"Ouch! It hurts! It hurts so much!" Flame was eleven years older than Stone, and in six months he would be a young man of twenty. However, dwarves are different from humans. For a dwarf who reaches adulthood at thirty, twenty is still an age when he can still be pampered by his parents. Although Flame, as the eldest son in his family, hadn't cried in almost ten years.
Seeing Flame clenching his fists and sobbing uncontrollably, Stone really didn't know how to comfort him. In the end, Stone could only recall the way he comforted a puppy and patted Flame's head: "Oh, good boy, it doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt, just pat it and you'll be fine."
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Hearing Stone's words, Flame felt even more grief and indignation!
"Damn elves, there really are earth-type elves in this world! Oh my god, I thought only humans could have dual-type magic!" Flame rubbed his fists while complaining.
Stone felt that since you have the mind to complain, it means that the injury is really... not serious.
"Big brother, how about staying with Stone for a few more days?" Stone asked with a mischievous grin, seeing Flame's unusually aggrieved expression.
"No!" Flame refused decisively, but when he looked up and saw the hurt look on Stone's face, he felt a pang of heartache: "Stone, it's not that your brother doesn't like you, it's just that..."
Looking at the conflicted expression on the flames, Stone cheerfully "cried" and said, "Big Brother doesn't like Stone anymore! Big Brother doesn't want Stone anymore!"
"No, no, no!" Flame waved his hands frantically in fright. "Big brother likes stones the most! Um, um, it's because Mom said we must hurry back before dark, in case Elder Red Stone comes back tomorrow!"
She knew it!
Stone secretly rolled his eyes. Seriously, Steel Hammer Daddy's reign as king is incredibly frustrating!
"Will you come to see Stone again, Brother?" Stone asked, covering his eyes with his hands and pretending to cry.
Flame nodded hastily, like he was pounding garlic: "Yes! Definitely! Big Brother will come to see the stone in a few days!"
"Will you bring a gift?" Stone continued to ask, "crying."
He nodded, nodded, and nodded again: "Yes! Stone can have whatever he wants!"
"Okay, I want lots and lots of books, lots and lots of pretty stones, lots and lots of delicious food, and also Daddy and Mommy." Stone counted on his fingers one by one.
Flame, with a bitter face and a wide grin, shook his already swollen fist and reluctantly agreed.
When the sun set, Stone and Rice Noodles saw Flame and the twins off. Stone immediately pulled Rice Noodles into the tree hole.
"Mifen'er, I'm asking you, how do you know earth magic?" Shi Tou stared intently at Mifen'er. She remembered clearly that Baozi had said before that she couldn't learn any life magic. But why could Mifen'er learn it, but she couldn't?
"Chirp chirp! Stone!" Rice Noodles smiled innocently, "Rice Noodles! Thirsty!"
→_→ Your disdainful little eyes fly around, can you be any more shameless?
"Thirsty! Rice Noodles! Thirsty!" When Rice Noodles saw that Stone ignored her, she became unhappy and kept waving her hands and calling out.
Stone almost punched her, but luckily she remembered her older brother, the brave pioneer, and took a few deep breaths to barely suppress her anger: "Rice Noodle, tell me how you know earth magic, and I'll give you some sweet water right away."
"Really!" Mi Fan clapped her hands happily, her little mouth almost reaching her ears, and said loudly with a smug look on her face, "Bag! Big bag! Bag!"
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Extra chapter tonight (*^__^*) hehe...
Chapter 76 The World Is Truly Amazing
Stone suddenly pounced on her, grabbing Rice Noodles' shoulders with both hands and shaking her wildly: "What did you say? Baozi! Did Baozi teach you the magic you're using?" His ferocious appearance was quite like that of the Roaring Cult Leader.
The rice noodle was stunned by the stone, staring at it blankly for a long time, unable to speak.
Stone suddenly remembered the tragedy that had just befallen Flame, and immediately let go of her hand, taking a few steps back. With a fawning expression, he explained, "Rice Noodle, Stone wasn't bullying you. Stone just wanted to ask you, was the earth magic you used just now taught by Baozi? Was it really?"
Rice Noodle swallowed hard, clearly terrified by Stone's ferocious appearance. She stammered, "Magic, Rice Noodle, I don't know! Magic, Baozi, I do!"
"I know Baozi can use magic... Wait, what did you say? You can't use magic?!" The last "magic" was called out by Stone in a very pitiful way: "If you can't use magic, then how did you bully my older brother just now?"
“Bullying…” Mi Fen’er said weakly, then suddenly her eyes reddened, her little mouth agape, and she burst into tears.
Stone wiped away cold sweat, inwardly groaning, "It's true what they say, 'One is influenced by one's company!' Rice Noodles has only been with Baozi for a few days, and yet even her cries sound so similar! Heavens above, I can't live like this anymore!"
"Little Rice Noodle, please stop crying. Answer Stone's question properly, okay?" Stone was extremely indignant. Why did Baozi disappear and now there's another Rice Noodle? Baozi, please appear quickly and take Rice Noodle with you!
Finally, with Shi Tou's repeated comforting words, Mi Fen'er stopped crying.
During MiFen'er's intermittent narration, ShiTou discovered something in a very depressing way: "You said you don't know any magic at all? Not a single spell? Only Baozi knows magic? But it didn't teach you anything at all?"
How could this be? She clearly saw it with her own eyes, unless...
Stone's face darkened, and he asked in a sinister tone, "If you don't know magic, but that earthen wall really exists, then there's only one possibility..." Grinding his teeth, Stone's face turned ferocious under Rice Noodle's curious gaze: "Unless, that damned bun is actually somewhere nearby!!!"
"Achoo!" A crisp but not loud sneeze suddenly rang out in the tree hole.
Shi Tou had been staring at Mi Fen'er the whole time, so she was certain that the sneeze wasn't from Mi Fen'er. Therefore, there was only one possibility...
"Baozi, you'd better come out obediently! If you come out obediently, I promise I'll leave you a whole corpse!" Shi Tou coldly scanned the not-so-large tree hole: "But, if you don't come out and I eventually find you, then you know the consequences..."
However, apart from the howling wind and the occasional gurgling sound coming from Mifen'er's stomach, the tree hole was quiet and there was no sound at all.
Stone was enraged and roared, "You damn steamed bun! Are you coming out or not?! I'll count to three, and if you don't come out by then, you're never coming out again! 1..."
MiFen blinked, clearly not understanding why Shi Tou would suddenly get angry: "Bao, Baozi, it's gone."
"Shut up!" Stone yelled at Rice Noodles in an annoyed tone.
Instantly, tears welled up in MiFen'er's eyes again.
But right now, Shi Tou really wasn't in the mood to comfort Mi Fen'er. She was determined to find the steamed bun today! And once she found it, hmph hmph hmph!
"Baozi, I've counted to 2! 2...2.5!"
"Baozi, get out here right now!"
"Baozi, are you coming out or not?! I'm giving you one last chance!"
"Baozi, please come out quickly! I'll stop scolding you if you come out!"
"Baozi, I swear, as long as you come out obediently, Shitou will never scold you, hit you, yell at you, or punish you... You can do whatever you want, okay? Come out now!"
"steamed stuffed bun……"
He searched for a whole hour. The tree hollow wasn't big, and there were only a few places where the bun could have hidden. Stone practically turned the tree hollow upside down, but the bun was still nowhere to be found. Stone was starting to wonder if he had misheard! There hadn't actually been any sneezing at all; he must have been paranoid and overthinking things.
"Sigh, whatever, maybe the steamed bun really isn't here?" Shi Tou plopped down on the ground, lowered his head dejectedly, and said in frustration, "Rice Noodles, the steamed bun is really gone. I lost it. It... it's really gone."
With his lips pursed, Stone suddenly felt like crying.
Since meeting Baozi, Shitou felt that this journey to another world had become a little more colorful. Even though Baozi was lazy, had a sharp tongue, and was useless... no matter what, Baozi was still her pet!
Ever since her mother gave away the puppy she secretly brought home in her past life, Baozi was her first real pet! But she lost Baozi.
〒_〒Baozi, Stone, I'm so sorry!
Stone rubbed her eyes, feeling wronged, and managed to squeeze out a few tears. The more she thought about it, the more she regretted it. Even if she really had to throw the bun away, she should at least wait until all the memories inside it had been extracted before throwing it away!
"Don't cry, Stone. Be good, Rice Noodles, don't cry either." When Rice Noodles saw Stone's tears, she was stunned and reached out to wipe them away. "We won't cry."
"Wow! Rice Noodles! The bun is gone! I threw it away! Waaaaah!" Stone suddenly hugged Rice Noodles tightly and burst into tears, "I regret it so much! How could I just throw the bun away like that! It still had so many memories inside! It hadn't even taught me magic yet! What a good bun! It must have been worth so much money! Not to mention anything else, it was definitely worth more than you, Rice Noodles!"
Rice Noodles was completely bewildered by Stone's crying; she was utterly dumbfounded, only able to repeat Stone's words in a daze: "Valuable, valuable, the steamed bun is more valuable than Rice Noodles..."
"It's worth so much money! Baozi, come back quickly! I'm going to sell you for money!" Stone cried even louder: "One million purple gold coins! Oh no, rice noodles are worth one million purple gold coins, and Baozi is worth at least two million purple gold coins! Waaah, I don't want to live anymore!"
"Gaga! Baozi is going to die! How could Baozi have ended up with such a greedy, lecherous, foul-mouthed, and utterly useless master like you!"
(╯^╰) This world is so amazing! Stone and Baozi have two completely identical impressions of each other!
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Just between you and me, the pan-fried buns also play a role in this, you should check it out! @^_^@~
Chapter 77: Master, Master, I Love You
"Bao Zha!" Shi Tou leaped up, shoved Mi Fen'er to the ground, and then pounced on her like a hungry wolf.
The rice noodle looked utterly innocent, her face full of confusion like that of a pure young girl. Faced with the strange man's violence, she was powerless to resist and could only swallow her anger...
Stone said, "You're overthinking it. They just want to catch a runaway fugitive."
What?! Are you sure you ran away from home and weren't kicked out?!
"Giggle! Congratulations, Master, Baozi is back!" Just as Stone reached into Rice Noodle's chest, Baozi suddenly jumped out, bouncing excitedly: "Waaaaa, Master, Master, you're so great! Master, Master, you're amazing! Master, you're so smart, so incredible, Baozi loves you to death!"
Seeing the stone glaring at her fiercely, Baozi decisively used a combination of cuteness and threat: "Gaga, Baozi heard everything! Master just said that as long as Baozi comes out obediently, Master promises not to scold Baozi, not to pack Baozi, not to be mean to Baozi, not to punish Baozi, oh yeah wahahahaha~~~"
Stone stared at Baozi with a bloodshot face, too angry to speak for a long time.
"Gaga, Baozi loves you, loves you, loves you so much! I really, really love you!"
"You damn steamed bun!!!" Stone took a few deep breaths, finally finding his voice. He pointed a trembling finger at the steamed bun and roared through gritted teeth, "I remember saying, 'Come out yourself,' but did you come out on your own?!"
"Giggle, yes, yes! Baozi came out on its own! Or was Baozi found by its owner?" Baozi trembled, looking smug and asking for a beating.
Stone nearly fainted from anger: "You damn fool! You're the one I found!"
"Giggle, no way! Baozi came out on its own, the owner didn't even touch it!" Baozi protested. Normally, how it came out wouldn't matter, but this time was different! This was a matter of its own safety!
"Damn it, could you be any more shameless?!" Stone couldn't help but curse in anger. What a joke! He had been shouting so loudly, but that damned Baozi wouldn't come out no matter what. But just when he realized that Baozi's voice was coming from Mifen'er, and was about to yank Baozi out, that shameless Baozi actually appeared out of nowhere.
>_<#Have you no shame?!
"Gaga, shamelessness isn't just the master's prerogative, is it? How dare Baozi snatch from the master! Baozi is a good Baozi, master, master, I love you, just like Baozi loves the master!" Baozi didn't feel embarrassed at all, stepping on Mifen's flat chest, which was as flat as an airport runway, and happily jumped and hopped, looking like, "What can you do to me?"
Stone was furious, so furious she wanted nothing more than to slap Baozi to death. And indeed, Stone did just that. She raised her hand high, and with all her might, slapped Baozi hard!
But do you think Baozi will obediently stay in place and let Shitou clean up the mess?
The answer is: Impossible!
Just as the stone's palm was about to strike, Baozi rolled away with a "whoosh," while the stone, who had exerted all his strength, was unable to retract his force for a moment.