尽管小男孩说了这些话，爱玲的表情却充满了绝望。她和这个男孩有很长的关系，她知道不管他的脏话表面上是怎样的，内心深处他的想法是不一样的。恶魔伯爵的口中发出了最后通牒。
“Aileen Makerfield. Accept the duke’s proposal. For reference, this is the last offer.”
“艾琳·马克菲尔德。接受公爵的提议。作为参考，这是最后的提议。”
Aileen was the chairman of the citizens. She could get to this position because of her strong heart. Aileen hesitated before opening her mouth.
爱玲是市民的主席。因为她有一颗坚强的心，她可以得到这个职位。爱玲在开口前犹豫了一下。
“I…”
“我...”
Rattle.
喋喋不休。
Then someone entered the clock store.
这时有人走进了钟表店。
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“What?”
“什么?”
The first thing that greeted me wasn’t the owner of the clock store. I saw the demon nobles who were uncomfortable with the uninvited visitors. I had roughly heard the situation outside and knew what was going on.
迎接我的第一个人并不是钟表店的老板。我看到恶魔贵族对不速之客感到不自在。我粗略地听到了外面的情况，知道发生了什么事。
The beautiful young man was lying on the ground with eyes full of hatred.
那个漂亮的年轻人躺在地上，眼里充满了仇恨。
I replied while staring closely at the beautiful boy instead of the demons. “A customer…”
我一边回答，一边盯着那个漂亮的男孩，而不是那个魔鬼。“一个顾客......”
My answer was polite but the demon’ expressions turned fierce.
我的回答很礼貌，但是那个魔鬼的表情变得很激烈。
“Is it a citizen? I don’t know where you came from but leave. We’re collecting taxes now.”
“是公民吗?我不知道你从哪里来，但请离开。我们现在正在收税。”
“Taxes… making a lot of money and paying higher taxes. Why is it suddenly making a low amount of money and paying higher taxes?”
“税收......赚了很多钱，并支付了更高的税收。为什么突然之间，中国赚的钱少了，缴的税却多了?”
“What?”
“什么?”
I passed by the demon nobles and approached the shopkeeper.
我从那些恶魔贵族身边经过，走近店主。
“Hey! Wait!”
“嘿!等等!”
The bewildered demon nobles stretched out their arms to grab me but they didn’t reach. The demon nobles made expressions of surprise as I lightly shook them off. Instead of dealing with them, I glanced at the clocks on the broken shelf. I carefully picked up one of them.
迷惑不解的魔鬼贵族们伸出双臂想抓住我，但他们没有伸手。当我轻轻地甩开那些恶魔贵族时，他们表现出惊讶的样子。我没有处理它们，而是扫了一眼破架子上的钟。我小心翼翼地拿起其中一个。
“There are many good things.”
“有很多好东西。”
Aileen seemed to sense something and approached me. “…There are always good things. A good owner rarely appears.”
爱玲似乎感觉到了什么，走近我。“......好事总是有的。好主人很少出现。”
I couldn’t help smiling. This was really the tone of Ways of Survival.
我忍不住笑了，这就是《生存之道》的基调。
The planet Lindberg’s magic engineer, Aileen Makerfield. I glanced at the nervous Aileen.
林德伯格星球的魔法工程师，艾琳·马克菲尔德。我瞥了一眼紧张的艾琳。
Inside her, the needle must be ticking. Would the suspicious customer who suddenly appeared be the rope of hope or the person who dropped her into hell?
在她体内，指针一定在滴答作响。那个突然出现的多疑的顾客是希望的绳索还是把她扔进地狱的人？
I decided to relieve some of her worries. “I would like to order something special. Can you make one for me?”
我决定减轻她的一些忧虑。“我想点一些特别的东西。你能为我做一个吗?”
Aileen’s eyes grew bigger at my words. There was only one type of customer who would come here for a ‘special’ thing.
听了我的话，爱玲的眼睛睁大了。只有一种类型的顾客会来这里购买“特别”的东西。
Aileen saw the demon nobles and asked carefully, “…What is the commission fee?”
爱玲看到魔王贵族，小心翼翼地问:“...佣金是多少?”
I smiled at her before staring at the demon nobles who were staring at me.
我朝她笑了笑，然后盯着那些恶魔贵族看着我。
“50,000 coins.”
”五万枚硬币”
TL: Rainbow Turtle
彩虹龟
Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint Chapter 196 - Landscape of the Demon World (3)
