"Are you a resident of this island?"
"No. But I’ve stayed on this island for two years, so I’m quite familiar with it."
The purple-haired girl smiled brightly and touched her head with her hand.
As Lureya hesitated, a white light flashed.
The white-haired girl, Lina, stood in front of Shami, still catching her breath, her silver-white long hair wet with seawater, looking seriously at the purple-haired girl.
"Sorry, Shami is one of us. If Lape does anything, we’ll make you pay a heavy price."
"Lina! That’s such an old-fashioned line, the misunderstanding has been cleared up, she’s here to sell something."
Lureya pulled Lina’s hand.
The purple-haired girl waved her hand and smiled friendly.
The white-haired girl froze, thinking she would look cool making a heroic entrance, but it turned out to be a blunder, her face turning red with embarrassment as she hid between Shami and Lureya.
"o(╥﹏╥)o Sorry... just pretend I never showed up..."
Just as they were about to return to the main topic, a magical girl, who had been running frantically, arrived beside the three, pretending to be calm as she smoothed her messy black hair and awkwardly smiled.
"So, why did everyone stop swimming all of a sudden? I wasn’t really worried about sharks or anything, but I wanted to come up and see if you guys were unwell or something..."
This one was even out of the chat channel!
[Beach, beach chairs, four women surrounding one man]
"So that’s how it is, having a butler to help with chores is not bad."
"Indeed. The main thing is, they can serve as a guide."
"Great, you’re hired."
Seeing Lina and Saili both nod, Lureya looked at Elze.
"Hey, hey, hey! Don’t decide so easily like that!"
Shami frowned on the side.
"Elze, you’ve been hired."
"That’s completely unfair democracy!"
"Come on, Shami can also enjoy the service."
"But that’s 50 gold coins, a villager normally wouldn’t earn that much in a lifetime, and it’s way over the market price here! Show some sense of saving money, you three!"
Blonde hair: "But isn’t our family very wealthy, Shami! Stop pretending! We naturally have a share in the expenses at home!"
White hair: "Shh, don’t flaunt wealth in front of others or it might cause resentment... though our family is indeed rich..."
Black hair: "I also have a share of the property."
Purple hair: "Hahaha I’m used to it, since tourists who can come here are usually rich families."
Shami swallowed a mouthful of air heavily, realizing he had to find time to explain things clearly to them.
When even white hair thought he was wealthy, it showed there was a real issue.
If not addressed soon, their spending habits would really get corrupted, thinking the Demon Race was wealthy.
The reality was that the Demon Race was dirt poor!
Though it was shameful to say, the reality was, 90% of the Demon Race’s current income relied on scavenging from the Slime Nest.
It was already two in the afternoon, the sky was cloudless, the blazing sun indicating it was the hottest time of day.
Shami had no intention of swimming, and the three girls also temporarily gave up on the idea, as without Shami, half of the fun was lost.
With Elze, who became their servant butler, in tow, the four walked back to the villa.
"Are the four of you from the same adventure group? Taking a vacation while the demon king hasn’t appeared yet?"
On the way, the purple-haired girl asked with a smile.
Shami blinked awkwardly.
In fact, it was a vacation trip for the demon king and his Demon Envoy.
"Yes," the magical girl chimed in, "I am the Mage Saili, the other three are the Hero Lina, the Elf Lureya, and the Knight & Servant Shami."
"Have I taken on a strange part-time job?"
The purple-haired girl maintained a consistently pleasant smile.
Even though the magical girl spoke that way, she could see clearly.
The three girls all maintained a kind of affectionate attitude towards the black-haired boy. Although mages usually lead adventure groups, she knew that the black-haired boy in front of her was the absolute core of this adventure team.
Of course, she didn’t discern this information simply from a single interaction.
The purple-haired girl squinted her eyes and sneaked a peek at Shami, then silently returned to the front.
"By the way, are you really a dragon, Elze?"
At this moment, Lureya looked at the purple-haired girl.
The purple-haired girl snapped back to reality, shyly sticking out her tongue.
"Uh, how do I put this? I guess so. But I’m not sure either. Because my great-great-grandmother was a child born from the cross-breeding of the Dragon Race and Human Race, so up until my generation, I still have a bit of Dragon Race blood."
The three girls nodded.
"Then where’s your luggage? Next, move in and stay with us, we’re staying in a villa."
"No problem! I’ll go pack my luggage, I’m currently staying in the small inn over there!"
The purple-haired girl smiled sweetly and waved goodbye to them.
Shami watched the purple-haired girl, still holding onto suspicion about the things she said.
Moreover, he already thought of a way to falsely accuse the purple-haired girl of breaking valuable porcelain, freeload on her services, and then find a way to kick her out.
As the weather heated up, everyone returned to their rooms for an afternoon nap, preparing for activities after evening.
Shami slept briefly, then unable to fall back asleep, he left the room and found the white-haired girl standing on the semi-circular balcony on the second floor, staring blankly at the sea, her hair waving in the breeze, a fragrance drifting to Shami’s nose.