Chapter 54

Taking the yellow book back from Little Black's hand, the half-torn page hung limply on it.

Although it's strange to say, Lin Jun felt as if this page had lost its life.

The words on it were still emerging and disappearing constantly, but not like the same line repeated densely at the very beginning.

[It's going to fall off! The page is going to fall off!]

[It's too foul to have a dragon-person appear here!]

[Communication, dialogue, no violence]

[No matter who you are, we can have a good chat]

While the yellow book was typing, a faint mana fluctuation also came from the book; the yellow book used its housekeeping skill!

Lin Jun noticed the mana fluctuation, but... it seemed nothing happened?

He thought this book also wanted to charm him and Little Black.

But there was no change on the panel.

Lin Jun, who found nothing, still focused his attention on the text itself.

Hmm...

... ... have ... power ... good ...

Very good!

The LV2 Common Language skill couldn't understand it at all!

Damn it, I miss the days of being literate in my previous life; if only more humans could come...

Lin Jun, Lin Jun, how could you be so degenerate.

Can't you learn it yourself without relying on greed?

Once Dylan is normal, he will start asking him to teach him common language!

He made a small determination, but the matter of the book still had to be solved.

He held the book in front of Little Black, intending to ask something.

But looking at her clear eyes, Lin Jun felt there was no need to ask.

It seems he has to wait for the cultural representative of this park—Dylan, who can read, to wake up before he can continue the research.

Throwing the yellow book on the ground, a self-destructing Puji sat on it and suppressed it.

Anyway, if it had any small movements, the Puji would explode for it to see.

A few Pujis lifted the unconscious Dylan and threw him into another hollow mushroom.

Inside, there was mycelium that could help him replenish mana; from now on, this mushroom room would be a dedicated staff dormitory.

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"Hmm... where am I?"

Everything around was soft, like a comfortable big bed.

The mycelium in his body felt like it had been fed with mana; he hadn't felt so full for a long time. Outside, he only drank mana potions bit by bit, not daring to drink until he was full at once.

Opening his eyes, the ceiling looked very strange.

It didn't look like stone or wood, but rather like... a mushroom?

Dylan opened his eyes wide, recalling the memory before he fainted, although it was chaotic, he remembered a little.

He immediately turned over and climbed out of the big bed.

Looking back... it really was a big mushroom!

"Awake? Stay where you are if you're awake."

Receiving the boss's order, Dylan could only stay where he was obediently.

He wasn't very clear about what happened, but it seemed he had made a mistake?

Not long after, a few Pujis rolled over with his good partner, the yellow book.

Coming along with them was that humanoid creature covered in sharp, thick scales.

A lizardman or something?

Doesn't look like it.

He had never seen a similar race, and this sense of oppression... it was stronger than a diamond adventurer, right...

There was no doubt that if they fought, this guy, who was a head shorter than him, could hammer him to death with one punch, the kind that even a special constitution couldn't save him from.

When approaching, he could feel the other party in the fungal network; was it the boss's new little brother?

As expected of the boss!

Just... why was she eating the Puji in her arms?

Slap—

His good partner was thrown in front of him.

The boss's instructions came from the fungal network:

"Read out what it wrote, and repeat what I said; understand?"

Is the boss preparing to talk to his good brother?

Great, everyone can definitely get along friendly through communication.

"Boss, no problem!"

Opening his good brother, this page... why is half of it missing?

Lin Jun looked at the real-time translator and the thug responsible for military deterrence, who were both in place.

So, let the pleasant interrogation session begin!

First...

"Lift the charm."

Dylan didn't understand what the boss meant, but he still earnestly completed his translation task.

[Okay, okay, I'll lift it]

After this line was read, Dylan was suddenly in a daze for a while.

"Bo... boss, what happened? I..."

[Fixed state: Charm. Moderate]

Before he could finish speaking, Little Black, under Lin Jun's instruction,

Stepped on the yellow book and grabbed the page that was still connected to the other half.

Before any text could emerge, after a short "rip" sound, that page was completely detached from the yellow book.

[Ahhhhhhhhhh]

After the leather page was detached from the book, it actually slowly turned into fly ash, and at the same time, a heavy wailing sound was vaguely heard.

What the hell is this?

This book seemed even more evil than expected?

"Lift the charm," Lin Jun said again.

Dylan looked at his suffering good brother and seemed a bit at a loss; only after Lin Jun repeated it again did he say the words.

This time the yellow book didn't reply, but Dylan suddenly covered his head and wailed in pain.

Looking at Dylan rolling on the ground, Lin Jun just let Little Black grab all the pages and prepared to tear them all off.

Fortunately, the yellow book didn't dare to play tricks this time; by the time Dylan stopped screaming half-dead, the charm on the panel had disappeared.

"Sor, sorry... boss... I..."

Although he was charmed, Dylan had all his memories; after the charm was lifted, he naturally knew what had happened to him.

Dylan lay on the ground like this, not only telling the whole process but also telling Lin Jun everything he knew about soul items.

And throughout the whole process, the yellow book didn't show a single word, not knowing what it was thinking.

However, Lin Jun was a bit surprised after hearing the story.

He thought Dylan was just simply accidentally controlled by an evil book.

He didn't expect it to be related to vampires and the demon race.

"How is it? Need a rest?"

Lin Jun said this to Dylan; his state now was about the same as someone who had been carsick for a whole day and vomited all the way.

"No need, boss, you continue."

If that's the case.

"I advise you to be honest and confess everything, so you can suffer less."

The yellow book in the dragon-person's claws didn't show a single word under Lin Jun's threat, actually looking indifferent!

"Hard bone?"

Little Black continued to grab all the pages with one claw, and pulled one out from the middle with the other, tearing it off bit by bit.

The page was still the same, turning into ash with wailing sounds after being torn off.

What surprised Lin Jun was that this time the yellow book didn't even have a text version of the scream!?

Amazing, let's try tearing two more pages!

"That, could it be that it... was pinched by the 'neck'?"

Dylan pointed uncertainly at the pages that had been tightly gripped by Little Black since just now.

???

Can a book have a neck?

Trying to let Little Black loosen the pages she was holding...

[Speak! I'll say everything!]

[Please let this black guy stay away from me!!!]—

St. Clair Duke's Mansion.

Inanna rubbed her sleepy eyes and sat up from the goose-down mattress.

Seeing the quilt squeezed to the side, she grabbed her messy pink hair helplessly.

In her sleep, changing from Puji form back to human form often naturally squeezed the quilt away; this had happened several times already.

But she couldn't help but cast a transformation spell on herself before going to bed.

She always felt that the state of only being able to vaguely sense the surroundings after becoming a Puji was especially suitable for relaxing and sleeping.

Thinking about it, anyway, she wasn't very afraid of the cold, so it shouldn't matter.

Although it was still a bit early, since she was awake, she might as well go to the teacher's side and start today's magic learning.

(End of chapter)