Chapter 6 Abnormality

Author: Lin Zixie

Chapter 6 Abnormality

Everyone's life is changing, and "getting better" is just a relative concept.

Some people make friends with similar interests because of their studies, some people master the secret of promotion due to talent or adventure, and some people continue to fall into the abyss due to temptation without knowing it.

Destiny is a very wonderful thing, and it has its own rewards.

Esther was so convinced that she walked out of the warm night church, wrapped her scarf tightly in the light snow, hugged the new notebook she bought yesterday tightly in her arms, and brought the animal-shaped baked cookies to Ms. Langsa today.

This made her quite happy, which also gave Esther an extra sense of accomplishment.

She has been studying with Ms. Langsa for almost a month. If we look at the original earth's time, these days will be around Christmas, so the cookies Esther bakes are decorated with raspberry jam.

Starting this week, Wendy paid Esther a salary for her hard work. Although her weekly salary was only three soles, which was far less than Fiona's twelve soles, it was already a surprise for Esther.

I was so happy. As soon as Esther got the money, she went to a blacksmith shop, added her own small treasury, spent a full five soles to cut a few small pieces of iron sheets to make molds, and then pulled them out

Fiona and Wendy used it to bake cookies.

Of course, this thing will become another feature of Slim Bakery in the future. Esther happily imagined that the store would sell more and more things, which would make both Fiona and Wendy happy. Esther felt that

This is the best reward she can give.

Even if she suddenly disappears one day, these products of Slim Bakery can continue to be sold, allowing Wendy and Fiona to make more money and improve their lives...

disappear suddenly?

Esther's eyes were blank for a moment, but she quickly regained consciousness.

"Did I just do something?"

Esther didn't expect to receive a response, but the lining of her collar vibrated, and the little bug conveyed a very strange thought.

"No, don't think about letting me use that kind of power again. I always feel that if I use it too much, I will crash. After all, it's not you who's in pain. I hate pain!"

"What does downtime mean? It means that my physical strength is not enough to support my continued activities and I have entered a forced rest state."

"They are some expressions from my hometown. This kind of special local words are also the characteristics of my hometown."

"Where my hometown is... I don't know. Anyway, I don't know now. Maybe I will know in the future."

"You are just a little bug. How could you have been to all the countries in the continent? There will always be places you don't understand, right? Just treat it as the words that came from there."

Esther was talking to herself as she walked towards the intersection of Daffodil Street.

There are more and more snowflakes, and the chill lingers on the streets, eroding the body temperature of pedestrians. According to Wendy, this winter is extremely cold.

Esther spent this New Year with Wendy. Fiona came to the bakery with her son, daughter and husband, so Wendy prepared the food with extra care, and Esther sat on the huge cake base.

She made a beautiful circle of white bird decorations with butter, so the two children happily pestered her and asked Esther to cut out the desired animals on the cakes they gave them.

Before returning to the bedroom, Esther cut off the remaining cake embryos that were only about the size of her knuckles, rolled them in cream, dipped the tip of a fork in chocolate sauce, and spent several minutes to barely paint a black bird on the top, at least barely visible.

Out of shape.

Esther moved the small piece of cake up to the attic, being careful not to damage the pattern on the top, and then she placed the cup and saucer next to the bug's nest.

The little bug crawled out, stared blankly at the cake for a moment, and conveyed an incredible emotion to Esther.

"Happy New Year," Esther rubbed her frozen hands and smiled happily, "It's just for you! Look, it's the crow you mentioned. Have my painting skills improved?"

The little insect looked at the dark pattern, and it was rare that he didn't laugh at Esther's stupidity.

After the girl fell asleep, the little bug slowly ate the cake. Compared with the various things it had eaten in its past life, this cake was not very delicious. There was too much sugar and the cream was very

It's rare, but it makes it feel special.

Of course, this is far less than the joy and satisfaction of eating extraordinary characteristics, so why?

It never expected to receive anything from Esther, not even this humble nest, nor this cake.

——

Esther didn't think there was anything wrong with this ordinary life.

She loved how Fiona and Wendy smiled at her and responded to and helped every customer in the bakery, which made her feel at ease. Esther also loved being praised by Ms. Ronsa for her learning progress. She can now recite the Night in full.

The canon of the church and most of the church stories have been read through almost all the books in the church school.

"Esther, you can graduate now. This expense is no longer necessary for you."

Ms. Langsa persuaded Esther in this way, but Esther was still reluctant to come to the church school to visit her: "But I still have questions that I don't understand, and I'm looking forward to seeing you."

Ms. Langsha shook her head amusingly: "You can come to church at any time. You can believe in the goddess and come to worship. You don't have to come to study, right?"

But Esther does not want to believe in the goddess of the night, so she is always silent about Ms. Langsa's proposal. It is difficult for her to say whether scientific atheism is at work. Even if Esther knows that there is a "true god" in this world, she does not want to believe in anything.

, she always felt that it would be dangerous for herself to have a deeper understanding.

This is all Esther's wonderful intuition guiding her. Ever since she came to this strange world, her intuition has never been wrong. It even allowed her to go from the kitchen to the store at just the right time and solve several difficult problems for Wendy.

rogue guest.

Since the New Year, the frequency of communication between that little bug and Esther has obviously increased, but most of them are concentrated at night when Esther is alone, which reminds Esther of the feeling of chatting with her roommates in the middle of the night in the high school dormitory.

The memories of the modern city are gradually blurring, but the feeling of nostalgia is too deep. Whenever this happens, Esther can't help but chat with the little insect. She doesn't care whether the Rune language can express what she said clearly, but

He talked about it all at once, treating the little bug as a "tree hole".

Esther also likes to hum songs. In the memory, Li Xing was a person who was very good at singing. She even had the dream of becoming a singer when she was a child. Most of the time, she would blur the language and only hum the tunes in her memory, so that even if she occasionally

It wouldn't be surprising if Wendy and the others heard it.

The little bug often asked Esther about the name of her song after she finished humming. Esther would tell him the name of the song translated into Runen language, and the little bug would secretly write it down.

There are too many doubts about Esther, which makes the little bug's miserable "captive life" a little more interesting. If there is a chance, it will definitely incite a clone above the demigod to try to parasitize, and connect the things in Esther's mind with the world.

All the vastly different memories and knowledge were dug up.

But now it is still trapped by the invisible force, and can only barely maintain the form of the insect of time. It can't even move too far away from Esther, otherwise the force will completely swallow it up in an instant. This kind of food is regarded as "reserve food"

"The feeling makes this little bug always want to speak evil words to Esther. It has never felt such a threat, and even the connection with the main body or other clones has been cut off.

Even the term "reserve food" was learned from Esther.

The little bug tried to instigate Esther to abuse her abilities. If the extraordinary power of thieves appeared frequently here, other clones would naturally be attracted. But Esther is extremely stubborn in this regard. She would rather be like a clumsy ordinary person.

She struggles to save money, eats and sleeps at the bare minimum, and is unwilling to use her abilities as a thief to improve her situation.

A certain kind of extremely stupid human nature. If you have the ability, why not use it?

Esther's answer was: "Others are also working hard to live, and I cannot appropriate the fruits of other people's efforts."

She is indeed quite stupid, the little insect thought.

People who are capable should live better and take themselves further. This is the instinctive pursuit of living things.

It wasn't until the weather got warmer and spring came that Esther was surprised to realize that she had been living in Slim's Bakery for several months.

When Dai Li walked into the store, Esther was pouring the newly fried sweet potato balls into the woven basket. The bread crumbs on the surface exuded a rich aroma of oil, which made the green-eyed young man behind her take a sniff.

Esther greeted the two of them warmly. Over the past few months, Dai Li has become a regular customer of Slim Bakery.

"Today's new product! I didn't make it that sweet. Do you want to try it?"

The young man looked at Dai Li expectantly, which made Dai Li very funny: "If you like it, let Esther help you decorate it. The new products she studies will never taste bad."

Esther directly scooped up two pieces with a shovel and handed them to the two of them: "It's okay, just treat this as a treat from me!"

Wendy winked at Dai Li from the side: "If it's delicious, don't forget to advertise it for us, Miss Dai Li."

The moment the young man threw the croquette into his mouth and bit it, his expression was sluggish for a moment. Soon he returned to normal, chewing strangely. Dai Li picked up another one in confusion. The crispy outer layer combined with the soft inner layer.

Together, they have a rich texture and sweetness, which is quite delicious.

"Leonard, don't you like this?"

The young man looked at Esther with a bit of embarrassment: "I...can I have another one to try? I didn't taste much of it just now."

Esther couldn't help but snickered. Seeing that Wendy had no intention of stopping her, she scooped out another croquette and said, "It's not bad for this one. If you want to eat it, you have to buy it."

After eating the croquettes this time, the young man showed a very satisfied expression: "I want half a pound!"

Esther choked: "Half a pound? Half a pound is too much. Fried food like this won't be fresh the next day. If you eat too much, you'll get tired of it."

Dai Li waved her hands indifferently: "It doesn't matter, we will take it back to the captain...our colleagues to eat."

Wendy happily urged Esther to pack the bags, but Esther didn't insist. It was all about business anyway, and everyone would be happy if she sold more. Dai Li then ordered the store's signature lemon cake and a bag of lemon cake.

Cranberry animal crackers, the young man stood by holding a bag containing croquettes, and ate several more while waiting.

The young man's eating movement suddenly stopped in mid-air. He stared at Esther who was helping to weigh the biscuits and calculate the price. Esther's right hand subconsciously rubbed the center of her right eyebrow while she was calculating.

But this moment of déjà vu was like an illusion. The old voice in the young man's ear said "Huh" and then stopped talking.

The young man covered his mouth with his hands as if stealing food: "Old man? What's wrong?"

"Be careful with that girl, there's something wrong with her."

The old voice didn't give any explanation after that, leaving the young man full of questions. He could only wait for Dai Li to finish paying and left the bakery with her. Although the young man tried hard to observe Esther and everything around her,
To be continued...