Sorcerer's Survival Manual

There were only two elves who came back suddenly, Nom the earth elf and Hilf the wood elf.

When he saw that there were only two of them, Ansair was startled, thinking that something happened to the remaining elves.

"Why are you the only ones back? What about Wendini? What happened?"

[No accident! 】

The two elves looked guilty as if they had done something wrong, with their little hands hidden behind their backs, their eyes flickering, and they didn't dare to look at him.

[Everyone is still looking for gifts for An An in the mountains...]

Ansair thought that he really used this reason to let the elves go out to play happily, and he was relieved knowing that they were fine.

Immediately after thinking of the strange reactions of the two elves, I thought they hadn't brought gifts back, so I felt guilty.

"It's good that everyone is fine, are you embarrassed to tell me because you didn't find anything interesting? It's okay, everyone came back safely, but why did you come back early?"

He was used to seeing five elves coming in and out together, but now he only saw two of them, so it's no wonder he thought too much.

[We have a gift for An An...]

Because they communicated with spiritual power, the guilty conscience of the two elves became more and more obvious.

"Really? What did you bring?"

Do you feel that your gift is not good?

Ansair decided to wait until no matter what he received, he had to show that he liked it very much.

But when he really saw it, he couldn't show "like" with the expression on his face.

"How did you bring it back?!"

He raised his voice in surprise, and his tone was quite surprised.

Because after feeling guilty for a long time, the two elves sent a mutant cub to Ansair.

He no longer wanted to ask how they brought this cub back, it was nothing more than using magic, he just wanted to know why they brought this fire clouded leopard cub that was supposed to be by its mother's side .

What the little elf brought back was surprisingly the smaller of the two Fire Clouded Leopard cubs that Ansair personally delivered.

At this time, it was only more than ten hours away from its birth, and the fur on the cub's body had been licked clean by the mother animal. Its fluffy appearance was extremely cute, almost no different from a kitten.

But its condition is not very good. The fire clouded leopard cub, whose eyes have not been opened yet, is lying in the small nest woven by the wood elf with rattan. Its breathing is very weak, and even the cry is inaudible. Its belly is flat. , did not seem to have eaten.

[An'an, this baby is so poor! 】

Seeing that he didn't look like he was angry, the wood elf boldly started to complain.

It turned out that after the adult clouded leopard woke up, it panicked for a period of time, and after making sure it was safe, it calmed down and fed its cub.

In the beginning, both cubs were able to drink milk, but the elder brother among the cubs was stronger, and would instinctively fight for a more favorable position even if his eyes had not been opened, while the weaker younger brother was inherently defective. After being pushed away by my brother, I struggled to climb for a long time before I found a place to eat again.

But the patience of the female beast is not very good, or because she is too hungry, after feeding her elder brother, it does not care that the younger brother has just started eating, so it crawled out of the nest and went hunting.

The younger brother, who was already congenitally ill and did not take proper nutrition, looked even weaker after he came back from hunting.

However, the hunting of the fire cloud leopard mother was not smooth this time. Although it had received some nutritional supplements after giving birth, the power it consumed needed to be recovered slowly. In addition to the bad luck, it only found one The little poor mutant beast was half full.

After returning to the nest, the female beast made a cruel and realistic decision after seeing the weakness of her young son.

It is a novice mother, and this is its first litter of offspring. In order to prevent all the cubs from starving to death, it gave up the younger brother who could not survive at first sight, and only raised the strong older brother.

The weak cub instinctively approached its mother to get food, but was driven away every time. The mother's attitude became more and more impatient every time, which made the elves guarding around frightened.

They are elemental elves bred in nature, so they naturally know what the reaction of the female beast represents.

It doesn't want the cub, which may not be viable, and in the event of food scarcity, the cub will even become its food.

Seeing that the cub was getting weaker and weaker, and the mother beast's eyes were becoming more and more dangerous, the elves were anxious, so they smuggled the cub out while the mother beast was eating and looking for prey. Come out, and Norm and Hilf will escort it to Ansair.

Ansair didn't know what expression to put on.

In fact, he let the elves stay there because he was worried that the mother beast would eat the cubs. Not to mention other animals, according to the information he has read, if the clouded leopard encounters an accident during childbirth, it will immediately eat the cubs. The fire clouded leopards were mutated from clouded leopards and seemed to have inherited this characteristic, so he told them to take care of them more.

But what Ansair actually meant was that if the female beast couldn't find food, they could find a way to help her find prey.

Judging from the performance of the mother beast at the beginning, with enough food, it should be able to raise both cubs well.

But obviously the elves don't have such a consciousness. They like cubs, but they also love life. They won't hurt another animal for the sake of one cub, so hunting or something doesn't exist.

Therefore, a cub that needs special care is naturally sent to someone who can take care of it.

[An'an, can you keep it? 】

Because Ansair's expression looked complicated, the little elf who couldn't understand looked at him pleadingly, his eyes shining with anticipation.

Such an elf, he couldn't stand it at all.

He slumped his shoulders in frustration: "Let me see its condition first."

Hearing what he said, the two elves knew that he had agreed to keep the cub.

With a cheer, the two elves moved the cub's nest to the table.

The nest was woven by the wood elves, and it was about the size of a rattan fruit bowl, covered with thick leaves, so that the cub would not feel uncomfortable lying in it.

However, Ansair took a clean towel and carefully wrapped the cub up on the table.

Ansair found some biscuit crumbs at the corner of its mouth. It should be that the elves tried to feed it the soaked biscuits, but it was not a drop in the bucket. The belly of a cub that is several times their size is not far behind.

And Ansair felt that it was necessary to teach the elves a lesson, warning them not to feed animals casually with human food.

Although the cub was weak, it was more caused by hunger, and other problems could not be seen for the time being.

Ansair didn't have anything to feed the cub at hand, so he could only take out a bottle of nutritional supplements, pour it into a syringe, and then use the syringe without a needle to feed the cub little by little.

Nutrients are probably one of the few potions with a good taste—after all, they are prepared by little magicians, and they won’t like the taste if it’s too bad—although they can’t completely replace food, they can still be used as first aid food.

After tasting the taste in his mouth, the cub swallowed instinctively. After his body gradually gained strength, he stretched out his two little paws, holding the syringe and licking it, eating happily. .

[It ate it, it ate it. 】

The two little elves were surprised and surprised by the side, and they were so happy.

Whether it was medicine, Ansair estimated the amount, and didn't feed it too much. He reached out and touched its belly. After feeling a little bulging, he stopped feeding.

The syringe was taken away, and the cub, which had run out of food, screamed anxiously and struggled in the towel.

Ansair was very relieved, being able to bark meant that he was energetic.

Putting the cub back into the nest together with the towel, he told the two elves: "Look at it, I'll go buy something for it."

The small supermarket in Anping Town is a magical place.

Although it is not big, it sells many kinds of things inside, and there is even a pet counter inside.

Many people in Anping Town have pets. Pets such as cats, dogs, rabbits, hamsters, goldfish, and turtles are very common here. Mutants account for the majority of them. Many people keep pets as children. How much empathy there is in it is not known.

Of course, everyone raises ordinary animals, unlike Ansair, who has to raise a mutant cub.

Ansair stood for a while in front of the shelves full of pet food, and finally took a bag of kitten milk powder - anyway, it is all cats, cats can drink it, and the fire clouded leopard should be fine.

"Xiao An, do you have a cat?" Li Jieqiang, the owner of the supermarket standing at the checkout counter, asked casually when he saw him bring milk powder to check out.

"Well, a newborn kitten."

"So small? Then you have to buy another bottle."

Ansair thought about it, and went back to find a feeding bottle of a suitable size, and saw that there were several books on how to take care of pets beside him, so he picked up one of the "Cat Raising Handbook" and flipped through it , turned to Li Jieqiang and asked, "Boss, is this book also for sale?"

The few books here are half old and not new, and it seems that many people have read them, so he asked this question.

"Haha, I lent that to everyone for free. Don't many people in our town have pets. Everyone is a novice at the beginning. Reading and learning is good." Li Jie forced a smile, revealing a hint of the cunning of a profiteer: " And since those books were released, these pet supplies are much easier to sell."

Many people who just started keeping pets are afraid that they will not be able to raise them well, so they will read and study. After reading the book, they will know that raising pets is not an easy task. There are many things to prepare. Those who really want to take care of pets seriously He will prepare things for pets according to the book, so it will bring him business.

Ansair gave him a thumbs up.

"Then I'll borrow this one."

Carrying a bag containing milk powder and feeding bottles, Ansair returned to the laboratory with a book, and two elves greeted him immediately.

[An'an, Rainbow Dash is asleep! 】

"Rainbow?"

[It's the baby's name. 】The wood elf shook his head, with a proud expression on his face: 【All of us have always thought that since it is the baby of Fire Cloud Leopard, we should call it Rainbow Dash, doesn't it sound nice? 】

Are you sure it's Rainbow Dash and not Clouded Leopard?

"...as long as you are happy."

Ansair himself is a waste of names, so he won't get involved in this kind of thing.

After checking the cub named "Rainbow" to make sure it was sleeping soundly, Ansair walked around to check the growth of the beast nucleus before sitting on the chair and picking up the book "Nursing The Cat Handbook looked up.

This book is written in detail, starting from how to take care of kittens, to the way of raising adult cats, and also wrote a lot of problems that pet cats will have. It is indeed a good textbook for raising cats.

But the more Ansair looked at him, the more he frowned.

He never had any pets before, he didn't expect pets to be so difficult to keep.

The younger the cat, the more difficult it is to take care of. It requires not only care and patience, but also a lot of time and energy.

The former Ansair is not lacking, but the latter, he really doesn't have it now.

Ansair, who spends a lot of time in the laboratory every day, even has to be reminded when he eats and sleeps. How can he be confident in taking care of a frail cub?

Many people buy pets on impulse, but when they find that they are more troublesome than cute, they always regret it, and then choose to discard them, regardless of the life or death of the discarded pets.

Ansair didn't want to be that kind of person, but he really didn't have the confidence to take good care of the cub.

But it is impossible to return it to the forest. The mother animal has decided to abandon it, and the elves have brought it back. After such a long time, the fire clouded leopard may have found that its cub is missing. Go back, it will not accept it again.

And with the physique of this cub, without careful care, it is unknown how long it can live.

And the cubs that are carefully cared for by humans may lose the ability to return to nature after they become adults.

So this is a mutant beast destined to stay far away from the wild.

However, Ansair didn't have the confidence to raise it well - he was already struggling to take care of the five lively elves.

Find another suitable owner for it.

The thought flashed through his mind.

Then the brain automatically starts searching for suitable candidates.

His eyes swept over the sleeping cub, and then turned to the petri dish not far away.

A light bulb above his head lit up.

In the room a few hundred meters away, Liang Bang suddenly felt a chill rushing up his back, and couldn't help but sneezed.

Having (unilaterally) decided on the owner of the cub, Ansair became happier.

However, he didn't intend to send the cub there right away. The cub's health is not very good, and it needs to be recuperated for a period of time. It can be sent to the new owner when the body is well.

It's almost a month if it's full.

He also made this matter clear to the elf.

"I don't have that much time to take good care of it, so I'm going to find a more suitable owner for it and send it there after the full moon."

Knowing that Rainbow Dash would be sent away, even the calm Noam was a little disappointed: 【Is it really impossible to keep it?We can take care of it. 】

"It's still small now, so you can take care of it. When it grows up, can you take care of it when it grows up?"

Even though the clouded leopard is not big among mutant beasts, compared to domestic cats, they are big. Adult clouded leopards can exceed one meter in length (not counting the tail) and weigh more than 40 kilograms. Ordinary cats are considered big if they weigh more than 10 kilograms.

Such a big mutant beast can eat a lot of food every day, and the fire cloud leopard is a carnivore, let the elf prepare raw meat for it?I'm afraid it will scare them to tears.

Ansair was helpless: "I plan to give it to Liang Bang, and you all know that he lives not far away, so you can often visit it in the future."

Elemental elves can appear in front of people, provided they are willing, so Ansair didn't say that the cubs couldn't see them.

【OK then. 】

Realizing that "Rainbow" was not something they could raise well, the elves lowered their heads listlessly, and flew to the edge of the nest listlessly, looking at the sleeping cub with teary eyes, as if one glance was missing.

Without disturbing their "pain of parting", Ansair was afraid that if he watched it any longer, he couldn't help but want to follow them and keep the cubs.

Two days later, the remaining three elves also came back. They brought some mutated plants that Ansair had never seen before, and provided the locations of several mutated beast lairs. Ansair went out at night After a trip, I brought back a lot of fourth- and fifth-level beast cores, not to mention several common magic systems, and there are also a few hybrid systems.

Fortunately, there has never been such a thing as the fire clouded leopard, and no one has brought cubs home again.

Culture agent No. 2 has been improved, and the effect is better than No. 1. The animal core after cutting grows well. Ansel has a sudden inspiration and wants to make a mixed-type animal core by himself. Unfortunately, the animal cores of different types He was extremely repulsive, and his idea was stillborn for the time being, so he had to think of another way.

In the meantime, he made a few more batches of medicines and handed them over to the people of Rui'an Company. Sheng Zhifan would often call to tell him that the sales of medicines were booming recently.

Of course, what he said was to let him find a way to make more potions.

Having been talked about too much, Ansair let go and agreed to add [-] bottles of stabilizers, but there were two remaining medicines, no matter what Sheng Zhifan said, he refused to do more.

However, Sheng Zhifan was also very satisfied if he could get [-] more bottles of stabilizer.

In the end, Sheng Zhifan also told him: [Recently, there are always people looking for cooperation, and their backgrounds are very strong. Our company can't afford to mess with it. I want to find a suitable partner in it, what do you think? 】

There are many people who come to the door, some with a good attitude and some not. Sheng Zhifan also knows that it is impossible for him, a small company, to resist the coercion and temptation of these people alone, so seeking cooperation is a must.

Ansair said puzzledly: "This is your company's business, ask me what to do."

[I don't dare to take the credit, these people are actually here for you, if you have any favorite candidates in your mind, you can tell me. 】

"No, I don't know them, you can figure it out."

Hearing what he said, Sheng Zhifan knew that there was no one looking for Ansair, and he felt a lot relieved: 【I'm afraid that someone will find you. After all, our cooperation is not a secret. Check it out. 】

Only then did Ansair realize what he was worried about, and smiled slightly: "Don't worry, since I signed a contract with you, I will definitely not find other people to cooperate with."

Only then did Sheng Zhifan feel relieved.

To be honest, although the liquidated damages they set were quite a lot, they were not astronomical. If Ansair really wanted to find someone else, and if the other party was willing to pay the liquidated damages, he really had nothing to do with him.

[Haha, I feel relieved with your words. 】

After hanging up the phone, Ansair was thoughtful.

Sheng Zhifan reminded him that with the huge sales of the medicine, someone will definitely come to his door. Although they may not necessarily be bad people, it is still necessary for other people to pay attention.

As for himself, Ansair was not afraid, even if there were some problems with his identity.

But he has already settled down in Anping Town. Unless we find out where his original home is, or if everyone knows that he has a mysterious origin, can he still have the ability to expel him from his nationality?

Don't be kidding, people who really have that ability will not attack him now.

And in the future, if he can make such people notice him, he should have reached a height where they dare not act recklessly.

Ansair first told Dr. Ma the news of Sheng Zhifan's return, and then went to Mayor Sun to explain it.

After hearing what he said, Mayor Sun patted his head with a dazed look on his face: "I just said that we haven't had any new residents in Anping Town for many years, so why did the higher-ups suddenly notify us to accept new residents? "

"New residents?"

Mayor Sun nodded: "Yes, I also received the notice this morning. I heard that they were transferred from Pinghu County. Those who settled down in our town, the rest are his bodyguard family members and so on, and they probably have a lot of background."

There are a lot of mutants with families in their town, but those with bodyguards are different.

He sighed: "It's because I stayed too comfortably in Anping Town, and I almost forgot all about these twists and turns. If you hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have thought of this, and I was surprised that it was so good. How could such a big man It will come to a remote place like ours."

Ansair didn't know if the other party was coming for him, but it was indeed a coincidence.

Mayor Sun was also very distressed. He naturally turned to Ansair. Knowing that the other party came for a purpose, he was somewhat worried: "Xiao An, what do you think I should do when someone comes? We There are no particularly good houses here, and the remaining vacant houses are old houses that have been around for several years, so people might look down on them.”

At this time, Zhao Lixue interjected: "If you don't like it, you don't like it. You, the mayor, still care about how well people live? If you want me to say that such a person, I hope he can't stand the environment here and go away by himself. "

Mayor Sun thought so too, but he couldn't really do that.

So he made a decision: "Then I will arrange the house for the new couple at the entrance of the town. The empty house over there is fairly new, and it is easy to enter and exit by the gate."