Academic gathering with a lich-Chapter 248: Easter Egg - : The Witch, the Cat, and the Candy_4
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Mr. Law issued a statement.
"I’ll give you three seconds to get ready, and if you’re still too shy to show yourselves, I’ll just move to the Executive Committee before the next Halloween. Jing, I won’t care anymore, you all get along well with the president," he said.
Damn!
Exclamations could be heard from every small screen, followed by the sound of rummaging.
"Hurry up and find candy! If Mr. Law runs off, we’re done for! The last time Mr. Law secluded himself, Boss Jing got bored and played pranks, and my lab ended up like a tumble dryer!"
"My room turned into glass shards, it took me two weeks to put myself back together!"
"Where’s the candy! Where’s the candy!"
"Never mind, just take out anything that looks like candy to fool them with!"
Three seconds later, the club members appeared on screen with smiles.
"Welcome, little witch!" XN
The girls smiled, looking at the candies put into bags.
"This is ice... candy!" A Lich took out a piece of ice with a few crisscrossed tubes and a little monster sealed inside the ice, "with a filling."
"This is a mud ball... candy, slime monsters’ favorite candy! The recipe includes slime monsters, don’t open the wrapping paper, and if you want to eat it, I suggest... using a straw, it’s edible, probably."
A shiny dodecahedron was put into Kurona’s pocket.
Arcane Blast gave a detailed explanation, "An improved Arcane Blast... candy. On the outside is hard Mithyril... sugar frosting, inside are forty-six orderly rotating arcane matrices... chopped peanuts, in magical liquid droplets... a chocolate filling, with a concentrated arcane core... hazelnut in the center. When it receives a magical disturbance, the disordered matrices release the core’s power... sweetness, to give you... an unusual taste experience."
Fergenie frowned at the shiny dodecahedron.
Veraliz happily thanked Arcane Blast, "Thank you, this is the most beautiful candy I’ve ever seen, it must be delicious!"
Just as Arcane Blast was about to turn away, he turned back.
"If you want to thank me, could you share your eating experience with me when you (are still alive) come back? I need to record some experimental data to perfect it."
Miracle stuffed a round lump into a bag; just a moment ago, this candy was wriggling its tentacles, trying to escape on its own.
Fergenie looked at Miracle. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
"Mr. Miracle, this candy... is it alive?"
"Yes, it’s a monster candy. A candy that eats people. Don’t you think it’s unfair that candy is always being eaten by you? Being stuffed into a mouth, feeling yourself slowly melt away, unable to do anything but wail in despair, isn’t that pitiful? It won’t, when it enters the mouth, it secretes a liquid that corrodes your mouth. But it won’t kill you because it will slip into your esophagus, drill into your stomach, lick your stomach walls, and finally devour you completely. I truly love candy."
"..."
Inspiration added a comment.
"It’s sweet, tastes pretty good, and chewing it will cause it to split into many parts. So it’s only for special consumers."
Many mysterious and impressive candies were stuffed into the bag, and Fergenie’s expression grew more solemn with each addition of candy.
The last was Mr. Law.
"My candy might not be as impressive as theirs." He stuffed a few white pill-like candies into the bag.
"I invented Decree Candy, which makes the user’s body perform certain actions. This one is Zombie Candy, it will make your body stiff and immovable like a zombie. Quite a boring candy."
Fergenie took the Zombie Candy expressionlessly.
"No, Mr. Law, your candy is the best."
Fergenie thanked Mr. Law sincerely and handed another piece to Rola.
"Fergenie, sneaking treats is naughty," she said.
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"Rola, Kurona is possessed by Lady Veraliz, they are a whole, and Kurona can use this to resist all threats. But we aren’t, if you still want to enjoy another Halloween, listen to me and eat the candy."
"Okay... alright."
With two thuds, Fergenie and Rola lay down like corpses.
Kurona exclaimed in alarm as her classmates fell, "Lady Veraliz! Fergenie and Rola..."
The cat put the two of them into its shadow world, "It’s nothing, Kurona, they just chose the best way." The black cat looked at the bag in Kurona’s hand, "These candies, it’s hard to find a companion to share them with."
"Got it!" The cat jumped off Kurona’s shoulder, "Kurona! There’s enough candy! It’s time to find companions to share it with, hurry up and follow me!"
Kurona turned and bowed to the wall, adorned with the Magic Research Society’s fallen heroes.
"Thank you, everyone from the Magic Research Society, Happy Halloween!"
"Happy Halloween!" XN
The Law murmured softly as it watched the departing pair, a cat and its human.
"Just hope they don’t binge at Andrey’s place, then the loss would be on our heads, which wouldn’t be good."
Veraliz knocked on the door painted with the pattern of an opulent cup.
The door opened.
"Nia! We’re here to play!"
"It’s Veraliz kitty!" Nia extended her tentacles and crawled onto Kurona, reaching out a finger to stroke the cat’s fur.
"We brought candy! Nia, let’s eat together!"
"Candy! Eat candy! Kitty cute!" Nia waved her tentacles, and on one of them, a skull shone brightly.
Veraliz squinted her eyes.
"Nia, what is that in your hand?"
"It’s a gentleman’s head! Lyle asked Nia to look after it."
The cat smiled in a humanlike manner, "Nia, let me play with it too, I wanna touch that guy’s head."
"But, Nia promised to take good care of it..."
"I can take care of it too. I’m that guy’s good friend, he definitely won’t mind!"
"Then, alright."
The gentleman’s skull became Veraliz’s toy.
"Now, let’s start eating candy!" Veraliz took out the golden dodecahedron from the bag, "I’m going to start with the most delicious one!" The cat opened its mouth, its fangs touching the glowing surface...
After finishing the tuning of the body and experiments, Lyle, somewhat tired, arrived at the door of the Luxurious Cup.
"Wonder if Nia has been behaving herself, staying alone for so long, she must be bored."
He opened the door, peeked inside, closed it. Stepping back three paces, he took three deep breaths, then opened the door again.
Spherical.
The interior space of the Luxurious Cup had turned into a sphere. The fancy curtains, chairs, and crystal lamps had all vanished.
In the center pit, Kurona lay unconscious on one side, Nia and Veraliz were entwined together, their shadows and tentacles moved at will on the floor. The gentle rise and fall of their bodies emitted the sounds of deep sleep.
Lyle picked up the fragments in his hands, a tiny bone fragment still carrying the imprint of a cat’s paw.
One thought crossed Lyle’s mind.
"No candy, so missile threat?"
