The Tale of the Kraken

Chapter 4 Tarot Society
There are many constellation-like magical patterns on the wall, and a dark brown tablecloth with a hexagram pattern is spread on the long table.

The curtains were drawn, and there were many small, faint lights in the room.

The fairy tales he read when he was a child suddenly popped up in Yang Yang's head, and those witches' castles seemed to be decorated like this.

"What kind of event is this going to be? Why does it look like... like a wizard's gathering?"

He walked around the room, looked at Michelle who was busy pasting small notes everywhere, and couldn't help asking a funny question.

In his opinion, little girls like Michelle would like it, and it's probably just this kind of gathering where they talk about constellations or gossip.

"Hey, how do you know? This is an activity of our Tarot Association."

Michelle didn't hear the teasing meaning in Yang Yang's words at all, and replied solemnly.

"Huh? Tarot Association, tarot cards?"

Yang Yang was a little stunned. When he heard about the Tarot Association, the first thing he thought of was Tarot cards.

But isn't that thing the same as the constellation, is it a lie?How can someone naively set up some kind of association?

"That's right, it's the Tarot Card Association. This is the designated event location of the association, so our store is closed on the day of the event."

Michelle finally finished the work at hand, her cute little face flushed with exhaustion.

Panting, she sat down at the table, completely disregarding her image, picked up an oversized cup and drank vigorously.

After drinking the water and wiping her small mouth with her sleeve, she suddenly remembered that Yang Yang was still sitting next to her, and her face suddenly became a little embarrassed.

"Hee hee, I'm used to living alone, isn't it embarrassing?"

She grinned and smiled shyly at Yang Yang, and kept fiddling with the large water glass on the table with her two small hands.

Yang Yang looked at the fairy-tale-like atmosphere in the room, and then looked at Michelle's innocent face, and felt a slight touch in his heart.

He originally wanted to joke and tease his little boss, but before he could open his mouth, the topic was diverted again by the simple girl with thick lines.

"Oh, by the way, normally you don't have to go to work on the day we hold the event. Because everyone is self-help, I can handle it by myself. But today I am hosting the event, so I need your help. "

"I'm here to work, so you're welcome."

Yang Yang waved his hands generously and said happily.

He suddenly realized that the feeling that touched his heart just now should be the kind of long-lost warmth.

A simple girl with an interesting job and a somewhat mysterious and fantasy life.Thinking of this, I felt a little grateful to Hu Weixian who introduced him to the job.

But thinking of the two non-human beings he met yesterday, Yang Yang seemed to have been poured cold water and returned to reality in an instant.

Next is the time to prepare pastries and drinks. Under the leadership of Michelle, Yang Yang was successfully promoted to trainee pastry chef.

After getting ready, the staff of the Tarot Association came to the store one after another.

After receiving the order from his immediate superior, Yang Yang temporarily changed his job to become a doorman for hospitality, moved a chair and lay down outside the door.

"What's the matter with this muscular man? Under such a Spartan appearance, there is still a girlish heart who wants to play Tarot cards?"

"Damn it, no way, that uncle Mediterranean is coming this way."

"Hey, grandma, we're closed today. What? Are you from the Tarot Association?"

After a while, the Magic Snack Shop was already filled with all kinds of strange association members.

Yang Yang pulled Mi Xueer out from the crowd, lowered his voice, and asked cautiously: "Xueer, what kind of association do you mean..."

"Tarot Association." Michelle corrected.

"Yes, let me ask if there are any slightly normal people in your Tarot Association. For example, a little girl like you..."

Yang Yang thought for a long time, but couldn't find any suitable words.

Michelle smiled mischievously and said, "Brother Yang, you probably think they don't look like they like tarot cards, right?"

The other party nodded honestly, and added: "It's not like, it's not like at all!"

This scene doesn't look like a Tarot gathering, it's similar to the fair in his hometown in the country.

There are uncles, aunts, mothers-in-law and grandma, and the house is full of chirping, as lively as a vegetable market.

The mysterious atmosphere that Michelle worked so hard to create before was swept away.

"Hey, kid, don't get so close to Xue'er, you bastard."

Among the noisy voices, a particularly rough voice suddenly sounded in Yang Yang's ear.

At the same time, a big hand like an iron hoop grabbed his shoulder and lifted him abruptly.

"I greet your uncle..."

Yang Yang gave a ghostly cry, and when he struggled to look back, it was the muscular man he had seen when he entered the door.

"Hehe... Uncle Tieta, put Brother Yang down quickly, and stop joking with him."

"Hey, Tiedao, did you hear that? The little princess asked you to put her sweetheart down, alas, this girl just doesn't care when she grows up..."

"Hahaha……"

Amidst a burst of laughter, Michelle squeezed into the crowd with a blushing face.And Yang Yang, as a low-class man who does odd jobs, continues the tragic fate of being called around.

"Give me a cup of fairy grass!"

"I want a mango sauce."

Yang Yang scrambled through the crowd without touching the ground, and accidentally dropped his glasses.

"Hey, my glasses fell on the ground, get out of the way, don't step on me."

While yelling, he pushed away the people next to him, and lowered his head to look for glasses on the ground.

It doesn't matter if you lower your head, among the many legs and feet, Yang Yang suddenly saw a long snake tail.

He picked up the glasses and didn't care to put them on, looking up to find the owner of the tail.

"Brother Yang, the ice cream is gone, go to the store opposite and buy some."

Just as he got up to look for it, Michelle happened to run over.

"Wait a minute, I... I'll find someone first."

"Come back and look for it later, it's still early for the event to end."

Yang Yang glanced around while talking, but he didn't find the owner of the tail he saw just now, so he nodded in agreement with Michelle.

After leaving the store, he walked to a cold drink shop to buy some ice cream, then he walked back while lowering his head and thinking about what happened just now.

"You, do you know the Magic Snack Shop?"

It's just that he didn't take a few steps, when he was suddenly stopped by a bald man with a thick face and a fierce face.

"Magic snack shop? No... I haven't heard of it. It seems that there is no such shop on this street."

Seeing the unfriendly face of this big man, Yang Yang lied subconsciously.

Although there were some strange guys in the Tarot Association before, the ruthlessness of this big man when he talked about the magic snack shop still made him feel a little uneasy.

The bald man didn't delve into it after hearing it. It seemed that he believed Yang Yang's words and continued walking forward without saying a word.

After he left, Yang Yang frowned slightly, quietly took off his glasses, and glanced in the direction of the big man behind him.

"Tail!"

Sure enough, the big man dragged a thin and long black tail behind him.It's just that there is no hair on the tail, only an arrow-like thing at the end.

"It looks a bit like the devil's tail in Western mythology."

Yang Yang thought for a while, but didn't dare to continue reading, so he quickly turned around and walked back to the dim sum shop.

As soon as he returned to the store, he put down the ice cream, and hurriedly pulled Michelle over and told him about the big man he had just met.

Although he ignored the sight of the devil's tail, Michelle still frowned slightly after hearing about it.

"Could it be someone from your Tarot Association?"

Yang Yang reminded her, because he couldn't figure out what enemies Michelle could provoke by messing with such a little girl.

Michelle shook her head and pondered for a while: "I'll tell you about this later."

She turned around and walked into the crowd, found a middle-aged man and said a few words.

Then the middle-aged man quieted everyone down, said a few words, announced the end of the event early, and dismissed the staff of the Tarot Association.

After sending everyone out one by one, Michelle took a look outside and closed the door carefully.

She opened her mouth hesitantly, looked at Yang Yang and said, "You don't need to go to work tomorrow."

Yang Yang froze in place at a loss, he didn't know why Michelle suddenly asked him not to come to work.

"Xue'er, this...what the hell is going on?"

Michelle shook her head slightly, and explained: "Brother Yang, don't get me wrong, I don't want to drive you away. It's just that since those people have already started to come to the door, keeping you in the store will only hurt you. "

"Those people? You mean that bald man and his accomplices? Do you know them?"

Yang Yang was a little confused for a while, how could such a innocent and lovely girl like Michelle get into such trouble.

And judging by her worried appearance, this trouble should not be small.

Michelle nodded, pulled Yang Yang to the long table and sat down.

"Actually, the reason I have been living alone is that my parents disappeared a few years ago."

"Missing?"

"Yes, I haven't contacted them until now. According to some information I know, they are very likely to be kidnapped."

Yang Yang's eyes widened when he heard this, and he stammered, "Why didn't you call the police?"

Michelle looked a little sad, and her eyes looked a little moist.

"Those who reported to the police, but they failed to find any clues, and in the end they could only be treated as missing persons."

Yang Yang nodded, suddenly didn't know what to say.

He wanted to comfort Michelle, but he didn't know where to start.

Michelle was not overly sad, she sniffed her little nose slightly, and said with a forced smile: "But in fact, I didn't suffer much. After my parents disappeared, Uncle Hu adopted me, provided me with schooling, and helped me with my car. Such a small shop."

"Hu Weixian?"

Although Yang Yang knew that the relationship between Hu Weixian and Michelle was unusual before, he never expected it to be such a relationship.

(End of this chapter)