hotmtlnovel Chapter 120
Chapter 120
Spending the night alone working in this dark and eerie place, any kind of strange occurrence seemed plausible.
Maybe a vampire was secretly lurking in the shadows, waiting to pounce and deliver a fatal blow to your neck.
Oh, wait, she was a vampire herself, so never mind.
Terrifying images flashed through Adele’s mind, but then she matched her own image with the vampires in her mind...
Hmm... she suddenly felt that vampires weren’t that scary after all.
Not only were they not scary, they were even kind of cute and clumsy, what was going on!
Besides, she didn’t need to be so paranoid. The receptionist was in her office not far away, wearing headphones and watching dramas.
If Adele felt anxious, she could just poke her head out the door and take a look at her, then go back to her typing work.
What a miserable life...
During a break to get some water from the water dispenser, Adele sent a message to Celeste.
“Pick me up at ten o’clock tonight, I want to have a late-night snack.”
Celeste replied quickly.
“As you command, my Master.”
There would be no other reply.
Adele put away her phone, picked up the full water cup, and returned to her seat.
She had been working for a long time without realizing it. Adele hit the Enter key one last time, stretched, and looked up at the clock on the wall.
9:52, time to get off work!
Her legs were numb.
She never wanted to work again in this lifetime!
She stood up from her seat, smoothed out the wrinkles on her skirt, packed her things, and prepared to leave.
The last step was to take her internship logbook to the receptionist and get a red stamp on it.
When she arrived at the receptionist’s office, Adele saw the receptionist crying her eyes out because of a touching scene in the TV drama.
She froze, standing at the door, not knowing whether to enter or retreat.
Fortunately, the receptionist noticed Adele’s presence. She tapped the space bar to pause the drama, then turned to Adele while wiping her tears,
“You’ve finished your work, Miss Adele.”
“...Yes, I’m done, Sister Song Qi.”
Adele had already entered her office and saw the nameplate on her desk, which read “Song Qi.”
An Eastern vampire.
She nodded, took the internship task book that Adele handed her, and stamped it with a red seal.
“Thank you, Sister Song Qi.”
Adele bowed in thanks.
“You’re welcome, you worked hard today.”
“Not at all, goodbye, Sister Song Qi.”
“Mmm, goodbye~”
They exchanged farewells.
Adele thought she would wait for Celeste for a few minutes at the entrance of the building.
But in fact, as soon as she stepped out of the building, she saw a figure wrapped tightly in a trench coat, pacing under the dim streetlights, the only bright color being her beautiful long golden hair.
She noticed Adele’s figure immediately. The weather was getting cold as winter approached. Even though she could wear short sleeves and long pants during the day, she breathed out white air at night.
“Adele!” Celeste called out, running towards Adele from afar without hesitation.
Just like a golden retriever seeing its owner coming home.
The corners of Adele’s lips curled up unconsciously.
She opened her arms and welcomed Celeste’s embrace.
Adele was petite, but it seemed that Celeste saw her as her pillar of life, hugging her tightly.
But her grip was gentle, as if afraid that with a little force, the delicate and beautiful girl in front of her would be hurt.
Celeste buried her face completely in Adele’s shoulder and hair, greedily inhaling her Master’s scent.
She whispered in Adele’s ear, her voice filled with emotion,
“Master...”
“My Master.”
The streets were empty at night, the only sound was the rustling of leaves in the wind.
But if the perspective zoomed out, further and further, to an extremely wide angle, you would see that on top of the white cross of a Catholic church in the distance, in the cold and howling north wind, a strange statue of a girl had appeared at some point, with six snow-white wings, completely naked.
She hugged her knees, looking down at the brightly lit city with an emotionless gaze.
And at the two girls walking hand in hand in the distance.
A flurry of snowflakes fell, and the priest of the church rubbed his eyes vigorously.
When he looked again, the white cross on top of the church was already empty, only snowflakes were dancing in the air.
“Winter has come a little early this year.”
Celeste drove the car, turning on the wipers to clear the increasingly heavy snow.
Adele stared at the snowflakes falling outside the window, lost in thought.
After a long while, she murmured,
“Yes, it’s early.”
“But it’s just right, let’s change barbecue to hot pot tonight.”
“Cheers to the first snow of winter!”
“As you command, my Master~”
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The appearance of the “angel” was a much bigger deal for the Enforcement Bureau than the witch.
Li Lige’s life or death instantly became less important in comparison.
According to the reports from Wen Weiran and the others, the “angel” didn’t cause any casualties, but the target of their mission, the witch Li Lige, was seriously injured.
This was confirmed by several other ability users, while Wen Weiran stood there silently, her hands behind her back.
The deputy director of the Enforcement Bureau scanned their faces, the young men and women all standing tall and straight.
“Good job, the Bureau will reward you for your bravery.”
“That’s all for today, you can all go back and rest, Wen Weiran, stay.”
Wen Weiran pursed her lips, her indifferent expression unchanged.
The other experienced ability users, or rather, the executors of the Dongdu Bureau, looked at their junior with envious eyes. She hadn’t even graduated yet, but she was already making a name for herself in the Bureau.
But her abilities were indeed powerful, and she was a piece of uncut jade worth polishing.
Everyone left the office, leaving only the deputy director and Wen Weiran.
Although the deputy director was also a woman, she was tall and muscular. Generally speaking, when the word “muscular” was used to describe someone, you could probably imagine what the deputy director looked like.
It wasn’t until she met the witchified Li Lige that she realized she was wrong.
She let Li Lige go again and again.
Even in today’s battle, her sword only pierced the non-vital parts of Li Lige’s body.
Otherwise, Li Lige would never have had the chance to escape from that prison.
So did this count as repaying her past kindness?
Wen Weiran walked out of the Enforcement Bureau and looked up at the heavy snow falling from the sky.
This world used to be simple in her eyes, all she needed was her rapier to pierce through everything.
But now, it had become complicated.
For the first time, Wen Weiran felt lost about her sword.
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At the same time, in a famous hot pot restaurant in Dongdu.
Adele was worried that she had accidentally ordered too many side dishes, and their stomachs clearly couldn’t handle it.
She didn’t want her Celeste to go home with a bloated tummy.
Although the fact that she was the one who “made her belly big” (referring to ordering too much food) gave Adele a sense of accomplishment.
“How about... I try calling someone over?”
Adele tentatively made her suggestion.
It seemed that she had suddenly forgotten her Master identity at this moment, and was interacting with Celeste more like a close friend.
Celeste blinked her emerald green eyes.
“Master can do as she pleases.”
“Then I’ll call Hermione?”
Adele looked at Celeste seriously, her own expression a bit mischievous.
Celeste’s face instantly turned ugly, so much so that even the guests at the next table started to shrink back.
This made them wonder if the pink-eyed girl at the next table had cheated on the blonde girl in front of her.
In fact... it might be even more serious than cheating.
In Celeste’s heart, Hermione was still her mortal enemy.
As for her Master being close to Hermione... she couldn’t stop it, nor did she have the ability to do so.
But because of this, Celeste wanted to prove herself even more, she wanted to surpass Hermione one day.
Although this was just a pipe dream considering their bloodlines.
“Oh, I’m just kidding, as your Master, can’t I even make a joke?”
“Silly girl, I’m having hot pot with you!”
“The first snow of winter, I, Adele, am sitting face to face with you, Celeste, eating hot pot and singing... well, let’s forget about singing, since we’re not in a private room.”
“Anyway, I’m accompanying you, stupid dog, do you understand?”
Celeste’s expression gradually softened, and finally, her eyes reddened, and she nodded sullenly.
“Mmm...”
Adele jumped up and patted her head.
Even though she was a powerful Sequence Two, Celeste’s reaction at this moment was incredibly cute.
And Celeste willingly endured it, after all, it didn’t hurt at all.
“Then I’ll call someone else, is Tang Linlang okay?”
“...No problem.”
Compared to Hermione, Tang Linlang was much friendlier.
And she even gave her Master that priceless treasure, a spatial ring, which was too advanced for students like them.
Many things in the magic world couldn’t be measured by the standards of the mundane world.
Generally, “Leviathan” (the authority that governed both worlds) only allowed internal transactions, the mundane world was separate from the magic world.
Their common equivalents were also different. The common equivalent in the mundane world was currency, the currencies of various countries, while the magic world, which belonged to the mystical side, preferred bartering.
For example, to buy a magic staff, you didn’t need money, but alchemy materials or potions of equal value.
Of course, you could also use a can of tuna cat food.
As long as you knew a gluttonous and cute little cat.
But occasionally, there were exceptions.
At this time, as long as the human with the connections could offer a high enough price, a price that was tempting enough, they could trade with mages for the items they wanted.
However, this was actually illegal, and they had to be very careful not to be caught by Leviathan.
Fortunately, Tang Linlang had the identity of a descendant of a vampire hunter, so even if she was discovered doing this kind of transaction, the higher-ups would most likely turn a blind eye.
Adele called Tang Linlang, inviting her to enjoy “First Snow” hot pot.
Here, “First Snow” referred to the first snow of winter.
As for “First Snow,” the little minx cat, with her sensitive tongue, she would probably never be able to enjoy the delicacy of hot pot in this lifetime.
But in the Sichuan and Chongqing regions, there was a dish called “bobo chicken,” a kind of cold skewers. Since this world was basically based on the world before Adele transmigrated, there must be a similar dish here.
If there was a chance, Adele would definitely take First Snow to try it.
Tang Linlang’s surprise was almost palpable through the phone speaker.
Celeste just focused on drinking her lemon tea as a substitute for alcohol.
And Adele, feeling that it wasn’t lively enough, called Sharon.
This really startled Sharon, who was staying at home.
But when she heard Adele’s invitation, her fragile little heart suddenly started beating violently.
At the same time, Sharon looked at herself in the mirror, her neat silver-gray short hair, her eyebrows that she had tried to trim with an eyebrow razor, her thin lips with lipstick on.
She had taken off her bulky and concealing clothes and pants, and was wearing a dress that Sharon would never have imagined herself wearing before.
She had made an unprecedented change.
But if it was just for self-entertainment, it would be meaningless.
So she saw Adele’s sudden invitation as an opportunity given to her by heaven to take that most important and bravest first step.
Although she was still scared and cowardly, if she even retreated from this step and gave up, Sharon would forever regret her decision today.
Because it meant that she would also lose Adele forever.
Cowards, like cowards, were not qualified to love.
Sharon took a deep breath, exhaled, and finally put on a warm trench coat, covering the dress she really wanted Adele to see.
She resolutely walked out of the door.
The moment she opened the apartment door, Sharon realized how beautiful the night outside was.
It was completely different from what she saw through the window when she was “hiding in her little world.”
Sharon immersed herself in this romantic snowy scenery.
But she didn’t realize that she had also become a part of this beautiful night.