What is it like to be a wizard in modern times?

Shi Lu received the appointment notice in the middle of the night yesterday, and only had a few hours for him to familiarize himself with the situation. This morning, he was packed together with his luggage and sent to the external office to be claimed.

The sorcerer promised to provide him, the nominal assistant, with various favorable conditions, including food, accommodation and worship, so there was no need to keep him to occupy an extra bed in the dormitory.

As soon as he arrived at the external office, he was warmly welcomed by all the clerks in the department. First, he took off his clothes and changed into a straight suit. Accept the inspection with dead eyes.

"Not bad." Director Zhang from the External Affairs Department nodded repeatedly at Shi Lu, "The young man looks energetic."

"Of course." The chubby aunt next to her raised her brows triumphantly, "I asked the little sisters of the Fox clan to borrow this beauty spray for ten years. It whitens, brightens and slims the face. It's very beautiful."

The young clerk who was in charge of applying Shilu's hairspray came back after washing his hands. He was also very satisfied with the handsome curly hair he had combed out now, and expressed the aspirations of the entire office in one sentence: "Yes, this appearance is not worse than others."

Everyone looked at the two-inch bare-headed ID photo of a certain wizard on the first page of the information on the table, and compared it with Shi Lu's tough and heroic face for three seconds, and nodded inwardly in unison.

That's right, they made such a fuss early in the morning, purely out of their boring and childish competiveness against foreign wizards.

For a long time, the basic requirement of their foreign affairs department recruitment is that the appearance should not be too aggressive.

There is nothing wrong with this central idea. Follow the official foreign policy of peace.However, the resident wizards sent by the Wizarding Council are so beautiful that their passport photos are like classical oil paintings. After reading them, they looked around at the little cabbages in the office, and they couldn't help but say "lost", "I actually lost" and "I Hua!" The country is huge, rich, rich and beautiful, and countless people have lost." I am not reconciled.

This is the first official staff transfer between the mystical world of Huaguo and the mysterious world of foreign countries. How could they lose in appearance just by meeting each other!

So when they had a heated discussion about whether to go next door and borrow two beauties from the fox tribe to support the scene, Shilu, who delivered it to their door, became the victim of this group of guys who were full of "can't lose" and "our country is huge, rich and beautiful, and there are countless beauties." .

Timing: ...

OK.

While he prefers the baggy T-shirt and jeans he bought, it's safer to just keep your mouth shut and smile.

No matter how kindly Director Zhang looks like Maitreya, he must know that Buddhists sometimes glared at Vajra.

……

And the suit...

Not bad.

When Banxi arrived on time, Shi Lu looked at the young man who pushed the door and entered, shaking his head slightly.

——A well-fitting black suit without a trace of wrinkle, strictly complying with the custom-made standard that the shoulder width is one inch larger than the actual shoulder width, the shirt cuffs are about half an inch exposed, and the collar is about half an inch behind the shirt.The fabric of the suit is soft and smooth, with a rich texture, which perfectly sets off the tall and elegant figure of the young man with slender waist and long legs.

Like a swan.

It seemed that this person had met somewhere.

Shi Lv thought vaguely, his gaze crossed the young man's slender and fair neck.

He is so good looking.

Shi Lu couldn't help being a little thankful for making himself uncomfortable just now—it's not that his T-shirt and jeans are bad, but that the suit he wore was a bit nice when the other party's suit and leather shoes were not neglected from the collar to the cuffs. No countertops.

The director of the office smiled and led Banxi and Shilu to the meeting room to sit down and chat, turned to greet his subordinates to serve tea, and did not forget to ask Banxi if he wanted coffee.

"I'll just drink tea." Bancy unbuttoned his suit jacket and sat down, trying his best to ignore the sharp gaze from the opposite side.

The wizard's perception is very keen. At this moment, he felt as if he was being stared at by some large beast. The strong sense of oppression made him feel like a thorn in his back. Pick up the conversation right away.

"Hello." Bancy greeted in a friendly manner.

Shi Lv, who was sitting opposite him, was sinking like water for some reason, like the calm before the storm, exuding a bit of cold and mean ferocity, silent for a long time before lightly nodding his head in response.

"……Um."

Time law remembered.

He had indeed seen this wizard before.

It's just that the delicious meat strips left a deeper impression on him than the feeder, and what he remembered was the pair of misty gray-green pupils, while Bancy's eyes were a jewel-like deep blue. .

Anyway...

The feeding incident that happened just yesterday is still clearly vivid in my memory.

Thinking of the subtle expression that the young man on the opposite side would show when he knew that the useless black cat being fed was Shi Li himself, Shi Li felt that the fur on his tail was about to explode.

No.

This must never be known.

When Shi Lv made up his mind, he tensed up even more, and looked more fierce and unapproachable. Even if the director took the initiative to pass him a message after exchanging greetings with Ban Xi, he was afraid that he might have missed something, ah ah heh he looked extremely cold .

atmosphere……

It was also extremely embarrassing.

The clerks in the office outside peeped at the director's gestures through the cracks in the shutters, and were always ready to find an excuse to rush in to rescue the scene.

"Ah..." The fat aunt shook her head and sighed, "It's as stiff as buying and selling by force, but what should I do..."

"At the blind date, no one fell in love with anyone." The young clerk made a clever metaphor, and his colleagues covered their mouths and beat them hard.

No matter how I feel in my heart that the two people in formal clothes look at each other like a failed blind date scene, can this be said when outsiders are around!The director's eyes pierced through the blinds, hello!

The fat aunt coughed twice, knocked on the door with a plate of dim sum and brought it in.

"This is a dessert made by our chef. It goes well with tea." Director Zhang tried his best to cover the mouths of Shilu and Banxi with the dessert, as if the atmosphere would not be so stagnant.

In all fairness, Bansy is very good at chatting and is very flattering, and his temper is so good that he didn't show any opinion on the cold-faced Shilu throughout the whole process. Director Zhang still didn't dare to trust him easily.

Firstly, the gossip from the Wizarding Council was not very optimistic, and secondly...

Before the permission application was completed, it was transformed into an earth-bound spirit. No matter how good the reason was, it would be labeled as a problematic element to be observed.

Otherwise, they wouldn't bring Shilu up urgently. Shilu just woke up with incomplete memory and lack of experience for a few years. In fact, he shouldn't be in this job, but among the candidates, Shilu has a full score in ideological and political affairs and can write [-] words. After watching the rule of law channel, even if this cold face is at all against Banci, it has to be rushed to the shelves.

The director drank the tea in one gulp.

It's also due to the fact that Shi Lu is not one of his subordinates, otherwise he wouldn't be able to beat this little brat to death.

No matter how distasteful it is, you can't even put on a show!shame!

Bancy didn't think anything of Shi Li's indifference.Wizards have always been very tolerant of mystical existence. Before learning spells, the first thing to learn is to "be angry but smile", and to forgive the group of idiots who are out of touch with reality like a father [beep——].

Compared with some of the beings he worked with before, Shi Li's cold face is still a hundred and eight thousand times worse than Banxi's bottom line of his former boss.

And according to Director Zhang, Shilu is a dog-like beast called "Tengu" (Director Zhang: I didn't mean dogs), and beasts are wild, so it's normal that they are not so easy to get close to.

"Can we take a look at the office next? You can live there, or live with me." Bancy asked Shi Li for advice.

The wizarding council bought a house as a fixed office according to the usual practice. If Bancy was transferred or died in office later, the new wizard would continue to work in this house.

Having wizards working for a long time can increase the mystery of the house, and then react to the work of wizards, forming a virtuous circle.

The purpose of separating the office location from the residence is to prevent a certain wizard from leaving too many personal marks and hinder the normal work of the next wizard.

As for whether assistants can live in the office, the Wizards Council has not stipulated, so Bansy can do it.

Banxi asked Shilu if he needed to go back to the dormitory to get some luggage. Shilu shook his head and said in a muffled voice, "I'll take the luggage."

He didn't have much stuff, an elderly mobile phone issued by the management center and a few clothes, not even a backpack.

Just as soon as the words were out of his mouth, Shi Lu felt a little ambiguity as if he couldn't wait to bring his own luggage for support (?), and pursed his lips even more wanting to beat himself to death who had a good time eating meat strips yesterday.

If he didn't eat the meat strips, there would be no need for him to hide his head and show his tail here, as if everything he said was wrong, and he dared not open his mouth casually even if he wanted to talk to someone.

Bansy noticed that Shi Li's face, which had just calmed down, became gloomy again, and the hand carrying the luggage was strained, and the veins on the back of the hand were raised.

Where are you unhappy again?

Banxi quickly went through the conversation just now in his mind, but found nothing wrong with it, so he had to attribute it to the moodiness of the strange beast.

The office location arranged by the Wizarding Council was a little bit far from the external office. It took more than an hour for a taxi to get there, but it was very close to Bancy's current residence.

Of course, Banxi paid for the expensive three-digit taxi fare starting at 16 yuan in Shenshi without even looking at it.

To review again, the subsidy given by the management center to Shilu is 130 seven yuan a month.

Shi Lu hugged his luggage, looked at Dabieye (bu) in front of him, his mood became more and more complicated, and his face became more and more gloomy.

It is not a newly built villa in the villa area, but a three-story small bungalow with a sense of history. There is a sign of "historical protected building" hanging at the door. One stop at the door can experience the luxury and luxury of the ten-mile foreign market back then.

There are a few well-dressed girls taking pictures by the outer wall. While the flower wall full of roses blocks the view, it has also become an excellent photo check-in point in the vicinity.

There are no complicated restrictions on the gate, just like a normal gate, the key will be opened after two turns. Shilu noticed Banxi's eyes on them when he opened the door, and the whispered gossip that could be heard clearly even though he lowered his voice.

"...you can't buy it even if you have money here..."

"So handsome..."

"Hee hee, I can..."

……

Shi Lu tightened his expression and quickened his pace, and followed Banxi into the gate.

The bungalow still retains the original decoration and furniture, all of which are very well preserved, and there are almost no traces of wear and tear left by time, as if stepping into the filming set of a period drama on TV, it is out of tune with the traffic outside the door.

The entrance on the first floor is the hall, and there are two small rooms on the left and right.

"The two rooms on the left, the first one is used as a pharmacy room, and the second one is used as a warehouse." Bancy assigned the function of the rooms, "I will use the first room on the right as a reception room, and the second one is a reference room."

Going up the wooden stairs, there are three rooms on the second and third floors. There is also a large terrace on the second floor, with a circle of wrought-iron railings with curly patterns that are exquisite and foreign.

Bansy pointed to the terrace: "This is used as a ceremony venue, I also need a room for a rest room."

The nature of the wizard's work determines that he has to be on standby 24 hours a day. When he is busy, he is in a daze, and he will inevitably have to stay for a few nights.

Shilu nodded one by one, and carefully wrote down the purpose of Bancy's arrangement for the room. The decoration company didn't need him to find it himself. The Wizard Council has construction suppliers who are familiar with it, but Shilu is responsible for confirming the details with them. The details of corners and corners, as well as coordinating customs clearance procedures for a large batch of potion materials and ritual utensils that Banxi detained at customs.

This kind of thing is easier for him, a local monster, to come forward, and the work guide he stuffed in his bag also has detailed procedures.

"And the garden, I want to grow some herbs... have you ever grown anything?" Bancy asked.

Shi Lu hesitated, "Should..."

It feels like it should have been planted, but he doesn't quite remember the details.

"It's okay, if it doesn't work, hire an elf to do it." Banxi remembered that there were many elves living here in Shenshi, and they were all born gardeners.

"I don't have anything else to do." Bancy said, looking at Shilu, "You can arrange the rest of the room yourself, you can live here or on my side, but my house is smaller , if there are any special needs, it may not be possible.”

For example, if he wants a gold coin swimming pool of a few hundred square meters, but the house area is not enough, he can build him a mini bathtub of more than ten square meters at most.

"..."

Shilu squeezed the luggage in his arms tightly.

He is very restrained, but the brain hole is not something he can turn off if he wants to control it——

It's food and shelter again.

Or live in a mansion.

Rounding it up in human parlance…

probably...should...maybe...

It's called Jinwu Zangjiao?

The 1.8-meter-five tall and strong "Jiaojiao" had a black face, and was shivered by his own brain.