Chapter 182: Slacking Off (First monthly ticket bonus update and asking for base monthly tickets)

Jia Bu Li Er took a sip of absinthe and said:

"Mai Pu Maip Maip Maier.

"He is a very ambitious theater manager who wants to make the Old Pigeon Cage the most famous theater in Trier and wants to win the Intis Legion of Honor medal with such an achievement."

The Intis Legion of Honor medal originated from the era when Emperor Luo Saier was still a consul. It was established to replace the old royal nobility system. When Luo Saier proclaimed himself 'Caesar,' he abolished it and picked up the set of dukes, counts, barons, and knights again.

Later, the Republic of Intis was established, and the Legion of Honor medal was reconstructed, awarded to soldiers and civilians who had made outstanding contributions to the Republic. It was not limited to the military field but also included various industries. It is the highest honor of the current Republic of Intis, and every recipient is equivalent to a knight of the old era.

Some painters, writers, actors, reporters, and sculptors had all won the Intis Legion of Honor medal, setting a good example for those who came later.

When Lu Mi was making up stories in his dream, lying to the villagers of Ke Er Du that Aurora was going to Trier to receive the Legion of Honor medal, it wasn't entirely without reason. If Aurora could become the 'Forsyth Woer' of Intis, become the top-selling author in the entire Northern Continent, and gain a certain recognition from the Intis Academy of Literature for her artistic achievements, there was indeed hope to strive for the Legion of Honor medal.

"If a person has no dreams, what's the difference from a salted fish?" Lu Mi laughed, feeling that the theater manager named Mai Pu Maip Maip Maier sounded quite normal.

This made him believe that the problem with the Old Pigeon Cage Theater was not with most people, but that only one to a few existences close to the landlord of the 'Golden Chicken Hotel,' Mr. Fu, were abnormal.

After chatting with Jia Bu Li Er for a few sentences, Lu Mi led Louis and Sa Ke Ta to the second floor, leaving them outside the door of 207.

He closed the door behind him, hung the gun holster under his left armpit, hid the ammunition pouch, and then draped a dark jacket over the outside.

Immediately after, Lu Mi took Mr. K's finger from under the pillow and stuffed it into his right pocket.

As for 'Fallen Mercury,' the dagger from He De Xi, the stimulating gas that could help people sober up, and the liquid of unknown use, he always carried them with him. As for that triangular spike, he didn't need it for the time being, so he put it in the drawer of the wooden table.

After doing all this, Lu Mi bent down and dragged the brown suitcase from under the bed, putting all of Aurora's witchcraft notes into it.

With the change in status and further offending the Thorn Gang, he felt it necessary to hide these witchcraft notes in a safer and more hidden place, which was the safe house he rented on White Coat Street.

To him, these things were, firstly, clues and knowledge left behind by Aurora, and secondly, they possessed irreplaceable commemorative value and needed to be well protected.

As for daily study, he would copy a portion in advance and keep it at the Golden Chicken Hotel or the Breeze Dance Hall. Once he had mastered them and confirmed there were no problems, he would then copy a few pages out at the safe house.

After refusing Louis's good intention to help carry the luggage, Lu Mi returned to the Breeze Dance Hall all the way and entered the room near the office.

He took out the witchcraft notes he had been reading recently, spread them out on the desk, picked up the dark red fountain pen, and began copying on a stack of thick white paper.

As he copied, Lu Mi felt it was too boring and meaningless, and couldn't help but turn his thoughts to finding a way to help himself slack off.

Soon, he had an idea:

Summon that rabbit-type Spirit Realm creature that had previously helped him write the report letter and let it help him copy the notes!

"Although that guy doesn't have much of a brain and is silly, it wins by being obedient enough, having an extremely fast copying speed, and being able to replicate handwriting exactly... In that way, I only need to provide spirituality, and I can read newspapers and magazines while waiting for it to finish my homework, no, finish copying the notes for me..." Lu Mi deliberated slightly, put down the fountain pen, and prepared for the summoning ritual.

Why not slack off when you can?

When he was in Ke Er Du village, every time he finished the homework and test papers his sister assigned, he would seriously think about how to slack off.

He taught Lei Mengde and A Wa to recognize words, also partly holding this idea, hoping that after they grew up, they could help him do his homework.

Unfortunately, the gap in knowledge accumulation between the two sides was too large, and it couldn't be made up without a few years of effort.

Soon, Lu Mi set up the altar, sanctified the ritual silver dagger, and constructed the 'Wall of Spirituality.'

Smelling the citrus and lavender fragrance that permeated out, he looked at the yellowish candlelight and said in Ancient Hermes:

"I!"

The next second, Lu Mi switched to Hermes:

"I summon in my name:

"A spirit wandering in the void, a friendly creature that can communicate, a weakling who can write Intis..."

The candlelight quickly dyed with a gloomy green color, expanding to the size of a human head.

As Lu Mi finished chanting the remaining incantations, a transparent and blurry figure drilled out from the candlelight.

It was nearly 1.9 meters tall, had the head of a cow and the body of a human, and was wearing brown fur clothing.

Not that rabbit... That's true. There should be many, many Spirit Realm creatures that fit the description of my summoning incantation, and who responds to the summoning is completely random... Lu Mi felt slightly disappointed but also carried a certain expectation as he pointed to the witchcraft notes and said:

"You help me copy it."

The transparent and blurry 'Minotaur' nodded gently:

"Okay."

It immediately sat down, picked up the dark red fountain pen, and copied Aurora's witchcraft notes.

Not bad, much smarter than that silly rabbit... Lu Mi thought with great joy.

He was about to sit on the armchair to read newspapers and magazines when he suddenly felt something was wrong.

Isn't that 'Minotaur's' speed too slow? It's been more than ten seconds, and it hasn't even copied a single word!

No, it only wrote two letters!

"Can you be faster?" Lu Mi asked tentatively.

"This is already my fastest speed." The 'Minotaur' answered truthfully.

"..." Lu Mi was speechless.

This isn't even as good as that silly rabbit!

That guy is at least an occult typewriter, able to finish copying a page in less than a minute!

Lu Mi subconsciously wanted to end the ritual, send away the 'Minotaur,' and summon a new Spirit Realm creature, but considering that the next one would likely also be a 'weirdo,' he gave up with a tired heart.

By the time the summoning ritual naturally ended, the 'Minotaur' had only copied half a page.

Lu Mi rubbed his temples and decided to do it himself.

After transcribing three pages in one breath, he heard the door being knocked on with a thud-thud.

"What's the matter?" Lu Mi closed the notes, put down the fountain pen, and got up to walk to the door.

Outside was Louis.

With his tough-guy appearance, he lowered his voice and said:

"Boss, 'Giant' Si Meng is here."

"What is he here for?" Lu Mi remembered that 'Giant' Si Meng was the Savar Party leader in charge of several dance halls and bars on Nightingale Street, a suspected Beyonder of the 'Warrior' pathway, likely Sequence 8.

Louis shook his head:

"I don't know."

Lu Mi turned to ask:

"What was he discussing with Bu Li Nie Er last time? It seemed like it didn't go very happily?"

Louis detailed:

"'Giant' Si Meng has always disliked the Baron because the Baron is in charge of the Breeze Dance Hall."

He subconsciously used the title of Baron.

Seeing that Lu Mi didn't mind, Louis continued:

"The Breeze Dance Hall's earnings are more than all his dance halls and bars combined. He even opened a casino in the bar!

"He came to see the Baron last time, hoping that the Baron wouldn't let some of the prettier dancers come here and instead transfer them to Nightingale Street. The Baron said, the dancers are all assigned by 'Red Boots,' so you go discuss it with 'Red Boots,' I have no opinion.

"The price for doing it once on Nightingale Street is very low, and the pretty dancers don't like to go there."

Lu Mi remembered Charlie saying that on Nightingale Street, you could find some cheap little kittens for only 52 Ke Pei, which was about half a Fei Er Jin, while here at the Breeze Dance Hall, if the dancers met generous guests, they could negotiate the price to 10 Fei Er Jin, and normally it would be 3 to 5 Fei Er Jin.

This was still under the condition that the overall income of the Market District was not high. If it were Wall Street in the Red Princess District, a good-looking lady would cost dozens of Fei Er Jin.

'Giant' Si Meng is coveting that I took over the Breeze Dance Hall? Lu Mi nodded gently and asked with slight confusion:

"I don't quite understand one thing, why can the Breeze Dance Hall's profit be so high?"

Louis laughed:

"Most of our alcohol comes from 'Rat' Ke Li Si Tuo, no tax, very cheap.

"Also, we don't have to pay rent."

'Rat' Ke Li Si Tuo, who is in charge of the smuggling business? Lu Mi roughly understood the reason.

He walked out of the room, crossed the corridor, and entered the cafe.

'Giant' Si Meng was still wearing a tight-fitting black formal suit, his pale yellow hair sticking to his head.

At this time, he placed his wide-brimmed round hat on the table and stood by the window, smoking a cigarette.

The several gang bouncers following him were scattered around, confronting Sa Ke Ta and the others from the Breeze Dance Hall from a distance.

Seeing Lu Mi come over, 'Giant' Si Meng stubbed out the cigarette in his hand and laughed pretentiously:

"Xia Er, you've already been recognized by the boss, and he handed the Breeze Dance Hall to you, why didn't you invite us brothers to drink?"

Si Meng said as he greeted Lu Mi.

His height of over 1.9 meters made Lu Mi, who was already 1.8 meters tall, look quite short.

Lu Mi looked up at 'Giant' Si Meng's oversized nose and pitted face and said with a smile:

"I have social anxiety, so I'm embarrassed to come find you.

"Yo, you're really tall, worthy of being a 'Giant,' even taller than 'Hammer' Ai Te."

The underlying meaning of his two sentences was: everyone lives their own lives, you don't provoke me, and I won't provoke you. Otherwise, I could kill 'Hammer' Ai Te, a Sequence 8 'Warrior' pathway Beyonder, and I can also take you down.

'Giant' Si Meng didn't understand the first sentence, but he could still read the provocative meaning in the second one.

This made his face sink while dispelling his contempt for 'Lion' Xia Er.

This is not a pure bouncer; smiles and obsequiousness won't have much effect!

'Giant' Si Meng pointed to the table Baron Bu Li Nie Er often sat at:

"I have something to find you for."

PS: May monthly ticket first bonus update, asking for June base monthly tickets.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 183 =====