Chapter 9: .Mysterious Bookstore (Part 2) (Revised)

Mysterious Book House (Part 2)
The atmosphere in the restaurant is somewhat subtle.
After the blond boy said, he strode around the bar, opened the side closet and hung up his coat.
Seeing that he is very handsome and familiar with this place, Jie Hai thought to himself that this is the owner of the shop, and he bowed quickly: "Hello! My name is Jie Hai, I’m here to apply. May I ask if you are the shop here? Is it long?"
"Apply?" The blond boy was taken aback for a while but didn't answer immediately. Instead, he magically took out a golden rose from his coat and gently placed it in a porcelain vase next to the table before turning around. He raised his hand to support his chin and stared at Jie Hai suspiciously. He glanced at the wrinkled old shirt, the gray trousers with trousers, and finally stared at the pair of leather sandals, seemingly squeezed unhappy. Pursed your lips: "Will you apply for the job in this way?"
Jie Hai looked down at his casual dressing, and suddenly realized that he was a little out of place with this warm and elegant restaurant. He scratched his head awkwardly and explained: "I'm really sorry! I thought I was working in the temple, so I didn't think much... …"
"Temple?"
"It's the old temple in the east of the city."
"Which city east?"
"...Of course it is the capital." Jie Hai was a little surprised. Didn't the store manager come here from the stone tablet?
"Are you from Tingguo?" The little shopkeeper nodded as if knowingly.
"No, I am from Tapaz, and I came to the capital to go to school."
"Exchange student?"
"Yes."
"Not bad, I can't see that you are quite good." Hearing a slight smile from here, the blond boy approached and looked at the sea again, and quickly noticed his unusual double pupils. Surprised and admired: "Your eyes are so beautiful, I have never seen such a pupil color!"
"……Thank you."
"It's a rare sight! It's worth celebrating!" The blond boy seemed very happy to see these unusual double pupils. He cocked his mouth and exclaimed, then turned around and took out a long wine bottle from the wooden cabinet, then smiled back. Would you like some champagne too? Apple flavored."
"No, no need." Jie Hai waved his hand and repeatedly thanked him. His drinking volume was terribly shallow, and a glass of low-concentration ale was enough to make him dizzy.
The blond boy did not persuade too much, poured a glass of fruit wine, took a sip, leaned against the bar and continued to ask: "How do you know I am recruiting people here? Who sent you in?"
"His Royal Highness Shun told me."
"Shun? Are you talking about Prince Shun of Chuguo?" The little store manager was startled when he heard the words. He straightened up and looked at Jiehai's shabby underwear, which seemed a little unbelievable.
Seeing him so surprised, Jie Hai quickly explained to prevent misunderstandings: "His Royal Highness Shun indeed asked me to come. He also gave me a silver badge, but it suddenly disappeared when I came in..."
The store manager didn't respond when he heard him talk about the silver badge. He glanced at his blue pupils without showing a trace, and continued to ask, "What is your relationship with him? Why do you recommend you to come?"
"His Royal Highness Shun is my senior and also a good friend of mine. Because of an accident this time, I couldn't find a place to work for the time being, so he recommended me to try it with you..."
Does that arrogant still have such a shabby friend? The store manager frowned and groaned for a moment, feeling that his explanation was not convincing. He rolled his eyes and continued to ask: "You said he is your friend, then do you recognize the green-haired wood next to him?"
"Green hair? Is that Brother Jinyuan?"
"Well...what is he doing lately? He won't come to me on weekends." The store manager stared at the wine glass in his hand, and asked this question intentionally or unintentionally. It sounds like it is closely related to Jinyuan.
"Brother Jinyuan... I think I can’t get away because of something. The student union has been very busy recently, as well as the teaching activities of the tea ceremony club..." Jie Hai didn’t know what was going on with Jinyuan, but he still scratched his cheek and tried to help him. Justified a few words.
"Forget it, I'll just ask casually." The little store manager Zhuangruo waved off him indifferently. When he heard this, he let go of his doubts and admitted the identity of the other party. He put the wine glass back on the table and turned to Jiehai. Stretched out his right hand, "Introduce myself. My name is Yuno, Yuno Asker. I am currently the manager of this bookstore."
Bookstore? Isn't this a restaurant? Jiehai had doubts but didn't dare to ask more, and hurriedly shook hands with him: "Fortunately to meet you! My name is Jiehai Lanner and I am a second-year student in the Royal Academy of High School."
"Since you were introduced by Shun, you must have a reliable character..." Yunuo smiled and leaned against the bar and compared his surroundings, proudly introducing him to his territory, "This is the Song of Time, you probably I’ve never heard of this name. Simply put, it’s a small membership-style salon. The restaurant is on the first floor, and the library is on the second floor. Usually there are not many guests. Just come over and clean up the room and organize the books."
"Okay, okay." When Jie Hai heard that the other party had agreed to hire him, a big rock finally fell in his heart, and he nodded and said yes.
Yuno looked at the boy's attire again, and couldn't help but frowned: "Isn't it possible to wear this one with me, you can ask Shun when you come back, and he will arrange it for you."
"Okay." Jie Hai knew that this dress was indeed too casual, but there was no contempt in listening to his words, and his feelings were overwhelmed, and he agreed.
"By the way, I will introduce you to an assistant..." Yuno tapped on the desk lightly, "Dandan!"
As soon as the voice fell, the unique mechanical voice of the little puppet came from the kitchen: "Dangdan! Dangdan!" The little guy repeated his name, slipped out from behind the curtain and stood in front of them.
"Dandan? Puff..." Jie Hai couldn't help laughing when he heard the stupid name, but he immediately reacted and quickly covered his mouth.
"...Don't laugh, otherwise I won't want you." Yuno gave him a displeased look. After seeing the other person's quiet appearance, he nodded in satisfaction and touched the puppet's round forehead and said, " Dandan will be responsible for the reception of the restaurant, including ordering and serving dishes..."
"Order! Order!" Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted loudly by the little puppet who had consciously received the instruction. He stretched out his arms like lightning and took out a piece of hard cardboard and a black pen from behind. , Quickly leaned in front of Yuno.
"...And closing cleaning." The little shop manager glanced at the pen in the mechanical hand, and refused with a straight face, "Take it away, now I don't want to order..."
"Order! Order!" The little puppet didn't even notice the manager's words, still stubbornly raising his arms and shouting instructions constantly, Jie Hai even felt that he could hear a little bit of joy from the rushing mechanical sound. Yuno squinted his eyes and pursed his mouth, pretending that he didn't see it, he wanted to go around Dandan, but he was caught by the sleeves of his remaining two hands and couldn't escape.
"Order! Order!"
"...Okay, okay, can't the dots work!?" Yuno was so entangled with it that he couldn't help but drew out the pen and paper and wrote a few words at random, and stuffed it into the little puppet's chest without looking. In the pocket.
"Order! Order!" The little puppet who received the order slid back to the kitchen happily. Jie Hai was suffocating a smile. He didn't dare to show a bit of it for the manager to hear, but it was because of the twisted one. His face made a roll of eyes.
"Anyway... that's it, you don't need to worry about the kitchen." Yuno gave a light cough and wanted to make a serious look. After a pause, he seemed to feel that the situation was irreversible, so he changed the subject forcibly, "I'll take it first. Go around." Jie Hai replied, and followed him as he walked and looked.
Bookshelves are surrounded by the wooden stairs on the side of the bar, filled with various books, and there are several long wooden chairs around for people to read nearby. The walls outside the kitchen were covered with black-and-white or colorful wooden-frame photographs. Jie Hai looked up and saw that in addition to some expansive and magnificent landscape pictures, there were actually many portraits of historical celebrities.
Yuno took him around the round bookshelf, gave a few words about the work that needs to be done every day, and then took him directly up the stairs. The entrance to the second floor is full of neatly trimmed boxwood shrubs, arranged in rows in an arc or square, neat and tidy. The top of the head is a grid-like fiberglass frame, and the ground is covered with light yellow gravel bricks, and the fresh air is faintly scented, as if the two suddenly came to a certain greenhouse garden.
There are rows of wooden chairs of various shapes among the flowers and grass on his left, and a beige marble round house on the right, with a wide wooden frame full of books around the house. There are layers of rose vines hanging by the French windows in the distance, sifting the bright sunlight into small spots. The vines are also covered with colorful flowers. Squinting, it seems that you can see the dots of water on the flowers. dew.
Jiehai was in this quiet little garden, he couldn't help taking a deep breath, and then hesitatingly asked Yuno: "The shop manager, why are there flowers and plants everywhere in the bookstore? Although it looks good... but it will take care of it. Wouldn't it be troublesome? And the flowers and plants have to be watered every day, will it affect the preservation of books?"
Yuno smacked the corner of his mouth proudly, and sold Guanzi and explained: "Don't worry, you don't need to take care of these. You just need to take care of the bookshelf over there." He pointed to the wooden shelf, regardless of whether the other party was. He could understand, and led him into the round house.
The light in the room was very dim, and Jie Hai looked up at the roof and opened his mouth wide in surprise. On the dome was a bright Milky Way, countless stars flickering, and occasionally small meteors would pass by, just like the real night sky.
"How is it? Pretty, isn't it?" Yuno pointed to the night sky of the dome and gestured towards the sea, with a proud look in his eyes, "This is the starry sky unique to our bookstore!"
Jiehai looked obsessedly at the galaxy that seemed to be reachable, feeling very yearning for some reason, and couldn't help muttering: "Manager, this starry sky...is it true?"
"Of course it is true!" The little store manager raised his head proudly, as if he was very upset with his meaningless questioning, "It took me a lot of effort to convince the master to do it for me!"
"Grandmaster?"
"Ah...it doesn't need to be sorted out, you just have to come and check it occasionally."
"……Ok."
"However, there is one thing you need to remember..." At this point, Yuno pointed to the distance with a serious expression, "Don't just go in there!"
Jie Hai looked in the direction he was pointing, and there were rows of crystal walls erected in the center of the room. The translucent walls were lined with white fluorescence, making them extremely pure and flawless. He stretched his head and explored left and right, and found that these tall crystal walls seemed to form a pentagram shape. Surrounded by the mushroom huts with yellow lights, they looked like altars of some ancient ritual.
"Don't worry." Although this high wall always gave him a weird feeling, but since it was the shopkeeper's rule, he remembered it.
The two of them walked down the stairs again, and saw the little puppet galloping over with their arms high and carrying a snack. In the blink of an eye, the little guy ran into the private room by the stairs, carefully placed the porcelain plate on the table, and shouted to the two of them: "Please use it slowly! Please use it slowly!"
Yuno smiled and touched its little head and thanked him, and stretched out his hand to signal to Jie Hai: "Try the craftsmanship in the shop."
Jiehai looked in front of the sea, and the plate was filled with light yellow double-layer cakes like a flower, with a fragrant aroma. He picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, only to feel that the mouth was sweet and soft and milky, as if it had all melted as soon as he entered his mouth. He was still squinting his eyes and slowly reminiscing about the food he had never enjoyed before, and he saw Yuno eating the small cakes quickly one by one, as if the person who was reluctant to order just now was someone else. .
The sweets-loving shopkeeper subconsciously ate the cake clean, and then he remembered that there were others beside him today. He stopped for a while, and Yu Guang glanced at the sluggish applicant, and coughed away from the topic: " That's all for the specific work, any questions?"
"This, that..." Jie Hai scratched his head a little embarrassedly, and stopped talking, "Manager, about the compensation..."
"Oh, remuneration..." Yuno nodded suddenly, and said in a deep thought, "I'll tentatively set a monthly salary of 1 gold, and settle the bill at the end of the month. Any other questions?"
"1 gold? Great! Thank you, the manager!" Jiehai almost jumped up happily. 1 gold, that is 100 silver and 10,000 copper! Eating frugally is enough for his living expenses for a few months!
Yuno glanced at the excited little helper inexplicably, realizing that he had not given the wrong quotation, and then posing as a senior store manager and continued to order: "Let's go back and get ready. The business hours are until 10 pm Until o’clock, if you come over after school, you can also have a free dinner in the store."
"Okay, thank you, the manager!" Jiehai nodded at him excitedly when he heard that there was a free dinner, and was stopped when he turned around and was about to leave.
"Wait, I almost forgot to give you the voucher." Yuno turned and walked into the bar, took out a golden crystal emblem from the wooden cabinet and handed it to him.
When Jie Hai took the badge and looked at it, it was the same as his previous one. It was empty and clean. Just when he wanted to take a closer look, the badge turned into a cloud of golden light and penetrated into his palm, and no trace was found.
He was taken aback by the golden light, and hurriedly turned his right hand over to check, but he heard the shop manager’s soft laugh: "Don’t worry, the golden badge is specially made and will melt into your body. In the future, you just need to put your hand to teleport. You can come in from the monument, you don’t have to go through the passage. The same goes for you to leave, just put your hand on the gate."
"It turned out to be like this...Then I'll leave first, and see you by the shopkeeper." If Jie Hai realized something, after bidding farewell to Yunuo, he walked to the wooden door and looked at it for a while before taking a deep breath and holding his breath. Breathing, he quickly pressed his hand to the door, the purple light flashed again, and the figure of the boy returned to the monument pavilion of the old temple.
With the previous experience, Jie Hai just felt a little dizzy at this moment. He rubbed his head and looked at the sparkling lotus pond outside the pavilion and let out a long sigh, his face full of excitement of returning from the adventure. He stretched out his right hand and looked at the sunlight carefully. In the thin white palm of his hand, a golden phoenix coat of arms could be vaguely seen.
"Great!" The young man smiled as if he was confirmed. He turned his head and looked at the deep monument again, with infinite longing in his eyes. "Song of Time...Song of Time..." He muttered a few words dreamily, and then walked out of the temple with a clap expression.
By the side of this golden rippled pond, the mysterious purple-patterned obelisk still stands quietly, as if it has never changed since the origin of that distant time. A red carp jumped high from the pond, bringing out a few drops of water and splashing towards the stone monument, but it seemed to have encountered an invisible flame next to the pavilion, and instantly disappeared in the air.