The room was filled with clanking noises. After five consecutive sounds of heavy objects colliding, it finally quietened down.
I felt Mercury Lamp in my arms move her body. Her soft little body forcefully popped out her little head from underneath. "Stupid human! Why did you suddenly hug me! "
His voice was filled with 70% anger and 30% happiness. It seemed that his subconscious action just now had successfully exchanged for a lot of goodwill. If it was in the past, if he had given her a bear hug without her consent, this little girl would have pierced through his carotid artery with steel teeth long ago.
"Tsk — — You guys really want to kill me." I awkwardly let go of the soft little body under my arms. As a result, when I raised my hand, I felt a twitch on my back. Although I wasn't injured, the corners of the rose girls' boxes were really hard. If it was a normal person who suffered such a beating, they would probably have died by now. "Especially you! Jade Star Stone! Do you even aim for the tailbone?! Don't play dumb. I already put a label on your boxes! "
"Anyway, Mercury Lamp said that you can't be smashed to death!"
The puppet girl with red and green eyes gave up on her disguise and said confidently after pushing away her box.
The culprit beside her immediately burrowed into the blanket. "I'm going to sleep!"
I suddenly felt that I might have taught her too much. Look at the chairman, how did she become such a troublesome little girl?
I waved my hand to let the group of girls who didn't sleep in the middle of the night place their respective boxes and charging sockets in the corner. I solemnly looked at the little heads around me. Beside me, Mercury Lamp was still burrowed into my blanket. Only the upper half of her face was exposed. She looked at me arrogantly.
"Speak. What's the matter? Why aren't you sleeping in the middle of the night? Even Zhen Hong is here to join in the fun. You guys must have something, right?"
As expected, as soon as I finished speaking, the little heads all turned around and lowered their heads awkwardly. Mercury Lamp continued to burrow into the blanket, indicating that she was already asleep.
"Cough cough, actually … Sister Mercury Lamp has something, but she's too embarrassed to say it."
After a long time, seeing that everyone remained silent, Cang Xingshi, the only conscientious person among the rose girls, finally decided to speak up. The troubled puppet girl looked at the bulge in the blanket. "She has something to give you."
"Huh?" I blinked in confusion and reached out to pull the mercury lamp out from under the blanket. At that moment, everyone heard a "kacha" sound. I continued to pull it out without batting an eyelid. The latter bit my hand and was dragged out. This move was definitely learned from Dingdang!
Looking at how the usually mature and steady Mercury Lamp, who even had the demeanor of an older sister and a queen, had unknowingly done something so outrageous, I could tell something was amiss. Tonight, Little Lamp seemed to be particularly lively and in a good mood. Not only was she leading her younger sisters in mischief, she had also uncharacteristically taken the initiative to act coquettishly in front of me (albeit in a rather unique manner). This was definitely not her usual arrogant personality. Based on his experience with Mercury Lamp, there was only one explanation for her abnormal behavior: she was very nervous and excited, and as a result, she lost control of her behavior.
That's right, this experience was another victory for the healer.
"Girl, do you have something for me?"
I lightly swung my hand and watched as the mercury lamp swayed twice in the air along with my movements. The other Rose girls were looking at this strong older sister of theirs with horrified expressions as they tried to act cute. I asked in amusement.
This girl, she didn't even know what she was doing. As I adjusted … cough, educated her, she became more and more childish?
"Pfft …" The puppet girl finally realized that she could not open her mouth to speak, so she finally let go. She then deliberately turned her head away with an air of arrogance. "Hmph, I just found something interesting when I was shopping, so I bought it … to broaden your horizons! You're usually the one buying me gifts, so today we're even! "
Alright, alright, she switched to tsundere mode again. Mercury Lamp, why are you going berserk tonight … What?! Gift!?
Halfway through my exclamation, I finally realized what Mercury Lamp meant. This arrogant puppet girl actually bought me a gift today?
After confirming this news, I fell into a deep shock. Then, I reached out and pinched Jade Star's little face.
"Wah! It hurts! "The little puppet girl immediately shouted.
"Alright, I'm not dreaming. Girl, you bought me a gift?" With an overjoyed expression, I ignored Jade Star's punches and kicks that were no different from a massage. I held onto Mercury Lamp's arm and lifted her in front of me like I would lift a child. My heart was filled with surprise — — I have to say, my daughter has grown up and become more sensible.
"Put me down! Put me down! You idiot! Idiot! Idiot! "
The silver-haired Goth girl, who had always been very resistant to being "lifted up high," immediately protested loudly while twisting her body. Her missing canine teeth glinted coldly under the moonlight. But to be honest, apart from giving off the impression of "Wow, this girl is so cute", her protest wasn't threatening at all.
Zhen Hong and the others were all dumbfounded. As a generation that had grown up under Mercury Lamp's shadow, these little puppets had never seen Mercury Lamp, who was always cold and broken down, reveal such a side. Although they had seen many of Mercury Lamp's earth-shattering changes in the past few days, the truly unbelievable behavior was when she was with a certain leader.
The father-daughter pair was having a great time. After fooling around for a while, I finally put the puppet girl down. I looked hopefully into her large purple eyes and asked, "What is it? Take it out and let me see it."
Mercury Lamp was obviously a little embarrassed, but after the earlier fooling around, she only glared at me before jumping onto the ground. She started rummaging through her large box that was about to be transformed into a multi-purpose mobile sea-view room by her "parents". There was even a spatial storage device installed in it recently.
"This is it! Please accept it respectfully with utmost gratitude! "
The puppet girl said proudly as she raised a one-foot square box wrapped in wrapping paper to me.
Even though the other party's tone wasn't polite, I was still pleasantly surprised and excited as I accepted this box of extraordinary significance. It could even be said that this box was unprecedented in history. The box was about a foot long, and it was wrapped in beautiful colored cellophane. Although the colors were bright, the slanted ribbons on it were obviously the work of a pair of clumsy hands that weren't very skilled. The rosette girl's hands were far too small. Not only was it difficult for her to learn how to write, it was also difficult for her to even carry a package.
After spending a lot of effort, I was finally able to untie the knot on Mercury Lamp's knots without damaging the packaging. I silently looked at the … other box inside the box.
Alright, I got it. I'll reread what I just said one more time.
After spending a lot of effort to untie the knot on the slightly smaller box, I started to feel sad about the third box.
Alright, in order to live up to the circle of bright eyes, I continued to work hard.
The fourth box, which made one's balls explode, appeared before their eyes.
"Hmph, continue to unwrap it. It's in the innermost part!" Mercury Lamp didn't know how many boxes she had opened, but she noticed that I had stopped what I was doing. She immediately rolled her eyes at me and coldly snorted, "If it's too small, it won't look good without a few layers of packaging!"
I silently thought about it and decided to tell her the details. "This is the last box. Look — it's empty."
Mercury Lamp was speechless.
"Girl, actually … you forgot to put something inside."
I looked up at the ceiling and silently shed two streams of tears.
"Eh … Impossible! You idiot, you must have made a mistake. You must have broken it! "
Little Lamp was stunned for a while. Suddenly, her face turned red and she let out a panicked scream. Then, she fell on the bed and rummaged through the messy wrapping paper and boxes. "No … No … Still nothing! Stupid human! Where the hell did you hide it?! "
Before I could explain, Daisy's voice suddenly sounded. "It's in the box! You really forgot to put it in! "
I looked towards the direction of the voice. Sure enough, Daisy had slipped to the front of Mercury Lamp's box and took out something that should have been in the box.
"Damn … Damn it! It took me so much effort to make up my mind … Stupid human! Hurry up and make yourself lose your memory. I want to repackage it! "
Give me a more reliable suggestion, stupid girl!
I had never seen Mercury Lamp make such a mistake before. I suddenly felt like I was killed by her cuteness. However, now was definitely not the time to be entangled in this topic. Mercury Lamp was in danger, so I had to be careful when I teased her. If I teased the rose maiden too much, it would lead to an attack on her arteries.
"Let me see what this is."
In spite of the strenuous efforts of a certain puppet, who had been in a constant state since the evening, I took the present from the obedient Squidberry, which in theory should have been wrapped in thousands of wrappings, but in fact had been left out by its clumsy owner.
It turned out to be a small and exquisite … compass?
Astonished, I looked at the object in my hand that was the size of a pocket watch. This intricate copper gadget looked no different from a compass. It had a brass spring cover and a crystal shell below it. The cover was engraved with intricate patterns. The patterns formed a few symbols, indicating that this was an alchemy product. However, when I carefully looked at the needle under the crystal shell, I suddenly discovered that it was pointing at the northwest corner …
After going back and forth several times, this unlucky thing still firmly pointed at the northwest corner.
"Haha, do you think this is a compass?"
Mercury Lamp laughed proudly. It seemed that she was very happy that the leader of a super civilized Empire had been fooled by an alchemy gadget. Then, she ran two steps on the bed and came to the other side of me. "Now look!"
I looked down and saw that the 'compass' had changed directions. It was now pointing at the northeast corner, where Mercury Lamp was.
Mercury Lamp jumped around on the bed, and the strange alchemy compass in my hand also changed directions. In the end, I had to stop the rosette girl who was having fun. "Okay, okay! If you keep jumping around, I will vomit. You will vomit even if I don't! "
This was a historical moment. From now on, this wonderful gadget in my hand was officially named the Compass: Only for Mercury Lamp.
"Where did you get this?"
I curiously spun the gadget in my hand and looked at the needle pointing at Mercury Lamp's direction. I asked curiously.
"An alchemist who set up a stall in the night market." Mercury Lamp climbed up my arm to her special seat. "He has an unlucky face, but I didn't expect him to have such a good thing."
"By the way, why did he research this thing?"
I said absent-mindedly as I fiddled with the little gift from Mercury Lamp.
"That alchemist claimed to be the inventor of 'Magic Engineering'. He specialized in using alchemy to create new mechanical devices. He invented this thing to find treasures, but there is a problem that has been bothering the inventor. In order for the compass to work, you must first find the treasure, then 'record' the location of the treasure on the compass. Also, this recording is a one-time use …"
I think I understand why a high-class intellectual like her would come to the Shadow City to set up a stall.
"Actually, we bought a lot of things." Jadestone's interest was also piqued. She ran back to her chest and started taking out items, as if she was going to hold a treasure inspection convention tonight. In the end, under the combined efforts of a group of young rose maidens, my bed was filled with all sorts of strange alchemy trinkets.
"A solar lamp that needs light to shine, an alarm clock that requires the user to manually press a button to make a sound, a water-saving laundry bucket that can clean clothes without water — — but requires two liters of the priceless magic water to use. There is a magical 'Satiety' magic potion that will immediately make you feel full after eating it, but the side effect is severe diarrhea and vomiting after five minutes. There is an alchemy platform that can charge normal glass and turn it into a magic crystal storage device. Yep, it can consume the energy of two magic crystals at the same time. The most interesting thing is an alchemy platform that can print words. The way to use it is like this: Place a blank piece of paper on the left side of the platform, then use a mithril pen that weighs one kilogram to write on the right side, and the platform will automatically transfer the words to the blank piece of paper on the left side …"
Pointing at the pile of strange gadgets on the bed, Zhen Hong introduced them to me one by one without batting an eyelid.
"That alchemist is a talent."
I nodded, sweating profusely.
"He is indeed a talent. It is said that he used different names to deplete the national treasuries of three kingdoms. It was only when he started to deplete the fourth that he was discovered. From that day onwards, that alchemist was known as the Divine Weapon of Destruction."
Before Zhen Hong could finish her sentence, Canary continued, "But that alchemist wasn't executed. He is now a strategic weapon. The king who successfully captured this alchemist announced to the entire continent that whoever dared to invade his country would be sent to the country of 'Deception Alchemist'. It is said that the king also promised that unless there was an invasion, he wouldn't use the alchemist first …"
'Alright, Nameless Alchemist XXX, you can be considered a winner in life after reaching this stage.'
Under the moonlight, I looked at the pile of inventions in front of me. Any one of them could carry the blood and tears of an entire kingdom. I sighed silently for a long time. Even such a weirdo has the courage to live. Why do I have to be so angry when I'm only carrying the burden of saving the world?
At this moment, Mercury Lamp suddenly knocked my head. Because I had successfully delivered the gift, the little doll had regained her usual calmness and arrogance. But when she spoke, her voice seemed to be a little nervous, "Hey, stupid human, you still haven't thanked me!"
I understood immediately: A certain tsundere chairman was asking for praise and evaluation.
"Thank you."
With a very serious tone, I put the "treasure seeking tool" in my hand back into my portable space and put the mercury lamp in front of me from my shoulder. I said seriously.
"Ah! Why are you suddenly so serious? So mushy! "
"Cough, cough, it's rare for me to be serious for a moment." I coughed awkwardly and placed the little doll girl in front of my chest. I rubbed her head, "I really like this gift, okay?"
"Pfft, you're just an idiot. Do you really think anyone expects your evaluation?" Quicksilver Lamp said arrogantly as he dodged my large hand with a shake of his head.
"Fine, fine, fine. I'm an idiot, so can you explain to me why this compass has recorded your information?" I suddenly thought of something and asked: The compass that Mercury Lamp gave me only has the ability to record the 'treasure-seeking point' once. But this girl used it to record her information. What is the meaning of this? Is it to never abandon me?
"I just tested it when I bought it." Mercury Lamp turned her head and muttered. Then, she flew to the corner of the wall and entered her mobile box. "I want to sleep! You're not allowed to roll on the bed! You're not allowed to have any worries, understand? "
"Yes, yes, yes — —"
I replied perfunctorily as if I was dealing with a naughty daughter. In the end, she scolded me angrily, "Idiot! You only need to say 'yes' once! "
* Peng! * The box was slammed shut, leaving me and a bunch of rose girls staring at each other.
"You're such a magical person."
After a long silence, Zhen Hong only left this evaluation.
"And a perverted one."
Jade Star Stone put one hand on her waist and pointed at my nose with the other. She leaned her upper body over and said seriously, "But, you're not a bad human."
I was a little confused after being evaluated in such a strange way. But fortunately, the other dolls were obedient. Jade Star Stone, Canary, and Young Berry said good night to me, then packed up the treasures they bought and returned to their boxes to sleep. I was left with a silly smile on my face and was secretly happy in the dark.
A gift, a gift from the mercury lamp. Although that idiotic lass used an even more idiotic method to resolve her nervousness tonight, I have truly received her kind intentions.
In every sense, my … education plan was a great success.
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