Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 741 - 694: The Hiding Perfikot

While everyone was searching for Perfikot, she hadn't actually run out of sight.

"Count, now everyone in the Northern Territory is looking for you. Isn't it inappropriate for you to stay with me?" Perfikot's old friend Oliver White looked at Perfikot, who was fiddling with alchemy instruments, with a very helpless and troubled expression.

Over the years, having received Perfikot's care, he had originally been a trivial supplier of alchemy products in Langton, but had now become a crucial supplier in the Northern Territory, responsible for providing parts for the maintenance of the Steam Knights in the Northern Territory.

The variety of alchemy products he produced also sold well throughout the Northern Territory due to their superior quality and advanced technology.

While earning handsomely, Oliver also mixed into today's Northern Territory aristocratic circle with the title of Pioneer Knight granted by Perfikot.

As a Pioneer Knight, he owned a settlement, one of the first established in the Northern Territory.

However, for various reasons, Oliver didn't live in the settlement, instead appointing a deputy to manage it, while he himself lived in Chernobyl, where he had also built a large Alchemy Workshop to resume his old profession.

It was precisely because of this that when Perfikot staged a "running away from home," the first person she thought of was her old friend Oliver.

He had complete alchemy equipment here, allowing Perfikot to continue her experiments while avoiding those annoying affairs.

For Perfikot, without the bother of governance, alchemical experiments were a perfect way to pass the time.

However, while Perfikot was happy, Oliver was troubled, having such a distinguished guest sitting in his workshop was a predicament he couldn't afford to entertain, nor offend.

"Oliver, aren't you still my loyal Pioneer Knight? Is this your loyalty?" Perfikot didn't pay much attention to Oliver, casually responding to him.

Hearing this, Oliver's face turned even more pained, but he hurriedly explained: "No, Count! Everyone in the Northern Territory is looking for you now, I'm worried that staying here isn't safe for you! What if someone intends to harm you?"

"There's no need to worry about this, Beifa will protect me." Perfikot was unconcerned, and Beifa, standing by her side, bowed in courtesy to Oliver.

"This workshop is too simplistic, it's really not suitable to host such a distinguished person!" Oliver thought for a moment, expressing another reason.

"No matter, first and foremost, I'm an alchemist, living in a laboratory is actually more fitting for me." Perfikot waved her hand, completely unconcerned about it being unbefitting her status as Count.

Oliver could only plead to Perfikot: "Count, please spare me! If people find out you're hiding here, I'll be torn apart!"

"I don't know if others will tear you apart, but if you keep babbling, I'll have Beifa twist your neck!" Perfikot got annoyed and threatened Oliver. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Oliver's expression immediately shifted, standing respectfully beside Perfikot, his quick change of face was astonishing.

"That's more like it, but your ability to change faces has improved! I almost fell for it." Perfikot quipped at Oliver, whose face appeared devoid of any sadness.

"Count, please don't joke with me, staying here really isn't suitable." Oliver, although his expression was feigned, was genuinely troubled.

Perfikot staying there indeed caused him significant distress.

"Enough, as long as you don't let slip, who would know I'm here?" Perfikot was unconcerned, waving her hand and then tossing an item she had casually made on the table to him: "Consider this as the rent, I've improved it for you, increasing its performance by 20% and reducing the cost by 10%, is that enough?"

"Count, what are you saying! Stay as long as you like, the White family will be your most loyal knight!" Oliver, receiving the item Perfikot tossed, recognized it as the alchemical heater his family recently manufactured, his face broke into a joyful smile, passionately speaking to Perfikot.

Seeing Oliver's demeanor, Perfikot snorted: "First disdain then respect, as expected of you! Get out, go order me some dinner, I've been hungry all day."

"Yes, Count, just a moment! I'll go prepare dinner for you." Oliver responded promptly and then turned to leave the laboratory.

He then called the workshop manager, carefully instructing that the workshop manager deploy guards at the laboratory door and prohibit anyone entering except him.

While Oliver was busy arranging dinner for Perfikot, she spread out a white sheet on the experiment table, beginning to sketch new designs.

The reason she fled to Oliver, apart from avoiding those annoying guests at home, was mainly because she needed a quiet environment to conceive her new design.

The Sky City seen in her dreams left too deep an impression on Perfikot and ignited her desire to create a Sky City.

This idea came so intensely, making her unable to resist it.

However, due to various distractions, she really didn't have enough time and mood to study it.

That's why she took the opportunity to shake everything off, find a place where she could calmly think and design, intending to complete the Sky City design during this period.

"I've had enough of the disturbances on the ground, this time I'll raise my throne to the sky! Ahahaha!" Perfikot exclaimed with phrases resembling a teenager with grandiosity, bursting into a three-stage laughter.

She wasn't a sullen personality, but the burden of responsibility and duty pressed on her over the past few years had left her little room to express her emotions.

Now, having shed all that, Perfikot finally felt alive again, the feeling of shedding all restraints was truly wonderful.

Not only did she feel relaxed all over, but her imagination sprang forth, and all sorts of wondrous ideas emerged continuously.

Before her on the sketch paper, a ring-shaped Sky City was gradually taking shape.

"The Sky City... speaking of which, I first learned about it from Laputa, right? In the blink of an eye, forty years have passed in two lifetimes!" Perfikot shook her head, reflecting while inevitably incorporating some memories from her original world into the design.