Palm Dragon

Seeing the shining signboard again, Werther was inexplicably relieved.

At this moment, Pagrama is still sleeping in the night, but this extremely bright signboard proves that this old grocery store is still in business.

The wooden doorknob was polished to a shiny finish, and as soon as the door was pushed open, the melodious ringing of bells spread throughout the small shop.

"welcome--"

The necromancer standing at the door froze for a moment.

A tall skeleton in a black apron stood at the counter holding a multicolored [perhaps pheasant feather] duster and bowed slightly to him.

Probably because of the air leakage, when the skeleton spoke, there was a slight creaking sound.

The shopkeeper, who looked very young, took good care of the skeleton he made. It seemed that it was lubricated regularly, and the bones were not brittle... Due to occupational diseases, Werther began to study this shop assistant.

"Where's Li?"

The skeleton was silent for a few seconds.Werther guessed he was digesting his own words.

"The store manager...please wait a moment."

The skeleton put down the duster and walked behind the counter smoothly.

The necromancer was a little nervous and pulled his cloak.

The colorful door curtain seen on the previous visit was replaced by a gingham that looked like a picnic cloth, and Lee quickly emerged from it.

"You came a little earlier than I expected."

Still with weird long black braids, Werther noticed that Li's body seemed to emit a strange fragrance.

"Assi is very useful and helped me a lot..." Noticing Witt's gaze on the skeleton that followed him, Li said with a smile.

As if Li had explained something in advance, the skeleton named Asi strode past them and closed the shop door.

"So, can we start?" Werther looked away.

"plz follow me."

Maybe the grocery store is doing well, but Werther's betting that few customers will be able to walk in to the counter and lift the curtain.

Li let the necromancer into the counter, but instead of lifting the curtain, he reached out to him.

In the palm of his hand was a long, thin piece of black flannel.

Werther understood immediately.

"You want me to blindfold?"

"If you don't mind, Axi will guide you." Li smiled.

For the necromancer, the darkness is less like an unknown, more like a homeland.So although Werther was not very happy, he still took it.

The vision was suddenly covered by darkness, and Werther could hear the friction sound of the muslin door curtain being raised.

A hard touch gently tugged at his cloak, Werther understood, and followed Axi's lead.

Though invisible, the necromancer's senses were acute in the dark—he could feel the hard floor beneath his feet, the rustle of feathers in the air, and the faint whisper of a whisper.

He remembered the mysterious sitar he had seen on the counter last time.

However, before he could carefully distinguish the fine sounds in the air, Asi stopped quickly, indicating that he had arrived at his destination.

The Necromancer hesitated for a moment, then raised his hand to remove the black flannel from his eyes.

Li stood in front of him, his slender eyes completed an arc: "Welcome to my greenhouse, guest."

——It is a greenhouse, and Werther feels more like standing in a big warm egg. There is a piece of thin grass under his feet, and there is a bench on the ground. In the large circular room, there is only one door for entering and exiting. dark.

"Plants that can breed life are perfectly suitable to be planted here." Li said softly, reaching out to him.

Werther stared at the clean and moist palm in front of him, and was silent for a while.

"You know, trust can make our progress faster at this time." Li said softly.

The necromancer took a breath and whispered something.

A huge flower pot suddenly appeared on Li's palm.

Although the current atmosphere is not relaxed—even a little dignified, Li still couldn't help laughing.

"It looks so bright... won't Mr. Xiaolong complain?"

Lee refers to plants in pots.

When the sacred imperial capital first germinated, it was not as big as Werther's palm, but it has grown a lot during this time, and it looks like a very energetic shrub.

In this season, ordinary light and heat cannot make plants grow so fast.

——When he was in the sacred imperial capital, he once forced the little chubby dragon to squat next to the flower pot for a whole day, because the light attribute of the fire dragon is very beneficial to plants.

The Necromancer coughed lightly.

"It looks like a giant honeysuckle that hasn't bloomed..." Li looked carefully at the plant in his hand. "Let's see how we can make it better..."

Li transplanted the plants in the flowerpot to the center of the room, and the skeleton Axi took out a small bottle from the pocket of the black apron, although it looked exquisite but worn out, it looked like a snuff bottle that a fallen nobleman would carry with him .

Lee pulled out a thin ribbon from the side of the bottle and tied it around Werther's wrist.

The Necromancer found that there seemed to be some faint patterns emerging from the ribbon on his wrist, but when he wanted to distinguish them carefully, they disappeared.

The other end of the ribbon was still connected to the small bottle, which Li buried into the root of the plant.

"There is a very interesting little animal inside." Li buried the small bottle with his hands with his back to Werther. "Once it feels safe, it will crawl out of the bottle and wrap itself around [his] roots. If things go well, this beautiful plant will soon bloom and bear fruit."

Werther touched the silk thread on his wrist that was half buried in the soil. Its surface was not as smooth as it looked.

"...This also belongs to the business category of grocery stores?" Werther has never heard of animals that can absorb emotions from people.

"No, no, it was purely accidental." Li wiped his muddy hands clean. "Next, I'm afraid you will be affected by the withdrawal of your thoughts...but Asi will take care of you."

Lee didn't finish his sentence, but Werther understood.

The so-called care has many meanings - if Werther is exhausted, he doesn't need to worry about his follow-up [handling].

Lee left the room, Werther let out the milk, and the little skeleton bunny climbed restlessly on his lap to sniff his ribboned wrist.

He wasn't sure if he had any love for Eggsia. For a long time, the belief that he wanted him to come back occupied all his thoughts. Only now did he have time to analyze the relationship between them, what kind of emotion was it? .

First miss, then love, and finally life.

These invisible things will be conveyed bit by bit through this thin ribbon.

"If there is no love, it will be life's turn immediately..." The necromancer's fingertips were a little cold, and he gently touched Milk's ear. "It's really the last bet this time, Milk. You too—miss him, don't you?"

Perhaps it was because of running around for too long, the exhausted Necromancer slowly leaned back on the chair back.

Asi, who was on the side, seemed to be attracted by the milk, and creaked closer.

The skeleton rabbit seemed to have a good impression of himself, the big brother who was also made by Werther. Werther lifted the milk and put it on Assi's palm.

"Before I wake up, milk please."

……╮(╯▽╰)╭╮(╯▽╰)╭╮(╯▽╰)╭……

"It really surprised me." Li rolled up his sleeves and brandished a pair of brass scissors with a gesture that belied his suave appearance. "You actually came back alive."

With his movements, the golden hair fell down.

"That's why I said Werther is very powerful—ouch!" Seeing his ear in the mirror being grazed by sharp scissors, the former Knight of Light bared his teeth. "You move faster."

Li quickly finished cutting the last lock of long hair, and looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction: "It's exactly the same as before-my memory is really good. Probably most of the emotions that were taken away by that necromancer were consumed on your hair. So He won't wake up now."

Eggsia actually had only a half-knowledge of what had happened to her. "I feel like I've been asleep for a century."

When he opened his eyes, he was too stiff to lift his fingers.

But no matter whether it was a big skeleton in front of him when he woke up or his old friend who appeared in front of him later, he couldn't compare to the guy whose face was so pale that he didn't seem to be breathing that shocked him.

Eggsia, who had just been resurrected, was almost frightened to death by Werther's weak appearance.

As soon as she put away the scissors, Eggsia slipped to the bed again.

After signaling Assi to tidy up the blond hair on the ground, Li also sat down on the chair beside the bed. "What he needs is self-cultivation. Even if you squat for three days and three nights, he won't wake up because of your enthusiastic eyes."

"Of course I know he can't feel my gaze." Eggsia said sadly. "Do you think I can wake him up with sincere tears?"

"...You should let him be quiet for a while." Li stood up. "He really surprised me—his affection was actually enough to keep you alive." And with that long hair.

"What are you going to do next?" In principle, Eggsia was already a dead person, and Li didn't think that the Holy Emperor would accept a knight who came back from the dead.

"When Werther wakes up, I will follow him and be his follower!" Blonde actually said confidently. "Anyway, I can't go back to the holy imperial capital, so I have to go wandering in the swamp and cemetery with him."

...It turns out that even if you die once, your personality will not change.

Li felt that his nostalgic mood was gone, so he simply stood up and left the room.

But the speed of leaving was too fast, and the owner of the grocery store didn't hear Eggsia's next words.

Eggsia stared at the Necromancer, who was breathing steadily, with tenderness in his eyes.

"If you don't follow him closely in the future, who knows what stupid things he will do to make me feel bad..."

——<Resurrection>End——