I'm on the Ark, and I started as a succubus.

……

"Is that right?"

After cutting the delicate chrysanthemum bouquet to the roots, Lappland tossed it into the jar she was using for pounding, picked up the large pestle, and tilted her head in confusion.

"Yes, just crush it all up."

"But these are just ordinary flowers."

"Just mash them all up and give them to me."

The perfumer pulled the case over and stood on it, tiptoeing to examine the bottles and jars on the shelf. "Hey~ where did you put it? I remember putting it here..."

She puffed out her cheeks, her gaze suddenly falling on the furtive W. Her face darkened, and her voice turned icy. "W, give me an explanation. Where did the potion I concoct go?"

W stuck out his tongue and put his hands behind his back. When he was in the wrong, this usually difficult little devil would still appear very honest.

"Hmm~ Hmm~ A while ago, Ansuo asked me what fun new gadgets I had recently, and I mentioned you to her."

W muttered, then quickly reverted to her usual scumbag attitude, "Hey! Okay, okay, it was me, I took it and used it, alright?"

The colorist put his hands on his hips and glared angrily at W. "It's not like I don't let you use it to your advantage. The colors are meant to be used, but you should at least be more restrained... okay, you should at least tell me first."

'You're incredibly talkative; everyone's afraid of you.'

W muttered to himself.

"Hey, Lena, should I just crush these chrysanthemums?"

"Correct!"

The perfumer jumped off the box, squinted at W, and quickly wrote on the whiteboard, "Alright, W! I'm officially informing you that you're on my blacklist again. You can't enter for 36 days!"

"Oh~"

W casually replied that their pharmacist was soft-hearted and would forget about it in a few days.

"So you just need to pound it hard?"

Lapland seemed unable to believe that those fine perfumes were made using such simple techniques.

"Yes, use force, push hard, and don't be stingy with those flowers."

Having received the perfumer's approval once again, Lappland vigorously raised the pestle in her hand and began to vigorously strike the chrysanthemums in the jar.

They were mashed and smashed until they were a mess, with juices splattering everywhere.

226 Haha, even that char siu cat has met its match...

The ferocious sound made the perfumer frown.

She walked up to Lappland, put her hands on her hips, and said in a drawn-out voice, "Miss Lappland, that's not how you do it~"

"Ok?"

Lappland stopped what she was doing and looked up at the perfumer. "Lena, you just said to just pound it harder."

"Start slowly and gradually increase the speed. First, let the chrysanthemum petals secrete sap to moisten the mortar, and then increase the speed."

"But it's already quite moist, isn't it?"

Lappland pulled out the mortar, which was sticky and shiny with slurry. "See?"

"Huh?"

The perfumer blinked in confusion and muttered, "Perhaps it's because there's always been plenty of rain here? That's strange, too much water shouldn't be good for the flowers' growth."

"Shall I continue?"

"Yes, we can increase the intensity now."

Having received the perfumer's approval, Lappland swung her arms and began to vigorously pound the chrysanthemum inside the jar with the mortar and pestle.

The poor chrysanthemums were powerless to resist and could only silently endure the ravages of the storm, leaking out even more sap.

"Miss Lappland".

Early dew appeared at the entrance of the glass conservatory.

She had changed into a professional office lady outfit: a light blue shirt and a pencil skirt, with black stockings highlighting the graceful curves of her legs.

"Hmm~ What's wrong?"

Lappland hummed a little tune as she assisted the perfumer, glancing sideways at the early dew before silently watching as various flower petals were added to her small jar.

"We're going to Longmen."

"Longmen? Hmm~ Do I have to go too?"

"Aren't you going to invite your friends from Penguin Logistics to come over and hang out?"

Early Dew raised her delicate eyebrows, a gentle smile appearing on her pretty face, "Master really wants to see them~"

"Okay!"

Lappland's face lit up with joy. "I'm practically going moldy from being here all this time. I've been wanting to invite them over for ages. But let's make this clear first, you can't leave all your work to me. I'm just going on vacation."

"I know~"

Early Dew responded in a drawn-out voice, then turned around and glanced back at Lappland. "Let's go, Miss Lappland. If we delay any longer, our master will be unhappy."

"Aren't we in Lungmen? We can just go straight out."

Lapland looked up through the glass room at the Dragon Gate building outside.

"If you have a way to get out directly, that's fine too."

"I've always been able to do it, so why can't you?"

Lappland tilted her head, looking at Early Dew with a puzzled expression.

Ok?

Early Dew turned around, a strange expression on her face, and then shook her head at Lappland.

"Hey~ This place is so strange. It's just like those overpasses in Lungmen. It always makes people unable to find the exit, or even know where they are."

Lappland tapped his head with his palm and muttered to himself:

"No wonder when I told Exusiai last time that there was a really fun place with lots of desserts to eat, even more than Laterano, she couldn't get in after I brought her to Lungmen Park."

Back at Penguin Logistics, I told Croissant about it. Croissant also mentioned that the stalls in Lungmen Central Park had long been relocated to the slums for the sake of city appearance, and asked me how I could still see people setting up stalls there.

"So Miss Lappland can actually get directly to Lungmen?"

The perfumer suddenly perked up. "If I go out, I can only get to Chernobog. Hey, Miss Lappland, since you can go out directly, could you buy me some flower seeds later?"

"I'm happy to serve you, madam."

Lapland took the perfumer's hand and gently touched the back of her hand.

"Hey, you promised Lena you'd buy her seeds first, then you can do other things."

"I know, Lena, you always like to nag about getting old!"

"I'll write this down!"

The perfumer scoffed, "You won't get a share of the next new perfume or potion."

"Okay, okay~ Our Lena is forever 17 years old, or... cough cough, I don't know how many months."

Lappland chuckled, picked up her twin swords and slung them behind her back, then waved to the Perfumer, "See you later, Lena~ By the way, Miss Early Dew, where should we meet?"

"On the land-based ship."

Leaning against the door, with her arms crossed, Zao Lu said, "I'll take the landship that Master gave me to Lungmen, the one that's specifically for going out for fun. You've been on it before and had parties with it. Just bring your friends over and we'll have a party there."

A sweet smile appeared on her face. "I'll treat them well!"

Lappland pursed her cherry lips and raised an eyebrow. "Then please allow me to cry for them for a while~"

She was actually very clear about what coming here meant.

It signifies eternal depravity.

But it also means cutting ties with the past, and those annoying things from the past will never come back to haunt you.

It also means being able to live forever in this eternal paradise of joy, happiness, and bliss.

It'll be fine after a little crying. Besides, the tears I shed were probably tears of happiness.

Tears welled up in my eyes, overflowing with happiness.

……

……

Longmen.

Chen Huijie slammed his hand on the table. "Damn it, this 'barbecued cat' has finally been exposed! Ha, at first he acted like he was working overtime with us every day, but where is he now? He's only around every few days, and I don't know where he goes to hang out!"

"What's wrong? I heard you cursing first thing in the morning."

Hoshiguma placed the hot coffee on Chen Huijie's desk:

"Stop slamming the table! If you spill your coffee, I won't make you a second cup. As for Swire's family situation, you know what I mean. You've been to Victoria before, and I heard she introduced her family to a guy. He's probably squatting in a corner with a weapon right now, ready to give that unlucky guy a good whack."

puff.

Upon hearing what Hoshiguma said, Chen Huijie's fierce face immediately broke into a smile, and he couldn't help but laugh, even laughing so hard that he bent over backwards.

"Haha, even that piece of char siu has met its match. She's probably in for a rough time..."

Immediately afterwards, her face lit up with an extremely gossipy expression, "Hey, hey, Xiong Sir tells you everything~"

Chen Huijie raised an eyebrow, gave Hoshiguma a knowing look, and lowered her voice to ask, "Someone from Victoria's side? Hey, do you even know what they look like?"

Hoshiguma pressed her peeked-out head back down. "I don't know~ Can you not be so gossipy about things like this? Hmm, if your subordinates see this, the image you've built up will be completely ruined."

227 is Chen Huijie~

"Commander Chen also needs a private life. You make me sound like a workaholic."

Chen Huijie picked up her coffee and took a sip. "Am I that kind of person?"

"Aren't you one?"

Hoshiguma chuckled, then said in a high-pitched voice, "Private life~ Oh, you make it sound like it's really true. I'm afraid that when Madam Wenyue introduces Louis to you someday, you'll be even more excited than Chashu Cat."