The 'cozy' daily work life of a witch lady in a cyberpunk interstellar era, occasionally also a passionate epic.
She is a timid girl growing up in a cyberpunk city.
She is a cry...
Chapter 27 Cinderella in the Jungle (Thanks to the leader of 'Some bad guys report me, I won't tell you who it is')
It's raining again.
Heshia was walking on the way to work. She could hear the sound of water flowing in the pipes in the corridor of the residential area. Whenever it rained on the ground, there would be a sound of drainage in the pipes in the underground city.
Even if you can't see the situation on the ground, you will still know when it rains.
In the rainy season from April to May, most residents in the northern hemisphere will live in safe areas because of the corrosiveness and toxicity of rainwater. However, the southern hemisphere is sunny during this period, so some people will choose to travel far away. In Heshia's class group, many people are now talking about this.
'It's a rare graduation holiday, it's a loss to stay at home.'
'I haven't been out much in the three years of junior high school. I must ask my mother for some money to travel.'
'Is there anyone who wants to form a group? Let's go together.'
'It seems to be a good idea. '
'I heard that the Dabei Bay in the South Third District is great. The water there is very clear, and there are comfortable beaches. The sunshine is not too strong...'
'You have sent too many messages. It is hard not to feel that it is an advertisement. '
'Go, go, it is really good~'
'Then, if you want to go, please sign up, and I will calculate and arrange it. '
'Okay, Jones. '
...
After turning off the messages in the group, Heshia walked out of the elevator with her personal terminal, thinking about today's work.
Although traveling seems to be good, she still wants to save some money first, and the vacation is still long. It is estimated that school will not start until August or September, which is more than four months away.
"Good morning, Danterian~" As soon as she entered the store, other maids greeted Heshia. After getting along with each other for a few days, everyone gradually got to know this new companion.
"Good morning, senior~" It is indeed a senior. Heshia is almost the youngest among them. The reason why she uses almost is because there is also 'Dekelabi' at the bottom. This blonde angel is indeed smaller than Heshia in all aspects.
After coming to the dressing room and putting on the maid uniform, Heshia sat in front of the mirror and simply combed her hair.
She can now change her hair between black and gray at will, but she usually keeps her hair gray when she is out, just because it can save a lot of trouble.
She has almost the same black hair as her sister, and considering how popular her sister was at school, she also knows that this state is too eye-catching.
However, it is really rare to see a girl like Heshia who would rather hide her appearance for the sake of quietness. Most girls still hope that they can be more beautiful, whether it is to show themselves or to attract others. The admiring gazes are as sweet as honey to many people.
However, compared with her sister, the temperaments of the two are still obviously different. Themisia has a kind of strange and charming beauty, while Heshia is more gentle, like a secluded orchid in the valley. Even after getting used to such a face, at some point in life, she will be amazed and moved by that touch of blue.
"Come on, put this on."
Just as Heshia was looking at the accessories in the drawer, wondering whether she should wear something today, a familiar voice sounded, and then a headband was put on her head.
"Sister 'Froius'." She called out the other person's name softly.
"Yeah, this headband is also quite suitable." She helped Heshia adjust it, and then nodded.
The headband on the girl's head had a few more silver-edged hollow flower decorations than the standard headband in the store, and then 'Froius' fixed a silver marigold on the headband.
"Let me see, what's missing." 'Froius' looked at Heshia in the mirror, picked up a silver neckband, tied it around Heshia's neck, and then tied it into a bow style.
"That's about it." Today, Heshia's dress was like a sister to 'Froius', both of them added silver-edged flower decorations on the basis of maid outfits.
"Will you come to help me today?"
"This..." Heshia didn't hate it, but she had been at 'Huale' for the past few days. If she suddenly didn't go today, she wouldn't feel good.
"I told 'Huale' that I'll lend it to you for a day." 'Furuus' said the hesitation in Heshia's heart.
"Okay then."
Then the two of them went downstairs together and started the first half of the day's work.
Similar to 'Huale' making drinks, 'Furuus' mainly makes set meals. The two people's bar counters are actually very close, and customers often order food together, so the two people often communicate and have a familiar relationship.
The catering of 'Liuli Dream' is divided into several parts, some are cakes, desserts and snacks, some are similar to regular meals, and some exotic snacks. Not all set meals have extraordinary effects. Some T6-T5 level set meals are directly made by chefs on the 38th floor and then sent to 'Liuli Dream' on the 37th floor via robots.
In the morning, there were not many requests for meals from 'Glass Dream'. They mainly prepared and processed some ingredients so that they could be used directly at noon and in the afternoon. At this time, the two of them were working and chatting at the bar.
"Does Danterian usually live alone?" 'Frost' asked.
"Yes, usually I live alone, but recently an old lady from my neighborhood took good care of me and asked me to move to her house. This way, eating and living will be much more convenient." Heshia removed the outer leaves of a fresh snake saliva bamboo shoot, peeled out the tender part inside and put it in clean water. This kind of bamboo shoot is poisonous, but after the poison is removed, it tastes very good and is loved by some customers.
"That's not bad either. I also moved away from my original home and moved to this city alone."
"Where was Sister 'Frost''s previous home?"
"In the southern hemisphere."
"I heard that the climate in the south is much better, and there are many tourist places, such as forests, grasslands, and sea of flowers." Heshia said with a little envy. She actually wanted to go there to play, but she never had the chance.
"'Dantrian' is very eager to go there." 'Froius' said with a smile.
"I have indeed been to the places you mentioned, but perhaps because I have been used to them since I was a child, I don't think there is anything special about them."
"If Danterian wants to go there in the future, you can tell me and I will introduce you to some places so that you can avoid some places where you are easily cheated."
"Thank you, sister Forrous." Since she started working in this store, Heshia said thank you the most.
In the following work, Forrous told Heshia a lot of methods of processing ingredients, such as how to remove poisons, how to keep fresh, how to increase flavor, how to neutralize odors, etc.
"The reason why some meats smell fishy is that they contain certain proteins, peptides, or amines. These substances are continuously oxidized and decomposed to produce odors after the death of the animal."
"The most common treatment method is to add an appropriate amount of alcohol. Alcohols are good solvents and extractants that can dissolve these substances that produce fishy smells." "
In addition, different deodorizing additives will also add different flavors to the ingredients. Common ones include wine, Cointreau, white wine, beer, etc. Sugar, milk, tea, lemon, etc. can also be used. It depends on your choice."
Heshia listened and memorized carefully, feeling that she had taken a small step forward in her cooking skills.
Time passed, and after the busyness of noon, it gradually came to the slightly quiet 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
"Okay, it's not busy now, 'Dantrian', do you want to take a break?" 'Frosus' asked the girl beside her.
"Can you?"
"Sure, you can go to 'Butis's' place. Her deep forest is considered to be a place that is rarely visited in the store. Even the manager dare not go in." 'Frosus' chuckled.
"You can go there to help 'Butis' do some simple things. It's quiet there, and you can sit and daydream (sleep)."
"Okay, then I'll go over there." Heshia said hello and walked out.
Passing through the deep blue glass hall, Heshia turned around several bars and came to a glass partition wall at a corner. Inside was a green world with various trees, and many snakes and poisonous insects could be seen.
Although it looked scary to outsiders, this was the place Heshia came to most during her internship, and now she has gradually gotten used to it.
"I'm coming in, Senior 'Butis'."
Heshia greeted and walked in with her skirt lifted. Her maid skirt was a slightly conservative long skirt, unlike Belfinger's, which was a youthful and beautiful short skirt.
Various poisonous creatures often crawled over the ground covered with fallen leaves and debris. Fortunately, Heshia walked slowly and carefully, so she didn't step on them.
After passing through the dense vegetation for a short time, she came to the innermost pool, but unfortunately there was no one there.
"Is Sister 'Butis' not here?"
Heshia thought, took out the black and white smoke ink style personal terminal, and sent a message to the other party. At this time, a small white-scaled snake also wrapped around her calf and climbed up.
"Uh, no."
Heshia quickly put down her personal terminal, bent down, lifted her skirt, and grabbed the little snake.
Holding the little snake's neck, Heshia carefully untied it from her calves and thighs, and then placed it on the stone slab on the side.
Sitting on the clean stone, Heshia covered her calves and feet with her skirt, and then tapped the head of the white-scaled little snake opposite with her knuckles.
"Don't get under my skirt in the future, got it?"
Looking at the white-scaled little snake still spitting out its tongue and looking confused, Heshia had to say it several times again, tapping its head every time she said it.
"I don't know if this guy understands it." Heshia put down her hand, and then looked at the little snake carefully again.
——Type
: Tree Viper Subspecies
Status: Healthy (No abnormality)
Job: Original Sequence 2 White-Scaled Tree Viper (Evaluation: Excellent Copper Level)
Talent:
[Original Base] (Excellent): Slightly enhances various abilities and gives it more choices when it is promoted.
[Tree Viper Poison] (Excellent): The poison is relatively mild and will not kill immediately, but it will paralyze the wound and make it difficult to stop bleeding.
Ability:
[Hide] (Standard): Reduce your own breath and fluctuations, and reduce the possibility of being discovered.
[Suspended Death] (Excellent): Let yourself enter a deep dormant state, stop moving, reduce consumption, and be like death.
Skills: [Venom Fang Lv.1→2] [Stealth Lv.2] [Hibernation Lv.1→3] (Skill level changes are the bonus of talents and abilities.)
Related introduction: Low-level but rare extraordinary tree vipers, there are many advanced branches at Sequence 3-4, not limited to the original sequence, common ones are Natural Sequence 4 · Fire Spike Scale Tree Viper, Tidal Sequence 3 · Rain Hidden Tree Viper, Dragon Sequence 4 · Phantom Scale Tree Viper, rare ones also include Light Feather Sequence 3 · Glazed Tree Viper, Withering Sequence 3 · Shadow Tree Viper... It is known for its wide and changeable adaptability.
——After
carefully feeling the rhythm and information of the creature in front of her, Heshia used the personal terminal in her hand to query the Great Library, and finally summarized the above information. This is also a wonderful use of her talent that she recently discovered. That is, in the sound of the time string, she can feel the rhythm of all things. After perceiving it, she can combine it with the query of the Great Library on the Star Network to obtain a lot of reliable and detailed information.
This method is very useful in most cases, unless the other party's ability or talent is the kind that is not recorded and extremely rare.
This little snake seems to have good potential. Heshia thought that there are also those who specialize in raising pets or exotic beasts in the current extraordinary job agency.
Compared with ordinary animals, extraordinary beasts are more intelligent and have a longer lifespan. They are loved by many people, especially more and more single families, who always raise some animals to accompany them to relieve boredom.
Pressing her chin lightly with her fingers, Heshia thought for a few seconds and decided not to consider raising animals for the time being. After all, she is still poor, and it costs a lot of money to raise such little guys.
She sat down, found the bell in the storage compartment, and shook it gently. After a while, poisonous creatures of all sizes also gathered at the edge of the pool.
What was she going to do today? Heshia opened the form that Butis had sent her before and checked the schedule.
Today was the time to extract the venom.
So let's get started. Find the cups and utensils in the storage compartment and Heshia got busy one by one.
First, the big guys. She held up a cup with both hands, and then a black snake as thick as her arm hung down from the branch above her head, leaving its fangs on the wall of the cup, slowly leaving venom.
After waiting for more than 20 seconds, the venom was almost spit out. Heshia put the cup down, then took out a prepared energy block and put it into the snake's mouth. The black snake slowly lifted up and swam back, and got into the corner of the jungle again.
Then it was the ghost-faced spider. Heshia sealed the snake venom and preserved it. She took out the glass dish again and placed it on the stone table, then picked up the big spider at her feet and placed it on top.
By the way, this big guy has become heavier recently, Heshia thought, looking at the spider with multiple black eyes moving.
After the big spider finished spitting out venom, Heshia also fed it food, then touched its head before preparing to hold it down.
However, this guy dodged Heshia's wrist in an instant, jumped directly on top of her head, and lay down.
"Uh." Heshia touched the big spider on her head and wanted to get it off, but this guy hooked Heshia's headband and hair with his thorny legs. If Heshia pulled it down by force, I'm afraid it would mess up her hair.
"Okay." After several attempts, Heshia could only give up temporarily and let this guy squat on her head first.
Seeing Heshia give up, the spider made a rustling sound, as if it was very happy.
The girl shook her head, ignoring this temporarily proud guy, and continued to extract poison from the poisonous creatures around her one by one.
After the big guy finished extracting the venom, some small insects and poison dart frogs were much faster. Heshia skillfully placed glass dishes one by one, and then placed them one by one in the dishes, and then waited for them to spit out the venom.
When we finally finished work, it took exactly one hour, nearly twice as fast as before.
Phew, it's done. Heshia wiped off some sweat, picked up the bell beside her, and shook it gently. The remaining poisonous creatures staggered away, and the big spider above her head also quieted down in the sound of the bell, and Heshia took the opportunity to catch it.
The bell was still shaking, and Heshia picked up a small wooden stick beside her and knocked on the spider's head, just like knocking a wooden fish.
"Don't climb on my head in the future."
"Don't climb on my head in the future."
She knew that this guy understood, after all, it was a Sequence 4 extraordinary animal and already had wisdom.
After a while, Heshia stopped shaking the bell and let the big guy go. Although she didn't know the specific effect, Heshia was sure that it knew that if it jumped on her head in the future, it would be hit by her.
After doing all this, Heshia also had time to take a nap. She could lie on the stone table beside her and take a nap. At this time, no one would come to find her.
Time passed unknowingly, and when Butis came to the jungle glass house, she saw the little maid sleeping soundly. She was lying on her arm, her body was slightly up and down, and the silver marigold on her head was shining in the light of the simulated sky, delicate and beautiful.
Maybe I can let Danterian take over my work in the future? Butis had a lazy idea, but she dismissed it.
I should first arouse Danterian's interest in the singer. I always feel that it will be particularly interesting to lead this lovely junior step by step on the road to becoming a singer.
The humble Cinderella, wearing crystal shoes one day, riding a dreamy pumpkin carriage, and attending a concert that everyone is looking forward to, is exciting and pleasant to think about.
Thanks to Tan Xier, Xian Gu Jin Wu, Yu,
Long Yuan Piao Miao, Teshufeier, a little salty fish ~ zZ, Yin Xia Silent, Bing Shen Jun Ming Xue, Xiao Ya also wants to sleep today, my wife Feng Mian, salty fish cuisine
subspace stars shine, Xian Yu who can't play cards, the cup that loves water, Qing Qiang Feng, Xiao Hu Xiao, AD 1, meeting Li at the corner, Yin Feng Ting Xue, Xiao Hu Xiao, Archbishop Li Lina, and other book friends for their rewards~
Thank you everyone~~
(End of this chapter)