book of old days

Chapter 39 One Small Step for Sean (Modified Edition)

Although Xiao En had the experience of summoning the Fairy of the Lake once before, he was in a hurry to get a cure, so he didn't savor the process carefully.

This summoning was his real first time.

Sean first put the acorn bread in front of the tree hole, looked at the dark sky above his head, and then listened to his surroundings. There was not even the sound of birdsong in the cold woods, it should be considered completely silent.

Sean nodded, he didn't want any mistakes in his first summoning.

After making sure that everything was in accordance with the requirements in the book, he opened the book of other worlds and turned to the page of summoning the dwarves.

Taking a deep breath, he recited the mantra in the book in a deep voice.

[A weak existence from a distant country. 】

【Stupid mind, short body, timid heart, innocent creatures in birth and mysterious caves】

[I present you with the cake of the oak tree, I care for you with a friendly heart, and I command you in the name of the master]

[In the name of the contract signed between your and my ethnic group and the ancient times. 】

[I order you to appear in this world. 】

Time seemed to freeze, and there was silence all around, even the rustling of the wind blowing the leaves disappeared.

Sean stood where he was, his fingers still pressing the spell he had just said.

He wasn't in a hurry to get upset. Having had experience with the fairies in the lake, he had already realized that this summoning ceremony would not have the magical sound and light effects like in the game.

Sometimes subtle changes in the environment cannot be detected at all, and can only be judged by the results.

This silence didn't last too long, woof woof!The coal ball rushed to the front of the tree hole and roared twice, then its two front paws began to scratch excitedly in front of the tree hole.

"Come back!" Sean yelled, stopping the movement of the briquette, but from its constantly wagging tail, it could be seen that the briquette was still in a state of excitement.

Xiao En walked towards the tree hole, bent over, tried to look inside, and faintly saw something wriggling in the darkness of the cave.

Sure enough, here!

He hastily leaned down and took a closer look. In the darkness of the tree hole, a pair of gray eyes were watching him cautiously.

"Great!" Sean whispered, not approaching immediately, carefully identifying the guy in the tree hole.

The green skin was inconspicuous in the cave, and Sean could only vaguely make out the outline of the thing. It was certain that the thing was in the shape of a human, and it was not tall.

That's right, it should be this stuff.

"Hey." Sean waved at the thing.

Gray eyes blinked, but it didn't look like they were going to come out just like that.

Xiao En didn't dare to reach out to grab it rashly. After thinking about it, he picked up the bread in front of the tree hole and handed it over carefully.

Sure enough, there was a reaction this time. A small green hand slowly stretched out from the darkness. Unlike human beings, that hand only had four stubby fingers.

He pinched a corner of the bread with his fingers and quickly pulled it back.

There was a cheerful chewing sound in the cave soon.

This noodle cake seemed to be some kind of initiation ceremony, and when the sound of chewing stopped, the thing finally showed its head.

"Wow!" The excited coal ball rushed over immediately, but was stopped by Xiao En's stern voice.

The thing flinched a bit, then slowly drilled out again.

The creature in front of me was less than one meter tall, with a short, stubby figure and wrinkled green skin. It had no clothes on its body, only a linen loincloth around its waist, and a straw hat on its head. Convex and round, with a cute and stupid look.

That's right, this must be the dwarf. Sean immediately understood where Medrian's complaints came from. This thing really seemed useless.

However, as the result of a successful summoning ceremony, Sean was still very excited. He didn't expect things to go so smoothly.

"Can you understand me?" Sean asked.

The little goblin nodded, and stood there timidly, staring straight at the pancake in Sean's hand. It seemed that this thing was more interested in food.

"Here, eat." Sean handed over another piece.

The little goblin immediately took it at a speed that didn't match its appearance, then stuffed it in its big mouth and bit off half of it, chewing with puffed cheeks.

"Then from today, I will be your master. Do you have a name?"

The little goblin shook his head while nibbling on the cake.

"Well... today is Wednesday, then you will call it Wednesday from now on."

The little goblin stuffed the last piece of pancake into his mouth and nodded obediently.

It feels like this thing is naturally obedient, which reminds Sean of the house elf in a certain movie in his previous life. Although it is a bit ugly, it seems to feel good to think that he will have such a servant in the future.

"Come on Wednesday, come with me, we will find you something to do." Sean closed the book of the old days, picked up the bag of bread on the ground, turned and walked towards the manor.

The gnome followed immediately, and the threatening whine from the briquette's throat frightened Wednesday a bit.

Sean noticed this and didn't reprimand the briquettes.

Although there are descriptions in the book as a guarantee, he is not completely at ease with the seemingly harmless creature in front of him. He is instinctively vigilant towards these creatures that do not exist in this world.

Let it be a little scary, definitely not a bad thing.

Wednesday cautiously followed Sean on the other side, and followed Sean slowly back to the old house in the manor.

Along the way, Sean had scheduled work for Wednesday.

"From today onwards, you are my servant, here you go, put this on." He handed Wednesday an old jumper, and gestured how to wear it.

Wednesday didn't seem to feel strange, dressed decently, and tidied up the position of the growth.

The little goblin's movements were slow and soothing, with a sense of slowness, which made people feel a little anxious for it, but at the same time became inexplicably calm.

The clothes were made of cotton, and after washing they were already a bit small, but it looked like a robe when worn on Wednesday. Fortunately, the sleeves were rolled up by Wednesday, so it didn't affect the movements.

"Okay, your first task is to clean this house. You don't need to clean it all at once, just do it slowly. The tools are in the utility room, right there."

Sean assigned a task to Wednesday, and the dwarf didn't hesitate, and acted almost immediately.

It seemed to be born good at this, mopping the dirty floors, clearing out the debris, making two piles in the corridor of the hall, one pile of completely useless garbage, some worth recycling...

Sean sat on the balcony drinking tea, but kept observing Wednesday's movements. It has to be said that as a creature from another world, Wednesday has adapted very quickly.

It seems that it was born to serve people, maybe it was used to do housework in the original world?Sean couldn't help but guess.

It has been busy until noon, and it stopped on Wednesday. It has cleaned up several corridors, and the tools in the utility room are also neatly placed. Sean feels that at this speed, it will take less than a week. The mansion was cleaned up.

By the way, the work of feeding the horses can also be handed over to it in the future, which saves me a lot of trouble. From this point of view, this dwarf is actually quite useful.

Wednesday slowly moved in front of him, looking at him expectantly with a simple and honest face, Sean knew that it was time for lunch.

He took out the few remaining pancakes, thinking that this lunch must be too shabby.

Thinking of its hard work just now, Sean intentionally tried to feed it some other food, such as oatmeal, toast, etc., but Wednesday ignored these foods, and only became happy when he saw acorn bread.

Sean had no choice but to give it the remaining few pancakes. This thing had such a great appetite that he casually ate up all the pancakes that Sean baked, not even the half that Sean took a bite of. let go.

After eating pancakes, Wednesday did not start work immediately, but found a dry corner and curled up in a ball for a while. After about an hour, he stood up again and started working again without Sean's order.

This kind of creature seems to have its own concept of time. It doesn't need to be driven at all. As long as it is ordered, it will automatically start working, rest when it needs to rest, and eat when it needs to eat. It is very worry-free.

It's just that the food is a bit weird. While kneading the dough and baking more dough, Sean thought to himself to buy some more acorn noodles, otherwise the amount of acorn noodles would not be enough for him to eat.

In the evening, Sean fed it a few more pancakes. The gnome didn't seem to have any interest in working the night shift, so he stopped working as soon as it got dark. After dinner, he found a corner and lay down again.

Sean was somewhat uneasy about such a thing lying on his stomach outside the bedroom, so he called it up and brought it into the empty room downstairs.

Wednesday didn't seem to mind the living environment very much, but Sean still made a simple cot for him out of wooden planks, an old bed sheet, and a piece of goatskin.

It seemed much more respectable this way. Wednesday lay on it, silently looking at the wall, blinking his gray eyes, wondering what he was thinking.

Sean closed the door, thought for a while, and locked the door anyway.

He lay down outside the door and listened for a while, but there was no sound coming from inside. It seemed that the dwarf was very adaptable to this dark environment.

Back in the living room, sitting in front of the fireplace, Sean took out a black leather notebook from the suitcase.

This kind of notebook is distributed to the teaching staff of Jianbao University. It is of excellent quality and low price. It is a special benefit for teaching staff. Sean usually uses this to record his novels. I didn't forget to bring a copy in my busy schedule.

Sean spread out the notebook, took out a pen that hadn't been used for a long time, filled it with ink, and wrote the words [Summoning Notes] on the title page.

He plans to record his experience of learning to use the summoning of other worlds in the next period of time. According to the description of Medorian in the book [Summoning of alien worlds is not a barbaric sacrifice for pretending to be a ghost, but a magic ritual that strives for precision], Therefore, recording data in detail and summarizing experience is undoubtedly a powerful guarantee to go further on this road.

So where to start writing?Sean was contemplating, his face gleaming under the light of the fire, suddenly raised his eyebrows, thinking of where to start writing——

(End of this chapter)