Week 3, Day 5.

Ringer stood at the bar, holding a gold-rimmed magic book, glancing at the log table outside.

On the wine table lay a beautiful woman, with a plump upper body and a beautiful face pressed against the small wine table, as if asleep, and her smooth and shiny light brown hair hung down from the edge of the wooden table.

Nilou didn't make it into the break room today, and Ringer was a little surprised.

Except for the first two days when he came, basically after she said hello in the morning, she went into the lounge, and when she came out again, it was time to get off work. Sometimes he or Elise even had to wake her up.

Although she was still dozing off, it was remarkable that she was able to stay in the hall.

"Why didn't Sister Nilou go into the break room today?" He finally asked.

Nilou lay on the table, stretching her arms forward with force, a lazy moan between her mouth and nose.

"There are always two days a month, and I want to work hard." She was still lying on the table, her eyes not open.

It turned out to be a whim.

Ringer shook his head amusedly, his gaze returning to the knowledge in the magic book.

Soon, the sound of wind chimes swaying, and the magic book in Ringer's hand disappeared immediately. He looked at the door, thinking it was white bones, but it was Ah Wen, a water ghost holding a fish in his mouth.

She bit the fish's tail, and the gray fat fish covered with spikes was still swinging, and the two fish eyes were wide and looked dumbfounded. The fish also had a small lantern-like lure on top of its head, glowing green, presumably for predation.

She nodded to Lanya and Diluco standing in the doorway, and then, in her own unique way, crawled into the hall, her wet skirt leaving a trail of water behind her, like a snail crawling through.

She climbed to the bar, bent her hands and feet, and jumped onto the countertop.

"Ah Wen, what are you doing with a fish?" Ringer looked at her and the ugly fat fish in front of her in amazement.

As soon as Ah Wen's mouth opened, the fat fish fell out of her mouth, symbolically bounced twice on the surface of the bar, and did not move again.

"That's what I'm talking about...... That kind of fish...... Ugly, right? ”

Ringer looked at the fish, and the fish seemed to be looking at him as well.

"It's ugly indeed."

"Because I don't have any money, I want to pay with fish...... But, is that possible? They are ugly, but they taste good......"

Ringer looked at Elise, who was usually in charge of the cashier.

"Didn't you want to add a kitchen to your store? If the fish is really delicious, let her provide fresh fish for the store as wine money in the future. ”

Ah Wen nodded hurriedly. "Yes, yes, I'm good at catching fish."

The fish on the bar suddenly flew up and floated in front of Elise.

"Then you can taste it." Ringer Road.

"I don't like to eat fish." Elise slapped the fat fish back in front of Ringer.

Ringer asked the others in the store one by one.

Nilou lay on the table: "Such an ugly fish, eating it may make me ugly too, so I won't eat it." ”

Di Luke shook his head: "I, I'm only a vegetarian. ”

Even Lan Ya disliked the fish and was reluctant to try it.

Ringer reluctantly retracted his gaze, looked at the ugly fish on the bar, and shook his head slightly: "Even if it's an ingredient, it has to be good-looking to be popular." ”

Suddenly, the fishtail flicked violently, and the ugly fish on the bar bounced high, almost hitting the ceiling.

When it falls back again, the head of the fish is down.

Syllable.

The ugly fish's head hit the hard, cold bar, the small green lantern above its head slowly extinguished, but the eyes of the fish were still wide open.

This is probably its final jump.

Bang bang bang.

Ah Wen looked at the ugly fish that was no longer swinging, clapped her hands, and under the messy hair like aquatic plants, there was a surprised little face.

"It's amazing, it's so high."

Ringer was considering whether to try the ugly fish for himself when the wind chimes rang outside the door again.

Silvercat Charles walked gracefully into the store. Charr the Silver Cat, the patron saint of the Forest of Cats.

As soon as she saw it, Lanya's eyes lit up, and she wanted to take it into her arms and suck the hair on its head fiercely.

Charles's green eyes glanced at Lan Ya, and she jumped straight from the door to the bar, almost as if she had flown over.

She landed lightly on the bar, and her eyes lit up when she saw the ugly fish on the bar.

"Isn't this a ghost lantern fish, where did you catch it?" She looked up at Ringer.

"I didn't catch it, it was this guest who caught it."

Charles turned to look at Awen.

"Water ghosts? No wonder. ”

"No wonder you mean?"

"The ghost lantern fish is a very rare fish species, and it is only possible to catch it in waters infested with water ghosts." Charles Road.

"You know how to fish?" Ringer looked at her in surprise.

"Of course." Charles tilted his head and said proudly, "I'm an expert in fishing, there is no fish in the world that I can't catch, I once caught a mermaid of three hundred catties." ”

Ringer looked at her slender cat body, thinking that she probably used her divine power to lift the rod, but is three hundred catties really a mermaid?

"Kitten...... Can I touch you......" At this time, Awen moved to Charles's side, staring at Charles's delicate body, saliva running down her hair, and it seemed that she also liked cats.

But Charr was clearly not going to let a wet water ghost touch her. "Nope."

Ringer looked at the ghost lampfish on the bar and suddenly said to Charles, "Would you like to taste it?" ”

"Okay, although the ghost lantern fish looks ugly, it tastes great."

Charles lowered his head, sniffed at the ghost lanternfish, and licked his nose.

"Nice, still fresh. It must have been alive just now, right? ”

Ringer talked about what happened just now, and after hearing this, Charles smiled and said: "The ghost lantern fish is like this, after they leave the water, because they have difficulty breathing, in order to reduce the pain, they will choose to commit suicide.

Therefore, if you want to eat fresh ghost lantern fish, after catching them, you must put them in a bucket full of water, and only one bucket can be placed, otherwise they will kill each other in order to compete for oxygen in the water. ”

Hearing this, Ringer began to believe that Charles was an expert in fishing.

Charles glanced at the ghost lantern fish beside him.

"According to your description, the fact that it can jump so high before it dies means that the meat is very good. But it's rude to eat like this, so you'd better deal with it first. Give me another glass of the one from last time, Barracuda. ”

Ringer thought in his heart that he was worthy of being the patron saint of the Forest of Cats, that is, he was exquisite.

He smiled and said, "Okay, please wait. ”

Turning to Elise to prepare the materials needed for the barracuda, he took out his silver wand and began to process the ghost lantern fish in front of him.

Under the control of the silver wand, the ghost lanternfish flew into the air again, but this time it did not fall again.

Precise and subtle wind blades are cut, heads are cut, scales are removed, and the excess is sent to the garbage can, and the thin slices of fish are neatly placed on the plate.

Ringer looked at the fillets on the plate, a little surprised.

I didn't expect it to be ugly on the outside, but the meat on the inside was white and tender, which looked very attractive.

If you only look at this snow-white fish fillet, you can never imagine how ugly this fish was when it was born.

Elise prepared the ingredients for the pike, including pineapple juice and lime juice, and he dropped some on the fillet, then expertly concocted a glass of pike and placed the wine in front of Charles.

Generally speaking, it is not advisable to drink alcohol while eating sashimi, but Shire, who is a cat and the patron saint of the Forest of Cats, certainly has no such concerns.

Charles jumped off the bar and became the same silver-haired girl as she had last time, but this time she had an extra green skirt.

Turning into a human form is to drink better.

She ate a slice of fish, took a sip of wine, and narrowed her eyes pleasantly, an expression of enjoyment on her face.

Lan Ya stared at the fish fillets on the plate, drooling underneath, and said that she had miscalculated. Next time Ah Wen brings the ghost lamp fish again, she must taste it.

Ah Wen approached Charles again and said, "I can catch this fish for you to eat every day...... As long as you let me touch it......"

Charles opened his beautiful eyes, two thin lips and one lip, and said in a lengthened tone, "No—okay." ”

As a god among cats, how can he let others touch the noble god body for a few fish.

Ah Wen had to turn her head in disappointment and said to Ringer:

"Mr. Ringer...... Now you believe that this fish is really delicious, about the ...... just said."

Ringer smiled: "Of course it works, in the future, you will supply the ghost lantern fish to the store as the wine money in the store." ”

"Great, bring me a glass of wine like the cat."

"My name is Charles." Charles put down his glass and said his name.

"Okay, Charles, I'm Awen."

As Ringer was preparing his second cup of barracuda, he suddenly remembered that the last time Charles came, he had also shown the ability to see through the mind.

The way she was now was conjured up according to the imagination in his mind at that time.

So he asked:

"Charles, in the face of people with thinking and insight, how can you avoid being seen through what you think."

Charles held the wine glass, his gaze swept over Ringer's face, and the corners of his mouth hooked.

"Why, what are you afraid of me seeing?"

Ringer shook his head: "Actually, I recently met another person, she also has the ability to think and perceive, but I don't want her to see through my thoughts, is there a way?" ”

"Yes, such as cultivating the Soul Secret Method."

"Soul Secret Method?"

"Yes, but there are good and bad soul secret methods, in front of souls that are far more powerful than themselves, if it is just an ordinary secret method, the effect is also limited. Of course, this is only one of the methods, there are many treasures, and there are also the effect of blocking the soul from probing. Compared with slowly cultivating the Soul Secret Method, the effect of the Soul Treasure is more direct and fast. ”

"Thank you." Ringer first heard about the secret method of the soul, and decided to take the time to check the library of the Wizards' Guild in Castalon to find out if there were any books on it.

Even if you can only find an ordinary secret method and add a pair of pants to the soul, it is stronger than running naked.

Charles glanced at him, took a sip of wine, and smiled:

"The Soul Secret Method is a very rare method, even if it is an ordinary secret method, it is not something that can be found casually. For the sake of this wine, I'll help you. ”

Ringer looked at Charles curiously, only to see that she tore off a silver strand of hair, and then wrapped it around her right index finger, and after wrapping it, she held her right index finger with her left hand, stroked it back and forth twice, and then separated.

At this point, the strand of hair wrapped around her right index finger was gone.

Charles made a fist in his left hand, as if he was holding something.

She reached out in front of Ringer, flipped her wrist so that the center of the fist was up, and slowly spread her palm.

In the palm of her hand, there was a silver ring, and the shape of the ring was like a silver cat holding its tail.

"This is for you, wear it on your hand, and you won't be seen through by others."

Ringer took the ring from her palm and placed it under the lamp to observe.

"Including you?"

"What are you thinking, this is something on me, do you think it will have an effect on me?"

Ringer thought about it for a while, and didn't think about it anymore, as long as the ring could keep Gorollet at bay.

"Normally, I don't care what other people are thinking, so you can rest assured." Charles smiled and took a sip of his wine, comforting Ringer.

"Thank you."

Ringer wore the ring and didn't feel anything special.

He turned his head and asked Lan Ya, "Lan Ya, can you still see my soul state?" ”

Lanya also has the ability to see through souls, of course, not to the level of Gololit and Charles, and can only simply distinguish the state of the soul, such as whether it is pure or not, whether it is malicious or not.

Lanya shook her head: "I can't see it." ”

It worked, and Ringer thanked Charles again.

Charles gladly accepted his thanks and looked at the raffle wheel on the wall, along with the instructions posted next to it.

"When was this plate added?"

"The second day of your first visit to Emerald." Ringer Road.

"yes, that's not a coincidence."

"Would you like to try it?"

"No, I'm sure I'm going to be the grand prize." "Huh? What do you mean by that expression, don't you believe me? Well, then let you see my luck. ”

Charles took the last sip of his glass, jumped lightly from his high chair, and walked to the wall.

"Wow, it's a sun worm arrow, it's so extravagant."

After a word of admiration, she reached out and gently flicked the wooden turntable.

Ringer looked at the medal plate and muttered to Charles who had turned back to him with a confident smile.

Is it really a grand prize, as she said?

The prize plate slowly stopped rotating, and the arrow of the golden sun worm pointed to the golden area, and it was indeed the grand prize.

"How?" Charles grinned and returned to the bar.

"How do you know? Can you still see the future? ”

"I wish I had that ability, too," Charles touched his chin and blinked, as if thinking of someone, "but alas, I'm just lucky, and I know it." ”

Ringer remembered the thief last time, and she was very confident in turning the trophy and winning the grand prize. But she hadn't been to the store for several days since she asked.

"Well, what do you want us to do for you?"

"Just give me another glass of wine."

"That's it?" Ringer didn't expect her request to be so simple.

Charles wrinkled his small nose and smiled, "I don't need you to do anything for me, it's just that your suspicion of me just now made me very unhappy." ”

So Ringer made her another cup of pike.

After drinking, Ah Wen jumped off the bar, climbed onto the wine table in front of the TV, and watched the TV show.

Ringer looked at the empty chairs around the table and thought of the bones.

Normally, at this time, he would have been there for a long time.

But since he left the battlefield the day before yesterday, he hasn't been in the store all day yesterday, is it because he has absorbed too many souls?

So he asked Lanya, "How is the white bone now?" ”

"It's still evolving, do you want me to summon it?" Lan Ya looked excited, she was quite looking forward to the strength of the white bone after evolution.

The stronger the white bones, the stronger she will be as a necromancer, and she will be able to provide effective combat power in future squad activities.