Chapter 179
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Chapter 179: Have You Grown Horns?
Safir really loves to control others, and even though he is facing a young dragon, Lin Lin can still see his future style of an old-fashioned family leader from two hundred years later.
He firmly insists that Demon King Castle does not need to add any staff.
It is obvious that Bulwo is the one managing the employee arrangements at Demon King Castle, which leaves Lin Lin a bit unhappy.
Without speaking much with Safir, Lin Lin returned to her own bedroom.
Someone was already waiting for her in the room; when Lin Lin walked in, Lorken was standing by her bed, looking at the little doll tied to the headboard.
At the very beginning, Lin Lin treated Small Coal Ball as a pet and thought about making a similar thing, so she asked Bulwo for a ball of black yarn and shaped it into a black ball.
And then, it just ended there.
Yes, after all, the features of Small Coal Ball are not visible at all; this black ball has a small piece of yarn left as a tail, which makes it very similar to the original.
Lin Lin even pinned a bow hairpin on top, as a symbol for the little black ball.
Lorken was drawn to the doll, the young man had already removed his cloak, and his dark gray hair fell naturally as he looked down.
Worgen was startled by the sound of the door opening, he suddenly turned around and saw Lin Lin pushing the door open, taking a half step back in embarrassment.
"It’s okay, you can look," Lin Lin said generously as she hung her coat on the rack, then noticed the food piled on the table.
That was the snack Lin Lin took out from the drawer when she let Lorken stay in her room for a while; the snacks were arranged exactly the same as when Lin Lin left, and it seemed Worgen did not like these sweets.
Lorken shook his head and sat back down in the chair where he had been sitting when Lin Lin left.
"I still think this is not a good choice for you," Lin Lin continued the conversation from the afternoon with Worgen, "you clearly prefer to stay in human villages."
If Lorken really liked being with the demon race, then Lin Lin should not have met him in the human village in the first place.
Perhaps because both of them had human blood flowing through their bodies, Lin Lin subtly guessed that Lorken had feelings for her.
This was a bit troubling because Lin Lin could calmly tell the Worgen that she was time traveling because they were "not related" to her.
Whether it is the next two hundred years or the world they meet in this moment, they should not be tied to each other.
So Lin Lin does not need to worry if her words and actions might disturb the other person’s life path; the so-called "two hundred years of travel" is just a topic for drunk conversation for others, not something to think about later.
Lin Lin never expected, and the Worgen man in the middle also did not expect, that this young wolf, mixed with human and Worgen blood, would abandon his past life and come here.
"You don’t need to guess what I am thinking," Lorken showed his impatience; he never liked others to make decisions for him, whether it was Palin or Lin Lin, both made him feel like he was someone who could not live on his own.
"This is my own decision, and I will take responsibility for it," Lorken couldn’t help but raise his voice, "and you really have no idea what I’m thinking!"
The young Worgen seemed to finally explode with emotion; he had wandered in the demon realm for so long, chasing an outcome that was utterly hopeless. But when he did everything he could to enter the Demon King Castle and saw Lin Lin, her first reaction was to tell him to leave.
The joy of seeing Lin Lin had not yet reached its peak when a wave of disappointment rushed in, as if mocking all his efforts over the past few days.
He thought Lin Lin was a princess kidnapped by the Demon King Castle, but unexpectedly, she had no intention of leaving, making his stubborn and hard adventure seem so ridiculous.
But Lorken knew well that none of this was Lin Lin’s fault; it was his own suffering. As his gaze landed on Lin Lin and met her gentle eyes, Lorken’s voice instantly softened.
He wanted to show a mature and steady side in front of Lin Lin, but he always revealed his weaknesses.
Great, Lorken thought, he had finally messed everything up. Everything.
"I’m not questioning your ideas," Lorken lowered his voice, which carried a bit of a Worgen’s low growl, sounding as if it came from deep within his throat.
Large dogs growl like this too, their voices coming from even deeper inside.
"I’m just a bit frustrated," Lorken sighed, seeming to completely give up on explaining, "Forget it, think what you want, anyway, you don’t understand."
After saying "you don’t understand," he felt a subtle sense of pride.
Lin Lin didn’t understand everything either; at least, she didn’t know his secret. Lorken relaxed his posture, resting one arm on the back of the chair.
So easy to guess, this guy was really too easy to figure out, even more so than Small Coal Ball. Lin Lin tried to keep a serious face, widening her eyes to look serious, so as not to hurt the little wolf’s pride sitting across from him.
"Well, since I don’t understand, I’ll ask for your opinion," Lin Lin said, "Do you like to eat lamb chops at night?"
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Lin Lin deliberately avoided the other people’s meal times and waited in her bedroom for a while before going to the restaurant on the first floor.
At that moment, there were very few people in the entire Demon King Castle, and in the restaurant, only a large rock monster was slowly cleaning the dishes. When it saw Lin Lin, the stone creature showed a thoughtful expression.
But Lin Lin knew that the rock monster, made of pieces of stone, was only pretending to think; it couldn’t hold much information in its stone-filled head.
"Can you help me a little?" Lin Lin asked.
The rock monster nodded slowly.
Lin Lin handed it a red bouquet, full of beautiful, fresh flowers that her coworker had arranged that morning to brighten up the office; Lin Lin picked the brightest one.
"Thank you…" the rock monster said in a rough, dry voice as it hid the flower in its chest, cleverly swallowing it with the stones that made up its body.
Every time Lin Lin saw this lifeless creature move, she found it very wonderful.
The stone creature helped Lin Lin cut the lamb chops into pieces and added a big flame underneath. Lin Lin then began to make cumin roasted lamb chops.
Thanks to the magic in this world, cooking has become much easier.
According to Worgen’s taste, Lin Lin added a lot of spices, and the aroma of the lamb mixed with the spice flavors created a rich, spicy scent.
The smell spread, and Lin Lin turned away, sneezing from the strong scent of the spices.
The stone creature did not have a sense of smell or taste, but it watched eagerly. After Lin Lin sneezed, it copied her and sneezed too.
Its sneeze was deafening.
Lin Lin suddenly felt an uneasy feeling.
Lin Lin first cut a small plate for the stone creature. Even though it couldn’t taste anything, it was very eager to try new things.
Within a few minutes, a whale came over, attracted by the smell.
"That’s very nice," Bulwo said as he pushed aside the curtain to enter the kitchen, "I can smell the food."
"This little bit is not enough for you," Lin Lin pointed out, "I can only share a little with you, the rest I will take to my room to eat."
The orca’s gaze followed the plate Lin Lin was holding, "I’m just joking; Safir told me you probably have a Worgen friend."
Lin Lin’s hand paused as she looked up to meet the orca’s gaze.
"Worgens are also a race that lives in the sunlight," Bulwo began.
Lin Lin suddenly realized that whether it was the Sapphire Dragon living in the cave or the orca living in the deep sea, sunlight was not important to them.
But the appearance of the Worgen, whom they had not yet met, was not just about sharing the sunlight with Lin Lin’s kind, it was also a friend Lin Lin had known from her "past."
The two of them silently showed their undisguised hostility.
For these two, finding the Worgen at Demon King Castle was not a difficult task, but they were considerate of Lin Lin’s feelings.
But actually, they are the ones Lin Lin cares about the most because she knows them better.
What a troublesome situation…
"Have you found the demon race recently?" Lin Lin asked.
Bulwo tilted his head slightly, puzzled by Lin Lin’s sudden concern, "Not yet, the demon race has mostly escaped to other places. It’s hard to even find this race, let alone suitable people."
Lin Lin sighed softly; this time, her journey was different from before.
In her previous journeys, she had a rough "marker" in her mind, which was a "major event" that occurred. As long as she got past that point, she would return to her original world.
But she was not familiar with everything from two hundred years ago and did not even know where that "marker" was or what the so-called "major event" was.
After parting with Bulwo, Lin Lin carried her plate from the first floor to the second floor.
The stone steps would make her footsteps especially loud if there was no carpet.
Walking towards the second-floor corridor, Lin Lin saw a small figure crouched in the middle of the corridor.
Red moonlight shone through the window and illuminated it.
Small Coal Ball had been acting excited and restless all afternoon; when it didn’t get any food, it would wrap itself around her arm, trying to nibble a bit through her coat.
Lion cubs practice pouncing and biting movements.
Lin Lin watched as faint black mist floated around Small Coal Ball and was drawn into its body.
In the dim light, Lin Lin saw two small triangles popping out from the top of Small Coal Ball’s normally round body; it must have felt very strange, so its tail kept trying to wrap around its head, as if to pull off what was on top of it.
Lin Lin hesitated for a moment, "Small Coal Ball, have you grown horns?"