The little dwarf sat on a pile of treasures. It held one in its arms and wore one on its head. When it got tired, it lay on the cart and fell asleep peacefully.
In the birdcage.
The red fairy sat on a cushion, one eye socket looking red.
It murmured, "Will we also be treated as experimental subjects, thrown into the frying pan?"
"Lolo, if someone comes later, I'll stop them, you must find a chance to escape."
Hearing its companion's words, the red fairy was about to cry again.
It choked, "Let's go together..."
Ding ding ding—
The sound of the train coming to a stop could be heard.
On the long, winding track, a green vintage train gradually came to a halt.
Thinking about the previous legend of the underground city, the two red fairies turned pale.
They nervously stared at the train doors.
Many of their companions had gone missing in the past, most of whom were never found. Occasionally, those who returned were already mentally unstable, hiding in dark corners all day and refusing to come out.
The underground city was the place the red fairies least wanted to go.
However, recently, due to the lack of stewards, many red fairies sneaked in.
Until the establishment of the little restaurant, they could not control themselves from coming to steal food…
The door opened.
A sticky, green creature emerged.
It had a gift bag on its head and immediately saw the small truck parked at the restaurant's entrance.
Yuxiaoxiao also came out.
A red fairy stood up and shielded her companion.
It was also very scared.
But it still snarled at the approaching girl.
"Master steward, you're back!"
The dwarf happily stood up. "This is the treasure we found today. Please take a look!"
"You've worked hard," Yuxiaoxiao said.
The slime also climbed onto the small truck, sitting with the dwarf and counting the items above.
Yuxiaoxiao arrived at the restaurant's entrance.
When she saw the birdcage hung on the door, she suddenly stopped in her tracks.
"..."
"..."
The two tiny creatures stared at her with big eyes, one of them hiding behind, looking timid with red eyes, as if she had just been crying.
Their appearance was extremely cute, elf-like, with transparent red wings fluttering. It would definitely feel wonderful to hold them in the palm of your hand.
She remembered their faces after seeing them only once.
She asked in confusion, "How did you end up here?"
And they were even locked in a cage.
The male red fairy gritted his teeth, "It's not you who imprisoned us! It's that despicable masked guy. He injured his own tail and couldn't stand to see the two of us with wings!"
"..."
Was there any connection between the tail and wings?
Yuxiaoxiao took the cage down, thinking that Ace "complied" with their agreement, but his method was a bit rough.
She whispered, "I'm sorry to have scared you."
The girl pushed open the restaurant door.
"Turn on the lights," she shouted.
The restaurant was equipped with a system, and all these things in the underground city would be "tasked" under her command.
She placed the birdcage on the bar, opened the cage door, and said:
"Ace's ways may be a bit forceful, but he himself has no malice."
"There are also two pieces of fresh cream cake in the cupboard, you can take them as compensation from our little restaurant, okay?"
"Of course, if you both are willing to come in the future, I'll have a small cake for you every day."
The two red fairies stared blankly at the girl in front of them.
She had just returned from outside, with a slight redness on her cheeks and nose, but her eyes were very black and bright.
The girl's scent was very pleasant.
It was the kind of fragrance that you get after just soaking in a spring, with a faint, refreshing scent.
The two of them looked at each other.
During the time they were captured, they had thought about various miserable fates, but for some reason, all the despair disappeared in that instant when they saw the girl.
She was so beautiful.
—Very beautiful.
Even in the recognition of the Crimson Fairy, the girl's features, although different from other S-class humans on the planet As, are more attractive than all of them.
The "appearance" that S-class humans strive so hard for is quite common on the ancient planet. But even on the ancient planet, her appearance must surpass that of most people.
Yu Xiaoxiao had no idea what the two little fairies were thinking.
Seeing them not speaking, she couldn’t help but speak: "Or, can I prepare other food for you?"
"I remember the book records, the Crimson Fairy tribe prefers sweet food."
"How about mango pudding?"
"Cheesecake?"
"Oreo ice cream?"
The Crimson Fairy named Luo Luo swallowed, quietly revealing half of its head, and asked, "Do you really need no reward?"
Yu Xiaoxiao smiled, "Well, no need. I will tell As that the desserts will be saved every day."
"The As you mentioned, is that person with the clown mask?"
"Yes, it's him."
Luo Luo's little wings trembled, and it hid behind its companion again.
Perhaps because it was a male Crimson Fairy, Zhou Zhou was obviously much bolder than Luo Luo.
It didn't say anything.
Holding Luo Luo's hand, they flew out of the birdcage.
The two Crimson Fairies flew away from the gate, and Yu Xiaoxiao watched them leave. For some reason, she always felt that they would come back in the future.
"Xiaoxiao, all the treasures have been counted!" the slime said.
"Then please help to send them to the treasure storage."
Yu Xiaoxiao walked to the entrance of the small restaurant and said, "I've stored the ice cream in the freezer, help yourself if you want."
"Okay!"
Just mentioning the ice cream filled it with energy.
It and the gray dwarf went to the treasure storage together.
Yu Xiaoxiao cleaned the wall cabinet and took out a portion of ice cream, then went upstairs.
Upstairs was also full of tables and chairs, simple and generous. There was an inconspicuous ladder in a position closer to the inside, leading to the entrance of the attic at the top.
She stood below and shouted, "As, I'm back."
- As, I'm back.
The person in the attic could hear it clearly.
He had known that the girl had returned since the train entered the station.
He said nothing.
Yu Xiaoxiao knew he was listening. She held the ice cream in one hand and the wooden ladder in the other and took two steps up.
"Thank you for helping me leave the Crimson Fairy, this is a gift for you."
She waited for a long time.
The girl's arms were a bit sore, and she thought, did As go back to his palace?
But it was not the weekend today.
The attic door creaked open.
Yu Xiaoxiao saw a face with a clown mask. He was sitting there looking down. If she had seen it a few times before, she might have fallen down already.
The girl composed herself.
She said, "It's really delicious."
The two were in different heights, one standing on the ladder. She felt her neck was a little sore, and just as she was about to lower her head, she heard the man speak.
"I left the person for you."
"Um, yes."
"......"
"......"
A moment of silence.
Yu Xiaoxiao took a deep breath and continued to climb up, but because she was holding onto the ladder with only one hand, her speed was slow.
The young man sat at the entrance.
One foot drooped down, and he kept looking down at the girl below, not knowing what he was thinking.
It was just the clown mask, with bright red lips and a smile that reached the ears.
Yu Xiaoxiao finally managed to come up.
She placed the small box in her hand into the young man's arms, breathing a sigh of relief.
Wiping the sweat from her forehead with her sleeve, she murmured, "I thought I was going to fall--"
However, before she could finish speaking, the ladder beneath her suddenly began to shake.
A look of astonishment flashed in the girl's eyes.
Her body leaned downwards, instinctively reaching out to grab the hem of the young man's clothes.
Her whole body tilted backwards--
Just when Yu Xiaoxiao thought she was going to fall, she felt her wrist being pulled by someone. The young man pulled her body up.
He hadn't exerted much force at all.
Because Yu Xiaoxiao could feel her body being supported by an unseen force.
Before she could react, she was already on the attic.
The ladder fell down.
She gently touched her chest, still feeling nervous, and said, "Why did it suddenly shake? An earthquake?"
Would there be earthquakes on the planet of As?
If it was an earthquake, then from just now until now, there hasn't been any shaking at all.
The ladder seemed to have inexplicably collapsed.
At this time, the person sitting next to her spoke, "I did it."
Yu Xiaoxiao: "..."
"Lord Lord, how old are you this year?" Yu Xiaoxiao muttered.
The other person didn't sense the meaning in her words, but instead answered seriously, "Twenty years old."
"..."
People always say that the third prince has a peculiar temperament and is unpredictable.
But Yu Xiaoxiao was no longer as afraid of him as before.
She opened the delicate gift box and took out the strawberry ice cream inside, saying, "I brought this specifically for you."
When leaving the tavern, she got two. One for Slime and one for As.
The man sat still.
The ice cream was almost melted.
He repeated, "I left someone for you."
It was in the most conspicuous place, hadn't she already seen it?
Yu Xiaoxiao lowered her head for a moment and tentatively said, "I--did I see it?"
"And in the next few days, they will come, and I think one day, they will be willing to become the guardian spirit of this restaurant."
"As, you did well this time!"
Acknowledged, he then picked up the cup.
Yu Xiaoxiao handed him the spoon.
She added, "If you can be gentler next time, that would be even better."
He looked up for a moment.
She quickly added, "Of course! You did great this time too!"
As finally ate the ice cream.
He pushed the mask up to his forehead and silently ate the cold, tasteless thing.
It was cold and tasteless, completely different from the ice she had eaten before.
Yu Xiaoxiao sat across from him, gazing at the small attic.
Not far away was a white blanket, which should be where he slept. Other than that, there was nothing else.
However, there was a small window here.
She crawled over and looked outside, finding that the roads around the restaurant had already been paved. Orderly streetlights added some liveliness to the place.
The attic was only 1.9 meters high.
It felt oppressive to stand up, but sitting here was comfortable.
She saw that As was almost done eating and spoke, "When I was at the auction today, I suddenly had a thought. Do you think the larger territories have their own common currency?"
Larger territories.
There are some principalities with names.
Although it is only a subsidiary territory of the Kaluya Empire, it has its own currency.
As did not speak.
Yu Xiaoxiao continued, "The underground city is vast and diverse in race. It would have been troublesome if we did not have our own currency at the time of the initial establishment."
He silently watched as he ate his half-eaten ice cream.
The crimson eyes, always carrying a hint of hostility, and the black runes on his face were like incarnations of sin.
Sometimes, he seemed to be mute, not saying a word.
But this As, still gave Yu Xiaoxiao someone to confide in.
For a moment, she forgot whether it was because he was the Prince of Lorde, the lord of the underground city, and she had to report to him—or simply because he was As, the apprentice of the restaurant, the person she couldn't help but want to talk to.