Chapter 711: Gathering to Watch the Big White Stag

Time passed quickly, and soon the dawn of the next morning broke.

Jiang Xiaoyue set off early, taking Little Bell along with her.

A crowd of elves arrived bright and early, just as they did every day, eager to fish for any new updates regarding The Avengers while simultaneously gossiping about yesterday’s events in World of Warcraft.

Reaching the shop entrance, a single head peeked inside.

It retracted almost instantly: "Did we walk into the wrong place?"

Seated on the counter today was an exquisitely lovely little girl clad in a white palace dress, and resting beside her was none other than a massive white deer!?

Where was the boss!?

"Boss, there's someone acting all sneaky at the door, are they trying to steal something!" Sharp-eyed Jiang Xiaoyue shouted, pointing out toward the main entrance.

"Huh?" Boss Fang rose from his seat, only to see a large contingent of elves streaming inside.

"Yikes! Are... are these elves!?" Jiang Xiaoyue cried out at once, her round eyes widening so much they practically bulged out. "Why are there so many?!"

"Yikes! What am I looking at?!" The great white deer rubbed its eyes with its two front hooves, as if unable to believe its own vision. "I see a bunch of elves too! Their ears are so pointy!"

"Huh... I think I just saw a deer talking..." The elven maiden Sala truly doubted her own eyesight. "How can this deer speak?!"

"Of course I can speak! Of course I can speak!" Little Bell barked excitedly.

"Oh..." The eyes of the crowd of elves lit up. "Boss, is this a beastman of the deer tribe? How come we've never seen a white one before?"

"Aren't beastmen supposed to have green skin? There are no white ones." With that, a deer walked right out from behind the counter.

"Ah—!" This instantly triggered a chorus of squeals from the elves. "It really seems to be a deer!"

"Where did the boss catch a deer like this! I want one too..."

"Don't talk nonsense, this must be a sacred beast! Only sacred beasts can talk!"

A crowd of elves gathered around in the shop to spectate, looking left and right, patting and prodding with their hands.

"Ahahahaha! What are you doing, that tickles so much! It tickles!" It practically rolled on the floor convulsing with laughter.

"Heavens!" Sala suddenly had a sharp realization. "Could this be a mythical demon?!"

"What do you mean mythical?" Little Bell shook the dust from its coat and spoke in a tender, milky voice.

"We were demons to begin with!" Little Bell introduced. "And this is our Princess Xiaoyue!"

"Boss, are these the elves?" Jiang Xiaoyue sat nearby, her slender little legs swinging back and forth as she asked in a low voice.

"Princess..." The elves had clearly never encountered a true demon before, prompting another collective gasp. "You mean, this little girl is one too...?"

"Then do you really have Liu Mengli over where you come from?!" Several of them quickly widened their eyes, staring closely as if expecting this little girl to transform at any moment. "Do you live in the Illusory Realm?"

"Oh goodness! I'm not from the Mo tribe!" Jiang Xiaoyue explained. "The Illusory Realm is from The Legend of Sword and Fairy, it's not real."

Then she looked back at the crowd of elves with boundless curiosity, as though marveling that such creatures actually existed in the world: "Why are you all white? Are there no dark elves?"

"Where would we get dark elves?! Don't listen to the nonsense in the boss's games!" Sala stood with her hands on her hips, huffing with annoyance.

Since when were we divided into so many sub-species!?

"Huh—!" At this moment, other early risers stepped into the shop, including Helen, Commander Evan, and several other knights from the Golden Gryffin Knight Regiment.

An immediate wave of astonished voices arose: "Miss Sala, did that deer just speak?! Did I see wrong?"

"Hello there!" Little Bell greeted them amiably.

"Ah—!"

"Are our eyes playing tricks on us?!"

"May the Holy Light protect me! This isn't real!"

"How can even a deer speak now?!"

Just then, a kobold sporting a Shiba Inu head and wearing a crimson scarf walked in through the door looking quite majestic.

"Today we will continue broadcasting World of Warcr..." Just as his foot crossed the threshold, he froze instantly on the spot.

"Look... is that deer talking?!"

Among the crowd watching Mr. D’s spell projection, line after line of text was frantically scrolling down the magical message boards.

"Is this a mutation of the deer tribe!?"

"Never seen a white deer-man like this... are our eyes playing tricks on us?"

"I feel like this might be a real deer..."

"Heavens!" Mr. D also crowded forward. "What is going on here?!"

"Eh? Does this continent have members of our tribe too?" Little Bell stared strangely at the dog head that had leaned in close.

"This is a beastman!" the elves scrambled to explain. "And this cute little white deer is a demon! You know, the same race as Liu Mengli from The Legend of Sword and Fairy."

Of course, even as they explained, they themselves were somewhat dazed: Damn... how could such a creature actually exist in the world?!

"Simply unbelievable!" Sala cried out.

Boss Fang slapped his own forehead and said earnestly, "I actually think you guys are pretty unbelievable too."

"How are we unbelievable!" Elder Chiwei looked ready to slam the table, glaring at Boss Fang.

We are perfectly normal, so how are we unbelievable?! Is there actually a place out there that doesn't have elves like us?!

While the dispute raged on, several assassins also walked in through the door.

"Why are you all crowding around here?"

"Miss Elina, come quick! Come look!" Sala waved excitedly. "There are actually real demons here!"

Before long, a large crowd had gathered in the new shop; no one was logging onto their machines anymore, all surrounding the deer just to watch.

The girl and the deer had already gone to brew instant noodles, with a tail of elves and beastmen following closely behind to watch.

"Will your Princess Xiaoyue turn into a Mo?"

"I already said that Mengli and I are not from the same tribe!"

"Aren't you both demons?"

"..."

The girl and the deer had finished their instant noodles and were now drinking milk tea.

A circle of elves and beastmen sat beside the sofa, staring intently.

"Do you think... this deer could be a Druid in disguise?"

"Druids don't have a spell to turn into a deer!" Elder Chiwei interjected.

"Then can't someone turn into a deer to play with it?"

"Oh right!" The elven maiden Sala finally found a topic of conversation. "Have you guys watched the trailer for The Avengers? The one that popped up on the Penguin Communication app!"

"Do you want to watch it with us when the time comes?" Lorreen, another female elf from the Snow Dove Squad, spoke up. "That evil god is too terrifying, I feel like watching it alone would definitely be frightening!"

"This is bound to be a very terrifying movie!" Sala added in support.

"The trailer says it will be available tomorrow, right." Sala said warmly, "Come join us, that way it won't be so easy to get scared!"

At this moment, Jiang Xiaoyue was still carefully scrutinizing the crowd of elves and orcs, as though trying to discern if the orcs were merely wearing hound-head masks and if the elves' pointed ears were held on by glue.

Only after a lengthy gaze did she finally snap out of her trance: "The owner actually has a sightseeing car, you know. Shall we go together tomorrow?"

Beside her, the great white deer sat upon the sofa, slurping noodles from a bowl of instant ramen with absolute relish.

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Postscript: Congratulations to RNG.

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