I watched my cousin's oxygen-absorbing sheep before, and was told "Come on!" Poked the laugh, but if you think about it carefully, there is really nothing wrong with it, from the perspective of the sheep, of course, you have to shout "come to the sheep", but I always feel very awkward. Therefore, in similar situations in this book, for the sake of ease of reading, the term "people" is uniformly used as a reference, as long as it is understood that they are actually referring to individuals of their respective races.

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Ten years ago, in a remote corner of the countryside in an island nation in the Atlantic, there was an ordinary three-story dwelling, which was the most common building in the area. The owner is a friendly man with a lovely daughter with long blonde hair, and the family has a field, but it is deserted because of the weather (the world is getting colder), and I heard that there is still a little industry in the city, and the family also makes a living from it, which is known to the neighbors. But what they don't know is that the two creatures that live in this house are not humans, but the most terrifying demons in all kinds of legends.

"My daughter, you are already an adult," the man said earnestly, "So, listen to my father, marry someone from this family, and your father and I will be at ease." “

"But why should I marry someone I don't know?"

"Alas......" The man sighed deeply, "My family has taken a fancy to your pure demonic bloodline, and they want to keep it, otherwise there are so many collaterals that they don't bother to absorb us at all, if you want to blame your father for my incompetence, I can't get your grandfather's first inheritance, and I ended up in the last ranking, otherwise how could I fall into such a situation......"

"But I don't want to marry someone I don't know!" The blonde girl cried and made trouble, "I've heard of that person, he has already bullied several girls from other families or other families by virtue of his status!" I don't want to be another one! ”

"Father, this is for your own good!!" The man's angry voice seemed to shatter the dome, "What kind of person is that waste boy in the housekeeper?" As long as you marry into your family, your children will be the ones who will inherit your family! No one in the whole family has a greater say than you except your husband! When the time comes, your father will be able to get a piece of the pie and follow you back to our territory...... Our castle! Don't you want to see what it's like inside the place where you were born? ”

"I don't listen, I don't listen, I don't listen!"

The girl rushed out of the house, leaving her father stunned for a long time.

"Perhaps, it's best to get you out of here." The man muttered to himself.

"My daughter, you have to understand that the father is for your good......"

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An old man with a half-white beard holding a passport in his scarred hand walked off the plane tremblingly.

"Finally...... Finally!!! “

The old man fell to his knees excitedly, and the people around him looked at him suspiciously, discussing his appearance and scars more than his actions.

Yes, he is a "foreigner", from the far West. He was originally a CAD technician in a country on the European continent, but during an internal inspection, he was suspected of leaking secrets to the superpower on the other side of the Atlantic. He struggled to make pointless excuses, and in the end, he chose to flee and leave there forever. After several twists and turns, he obtained a fake passport in Singapore and boarded a passenger plane bound for China.

It's far from the strife of the European continent, away from the pursuit of agents. The old man just wants to settle down here now so that he can spend the rest of his life.

He sold his knowledge to an organization that specialized in doing this kind of thing, and was given a large sum of cash and official identification. He used the money to buy a storefront and open a CAD shop on a corner of a burgeoning "magic city".

When the days calmed down, it was impossible for the intelligence officers in his home country to find him, and he worked hard to run his shop during this time into a store that was not famous, but had many regular customers.

One afternoon, while he was napping at the counter, his shop welcomed a special customer. He had wanted to send her away with some money or food, for she was shabby, with a dirty face, and looked like a beggar everywhere in the country, until he noticed her bright blonde hair.

The girl who came in looked around with a shrewd look, looked him from top to bottom, and then asked:

"Do you have anything to eat here? No I'm gone. ”

“？？？”

The old man couldn't believe his ears, she was actually speaking the language of his country?

"Yes! Yes! ”

The old man quickly took out all the good things he treasured, including the limited supply of rice, the beef purchased with the ticket, and the liquor that the authorities had strictly banned the production of, and made a hearty lunch for the girl.

During the conversation, the old man learned about the girl's similar experience to him, where the girl fled from Europe to the sea because she was forced to marry. The old man, who was touched by the girl's strength, decided to keep her and take her in as an apprentice.

As the days passed, the old man did not want to leave this world more and more than he had at first in prison. Unfortunately, it backfired, and as time passed, the old man came to the end of his life. He has no children, and his wife died after a year of marrying him, so he has nothing to worry about, but he still has one more that he can't let go, and that is his apprentice, the girl.

In front of the sickbed, the girl held the old man's dry hand tightly and burst into tears.

"Master, don't worry about me, I actually ......"

"I know."

The old man smiled, he had already seen the girl's little secret, but he didn't say it.

"I'm sorry......" the girl lowered her head,

"It's okay, I heard that the onmyoji of the Eastern Island Country have a tradition of receiving Shikkai, so I'll take a Shikkai, hahahahaha."

The old man on the sickbed was still in good spirits, but only he knew that this was the last return to light, and his life was coming to an end.

The girl held it quietly, and the old man smiled softly.

Tick, tick......

"Apprentice, the name you've been using all along, it's a pseudonym, right? You don't have a name yet, do you? ”

"The ...... of the demon who is given a name only after he has established himself in the family"

"Then I'll give you the most powerful name!" The old man said loudly, "It's called Lu Qianfa!" What do you think? ”

The girl didn't answer, just nodded slightly.

"Alas, I dedicated my life to my country, and I ended up like that. I heard that you demons will take human souls to help them fulfill their wishes, don't you mind if I'm dying? ”

The girl nodded desperately.

"Well, I've lived my whole life, and I have everything in my head, and I hope someone can help me keep it, so my wish is ......"

"You, Lu Qianfa, must work hard and live!!"

"I will! I will! ”

After seeing the girl's reaction, the old man smiled with satisfaction.

"Finally......" the old man's voice suddenly became as thin as a mosquito, "can you call me...... Daddy? ”

"Daddy!!!!!"

The girl cried out hoarsely, trying to save the old man's life, but the old man closed his eyes, fell asleep, and never woke up.

In the last moments when the old man's soul was about to dissipate, the girl devoured it, and according to the laws of the devil, she gained everything that the old man had in life—the knowledge that the old man wanted her to pass on.

The girl swore that she would fulfill the contract between her and the old man and try to live.

It's another afternoon, and while the girl is napping under the counter, her shop welcomes a special customer. She wanted to scold him because he was sneaky, like a thief everywhere in the country—until she saw his face.

She changed her mind.

"You must be really looking for a general-purpose CAD, right?"

Hearing this, the comer's body turned 180 degrees, and he returned to the counter in an instant.

"Yes...... How much discount can I get? Oh no...... What is the minimum price I can give? ”

The young man folded his hands and prayed for general inquiry.

"You misunderstood, I didn't mean that......"

The girl pressed her upper body against the counter, supported her chin with both hands, narrowed her eyes, and said with a strange smile:

"Young man, would you like to make a deal with me?"