Devil's Department Store

More than ten days have passed, and under the efficient action of heaven, the panic brought by the angels has ended, the world has restored its previous peace, and the customer flow of the devil department store has reached its peak. Humans and aliens are mixed together. Shoulder to shoulder into the store to shop.

Even the clerk who kept me safe is going to hell, Miser thought, but still no news from Belphegor.

Miser played with the phone, thinking that the devil did it on purpose.

Belphegor once told him that his strength was weakened after he was split into two. Judging from the fact that he was late in rescuing people, it was probably the ability to know everything that disappeared. Now that he has become a person again, Naturally, he could know what Miser was thinking again, so he didn't show up all the time.

But is it useful not to show up?Miser lay on the table, thinking coldly, I will not change my mind.

At this moment, the table at the cash register was knocked twice, the rhythm and strength were so similar to someone, Miser's heart jumped suddenly, and he immediately looked up, only to find that it was just a strange customer.

The succubus who was still in shock: "..."

Miser held his chest and let out a long breath, resisted the desire to roll his eyes, squeezed out a smile, and said, "Sorry, I'm the boss, and I don't accept guests for the time being. For inquiries, please find other employees who are free. Thank you come."

The guest froze for a moment and said, "The witch introduced me."

When Miser heard this, the impatient expression on his face faded, and he began to look at the guest instead.

The guest was tall, but looked very thin, with protruding joints and surprisingly big palms. His figure seemed inexplicably weird, but he was indeed beautiful.

That's right, not handsome, but beautiful.

His facial features are distributed on his face in a perfect proportion, his pupil color is light blue, his skin is smooth and flawless, and his platinum-blond long hair is thin and smooth, draped obediently on his shoulders.There is no doubt that this is a beauty not inferior to a succubus, but unlike Miser's warm feeling, his whole body seems to be covered with pearls, like a dreamy work of art.

Misser thought he probably guessed where this guest came from.

——After all, the little cats in the store have already come to sniff other people's trousers with a psychedelic expression.

Miser: "..."

"Robert!" Miser scolded in a low voice, "Don't be so rude!"

Although it seems that it is not impolite to treat guests as food.

Fortunately, the mermaid seems to have gotten used to the "closeness" of cats, and didn't feel offended. Instead, she hugged Robert with a smile, scratched its chin and said, "Is this a cat raised in your store? It looks really... ..."

Robert raised his head and looked at each other innocently with his small eyes.

The mermaid paused for a moment, and out of politeness, she finished speaking out of conscience: "It's so cute..."

Miser gave a dry laugh, took Robert over, held the cat by the back of the neck and put it on the ground, and said, "That's a joke."

The mermaid smiled and shook her head.

Knowing that the other party was a big customer from Haili, Miser immediately changed his face, came out from behind the cashier with enthusiasm and flattery, and said, "What do you need? Devil's Department Store has everything you need! Of course, even if you don't, As long as you are willing to bid, I will find a way to get it for you!"

The mermaid smiled and said, "Thank you, the witch told me the same thing. He told me that you are a very reliable trade partner."

Miser said without humility: "He's right! So what do you want to buy?"

Hearing this, the mermaid seemed to think of something, smiled slightly, and said, "I don't buy anything, I want you to do me a favor."

Miser: "...Ah."

The mermaid added: "The paid one."

Miser immediately showed a smile: "Please tell me!"

As long as you have money, you can say anything!Doesn't matter if it's a devil's department store or a devil's house of everything!

The mermaid smiled and said, "I want you to help me find someone."

The mermaid's life is very long, so his story is also very long, long enough that Miser is not even a human being at that time.

Mermaids hate places without water, and they don't deliberately approach the shore, so even though the mermaid had lived for more than 500 years at that time, he had hardly seen humans.

At that time, for some reason, human beings suddenly fell in love with building boats. They obviously couldn't survive in the water, but they still rushed to the surface of the sea, and sank into the water with the boat at every turn. The creatures add a lot of fun and trouble out of thin air.

The mermaid saw with his own eyes a ship full of human beings sinking, and he swam over sensitively, avoiding those struggling and unconscious humans in the water, shuttled among the wreckage of the ship, observed and played with those who had never seen before. , Gadgets belonging to humans.

These things aroused the curiosity of the mermaid, so they began to follow the ship that was still intact, salvage some garbage or food left by humans, and then hide it in their lair.

The mermaid still remembered that the sun was so big that day that he was only willing to expose half of his face to the surface of the sea, and he was holding a piece of broken glass in his hand, which hurt his eyes when he looked at the sun.

At this moment, there was an exclamation from the boat, and the mermaid turned her head and saw the woman.

She was beautiful, but the hateful sun had left a spot of light in the sight, and the merman scurried into the water before they had time to see the woman's face clearly when they first met.

But after recalling it later, the mermaid realized that she had actually remembered her blond hair shining in the sun so clearly.

That night, the mermaid couldn't help but surfaced again, and the woman was waiting for him. This time, the mermaid didn't run away, and the woman didn't scream. They looked at each other, and after a long time, the woman smiled at him. Laughing, said: "Hi, hello."

That was the first human language that the mermaid learned.

Of course, they fell in love.

If it had been different before, Miser would have yawned even if he didn’t fall asleep when he heard this, but this time, he was inexplicably absorbed, and asked with his eyes open, “And then? A shipwreck happened? The ship sank. Yes, you saved her?"

The mermaid laughed and said, "Indeed, many stories are written like this, but it's not the case with her."

There is no shipwreck, no shipwreck, and naturally there is no hero to save the beauty. The mermaid followed the ship to the port and stayed there, while the woman bought a house in the port with her savings and lived there.

Every night, they meet at the beach.

The moonlight was bright, the woman was sitting on the reef, the sea water wet the corners of her skirt, but she didn't care, the mermaid leaned on the woman's lap, getting used to the wet fish tail being exposed to the air, gradually drying up, but he didn't care either. care.

The woman buys gadgets from the human world, and tells the mermaid the legends and stories she knows, and the mermaid brings treasures from the bottom of the sea, and sings to her wholeheartedly, across land and sea, they look at each other with love in their eyes meaning.

The love of many people will be worn away by time, but the mermaid and the woman do not. One day, one month, one year, ten years, their relationship does not change. Every night, the mermaid waits for the woman to come on the reef, or when he floats When he got out of the sea, he saw the woman sitting on the reef smiling at him.

"But I forgot one question," said the mermaid.

"What?" Miser asked.

The mermaid said, "Time."

Misser froze.

For mermaids, time is endless, they will not age, let alone die due to aging, but human beings have a lifespan.

When dating the mermaid, the woman is getting older and older, wrinkles have climbed up her beautiful face, and her bright blond hair has turned pale. Complaints about joints and ailments.

Finally one day, when the mermaid waited all night on the reef, until the sky broke and the sun replaced the moon, the woman did not come.

Fishermen threw harpoons at him, and the merman belatedly slipped into the sea.

Why didn't she come?The mermaid thought, does she not love me anymore?

The mermaid still climbed up to the reef every night, even though humans set meaningless traps to catch him, he was never late.

But the woman still didn't come.

One day, two days, one week, two weeks... The mermaid couldn't wait any longer. He found the witch at the bottom of the sea, killed three monsters for her, exchanged for a bottle of medicine, and turned the tail of the fish into legs.

He is going ashore.

"Wait a minute," Miser stopped, and couldn't help asking, "Are there witches in the sea?"

"Of course," the mermaid asked strangely, "Don't you know? The witch who introduced me to you met me when I was communicating and studying with my colleagues in the sea?"

Miser: "..."

And this thing!Didn't the witch travel with his puppet?I don't even forget to study... I'm so dedicated!

"Forget it," Miser held his forehead, "please continue."

The mermaid continued.

With legs and a more human-like appearance, he went out on dry land for the first time, trying to find a woman.

The sun was very bright that day, and the surroundings were very dry. The mermaid's tail... No, his legs also hurt, but thinking of seeing a woman, the mermaid felt happy. He quickened his pace, thinking with joy, what if a woman You must be very happy to see him now, right?

But the mermaid soon encountered difficulties. The human houses all looked exactly the same. He didn't know which one belonged to a woman, so he had to ask other humans with a bad accent. It's like they don't know this person at all.

Could it be that he was cheated?The mermaid thought, he was very scared, and said anxiously: "No, she lives here, she goes out every night, goes to the beach, and only comes back during the day—"

"Oh!" Hearing this, people finally showed a look of sudden realization, and said, "You are looking for that weird old lady."

"Strange... old woman?" The mermaid never thought that the beautiful woman in his mind would be described like this by other humans.

No one could see the confusion of the mermaid. A young human girl stood up with a blushing face and said softly, "Is she your family? I'm sorry, but she passed away just a few days ago."

The mermaid froze in place for a long time before repeating in a murmur: "Passed?"

The mermaid knew the meaning of passing away. The woman told him that passing away was death.

So he didn't wait for a woman.

I can't wait for a woman anymore.

"Yes, just over half a month ago, she accidentally fell while washing clothes, and she couldn't get up in bed. You know, she is very old, and she lives alone, and no relatives can Take care of her, so..."

The mermaid could no longer hear what the girl said behind him. He looked up at the sky and found that the sun was so big today.

He never held broken glass in his hand, but his eyes were already stung by the sun, and he shed tears uncontrollably.