44. Exposure
The streets of Philorn are not as historically and culturally rich as those of St. Nari, but are simply and crudely named according to the number from the outside to the inside. The farther outwards you go, the more densely populated and cheaper the houses become, and like in other cities, there are a lot of retail stores, which is exactly where Fisher needs to buy their goods.
Fisher's carriage stopped at the end of Second Street, and Fisher glanced at Qiqi, who seemed to be a little nervous with his fists clenched next to him, put his gentleman's hat on his head, and said to her,
"It's here, go ahead, we'll watch you at any time."
"Well... Good! ”
Qiqi rubbed her face and got out of the carriage, holding the gift box half the size of her and walking down the street for the address attached to Angela on the letter, in front of a residential building where she bought fruit, she stood there and hesitated for a long time before she seemed to be sure that this was where the pen pal lived.
"Ann... Angela..."
Not wanting to show her fangs, she whispered into the room above, but after a long wait, there was still no response.
Qi Qi paused in place for a second, then took a deep breath and shouted loudly above,
"Angela!"
"I'm here! Who is it? ”
The voice was finally louder, attracting the attention of the fruit vendors and passers-by around her, but she also received a response from a child's voice upstairs.
Ah, no, my teeth.
Qi Qi immediately blushed and covered her mouth, for fear that others would see that she was different from humans. A head poked out of the window of the room on the second floor, and it was a girl with long brown hair, about the same age as Qiqi, with some freckles on her face, and a big smile on her face, revealing her mouth that was missing one or two teeth.
"Ah, you're... Are you Qiqi?! ”
Angela looked at the red-faced girl in a dress and hat below, and after a second of thinking, she finally exclaimed excitedly,
"Wait, Qiqi, I'll come down right away!"
As she ran back into the room, Angela's screams could be faintly heard from above,
"Mom! I just said that my pen pal is not a liar, not a trafficker, but a girl about my age! I'm going out! I'll be back before dinner! It's around here! ”
With a commotion, there was a "ding-dong" sound in the residential room, and after more than ten seconds, Angela ran out of the door downstairs with her shoes on.
"Qiqi! I finally see you! ”
She jumped up and down and hugged the petite Qiqi, rubbing Qiqi's long silky hair before looking at her happily.
"Ann... Angela, this is my gift to you..."
Qiqi blushed and handed Angela the wrapped gift box in her hand, the skirt behind her was propped up a little by her happy tail, but she quickly pressed it with her hand to prevent it from moving around.
Tail tail, don't move any more, or I'm going to be discovered!
"Ah, thank you Qiqi. But I didn't have any gifts for you..."Angela took Qiqi's gift, touched her head with some distress, and then suddenly smiled and proposed, "Otherwise, how about I invite you to coffee, come with me!" ”
Angela grabbed Qiqi's hand and pulled her to run in the other direction of the street.
There is no music playing on the street near the outer wall, and there is a coffee shop with maids and incense, but it is not really a coffee shop, but more like a simple open-air drink shop. Occasionally, there are many passing workers who buy some alcohol here, and they can also sit here to chat and take a break.
There are no elegant waiters, just a shirtless uncle with a pipe in his mouth, walking around serving drinks to his guests.
"Bert! I've brought a friend here and asked for two cups of café with a glass of milk! ”
"It's rude to call uncle..."The uncle looked at Angela who ran over and pouted, and while asking his wife in the kitchen to make coffee, he saw Qiqi who was dressed like a little princess, "Angela, where did you meet this girl, if you get lost, it's best to call your mother to call the police." ”
"It's not! She's my friend Qiqi, and I'm here to treat her to coffee. ”
Angela stuck out her tongue at Uncle Bert, looking mischievous.
"Well... Find a place to sit and the coffee will be there in a moment. ”
Angela led Qiqi to climb up the high stool, first put the gift on the table, and then looked at Qiqi with her hands,
"Angela, then, have you read the last letter I wrote to you?"
"I've read it! It turns out that Qiqi, do you also like Ms. Lao Fang's poems, I learned a lot of her poems in school, although it is difficult to memorize, but the writing is really good. ”
"I... I had seen a collection of her poems in my father's room before, and my father said that her writing was very gentle, and I felt the same way. ”
"Do you want to imitate her to write poems, I brought a pencil!"
Angela pulled a pencil out of her arms and suggested with a smile.
"Okay!"
Qiqi's eyes lit up, and her legs swayed on the barstool.
Behind her, a well-dressed Fisher led several dragonmen into the open-air drink shop, and the appearance of those dragonmen immediately attracted the attention of the others, and several men with cloudy eyes who drank the wine wanted to say something with disdain, but after seeing the leading gentleman, they didn't say a word.
"What do you want to drink, sir?"
Fisher figured that the dragonmen hadn't drunk anything like coffee, but they probably didn't like the bitter taste too much, so he only ordered himself a cup of coffee and sweet juice for them. The food here was cheap, and six drinks were only twenty euros, so they found a place to sit down, and Fisher was all on Qiqi, who was talking to his partner.
The girl with the foreign hat blushed slightly, and happily discussed with her friends the poetry collection of the classical poets of St. Nari, although the words read by children are simple, and they always make people see a different world, so that many poets who have been famous for a long time have vied to imitate children, but they have never been able to get the true transmission.
The boss quickly served them a drink, and Ral first looked at the juice in the cup curiously, carefully stuck out his tongue and licked it, only to be quickly captured by the sweetness, and drank the cup in his arms.
The bottom of her cup was quickly reached, but she was still not satisfied, so she whimsilyly stared at the drink in the cup next to Kosher and Farsher, and tried to reach out and stealthily grab the cup, but was soon discovered by Farsher, who took the cup into her arms like a warning to stop the nasty ghost from stealing her juice.
"Alright, Ral, you drink mine."
Mill smiled and handed his cup to Ral, who glanced at the juice he hadn't drunk much at all, swallowed it a little, but shook his head and pushed the cup back,
"You better drink it, Ral has already drunk it, this is very delicious, Sister Mill."
She soon spotted the drink that was different from the other in front of Fisher, and she looked at the steaming brown drink for a long time, and then said,
"Fisher... Can Ral taste your drink, just a little bit."
She held her thumb and forefinger at a slight distance, and to prove that she really only drank a little.
"Drink it."
Ral smiled and picked up Fisher's cup, took a sip, and then his face wrinkled again,
"It's so bitter, it's bitter, woo..."
"You idiot!"
The coffee here didn't taste very good, so Fisher didn't drink much, and took out the Femabar Haronting magic book to study magic, and the magic he had improved when he was fighting against Rafael had been able to use it, but it seemed to be overkill, making the original huge magic power a little embarrassing, and it was broken by Rafael.
It seems that further refinements are needed, and Fisher envisions the idea of simulating a human's closed-loop magic ring, so that the power of the magic pry echo continues, which may increase the power.
"Hey, Bert, have a drink!"
“.... Right away. ”
While Fisher was pondering, a bareheaded, cigarette-clipped man walked by the door of the drink shop, the man's messy stubble seemed to have not been trimmed in a long time, hunched over, leaning on the table next to him and looking around.
After looking around the store for a while, he suddenly saw Angela and Qiqi next to him, and his eyes lit up and he walked towards Angela over there.
"Hey, little Angela, is your mom at home?"
Angela, who was still discussing poetry, and Qiqi turned their heads to look at him together, Angela's little face immediately puffed up, and she pointed to the man in front of her and said loudly,
"Barrick! My mom has already said I can't see you, and you don't want to get any money from my mom! ”
"You rude little devil, how many times have you said that you will call my uncle, and if you go with me, you will know if your mother will give me money!"
"Ah, let me go! Barrick! Let me go! ”
The man grabbed Angela's wrist and made her struggle frantically, but she was very young after all, so she was easily picked up by the man. Seeing that his partner was caught, Qi Qi also panicked, stretched out his little hand and pushed the man violently.
"You let go of Angela!"
Werewolves' physical strength bonuses are much higher than those of humans, and this sudden push really pushed the man a step away, Barrick looked at the panting girl sitting on the high stool with a surprised face, and when he saw her delicate dress and small hat, he wiped the corners of his mouth with excitement,
"Yo, when did you know such a rich child, who is from the first street, come and let my uncle take a look."
He reached out to grab the other party's neck, but Qi Qi dodged it all of a sudden, but still grabbed the foreign hat on her head.
The ribbon under the hat was tied in a dead knot, and the hat was pulled off and buckled on the back of Qiqi's head, and the next second, the pair of pointed ears on her head were also exposed.
The eyes of Barrick and Angela, including the spectators next to her, were focused on a pair of pointed ears on the girl's head, Qiqi's face instantly turned pale, and she subconsciously reached out to cover the ears on her head.
"Ahh No... Don't, my ears..."
"Hahaha! Little Angela, you see, it turns out that this is a subhuman mongrel... Who taught you to wear human clothes, is it the human master who beats you every night...."
Before he could finish his words, an iron cane behind him was already clutching his neck, and before he could react, the knee of his left foot was slammed to his knees.
"Who is it... Not! ”
The man behind him grabbed him by the neck and punched him in the face, and the punch didn't leave any hands, but in an instant his nose was sunken and a lot of blood spurted out of it.
In the midst of the stars, he saw Fisher, who was wearing a suit with a blank face.
Fisher grabbed his bald head and lifted the strong man up like a chicken and aimed it at the two girls in front of him,
"Tell me, how old are they?"
"I..."
Before he could reply, Fisher held his head on his knees, and the blow swelled his face, and several teeth fell to the ground with his blood running down his blood.
"How old?"
"I... I don't know..."
Fisher lowered his head and punched again, this time his eyes were completely swollen into light bulbs, not to mention the person in front of him, and he couldn't even see the Venus produced by his brain.
"How old are you?"
"Thirty-two years old.."
Fisher lowered his head and punched again, this time all his other parts softened, and he was carried by Fisher weakly, he looked at Angela next to him and asked,
"Say, how old are you?"
"Seven... Seven years old..."
Angela was frightened by the sight in front of her, and her mouth trembled for a moment.
Fisher bowed his head and said to Barrick, who had been beaten unconscious,
"Do you know how old they are now?"
"Know... Know.."
Fisher slammed a punch into his face again, and when the punch went down, he couldn't even lower his head weakly, and Fisher didn't carry him anymore, he threw him on the ground casually, glancing at the onlookers next to him, and the humans who had been watching Qiqi with ill intentions before withdrew their gazes and drank without saying a word.
But the pale-faced Qi Qi's body trembled, and just now, she had seen the eyes of the people around her, and of course the shocked gaze of Angela beside her.
The next second, she covered her ears with her hands as if she couldn't stand it anymore and ran outside.
"Qiqi!"
Angela's voice behind him faded away, and Qiqi's figure quickly rushed out of the drink shop and headed in the other direction of the street.