While Mumu was grinding Edward's nails, Lu Yao handed over a tablet and asked the loving father to choose a nail art style.
Edward was still amazed at Mumu's ability. The claws of the vampires could be freely retracted. In order to make it easier for Mumu to grind his claws, he deliberately exposed the tips of his claws.
His hands were paler than those of ordinary people, with slender phalanges, rounded finger edges and sharp fingertips.
Even without a manicure, he looked pleasing to the eye.
Edward pushed the tablet away, raised his chin slightly, and said proudly, "I won't choose yet. Xiao Ming will definitely make a nice pair of nails for Dad."
Mumu was also very enthusiastic. He quickly ground Edward's nails and took out a row of dark nail polish from the drawer.
Lu Yao was watching from the side. Mumu probably knew Edward's preferences very well. After grinding the nail surface, applying protective nail polish, and shining the light, she began to work without thinking much.
The two new apprentices, Ambrose and Clarissa, also stood by to learn.
Mumu first applied two thin layers of black, and then used a brush to smudge it lightly, adding layers of textured transparent base color.
Then she changed to a small brush, drew a cross pattern on the nails, applied silver magic mirror powder, and wiped off the remaining powder, and there was a dark retro style of manicure.
This was not enough, Mumu also brushed silver cat eye nail polish on Edward's fingertips, and used a magnet to attract a faint silver crescent.
After finishing four fingers, Mumu took out a bottle of green nail polish and a bottle of light blue nail polish and pushed them in front of Lu Yao: "Jiji."
Lu Yao listened to Mumu mumbling for a while, sat in front of Edward, picked up the brush and started to mix colors.
Mumu wanted a painted nail surface, but he hadn't learned it well yet, so he couldn't make it the way he wanted, so he asked the owner for help.
Lu Yao mixed the nail polish colors, pinched Edward's fingers, and started to work.
Edward was a little resistant to being touched by the human race, and when Lu Yao reached out his hand, he frowned and retracted his hand.
Mumu made a "ji" sound, and he reluctantly stopped moving.
The blood race's hands were cold and white, like the plaster statues in the studio, and they felt even colder to the touch.
Mumu intentionally left the ring finger without base paint. Lu Yao took out white nail polish and applied it thinly to create a pure white base color. Then he changed to a thin soft brush and began to trace.
Edward stared at Lu Yao closely, with a hint of disgust between his brows.
He was really worried about this human. Lu Yao
first dipped a little light blue nail polish and dotted it on the nail.
As soon as the brush landed, Edward made an impatient "tsk" sound.
He didn't like this light and refreshing color.
Lu Yao sped up and drew the shape of a blue slime in just a few strokes. Edward's expression froze.
As the brush repeatedly outlined, a small illustration of "Slime squinting its eyes, leaning on the side of a black green-eyed bat" appeared on the nail surface, and Edward gradually lost the ability to control his expression.
The composition that Mumu wanted really tested his technique. The main thing is that the color and style are completely different from the other four fingers. If it is not handled well, it will be very fragmented.
Lu Yao's painting is more angular, but very cute, like a fairy tale illustration, and inexplicably has a hard mechanical feel.
Mumu lay on the table, staring at the picture for a long time, and nodded with satisfaction.
Turning around, he pulled Edward's other hand, pulled his index finger, and asked Lu Yao to draw another one.
Edward pursed his lips, his eyes drifted, and his hands did not dodge again.
This human can draw, which is quite useful.
This time, he painted a different scene. The upper half of the nail was black, and the lower half was white. They were separated by a glue strip for coloring. Then he used a thin soft brush to dip a little dark red nail polish to outline the window frame.
Outside the window, the night was heavy, the crescent moon was curved, and the little slime and the bat wearing a small cape were squatting on the windowsill to look at the moon.
"Chi!"
As soon as Lu Yao finished painting, Mumu shouted excitedly.
Edward slowly raised his hand, and a light flashed in his eyes.
Even though he could resist the sun's damage for a short time, Edward himself still hated being exposed to the sun and would not go out easily during the day.
Many nights, he held Xiao Ming and lay on the window sill of the dormitory to look at the moon.
He always thought that the little slime didn't understand anything, but it turned out that he remembered everything.
Lu Yao reminded softly: "Turn on the light first."
After turning on the light, Lu Yao first painted two kinds of magic circles, light and dark, on the painted nail surface to fix it.
Edward was a little surprised. It was rare to see a powerful human who did not have the posture of a strong man.
Ambrose's red eyes trembled. Even without considering the abyss magic, this human's use of magic made him very interested.
The strongest attack magic and the strongest repair magic were both used by her on the dyed nails, and the combination was very clever.
After Lu Yao finished the work asked by Mum, he stepped aside, supported his chin with his hand, and watched Mum do the other hand for Edward.
Because this painting depicts the night more, black is the dominant color on the nail surface, so Mumu changed the base color of the other four fingers to white, painted a checkered pattern with black nail polish, painted black cat eye nail polish on the fingertips, and used a magnet to attract a small crescent.
Ten fingers were completed, black and white interlaced, it was an exquisite and distinctive pair of mandarin.
Mumu tilted his head to look at it for a while, and slowly moved down the stool.
A moment later, he came back with two small boxes of decorations, opened the box with his little meaty paws, picked and chose, and finally selected a few silver accessories.
Mumu pushed the accessories in front of Lu Yao and asked her to help shrink them.
Lu Yao couldn't help but look at Edward's expression. Mumu picked a silver cross and silver chain for the vampire.
Edward didn't react when he saw the cross. He even reached out to touch Mum, but Mum leaned back to avoid him.
"..."
This vampire is probably hopeless.
Lu Yao raised his hand and drew a magic circle. The black light enveloped the trinket and slowly shrank it to the size Mum wanted.
Mum held up Edward's finger, carefully applied glue, and used tweezers to pick up the silver cross and put it on her nail.
Edward suddenly looked at Lu Yao and realized what she meant by the look she had just given him.
Mum had been living with Edward in a castle deep in the forest, and no one could break into the residence of the original vampire.
He didn't know that vampires are averse to silver and crosses.
However, the small ornaments used in the store are not real silver products, so there is nothing dangerous.
After sticking the cross, Mumu pasted a fashionable thin silver chain on Edward's other finger, and the elegant retro manicure gradually turned to cyberpunk style.
Mumu completed the entire nail surface, and Lu Yao spent some time painting light and dark magic circles on each finger. Finally, Mumu used sealing magic to finish it.
Edward picked up Mumu, and his tone was as surprised as if the little slime had just saved the world, "Xiao Ming has even learned magic, he is worthy of being my son!"
The clerk: "..."
Mumu was happy in her heart, and shyly "chi" at her finger.
Edward held Mumu for a few turns before putting her down, raising his hands to look at her.
The black and white nail plates were affixed with miniature crosses and silver chains, and the hand-painted checkered lines were simple and elegant, with a little contrasting color design and bright cat-eye effect, which was in line with the aesthetics of the vampires.
Edward half-closed his eyes, staring at the paintings on the ring and index fingers of his left and right hands, with a faint tenderness flowing in his eyes.
He liked these two paintings the most, and he liked the composition, color and style. They were perfectly integrated into Xiao Ming's design, and unexpectedly became the soul of the entire manicure.
But because they were painted by humans, he decided to admire them secretly in his heart and didn't want to say it out loud.
The best thing is that under the magic circle, even if he retracts his fingertips, the painting on the nail surface is only compressed a little, and it will not be damaged at all, and there is no need to worry about scratches in a fight.
Edward admired it silently for a while, and he felt more and more satisfied the more he looked.
Mumu came over and carefully pulled his hood. "Jiji."
Edward lowered his head and picked up Mumu. "What's wrong?"
Mumu told Edward about her life outside during this period, including the loneliness of living alone in the wild, being rescued by the store owner when encountering danger, becoming a clerk, learning to receive customers and do manicures...
Mumu: "Jiji!"
He now wants to continue learning and become a manicurist in the future.
Edward was silent for a long time after hearing this. The emotion of losing and regaining had not yet subsided. The worry of the child growing up and wanting to leave home haunted him again.
He is the first vampire in the world and will be the last one.
The original vampire was also high-spirited and glorious in the early years, and his followers were all over the Alexandria.
But the human race is very strange. When they have no power, they are diligent, kind and strive to survive.
Once they gain power, they are like demons appearing in the world and begin to massacre humans on a large scale, and many times it is not for food.
When they can no longer get a sense of superiority from humans, the followers began to kill their own kind.
In human stories, the original vampire is always described as evil and terrifying.
No one knows that because the human family killed each other, the ancestor fell asleep for two thousand years.
When Edward woke up again, almost all of his family members had been exterminated by the Knights Templar.
He did not look for the few family members who had survived, but found a quiet place to recuperate, raising a group of low-energy little monsters and living a peaceful life.
It was actually an accident that he followed Ambrose out this time.
He was just a little curious about the fact that his peaceful neighbors who had lived there for two hundred years were moving. He ran out recklessly and walked around in the sun. He was surprised to find Xiao Ming.
Xiao Ming was his favorite little monster.
But now this monster said that he wanted to stay in this town, this shop.
Edward's heart began to ache, just like it did more than two thousand years ago.
Whether it is a family member or a monster, they will always find a reason to leave.
Edward raised his hand to cover his chest and looked at Lu Yao. There was a sly glint in his emerald eyes, and his magnetic voice was slightly tempting: "I can embrace you for the first time, do you want to become my family?"
More than two thousand years later, the ancestor decided to embrace a human again.
Regardless of the result, he would be responsible for this decision.
Eugenia, who was sitting next to him, could not hide her astonishment when she heard this.
She had not noticed at this time that she was the only truly ordinary human in the whole store.
Harold was so angry that he stood up, separated Edward and put Lu Yao behind him, his eyes were heavy: "What nonsense are you talking about? Lu Yao will not become a vampire, stay away from her."
Clarissa quietly summoned the red sickle. Except for Eugenia who was still unaware of the situation, the other employees secretly entered a state of alert.
Edward looked confused: "I am an ancestor vampire. After I embrace her for the first time, she will not only gain power, but also eternal life. Why are you stopping me?"
Without waiting for others to speak, Lu Yao poked his head out from behind Harold, a little confused and a little curious: "Why do you want to embrace me for the first time?"
The identity of the ancestor vampire is surprising, but Lu Yao obviously felt that Edward did not like the human race, and suddenly asked for a first embrace, which was really a bit strange.
Edward's emerald green eyes rolled around, as if he didn't understand why Lu Yao asked this question, and he replied perfunctorily: "Because you are the chosen one, I want to give you supreme power."
Lu Yao took a step back, "No, no."
This was a big deal. The middle school cells in Lu Yao had long been squeezed dry by the dream system, and he no longer desired any power.
Edward was even more confused. Why wasn't she tempted?
More than two thousand years ago, those human races almost swarmed in when they heard that they could become his followers.
Mumu pulled Edward's cloak and made an excited "chichi" sound.
Edward frowned, and his pale face seemed to be even more bloodless. He raised his toes and kicked Mumu lightly: "You are such a heartless thing. I was just testing her, and you are worried about her." Lu Yao
breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out to be a test.
Edward left, leaving under the scorching sun at noon, without taking Mumu with him.
Mumu stood at the door, chirping a few times, watching Edward's figure disappear, and finally returned to the store silently.
Braibis City, the palace.
The high priest was hurriedly sent back to the palace by His Majesty's three edicts.
Under the throne, Carlos was wearing a silver robe, his silver hair fluttering, his eyes tightly closed, and slightly leaning forward to salute Bais III.
According to the time, Bais III has reached the age of aging.
His Majesty, who sits on the throne, is as strong as an ox, but his face looks like he is only in his prime. His thin and sharp eyes hide a sharp light, and he still has ambition.
"No need to be polite, High Priest. I urgently summon you back to the palace because there is something that requires your help." Bais III looked at the blind priest in front of him with a respectful tone, and taking advantage of the priest's blindness, his dark brown eyes revealed hidden resentment and unwillingness.
Carlos was unaware of this and said softly, "What can I do for you, Your Majesty? Please tell me what I want."
Bais said in a deep voice, "There is a small town on the northern border. There is a store in the town, and it is rumored that there is a giant dragon lurking there. I want you to mobilize the Knights of Light in the Temple to accompany Lord Jinklai to Emerald Town to investigate the matter. Just in case, I would like to ask the priest to make a contract."
The Temple was originally the responsibility of the High Priest.
All the knights in the Temple obey the High Priest to protect the capital and Your Majesty.
But about ten years ago, the High Priest accidentally injured his eyes while refining a secret medicine for Your Majesty, and most of the power of the Temple was taken advantage of.
Now only the most elite team of Knights of Light is still firmly in the hands of the High Priest, and no one can command them unless the High Priest personally gives the order.
Even His Majesty cannot give them orders.
Carlos lowered his head slightly, pondered for a long time, and seemed very puzzled, "All the Knights of Light in the Temple obey Your Majesty, so why do you need me to give orders? As for the contract, Your Majesty also knows that the incident many years ago took away most of my strength. Now that I can no longer make a strong contract, please ask Your Majesty to find another expert."
Bais pinched the armrest of the throne hard to avoid an outburst on the spot.
He understood that he had long been alienated from the high priest.
If Carlos had not always controlled the most elite Knights of Light in the Temple, he would have long wanted to get rid of this disobedient high priest.
The atmosphere of silence and tension spread between the monarch and his subjects, and in the end, Carlos was defeated.
He sighed helplessly and compromised: "The only holy knights of light that the palace can mobilize now are the twin goblins. If your majesty does not mind their humble origins, I can order them to accompany Lord Jinklai to the northern border."
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