When Su Shijun was driving the Vampire gentleman out of the shop, Old Man Vernal, who had been silently watching the various customers from a corner outside, finally withdrew his gaze in relief.
He had only meant to stroll around this newly opened little shop and see if he could find some new toys and snacks for his old companion, Lord May.
Yet he had not expected to see so many interesting customers and stories.
"Tut, I'm old, I'm old... If I were a few hundred years younger, seeing such an outstanding young lady, I probably would have rushed over without a second thought too." The old janitor stroked his chin, sighed as he cast one last glance at the little shop, then kicked his old companion by the foot and muttered, "Come on, come on, time to go. Those who should leave have left, and those who should come are about to come... We busybodies shouldn't get in other people's way... Hurry up and swallow that little thing under your paw."
Lord May rumbled in his throat and raised his head, revealing a bloodstained mouth.
Beneath its paw was a mangled little squirrel.
Little Squirrels were a new generation of Magical Creatures belonging to the mammal class, rodent order, squirrel family, magical squirrel genus. Like Little Tigers, Plum Angries, and Big Western Chickens, they were all mutated forms of their original species—or, according to certain scholars in the Wizarding World, they preferred to call such mutations "Magical Degenerate Creatures." The original species of Little Squirrels was the Two-tailed Mountain Squirrel often seen on the First University campus.
However, compared with Two-tailed Mountain Squirrels, Little Squirrels were even smaller, only about one-third their size, with some individuals being smaller still. Their intelligence had also declined drastically. This was mainly reflected