I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 216

Chapter 216: The Strongest Milkshake Shaker of the Dragon Clan

 

Considering that Fei Luo was working at the cafe for the first day, Ouyang Xue did not assign her specific tasks. She simply said, “You can first take a look at their job responsibilities,” “Get familiar with the environment first,” “Or understand how our shop operates on the internet,” and handed her the maid outfit customized by the factory.

 

Then Fei Luo came to find me.

 

“Hurry up!”

 

With a whole set of maid outfits in her arms, Fei Luo took advantage of the fact that I hadn’t closed the door to the changing room yet and squeezed in at a speed that I couldn’t even catch with my eyes.

 

“Tell me how to wear this, it looks so magnificent!”

 

“Huh?”

 

I was bewildered in the changing room. “Um… that… don’t you know how to wear it?”

 

Isn’t she a huge dragon?

Or a dragon king who has lived for over seven thousand years?

How come she doesn’t even know how to wear clothes?!

 

“Human clothes are so troublesome, usually I just wear my scales, and even if I do wear clothes, it’s the style over there.”

 

Fei Luo said earnestly, “Besides, Xiao Mo also mentioned that the styles of clothes in this world are particularly rich. Look at this, and this…”

 

As she spoke, the girl in front of me displayed the maid outfit from the packaging bag, “This feels very soft to the touch, definitely made of top-quality silk or fabric. I’m afraid I might accidentally ruin it later.”

 

“Since it’s custom-made, it should be fine to wear it normally…”

 

Although Fei Luo’s words were somewhat exasperating, I still took her clothes and inspected the accessories at the hem and neck of the maid outfit, as well as the sleeves, “Here, just put this on directly, and after putting on this dress, wear this…”

 

“Stop, stop, stop!”

 

Before I could finish speaking, I was interrupted. This girl just took off his clothes in the changing room, “I’m still afraid, this… this is my first time working in a world with only humans. If I ruin it, it won’t be good. Can you help me?”

 

“You…”

 

I looked at Fei Luo in front of me, who was left with only a set of underwear in an instant, and was stunned for a while.

 

“Are you really a dragon over seven thousand years old?”

 

Why did it feel like there was such a big difference compared to Xiao Mo?

I’m referring to Xiao Mo in her divine form, or should I say, “Demon Momo”.

 

When we were in the pirate cave before, that complete form of “Grim Reaper Momo” or “Demon Momo” really gave people a sense of overwhelming pressure that crushed everything.

 

This kind of pressure is like when you’re facing some gigantic creature in the wilderness, or when you suddenly see a King Cobra standing upright, ready to attack you with its “wings” spread open, it really instinctively gives you the shivers, without any thought of resistance, and you involuntarily submit to it.

 

At that time, if it weren’t for that girl with Xiao Mo’s face and body, knowing clearly in my heart that this person wouldn’t harm me, I might have been scared to the point of falling down.

 

Although it’s the same person, with shared memories, just in terms of “aura”, “Grim Reaper Momo” and Yin Xiamo really… can’t be compared at all.

 

Xiao Mo is said to have lived for over six thousand years. When she and the hero found this black dragon Fei Luo, Fei Luo was already over a thousand years old, which means Fei Luo was born over a thousand years before Xiao Mo, theoretically making her Xiao Mo’s “elder sister” or “senior.”

 

But why… did the Fei Luo in front of me feel like she was just a little more talkative and active than an ordinary girl?

 

Didn’t Xiao Mo say that long-lived species from other worlds might experience “wear and tear” situations? Demon Momo could reach adulthood at over six thousand years old, but Fei Luo, over seven thousand years old, was like a teenage girl… didn’t it seem inappropriate?

 

“Yeah, I’m seven thousand years old. Is there a problem?”

 

Facing my question, Fei Luo looked puzzled, “What does that have to do with clothes?”

 

“Well, logically… shouldn’t older individuals be more knowledgeable?”

 

I continued, “Look at Earthlings… with lifespans of just over a hundred years, but children over ten years old can already dress themselves…”

 

“Oh, I see, you’re mocking me for not even being as good as Earth children,” Fei Luo said with a chuckle.

 

Fei Luo leaned in behind me, assuming a posture of “I’m going to punish you”.

 

“Nuo’er is a bad child and must be tickled—”

 

As she spoke, she actually started tickling my armpits with her hand.

 

“Ahahaha… stop… don’t play around… I was just…”

 

The girl’s body is particularly sensitive, especially mine, being a hybrid of elves and succubi still in the developmental stage. Places like the armpits and waist are exceptionally sensitive, and just a touch makes me squirm.

 

“I really was just curious why… why you, Fei Luo, after so many years… haven’t experienced this…”

 

“I just haven’t!”

 

Fei Luo stopped her hands.

 

“And don’t compare me to that weirdo Xiao Mo, we’re different.”

 

“Huh?” I glanced at the ceiling of the adjacent bathroom.

 

From this angle, you could just see the faint shadow of Yin Xiamo above the unconnected space of the cafe’s second floor.

 

“Is there anything special about Xiao Mo?”

 

“This shouldn’t be one of Xiao Mo’s forbidden topics, let me explain briefly,” Fei Luo cleared her throat.

 

“The first forbidden curse magic Xiao Mo learned is related to time.”

 

“Huh?” I was astonished. “Really?!”

 

Did I guess it right? A magic user of the cycle system? Homura Akemi? Steins;Gate? Higurashi: When They Cry?

Continuously repeating a certain period of time, constantly… searching for the only parallel universe where the hero can be saved?

Or is it that I’ve actually died countless times in the past?

 

Sure enough, Xiao Mo has done something similar!

 

“Don’t jump to conclusions. Although Xiao Mo hasn’t said it, I can probably guess that the forbidden curse magic she’s practicing is related to the relative speed of time. And so far, only Xiao Mo has mastered that forbidden curse magic. You’ll have to ask her about the specific effects.”

 

Fei Luo put her hands on her hips. “After the hero sacrificed himself, the whole world fell into chaos. Everyone generally thought there was no hope. It was believed that this place would be consumed by the endless desire of the Demon King, leading to the ultimate destruction of the world…”

 

“Yesterday, Xiao Mo and I studied the specific knowledge of Earth together. I learned about the wealth disparity here, how some people are born in Rome, while others are born as slaves. The poor get poorer, the rich get richer. You know all this, right? Xiao Mo mentioned it when she was introducing the background of this world to me.”

 

I nodded. “Yeah.”

 

“In this world, fairness is fairness… Although some people are born very wealthy, that person will eventually die. Even if their wealth can be passed on to the next generation, there are too many variables over ten or twenty years. Most importantly, even the richest person in this world cannot cause devastating damage to the world’s ecology. But our world is different.”

 

Fei Luo explained animatedly, “In our world, magic is the most important wealth. Some people are born with excellent magical abilities and inherently evil natures, and they continuously accumulate wealth from all over, becoming stronger and stronger. Can you understand that? There’s no limit to magical power, and there’s no limit to a person’s strength. The Demon King is a long-lived species and doesn’t have the concept of death, which leads to the accumulation of more and more magic on him, and his ambitions will expand accordingly.”

 

“Like some wizards can summon hurricanes, some archmages can trigger tsunamis alone, and higher-level forbidden curse masters can destroy heaven and earth… At the level of the Demon King, as long as he wishes, the devastation of all living beings in the world is not a problem. At that time, the hero’s talent was hailed as the most hopeful existence to catch up with the Demon King, but the hero died.”

 

At this point, Fei Luo leaned close to my ear and lowered her voice, “The whole world despaired, only Xiao Mo… raised her flag of rebellion again.”

 

“To surpass the Demon King, Xiao Mo’s only choice is that time magic. It seems to have… the ability to make time relatively slower.”

 

“In simple terms, although Xiao Mo appears to be just over six thousand years old, if you factor in the time that has slowed down for her, her true age is very frightening.”

 

“Understand?”

 

Finally, Fei Luo patted my chest and said, “This is also why your beloved can become a god. She’s still rational, choosing to contact you through avatars here. If a true god were to descend… cough cough, with your petite frame, it would be strange if you weren’t devoured completely.”

 

“Cough cough—”

 

At this moment, there came a dry cough from the adjacent bathroom, followed by the girl’s reproachful voice, “Don’t talk about these messy things with children.”

 

“No, anyway, Nuo’er will have to deal with these things in the future. You’ve already left your ‘coordinates’ there. Eventually, besides some flat-chested angels, more and more people will definitely notice that you’re gone. By then, even if Nuo’er doesn’t return, the harem of the former hero will surely come here. It wouldn’t hurt for her to have a better understanding of knowledge from other worlds.”

 

Fei Luo, only wearing underwear, spoke toward the adjacent bathroom, “Then I’ll just give her a simple explanation of the concept of immortality in other worlds and the time perception of ordinary people, okay?”

 

“……”

 

Yin Xiamo didn’t speak again, seeming to have agreed.

 

“So, Nuo’er, let me tell you why someone like me, who has lived for thousands of years, doesn’t wear clothes from this place.”

 

Fei Luo picked up a small skirt. “First of all, the clothing designs here on Earth, both in style and concept, are much more modern than those over there. They have probably been developed for several hundred years. In the other world, there’s no such thing as a technological tree. Basic clothing is just for wearing and suitable for hunting.”

 

“The mainstream ideology of our people is different… we value ‘self’ more than ‘benevolence’ like here. The existence of magic keeps everyone busy practicing magic, improving themselves, because only by becoming stronger can they avoid being killed by others. But here on Earth, it’s strange, your scientists share new discoveries with everyone to use.”

 

“Secondly, even though I’ve lived for thousands of years, my knowledge base compared to that of a few hundred-year-old ordinary person is about the same. Elves like to wander around mountains and waters. You can tell them about a river near the Elf Tree, the stones in the river, the crabs near the stones, what time of day the crabs appear, how much soil they eat… the elves will tell you all these things clearly. But if you ask them about the newly made orc village’s wolf-toothed club, they probably won’t know.”

 

“We dragons prefer sleeping more. Because of our huge size and high energy consumption, sometimes 99% of our time in ten years is spent sleeping. Even when we’re awake, we just walk around, yawn, and then go back to sleep in our caves. Long-lived species all have a problem called ‘wear and tear.’ If we, like Xiao Mo, are demons by nature but live like humans, we would become disillusioned in less than a thousand years.”

 

“For example, a bee’s lifespan is only one or two months. From birth to growing wings, this bee can quickly adapt to all environments near its hive and remember the locations of all plants and nectar within a few days. For bees, a few hundred years of a human’s lifespan would be considered long-lived, right? If we were to think like bees, a twenty-year-old human would have a lifespan two hundred times longer than ours. Therefore, they must already know the location of all the nectar on the entire Earth. That’s the reasoning.”

 

“The same reasoning applies to Nuo’er, who views the dragon clan with the perspective of an ordinary person. Actually, even if they have lived for thousands… dragons are not as powerful as you imagine. All-knowing, all-powerful, those are just your fantasies, they don’t exist.”

 

Then, Fei Luo seemed to recall something: “Of course, except for Xiao Mo.”

 

I blurted out, “What’s special about Xiao Mo?”

 

“She is the only… one… a demon who, as a long-lived species, has been doing human things all along. You can think of it as someone learning to be like a bee, year after year, day after day, gathering honey in a garden, tending crops, watching the sun rise and set, repeating this kind of life for hundreds of years.”

 

Fei Luo gestured with her eyes towards the partition. “The cost of godhood is this. You will no longer be yourself, nor will you be interested in anything worldly. Anyway, if you ask me to learn human life, I can’t do it. Even if you tell me that by living like a human according to my lifespan, I can become the most powerful wizard, I won’t do it.”

 

Hmm… looking at it this way… Xiao Mo is indeed very formidable?

 

I understood what Fei Luo was saying. In summary, although long-lived species in other worlds live for a long time, they spend most of their lives idly, dictated by their racial beliefs. However, Xiao Mo, as a demon of the same long-lived species, has overcome this instinct and possesses a forbidden curse magic that controls time. While others experience one day, for her it’s already been two or even four to five days. So, strictly speaking, Xiao Mo’s “over six thousand years old” age carries an extremely high value.

 

It’s also because of this “desperation” that the complete form of Xiao Mo could only become a “god” and then leave behind the current “Yin Xiamo” to be with me.

 

“Got it, thank you.”

 

Feeling like my perspective suddenly opened up, I took a deep breath and took Fei Luo’s maid outfit. “Come on, let me teach you. Lift your hands up first and put on the main clothes.”

 

The girl in front of me obediently raised her hands, assuming a cute posture.

 

“Well, girl’s clothes may look complicated, but they’re not too difficult to put on once you get the hang of it. First, put on this dress, then tidy it up here… yes, hang it up, and also tidy the hem.”

 

I then took the decorations around the neck and the sleeves. “Next are these two… By the way, Fei Luo, can I ask you a question?”

 

“Hmm? What is it?”

 

“Your chest…”

 

I hesitated for a moment, but eventually, with a blush on my face, I asked, “How big is your chest?”

 

“That manager, Ouyang Xue, said it’s a G-cup.”

 

“G?!”

 

“Is that big?”

 

“Very big…”

 

“Then your feet, why do they also seem so small and delicate…”

 

“Oh, it’s like that for the dragon clan and the angel clan. You’ve seen my original form inside that cave before, right? Actually, dragons have horns and wings after transforming into human form. We usually fly, so over time, we don’t need to walk on two feet.”

 

“The angel clan is the same. That’s why our feet are somewhat small and delicate, slightly degenerated. It’s more like a mimicry of the human body, making us a bit weaker.”

 

Half an hour later, Fei Luo and I, dressed in maid outfits, walked out of the dressing room on the second floor. Fei Luo’s face was flushed with excitement.

 

“This is too cute! Xiao Mo, I finally understand why you like this world. In a place like this… I feel like even if I stayed for two hundred years, I wouldn’t get tired of it!”

 

“Beep, beep, beep…”

 

At that moment, an intelligent floor-cleaning robot on the second floor passed by us, scanning us with its sensors.

 

?Beep, store maid, age 12-14, danger level: 0.?

?Beep, store maid, age 15-17, danger level: 0.?

 

“Why did the danger level drop to zero once it identified us as maids?”

 

Fei Luo, who was always interested in such robots, widened her eyes. “How does this machine operate?”

 

“It’s probably based on big data. Because we’re the only ones wearing maid outfits in the store, and we’ve been living here for a long time, we’re very familiar with the floor-cleaning robot. It’s certain that we won’t harm it. As for pregnant women and children, although they pose no danger to the robot, the danger level is still set to the highest to prevent any harm to them, making the robot prioritize leaving them first.”

 

“I pointed to the large screen at the central service desk. ‘There, if you’re interested, you can check out the database backstage later.'”

 

“‘No, I’ll stay here and help you guys with customer service.'”

 

As we spoke, we walked over to the dozen or so automatic cat litter boxes placed on the second floor. Just as we arrived, Dingman and Miaomiao emerged from one of the litter boxes. As soon as the machine sensed that the cats were no longer inside, the door of the litter box closed, and the central roller began to rotate, filtering the used cat litter into a sealed box at the back. Then, the door of the litter box reopened.

 

“What’s that all about?” Fei Luo quickly ran over.

 

“Is it where the cats eat?”

 

“No… quite the opposite,” I organized my words.

 

“It’s a restroom.”

 

“Pets have restrooms?!”

 

Fei Luo surveyed the row of litter boxes in front of her.

 

“Then which one is for Nuo’er?”

 

“How could there be one for me!”

 

I resisted the urge to give this foolish dragon a smack.

 

“Xiao Mo, I’ll leave the first floor to you and Lan Jia Jia. If Fei Luo knows how to mix drinks, she should be able to make bubble tea too. I’ll show her how later.”

 

“Okay.”

 

Yin Xiamo waved to Fei Luo, “I’ll lend Nuo’er to you, don’t break it!”

 

“I’m not a toy!”

 

“It’s impossible for her to break,” I said subconsciously.

 

“Indeed, it’s not easy to break.” Fei Luo chimed in.

 

“Elven patience, succubus resistance, cat’s spirit, and… hmm, water mage’s recovery ability, all maxed out!”

 

I felt my hair stand on end. “Hey!”

 

“Alright, alright, no more joking. It’s Saturday today, and it’s also Children’s Day on June 1st. There will definitely be a lot of people coming to the café today, but the number of our maids has increased, so it should be much easier,” Yin Xiamo said as she picked up two cats that passed by.

 

“Fei Luo, Nuo’er, see you during the afternoon break!”

 

“Okay—”

 

As Xiao Mo said, there were many more customers at Shangjing Cat Café, both in the morning and at noon. Initially, I thought it would ease up after the peak dining hour from 8 to 9 in the morning, but to my surprise, even more people came after 9, especially after 10. The situation on the first floor could almost be described as ‘packed like sardines.’ Most of the visitors came as families, with parents bringing their children to the cafe, letting them order various sweets and bubble teas, and then playing with the cats in the shop.

 

I don’t know why, but when there are many children in the cafe, some of the cats that are usually fierce become gentler.

 

Like the fiercest ones in the shop, “Building 3” and “Mosquito Bite,” they are both stray cats. Normally, they would only be a little obedient when they encounter me and Xiao Mo, but if it’s Ouyang Xue or Li Chen trying to play with them, they would show their fangs directly — “Hiss! Hah!”

 

Although these cats in the cafe are not as fierce towards customers as they are towards familiar faces like Ouyang Xue and Li Chen, they certainly won’t be as docile as the other cats that allow themselves to be petted and held. Some customers who see these cats quietly lying in the corner and want to pick them up, Building 3 and Mosquito Bite would just avoid them.

 

If it’s those customers with particularly assertive attitudes insisting on picking them up, Building 3 would start hissing at them, but it wouldn’t actually bite or scratch them because they are very aware of their position in the shop. At most, they would struggle to break free and run away.

 

However, today, when facing a group of mischievous kids aged six to ten, even those fiercely behaved cats became docile. They chose to lie down flat and allowed the kids to pet, hold, and kiss them, exposing their bellies and waiting for the kids to pet them to their heart’s content.

 

It’s said that cats respect the elderly and love the young but hold the middle-aged in contempt. Today, I witnessed it firsthand.

 

They are truly patient with children and the elderly, but when it comes to young adults… Hiss! Hah!

 

“Two cups of Pearl Yu Garden Milk Tea, half sugar!”

“One portion of pudding, latte coffee, latte with seven parts sugar!”

“Got it!”

 

Besides mixing drinks, Fei Luo is also skilled at making bubble tea.

 

She can tell the taste and combination of these things and what proportions are most suitable with just a sip of milk or tea bag. She knows how to mix and make the best-tasting beverages.

 

The shop originally had a detailed bubble tea making process and formula, such as how much milk to add, how much ingredients to add, and how much ice to put in. However, Fei Luo “optimized” those formulas, causing the customers who had tried it to praise it repeatedly.

 

“Oh my, is this a new flavor created by your cafe? I haven’t tasted this flavor when I came here before!”

“This signature bubble tea is too delicious! Did you change the recipe?”

“Can I take a look at how this bubble tea is made? This flavor is amazing!”

 

Then, a large group of customers crowded around the counter, watching Fei Luo elegantly cut sugar, grind tea leaves and tea bags, mix the milk flavor, and manipulate the cups of bubble tea as if she were a magician with playing cards, flying up and down, constantly spinning, merging, and swirling. Even I couldn’t follow the movement trajectory of the cups.

 

“Is this a new maid?”

“Her technique is amazing! It’s like magic!”

“Wow! Wow! I don’t know what to say. I need to record this with my phone!”

 

In less than ten minutes, another circle formed around, pointing their phone cameras at the scene.

 

“Huh?”

 

This scene left Fei Luo a little confused. “What… what’s going on?”

 

“They’re recording. There might be many live streamers.”

 

I whispered beside her, “They’re just recording the scene of you making bubble tea. They’ll play it back later. People don’t usually see this kind of scene, so they find it fascinating.”

 

“They have recording equipment too? This technology is terrifying!”

 

Fei Luo was amazed. “What a magical world!”

 

I continued to whisper, “If you want, you can ask Xiao Mo for one. It’s mainly because your… technique of mixing milk is too great.”

 

“Huh? Isn’t that very basic?”

 

Seemingly to prove that her milk tea mixing skills were quite ordinary, Fei Luo even performed a “trick” — quickly grinding sugar cubes into powder and putting it on a piece of paper, then scooping a spoonful of milk from the small fridge behind her. Like a magician, she spun the spoonful of milk in the air several times, forming a spinning circle that ran towards the sky. Then, at the fastest speed, she grabbed a cup, “whoosh,” mixed in the tea and sugar powder she had just prepared, and caught the “milk ball” in the air steadily, covered it, and shook it briskly.

 

“Wow!”

“So fast!”

“This maid is amazing!”

 

Amidst the amazed crowd, Fei Luo finished making the milk tea and placed it on the counter with a “thud,” then looked around quite stylishly. “Number 76, signature milk green tea.”

 

“Here!”

 

A little girl approached, her eyes sparkling. “Sister, were you a bartender before?”

 

“Hmm?” Fei Luo nodded. “Do you want it sealed?”

 

“No, no, I can just drink it like this while holding the cup.”

 

The little girl blushed. “Um… Sister, can I have your contact information?”

 

“What’s contact information?”

 

“It’s… your phone number, WeChat, or QQ. Any of those works!”

 

“Oh… I might not have those things.”

 

“Oh… well, in that case, I’ll come back later for another cup. Can you make it like this again?”

 

“No problem at all!”

 

As Fei Luo at the workstation became increasingly popular, everyone gathered around to watch when ordering milk tea. This left me, the maid responsible for delivering orders, completely idle. Seeing that there wasn’t much for me to do on the second floor either, I walked down to the first floor, intending to assist the intelligent robots here with cleaning.

 

“Ding dong! Welcome!”

 

Then, I saw Ye Yuqing, the mayor, who had just pushed open the café door and entered. However, today she was wearing a somewhat casual dress, with a young woman in her twenties following behind her.

 

“Business seems good.”

 

Upon seeing me, the mayor greeted me warmly and then turned to the young woman behind her.

 

“This is my daughter. She just got discharged from the hospital yesterday and has been wanting to come over here, get to know you all.”

 

“……”

 

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