Chapter 29: New Year's Eve
December 31, 1348.
"Daddy! Come and help! ”
Leonard struggled to carry a large box of old things to throw away.
Fluse was cleaning the room, dust flying happily in the air, dancing in the sunlight shining in through the open windows.
Sissel, on the other hand, was lazy, sitting leisurely on the sofa, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, quietly reading the newspaper.
"Daddy!"
Leonard put down what he was holding, rolled his eyes, and went over to drag Sissel to work.
"Okay, wait, wait, wait." Sissel folded the newspaper and put it down, then began to organize the contents of the room as well.
Foxie, who was beginning to wipe the window pane, suddenly turned her head, looked at Sissel, and asked:
"Sir, today is the last day of the year, what do you think?"
Sissel smiled and teased, "Thoughts? Does forced labor count as ......"
"Daddy! Seriously! Leonard shouted in dissatisfaction that he had done the most and was the most tired of all the people present.
"Good, good."
Sissel took a picture frame of Nanmu on the cabinet, which was yellowed, showing the young Sissel wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and the little Leonard, who was being held by him and looking at the camera with sleepy eyes.
"More than ten years...... It's fleeting. He sighed and put the frame away.
Sissel looked at another frame next to the old one, one framed with purple gems.
Inside the frame is a brand-new photograph of Sissell with an eternal smile, Leonard with a wicked smile on his shoulder, and Foxie, who is at a loss for what to do and slightly flushed.
Sissel's eyebrows curled, he smiled slightly, and muttered, "This is the ...... Future. ”
He put the frame back next to the old one, one new and one old, full of traces of time.
"Alright," Sissel clapped his hands and motioned for Leonard and Foxie to look over, "we're pretty much done cleaning, so ...... next"
"Go shopping!"
Leonard excitedly threw down the book in his hand, and then unfortunately got hit in the foot, screaming.
Fluffie didn't have a big reaction, she just gently put down the rag, went to wash her hands again, and said with a smile:
"And sir, when are we leaving?"
"Now." Sissel took out his bulging wallet and showed it to the two of them, "I'll bear all your expenses today." ”
"Huh? Dad, you haven't found a new job yet, why are you so spending? ”
Leonard was a little worried that Sissel's recklessness would bring the family down, but Fusse didn't feel much because she didn't think it was possible for a being like Sissel to be short of money.
Sissel had quit his job at Hoy University because he couldn't be a qualified teacher anymore if he had to run an entire church.
Besides, he has money anyway, doesn't he? It's just that Leonard doesn't know.
"It's okay, Leonard." Sissel straightened his clothes and took out the scarf Leonard had given him earlier, "You have to believe that we are not so poor that we can't even walk the streets. ”
……
In the largest clothing store in the city of Tingen, Leonard suffers from his childhood pain.
"Old ...... Daddy, you ......"
Leonard covered his already red face with one hand and the hem of the dress he was wearing with the other to prevent it from dragging to the ground.
"Hahahahahaha Do you have to wear women's clothes? ”
Parles kept adding fuel to his head, which made Leonard jump and gritted his teeth:
"Old man, you ...... You ......"
Sissel couldn't help it, his eyes wandered, and he covered his mouth and snorted.
"Daddy!" Leonard's mouth twitched, and he sighed helplessly and looked at Foxie, "Forget it...... Flosis, you're ......"
Flusie's face was serious, but the moment Leonard turned his head to come, she couldn't hold it back.
"Hahahahahahaha
Fluse had even used the ability of the "Silencer" to greatly reduce the sound she produced, but her mermaid's voice was still very penetrating, and the voice was so loud that the customers next door looked at it.
Leonard's head was full of black lines, he didn't want to talk anymore, he just wanted to get out of this place of right and wrong quickly.
"Alright, alright, Leonard, it's just women's clothes......"
Before Sissel could finish his sentence, he received a glare from Leonard, and he quickly swallowed the next words into his stomach.
He reorganized his language before he pretended to be calm:
"Since you don't like Leonard, take it off."
But in fact, the disappointment on his face could not be concealed. Moreover, he is also the culprit for forcing Leonard to wear women's clothing.
"Hmph." Leonard snorted coldly and walked back to the changing room.
After a while, Leonard changed back into a delicate and expensive suit, which Sissel had just bought for him.
Seeing that Flcy was doing nothing, Sissel asked:
"Flusie, aren't you going to try it?"
"Huh?" Foxie was stunned for a moment, then quickly shook her head, "Forget it, sir, I already have clothes." ”
"Oh, it's okay, anyway, I'll bear today's expenses, and you don't want to let yourself suffer."
"Ah, no, no, sir, you have been very kind to me on weekdays, how can I ......"
Eventually, however, Fluse was persuaded by Sissel and nervously changed into a pale blue dress with a hint of gold at the hem.
"First, sir, how's it going?" Foxie asked shyly.
It was the first time she had worn such expensive clothes, so she was very nervous and afraid of making a fool of herself or breaking her clothes.
"Oh my God, it's horrible to weigh a whole 16 pounds for such a tiny piece of clothing...... Although it's really beautiful......"
Foxie thought in her heart, and Sissel, who could hear her heart, couldn't help laughing, and said:
"Okay, then Fusse, do you want to dress up and walk now, or do you want to wrap up and take it away?"
"Huh?" Fluffie blushed and hurriedly waved her hand, "No, no, sir, it's too expensive......"
"Oops, it's okay!" Leonard walked over with a big bag of clothes, "Daddy asked you to buy it, and it was considered an employee benefit." ”
"This ......"
Sissel smiled and paid, unfurled the barrier to shield the people around him, and said to Foxie:
"Flosis, you know, extraordinary people come with money quickly, so it's nothing to me."
"It seems that you still don't know much about the trade between the extraordinary, so let me tell you about it."
"Generally speaking, the extraordinary characteristics of a sequence 9 are worth hundreds of pounds, and the higher sequences 8 and 7 are nearly a thousand pounds, and no matter how high they are, they may not even be able to be bought with money."
"Looks like it's hard to make money, right? But in reality, any Sequence 7 pirate at sea is worth thousands of pounds, and those Extraordinary Most Wanted are worth a lot of money......"
Fluffie looked suddenly enlightened and said:
"Oh! I get it! Sir, do you mean that I will be rich now after I go to sea to hunt down a few Sequence 9 Extraordinaires? ”
Sissel chuckled, shook his head, and said in a serious tone:
"Not really, Foxie. As for the term 'extraordinary trait', many extraordinary beings do not know until they die, and they have always believed that the ascension of the sequence requires the use of potions. ”
"Oh yes, there's also the concept of 'acting', which is even less known, and most of the official extraordinary people don't know it. Therefore, you must not transfer this method to others at will, so as not to get killed. ”
Hearing this, Foxie felt inexplicably afraid, she blinked her eyes and nodded vigorously.