Chapter 195: with translation of chapter title

199. Chapter 199 Life is a circle, constant separation and heaviness

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Lin Ke was speechless.

"Just like that."

Selin the Wizard felt a bit disinterested and hung up the communication.

Watching the screen gradually turn black, Lin Ke didn't feel much; deep inside, only a faint ripple.

From the perspective of his original heart, he actually felt that some of Paro Wizard's practices were not wrong.

Of course, he also felt that some practices were not advisable.

People are ultimately different.

Experiences differ, positions differ, personalities differ, and conduct and style differ.

The situations they face are even more different.

Even when facing the same kind of matter, each person will have their own thoughts and methods.

It's impossible to be uniform.

Lin Ke felt that he would still proceed at his own pace; other matters aside.

After a moment, Lin Ke put down his Portable Smart Brain, clasped his hands behind his head, and lay on the bed.

His consciousness sank into his sea of awareness, as usual he glanced at the interior of the "seed," discovering that the Fairy King's soul seemed to have only a last breath left.

However, Lin Ke was not careless; he only took a quick look and did nothing else.

For example, taking the opportunity to speed something up…

So as not to give the Fairy King a chance to strike back.

Firmly keep the Fairy King locked up, waiting for the "seed" to digest it on its own.

No need to force extra drama.

Furando boredly slept soundly in the cottage.

Sensing Lin Ke's consciousness arriving, she merely turned over and continued sleeping.

Having stayed in Lin Ke's sea of awareness for a long time, she became increasingly casual.

His consciousness withdrew, returning to reality; Lin Ke got up, picked up materials related to the soul and sea of awareness, and continued reading.

As a result, not long after reading, he received a notice from Old Man Mo Fei, telling him to go to the department head's office.

Lin Ke put down the materials, left the dormitory, and went to see Old Man Mo Fei.

"The task has come down; we must work overtime and complete it."

Old Man Mo Fei waved the specially printed task list and exclaimed excitedly, "The legion is finally going to fight a big battle, a tough battle!"

"Let me take a look."

Lin Ke received the task list from Old Man Mo Fei's hands and discovered that the frontline command this time sent to the rear potions department for preparation, mainly potions to dispel evil damage and treat burns, with potions to heal external injuries as supplementary.

He already knew the legion was preparing to bait a wave of abyssal demons; upon seeing this list, he immediately understood that the frontline command had already ascertained that the abyssal demons about to be lured up would mainly be fire demons.

The attacks of abyssal demons all carry evil damage.

Only fire demons cause burns without attaching other elemental damage.

To deal with large numbers of fire demons, water-based attacks must be the main approach.

This is precisely one of the specialties of the Revosoth Academy.

However, these are not Lin Ke's concerns.

He merely thought about it a little, then stopped related thoughts.

Only half a month remains until the conscription expires; a major battle cannot break out before Lin Ke returns.

And there is enough preparation.

"I will follow the arrangement."

Without waiting for Old Man Mo Fei to speak, Lin Ke immediately expressed his stance, "I am very willing to contribute to the potions department."

"Very good."

Old Man Mo Fei loudly said, "I plan to temporarily merge the research and manufacturing groups, fully produce these potions, and complete the task as soon as possible. If you have spare energy, you can try developing some potions against the abyssal demons."

Lin Ke spread his hands: "I don't know much about abyssal demons."

Old Man Mo Fei stared at Lin Ke for a while: "This can be learned."

Lin Ke shook his head: "No time to learn; my conscription still has half a month left, after which I'll have to go back for further study."

"Oh."

Old Man Mo Fei nodded, indicating understanding, then waved his hand, signaling the "useless" Lin Ke to scram, "What use are you?"

Lin Ke pursed his lips.

Heh, men!

Little Sweetie, Madame Niu!

After venting, he left the office and went straight to the potions manufacturing "workshop".

As long as the conscription hasn't expired for a day, he is a member of the potions department and must contribute to it.

It's only natural and rightful; he won't shirk responsibility or be lazy.

Just follow the formula to concoct potions; there's not much technical content.

Each day repeats the same work.

Actually, it's quite boring.

Lin Ke just repeated this boring routine for half a month.

Only on the day the conscription ended did he finally break free.

These days, I'd rather be doing potion research.

Even if my hair falls out and I go bald, it's still far better than boringly repeating the same thing.

Asande, who had just returned from a mission to the Advance Base, came early to the Pharmacy Department, intending to see Lin Ke off—starting and ending together.

"Take a look at your new car."

But as soon as Asande saw Lin Ke, he forgot about seeing him off and shouted, "I heard you took the custom ride ordered by Minister Salosar—too bad I was on a mission then, otherwise I would have come to try it out early."

"All right."

Standing in front of the Pharmacy Department, Lin Ke pulled out his "Phantom bullet coupe" and tossed it forward.

A noble, luxurious third-ring magical device vehicle appeared before Lin Ke and Asande.

Seeing it, Asande immediately put away his own off-road vehicle.

The meaning was clear: he wanted to sit in Lin Ke's car.

He waved toward the Minister's office, bidding farewell to Old Man Murphy, who was almost certainly watching via the monitors.

Lin Ke slipped into the driver's seat, and with a whoosh he manually drove the Phantom bullet coupe away at high speed.

Another parting.

"Oh! So exhilarating!"

Feeling the strong power and push-back sensation, Asande exclaimed, "So thrilling!"

In terms of power, the Phantom bullet coupe is indeed much stronger than the four off-road vehicles of the Special Forces Squad.

"It's a custom private order."

Even though they're both third-ring magical devices, there's still a difference.

The appearance must be beautiful, and the functions better—otherwise how could it sell at a high price?

"The Phantom bullet coupe's speed is super fast."

Not long after, they reached the Teleportation Gate.

Asande glanced left and right at the cabin space and decor, then reluctantly got out.

Too bad this time he was just a passenger, missing the fun of driving it himself.

"Next time."

"Next time I'll definitely get a test drive from that guy Lin Ke Grand."

"Asande, thank you for your continual care and help."

After stowing the Phantom bullet coupe, Lin Ke faced Asande sincerely before stepping onto the Teleportation Gate's platform.

"Hey, why say all this?"

Asande raised his eyebrows and laughed, "You've also seen Rene's temper before, right? She looks ultra-gentle on the outside, but she's actually fiery. If I don't do what she asked, I'll have a rough time going back."

As he spoke, Asande winked and said, "You also gave me second authorship on three papers, huh? What a buddy—being on the cover of Heavens Magazine is something I never dared dream of."

Lin Ke laughed, "Then we don't need to be polite between us."

Asande said, "Don't be polite."

"Hmm."

Lin Ke nodded and then said, "Well... goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Asande reached out and lightly shook Lin Ke's hand.

Lin Ke turned, walked onto the platform, set his destination, and entered the Teleportation Gate.

He didn't linger or look back.

The Teleportation Gate didn't explode either.

"Whoosh!" (x)

Actually, there weren't any special effects.

After undergoing a shift in time and space, Lin Ke returned from the barren, yellowish world to the vibrant wizard world.

He looked up at the familiar sun, basking in its warm light.

Mm… the temperature's gotten high—it's no longer just warm, it's a bit stuffy.

He took off his face armor and breathed in a lungful of familiar sweet air.

He felt it was full of the taste of freedom.

After adjusting for a moment, Lin Ke stepped down from the base of the interworld Teleportation Gate's platform, came to the square, and pulled out his Phantom bullet coupe.

Amid the envious glances of passing wizards, he sped off.

Having come by bus and returned in a luxury car, this could be considered another kind of "returning home in glory."

Lin Ke raced all the way back to the Academy, then to his own villa.

"Welcome back, Esteemed Grand Wizard."

The intelligent butler greeted Lin Ke, and his first words almost left Lin Ke speechless,

"Ms. Mo Li Kidman has snatched sixteen of my cleaning jobs in four months. Please be sure to advise Ms. Kidman that there's no need to even steal work from the intelligent puppet."

"All right, I will."

Lin Ke replied offhand.

These intelligent butlers, under dual control of the villa owner and the Academy's Main Tower Spirit, are extremely intelligent, nearly indistinguishable from humans.

They were also specially installed with an adjustable emotion system.

The one serving Lin Ke occasionally likes to complain.

"May I ask if you'd like me to inform Ms. Kidman of your return?"

The intelligent butler lowered himself half a step, following behind Lin Ke as he walked into the villa, and asked considerately.

"Notify her. Tell her I'm waiting for her in the study."

Lin Ke handed his backpack to an assistant puppet of the intelligent butler, responding.

"Okay, please wait a moment."

The intelligent butler immediately contacted Mo Li via the villa's smart system.

Lin Ke walked straight into the study, sat on the soft rocking chair, and gently swayed.

After four months, Mo Li and the "Do Whatever You Want" group were about to finish their second-year spring semester and enter summer break.

I suppose everyone's changes will be quite big.

Just then, a figure leapt into the study and lunged straight at Lin Ke.

The familiar yet slightly changed scent let Lin Ke instantly confirm it was still that person.

But the changes were indeed quite big.

Hmm.

"Enough already."

Seeing Mo Li becoming increasingly excessive in his embrace, twisting and turning in his arms because Lin Ke hadn't stopped her, he couldn't help but call out to stop.

Even if she'd matured early, she's still not of age.

Teenagers ought to look like teenagers.

Early romance is absolutely not allowed.

"Hmph!"

Mo Li let out a coquettish cry, instinctively twisted Lin Ke's waist flesh several times hard, then reluctantly got up.

You blockhead, still don't know how to cherish and protect the fair.

She muttered a complaint in her heart, but Mo Li's mood was actually great, unaffected.

She swayed gracefully in front of Lin Ke, turned a circle, then struck a curvy pose and asked with a smile, "How about it, do you still recognize me?"

"I do."

Lin Ke looked at the girl before him, who had grown a bit taller, now 170 cm tall with legs nearly 100 cm, becoming ever more lovely, and pursed his lips, "Even if you were burned to ashes I'd still recognize you."

"Pah!"

Mo Li instantly flared up, intending to praise his figure, looks, or demeanor, but… that's it?

A blockhead is a blockhead!

His way of speaking could piss someone off.

She clenched her fists, seemed to swing fiercely, and snorted, "If you can't speak, shut up; believe it or not, I'll beat you."

"Believe it! As the big sis, I'm great at beating people up."

Lin Ke said solemnly.

Saying that, he even deliberately pretended to shiver.

Pfft.

Seeing Lin Ke's rare antics, Mo Li burst out laughing, very happy.

After teasing like that, there was no awkwardness between them; they remained as before.

This is good, this is good.

Just worried that being apart too long would create a sense of unfamiliarity.

After laughing, Mo Li was no longer so lively, sitting quietly beside Lin Ke on the rocking chair, quietly watching him.

Sunlight streamed through the window, slanting onto Lin Ke.

It showed none of the midsummer heat, only utter tranquility.

As she looked, the corners of her mouth rose greatly, and a smile spilled out.

The cool breeze from the indoor fresh-air system blew in a familiar, comforting scent.

Mo Li took a deep breath, greedily feeling the tranquility and peace she hadn't felt in a long while, then sweetly fell asleep amidst that calm and peace.

The corners of her mouth remained raised.

Her brows and eyes were full of joy and happiness.

The intelligent butler waved from the study doorway, holding a thin blanket, and Lin Ke rushed over, took the blanket, and gently covered Mo Li with it.

Sensing the movement, Mo Li's eyelashes twitched a few times; she didn't open her eyes but firmly grasped Lin Ke's hand and rubbed her head against him.

She softly hummed a few times, twisted her body a bit, found a more comfortable pose, rubbed her cheek against his big hand, then rested her head on his palm and continued to sleep soundly.

Lin Ke didn't pull his hand away, just kept holding that somewhat awkward pose, quietly accompanying her.

For a long time.

Night fell, the bright moon rose.

Mo Li woke up leisurely and stretched luxuriously.

Seeing Lin Ke, who had stayed by her side motionless, she raised both arms and hugged him.

Seeking kisses, seeking cuddles.

"All right, be proper."

Lin Ke reached out, pressed his hand to Mo Li's clean forehead, and coldly refused.

"Hmph, I just want it."

Mo Li, after a long time, deployed her coquettish arts, twisting her body, speaking in a sweet, affected voice, full of flirtatious charm.

Lin Ke continued to respond with a cold face.

Mo Li knew her special treatment, and could only go this far, so she withdrew.

"I'm hungry, let's eat."

She stood up, huffily shook her head, and walked straight out of the study.

Dining room.

After washing up, Mo Li buried herself in eating, paying no attention to Lin Ke, whom she had been thinking about for a long time.

She's still angry.

The dinner was finished in a quiet atmosphere.

The dining room was left for the smart housekeeper to arrange cleaning.

The two returned to the study.

Mo Li put aside her girlish temper and actively brought up the matter.

She reported to Lin Ke the progress in all aspects of "do whatever you want", as well as her promotion to third-tier wizard apprentice, seemingly about to reach the ceiling of mental power, good news.

After accepting Wizard Serlin's experiment to improve wizard aptitude, Mo Li's cultivation speed almost matched that of a genius with upper fifth-tier aptitude.

This speed far exceeded Wizard Serlin's expectations.

After several checks, they still couldn't find the cause of such a large increase.

According to the wizard world's common method of converting wizard aptitude comprehensively, after the "transformation", Mo Li's aptitude is merely the limit of the fourth tier, not reaching the upper fourth tier.

The cultivation speed far exceeds this range; there must be something unusual.

Wizard Serlin had also specifically communicated with Lin Ke about this issue.

This is also one of the reasons why Lin Ke, lacking sufficient understanding of the soul, would cut the potion that could foreseeably improve wizard aptitude into a purely body-tempering potion targeting the flesh.

After hearing Mo Li's report, Lin Ke had little to say.

He merely repeatedly praised Mo Li's progress and growth in all aspects.

Receiving Lin Ke's praise, Mo Li was very happy.

She felt that her four months of busyness were not in vain.

Chatting until late at night, the two had no intention of staying up talking by candlelight all night; each returned to their rooms to sleep.

Upon receiving the notice from the smart housekeeper, Mo Li made up her mind to move back to the villa to live.

She said that.

No one could stop her.