"Hehehehe, you're chasing me~"

It's like some neurotic is playing a game with his throat pinched.

In the thick of the night, someone came running wildly, writhing strangely in the streets in the moonlight of the silver moon.

Ye Qingxuan swore that he had never seen such a magnificent scene in his seventeen years in his life.

Under the silver moonlight, the man with the head of the messy chicken nest pinched his throat and laughed, twisting his ass and running wildly down the street...... A gust of night wind blew, lifting the only shirt on his body, revealing his heroic big pants.

Every time he ran barefoot and laughed, the ether ball would emit a flash of light.

"Giggle !!"

With a string of gong-like laughter, he ran down the street.

Ye Qingxuan looked at the ether ball blankly:

"Is that okay?!"

Before the words fell, the chicken's nest head neuropathy 'giggled' and ran back with a shrill laugh, and Ye Qingxuan's face turned pale in fright.

He ran wildly in the wind, and then, without warning, stopped in front of the boy, bent down, and pointed to the bruises on his face, spitting with wine.

"You, say it quickly!"

He asked with a serious face, "Am I handsome or not?"

“......”

His voice was low and clear, soft with a hint of hoarseness, which could be said to be good, but Ye Qingxuan was shocked by the momentum that came from running naked, and he couldn't speak. But the ether ball in his hand was still shining at the right time.

"Do you think I'm handsome?"

The naked man repeated.

“...... Handsome. ”

Ye Qingxuan praised against his will: "It's so handsome, it's so handsome." ”

After saying that, he felt his conscience broken. But if you take a closer look, if this thing doesn't have a blue nose and swollen face, it looks pretty good. And it seems to be quite young, too.

"Hahaha, it's really handsome!"

The young man who had drunk too much crossed his waist and laughed, and when a gust of wind blew, he simply fell to the ground neatly, unable to sleep.

Only Ye Qingxuan was left petrified in the wind.

"Hey, are you alright?"

He kicked the man, but there was no response.

After a long time, Ye Qingxuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, sat down in the chair, and planned to continue to practice the scale.

"La!la!la!la!"

The naked man on the ground suddenly turned over, burped foul-smellingly, and then slapped his belly and sang a nursery rhyme: "It rained heavily tonight~ The flowers were sprinkled all over the ground~ What does it matter if hey, yes, yes~ We are happy to be together~"

After singing, he paused and added with great dissatisfaction:

"We're happy together!"

, who's going to be with you......

Looking at the ether ball in his hand that flashed like a dog touching a sausage, Ye Qingxuan felt that he was going crazy...... What's going on? Is a neurotic voice communicating with the ether all the time?!

Suddenly, the naked man on the ground got up and suddenly grabbed Ye Qingxuan's hand. The young man stared at him with wide eyes, but his eyes were blurry and he couldn't see anything clearly.

Ye Qingxuan was stunned.

"Brother, don't be afraid, the most important thing in a family is to be neat...... With my brother here, no one can beat you!"

He grabbed Ye Qingxuan's hand, and his voice was hoarse: "What is the most precious thing in the world?

"Warm! Warm!"

Ye Qingxuan nodded with a clear conscience.

"Hey, hey. ”

The naked man smirked, then threw up on the ground. Even when this neuropathy was vomiting, Ye Qingxuan's ether ball was still shining!

"What the hell is going on!"

Ye Qingxuan pulled out his ether ball, and wanted to cry without tears: "I practiced a note chanting well, who did I offend?!, if it has no effect, why did you summon this kind of thing?!"

"Vomit...... It doesn't work? Do you want to know why?"

The naked man finished throwing up, staggered to his feet, and wiped the saliva from the corners of his mouth.

Ye Qingxuan nodded sluggishly.

Immediately after, a finger touched the tip of his nose, and the naked man shouted solemnly: "Give up, yours can't feel the ether!"

Just when Ye Qingxuan was stunned, he snatched the booklet from Ye Qingxuan's hand and pointed to the standard syllable in it: "Moreover, the range of 'extraction' is in E2, which is a high note! You can't sing it! Change it, change it to ...... Replace it with this!"

He rummaged through his notes as if he was drunk, and when he saw a scribbled note from Wolf Flute, his eyes lit up: "Practice this......!

Ye Qingxuan was stunned, he looked at the scribbled note above, confused.

It seemed to be a note taken by Wolf Flute in his father's class, but even he didn't know what he had written!

"Remember, sound is just appearance!"

The naked man pressed Ye Qingxuan's shoulder hard, and his voice suddenly changed from hoarse to cold, like a faint thunder in the clouds in the distance:

"- The ether is the master of all things and the servant of the will!"

Before Ye Qingxuan could react, he sang loudly again, and then ran away again in the flash of the ether sphere.

It comes like the wind, goes like the wind, and leaves only vomit......

“......”

After a long time, Ye Qingxuan finally reacted, jumped to his feet and scolded angrily: "Neurotic! You give me back my book!"

Only a faint 'giggle' laugh echoed in the night breeze.

It's still Yord singing!

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The next day, Ye Qingxuan woke up to the ringing of the morning bell, only to feel that his throat was like swallowing coals, with a tearing pain. He relied on his memory last night and practiced all night.

As a result, the only result was that the vocal cords were swollen, and now I can't even speak a complete sentence.

And I'm so hungry.

He took out his wallet with a bitter face, and there were probably only a few dozen dollars left on him. In the town of Rut, this is half a month's salary, but in Avalon, where prices are high, such a small amount of money may not survive for three or four days, let alone ten days later......

"Do you want to go back to your old job and become a beggar?"

He muttered under his breath, only to feel like fire in his throat: "Avalon can't even find a faucet now?"

Before he could finish speaking, a bottle of milk was placed next to him.

Lao Fei came back leisurely with half a wheat cake in his mouth, and generously gave his score to the younger brother No. 1. Seeing that Lao Fei didn't forget himself when he found something to eat, Ye Qingxuan was moved to tears.

But at this time, where is there time to cry, hurry up and eat first.

A bottle of milk and half a wheat cake were neatly solved, Ye Qingxuan touched his stomach that had been hungry all night, and heard a sound of hunger again.

Still a little hungry......

Old Fei yawned, flicked him by the tail, jumped off the bench and didn't know where to run. After a while, he came out again and placed a new bottle of milk and cereal in front of him.

Stretched out his paw and pushed towards Ye Qingxuan, signaling you to eat quickly, it is not enough.

"Where the hell did you find that?"

Ye Qingxuan picked up Lao Fei and looked up and down, could it be that this thing was hiding a cornucopia behind his back? Lao Fei bit him unhappily, pumped his face with his tail, and jumped off the bench to signal him to come with him.

In the early morning, many shops in the central city have already opened, and the number of pedestrians is gradually increasing. Few people pay attention to this white-haired imp and golden retriever dog walking through the streets.

Along the way, turn left and right, and after passing through two dirty alleys full of garbage, you will come to an alley. This seems to be the back door of a shop.

Lao Fei ran to the bottom of the small cabinet next to the back door, jumped up, opened the cabinet door with his mouth, and proudly turned back to show Ye Qingxuan the milk in the cabinet that had just been delivered by the messenger......

"Hey, it was stolen!"

Ye Qingxuan looked at the cabinet that was about to be stolen by Lao Fei in a daze, and his expression twitched.

Lao Fei screamed twice, very proud.

"Don't scream!"

Ye Qingxuan hurriedly covered his mouth: "Didn't you say don't steal it? We still have some money! What if someone finds out and beats you?"

Before he could finish speaking, a voice came from behind him, causing him to stiffen.

"Oh, it's your dog. ”

A vast shadow covered him.

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In the shadows, Ye Qingxuan turned back with difficulty and fell silent.

The burly man who did not look like a human was looking down at him, and his voice was indifferent: "It's early in the morning, it's been here three or four times." ”

The man looked probably a little old, probably in his forties, with a mottled beard.

But the figure is burly and terrifying. The two pectoral muscles almost burst through the clothes, and the arms were thicker than Ye Qingxuan's thighs. He is nearly two meters tall and almost two meters wide...... It's a monster!

The most intimidating thing was the fire stick in his hand, as if it had just been pulled out of the stove, and the burnt red fire stick was still stained with soot.

Well, at least it looks like enough to kill ten kids, stealing their dogs.

"Well, listen to me. ”

Ye Qingxuan stuffed Lao Fei behind him and squeezed out a dry smile: "What, I'm sorry, this dog owes a little bit, I will pay you the money for milk, don't be like it." ”

The monster man looked at him expressionlessly, twisted his neck slightly, and made a rattling sound that made Ye Qingxuan's face pale when the bone joints rubbed.

Behind Ye Qingxuan, Lao Fei suddenly screamed, causing him to burst into tears:

Old Fei, don't make a mess at this time. Although the loser does not lose the battle, but you see that other people's arms are thicker than my family's waist combined, can't you shut up first......

"The milk was given to it by me. ”

The man said.

"Huh?!"

Ye Qingxuan felt a little confused today.

"Otherwise, where do you think its bread came from?

The old man threw his fire stick aside, squatted down, and beckoned to Lao Fei. So Lao Fei ran out, exhaled and circled him twice, then raised his paw and patted his hand, and when he looked back at Ye Qingxuan, his eyes were full of pride.

In the awkward silence of the mystery, Ye Qingxuan's stomach made a hungry sound.

"Uh......" The boy awkwardly turned his gaze to the side.

The monster man got up, looked at the person and the dog, then nodded slightly, and pushed open the back door:

"I just cooked the soup, come in. ”

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An hour later, in the store.

Ye Qingxuan never thought that on this busy commercial street with every inch of land, he would be able to see a watch shop covering such a huge area.

In the sound of ticking, countless clocks are displayed in the corners. Old-fashioned table clocks up to two meters high, intricate clocks hanging from the walls, pocket watches hanging from the counters...... The clocks covered two-thirds of the store, and the sound of hundreds of hours, minutes and seconds hands lingering in the shop, making it more and more quiet.

Ye Qingxuan grabbed the rag and wiped the window facing the street spotlessly. After taking two steps back, he nodded in satisfaction.

This is not a meal for nothing.

"Uncle, wipe it up. He turned back and reported.

So, behind the front desk, the monster man who buried his face in a thin book and didn't know what to do raised his head.

"You're here for the test?"

He put down the book and looked cold: "How did you get mixed up like this? I can't even raise my own dog." ”

On the mat, Lao Fei raised his head and snorted, which was considered to be peaceful.

"You really look up to me, where I raised it, it was clearly it that raised me. Ye Qingxuan muttered in a low voice.

"What a good dog. ”

The monster man got up, crouched in front of the dozing old man, and carefully combed his messy hair. The burly man did this with a gentle movement. The eyes are no longer numb, with a hint of warmth and amazement:

"Same as the dog I used to have, I had a dream about it last night, I saw it at the back door this morning, and I thought it was back again......"

He was silent, and suddenly asked, "Sell?"

"Not for sale. Ye Qingxuan shook his head without thinking.

"You're in need of money, aren't you?"

"Money can always find a way. Ye Qingxuan laughed a little embarrassedly: "It's really not good, if you do some odd jobs, you can always earn some money and come back." ”

The monster man shook his head, got up and walked in front of Ye Qingxuan, looking down at him. The burly body brings great oppression.

"Hands outstretched. He said.

Ye Qingxuan stretched out his hands, he looked down, grabbed it and sniffed it again, his eyes narrowed like a beast, which made Ye Qingxuan slightly creepy.

"I've never grabbed a knife, I've never had blood, I'm a responsible person. ”

The uncle put down his hand and shook his head coldly: "In Avalon, this kind of person is the most difficult to survive, where do you want to work? People of unknown origin will not be accepted in ordinary stores, even if you are asked to go to the lower city to be a thief, you will not be able to do it." I'm afraid that the people will be gone, and the dogs will be taken away and sold for money. ”

"Ugh. Ye Qingxuan was poked in the middle of the void: "There will always be a way, right?"

"You have calluses left over from copying on your hands, can you read and write?" asked Uncle Monster suddenly.

"Yes. ”

Ye Qingxuan replied honestly: "I know how to write the lingua franca, the Lune script, the Oriental script, the Asgardian system, including the writing of various documents......"

"Then go clean up the attic. ”

"Huh?"

"The last guy was admitted to the hospital by me, and there was a lack of bookkeepers in the store. But there is no salary, just breakfast and dinner. In ten days, you're going to let me go, you know?"

The uncle said coldly: "Also, I don't like trouble, so don't do superfluous things." Still have questions?"

"No, no, no. Just take care of the food!

Ye Qingxuan couldn't help but smirk, rubbing his hands, almost happy.

"Then don't be stupid, come and work. ”

The uncle's expression was still gloomy and cold, but when he said this, he was a little awkward, as if he was embarrassed.

After opening his mouth several times, he finally lifted the thin book in his hand, which was about to be torn, pointed to the cover and said, "You, teach me to read first." ”

"Uh......"

Ye Qingxuan looked at the cover and was dumbfounded.

- Anglo's Fairy Tales.