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"You're such a good eater! You ate all my cards!"
"I couldn't resist anymore, this hand is just too strong, I'm declaring riichi!"
"What a tempting little pancake! Huh! A peerless hero!"
"A great match, even I was thrilled..."
"Big brother, are you even listening?"
“Absolutely not…wait, wait?” Latis snapped out of her daze, looked into Ateliers’s slightly bewildered blue eyes, and suddenly her expression changed drastically. She whispered:
"Oh no, my card addiction is kicking in again!"
"Eh?……"
Artemis suddenly looked down in alarm, her ears twitching wildly, and then her whole body instantly rose into the air (referring to the animation of Peerless Hero).
"This, what is this?"
She asked nervously and curiously, reaching out to touch the "Peerless Hero" card.
"This is the root of my gambling addiction, a third kind of contact that shouldn't exist in this world, an outdated philosophy, the collapse of dualism. My blasphemous soul dwells here and will forever slumber..."
Latis silently murmured to himself, feeling utterly dejected. He grabbed Ateliers's wandering hand, remained silent for a long while, then lowered his head in deep shame and cried out:
"Red Bean, Smite!"
……
After deceiving the half-elf, Latis walked with a heavy heart on his way to find Going in the south of the village.
Ahead, the half-elf, still moving with light steps, had a glowing lamp hanging from her shoulder. Latis looked at her slender shadow, sighed heavily, plucked the last remaining petal from the flower in his hand, and tossed it into the air.
"I want to play cards with Arte, I don't want to play cards with Arte, I want to play cards with Arte..."
He counted the petals, and then involuntarily thought:
"Speaking of which, it seems that Arte didn't recognize my Bull form in the simulation. She looked so curious just now... could it be...?"
He paused, feeling as if his brain had suddenly lit up.
"Could it be that the elves'... thing is different from humans'?"
Latis scratched his head, looked at the half-elf who had already distanced himself from him, and quickly took a few steps to catch up.
"After all, this is another world. As a mere farmer, I haven't studied anthropology, so it's understandable that I don't know what elves look like. Ah... since she doesn't know what this is, that makes things easier."
He breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at Ateliers' figure in her hooded robe. Suddenly, he froze, and the image of her slender body that he had felt in his arms earlier unconsciously flashed through his mind.
"Wait, wait, you damn brain! Who gave you permission to do this on your own?! Think about it carefully!"
He lightly slapped himself, quickened his pace, and continued thinking:
"So how do elves reproduce? With a cloaca like a bird? That's far too rudimentary."
"Could it be like Serfal, laying eggs and then watering them from the outside? That can't be... it can't possibly grow from the ground!"
"Wait, that seems somewhat possible..."
Latis scratched his head, then slowed his pace, realizing they were getting too close.
"Then it's understandable that she doesn't know about human reproduction, but that's still too pitiful. It's meaningless to not be able to enjoy Sese's life!"
He sighed, and seeing the half-elf stop and bend down to examine the roadside plants, he stopped as well, gazing at the curves of her robe clinging to her waist and back.
The half-elf touched the plant with his hand, then took off his gloves and gently tucked the silver hair at his temple behind his ear. Latis looked away and subconsciously swallowed.
He stood there, lost in thought, his mind in turmoil. It wasn't until the half-elf had walked a dozen meters or so that he snapped out of his daze and followed. As he picked the last few petals from his hand, he thought to himself:
"Does that mean the gender of elves is meaningless?"
The soft feeling beneath the elf's heavy robes resurfaced in Latis's mind, and the clattering sound of mahjong tiles began to echo in his head again.
"Brother, we're here."
Artemis's deep yet delicate voice suddenly rang out, startling Latis, who realized he was already too close to brake in time.
Snapped!
Latis caught the elf he had accidentally knocked over, and in the surprised look in those crystal-clear, light blue eyes, he was horrified and saddened to find that he had stood up straight again.
At the same time, the last petal fell to the ground, along with Latis's resolute inner voice:
"I want to play cards with Art!!"
Chapter 51: From Fan to Hater!
"Yingzi, let's make some spicy food!"
Latis, having temporarily put aside her troubled thoughts, reverted to her usual socially anxious and annoying state.
Hey! You foul-mouthed wolf uncle!
Going poked her head out of the broken wooden window and glanced at Latis. She braced herself with both hands and jumped out of the window, then landed with a thud in front of Latis.
"I'm here to... uh, I've already said I'm not... uh, there's no need for such a grand gesture..."
Latis scratched his head, grabbed Going by the collar, and lifted her up.
Ge Ying wiped his face haphazardly and shouted:
"You still say you're not a foul-mouthed wolf! Monsters used to carry me like this, put me down right now!"
"Monster?"
Artemis lifted Going to the ground, squatted down, and asked:
"What did you mean when you said a monster was carrying you?"
"Hmph!" Go Ying jumped up and punched Latis twice in the stomach, but the hard belly felt like it was hitting her back. She immediately covered her hands, tears welling up in her eyes, and said:
"Well, I've had several dreams where I felt myself moving..."
She sniffed and continued:
"I never expected that when I woke up, there really was a monster carrying me around. I shouted loudly and called the village chief and the others over, and the monster ran away. The village chief and the others didn't see the monster, and they even scolded me..."
"Is that right?"
Latis and Ateliers exchanged a glance, then squatted down as well. After hesitating for a moment, they asked in a very straightforward manner:
Does your hand still hurt?
"It doesn't hurt!" Ge Ying stubbornly put her hands behind her back.
"Oh, that's good." Latis nodded, then immediately changed the subject, asking, "Do you remember what the monster that carried you away looked like?"
Ge Ying stomped her foot angrily, snorted loudly, and ran into the house without saying a word.
"Huh?" Latis stood up, looking completely bewildered, and turned to ask, "What did I say?"
Artemis shook her head with a slight smile, gently knocked on the door of the cabin, and then bent down and went inside.
"As expected, this other world is pretty much the same as my previous life."
Latis stared blankly at the low doorway, sighed, walked to the hillside, looked down at the houses below, and sat cross-legged on the ground.
"Women are the most troublesome creatures, and children are even more troublesome than women. Combined... ugh, my head is already throbbing."
He looked at the moon on the horizon, thought for a moment, and then logged onto the magic network.
Instead of re-entering the discussion area about protecting good and evil, he used his cyber police privileges to try searching for keywords related to Cugen Village, and to his surprise, many results came up.
Latis looked past the low-level official spells and towards the folk spells and high-level spells.
Because the chat area can only retain thirty messages, the messages from low-level spellcasters are all very recent and have almost no privacy. Some high-level spellcasters even like to come to the low-level chat area to slack off, mainly to reply randomly after the message has been read.
As for higher-level spells, since learning spells requires applying to the magic network, mages gradually had to be more frugal in choosing the truly practical ones, and the chat area gradually became less active.
As for folk magic, since there is no requirement for permission to use it, and it is so diverse, no one would want to try all the spells one by one, since the safety of using folk magic is not guaranteed.
Therefore, various small circles exist in the folk magic exchange area. Sometimes they will talk about some very private things without restraint. In the vast sea of folk magic, no one will search which spell they are exchanging in.
Keywords have been selected.
Latis yawned and looked at the last two spells remaining.
[First-level folk magic - Wood Consumption: Stimulates the body's potential, enabling the stomach to digest and absorb plants. For one week after consuming plants, the body will be granted the Tree Skin effect.]
[Fifth Ring Spell - Enlightenment: Consumes an expensive agate to increase the intelligence of a monster or plant smaller than giant and teach it one of the caster's languages. The target must be a creature with low intelligence.]
He first clicked into the discussion area for the first technique.
[Strongman Locked Up Man: We've reached the Forest Sea! Hahaha! Finally, there are trees to gnaw on! Once we get to Coarse Root Village, I can sell my body for some normal food!]
[My only love in this life is eating upside down: I strongly suggest that the veteran warriors develop this spell into a combat skill. Damn it, I'm the only one in my travel group who can log into the magic network. The other two turned green when they saw I could eat trees! I could only keep reassuring them that we'd reach Thick Root Village tomorrow.]
[Failed to learn magic, S3 activated: Is it possible that a warrior can learn Super Digestion at level three? Juniors, hang in there! Back then, I was the only one in our team who knew magic, but in the end, we all ate up every single tree on the road to Thick Root Village.]
Snapped!
Latis slapped his face.
These must be the warriors on that round-the-world trip! The image of a group of mentally challenged youths comes to life instantly!
After hesitating for a moment, he still left a message before leaving the chat area.
[I'm selling groin in Atlantis: Are all warriors like this? I've lost all interest, stopped loving them, and gone from fan to hater.]
Shaking his head, Latis opened the Enlightenment section's discussion area.
[Turning Stone into Gold: How's your experiment near Cuogen Village going?]
experiment?
Latis immediately perked up and continued reading.
[The Wise Man Who Has Fallen from Grace: Sorry for the wait. I tried again last time, but the monsters in the Thick Root Village still can't be enlightened. I feel that it's possible that other places in the Forest Territory are the same, but I really don't have any money left, so I have to put this experiment on hold for now.]
[Turning Stone into Gold: It's alright. It's a pity I'm bound by my mentor's collar, forcing me to constantly research spells within her mage tower; otherwise, I definitely would have gone to Senhai too.]
[The rebellious disciple: Envious...]
[Midas turned into gold:? 】
The building behind them suddenly tilted to the heavens. The wise man, whose family had fallen on hard times, tried to inquire about the knowledge of enlightenment techniques, but ultimately had to leave with regret.