Chapter 06 Chapter 6
The bathhouse was bigger than Yumi had imagined.
When he entered, the waiter didn't notice the new guest.
Yumi walked through the door and quickly found the front desk according to the instructions on the wall.
When he stood on tiptoe and waved his bathhouse ticket with all his might, the girl at the front desk was startled.
However, her good professionalism made her quickly restrain her expression. She took the bathhouse ticket with a smile, and then used her mycelium tentacles to put him on the high chair: "Sir, please wait a moment. Your card needs to be activated first."
Yumi sat upright in the chair. Following the other party's instructions, he used his light computer to activate it.
"Okay, please walk this way. In front is the bathroom and hot spring. Over there is the massage and beauty area. To the right is the rest area..."
"OK, thanks."
After getting off the chair, Yumi followed the instructions of the girl at the front desk and went to the bathroom first.
After taking a shower, the waiter outside brought him a drink: "Would you like a massage? If necessary, we will find a specific masseur for you."
They were afraid that the little guy couldn't bear the strength of an ordinary masseur.
Yumi shook his head, tied his yukata and went straight to the beauty area. After finding the barber room, he pushed the door open and went in.
The decoration of the barbershop was very similar to the chain barbershops that Yumi had seen in the human world before she crossed over. The lights were bright and the air was filled with the smell of various gel water. Customers sat in front of rows of mirrors and ate snacks. Barbers with different hair colors communicated with them while waving various haircut tools.
The only difference is its huge size and the terrifying monster flaws.
Yumi is too small, so it would be very inconvenient for him to be here. Fortunately, when he was taking a shower, the girl at the front desk had already informed the waiters of his situation through the internal optical computer. Therefore, as soon as he entered the barber shop, the prepared barber used his tentacles to circle him and gently placed him on the rotating barber chair: "Little sir, what hairstyle do you want?"
"Well... just cut it short," Yumi said as calmly as possible, "I have to go to work tomorrow."
"Okay, leave it to me!"
The barber quickly put a veil around him, picked up the smallest pair of scissors and comb, observed the shape of his full head, held his breath slightly, and then started cutting his hair.
The VIP area of the bathhouse.
In the hot spring deep in the bamboo forest, a red-haired man slightly closed his eyes. He was tall and straight, with solid muscles. When he turned around, a terrifying shark dorsal fin was revealed behind him...
"Young Master, how long are you going to stay here? The Marshal and his wife have been looking for you." The servant standing in the distance said helplessly.
"At least today, I won't go back. If you let them know my whereabouts..."
"How can I dare to say it? But please don't make it too difficult for me..."
The man snorted and laughed: "Don't worry, I have already told them that I have left the main city. This bathhouse can cut off the optical computer positioning. As long as you cooperate with me, they will not find out. Okay, don't bother me anymore."
The attendant had no choice but to retreat. Before leaving, he looked at the figure again and couldn't help but say one more sentence: "Master Jinwen, it's useless to escape. Sooner or later, you will have to make a decision."
The man in the water was startled and said with a dark face: "...Get lost!"
In fact, he knew this better than anyone else.
As the marshal's only son, not to mention his father, even the emperor is now leaning towards Prince Joseph.
Everyone in the royal family knew very well that it would be difficult for Crown Prince Ansius to succeed to the throne in the future. Disability was only one aspect. What was more terrifying was that after the serious injury, Ansius seemed to have entered an uncontrollable state of violence. Such a person could never become the future emperor of the empire.
Jinwen naturally understood this principle.
But he had been to the battlefield and had seen with his own eyes the toughness of Ansius as a commander and his terrifying ability to smash warships. In his opinion, even if he was annoyed by Ansius's dead face, he had to objectively believe that Ansius was a hundred times stronger than Joseph in every aspect.
In his heart he looked down on Joseph, so how could he be willing to obey him?
Jinwen's goal is to become a more powerful marshal than his father, but his family is already involved in the struggle for imperial power, and it is difficult for him to remain immune.
These past few days, his father had been forcing him to attend the banquet arranged by His Highness Joseph, but Jinwen couldn't afford to flatter those people. However, various interests involved made him feel extremely conflicted and entangled.
Unable to bear the pressure from his father any longer, he simply ran to a place where they would never expect him to find some peace and quiet.
He just hoped that this brief peace would not be disturbed again.
…
Half an hour later, in the barber shop.
At this moment, everyone looked at the small figure in amazement.
"I didn't even notice there was someone there..."
"I've been secretly watching for a long time."
“It’s alive!”
"Ah ...
"It's like she came out of a comic book..."
In the mirror, the boy's originally slightly long black hair was cut to an appropriate length, looking very refreshing. The inky short hair hung in front of his forehead, forming a sharp contrast with his porcelain-like skin.
Looking at the handsome boy with smooth features in front of him, the barber himself was stunned: "This hairstyle really suits you!" No, even if this face is shaved bald, it will still be the best-looking bald head!
After successfully cutting her hair, it was still early, so Yumi prepared to take a hot spring bath.
This bathhouse has many outdoor hot springs. Business is probably not good at this time, and there are few customers. Yumi didn't see many people along the way. He walked forward in the direction the barber had told him, then turned right, entered a small door, and walked a few more steps before finally seeing the steps the waiter had mentioned.
He continued walking forward, went down the stairs, and saw the hot spring with mist floating in the air.
The surrounding environment was much better than expected, and there were various entertainment rooms nearby. However, there were fewer hot springs than he had imagined, only three.
One of them was surrounded by bamboo forest and someone was taking a bath inside.
The other two are empty.
Because there are few people, it is very quiet here.
Yumi walked into the smallest blue hot spring pool with satisfaction. After sitting down, his body felt warm and he soaked in the water with his eyes squinted.
On the other side, a waiter was heading for the public hot spring. Halfway there, he suddenly discovered that the soundproof window of the VIP channel next door was open. He was stunned for a moment and closed it.
The bamboo forest is shrouded in mist.
Jinwen walked out of the hot spring tiredly, and the next moment, his expression suddenly changed.
In the small blue hot spring pool not far away, there was a little kid with lamb horns soaking!
? !
This is the VIP area that he has reserved. There are people guarding the door. Apart from his own people, there is absolutely no way anyone else can come in.
Jin Wen's shock didn't last for three seconds before the little one over there opened his eyes, found that he was looking at him, and nodded slightly at him.
Jin Wen: “…”
He did not ask his men immediately, but strode over and squatted directly on the edge of the hot spring pool, looking down and observing the little guy curiously.
After seeing his shark's dorsal fin, Yumi swam to the other side of the hot spring pool, far away.
He had his back to Jinwen, his hands on the shore, playing with his laptop to kill time.
His skin was slightly red from the hot spring, and there was no trace of pores at all, as if he was a well-made lifelike doll.
His hair is very black, fluffy and soft, and the whorl on top of his head is particularly standard. Just looking at it makes you want to reach out and press it.
...It's so small, is it really a human?
Jinwen scratched his head and couldn't help but ask: "Hey, can you speak?"
The villain turned around, his eyes alert: "Are you okay?"
...can really talk!
Jinwen was excited: "How did you get in?"
The little man immediately showed him the bathhouse ticket attached to his laptop, his face flushed, obviously mistaking him for a ticket inspector.
Jin Wen almost laughed out loud. He glanced at the other party's bathhouse ticket and turned on his own computer monitoring... This little guy actually came in through that small window!
He was sure that the little guy had taken the wrong road, but he didn't say it out loud. He glanced at him curiously a few times, let him soak in the hot spring in his own area, and turned back to the house to rest.
As soon as he left, Yumi felt much more at ease.
Yumi soaked his entire body below the neck in water, used a light brain to project in the air, and lazily watched a documentary about the Snark people.
In front of the floor-to-ceiling window, Jinwen took a sip of coffee and stared intently at the "little doll" swimming in the water not far away.
...It’s so fun!
He could watch it all day long!
After watching the documentary, Yumi walked out of the hot spring dizzy. He wrapped himself in a bath towel, yawned, and started walking back.
When passing by the room, the door inside suddenly opened, and the red-haired man walked over with a cool expression and handed him a glass of juice.
God knows how long Jinwen searched for to find such a small cup!
Yumi had already regarded him as a staff member or manager of this area. He was just about to go out to find something to drink when he saw the other party bringing him juice. He said thank you gratefully, then found a stone platform to sit down and started to drink it.
She took a few sips and smiled at him.
Jin Wen was stunned, his heart beating wildly, and he sat down next to him instinctively: "Do you come to this bathhouse often?"
Yumi shook her head, "This is my first time here today."
Jinwen: No wonder I got lost...
Yumi continued, "When I was working part-time, my boss gave me a bathhouse ticket. Since I have to go to work tomorrow, I came here to get a haircut and soak in the hot spring." She took another sip of juice, put the cup on the table, and waited for him to speak.
...This is like wanting to chat with him!
Jin Wen immediately said, "I am the same as you. I also received the coupon from the boss."
Yumi was surprised: "I thought you worked here..."
Jinwen started to talk nonsense: "There are few people here and no waiters. I was afraid that you would faint, so I went to check."
Yumi: “So that’s how it is.”
Jinwen slowed down his breathing and exhaled deeply:
so cute! ! !
Yumi continued to talk to him, chatting about how good the service in the bathhouse was and how great the barber's skills were. Jinwen was completely oblivious to her and just stared at his shaking whorls and horns.
In the end, it was the sound of the information in the light brain that brought him back to his senses in time.
It was a message from his father, asking him to attend the banquet hosted by His Highness Joseph this week.
Jin Wen immediately turned off the light brain, his annoyance revealed in his eyes.
Yumi looked up and saw it, and immediately asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Jin Wen didn't want to scare him, so he looked up and said, "Nothing, just some trouble at work."
Yumi seemed to be listening carefully: "Can't it be solved?"
Jin Wen: "It's very troublesome. I'm a private driver. My boss has two sons. One is capable but may not inherit his property because of an accident. The other is ordinary but has a lot of support... They don't have a good relationship. My boss always asks me to pick up his youngest son, and the eldest son looks difficult to deal with... To be honest, I don't want to bother with either of them."
"Isn't it your job to pick up the boss?" Yumi wondered, "You don't have to do that."
Jin Wen laughed: "Really? It would be nice if it could be like that."
Of course he is not a driver. Things in the royal family are not that simple.
Yumi said, "You can change your job."
Jinwen looked down at him and said nothing.
Yumi continued to think and said, "If this employer is very generous, it is not a good idea to change jobs... Oh, you can change the car seat into a special seat for the boss! It will be great if no one except the boss can sit on it."
The Sna people also have flaws when they transform into human form, just like the person in front of him, the seat needs space to accommodate the shark's dorsal fin.
Jinwen suddenly stopped.
His expression changed from time to time, and just when Yumi was puzzled, he suddenly looked up and smiled: "So that's how it is... Thank you!"
If you make up your mind, this matter is actually not complicated. You just need to break away from the family.
It’s not that I couldn’t think of it before, I just never dared to think about it.
Seeing this little guy say it in a relaxed tone, he subconsciously followed that path and faced his own problems.
He has to make a choice.
As long as he is willing to take risks and pay a certain price, he can build his own mansion!
...Even if there are huge losses, it's better than hiding like this!
Jinwen quickly went back into the room to change his clothes. When he came out happily wearing his military uniform, the little figure outside had disappeared.
Only a small glass was left on the table.
On the tree-lined path outside the bathhouse, Yumi, dressed in fresh clothes, went home carrying a basket full of clothes.
…
The atmosphere in the underground chamber of the Temple Palace was tense.
Many attendants in armor tried their best to stop the prince from going berserk again.
Carl stood in front of the crowd and dissuaded them loudly: "Your Highness Anxius, please calm down!"
The huge monster flapped its wings and shook off the dozens of servants who were trying to stop it. Its golden pupils were bloodshot. In an instant, the palace wall that he was looking at collapsed, turning the ground into powder.
Karl's eyes widened and he panicked. Seeing that Anxius's rampage was getting more and more out of control, he had no choice but to pick up the simulation doll behind him and test it: "Your Highness, what do you think this is?"
The monster was stunned, and just when Carl was relieved, it suddenly rushed forward and tore the puppet into pieces with one claw.
Karl was so scared that he almost cried: "...Your Highness!"
In a few days, there will be an important event in the capital that requires the prince to appear, but the prince is in this state now. Not only can he not speak calmly, he may not even be able to cooperate in wearing the humanoid suit!
Seeing that figure was about to walk out again, everyone's faces turned pale.
"Your Highness Ansius!" Carl thought quickly and went over to comfort him with difficulty. "We are doing our best to find the person named Yumi. Just now, we have made some progress!"
The monster stopped and looked at him quietly.
"...No, but that person is very timid and came from far away. He must have never seen Your Highness in this form. Your Highness will definitely scare him..." Karl panted, "Don't worry, the designer is rushing to make a new humanoid suit for you. It will be ready soon."
Ansius's humanoid leather suit was made by the designer based on his original human form. After putting it on, it looks exactly like his original appearance. Therefore, the outside world still does not know the secret of the prince's disability.
The body of the Sna people is in the growth stage before the age of 25, and the body will be finalized after the age of 25. This means that Anxius, who is now 20 years old, is still in the growth stage...so he needs to change his human skin suit every once in a while.
And Ansius's previous leather case had been torn apart by himself.
Karl's words were indeed useful. Anxius looked at him coldly and stopped going crazy... The next moment, he had to get his holster on the spot!
Everyone panicked, and seeing that they couldn't stop him, they had no choice but to rush to get a starship to send him over...
On the other side, in the lifelike doll shop, the photographer was taking pictures of the goat-horned figurine in front of him.
"Yes, just smile, that posture will do!"
"Put on a beret to cover your horns. Great! That's it!"
"Once you cover up the horns, it's a puppet with a perfect human body!"
"Wow, this is so good! So good!"
After taking photos for the whole morning, Yumi wiped his sweat and walked down from the platform. He took off his hat and asked, "Are the photos taken today okay?"
"That's amazing!" Vera couldn't help but poke at his stubbornness, "Xiao Mi Mi, you're more popular than real dolls! Do you know how popular these suits you shot are this week? Ahhh, choosing you to be a model is really the best decision I've ever made!"
Yumi smiled shyly, a sense of accomplishment slowly rising in her heart.
The studio was a bit messy. He took a sip of water and sat with the lifelike doll on the sofa.
Soon, Vera had finished retouching the photos and uploaded them to the online customer group at once.
[Vera: New products are here, details of the autumn sets are shown...]
The group message was quickly filled up:
【！ ！ ！】
【This set is so cute! 】
[If you ask me, are the models these days really real people? I doubt that the store made life-size clothes, asked good-looking models to take photos, and then used special effects to enlarge the surrounding contrast objects... In this way, you can't see the details of the doll's real clothes, right? ]
[…Are you new here? I’ve been to this store offline, and the models are really just that big! So cute!]
[Uh, you're not the boss's agent, are you? ]
[I've seen this too. Am I also a shill? He's said to be from outside the main city. Don't make such a fuss...]
[I've been to places outside the main city, but why haven't I seen such a small Sna star?! ]
[If you haven't seen it, then you don't have it???]
[Hey, hey, hey! Let's not get off topic, the new set is really nice, I've already placed an order for my friend's and my dolls! Ship it quickly! ]
[Boss, does this set include a model? It's so cute, I really want to buy it and keep it. I will take good care of it [shy]]
【……】
Yumi was drinking water when he suddenly heard Vera burst into laughter at the computer. He turned his head and saw the message that someone wanted to buy him and support him. He was stunned.
Vera teased him: "Xiao Mi Mi, you are so popular!"
“…”
Suddenly, there was a loud rumbling sound from the sky.
"What's going on?!"
Everyone in the room was startled.
Vera opened the window immediately and looked out - it was a starship slowly landing.
The woman's expression relaxed instantly, she closed the window and was about to continue working, but when she turned around she saw Yumi following her and looking at her nervously.
Vera was stunned, then she explained with a smile: "Don't be afraid, it should be some important person coming to play...it has nothing to do with us anyway!"
Yumi had never seen such a scene before, and almost thought it was an interstellar war. Upon hearing this, she wiped her sweat and said, "Great."
“…”
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