Chapter 150 Good night, cute model

   Bang.

  The iron gate of the outer courtyard of the apartment was slowly closed.

   After Chen Lun and Noah came out, they got into the carriage and planned to go back.

  In the carriage.

  Chen Lun held the painting "The Banquet of the Seven Gods" and placed it on his lap, looking carefully.

   Before leaving the apartment, he inquired with Mr. Lambert and learned about the source of the painting.

   It turned out that two months ago, while shopping as usual, Lambert and Huggins met a blond bard on the side of the road, and were attracted by his singing.

  Although the story told by the other party sounds exaggerated, it seems that all bards have this problem, and the two don't care much.

   This painting was bought for 15 gold pounds under the strong promotion of the bard. The style and content of the oil painting are relatively solemn, and it does not seem to be blasphemous, so Mr. Langbo put it in his collection with confidence.

  After Chen Lun made an inquiry, Mr. Langbo mistakenly thought that he had taken a fancy to the painting, so he was considerate and generous, and directly gave the painting to him.

   This made Chen Lun very embarrassed.

   But before he left, he tactfully expressed a meaning that this oil painting might contain some hidden dangers, and it is not recommended for Mr. Langbo to keep it.

  Lumbo and Huggins seemed to understand, because they trusted Mr. Jack, so they didn't think much about it.

  Chen Lun didn't want them to feel that he was deliberately taking advantage, so he proposed to exchange the commission for the painting, but in the end he failed to convince Lambert and Huggins, and the proposal was invalidated.

  'Although the oil painting did not blaspheme the seven righteous gods, the picture of them gathering together for a dinner party is really weird...'

  Chen Lun leaned on the leather seat and lowered his head in thought.

   "Noah, have you seen this painting?"

  He raised his head and asked Noah.

  Noah frowned slightly and thought for a while.

   "It seems that I have seen similar ones when I was a child, but I can't remember the specific content of the painting... It's just the author of this oil painting, I have some impressions."

   "Oh? Let's talk about it."

  Chen Lun sat up straight and said curiously.

"Clarenso was born in an ordinary family. His father was a painter. He learned mural painting from his father since he was a child... Although his talent is not good, he is better than hard work... He is especially good at painting portraits. After learning oil paint from famous teachers, he traveled around and became famous in middle age. .”

  Noah spoke slowly.

   "But later, he left the Trisur Empire and went to the far north... I heard that he settled in the Byron Kingdom, and eventually served as a court painter."

  Chen Lun nodded silently, and had a basic understanding of this person's deeds.

   But from these alone, he still failed to guess the hidden meaning of the witch's crown. Behind Clarenso's deeds, there must be more unknown secrets.

  He carefully put the oil painting into the blood poem ring.

  At this time, Noah opened the curtains of the carriage casually, and suddenly saw something, and stopped the driver.

"What's wrong?"

   Chen Lun asked aloud.

  Noah smiled shyly, shook his head, took his tool bag, and went straight out of the car.

   "Excuse me, Mr. Jack, wait for me a moment."

  Chen Lun looked at the back of him struggling to get out of the car, and opened the curtain in silence.

  Under the faint light of the street lamp, there was a thin figure curled up in the corner of the wall. The snowflakes falling from the sky are getting bigger and bigger, and they have accumulated a thick layer on the streets and houses.

  Noah's huge back slowly walked towards the thin person in the corner.

  Chen Lun thought about it, and then got out of the carriage.

   After he stepped on the snow and approached slowly, he found that Noah was sitting in the heavy snow, drawing the figure with an easel.

   Curled up in the corner is a little blond girl, her eyes have already been closed, she seems to be asleep.

  Beside her hand, there was a basket full of brand new matchboxes.

   "Don't be afraid, it will be fine soon..."

   On Noah's drawing board, a fireplace appeared. Under the fiery red light, there was a family sitting around the dining table eating. The little girl lit a match and lit a candle on the birthday cake in front of her.

  Everyone is smiling, warm and harmonious.

  Wow...

   Behind Noah's head, a round of phantoms in the gallery appeared, and five paintings were drawn to Doderick's "Silence of the Empire", allowing him to temporarily possess the power of [Moon Faction Sequence 7-Requiemer].

  Chen Lun's eyes froze.

  His insight has now reached the level of being able to observe the spirit world, and he naturally saw an illusory shadow sitting on the ground in front of Noah.

   It looked like the little girl, she was sitting quietly, looking up at Noah.

   "Is it your birthday today...then happy birthday to you, hey."

  Noah's hands moved extremely fast, and he spoke softly in his mouth.

   "Umm...um... yes, the epidemic broke out, and many small factories have closed down recently. Your father is just one of the many misfortunes. It doesn't matter, you will get better after a night of sleep..."

   At this time, several carriages passed by in a hurry, and the coachman glanced at Noah, his eyes were full of puzzlement and vigilance.

  In this snowy day, someone was drawing a picture on a dead body and talking to himself, no matter how you look at it, it seems that the spirit is not normal.

  Chen Lun stood aside silently, without looking at those people more.

  The sky and the earth are capped, and the world is snow-white.

   It seems that Noah is the only color under the night.

   "Sleep..."

   Noah suddenly said.

  He stopped his brush and got up slowly.

  The painting is complete, and the phantom of the little girl has disappeared.

  Chen Lun noticed that Noah's momentum was slowly increasing.

   'He was promoted...'

  Chen Lun was surprised.

  'Is it because of sentiment? Or is it accumulated over time? Such a talent is really enviable. '

  Noah was promoted from [Sequence 9-Butcher] to [Sequence 8-Gourmet], but he didn't show obvious joy, he still scratched his head shyly, and said:

   "Sorry, Mr. Jack...to keep you waiting."

  He took down the painting, gently put it into the little girl's arms, and then took a box of matches from the other's basket.

   "You're welcome, in exchange, I will give you the painting..."

   As he spoke, he took off his top hat and saluted lightly.

   "Good night, lovely model."

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  Late at night.

  Chen Lun and Noah returned to the manor in a carriage.

  As soon as you enter the gate of the villa, you will feel cold and surrounded by warmth.

   Two crackles, the firelight from the fireplace reflected in the living room, and also hung on the quiet girl.

"You're back."

  Floy looked up and smiled slightly.

   After Chen Lun responded, she nodded to Noah again, as a greeting.

  There are several plates of pastries on the coffee table in front of him, which are prepared for Chen Lun. She picked up the teapot, poured two cups of hot tea, and said:

   "It's cold outside, let's have a cup of hot tea."

"thanks."

  Chen Lun sat down by the sofa, took a sip of hot tea, and ate another piece of cake. The soft taste, accompanied by a little warmth, can't help but warm up his heart.

  Noah remained silent, put down the empty plate in his hand, and had already picked up another plate of cake.

  Chen Lun and Floye chatted briefly for a while.

   After eating all the tea and pastries, Chen Lun got up and said:

   "Thank you for your hard work, Floyd, it's late, go and rest."

"Ok…"

  Floy stood up, clasped her hands together, and placed them in front of her body.

  She nodded slightly, and then said:

   "It's okay, I've been sleeping more and more lately recently... It seems to have something to do with it, but it's not a bad thing, I can feel the mysterious accumulation growing."

  Hearing what she said, Chen Lun remembered the description about [Potted Plants in the Back Sun], which seemed to make Floyd love the moonlight even more.

  So, she will gradually become a night owl of "the moon does not sleep and I do not sleep"...?

  ‘This is not necessary, what if Floy becomes bald? '

  Chen Lun decided to set an example and take the lead in sleeping, so he bid farewell to her and went upstairs.

   After returning to the room, he didn't really go to bed to rest.

   Instead, after washing, he leaned on the sofa, turned on [Awakening of Insects], and prepared to start a game... ready to enter [Philip's Adventures in Wonderland] to explore once.

  Boom!

  Chen Lun appeared in Wonderland again.

  Different from the outside world, this place still looks like spring and flowers blooming.

  Blue sky and white clouds, grasslands and lakes.

   Hoo!

   Spreading his black wings, he flew over the wooden house, flew to the lake, and landed directly next to the mermaid statue.

  With a bang, the black feather flew away, and Chen Lun reached out and touched the base of the statue lightly.

  【Current Sanity Points Stored by the Angel Statue: 714 Points】

   This is the cumulative result of Chen Lun charging the statue every other day for half a year.

  Of course, there should have been 1000+ sanity points, but during this period, he entered the fairyland to explore twice, consuming part of it.

  Because of the precious sanity value, Chen Lun is well aware of the difficulty of "charging for a few months and talking for an hour". He always makes preparations before deciding to book.

  So after two in-depth explorations, he has found something of value.

  ‘Every time I enter, I am in the dark forest, but the encounter is completely different...’

  This reminded Chen Lun of a proper term, that is - "meat pigeon lake".

  The original name should be called "Roguelike", a type of game he had heard of in his previous life. Because a game called "Rogue" was born in the old days, it was very popular at the time, so that a series of similar or similar game works were derived, which were collectively referred to as "Roguelike".

  The game "Pigeon Lake" has the characteristics of randomness generation, one-way process, irreversibility, system complexity and game non-linearity, etc...

  The mechanism of Fairyland seems to have this feature, although not completely consistent, but part of it is similar.

   During the last two in-depth explorations, Chen Lun made an astonishing discovery, that is, he saw a wooden house from afar in the dark forest.

  The familiar yellow-brown wooden structure looks like a lakeside cottage.

   This gave him a bold guess, and he planned to confirm it through this exploration.

  ‘The first time, I didn’t gain much... The second time I also used the initial point as a reference, but walked in the opposite direction and saw a corner of the wooden house. '

   Chen Lun thought to himself.

  ‘It’s a pity that I met those lingering polluting creatures last time and was forced to leave early... I hope this time it will go well. '

  Chen Lun took a deep breath and jumped directly into the lake.

   Wow...!

  (end of this chapter)