Succubus' Manor

The drawings provided by Arnold are very fine. The benefit of fineness is that the dwarves not only quickly made a new generation of looms, but also succeeded once without failure. The new looms are more efficient, and the shock to the weaving room is The biggest thing is that it usually takes less than half a piece of cloth to weave, but after replacing it with a new loom, it can weave a whole piece of cloth.

The dwarves were also shocked. They studied the drawings carefully and prepared to make improvements by themselves.

Although the dwarves have never read books or drawn pictures, their creativity should not be underestimated.

Their enthusiasm is high, and Chi Yan will certainly not dampen their enthusiasm.

Pig iron is enough, as is wood, and it doesn't matter if the improvement fails.

All success is built on numerous failures.

Before Edison developed a more durable filament, he was soliciting investment and giving lectures. At that time, his research could not even see the shadow of success. If he did not succeed, all the promises he had made before would become him. chains and sins.

Become a despised swindler and a liar.

But he succeeded.

His success was built on a big gamble.

And Chi Yan didn't have to gamble like this, and the pressure was less, so no matter whether the dwarves could improve or not, he would not have psychological pressure.

When the dwarves were enthusiastically improving, Kleist left the territory. He wanted to go back to the abyss and bring out more demons. Before leaving, Chi Yan pretended to be Kleist like an old father. On a lot of things.

"It's a pity that there is no kettle." Chi Yan looked worriedly at the package he packed for Kleist, which contained steamed katuo, dry biscuits, and some candies. If Kleist hadn't repeatedly refused, Chi Yan Yan also wanted Kleist to take a quilt away.

Kleist sat on the side, looked at Chi Yan's worried expression with gentle eyes, and said with a smile, "This is not the first time I've left."

Chi Yan put one hand on his waist without raising his head, while thinking about what else he could give Kleist: "At least it's going back to my hometown, do you know if you're going back to your hometown?"

Kleist: "..."

I really don't know.

Chi Yan: "Your clothes are so thin!"

I knew that we should let the textile room save some cotton to make two cotton coats for Kleist. Although they are not very beautiful, they are warm.

And at this time, no one cares whether it looks good or not.

"It should be fine after removing the quilt." Chi Yan stroked his chin, then turned to ask Kleist, "Can't you leave a few days later, ten days later?"

Kleist said helplessly: "The last time I said I wanted to leave, I have already postponed the time."

Chi Yan sighed, walked to Kleist and sat down, and said worriedly: "It's so cold outside, what if you catch a cold?"

Kleist: "..."

Chi Yan thought about going, but was still worried: "Why don't you take a few more people with you? I think it's good to be black."

After Hei came back, he put all his energy on raising the children.

And when he came back, he picked up a few more children thrown by their parents on the street, smaller than those brought back before.

So they can't do the work, and they all rely on Hei to support them. Hei doesn't have enough to eat every day, so he throws them into the depths of the woods to find prey.

Compared with other demons, Hei has a greater sense of belonging and responsibility here.

It is a half-human demon.

Kleist held Chi Yan's hand and comforted softly: "Don't worry, nothing will happen."

Reason told Chi Yan that according to Kleist's force value, no one or beast could threaten Kleist's safety.

But no matter how clear his reason, Chi Yan was still very worried.

"Then come back early." Chi Yan looked into Kleist's eyes.

Kleist looked at Chi Yan intently, smiled and said, "I promise."

There was no snow on the day Kleist left, and it was a rare sunny day. Chi Yan was the only one to see him off. When he was on his way, Kleist would turn out his wings and fly faster than he could walk .

There are no changes in terrain in the sky, no cliffs, no lakes.

After Kleist left, Chi Yan became more and more lazy.

Only Benedict would come to chat with him occasionally. Like him, Benedict was also very boring. He came in a hurry and didn't bring a lover, and his lovers were unwilling to go with him.

Staying in the city has a better chance of survival than following Benedict to the middle of nowhere.

Especially Mrs. Campbell is very busy now, busy concocting medicinal materials and taking care of apprentices, so she has no time to pay attention to her big baby.

"It would be great if we could have a banquet." Benedict couldn't forget the banquet.

Chi Yan yawned: "What's so good about the banquet, look at you."

Benedict had a lot of dark circles before, and he always gave people a feeling of excessive indulgence. Although Mrs. Campbell gave him supplements, it was useless no matter how much they supplemented, because the consumption was faster than the supplements.

After coming to Chi Yan for a while, Benedict looked much better.

At least just looking at the face will not make people feel false.

Infected by Chi Yan's yawn, Benedict also yawned, covered his mouth and said, "It's so boring."

Unlike the merchants, Benedict came with enough money and food, enough for him to do nothing.

Moreover, Benedict doesn’t just look at his face when picking a lover, he also has to be able to talk to him, appreciate art with him, and have elegant taste, so after staying in the territory for so long, Benedict didn’t look at any of them. superior.

He chatted about romance with others, and they chatted with him about how much wheat he would plant next year, but the conversation couldn't go on.

He felt that the other party was vulgar.

The other party felt that he was nervous.

"Look at this painting." Benedict asked his servant to send a painting, which was painted on a wooden board, and it was already faded and distorted.

Chi Yan looked at it for a long time, and could barely tell that this painting was a person's face, with big nostrils and messy paint, even if Chi Yan didn't look at it from a professional perspective, he still felt ugly.

It is neither realistic nor abstract, and has no sense of beauty.

Benedict said angrily: "No one can appreciate my self-portrait!"

Chi Yan: "..."

Benedict was heartbroken: "I know, only you can appreciate my paintings here."

Chi Yan went back and forth between telling the truth and telling lies.

Telling the truth is afraid of hurting Benedict's heart, and telling lies is afraid of hurting his own heart.

Benedict sighed heavily: "If no one knows about my talent, can my talent still be considered a talent?"

Chi Yan was speechless, but the words were quite philosophical.

Gotta find something for Benedict to do.

Lest he come to talk to himself about this every day.

"I have non-burning paper here. You can draw on paper and frame it in a wooden frame." Chi Yan said, "But you have to pay for the paint yourself, and these papers are not cheap."

Benedict readily agreed, and paid a fortune to get the paper from Chi Yan.

He is well cared for by Mrs Campbell, and can appear to be out of his wits at times.

But he can't hide his thoughts, as a friend, he is a good person, as long as you don't tell him any secrets.

After Benedict got the paper, he locked himself in the room and started creating.

He paints everything, most of which are his own self-portraits, but because the bronze mirror has its own soft light, it can't illuminate people clearly, so in his self-portraits, his two nostrils are the most prominent, and his two eyes are so small that they are almost nothing. I still think it's pretty, and I show it off to others when I have nothing to do.

Even the butler has been harassed by him many times, not to mention the butler and valet he brought himself.

Benedict's butler has long been recruited by Chi Yan's butler, and he usually works beside the butler, completely forgetting that he is Benedict's butler, and adapts very well.

After sending Benedict away with a painting, Chi Yan also felt itchy for a moment, and started to sketch with a pen and paper.

Of course, Kleist was the first one to draw, first the human form, then the original form. Chi Yan's drawing skills are very good. Although he is best at gouache, his sketches and sketches are also high marks.

When he learned that he was admitted to the Provincial Academy of Fine Arts, the class teacher was very sorry and asked him if he wanted to repeat the study for a year. After all, his cultural achievements are also good, and he has more than enough for the heavy course. If he repeats the study for a year, he has a high chance of being admitted to Central America or Gome.

At that time, Chi Yan was too lazy, so he didn't go to other provinces to take the exam, but only took the provincial exam.

Chi Yan didn't want to go through another senior year of high school, so he declined the invitation to repeat.

Chi Yan painted so seriously that he didn't notice it when it was dark.

It was the butler who knocked on the door before Chi Yan put down the drawing paper and quill. The ink from the quill was not smooth, and the lines couldn't be drawn to the end. Chi Yan planned to draw out the charcoal pen one day.

"Come in." Chi Yan put the drawing into the cabinet.

The first thing the butler does when he comes in is to close the door.

The room becomes a closed private space.

When Chi Yan saw the butler's actions, he knew that the butler had something important to say, and that he couldn't let others hear it.

"My lord." The housekeeper walked to Chi Yan's side. He looked older, with gray hair and a thin body, but his eyes were very energetic. If you don't look at the appearance, just look at the eyes, it will make people think that he is a young man , in good spirits, ready to achieve a great cause at any time.

Chi Yan sat upright, and rarely asked in such a serious manner: "What happened?"

The butler lowered his head and said, "We haven't heard from the outside world for a long time, my lord, if I'm not wrong, the Holy Court and the royal family should have already fought."

The Holy Court's desire for power is so great that it is unwilling to give the royal family any more space.

And the royal family has a queen in charge, and they will not be caught without a fight.

Fighting is a matter of course.

Chi Yan also suddenly discovered that his territory is like an isolated island. Although he can live his own life on this isolated island, it also means that he is complacent. When the flames of war affect him, how can he burn himself? I don't know.

He needs a pair, or even countless pairs of eyes, to help him keep an eye on the situation outside.

"Send someone out to find out the news." Chi Yan pursed his lips and said, "It must be a very loyal person."

This person must not only be smart and flexible, but also loyal.

Protect the interests of the territory.

Chi Yan looked up at the butler: "Do you have someone to choose?"

The butler obviously has already thought about it: "Dort."

Dot is Chi Yan's servant. When Kadi was busy with outside affairs, Dot worked as a personal servant for a while. In Chi Yan's impression, Dot is a man of few words, although his loyalty is beyond doubt , but Chi Yan was skeptical about whether he could adapt to the situation.

Chi Yan frowned and asked, "Why?"

Butler: "Dort is very smart, my lord."

Dort is not a man of few words, on the contrary, he is very lively, but in front of Chi Yan, he always behaves sternly.

Because he understands that he can't be the same kind of person as Kadi, otherwise he will always be Kadi's substitute. He wants to leave an impression in Chi Yan's heart, a completely different impression from Kadi.

Only in this way, Chi Yan will remember him.

Only when Chi Yan remembered him could he be useful.

Chi Yan didn't care about these things and didn't notice, but the housekeeper knew it very well.

After the butler expressed his opinion, Chi Yan was completely dumbfounded.

There are only a few people around him, and he still wants to stage scheming?

"Dort is a very good candidate, my lord." The housekeeper said, "Renee has a face injury, so she is not suitable to stay in one place for a long time, otherwise she would be a good candidate."

Chi Yan: "Let him go alone?"

The butler shook his head: "I want Bert to go too."

Chi Yan didn't remember who this person was, he seemed to have never heard of this name.

Steward: "It's Abel's brother, he's crippled."

Chi Yan still doesn't remember...

Forget it, I don't want to.

The steward said seriously: "He is also a smart man. Although he has a broken leg, his brain is better than others', at least better than his brother's."

The candidates for inquiring news are all human races.

After all, other places are not like Chi Yan's territory, where there is a lot of discrimination and prejudice against other races. Dahe can be a businessman, but not an informant. People may trade with goblins, but they will not confide in them.

Chi Yan: "Let them leave in spring."

Butler: "My lord, it is more appropriate to go in winter."

Generally speaking, there are many people who migrate in winter. When food is not found in one area, people will go to other places.

At this time, the locals will turn a blind eye to the newly migrated people.

Chi Yan frowned: "Just the two of them? It's still too dangerous."

Chi Yan didn't want to give up two people. In the end, not only did he not get the news, but he was gone.

Butler: "There is also Xiao Hei."

It is safer to bring a witch doctor, especially since Xiao Hei is still a little girl, no one will doubt her.

Xiao Hei was raised by Mrs. Campbell since she was a child. She can read and understand herbal medicine. She can cure common ailments. The most important point is that she is a little girl, and little girls are harmless in people's eyes.

With her there, people will be much less suspicious of Dot and Burt.

Chi Yan thought for a while: "Let Xiao Hei come to see me."

He knew that Xiao Hei was a demon, and he had to make sure that Xiao Hei had the ability to protect himself, otherwise he would never let a child go out.

Soon after the housekeeper stepped back, he led Xiao Hei to Chi Yan's room.

Apparently the butler had already told Xiao Hei about this on the way.

Xiao Hei is a very beautiful little girl, because she is of mixed blood, so she is not as casual as the pure blood demons under the abyss.

She has black hair, dark eyes, and snow-white skin, like Snow White in a fairy tale.

If she were to stand with Kleist, she might look like a father and daughter.

"My lord, I'm willing to go." Xiao Hei looked at Chi Yan, and two touches of red glow flew up on his snow-white cheeks, which were rosy and very cute.

Chi Yan lowered his voice: "Do you know what you are going to do?"

Xiao Hei said seriously: "I'm going outside, to be the ears and the eyes of the adults, and let people bring back everything they see and hear to the adults."

Chi Yan's voice became more gentle: "You may be in danger, do you know? It's not a literal danger, but a real danger that may endanger your life."

Xiao Hei: "Mom said I can go."

The mother in her mouth is Mrs. Campbell.

Xiao Hei stretched out her little arm and rolled up her sleeves. Looking at her thin arm, Chi Yan didn't understand what she was going to do.

Afterwards, Xiao Hei exerted a little force.

The originally thin arms suddenly swelled up!

It has become an arm that only a bodybuilder can have.

Xiao Hei opened her mouth, her mouth was like a snake, it opened to an incredible size, and there were thin and dense fangs in her mouth.

Then Xiao Hei closed his mouth, his arms returned to their original appearance, and he became that beautiful and reserved little girl again.

"I can swallow a person directly." Xiao Hei swallowed involuntarily, "A grown-up."

Chi Yan: "..."

Sure enough, even a little girl of the Mozu couldn't be underestimated.

Xiao Hei said: "Before my mother found me, my brother and I were slaves."

Let no one discover their identities, and work honestly. Xiao Hei has to smear his and his younger brother's faces with mud every day, and work unkempt to avoid being taken away because of their beauty.

Chi Yan thought for a while, and he squatted down, looking at Xiao Hei at the same level: "Xiao Hei, go back and think about it, okay? Don't rush to make a decision."

After all, it is not necessary to choose Xiao Hei. If you want people to lower their vigilance, women can do it too, but there is no suitable candidate for the time being.

Most of the women in the territory are technical talents, and only Renee is the most suitable for undercover agents or informants.

But Renee was disfigured, and it would be dangerous to stay in one place for a long time.

Xiao Hei looked into Chi Yan's eyes, her little face turned even redder, and she said firmly, "I'm not afraid! I can! I can still protect them!"

She can fight much more than two grown men.

Xiao Hei swallowed, and asked in a low voice: "I will finish the task well, when I grow up, can I marry you?"

Chi Yan: "..."

Xiao Hei said seriously: "It doesn't matter if I can't marry you, I can be your lover!"

She had stayed with Mrs. Campbell and knew everything about Benedict, and of course she knew the difference between a wife and a lover.

Chi Yan also replied very seriously: "I have a lover, I can't have any more lovers."

Xiao Hei frowned slightly: "Can't I have it? But Benedict can..."

Chi Yan: "I'm different from him."

"I'm a very loyal person." Chi Yan stretched out his hand and patted Xiao Hei's head, "You're still a child."

"Go back to rest and get a good night's sleep."

After Xiao Hei left, Chi Yan said to the housekeeper, "No, she's too young."

Chi Yan didn't like children very much in the past, and especially hated the children of relatives. As long as the children of relatives came to visit the house, they would cry and want to play with his computer and his figures.

When he was in junior high school, he didn't know how to deal with it, and as a result, many figures and game consoles were broken.

Later, he got smart and locked all his things in the bedroom before his relatives came, and then hid the room key.

No matter how loud the other party was crying, he didn't move like a mountain, pretending that he didn't hear anything.

If the other party's parents can't bear the crying of the child and ask him, he will say that the door lock is broken and he hasn't found someone to fix it.

Although it was a trick every year, in the end his relatives knew that he was a "stingy ghost".

But it's better to be a cheapskate than to be "taken aback".

After coming here, Chi Yan felt that the child was pitiful and cute.

Maybe most of the children who are sensible and obedient and make adults think they are cute are children who have experienced the cruelty of reality. They grow up prematurely and mature prematurely. They are obviously still children, but they cannot find the shadow of children in them.

Chi Yan always had more patience with these children.

According to his mother, he was naughty when he was a child, but he was good at pretending. Every time he got into trouble, he would stare at the adults with a pair of pitiful eyes, making people reluctant to get angry with him.

But naughty is really naughty.

His mother would still say with nostalgia: "Although I often wanted to beat you up when you were young, after you stopped causing trouble, I felt that something was missing."

It is probably the same for all parents. The children of other people seem to be sensible and well-behaved, but they still think that the mischievous one in their own family is the best.

Chi Yan said to the butler seriously again: "You can't let the child go."

The housekeeper didn't insist either: "I'll keep an eye on the candidate."

Just get people out before winter is over.

A female slave named Lily quickly entered the housekeeper's eyes. Lily was not a very beautiful slave female, but she was not ugly either. She worked very hard, no different from other female slaves.

If there is a difference, it is that she can always be lazy.

She can get things done quickly, then go slacking off, and never get caught once because she gets the job done so well.

But she is not a lazy person. When doing things, she is more serious than others.

The housekeeper doesn't hate lazy people, as long as the lazy person does what he should do.

Sometimes spending half the time of others doing good things is also a kind of ability.

The next thing to see is whether Lily is loyal or not.

The housekeeper spent a long time watching her.

I found that she has a lot of friends, and all of them are willing to help her.

She is a person who is good at making friends and taking advantage of people.

After half a month of observation, the housekeeper finally told Chi Yan her name.

"My lord, she is more suitable than Dot and Bert." The butler said seriously.

The butler told Chi Yan what he saw and found.

Chi Yan was confused.

Unexpectedly, he had hidden dragons and crouching tigers in his small territory.

A humble slave girl is a born politician.

It is not uncommon for people to take advantage of others, but it is rare for the person being used to be grateful to her and consider her their best friend.

The housekeeper assured: "Her loyalty is beyond doubt."

Just in case, Chi Yan said to the housekeeper, "Bring her to see me."

To be on the safe side, it was better to meet everyone before they left.

Put the Charm to third gear.

Hey, I'm going to sell my beauty again.