And now, it was past midday, nearly afternoon.
Feeling the vibration of a phone in her crossbody bag, Erald Sparrow opened it and rummaged through to find it—not "Erald Sparrow's phone," but "Lin Yun's phone."
Who could be looking for her under this identity at this ti? Was there sothing from the Abnormal Strategy Bureau? Thinking this, Erald Sparrow unlocked the screen and quickly glanced at the information in the chat app.
Most of the ssages were from several direct departnt heads reporting work to her and so temporary requests from employees. Erald Sparrow read them one by one, giving directions, until she scrolled to the top of the ssage bar and discovered the ssage that had caused the phone to vibrate.
[Lin Xiaolu: [Picture]]
[Lin Xiaolu: I've officially checked in at the Magic Kingdom, everything's going smoothly. [Keep it up]]
Upon opening the ssage, Erald Sparrow saw the picture Lin Xiaolu had sent. It was a selfie of Lin Xiaolu and two others at the reception of the Exam Institute, and although their expressions were quite unnatural, clearly posed, one could still tell they were in good spirits.
This was what Lin Xiaolu had promised Lin Yun before leaving Fangting City—to send a ssage every few days as much as possible, explaining her recent situation. Clearly, Lin Xiaolu hadn't forgotten this and sent Lin Yun a ssage after completing the check-in.
As for Erald Sparrow's phone, it seems that because she said last night she was busy with a mission, they didn't send ssages to disturb her.
Staring at this ssage for a while, Erald Sparrow pondered and typed into the ssage bar, "Dad saw it, prepare well and strive for good results," and after a mont of hesitation, she sowhat reluctantly added a [Rose] emoji at the end.
It shouldn't seem too frivolous, right?
Thinking so, she clicked send, and then put the phone back in her bag.
"Next... I should really find so ti to change clothes. It's a bit too conspicuous to keep wearing this outfit."
Feeling the occasional gaze from passersby, she couldn't help but mutter to herself.
Having just checked in, Lin Xiaolu and her companions likely wouldn't return to the hotel imdiately but would play around in the Luennolay Academy District instead. In fact, most of the check-in procedures could be completed online, and the final step of identity confirmation could also be resolved remotely with a Magic Technique. However, according to Lin Xiaolu's peculiar principle of "not wanting to use technological ans in the Magic Kingdom," the three still chose to check in on-site and take the opportunity to tour the academy district.
With this in mind, there was no point in her heading back to the hotel right now. Instead of rushing back, she might as well walk around outside and think about what kind of explanation she should give for her mysteriously shortened stature? Or should she bluff her way through, pretending nothing happened?
With these complex thoughts, Erald Sparrow wandered along the street, occasionally accepting the sample chocolates handed to her by roadside rchants, chewing on this bitter-sweet treat as she continued on.
But when she received a chocolate at a dessert shop at a street corner, she simply said "Thank you" and imdiately received the clerk's comnt, "Haha, little sister, you're so cute," followed by another exquisitely boxed chocolate pushed into her hand.
"Here's two for you, you can give one to soone you like."
"Thank you." Erald Sparrow thanked again, unashadly unwrapping one of the chocolates and popping it into her mouth. After savoring it a while, she gave a genuine complint:
"Very sweet, very tasty."
"Hehe, thank you for the praise, glad you like it," the clerk said, quite pleased.
Just as Erald Sparrow was about to put the remaining chocolate in her crossbody bag to take away, she stepped forward but then turned back as if rembering sothing, asking, "Is your shop around here?"
"Huh? Yes, just down that alley, less than 20 ters from here," the clerk pointed to the side.
"How much for a box?"
"It's a bit expensive, after all, it's handmade by us, so it's 20 laws per box."
The clerk stated a price that was equivalent to 100 yuan in the Material Realm.
"Alright, give three boxes." Erald Sparrow gestured with her hand.
"Wow! Big sale!"
The clerk was imdiately rejoicing and ushered Erald Sparrow into the dessert shop to start packaging the chocolates.
The dessert shop was small in overall size, located in an alley, so the shape of the building was a bit awkward, but the overall decoration was quite tasteful. With wooden furniture as the main household style, coupled with warm yellow lighting, it gave off a very relaxed and cozy atmosphere.
While the clerk was busy packaging, Erald Sparrow didn't idle away. She took a round in the dessert shop to see if there were any other desserts worth buying to take back as gifts for the youngsters. However, after looking around, besides a variety of chocolates with different flavors, most were baked goods, not quite suitable for snacking. Although there were so local desserts of the Kingdom, Erald Sparrow hadn't tried them, so she wasn't sure about their tastes.
As she was andering through the shop, she spotted a very special product in a thermal cabinet.
Qi Yun Cake—this was the na of the product, a unique pastry of the Kingdom. Its signature feature is its almost non-existent color, completely transparent, resembling a large block of glass, but once taken into the mouth, it proved to be incredibly soft, chewy, and sweet.
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