“Why do you think so?”
Inside the 【Between the Lines Bookstore】.
An Wu looked at the two girls in front of him, but did not answer directly. Instead, he slowly stood up.
He walked towards the cabinet where the bookstore stored drinks. This cabinet contained various teas, cocoa beans, and other special drinks that An Wu had obtained from various places, not just from this world.
Even when he went to the Dead Body World and the Demon Slayer world, he brought back some things.
In other words.
This cabinet held high-end drinks from across the multiverse~
An Wu raised his hand to take something out, but then seemed to remember something and paused slightly.
“What would you like to drink?”
“Coffee.”
“Coffee.”
“Cola!”
An Wu’s words elicited responses from the three girls in the store. The first and second were naturally the newly arrived Shirayuki Kaguya and Ai Hayasaka.
As for the third…
He lowered his head and looked at the fallen angel Gabriel, who seemed to be dazed and aimless after her game character temporarily died, but was lying there peacefully.
He raised his foot and poked her back.
“There’s some in the fridge. Go get it yourself.”
“Also,”
“It seems like you haven’t finished your work for today?”
…
“Okay…okay~”
“I’ll go do it later~”
“Hmm, I’ll go in a few minutes~”
Fallen angel Gabriel ignored An Wu’s pokes, and even after pushing away his leg with her small hand, she turned over again.
She continued to close her eyes peacefully.
It was obvious.
In the face of rest and sleep, cola was something that could be put aside for now~
…
An Wu shook his head.
He ignored the angel who was practically useless.
He reached out and took down the various materials and tools needed for hand-grinding coffee, and then returned to the small table next to the store manager’s exclusive sofa.
He began to operate delicately.
When he first came to this world, An Wu’s time to play the Black Myth: Wukong game was very limited. Therefore, after using the herbs from the Black Myth: Wukong world to make money and open this bookstore.
To pass the time wasted because of lack of game time, he gradually learned many little tricks to make life more refined.
Such as brewing tea, coffee, making cocktails, or even making his own potato chips.
And this.
Was also why An Wu had been using his computer to map Black Myth: Wukong before joining the 【Multiverse Girls Mutual Aid Association】.
There was no other reason.
It was simply because the immersive mode burned through game time too quickly!
Double deduction!
An Wu, before joining the 【Multiverse Girls Mutual Aid Association】, would rarely use it unless necessary.
But after joining, everything was different.
The people here were all talented and kind, and they gave generous game time and great rewards~
So An Wu naturally became arrogant and began to directly use the immersive mode~
…
“Please enjoy.”
A moment later.
An Wu placed two steaming cups of coffee in front of Shirayuki Kaguya and Ai Hayasaka.
He made himself a simple cup of hot cocoa.
“Whoosh~”
The weather outside seemed to change again.
Just a few minutes ago, the sky was still bright and sunny, but somehow, it suddenly started raining lightly.
And the rain seemed to be getting heavier.
…
Shirayuki Kaguya and Ai Hayasaka looked at each other.
Ai Hayasaka didn’t say anything, just looked at An Wu, as if thinking about how to speak later.
While Shirayuki Kaguya, after glancing at the rain outside that was gradually getting heavier, took a sip of the coffee on the table.
“Hmm?”
Shirayuki Kaguya’s crimson eyes, which had just calmed down, suddenly flickered again.
It was delicious!
That was her first thought~
…
“We both feel very comfortable and warm staying in your store. It seems that we can completely isolate those cold and eerie things here…”
Ai Hayasaka looked at her side with a touch of helplessness. The Kaguya-sama was engrossed in savoring her coffee.
She shook her head.
She took out her prepared explanation.
“About half a month ago, some things that are hard to explain with words started to target us and everyone around us.”
“Since then, the entire mansion has been constantly enveloped in a cold and eerie atmosphere. Even turning the air conditioning to the highest temperature didn’t help, and even leaving the mansion and going to the temple didn’t do anything…...”
“And in recent days, that eerie and cold feeling has become even more intense. I suspect that the unseen thing is about to move.”
Speaking of this.
Ai Hayasaka once again used her light blue eyes to look at An Wu seriously.
“But,”
“It seems that as long as we enter your bookstore, that cold and eerie feeling will disappear instantly.”
“It seems to be afraid of this place. That’s why I had my previous question…...”
Ai Hayasaka spoke reasonably and clearly. Although she looked calm, her rapidly beating heart betrayed her.
She was afraid.
Shirayuki Kaguya next to her was also afraid.
It was normal.
Any normal person, no matter what your status or how much wealth you possess, when faced with unknown fear.
Fear is human instinct.
…
“Eerie, cold?”
An Wu stroked his chin, took a sip of his hot cocoa, and then pointed at Gabriel, who was still sleeping soundly.
“Go try her side. Maybe it will be warm too?”
…
Ai Hayasaka was stunned, but she didn’t refuse An Wu’s request.
She got up and went to Gabriel’s side, as if to test it out, she even deliberately leaned closer, and even rested her small hand on Gabriel’s shoulder.
“It is really warm…”
Her eyes widened slightly.
As if she was surprised by her discovery.
“Why?”
Could it be that this seemingly useless little girl was not simple either, and was also a being with extraordinary powers?
…
“Why?”
“Maybe because she’s an angel?”
An Wu glanced at Gabriel, who didn’t know whether she was really sleeping or pretending to sleep. He clearly saw Gabriel’s small body stiffen slightly when he said the word “angel.”
Seeing this, An Wu smiled again.
He shrugged.
“Just kidding~”
“How could an angel come to a place like mine~”
…
Ai Hayasaka breathed a sigh of relief.
She looked at Gabriel again, her face was a bit messy, but because of her exquisite beauty, she had a unique charm.
She shook her head.
Indeed.
This didn’t match the image of a holy and perfect angel at all!
…
“I…”
An Wu was about to say something else.
The Black Myth: Wukong game he had just met suddenly popped up a notification~
…
【You have completed a cuddle with the current world’s Fortune Girl【Ai Hayasaka】—obtained 13 minutes of game experience time】
【You have completed a cuddle with the current world’s Fortune Girl【Shirayuki Kaguya】—obtained 20 minutes of game experience time】
【Congratulations on triggering a critical hit】
【You have obtained the special talent ability—Alchemist】
【Alchemist (Beginner): The pills you take will automatically enhance their effects. You will have a greater chance of improving the quality of the pill recipe and improving the function of the pills after they are made】
【Current pill recipes: None~】
“Huh?”
An Wu was not surprised at first when he saw that Ai Hayasaka had provided him with 13 minutes of game experience time.
After all, this was the average level of Fortune Girls in ordinary worlds.
But when he saw the reward from Shirayuki Kaguya, he was slightly restless!
Alchemist.
Able to improve pill recipes with a certain probability, and also increase the effects of the pills after they are made with a certain probability.
Finally, it could even enhance the effects of the pills you take!
An Wu immediately thought of the Bi Ou Jin Dan that he still had in his backpack and hadn’t used yet!
A fortune!
This was a blind cat meeting a dead mouse, a fortune! And a huge fortune at that!
…
For a moment.
An Wu looked at Shirayuki Kaguya with softened eyes.
“Let’s go.”
“I have something on me that you can’t use, but my home should have something that can keep you safe~”
This item.
Was naturally the 【Evil-Repelling Pendant】 he had just gotten from Madobe’s little angel this morning.
Don’t underestimate this item. It was nothing special in the Black Myth: Wukong world, but if you placed it in an ordinary world.
Then the effects of this thing would be absolutely outrageous!
At least no matter what kind of evil spirits or demons the Shirayuki family encountered.
It would be able to keep them safe~
Also.
It was almost five in the afternoon now.
It was just the right time to go home and see Madobe’s little angel.
As for why he would give it to them?
Just think of it as An Wu finding them pleasing to the eye~
Maybe it was also because of the reason he got the 【Alchemist】, a top-tier talent, from Shirayuki Kaguya~
…
“Item?”
“Then…what about the reward?”
Ai Hayasaka was very practical. After seeing that An Wu was going to give them something.
She immediately spoke in a sensible way.
…
“After the thing is useful, you guys can pay whatever you want~”
An Wu waved his hand and walked towards the outside of the bookstore.
Of course.
He didn’t forget to wake up the fallen angel who was still lying in the corner to sleep again, and casually told her about the closing time for yesterday.
And the daily wage he promised yesterday~
Gabriel was a little resentful when she was woken up to sleep again, but after seeing her wages.
Well.
Waking up to sleep again wasn’t so bad~
…
After leaving the store, An Wu looked at the heavy rain outside. He couldn’t help but think of Madobe’s little angel’s troubled state that morning.
He felt that something else might happen after he went home later?
A slightly bad premonition…
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