Chapter 251: Knocking on the Door

Chapter 251: Knocking on the Door

The people around him definitely wouldn’t add that many restrictions. When Lily activated the ring to summon the Magic Weapon Summoning Book, she needed to expend some of her own strength as the “ power source.” However, after the Magic Weapon Summoning Book was summoned, she had nothing left to do. All remaining consumption was provided by the Magic Weapon Summoning Book itself.

“Oh right, don’t get too carried away and show this thing to others,” Zheng Yichen added.

“I know,” Lily nodded, indicating she understood the dangers of such behavior. After all, it was because of her face in the past that tragedy struck her entire family. She understood the importance of keeping things to herself better than other kids her age. Showing off? That definitely wasn’t going to happen.

It was hard to say anything before when she got a ring like this. After all, she was a no-magic physique, and without any special power to support the summoning, how could she summon the Magic Weapon Summoning Book? Now she had Battle Qi, and this power could also use the Magic Weapon Contract. Therefore, she could completely act like a regular Magic Weapon Summoner. As for the issue of mental energy, who would have nothing better to do than to test a warrior’s mental energy?

What warrior would add points to their mental attributes for no reason… Warriors were more about willpower. And while willpower was related to spiritual power, having a massive amount of spiritual power didn’t necessarily mean having an iron will.

So, as long as Lily didn’t actively reveal any issues related to spiritual power, no one would notice anything unusual.

“Let’s go, let’s go play somewhere else.” The entertainment venues in this world were quite scarce, far from Earth where there were places for everyone from adults to young children. Otherworld’s entertainment development leaned more towards adults. For children? Playing with mud by the roadside was considered a pretty good little game.

Dedicated entertainment venues?

They didn’t exist!

“Hmm… maybe I could discuss with Qin about opening an Amusement Park?” Zheng Yichen held Lily’s hand as they walked down the street, pondering a new idea that suddenly came to mind. After all, in the Otherworld, when it came to fun, adults were the mainstream, not kids. Kids… mostly didn’t have much money, so targeting them didn’t seem very meaningful. But adults were different, especially those mercenaries. Every time they finished a quest, many young mercenaries would use their pay to enjoy themselves.

It could be said that mercenaries who had just finished a quest were the most generous.

That was the view, but it didn’t mean money from kids was hard to earn. Kids themselves might not have much money, but wasn’t there an adult behind each one? Besides, adults liked to have fun too, right? Entertainment in the Otherworld was too monotonous; either taverns, bars, or casinos, other than that… add other adult-oriented venues.

If you asked what was interesting, after getting used to it, it wasn’t even as good as the playing cards and Mahjong Zheng Yichen had introduced.

So maybe this area was worth trying to develop?

Forget it, he didn’t know anything about operations and management. But he was lucky to have a good partner by his side. And because of her identity, he didn’t need to worry too much about being tricked in the partnership. Hmm, I should find some time to discuss it with Qin. Having made up his mind, Zheng Yichen suppressed the new ideas constantly popping up in his head and focused on accompanying Lily as they shopped.

Speaking of which, when would Loris be able to come out for a walk with him like this? Not using an Alchemical Avatar, but her real body… Ah~ who knew how long he’d have to strive for that.

After all, the affairs of Witches were pressured by the biggest obstacle, the Sanctuary Church. Without finding a way to resolve this obstacle, such a thought would remain just a thought.

Lily only had a two-day break. She was, after all, a child and in the lower grades at the Academy, unlike those in higher grades who had at least five days off each month to do things that required time. A two-day break was quite long for a student of Lily’s age.

Then Irene also arrived here… When he went to pick up Irene, Zheng Yichen couldn’t help but sigh; the world was really small. Irene had hired an Adventurer Team to bring her here. When he saw that Adventurer Team, Zheng Yichen immediately recognized who the leader was, and even saw someone even more familiar…

He hadn’t paid attention to Oss for a long time because of what happened before. Then, after leaving it aside for so long, Zheng Yichen hadn’t made a new Projection to look for him. But what was going on with Dan Marina mixing in with them!?

“Where to?” Irene asked as she came up to Zheng Yichen. “My place.”

Zheng Yichen meant his home in Kaja. Knowing Irene was coming here, Zheng Yichen had asked people at the bar to find him a suitable residence, and he bought it outright. With the bar’s highest-level membership card, and considering the Mysterious Tavern, after its transformation, still retained its previous services, asking the bar’s employees to handle this matter wasn’t out of line. On the contrary, it was making full use of resources, even more convenient than finding an agent.

And the house they found was very satisfying to Zheng Yichen.

Irene, who left with Zheng Yichen, simply acted like she didn’t see Dan Marina constantly giving her meaningful looks. Zheng Yichen also pretended not to notice. Why should he? She seemed to be having a great time mixing in that team. What was the point of exposing her for no reason? Let her keep mixing in!

“Ah~ I can finally rest properly for a while.” After Irene left, Partner Number One lay on the table in the Mercenary Guild in Kaja like a dead fish. Although very tired, because they had diligently solved many troubles along the way during this quest, Irene paid them a significant additional bonus when they turned in the quest.

Doing the math, not only did they not lose on this quest, they made a hefty profit. They didn’t need to rush to choose a quest that would take them back to their original city upon arriving in Kaja, and then rush back. They could be idle here for a while.

“Speaking of which, Kaja is also a well-developed city. I heard the bars here are especially good, and the very first bar appeared here,” Partner Number Two glanced at Partner Number One who looked like a dead fish, and said with his arms crossed, “Shall we go check it out later?”

“Hmm… okay.” Oss nodded. Because they knew this quest would take a long time, his sister had long been settled. Staying here for a while before going back wasn’t a problem. Besides, the travel these past days had kept their nerves tight. Leaving here immediately, even if he could endure it, he had to consider the feelings of his companions, especially Lena, who really seemed to want to have a good time here.

“Hehe, Lena, how about the two of us go check out a bar first? My treat.”

Partner Number One approached Dan Marina with a fawning smile. Dan Marina gave him a light glance, said nothing, and with two slender fingers, pulled out a membership card from her pocket. It wasn’t the top-tier kind released by the bars, but a pretty rare premium membership card nonetheless. “What did you just say?”

“…Ahem, you have something like this? Why are you still being an Adventurer?” Partner Number One was choked up by the membership card. A premium membership card! Such a thing was pure luxury, something ordinary people couldn’t obtain even if they worked their whole lives!

“Because it’s too boring. I don’t want my future life arranged passively by my family. So of course I need to explore the world while I’m young. Even if certain destined arrangements can’t be avoided in the future, at least I won’t regret it too much.”

Dan Marina’s somewhat helpless words made the Adventurers sitting around the table look a bit solemn. Ordinary people longed for a rich or even noble life, but many among the nobility also found themselves in situations where they had no choice. Moreover, during this period of contact, Dan Marina gave them a very good impression, so her words resonated deeply with Oss and the others.

Everyone had their own regrets; don’t just see the surface glamour and carefreeness.

“Ahaha~ Look at your expressions! I don’t even care, why do you care? Forget it, I’m going to the bar to have fun by myself.” Dan Marina waved her hand and left the Mercenary Guild alone.

“Captain, aren’t you going to catch up to her?” Watching her departing back, Partner Number One nudged Oss.

“…Forget it, let her go alone.” Oss scratched his head, feeling conflicted. Dan Marina was very beautiful, and their team only had this one beautiful woman. To say he had no feelings for her would be lying to himself; he wasn’t the type who could develop interest in his male companions.

But this time, the emotion Dan Marina revealed when she left was very clear; she wanted to go and “be quiet” by herself.

“They really didn’t chase after me; what a bunch of young ‘little cuties’.” Leaving the Mercenary Guild, Dan Marina knew without looking back that Oss and the others hadn’t followed. She smiled slightly, curving the corner of her mouth. She didn’t head to a bar but went straight to Zheng Yichen’s residence. She couldn’t use her abilities to Trace Zheng Yichen’s specific location, but could she still not Trace Irene?

“Holy crap, how did you find me?” Seeing Dan Marina who had come knocking on his door, Zheng Yichen twitched his mouth.

“What? Did you miss me?”

“Not at all!” Not only did he not miss her, Zheng Yichen actually felt some sympathy for the small team Dan Marina had integrated into now. After learning a lot about Dan Marina from Loris, that team was definitely on Dan Marina’s radar. Whether their future fate would be bumpy or smooth sailing mostly depended on her whims. “What are you doing!?”

Zheng Yichen was deep in thought when Dan Marina already reached out and stuck her hand into Zheng Yichen’s clothes.

“It’s just an Alchemical Avatar, why care so much? This body… not bad, so realistic.” She clicked her tongue appreciatively as she examined Zheng Yichen’s Alchemical Avatar. Even though it wasn’t made of high-grade materials, it had characteristics extremely close to a human, capable of blocking most Detection Magic. If those Alchemists who specialized in developing Alchemical Puppets knew such a trick existed, they’d probably die of shame.

“Of course, look who made it… Wait, no, less flattery. Why are you here?” Reacting, Zheng Yichen quickly shook his head, forcibly pulling the slightly off-topic conversation back.

“To see if you’ve been secretly doing strange things with Irene behind Loris’s back.”

Bah! Damn strange things! Zheng Yichen rolled his eyes and directly prepared to close the door, shooing her away.

“Really heartless.” Dan Marina squeezed through the gap and pushed the almost closed door open again, trotting into the house Zheng Yichen bought in Kaja. This woman’s strength was genuinely huge; he didn’t know if her physical strength was naturally that strong or if she used some method. “Let me put it this way: I recently discovered some interesting things and plan to take you along to try them.”

“Oh? What about that team you’re planning to deal with?” Zheng Yichen asked. Since Dan Marina had been in that team for quite some time, she probably wouldn’t give up her preparations there because of this.

“Leave it to you.” Dan Marina said without hesitation, hooking her finger in the air before her. A crack appeared beside her hand, and then a pile of materials fell neatly in front of Zheng Yichen. The meaning was clear!

Zheng Yichen looked at Dan Marina with a completely “holy crap” expression. Damn it, woman, when I asked you before, you didn’t want it. Now you want an Alchemical Avatar again!? Who are you kidding? Zheng Yichen was just about to raise the price, but quickly realized something. The amount of materials Dan Marina provided seemed a bit excessive?

“Don’t look at me like that. Unless something unexpected happens, I should be one of the richest among all the Witches.” Dan Marina said with a smile. “Consider the extra part as payment. And how about an additional piece of news? It’s related to you.”

“Deal!”

Zheng Yichen agreed decisively without a second thought. Then he looked at Irene, who was waiting. Irene came here for the Magic Arms he was making, but Dan Marina’s matter obviously couldn’t wait.

“I can wait a few days, no problem.” Irene said calmly. Time she didn’t lack. Things to do? She lacked that even less. In the Magic Weapon Summoning Book Forum, the post she made had attracted the attention of quite a few Spellcasters. Lately, the discussions were really heating up. On the road, when she had nothing to do, she also posted some things she had researched halfway before without results. Not many, just three or four. But just those three or four half-researched, aborted spells attracted most people’s attention. At all times, people were having quite fierce discussions around those spells.

And she was the one secretly observing. If someone discovered something novel and she tried it and it worked, she would post some of the new conclusions in the thread. As for any specific results researched, or if anyone came up with something new based on some of her theories…

Irene didn’t mind either. What was hers was ultimately hers. What others could grasp, she could definitely grasp too, and certainly not worse than anyone else. Some high-end knowledge placed here didn’t have much meaning for now, but those she considered mediocre, placed here to gather the power of the masses, actually yielded much better results than researching alone.

So regarding Zheng Yichen making the Alchemical Avatar, not only would she not mind the delay, she actually thought it was a good opportunity to observe. If possible, she even wanted to participate, but that woman Dan Marina definitely wouldn’t be willing…