Devil's Department Store

Miser was very confused when he was woken up by the elf.

No, if you catch someone, you will catch him. Isn't that your business?Why do you need to notify him!

The elf was also very embarrassed, but still anxiously said: "The unicorn is injured!"

Miser: "...?"

Elf: "It says it won't get up without Miser's kiss and hug."

Misser: "???"

No way, finally went.

When Miser and Belphegor arrived, a dusty-looking centaur was being crushed to the ground in the distance, struggling constantly, while the unicorn was lying half-lying nearby, rushing towards the worried forest surrounding it. The race bared its teeth, its ears flew to the back of its head, and its big eyes were turned so that only the whites remained, looking fierce and mentally retarded.

Of course, as soon as it saw Miser, the unicorn instantly became pitiful, tears glistened in its big eyes, stretched its neck and yelled at Miser, and the surrounding forest races were amazed.

Creatures like unicorns really have double standards.

Miser: "..."

Miser walked over to take a look, and saw an arrow stuck in the snow-white hind leg of the moon, the bleeding had stopped, the blood scabs on the wound had turned black, and the vegetation on the ground also showed signs of withering.

The blood of unicorns is cursed, and their death will also bring disaster. The centaur's intentions are very obvious.

But that had nothing to do with Miser, he just asked, "Why didn't you treat its wound?"

When the people next to him heard this, they hesitated to speak.

Miser understood, and slapped the unicorn on the forehead with a slap, and said expressionlessly, "Don't play tricks on me."

Moon: "...beep."

The centaurs were wearing gloves and went to help the unicorn treat the wound. Miser stood up and looked towards Gerson.

This famous man Ma Mingming is only 30 years old, and he is much younger than Bill, but he looks like Bill's uncle in appearance. He has a messy mustache on his face, and his clothes are ragged. , It looks like ordinary people who have not yet accepted human civilization in the last century.

This is natural, because he was sent to accompany unicorns when he was still a teenager. For more than ten years, he has been living in the wild and never came back. Naturally, he cannot enjoy those convenient and beautiful lives.

"Why?!" He roared angrily: "It's your fault! You forgot, as if everything is right, I should have paid for you! Why!"

Bill's face was also ugly, and he said, "We didn't, and you agreed to it at the beginning."

"No?" Gerson's eyes widened, his expression distorted: "Who are you cheating! I've never heard my name mentioned by anyone! Everything that belongs to me is gone, and this is what I got in return for my efforts ?"

Bill said with a sullen face, "Gerson, we are very grateful for everything you have done. According to the agreement, your loved ones have also received the best compensation and treatment. You are the one who does not keep the promise!"

Hearing this, Gerson had a look of tears and smiles on his face. After a long time, he said, "But even they have forgotten about me... For the past ten years, what am I?"

Bill didn't know what to say, and in the end, he just sighed and said, "Take him away."

The two men pressing Gerson nodded, and Gerson didn't resist any more, and was taken away with a ashen face.

Bill quickly found Miser standing next to him, and hurried forward to say hello. He wanted to show a smile, but so many things happened in the past two days, the smile finally turned into a sigh: "I'm sorry , Trouble both of you again."

Miser looked at the man and said, "What's the matter?"

Bill sighed again—he may have sighed all his life: "He is Gerson, the centaur who instigated the unicorn to withdraw its magic and then tried to kill the unicorn."

However, before that, Gerson was once the pride of the entire Emerald Forest. When the previous centaur who accompanied the Unicorn died, the Unicorn chose this centaur boy. He has a pure soul, innocent, enthusiastic and full of hope. .

When the unicorn approached with haughty steps, Gerson blushed, and all the forest races looked at him, cheered and applauded for him, his friends were excited, and his relatives shed tears of relief. The lofty and sacred mission fell on his shoulders, and the boy will guard the entire Emerald Forest together with the unicorn.

At that time, the Emerald Forest Resort had begun to take shape, and the forest races who accepted human culture had just lived a relaxed and convenient life. Biershan was still young, and he heard the patriarch at that time earnestly admonishing the young man that this was not a Good job.

"You will live a very hard and tiring life," said the old man, "You have to survive alone, and you have to take care of and please the unicorn. It's not easy at all. You still have the chance to refuse. We You can communicate with a unicorn, and it can choose someone else."

"It doesn't matter," Gerson's eyes sparkled, and he looked so determined: "I am willing to sacrifice my life for everyone. What I want to see is that all forest races can live a happy and stable life!"

Bill believed, at least at the time, that Gerson meant it when he said it.

But pure souls are precious not because of their purity, but because of their unshakableness. In fact, most people once had a pure soul, like young Gerson, and they are also in the process of life. During the grinding process, this purity was gradually lost, just like the current Gerson.

He made such a promise and walked into the forest with the unicorn in the anticipation of everyone, but in the end, it still changed.

However, unlike what Bill had imagined at the beginning, Gerson was not defeated by a hard life, nor was he defeated by the tragic comparison between the forest races and his living conditions, but because everyone forgot about him.

Miser blinked.

Bill sighed, and said: "A very long time ago, we had the precepts of our ancestors that the people who accompany the unicorns are not allowed to return to the group, unless he feels that he is about to die, or there are already unicorns in the group. The next person who can succeed him."

But Gerson did not abide by this ancestral precept. He missed his relatives and friends, and was eager to know whether everyone could live a better life with his help. Moon ago sneaked close to the resort with a unicorn.

Then he saw everything he wanted to see, the resort was booming, the forest races were living affluent and happy lives, what a beautiful thing, even though he looked like he had just rolled out of the mire, They were completely out of the same world, and Gerson didn't regret it at all.

Because that's all he wanted to see, Gerson thought proudly.

However, this pride only lasted until two days later.

Gerson, who wandered around the resort for two days, found that the forest race was indeed doing well, but none of them actually mentioned his name and remembered everything he had done for them.

They live their own lives, and their happiness has nothing to do with Gerson.

Looking at such an emerald forest, Gerson gradually began to doubt his dedication over the past ten years. He couldn't believe it all, and stumbled to his former home, but even his parents let him down.

Gerson hid behind the tree and saw that his parents had a new child, his friends completely forgot his existence, and everything he gave turned out to be the fruit of the guy who occupied the magpie's nest!

Shouldn't they remember him and miss him?Shaking with anger and resignation, Gerson asked himself, why?If all he got was oblivion, whether it was the young centaur, or his parents and friends, or the entire Emerald Forest... why?The sacrifices he made, the hardships he suffered, his wandering career...why?

At that moment, the unicorn under the moonlight yawned. It glanced at the muddy soul around it, stood up uninterestedly, and left.

Miser knew everything after that. The unicorn sneaked into the resort in order to find a partner, and met Miser by chance. Gerson, who lost the unicorn, didn't know the value and meaning of his existence anymore. All he could think of was revenge, so after the unicorn was expelled, he instigated the other party to withdraw its magic, and then tried to hurt the other party.

"Of course we still remember him, and we are very grateful to him." Bill frowned, feeling both embarrassed and emotional: "It's just that this is the biggest secret of the Emerald Forest, and no one will mention it casually... I didn't understand that one before. The meaning of the ancestral teachings, but now I know that all the difficulties and bitterness are buried, it is indeed a very easy thing to shake people's hearts."

But there is no way, for the peace and safety of the Emerald Forest, they have to do this.

Miser didn't respond, but asked, "What are you going to do with him?"

Bill hesitated for a moment and said, "Although Gerson is also very pitiful and has devoted more than ten years of his youth to us, this matter is no small matter, and it almost involves the survival of the entire Emerald Forest, so his end will not be good. , not to death, but there will be very serious punishment.”

He looked at Miser and said, "Do you think we are too unreasonable?"

"Of course not," Miser blinked and said, "This is his own choice."

From the very beginning, this man named Gerson was completely mistaken about his real desire.

He thought that what he expected was "the happiness of all people", but in fact, what he expected was "he brought happiness to all people", and he wanted people to remember him, praise him, sing and cheer for him-this is It is a decision based entirely on the feedback of others, rather than a decision based on one's own ideals, which is doomed to a regretful and unwilling ending.

Because Miser has also seen similar human beings, those who entered or did not enter the Devil's Department Store, they made wishes because of others, made decisions because of others, and looked forward to gratitude or love from others. I regret it.

This is inevitable.

And Gerson is just one of them, but after regretting it, he caused a little more trouble.

"This is your forest race's own business, just settle it yourself," Miser said, pointing to the moon who was still moaning and acting coquettishly at him, and said, "But this guy, what are you going to do next? Give it to me?"

Although Miser doesn't get along with unicorns naturally, unicorns themselves are still very valuable.

Bill screamed reflexively, "No!"

Miser: "..."

Ren Ma came back to his senses, the sweat dripped from his face, and he said with a dry smile, "Although I promised to pay you, this really won't work!"

Before Miser made a statement, the moon on the ground let out an angry donkey bray, got up and arched towards Bill!

Don't let me go with the succubus, you're dead, centaur!