Guild Boss's Ambition

That stupid liar only thought about -

"As long as she is happy, that's all that matters."

But even though he is very good at disguising himself, the liar still cannot deceive himself. The liar is very sad, and because he is sad, he uses work to numb himself. Because he is sad, he puts his spirit on other places.

The liar thought that this would heal his own injuries.

But the truth is just the opposite. Unless he gets her back, the wound will never heal.

"Unless I get her, I won't be happy."

One day, the liar suddenly realized this fact.

The liar regretted giving her to him.

But it was too late.

She and he already have a child, and a family that outsiders cannot interfere with.

The relationship between them no longer has the original ambiguity, only pure friendship remains.

"Even if you try to snatch it, you can't get it back."

So the stupid liar went to wander in a distant place alone.

From then on, no one heard from the liar again.

The story ends in an incomplete way here.

But I really like this story, I sympathize with the liar, and I hate the liar.

Just because of one person's cowardice, the originally fairy-tale love becomes bitter and ordinary. Just because of one person's self-righteousness, two people who should have been together forever end up separated.

But, from the beginning to the end, did the liar know that she liked him?

I don’t know, and the readers don’t know either, and it’s not stated in the book.

But I wish the liar knew it.

That way, I can hate this idiot even more.

That way, I can love this idiot a little more.

In that case, this imperfect story would be a little darker and a little crueler.

Perhaps some readers will criticize this bloody plot and say it is worthless.

But this is their love.

But this is the love I see.

“Is this the love I see?”

"Or is this another one of my unrealistic delusions?"

"Is this really the thing called **?"

I hugged myself, went hungry, and spent the entire afternoon without thinking.

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62. Same Kind (Annie)

(Anne Princeton)

The night I scared Gu Shan away, I felt bored at work and she didn't show up the whole day.

Even if I didn't mean it, I still hurt her.

Ugh……

While there were no customers, I secretly sighed.

"What troubles me, my dear friend?"

Unexpectedly, a blue-furred fox appeared behind me.

"ViVi..."

Seeing this clown who appeared in our guild a year ago, my heart sank even more as I was already in a bad mood. It's not that I hate her, but getting along with her is really a headache. If you are not careful, she may play a prank on you that will make you laugh or cry. Fortunately, this clown's pranks are more or less restrained for us staff members.

In fact, as long as you spend some time with this child without any prejudice, you will find that her high-profile and absurd behavior is just purely playful. Of course, it is undeniable that she sometimes goes too far, but under that playful smile, she does reflect on herself and regrets something. It's just that most people don't understand her. Most people are used to judging a person based on a few examples.

"Seeing the big picture from the small details" is a good phrase, but ordinary people tend to abuse it.

"ViVi, why did you suddenly come to my place today? Don't you say you don't drink?"

The playful blue-haired fox did an exaggerated backflip and jumped from the inside of the bar to the outside of the bar. Finally, he landed steadily on a high chair and said in a quirky voice: "So please give me a glass of chocolate milk, my friend."

"You're the first person to order chocolate milk from me."

I made her a glass of chocolate milk with the ingredients for the cocktail and asked, "How are you doing lately?"

She kicked her feet back and forth on the high chair and said with a smile, "It doesn't matter what happens. It's better than your situation. I say, Annie, why is your mental illness getting worse? I could hear you crying from a long way off. Is it because you don't know how to do your math homework? If it's not a question above the fifth grade level, I think I can help you."

My crying?

Ok.

Maybe I did cry.

I smiled wistfully and handed her the drink she ordered. "I heard that you have a way to guide people's emotions. What about me? Can you make me accept humans again from the bottom of my heart? If you can do it, I can give you a huge reward."

"A generous reward?"

ViVi licked her lower lip, glanced at my chest like a drunk uncle, and said flatly: "No! Annie, your size is too big, I will feel inferior when I see it! Okay, don't look at me like that, the reason I don't help you is because I really can't help you. You are sick, not just unable to control your emotions."

ViVi said something like the white night.

But just when I was feeling disappointed, she said something more this time: "Well, although I don't know the specific situation that happened to you, if something is broken due to external stimulation, then using violence to correct it may be a feasible method. Of course, daily experience tells us that the result of violent repair methods is usually just to destroy things more thoroughly."

"Broken?"

I felt a little scared at this vague concept.

ViVi laughed, pointed at her nose, and said with a chuckle, "There is a living example of what is called a broken thing right in front of you. I am not bragging! Even before I was born, I have been a bad fox girl since I started playing games in my mother's womb. Things like sucking nutrients from other brothers and sisters are very easy for me to do!"

"Well, don't your sky foxes only have one litter at a time?" I complained.

The Sky Fox Girl covered her cheeks and shouted exaggeratedly, "Please, this is a character setting that I came up with with great difficulty. As a suspected psychopath, if I don't have one or two dark histories from my childhood, the audience will think I am incompetent."

“So, what was your real childhood like?” I asked.

"That one...that one...slurp..."

Miss Fox drank a glass of chocolate milk, leaving a brown beard on her lips. "Probably growing up in the forest, attending school with other children, learning addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, history and geography, and of course practicing fighting with bananas!"

"Surprisingly ordinary—" I said in surprise.

"Eh!!!" ViVi shouted, "Is it normal to even use Banana in battle?!"

I deliberately ignored her antics: "Come to think of it, every time I see you, ViVi, it seems like you're alone~~"

The blue-haired fox narrowed his eyes and threatened, "Are you trying to mock me for having no friends?!"

I held my chin and looked back at her deep fox eyes: "No, I just envy your personality of being able to be happy even when wandering alone. If I can entertain myself like you, then I don't have to stay in this stone house, and I don't have to meet humans for work and life, leaving memories with them that can fill my dreams."

"Who are you talking about being alone!"

I was talking to myself emotionally, and Miss Fox on the other side shouted in dissatisfaction: "Although I am a professional clown who is hated by all, I am also a messenger of peace, joy and freedom. How could someone as great and self-sacrificing as me not have one or two friends around me?"

"Oh──" I exclaimed, "ViVi has friends too!"

Miss Fox drank the chocolate milk in one gulp and said proudly, "Well! Since I came to the stone house, I have made two friends: one is a human, and the other is a half-elf!"

Half-elf?

Recalling what ViVi said when she first arrived tonight, I couldn't help but smile.

If I were a long-lived person, I would be quite happy to keep him company now.

But if it were a human being──

"ViVi, when you are friends with humans, what do you think of their lifespans?"

The blue-haired fox girl thought for a moment, then suddenly picked up a cup and jumped behind the bar. She poured herself a glass of milk and answered sullenly, "It's nothing. If you're worried that their lifespans are too short, then think of ways to extend their lifespans, such as becoming an immortal or taking a trip to the Corridor of Life and Death. These are all well-known methods."

"If everyone holds the same idea as you, won't our world become the underworld?"

"So there is only one ViVi in the world."

My joke caused ViVi to laugh like a silver bell. It can be seen that she seriously wants to extend the life of her human friend, just like what Leader Margaret did for Queen Constantina. The capable long-lived species will do everything possible to extend the time for the important human in their lives, even for a minute or a second.

But I just chose to watch them die silently.

Perhaps, even if I don't have to be as obsessed with immortality as Bai Ye, I should try my best to find ways to prolong their lifespans?

"If I could find a way to extend human lifespan..."

"Then maybe I can get rid of the fear of making friends with humans?"

It wasn't me who said these words, but ViVi who was imitating my tone.

As if she could read my mind, she laughed at me. "Annie, you are not so naive as to think that you can really find a way to increase human lifespan, right? Instead of that, why don't you study necromancy with Miss Bai Ye? Not only can you find a way to prolong life, you may even have a chance to find the eternal life that many people desire."

The implication of the fox clown's words is that "eternal life is the realm of God."

Mortals' pursuit of immortality is an enemy of the gods.

Although I do not believe in any gods, I do believe that there is a huge price to pay behind every minute and every second of life. Looking at the history of civilization over thousands of years, the excessive pursuit of longevity has always ended in tragedy. It seems that there is a huge force in the dark that is sniping at those who have exceeded their own lifespan, causing them to die one by one.

Therefore, dying old people all say: Cherish the present.

And have I grasped the mission of my limited life tonight?

I am just mixing cocktails for guests in an Adventurer's Guild, listening to their thoughts and their recent situations, not for selfish money or social justice. I ask myself if I am living my life aimlessly every day and night, but life seems to have a specific melody, letting me know what mission I have when I open my eyes in the morning.

And now, the first thing I have to deal with is undoubtedly that damn fear.

With the appearance of Gu Shan, more and more people knew about my situation. Because of their concern and closeness, the symptoms I experienced became more and more serious. This inexplicable fear gradually gave me another strong fear, fear of the disease itself.

When I was confused, a loud voice reminded me.

This loud voice cannot normally deliver such positive dialogue.

"Annie, my friend, please don't be afraid. You know, the greatest medicine in the world is called courage."

She dipped her finger in some milk and started writing and drawing on the back of my hand.

"If you feel that you don't have enough courage, then draw this magic circle on the back of your hand! With it, you can do both a front flip and a back flip smoothly! The so-called fear exists to prove courage. Your fear of humans may be the battle arranged for you by God. Your mission is to defeat it and fight this battle beautifully."

“I have no confidence that I can win.”

However, at this time I could only respond to her encouragement with a wry smile.

She gave me a thumbs-down gesture and smiled with her dimples.

"Then die with courage, dear adventurer."

The slender jade fingers left the back of my hand, taking away my warmth and leaving behind a hexagram formation.

The formation diagram suddenly disappeared the moment it was completed, as if it had merged into my skin.

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63. Naive Feelings (Gu Shan)

(Ancient Mountain)

When I woke up the next day, I opened my eyes to a different melody.

It's not just about working hard and supporting your family.

There is a tinkling music box in the deepest part of my heart, just like the legendary Pandora's box.

Because of it, I started wanting to do bad things.

Today is Friday. Senior Annie will come to work early at one o'clock to research new cocktail recipes. Xiaolan and the others have arranged for me to be her assistant. My duty is to supervise her work and prevent her from getting drunk and causing trouble. Basically, she seldom gets drunk and has an excellent alcohol tolerance. She usually drinks with guests in the bar and can easily fight ten minotaurs alone.

"One man taking on ten minotaurs?"