Ark, I got cold a little early

"Goletia, do you want to go get a midnight snack after get off work?"

Perhaps it was because Hai Si's problem had been completely resolved that Ulpian's recent work had become very boring. In addition to facing mountains of documents, he also had to go to the Academy of Sciences from time to time.

(Ulpian is a genius recognized by the Academy of Sciences)

So, as he rarely feels stressed, he gradually tries to relax like an ordinary office worker.

"No, you go by yourself. I can go home and make something to eat." Gloria waved her hand to refuse.

"You can cook?" Ulpian expressed his surprise.

"Who are you looking down on?"

"I'm just a little bit incredulous, that's all. Who has ever had the good fortune to taste your cooking?"

"..." Gloria was silent for a moment. "Yes, everyone who remembers him, except you and Laurentina, didn't he tell you about it?"

“…I think so.”

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Chapter 43: Hongyu, the trainer from Longmen, finally gathered the Deep Sea Team!

"Sir, may I ask... do you accept apprentices?"

A cute female voice instantly woke up Hongyu, who was sleeping behind the counter with his legs propped up on the counter and his face covered with a newspaper.

Come to my sculpture shop and be an apprentice?

not……

Hongyu tore off the newspaper covering his face, then looked at the girl standing in front of the counter.

White hair, red eyes...

Um... this kid is still young, and I can't be sure if it's a ghost shark just by looking at its appearance...

"Where are your parents?" Hongyu crossed his hands in front of himself, looking quite like Shinji Ikari's father, completely different from the old man who looked like Ge You just now.

"They agreed," the girl replied.

"It's not a question of whether or not they agree. Are they so confident in you coming here alone?" Hong Yu waved his hand, indicating that was not the point. "The point is, are they so confident in you coming here alone?"

"Well..." the girl nodded, "and the sculptures you put in the display case are beautiful."

The point is definitely not whether my sculpture is beautiful or not, right?

"Um, so what you mean is that your family trusts you very much, right?" Hongyu gave up on advising the child about his safety.

"Well, they trust me very much, and the sculptures you put in the display cabinet are beautiful..." The girl continued to repeat what she thought were the key points.

Okay, okay, okay, I know my craftsmanship is great, but I can’t sell any of them…

Ulpian! Where are you? You said you were here to buy a sculpture?

"Little girl, what's your name?" Hongyu asked the question that concerned him most.

"Laurentina."

"You are accepted." Hongyu responded immediately the moment Laurentina finished answering.

"?" Laurentina was stunned. "Don't you need to see my basic skills?"

"I'm the boss and I have the final say! (You are the boss and I am the boss?!)"

All eyes on me! Look at me, look at me!

I have an announcement!

I'm a deep sea player!

What? You're asking me about Angela?

Who is Angela? Umineko? It's a kid I don't recognize. (Anyway, I don't train Angela on my deep-sea team.)

……

"So, who is she?" Skadi held Hongyu's hand with an expression of neither sadness nor joy on her face.

Hongyu looked at Laurentina who was carefully carving the plaster, thought for a moment, and then said to Skadi, "Your future teammate."

Skadi:? I want to learn this too?

"Of course you don't have to study, but I have already found a school for you." Hongyu touched Skadi's head and showed the same "planner" smile as Light Yagami.

"!" (Killer whale's shocked face)

……

After sending away the young killer whale that was about to start the tidal wave tragedy, Hongyu walked over to Laurentina who looked serious and carefully observed the semi-finished product she had made.

"Very good. In fact, you can learn by yourself without even my guidance." Hongyu observed for a while and expressed his heartfelt praise.

Compared to this guy with cheats like himself, Laurentina's talent is somewhat visible, but she can still compare to most people.

Although Laurentina lost the opportunity to become a great artist in the original timeline, perhaps my arrival can change something?

Although it is still early in the timeline, Hai Si has appeared a long time ago, which makes Hongyu consider whether he should explore the deep sea alone to find an opportunity to break through the almost dead end.

But the idea is good. If it was the "Prefect version of Hongyu" from last time, he might have been able to overturn the table directly, but for the current Hongyu, his body is a fatal flaw.

For him, who now needs to use some punches and kicks to defeat even an ordinary sea snake, and is not even as good as Ulpian who has undergone the deep-sea hunter operation, how can he defeat a sea snake alone?

You know I don't have that ability...

So, how about I get a deep-sea hunter surgery or something?

"You're too kind." Laurentina responded modestly to Hongyu's praise. "The sculptures you create are true art. I'm just a beginner."

amount……

Of course not, after all, I copied it...

Like the Discus Thrower... David... The Thinker... etc. Sculptures of that level might not be directly reproducible by me right now, but I should be able to replicate them in a month or two...

But talking about this makes me angry. I have created this kind of work of art, but why is there still no one who comes to buy the sculpture?

"Don't call me 'you you you', don't use honorifics, just call me Yu like this girl who bit my hand." Hongyu pointed at Skadi who was biting her hand with his other unbitten hand.

"..." Laurentina was silent for a moment and then nodded, "Okay, Yu."

"Roar, roar, roar, woof--" An angry killer whale that was biting Hongyu's hand made a series of roars to resist Hongyu's intention to throw her away to school.

But Hongyu didn't care. After all, Skadi didn't really use any force, so it didn't hurt much.

"Um, Yu, Miss..." Laurentina tried her best not to look at the strange creature that bit Hongyu's hand with a face that said "I'm so fierce" without a weird look. She looked at Hongyu with a look of wanting to say something but stopping herself.

"Her name is Skadi." Hongyu pointed at the biting whale.

"Ah... I understand, but she won't let go..." Laurentina was stunned, and then seemed to want to add something.

"She's cute." Hongyu gave Laurentina a thumbs up.

"..."

Laurentina tilted her head.

Are you really...not in pain?

She held back the words.

They seemed quite happy...but why couldn't I fit in?

As the only "normal person" present, Laurentina fell into a moment of contemplation.

Is this the strange personality of sculptors? Hmm...it feels...very artistic...

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"Sigh... I've been searching for ages, but I still can't find where Yu went..." Sitting on a bench in Longmen Central Park, Laurentina, after a long night of hard work, couldn't help but sigh, "That fish that looks so expensive is so conspicuous, how could I have lost it?"

An old carp that looks expensive:?

But... I seem to have found someone very interesting...

Laurentina glanced at the two "twin" sisters, one blue and one red, in the distance with a look of joy.

Oh? Skadi?

Could it be... that you also saw traces of Yu?

Oh no, it seems I can’t rest now. I should find Yu first.

An inexplicable fire of comparison burned fiercely in Laurentina's heart.

As for Skadi...

"Skadi, have you taken the wrong path again?" the god under the sea complained.

"Shut up."

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Chapter 44 Hongyu: Old Wu! My family!

"Old Wu! My family! I've been waiting so long for you to finally come!"

As soon as he opened the door, Ulpian was forced to accept Hongyu's warm hug. For a moment, he couldn't tell whether he was here to buy something or to perform "Saving Private Hongyu".

What's the point of his government's enthusiasm in distributing relief food to slums and famine-stricken areas?

"What kind of sculpture are you here to buy?" Hongyu patted Ulpian's shoulder enthusiastically, as if he was entertaining a government employee who was paying for the demolition of his house, and was almost about to hand him a cigarette.

"I... I'll just buy one at random." Ulpian just casually looked at the decoration in the store and the sculptures made by Hongyu. They were indeed very good.

"Anything is fine... How about this David? It's an absolute masterpiece!" Hongyu pointed to the proportionally scaled-down David in the center of the sculpture room.

Shouldn't that thing be placed in the center of a square?

"Forget it, just give me a smaller one." He waved his hand, rejecting Hongyu's "kindness".

"But... I definitely have a reason why your sculptures can't be sold." Ulpian thought about it and decided to remind Hongyu.

"Huh? Let's hear it."

"You didn't put your business license outside the store, did you? You didn't write anything about selling sculptures, did you? And there's a sign under each sculpture saying 'For Reference Only.' I guess everyone passing by thinks this store is some master's exhibition..."

"!!!" Hongyu's eyes gradually widened. "No wonder those people just took a few glances in the exhibition room and left!"

They must be secretly delighted that some master's sculpture exhibition is completely free and open all day...

Ulpian complained in his heart.

To be honest, Hongyu's business philosophy is absolutely unique. In Agor, it is equivalent to opening an exhibition store instead of a sales store. If Ulpian had not listened to Hongyu's words and was sure that he was here to buy things rather than to look at things, he would probably leave immediately without entering the store.

After all, sculptures are not necessities for residents. Who would come to an exhibition store and argue with the owner, saying that they must buy this sculpture?

Isn't that cheap...

……

……

……

After being "tricked" by Hongyu into spending a few hundred dollars to buy a medium-sized sculpture, Ulpian suddenly mentioned Goletia.

"By the way, that woman who walked out of your sculpture shop before I came here... do you know her?"

"As for Gloria, it seems like she went to some school this morning?" Hongyu nodded, indicating that he knew her.

"She lives here?!" Ulpian expressed his shock appropriately. "What's your relationship with her?!"

"Eh... this is actually quite difficult to explain..." Hongyu suddenly fell silent. "Just think of it as me paying (although Gloria didn't accept it) and her selling her craft..."

Ulpian: His eyes suddenly widened.

"You... do you know who her mother is?!" His voice gradually became louder due to Hongyu's answer. He was really afraid that one of the few guys who could be called "friends" would suddenly die without his knowledge.