Cyberpunk, but urban

Angelica, who was holding Theresa in one hand and Luna in the other, followed. She gave Roland a half-blaming look and said to Malkuth, "I'm Angelica, and this is my husband Roland. The one in my arms is Theresa, our child. As for this girl who's hiding behind me and seems a little bit invisible, she's Mr. Ye Lan's adopted daughter."

"Adopted daughter?! How long have I been sleeping in the book!" Malkuth said in a rather exaggerated tone.

Chapter 90. Designated Librarian of the Historical Layer

"Adopted daughter?! How long have I been sleeping in the book?" Malkuth was greatly surprised by the appearance of little Luna.

"Actually, it's only a little over a week..." Roland said.

"call……"

After a while, Malkuth, who had finally recovered from the shock from all sides, took a deep breath and introduced himself to Roland and his wife and their two children: "Hello, I am the designated librarian in charge of the history level. Malkuth!"

"Haha...what a lively child." Angelica said with a smile.

"That's great. I've recovered in the blink of an eye." Roland also smiled.

Angelica was alive, and her daughter was growing up smoothly. These two things combined allowed Roland to focus more on his surroundings.

"By the way, have you guys ever had any quarrels before?" Roland asked Malkuth curiously, as if he remembered the voice coming from downstairs just now.

"I still have an unsettled account with Angela. You may have heard some of it... No matter what I think, I can only do what she says now."

Malkuth gets a little angry when Angela is mentioned.

"As for Ye Lan... that bastard knew everything from the beginning, but he just stood there watching, treating us like circus clowns..."

When it comes to Ye Lan, Malkuth wishes he could go back downstairs and bite him hard.

"Ahaha, that old man does have a bad taste... Anyway, let's not talk about that. Is there anything you can help us with?"

Roland asked Malkuth, avoiding the subject.

"Mr. Roland, can you bring some books for me? Since I am in charge of the history floor, I will sort out the history books from the books Mr. Roland brought and add them to the library's collection!"

"As experience increases, this floor and the entire library will gradually become complete. Naturally, those sleeping floors and other designated librarians will also be awakened!"

"Are there other librarians sleeping here?" Angelica asked.

"Uh-huh!"

Malkuth nodded vigorously, and there was no sign that she was still angry at Angela and Ye Lan.

Roland nodded and said, "I think I understand. This is the first time I've seen someone who was angry one second and became so cheerful the next. At first, I was worried that I would be affected by your anger."

"I don't want my personal affairs to interfere with everyone's work! Besides, the account between Angela and I can't be settled in a moment of excitement. Hehe, no matter what, I have my own reasons to work hard!"

Malkuth scratched her head sheepishly and smiled. Then, she felt a hand suddenly pressing on her head.

Ye Lan had a wicked smile on his face. While rubbing her hair, he said to her, "Our lovely Makuku is such a hardworking child. Don't work so hard for the praise and recognition of others this time."

“…Don’t! Touch! My! Hair!!!”

Malkuth swung his full strength behind him and pierced through Ye Lan's shadow, causing her body, which was unbalanced due to inertia, to fall into Angela's arms.

At the same time as Malkuth swung his fist, the time that Ye Lan could stay in the library through the invitation letter also came to an end. Ye Lan, who had calculated the time, left a mocking laugh and left with the sound of Malkuth gritting his teeth as he fell into Angela's arms.

"Malkuth, how long are you going to lie on top of me?"

Angela asked the designated librarian of the history layer in her arms, and from a position where Malkuth could not see, Angelica and Roland both saw the happy smile on Angela's face.

"Why do I feel... that Mr. Ye Lan taught Angela some bad things." Angelica whispered to Roland.

"Of course there are, but I think... it's better not to care about how they get along."

Roland shook his head and pulled Angelica towards their room, leaving the space for Angela and Malkuth to have fun on their own.

"Ye Lan...you're laughing like a pervert."

Luna stared at Ye Lan, who was still laughing, with a look as if he was trash, and complained silently.

"Oh my, Makuku is so cute, I just can't help it."

After laughing for a while, Ye Lan opened his dimensional bag. The eggs that the two abnormalities [Spider's Nest] and [Land Anglerfish] transformed into when they were sleeping were no longer in the dimensional bag he carried with him.

"It seems that the library is rejecting me. But why does Luna..."

Both of them entered the library through the library's invitation letter and were able to stay in the library, but Ye Lan and Luna would be driven out by the library's power after a period of time.

Ye Lan subconsciously glanced at the ring on his finger. The reason why he couldn't stay in the library through the invitation letter was probably because of his ego ring.

But what about Luna?

The fact that the two abnormalities did not come back with the ring proves that the ring has no effect on things other than him, so Luna cannot stay in the library for a long time, which means that she also has the power to repel the library.

Luna, who was frightened by Ye Lan's subconscious gaze, shuddered and immediately asked him: "Ye Lan, what's wrong with you? Why are you staring at me?"

"Hmm?" Ye Lan blinked and moved his eyes to the painting on the wall. After a while, he said to Luna, "I was just wondering, girl, what kind of power you have hidden that made the library drive you out of the library just like they drove me out."

"Eh?!" Now it was Luna's turn to stare at Ye Lan, "Am I really that powerful?"

"I don't know. At least I can't see it now."

Ye Lan and Luna shrugged almost at the same time and put the topic aside for the time being. No matter what power the little girl had that had not yet been revealed, it did not affect their going downstairs for dinner.

The last time they stayed at the Alley Hotel, Luna already had high expectations for the buffet restaurant in this hotel series. It was a pity that she didn't get to see what kind of delicious food was served for dinner when she left last time. But today they will definitely be able to experience it for themselves.

However, they didn't expect to see the cat in boots in the restaurant.

Chapter 91. Black Cat Abnormality and New Request

Ye Lan and Luna took the elevator into the buffet restaurant and just walked past the reception desk when they saw a black cat eating voraciously at the nearest table.

Next to the black cat was a pair of brown leather boots. Judging from the size, they should be the boots that the black cat wore on its front paws.

"What a coincidence this is."

Ye Lan chuckled and asked Luna to find something to eat first, while he sat opposite the black cat. The black cat, with his hind feet still in his boots, ate another plate of salmon sashimi, then stopped eating and looked up at Ye Lan.

"You are the man who knocked on the door today, right?"

"Smart, worthy of being an anomaly from the fairy tale 'Puss in Boots'."

Ye Lan clasped his hands together and placed them on the table. He did not say much, just quietly watching the black cat, waiting for it to take further action.

The black cat-like entity looked around, then looked at Luna who was wandering among the countless dishes, and then asked Ye Lan: "Well, please let me ask a question first... Do you have any plans for my current mistress?"

"No, I don't even know your hostess at all." Ye Lan answered truthfully.

"It seems that you are here to find me. This crisis seems to be caused by my unique identity." The black cat sighed and put the boots back on its front paws like a human.

Perhaps it had not yet shown its fighting image. This Abnormality did not walk upright like in the original text. Instead, it got on all fours, squatted on the table and looked at Ye Lan, and continued: "Tell me, who are you and what are your plans."

"Who am I... This is indeed a difficult question to explain. My name is Ye Lan, and my identity... Currently, I can perhaps be considered a 9th-level finisher? As for before..."

Ye Lan pointed in the direction of L Nest and continued, "I work there and report directly to a supervisor."

"Lobotomy Corporation... So, you are here to reclaim me? No, Lobotomy Corporation has collapsed, and there is no need for you employees to continue working for the company even if you survive."

The black cat pondered for a long time after saying this, and then an idea that it dared not think about appeared in its mind.

"Could it be that... you, the ninth-rank cleaner, just followed me here out of curiosity because you saw my abnormality on the road?"

"Bingo~" Ye Lan clapped his hands and moved his seat further to make some room for Luna who was walking over with a tray of food.

The little girl seemed to be really hungry, and the dishes she chose today were all quite solid. Ye Lan only took a quick glance and saw a lot of meat from various countries on her plate, including braised pork, German roast pork elbow, medium-rare steak fried in red wine, and so on.

While the little girl was still struggling with the food, Ye Lan continued to say to the black cat: "Just as you guessed, I really just wanted to take a look. After all, your abnormality has recognized a human as its master."

"...Then you really don't look like a city person." Black Cat sighed: "People in the city will not take the initiative to interfere in other people's affairs just to satisfy their curiosity, and they will not treat others with your overly polite attitude when they are rejected."

"Who knows? Maybe I'm not a city person." Ye Lan said as if joking, and took a piece of fried chicken from Luna's plate.

Then he received Luna's rolling eyes and complaints: "Ye Lan, go get it yourself, don't try to steal it from me!"

"Silly girl, you've locked me in there, so I can only eat from your plate."

Black Cat watched the two of them fighting, wondering what he was thinking. After Luna stood up angrily and asked Ye Lan to switch places with her, Black Cat made his own decision and said to Ye Lan, "Mr. Ye Lan, I have a commission here. I wonder if you, the closer, are interested?"

"Oh? Tell me about it. But can you, the Abnormality, really give me the reward I asked you to give me?"

"Huh?! You're questioning my inability to pay?!"

As if Ye Lan's words had stepped on his tail, the black cat with boots on all four feet stood up and said to Ye Lan in an arrogant and proud tone:

"Hmph, do you know that I made a peasant the king of a country? Listen carefully, kid. The one in front of you is Sir Charles Perrault! I swear by this pair of magical boots on my feet that no matter what you ask for, I will satisfy you!"

"That's what you said." Ye Lan said with a smile: "Then, I will take away your most precious thing..."

"My most precious thing?" The black cat was stunned, and began to think about how to fight back if the man in front of him wanted to attack his master.

"Your friendship."

When Ye Lan finished the second half of his sentence, the black cat fell into a daze even longer than before. Friendship is indeed very precious, and this abnormality knows this very well. But for him...

The thoughtful black cat was suddenly stunned. If it was protecting its mistress out of friendship with her, then the reward that this man named Ye Lan asked for was indeed his most precious thing.

However, this kind of thing is not a treasure that can only be possessed in one piece, but an emotion that can be freely distributed according to one's wishes.

"Ha, ha ha, ha ha ha!!!" The black cat laughed, and laughed loudly as if it was crazy. Its laughter even attracted the attention of the hotel staff in the restaurant.

"I agree." said the black cat.

"Then please tell me the specific content of the commission." Ye Lan asked.

"D-Nest, I want you to protect my master as he returns to D-Nest."

"D Nest? This is Alley 12, which is quite a distance from D Nest. How did you end up here? Why did your master post a request to find you here?"

"It's nothing more than a conspiracy. Those guys who didn't want my master to inherit the family secretly sent me to Alley 11. My idiot master, who felt like he had lost half his life without me, ran here obediently when the succession ceremony was about to begin and found an agency to issue a request to find me."

"I see. It's a really boring story." Ye Lan said, "But in that case, why don't you take the Warp train back?"

"What do you think? You can't be in such a high position and not know the real situation of the Warp Train, right?"

Chapter 92. Escort Mission

"You know, but your master, who can live in D-Nest and is about to inherit the family, can't be unable to afford a first-class cabin, right?"

"I can afford it, but the damn W company won't let a noble knight like me travel in first class... Damn it, they actually said that pets can only be checked in separately, not even in first class!"

"But more importantly, the Warp trains of W Company stop at fixed stations. If those bastards in the family can transport me to Alley 11, they will definitely keep an eye on the stations of the Warp trains."

"There are killers waiting around the station, and there have been long-planned sieges and elaborate traps." Ye Lan listed a series of possibilities as if he was ordering dishes.

"So I want you to take us back to Nest D via a slower but freer way." said the Black Cat.

"In that case... we have two routes to choose from, Nest E or Nest K. The jurisdiction of these two nests can be connected to Nest D and the back alleys under Nest D's jurisdiction."

Ye Lan took out a map of the city from his dimensional bag, pointed at the map and said to Black Cat.

"Don't go to E Nest. There is a branch of the family living in E Nest. There is no need for us to go to their base camp."

"Then we'll go to Nest K, and then use Alley 10 and Alley 4 to avoid possible enemies at the connection point with Nest K, and finally return to Nest D along Alley 4."

"can."

The two quickly decided on the next route and then continued to eat dinner. The black cat said that they had plenty of time and didn't need to waste time on dinner. Besides, its owner was still sleeping, and it would take some time for her to get up to eat and clean up.

Therefore, the Black Cat set the departure time for tomorrow morning. It will prepare all the transportation, food, clothing, housing and transportation needed for the entire commissioned work. All Ye Lan needs to do is to protect the client's safety.

This is good news for Ye Lan. After joining the Lobelia Corporation, he has never left the company headquarters. Now that the Lobelia Corporation has collapsed, he has almost no connections in the city. If Ye Lan is really asked to arrange all the details of this commission, he may not be able to do it well.

After dinner, they followed the black cat to its and its owner's room. The black cat was going to wake up its owner and then arrange the next itinerary in the name of its owner.

Ye Lan and Luna had to get to know the VIP they were going to protect next and confirm each other's living habits to avoid any awkwardness after the commission began.

This distinguished guest had actually talked to Ye Lan through the door earlier, but the lady did not recognize Ye Lan's voice at this time.

"Thank you for taking this commission. You can call me Zoe. As for the authenticity of the name, I don't think you care, right?"

"Of course." Ye Lan nodded.

"My family owns a considerable portion of the shares in D Company. You, an employee of the collapsed Lobotomy Corporation, should know what this means."

Miss Zoe's tone was a little arrogant, just like the black cat following her when talking about its past. Sometimes facts had to make Ye Lan agree with the statement that pets and owners who lived together for a long time would indeed become very similar.

"Of course, of course. As long as you inherit the family, it is equivalent to becoming a senior executive of D Company."

"Hehe, when that time comes... I will definitely give you a reward that will satisfy you."

Miss Zoe seemed very satisfied with Ye Lan's way of speaking, and soon she looked like her nose was about to turn up to the sky.

After Ye Lan waited for a while, Zoe, who had enjoyed the feeling of being admired enough, returned to a relatively polite attitude and said to Ye Lan: "Then... starting from tomorrow morning, until we return to Nest D, I will ask you to protect us."

"Don't worry, in terms of fighting power, there aren't many people in the city who can say they can beat me 100%."