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"Sir, welcome~"

Accompanied by the crisp sound of the copper bell on the door frame being struck, the man wrapped in a heavy woolen coat walked into this unremarkable small shop.

Rather than saying that it is inconspicuous, it is better to say that ordinary humans cannot discover it at all.Even if you stay in front of the store, you will only think that it is an abandoned street-facing house that has not been open all year round.However, as long as you think about it a little bit, you will know, how can there be such an idle place in the core area of ​​the capital of country Y?

The one who gave the welcome speech was the young guy standing behind the counter. He looked only in his early 20s, probably a college student who came to work temporarily in the store. His hair was fixed to one side with exaggerated hairspray.That little brother had a typical oriental face, black hair and black pupils, and his figure, which was slightly shorter than his height, made Bai Anshun feel an indescribable displeasure.

"Sir, what you ordered has arrived today."

Although he should be an intern, but the little brother didn't show any courtesy... No, it's not appropriate to say that.Bai Anshun thought for a while, because there is no such thing as etiquette in this legendary shop.Rather, lack of etiquette is the style of this store.

Therefore, it was the little brother who dealt with the customers, but did not stop his accounting work at the same time. This action that did not conform to etiquette made Bai Anshun feel the style of him and this store.

Bai Anshun had nothing to do with this store before, and he only came to this store today to get something.Since the incident seven years ago, Bai Anshun has instinctively resisted any shop that says "Give me the money and give you back everything" on the signboard.However, unfortunately... this is such a store.

Moreover, before Bai Anshun said what he wanted, the little brother said "it has arrived".

Bai Anshun gently pulled the face towel wrapped around his face with his fingers, exposing his mouth.Time did not change Bai Anshun's face too much, after all, 7 years is nothing to a young man of the orc race.Although they don't have eternal time like vampires, the life of orcs has nearly four times as long as that of humans.

The only difference is probably the shallow knife mark across the bridge of the nose, which is the only scar left by Bai Anshun when he practiced in one of the few war zones in this peaceful world.After that, no one was able to escape from Bai Anshun's wolf's claws one-on-one - no matter if it was an ordinary human, a soldier or a magician.

"Are you confusing me with someone else?"

After not speaking for a long time, he felt that his voice was a little hoarse, but it was obvious that this shop did not sell drinks.

"No, Mr. Guest..." The little brother stopped his movements for a while, looked up at Bai Anshun, his listless eyes glanced at Luo Haofeng's few facial features, and then bent down Waist fumbled in the counter.

"I remember... the store manager once said... probably in this place..."

The little brother searched under the counter for a while, and then pulled out a yellowed envelope from nowhere.

"Mr. Customer needs this thing..."

Bai Anshun took the envelope suspiciously, and was surprised to find that it was covered with the lead seal of the Alante History Institute.

"this is……"

Although he already knew the answer, in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstanding, Bai Anshun still confirmed it again and again.

"Invitation letter for the 2000 school festival of Alante School of History, Moonlight School.",

What the younger brother absent-mindedly said was exactly what Bai Anshun needed, and then he showed a commercial smile, matched with that lazy look, as if the word "profiteer" was written on his face.

"How much……?"

"No, sir, the bill has already been paid in advance."

Bai Anshun was a little surprised by what the salesman said this time, and he thought carefully whether his whereabouts had been exposed to anyone before.However, no such person exists.Rather, anyone who has seen me recently has already died.This little brother is probably the first person who saw his own face in the past six months and was still alive.

Even the location of this store was learned from a dead person.

"Who is that guy who paid for me?"

"I'm very sorry sir, that is also our important guest, we cannot disclose any information about the guest."

The straight ball's question directly hit the younger brother's smiling face and was bounced back. Bai Anshun almost turned the wooden counter between himself and the younger brother into rubbish in the next instant.The ledger that had just been sorted out halfway turned into a pile of fragments at this moment, falling from the air little by little, and even a few of them fell on the little brother's head.

The salesman didn't seem to care at all, and his face remained calm.

"I might kill you..."

Bai Anshun was not a deterrent, because his sensitive nose had already detected the opponent's depth.The person standing in front of him was not a guy with profound knowledge, his magic power reserves were surprisingly low, and he probably couldn't even cast continuous attack magic.

"Yes sir," the salesman said very calmly, "The customer who paid for you has already bought my life and the price of all the items in stock in this store, if you want It doesn’t matter if you can kill me after making a fuss here.”

There is definitely something out of the ordinary...

Looking at the salesman who spoke such unnatural words so naturally, Bai Anshun felt a chill down his back after a long absence.

"I don't need it anymore, please take it back."

Under such weird circumstances, no one would accept things so easily, right?

Following the beast's intuition, Bai Anshun just wanted to escape from this shop full of disobedience.Although, he didn't feel anything at first, but now Bai Anshun always felt that he was being watched by someone from somewhere - like he was staring at other prey in the dark.

"Okay sir, after confirming that you no longer need this thing. I will completely destroy this invitation letter..."

"I'll get it elsewhere..."

Bai Anshun handed the invitation letter back to the salesman, but he was not in a hurry to accept it.

"I think this is probably impossible, sir... This is the only invitation letter from Mr. Bai Anshun for the 2000 school festival of Alante History College and Moonlight College. Even if you get someone else's invitation letter from someone else If the invitation letter cannot be matched with the correct spirit pattern, it will not be possible to enter the school festival."

"What did you say?"

"This is your invitation, sir," the salesman repeated in a more succinct language, "If you don't need it, I will destroy it, and sir, you will lose your participation in this school festival forever Chance."

Bai Anshun took the letter from the salesman's hand suspiciously, reached into the inside of his coat and sharpened a curled dagger, and gently opened the letter.

What was displayed in front of Bai Anshun was indeed an invitation letter, that's right, the invitation letter did indeed have his name written on it at the beginning, and the inscription at the end was Hernis, the legendary Dean of Moonlight Academy.Bai Anshun lightly closed his eyes, trying to verify what the salesman said with his own spiritual fluctuations.

A slight resonance came from his hand, it seemed that the little brother was not talking nonsense.However, just when Bai Anshun wanted to open his eyes, he found that the resonance gradually increased.Bai Anshun tried to control the flow of elements in his body, but found that it was almost impossible.The magic power after the resonance converged into a snake-like wave, winding up along Bai Anshun's arm.

"Well……!"

Bai Anshun opened his eyes suddenly, and found that it was not the imaginary snake.It was a white flying snake that existed in reality, wrapped around his arm like a messy thread.Slashed at the white snake with the other wolf-like arm, but the white snake passed between the sharp claws like a phantom, and climbed up to Bai Anshun's shoulder.

The white snake leaped upwards like a shadow, and its cold skin like a leech absorbed the spiritual power of Bai Anshun every moment it came into contact with Bai Anshun.The small snake that was originally only as thick as a string has grown into a giant python that can wrap Bai Anshun's whole body.

The completely animalized Bai Anshun tried to use brute force to get rid of the foreign body attached to his body, but it was clear that the white snake was not a physical existence, but an ambiguous product attached to the spirit.Just when Bai Anshun was about to make a final struggle, the giant python raised its head and neck as if it had finally grown to a certain critical point, opened its bloody mouth and bit Bai Anshun's chest.

At the moment of being pierced, Bai Anshun didn't feel too much pain, but the feeling of paralysis made Bai Anshun feel desperate. The snake venom quickly paralyzed Bai Anshun's body.

"You bastard...!"

Before Bai Anshun lost consciousness, he desperately stretched out his paws to grab the smiling brother who was standing aside.

"Sir, welcome to come~" The little brother bowed towards the direction behind Bai Anshun, "The werewolf you ordered has arrived."

..............................

"a ha ha ha……"

It took Luo Haofeng a long time to regain his physical calm after waking up from the nightmare, because Luo Haofeng didn't dare to turn off the light to sleep, there was still a night light in the room that was enough to see the surroundings clearly.After confirming the safety of the surroundings, Bai Anshun shook his head vigorously.It seemed that he wanted to sweep away that discomfort from his head, but it didn't work.

It seemed that he had dreamed of something...but he couldn't remember anything.Mingming desperately wanted to save Bai Anshun in his dream?

The flashing images made Luo Haofeng's temples ache, and the sweat all over his body had completely soaked the summer silk pajamas. The perfect connection of a certain sense of oppression made Luo Haofeng completely give up the idea of ​​falling down and continuing to sleep.

He jumped off the bed lightly, the marble floor touched the soles of his feet, but Luo Haofeng did not feel the cold touch at all.He simply went to the floor-to-ceiling windows and opened them, and the early morning summer wind poured into the room along the edge of the glass, finally taking away some of the dull air.After taking a few deep breaths from the window, Luo Haofeng felt that his spirit had recovered a bit, but the cool breeze also completely took away his drowsiness.

Looking back, the wall clock on the wall just pointed to 4 o'clock, Luo Haofeng sighed and walked into the bathroom, let go of the faucet and let himself bathe in slightly hot water that is warm but not burnt, hoping to be in peace Recall the content of the dream just now.

However, still nothing.

What I can recall are only some fragments with unknown meanings - unknown shop, Bai Anshun, snake.

After recording these key words in his diary, Luo Haofeng returned to the bed but couldn't fall asleep at all, looking at the back of his hand and the ceiling above his head under the night light.

Eight years have passed, Luo Haofeng's body has not changed at all, that was not Luo Haofeng's original intention.It's just that the forbidden technique Luo Haofeng is using to fix the soul now has the incidental effect of stopping the growth and aging of Luo Haofeng's body.The source of this spell is a variant of elf magic, and Luo Haofeng realized it with the help of Hernis.As Luo Haofeng's doctor in charge, Hernis also carried out experiments on Luo Haofeng's body wantonly. Although Luo Haofeng understood all this, he did not refuse, in order to prolong the life of his soul, which was about to reach its deadline, as much as possible. .

In Luo Haofeng's view, this "side effect", which so many ancient kings dreamed of, was like a curse that he couldn't get rid of.

The body that cannot continue to mature is like a warning sign that reminds Luo Haofeng all the time - compared with him eight years ago, the current him has not grown at all.Even if he has become the dean of Xinghui Academy, even if he has inherited the knowledge of Teacher Ye Cheng, even if he has escaped from C University, even if the student's position has been switched with the teacher, he is still the one who doesn't care about anything. The boy who can't do it.

What is different from the eternal body is the dead line that has been imprinted on his soul since eight years ago.No matter how optimistic people are, how many people can face their fixed death date within eight years without feeling panic?Luo Haofeng is not the kind of person who can completely look down on life, even if he can sacrifice his life for his relatives and friends, it will definitely not be this kind of long-term torment in units of years.

"Bai Anshun..."

Unknowingly, the name of a former friend leaked from his mouth.

"Where are you now?"

Obviously Luo Haofeng is trying hard to be able to stand on the same line with Bai Anshun, but now the two have become people who may never see each other. Luo Haofeng doesn't know if this heavy feeling is accumulated in his chest The emotion called regret.

"I'm so scared..."

The drowsiness and restlessness that struck again made Luo Haofeng in a haze.

"Why haven't you appeared yet..."

In the blur, Luo Haofeng seemed to see the boy who used to have a hearty smile on him, the man who always blocked himself behind his arms when he encountered any difficulties, the man who wanted to catch up even if he risked his life bosom friend.However, because of the tears in his eyes, the image in that memory became more and more blurred.Of course, it might be the other way around.