Ringer returned to Emerald alone, while Crimson stayed on Luffy's ship.
Lufei finally accepted Scarlet's request and decided to put aside her plan to chase the black mermaid Fei Xi. She first intercepted the exile ship where Prince Lieyang was. After finding the target, she went to the store to inform Ringer of the next move.
For her, this was a risky political investment, and if the hapless prince later regained the throne, she would at least reap a staggering reward.
Of course, if he failed, his ambitious uncle would definitely cause trouble for her, but she had never been afraid of anyone at sea. What's more, the Garama Empire does not have strong control over the sea.
After Lin Ge returned to the store, he did not leave immediately. Instead, he walked to a small wine table and sat down.
Elise, Lanya and others had left, and now he was the only one in the store. After he sat down, his eyes slowly swept across the tables and chairs in the hall, as well as every crystal clear wine glass on the bar. Every bottle of wine on the wine cabinet.
After closing time, Emerald was astonishingly quiet. There was no sound in the hall, and no sound could be heard from outside the door. Time seemed to have frozen here.
Ordinary people may find this a bit scary, but Ringer enjoys this feeling of absolute silence.
He closed his eyes and seemed to hear whispers coming from the wine cabinet. When he opened his eyes and looked at the wine cabinet, those voices disappeared again, leaving only bottles of wine quietly placed on the cabinet.
He stood up, walked into the bar, took down a bottle of sherry from the wine cabinet, with a gentle smile on his lips, and said softly to it: "Soon I will be able to hear you, your real voice."
His fingers gently brushed the bottle, as if caressing the girl's skin.
At this time, two short bells suddenly came from his pants, breaking the quiet atmosphere. He took out his phone and saw the store manager's reply message:
"Don't ask me about such trivial matters in the future. You can use the things in the store, even if it's Elise and Nelu, as long as you have the ability. Next time I go to the store, remember to give it to me Don’t let me down with a glass of the new wine you developed.”
The above message was sent by Ringer before going to work. The content is: "Store manager, can you use the wine in the store to develop new wine?"
Because he wanted to take the wine outside the store this time, he sent a message to the store manager specifically. Judging from the store manager's reply, the store manager didn't care that he used the store's wine.
However, the redundant content in this reply couldn't help but make him laugh. It doesn't matter what Elise and Nilu are. If they see this message, Nilu may be able to keep calm, but Elise will definitely Exploded on the spot.
But the way Elise looks angry is quite interesting. Uh, what was I thinking...
He smiled and shook his head, put away his boring thoughts, and replied:
"Thank you manager, I promise you won't be disappointed."
After sending the message, he waited for a while and when he didn't receive a reply, he put away his phone and prepared to leave.
At this moment, he suddenly felt like he was being watched, which startled him. He looked around the store and quickly found the source of that strange sight.
A pair of eyes opened at the bar door.
They were a pair of beautiful green eyes, like two beautiful gems, rotating slightly as if they were observing him.
Under those jewel-like eyes, there is also a small and exquisite nose, and a small mouth with delicate corners.
"Menling?" Linge stared at those eyes in surprise, "When did you grow eyes?"
"Just now." Men Ling blinked and replied. Its voice also seemed to get better, from a high-pitched child's voice to a soft girl's voice.
Hearing the voice of the door spirit, Linge thought to himself, if there are male and female doors, then this must be a small female door. Hmm... This sounds a bit strange, but whether it is its voice or the facial features it has grown, it is biased towards women, there is no doubt about it.
The door spirit stared at Lin Ge's face curiously and said, "Is this what you look like? You look very pleasing to the eye."
Ringer asked: "Will you grow other things in the future? For example, hands and feet?" If a door grows legs, will it run away?
"Of course," Menling replied, "My goal is to condense a complete body and travel around the world again."
Ringer keenly captured some information from its words and asked: "Have you had a body before?"
"Yes, but then it broke."
"Were you a man or a woman at that time?"
There was a flash of thought in Men Ling's eyes, and then he replied: "It seems to be a girl, I can't remember clearly."
"Then do you still remember how that body was broken?"
"I don't remember. I just remember that I have been to many places. All I can remember are the places I have been to."
"What can I do for you?" Menling had helped him many times, and he also wanted to do something for Menling.
"As long as there are more customers in the store and everyone stays in a happy mood, it will speed up my body's concentration, so you just need to work hard."
"This is natural. Even if you don't say it, I will do it," Linge said. "Is there any other way to help you?"
"No more. Since you came to the store, the number of customers has begun to increase, and everyone is very satisfied after drinking the wine you made. I can grow eyes and a nose within a month. If I rely on Elise's You useless guy, I don’t know how long it will take to grow up to this point. She is really stupid, at least she is a complete idiot when it comes to bartending.” Menling’s little nose wrinkled slightly, and he commented on Elise with a hint of complaint. Poor previous work results.
Lin Ge chatted with Men Ling for about half an hour and prepared to leave.
Hearing that he was about to leave, Menling said, "Hey, are you leaving now?" His voice sounded a little disappointed.
Lin Ge felt a little strange. Today, the door spirit not only grew eyes, but also seemed to have richer emotions. He had noticed this when the two were chatting, and its lost tone at this time made this point even more obvious. obvious.
"Didn't you stay in the store for a while before? Why don't you stay here tonight too?" Men Ling persuaded.
"Next time, I have important things to do. Please send me to the Demon King's Castle."
"All right."
"Good night, Miss Menling."
This time the door spirit did not question Ringer's name for it. Perhaps it remembered something or awakened something.
It silently watched Ringer with its emerald eyes, watching him turn off the light, watching him open himself, then close it softly, and then leave.
As Ringer gently closed the door, the last light in the crack of the door disappeared, and the bar fell into absolute darkness and absolute silence.
Until the girl's soliloquy sounded in the darkness, but the voice was very vague and could not be heard clearly.
Some people died, but not completely...
