Devil's Department Store

"I went to her home and found her diary," said the mermaid with a helpless and doting smile on her face, "There are twelve diaries in total, and each one is so thick. It records the things we had after we met. Everything, she taught me to speak for the first time, but I just spit out, and I gave her fish for the first time, but I accidentally slapped her on the face..."

The mermaid hugged the pile of diaries, flipping through them day and night, until the last page, the woman said "I'm sorry".

The woman said: "His time is infinite. Compared with him, I am like a butterfly that can only live for a week."

"My happiness lasted a lifetime, but for him, it was only a week. After this week, there was only sorrow and pain."

"I am a selfish woman, maybe this love was wrong from the beginning. 50 years ago, I should not have met him, let alone waited for him that night, he is like an elf in the sea, only happiness and freedom It's something that should be with him forever."

"Haha, but what elf would like to chase after the boat and eat garbage like him?" the woman wrote with a smile in her diary.

The mermaid laughed too. He wiped his tears and retorted to the diary: "I didn't eat garbage, I just collected them, you idiot."

The wind blew gently, and no one responded to him.

The mermaid sat there for a while, and put away the stack of diaries.

In the days since then, he has been looking for a woman, and he believes that the other party must still exist in a certain state.

After death, there is still a soul. Where does the soul go after it disappears?The mermaid thought, maybe she became a flower, a tree, a gust of wind, no matter what, he wanted to find each other.

He wanted to tell the woman that there was nothing wrong with their love, and until now, he still had happiness and freedom, and he never regretted meeting her, nor did he regret resurfacing from the sea to look for her in that dark night.

Miser took a deep breath and said, "So the person you are looking for is your lover?"

The mermaid nodded.

A troubled expression appeared on Miser's face: "Although I really want to help you, but..."

"I know what you want to say," the mermaid said seriously, "many people have said the same thing to me, but I won't give up. Everywhere in the world I haven't been, she has her own. That may exist."

Miser looked at each other with a complicated expression. The mermaid and the witch are completely on the same side...

But feelings are one thing, business is another. Miser said: "If you insist on entrusting this, it's not impossible, but I don't guarantee it will be successful."

"Of course," the mermaid smiled and said, "I never expected this wish to come true so easily."

"The matter of the reward..."

The mermaid said: "Time is charged. I know that you will meet a lot of people and get a lot of news when you open a shop. As long as you help pay attention to the information related to her, it will be fine. I will come here to settle the bill every year. This is the amount."

The mermaid made a gesture, which made the succubus gasp, and began to draw up a contract without saying a word.

As expected of a person in the sea, he is rich!

The process of signing the contract was very smooth. After the mermaid paid part of the reward, she left some information about the woman and prepared to leave.

Miser looked at the back of the mermaid, and suddenly couldn't help calling out to him: "That..."

"Huh?" The mermaid turned to look at him.

Miser muttered, "You really don't regret it?"

The mermaid smiled and shook her head.

"So, haven't you ever felt pain?" Miser asked again, "You lost her, at least 400 years ago, right?"

"470 seven years," the mermaid said with a smile, "but there is no pain, love does not make people suffer. Every time I think of her, I only feel happy and sweet."

The mermaid believes that there will be a day when he will reunite with a woman, so his every day is full of hope. He believes that women may exist anywhere, so he is gentle and friendly to all creatures he comes into contact with.

Love didn't make him wither, but made him more vibrant.

"Is there something bothering you?" the mermaid asked kindly.

"Uh..." Miser stammered: "There is indeed such a thing, but it's just a friend of mine. He is considering whether to fall in love with a person recently. The other person seems to like him, but he is not sure. , I am afraid that the other party will change their minds, and I am also afraid that we may be separated in the future if we cannot cope..."

The mermaid frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "Is the friend you're talking about yourself?"

Miser: "..."

"No!" Miser let out a cock crow, and then reacted, and said with a dry smile: "Hehe, how could it be me, do I look like I am struggling with dating?"

The mermaid said decisively, "Like."

Miser: "...Is it so obvious?"

The mermaid couldn't help laughing, and said, "Maybe you should ask yourself why you are so obvious."

Miser sighed, and said, "To tell you the truth, I have another friend who had a very rough relationship and has already lost two girlfriends."

"It's miserable," Miser said. "Very miserable."

The mermaid understood what he meant, thought for a while, and said, "Everyone's love is different. It may not be a good idea to use other people's experience as your own reference."

"You yourself... I mean, what your friend thinks is the most important thing," said the mermaid.

Miser: "...Isn't this nonsense?"

The mermaid smiled and said, "Every wise saying is nonsense until you understand it."

Miser looked at him speechlessly, the mermaid waved at him, turned and left.

The business in the store is very busy, not only need to check out non-human customers, but also need to "persuade" those human customers to willingly sell their souls, Miser soon has no time to think wildly, even the information left by the mermaid is only Only have time to watch at night.

Although Miser felt that a person was dead after death, and it was impossible to find them again, but out of goodwill for the mermaid gold coins and professional ethics, the succubus tried hard to memorize these messages before closing his eyes and going to sleep.

The next day, as soon as Miser woke up, the devil clerk in the store found him and said, "Your Excellency Miser, I should go back to hell to report on my duties."

"Ah?" Miser was stunned for a moment, and said, "Isn't it half a month? It's only No. 14 today, right?"

The clerk said: "That's right, the news from hell said that the matter in heaven has been completely resolved, and you no longer need human protection, so I can go back early."

Miser grasped the point: "So you went back early."

Clerk: "..."

There are too many jobs in the Devil's Department Store. The clerk said he served the lazy devil. He had never been in hell like 007 here. It is not easy to persevere until now, and it is normal to want to go back one day earlier.

But it's more normal for Miser not to let him go back.

"Stay one more day!" Miser looked at him anxiously and said, "It's not easy for us as the store is so busy."

It's because I'm too busy to go back!Just as the clerk was about to refuse, Miser's face changed again, and he threatened: "Otherwise, Belphegor will send you here to work here."

Clerk: "..."

Grass, so ruthless.

Reluctantly, the clerk prepared to go back to his room.

Because of the mention of Belphegor, Miser couldn't help but stop the person again, and stammered and asked, "Well, didn't you receive news from hell? Has Belphegor gone back?"

The clerk stopped in his tracks and honestly shook his head: "His Majesty the Demon King has not returned to hell."

"Oh..." Miser didn't know what kind of mood he was in. After thinking for a while, he asked again: "The matter of heaven is settled, and the entry and exit restrictions of hell should be gone, right?"

The clerk nodded.

"I'll go back with you tomorrow," Miser said.

The angels have been wreaking havoc in the world for several months, and Miser has never had the chance to return to hell. His loan has not been repaid, and the warehouse of Devil's Department Store has bottomed out.

It happened that Belphegor was not there, Miser thought, go back to hell, and hurry up and get back after finishing things.

The next day, Miser packed up the souls he had earned in the past few months, carried a package as huge as a hill, and went back to hell with the clerk.

Still the same as in the past, Miser's goods were sold very smoothly, and because of the demon king's guarantee, although the repayment was delayed for several months, the people at the Devil's Bank did not punish the succubus, but when Miser again When they asked for an increase in the repayment amount with a shy face, they still refused.

With a sullen face, Miser ran to buy goods again.

Due to the blockade some time ago, many businesses in Hell have suffered losses, so recently the goods have been sold cheaply, and you can buy the same thing for only two-thirds of the previous price. Miser simply stocked up a lot A sum of goods was placed in his manor that had not yet repaid the loan, and he planned to transport it back to the world several times.

After running down all the way, the deposits in the Succubus Bank doubled, Miser was so happy that he almost fainted, and even Belphegor couldn't remember it for a while.

But soon, someone came to remind him.

A group of demons who stopped Miser respectfully said: "Your Majesty Miser, hello, His Majesty the Demon King has set you as the first person in charge of this level of hell other than him, because there are envoys from the fifth hell, please Go to the palace to meet."

Miser: "..."

Miser was confused: "What the hell???"