right?" Since being secretly wanted by the mainland and becoming the "enemy" of the whole continent, Luo Ling has no idea that his identity must be kept secret.

"People from another world, do you mean from other plane realms?" Although it is not widely known, there are also many people in the upper echelons of the human race, in addition to the Azure Continent as the main plane, there are also many plane realms attached to the main plane, such as the Dragon Domain, the Demon Realm, the God Realm, the Necromantic Realm, and some small special planes (similar to the Lorenta Maze), Cynthia, who knows Luo Ling's true identity, it is naturally not difficult to deduce that Luo Ling, who is a dragon, must be from the Dragon Domain, but Luo Ling does not seem to mean this.

"No, I'm not referring to this 'world', although I can't confirm it, but it can be speculated that the world I was originally in is another universe parallel to this world, in that world, there is no magic existence, but simply relying on the power of technology to change the world, Feng Rou you should have seen it, her existence is the crystallization of technology and human wisdom. In the original world, I used to be a human being. ”

"Huh~~~!!???"

Luo Ling's face was indifferent, silently admiring the surprised expressions of the maids. Because I have been prepared to protect my ears for a long time, I don't have to worry about tinnitus from being noisy by sharp sounds.

"That's big news, Luo Ling, you really used to be a human?" Cynthia asked, tugging at Luo Ling's arm.

"Why didn't you say such an important thing earlier, stupid Luo Ling, stupid Luo Ling, stupid Luo Ling. Charlotte's side directly hammered Luo Ling's head with a small fist......

"What does it mean to be a human being, could it be that Luo Ling is not a human now, and the dragon clan that has been mentioned before, could it be that Luo Ling is a dragon clan, but what is it about being a human being?"

"......" Serena, who didn't say a word, looked complicated, and didn't know what she was thinking.

"Human?" said the word silently, an unknown emotion burning in her eyes.

Even Elena was quite shocked, as a dragon, but once a human, it was shocking, and at the same time, it should be more of a kind of doubt and confusion.

"Teacher, it's a matter of dragons or something I've only figured out a while ago, but why was it once human?"

...... "Dragons, humans, what are they talking about, why can't I understand them at all?"

Well, it's the little Flo who is really confused, after all, he doesn't even know Luo Ling's real gender, and he has been kept in the dark by everyone.

"Yes, reincarnation?" Cynthia said suddenly, guessingly.

"Reincarnation?" Not only Charlotte, but everyone except Luo Ling and Xiaofei and Cynthia, who said the word herself, can be said to be the first time they have heard this word. However, it is obvious that there should be a certain difference between the meaning of reincarnation as understood by Luo Ling and the meaning of this word in this world.

"It's not very accurate to say that it is reincarnated, the teacher's situation, directly speaking, should be the soul of a human being attached to the body of the dragon family, that is, the body of the dragon family, the state of the human soul, but, in reality, this is something that cannot happen at all. Regarding Luo Ling's current "state", even Xiaofei can't explain it very deeply and thoroughly.

"Hypotheses such as souls did exist in my original world, but they were mostly proven to be false, and I didn't believe much in the existence of souls myself. "As an out-and-out atheist, Luo Ling has always disbelieved in the idea of souls.

"But in this world, the soul is actually there, and the soul of all living beings after death will go to the necromantic realm, which is one of the laws that form the foundation of this world. Regarding Luo Ling's questioning, Xiaofei retorted in an irrefutable tone.

"Maybe, but I'm not doubting the existence of the soul in this world, but, I, will I have no soul in the first place?" Regarding Xiaofei's sudden-for-tat words, Luo Ling, who didn't mean this, said his true thoughts helplessly.

"!!" finally shocked Xiaofei this time, and at the same time, it seemed to open a new door for Xiaofei's thinking, and she soon fell into contemplation.

"How is this possible, how can humans have no souls?" Charlotte became a little nervous after hearing Luo Ling's words.

"Yes, this kind of thing, don't talk nonsense, this is not just a blasphemy against the gods, are you planning to subvert the faith of the entire continent? This is a taboo for the entire continent. Cynthia also wanted to stop Luo Zero.

"Is it that serious?" At this time, Luo Ling didn't know what was wrong with his words.

"Of course, the soulless, that is, the existence without a soul, is the most taboo thing in the entire continent, and it is a taboo that is much more serious than the prophecy of the end of the world, if this kind of thing spreads, Luo Ling you will become the common enemy of all mankind, no, all races, at that time, all races will destroy you at all costs. Charlotte's anxious look confirmed the seriousness of the matter.

"Anla, Anla, just because I didn't say it, I'm just a guess, and as long as you don't say it, won't it be okay?" Luo Ling also regretted it a little, it seems that next time I will find Xiaofei to understand all these forbidden things, and it is really not a lie to come out of my mouth.

"Well, in this case, most of the mysteries about the teacher will be solved. Xiao Fei smiled confidently, it seemed that she had figured out some profound questions that ordinary people couldn't understand.

"What mystery about me?" said Luo Zero, trying to change the subject.

"The fact that the teacher is a soulless person should be certain. ”

“……”

"What about changing the subject? And, from uncertainty to certainty, is it really good to say it so directly? Is this to make me an enemy of all races?"

"Ah, by the way, it seems that the soulless are taboo, so you should not have heard it. Xiao Fei, who maliciously sells cuteness, seems to have turned into a demon in Luo Ling's eyes.

Luo Ling wanted to cry aggrievedly, and could have skipped the topic, but because of Xiaofei's words, he pushed himself to the opposite side of all races, and it was because of this that his future self destroyed the world.

Looking at Luo Ling's sad expression of wanting to cry without tears, Xiao Fei also felt that she had to explain, otherwise if the maids really accidentally spread something like Luo Ling was a soulless person, Luo Ling's situation would become very bad.

"Teacher, you must be thinking too much again. The status of the Soulless is not as terrible as Charlotte and Cynthia say, that happened in the Middle Ages. A terrible catastrophe suddenly befell the Azure Continent, at first a person seemed to be controlled by some existence, frantically attacking other living beings, and the attacked existence would also become berserk, and then attack the remaining normal people, and, the most bizarre thing is that even if the berserk person is killed, the soul will not ascend to the necromantic realm, just like the soul is devoured by the attached evil spirit, therefore, those guys are called soulless. ”

After that, almost 90% of all races and creatures on the continent died in that disaster, so the word soulless became a taboo for all races in the continent, and with the change of times, the records of the disaster in the Middle Ages have basically disappeared, but only the taboo word of soulless has been handed down. It was falsely rumored by later generations that it became a soulless existence = a soulless person, such nonsense. ”

"I just thought that this word could better describe the teacher's situation, so I used it, but in fact, the teacher's soulless person is very different from the legendary soulless person. ”

"Uh-huh, uh-huh. Luo Ling kept nodding, "Another world's version of Resident Evil? Also, obviously the entire continent has been falsely spread, why do you only know Xiaofei so clearly?" After knowing that he would not be hostile to all races, Luo Ling's soul of complaining awakened.

"I'll explain the Resident Evil thing to me later, and as for why I know so clearly, of course my first teacher told me. ”

"...... "Xiaofei's first teacher, Mentor Ola? No, Mentor Ola shouldn't know about such an ancient thing, so it can only be ......

"If the teacher is still not at ease, then I will make it clear, teacher, you are not a soulless person. ”

"......" "There will be a soul, and there will be no soul for a while, what are you going to do, Xiaofei! 」

"The name of the soulless is really scary, especially for those ignorant guys who don't know the truth, if you know that the teacher is a 'soulless', I'm afraid you will really attack the teacher, but the truth is, there is also a soul in your body, teacher. ”

"...... "I'll tell you, that's what I look like." Well, I'm waiting for your explanation seriously, and if I can't explain it clearly, I'll kill everyone here, just kidding.

"Teacher, you should remember your real name as a dragon, right?"

"Of course, although the true name of the dragon clan is not as easy to be targeted by powerful law forces as demons when it is known. But it also has an extremely important position, and the most important role is that as an identity for accessing the memory inheritance of the dragon, only the dragon with the real name of the dragon can share the knowledge and experience in the memory inheritance. ”

"My real name is - Aeslow Hilred, where Aeslow should mean zero in the dragon language, and Hilrider refers to the black dragon clan of the dragon clan, as if I should still have a long and complicated middle name, but for some reason, these middle names are obscured by special powers, and even I can't know my real name. I've talked so much, but what does it have to do with my dragon name. ”

"Because, I'm afraid, there is another soul sleeping in the teacher's body. Xiaofei told a possible fact quite seriously.

"!!" was shocked, Luo Ling began to worry a little about his existence itself, there is no doubt that the other soul that Xiao Fei said should be the original owner of the body of the dragon clan he used in this world, Aeslow Hilred. The existence of such a dove occupying the magpie's nest is likely to be driven out of this body because of the awakening of the original owner's soul.

"Don't worry so much, teacher. Seeing Luo Ling's worries, Xiaofei comforted, "Don't worry about whether you will be occupied by your consciousness or become another existence, there are two souls in one body, although it is not impossible, but under normal circumstances, this is a taboo that violates the laws of the world." Teacher, your situation is even more special, because Teacher, your existence itself is spiritual, not material, or the existence of a soul, your consciousness and thinking itself are the foundation of your existence, Teacher, you have no soul, this can basically be confirmed, and at the same time, in the teacher's current body, there is also a sleeping soul named Eslo Hillaide, one of you is spiritual, the other is soul, so this does not violate the law that a body can only be occupied by one soul. ”

"The teacher and Acelo are like two corresponding beings in the parallel world, Luo Zero on the earth is also Acelo on the Azure Continent, and vice versa, the two of you are originally inseparable from each other. It's just from the nature of existence, in fact, Aslow is just a young dragon who may not even have a sound mind, teacher, you should know what the age of your current body means in the dragons, right?"

"Hmm——。 ”

Judging from the long lifespan and growth process of the dragon clan, the current Luo Ling can only be regarded as a young dragon that has just been born.

For ordinary young dragons, they generally need a lot of food, and they can get enough magic power and store it in constant eating, and then they will fall into a period of hundreds of years of sleep, during which the young dragon's consciousness will enter the memory inheritance of the dragon family, carry out various grinding, and continue to learn the experience and knowledge of the previous dragons. At the same time, the body will also consume the stored magic power to grow rapidly, and eventually grow to a body more than 100 meters tall before it can be counted as an adult.

This time generally takes about three hundred to five hundred years, and the vast majority of dragons will break through to the Holy Realm in their sleep (Dragons are not born in the Holy Realm, they are generally only born in the Battle Rank Realm, but they may only be in the Super Rank Realm, the lower the initial rank, the stronger their future growth will be. Some dragons who are gifted or have not eaten enough (sweat) will wake up from sleep, continue to eat, store energy, and continue to sleep and study next time. (I really sleep and study, but I can't learn if I want to.) Ke Aotian said: ???)

"Since Ais has fallen into a deep sleep, there is a very high probability that he will not wake up until he reaches adulthood, which will take at least a few hundred years, so you don't have to worry about whether you will suddenly lose control of your body one day. Moreover, even if Ais Luo wakes up, with the strength of his soul, he will definitely not be able to compete with the strength of your spirit, if he really wants to compete with you for control of the body. Although Xiaofei's words made Luo Ling dispel some concerns, more of them gave rise to guilt and apologies.

"This unreasonable occupation of the other party's body, the other party has no way at all, if Ais really wakes up one day, where will he go?

Occupied by this kind of thinking, the choice is to be, or not to be? “……”

"Okay, okay, it's enough to know that Luo Ling is not the legendary soulless, this is the dish that Luo Ling personally made for us, and now he has made himself sullen. Stop thinking about these complicated things, forget about them, let's have a good meal together......" Charlotte began to liven up the atmosphere, wanting Luo Ling to forget about these complicated and heavy topics, even if she couldn't forget them, but also to divert her attention and stop being so negative and melancholy.

After all, now Luo Ling can be said to be the core of the entire maid café, his every move does not affect other people, and his emotions involuntarily infect the entire group, making the surroundings dyed with a layer of melancholy.

"Hmm. Luo Ling no longer feels troubled and worried about this matter, after all, he will "destroy the world" in the future, everything is something that has not happened yet, maybe everything is still changing, or maybe everything is already doomed, it is a fate that cannot be changed, but so what, live in the present, don't worry too much, so as not to miss the beauty of the present because of worries about the future.

Luo Ling, who became active and lively, quickly mobilized the atmosphere of the entire café, and finally the dinner party ended in a pleasant atmosphere.

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