Chapter 44: The Little Garden Central-brand Wish-Granting Machine is Just That Useful

Did you actually resign yourself to fate?

Su Nian looked at Jialing with some surprise; he thought Jialing would at least put up a little resistance?

Why did she just set a condition right now that if he could beat her, he could take Jialing home as his wife?

"What, do you have an objection? You've already gotten a huge bargain, you know."

Jialing looked at Su Nian, snorted unhappily, and shouted at him.

She had already conceded to this extent; were you still not satisfied?

"No objection, I was just a bit surprised that you didn't think of a fake marriage or running away or something."

Su Nian ignored Jialing's little temper, shook his head, and said with a smile.

"What, do you really want me to do that? And then get caught and brought back to marry you?"

Jialing crossed her arms and lifted her head, saying proudly; if it weren't for Shiroyasha, she wouldn't be like this at all.

"Not necessarily."

Su Nian waved his hand, then brought Jialing and the others into the living room of No Name.

Black Rabbit also volunteered to go prepare tea.

Su Nian, Shiroyasha, and Jialing all very consciously found a sofa and plopped down.

"But, how did you manage that, kid? Learning Sun Wheel Golden Wing Flame so quickly?"

Shiroyasha looked at Su Nian curiously, especially at the card in Su Nian's hand imprinted with the flame pattern of the Sun Wheel Golden Wing Flame.

She then snatched it away and played with it curiously.

"Did you learn it by relying on this Gift?"

Su Nian leaned back on the sofa and nodded casually.

"Yes, it almost drained me dry; my Merit even dropped by about one-twentieth."

After all, it was the Sun Wheel Golden Wing Flame, which was not much weaker than an Authority; how could the cost of imprinting it be low?

"Hmm? Does Merit have this function?"

Jialing looked at Su Nian with some confusion; she had never heard in all her life that Merit had this function.

She had only heard that Merit could perfect one's Spirit Status, accelerate growth, and the like—all of which were subtle, nourishing types of amplification.

She had never seen anything that could achieve an instantaneous effect.

"It can't?"

Su Nian was dazed for a moment, muttering to himself in his heart, but it really could be done, right?

Thinking this, Su Nian communicated with Little Garden Central.

"Central, give me a Space Authority."

The next moment, the space manipulation ability that Su Nian had awakened due to his Divinity instantly turned into an Authority and was inscribed into his Spirit Status.

The only cost was that his Merit seemed to have dropped by another tenth.

"Hiss~~, it seems, it seems like something isn't quite normal, huh."

Su Nian also realized more or less that his relationship with Little Garden Central seemed to be a bit close.

"Then give me a Space Authority?"

【Insufficient Merit, and a Five-digit Out-of-Category Spirit Status cannot contain an Authority.】

"Give me a Simulated Star Creation Map?"

【No relevant possibility, and insufficient Merit.】

"Give me an Artifact? Divinity? Spirit Status?"

【Violates rules.】

"Then explain the relationship between us?"

【No relationship whatsoever.】

"Interesting."

Su Nian stroked his chin and couldn't help but reveal a smile; he felt like he had found his biggest backer in Little Garden.

Little Garden Central—although it might require some Merit for the Central Hub to take action, at least he now had this channel.

"Did I just get a Little Garden Central-brand wish-granting machine?"

He briefly sorted out his relationship with Little Garden Central; aside from the one-billionth part of the Central Hub that existed within that Land Card from the Apocalypse World.

Perhaps the Central Hub also regarded him as some kind of equal existence?

As long as he was willing to pay the price (Merit), the Central Hub would help him realize his wishes within the scope allowed by the rules.

However, the Little Garden Central-brand wish-granting machine was indeed quite useful.

"Hey, what are you thinking about? Answer my question!"

Jialing looked at the distracted Su Nian and kicked him unhappily, although she wouldn't normally do something so impolite and unrefined.

But who told her she was in a bad mood right now?

"I was thinking about how to tell you."

Su Nian stopped exploring his relationship with Little Garden Central, looked up at the unhappy Jialing, and said.

"This probably involves my Gift; my Gift is Magic Card."

"And Magic Card is divided into several types: Land Card, Artifact Card, Creature Card, and Spell Card."

"The one just now was a Spell Card; I can consume power to imprint spells used by others, and I can even consume Spirit Status to imprint other people's Gifts."

"And if I hadn't had Merit to replenish my Spirit Status just now, I might have been finished."

A Poet can consume Spirit Status to modify others' Host Authority, or even turn falsehood into truth, change History, or trigger a History Conversion Period.

And as a Planeswalker, he was just consuming Spirit Status to imprint other people's Gifts; that's very normal, right?

Even the Life Catalog can use the power of the strongest species by simulating the strongest species.

"I feel like this one ability of yours alone is comparable to Kasukabe Takaaki's Life Catalog."

Shiroyasha couldn't help but retort; listening to what Su Nian meant, it seemed the abilities of the other cards were not bad either.

So, what kind of monster Retainer had she picked up?

But as soon as she thought about how this monster was her own Retainer and her own little subordinate, Shiroyasha couldn't help but chuckle.

"However, this is not without its drawbacks; the drawback is that although I can use it, I still need to master it proficiently myself."

Su Nian also said with a bit of a humblebrag; he could use it, but it was quite unfamiliar, just like gaining a new organ or sense.

Moreover, in terms of proficiency alone, Jialing could leave him in the dust by eight blocks.

"Otherwise, what else do you want? To master it completely?"

Shiroyasha couldn't help but roll her eyes at Su Nian; he was already like this and still wasn't satisfied.

"However, Jialing, you've also seen this kid's problem, right?"

"I see it; the Gift is too powerful, yet he has no experience at all and needs to be properly educated."

Jialing stared at Su Nian, the corners of her mouth unable to hide a cruel smile as she spoke; since he was her fiancé.

Then he must surely have the Enlightenment worthy of her, right?

Looking at Jialing, Su Nian inexplicably felt a chill down his back; he always felt that he had also been schemed against by Shiroyasha in some way.

Shiroyasha having Jialing come over to be Su Nian's teacher was, of course, not just to improve the relationship between Su Nian and Jialing.

The most important point was to use Jialing's ill will toward her to have Jialing give Su Nian a good education, lest he get carried away just because he saved the world once.

Then, after Jialing had vented, she would certainly feel guilty and would inevitably teach Su Nian with even more dedication.

It would be easier to strike up some Spark.

Although, as of now, this goal has pretty much been achieved.

(End of chapter)