Otaku Translation: The villain only wants to live a Buddhist life Chapter 327 Part 1

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Chapter 327: Dark Demon Is Bursting with Inspiration

Because it was inside [Wonderland]'s range, Sylveon's magic energy was constantly being replenished.

But [Wonderland]'s replenishment was only enough to offset the magic energy consumption of [Moonlight Skirt]. It could be seen that the magic energy consumption of [armour card] was truly massive.

Dark's original idea was to make use of [Wonderland]'s magic energy recovery effect to enable the magical spirits to equip the [armour card] for a prolonged time.

But looking at it now, it seemed that version 0.1 of [Wonderland] wasn't nearly enough to aid them in using the [armour card].

Perhaps, after it had an upgrade and more magical spirits were registered inside, [Wonderland]'s magic energy recovery rate would increase to the point where it could support the consumption rate of the [armour card].

But that was only a hypothetical possibility.

"The odds aren't looking good…"

His magical spirits possessed the intelligence to fully display the armour card's true power.

But they were stumped by the problem of magic energy.

In the current situation, even if he managed to craft a qualified [armour card], it could only be used for a short-term outburst.

But there were plenty of days to come. There was bound to be a solution someday.

……

Dark turned to think about the reason why he had been able to achieve a breakthrough in the crafting process of the [Moonlight Skirt].

"On the surface, the success seems to be due to the improvement in carving and the colouring of the skirt."

"But in actuality?"

A smart person was typically good at discovering and reflecting over things.

Dark didn't consider himself a particularly smart person, but he thought he was more or less someone who was good at thinking.

Being able to think with a calm mind was actually a gift.

Maybe a job that required great care and precision like wood carving was indeed suitable for him.

After pondering over it, he finally discovered the difference between the time he carved the [Moonlight Skirt] and the time he carved the [Wooden Armor].

When carving the [Wooden Armor], he had a somewhat perfunctory attitude, thinking that just this would be fine, that it was close enough, that anything would do.

But for the [Moonlight Skirt], although the final product couldn't be said to be excellent, he was carving it with a clear goal in mind. Thinking that it was for Sylveon, he worked hard so that the skirt would fit it.

In other words, he had put his heart into it!

……

The more exquisite carving or the more sincere attitude—which of these was the bigger reason?

Based on the laws of this world, it was actually not very hard to guess.

"The combination of spirit, magic energy, and the item itself."

"So that's how it is. The spirit in this case doesn't only refer to Spiritual Furnace."

"Only by carving with your heart and soul will you be able to create a genuinely good work."

"In fact, it has the same principle as the pursuit of art."

"Maybe I should choose to carve items that I personally like for my next projects."

"Like Holy Cloths(圣衣), Mortal Sin Armaments(大罪武装), Digimentals(数码装甲)..."

"Speaking of Digimentals, it seems like Gatomon can undergo armour evolution to become Nefertimon by using the Digimental of Light(光明装甲)."

"But how can I make those things?"

Dark shook his head, feeling the unshakeable gap between aspiration and reality.

With his current conditions, he really should opt to make simple and feasible items.

It might be a good idea to make a suitable equipment for each magical spirit.

Using this as practice, he would continue to improve his skill.

When his skill had reached a certain level, he could try to take on more complex procedures.

Such as casting materials other than self-made items into the [Spiritual Furnace].

There were obvious limitations in using strictly self-made items during smelting.

The inclusion of additional materials could grant the products with more effects and abilities.

If he wanted to take it a step further…

Perhaps he could return home after this semester was over and ask the inventor of the [trinity armour crafting magic circle] for guidance.

This was a natural advantage that belonged only to him, so he certainly couldn't let it go unused.

……

On Tuesday evening, Dark returned to the dormitory earlier than he did the day before. And then, under the expectant eyes of the magical spirits, he began to carve… but not just yet. Before he proceeded to carving, he first assigned them a homework: 'Use the correct words to write and describe a piece of clothing that you would like (no less than 200 letters)'.

For any child who had learned how to write, this short composition was a task that couldn't be simpler.

But for the magical spirits, it was a catastrophe.

The only one who could complete it with ease was Gatomon, who frequently read picture books.

Even though it was merely two hundred letters, it took the magical spirits an entire hour to collectively hand in the homework!

Among which, Ditto helped Trash Slime to write its homework.

Because it had only been a short time since it started studying, Meowth was luckily exempted from doing the homework.

But Dark still told it to write what it liked on a piece of paper.

After he finished collecting the homework, Dark gained a general understanding of the magical spirits' preferences in clothing.

He successively graded all the homework and announced that he would start carving from the one with the highest score.

This operation thoroughly stupefied the pure and innocent magical spirits. All of them finally had a notion of the importance of "result" and "score".

Naturally, the only one who could get the full score of a hundred marks was Gatomon.

Upon taking back the homework, Gatomon's huge eyes uncontrollably narrowed into crescents as it stared at the bright red '100' on its homework book.

What it wrote about in the book was a hat!

"Damn it!"

After knowing what Gatomon wanted, DemiDevimon was left speechless for a good while.

As a matter of fact, what it wanted was also a hat…

That was right—DemiDevimon intended to ask for another hat to raise its status!

As the wisemen said, with hats comes fame. The more hats it had, the higher its position would be.

……

Once he determined the objective, Dark began to carve the item of the night.

The hat Gatomon envisioned was a white fluffy fedora with two feathers of different colours pinned to one side of the hat.

This kind of hat was very difficult to carve, but Dark, who had mastered the basic techniques, still spent a little more time to painstakingly work on it.

Because it was a hat he was going to give to Gatomon.

While he was carving it, he also poured his affection for Gatomon into the hat.

Compared to the skirt he made yesterday, there wasn't really a big disparity in the final product, but Dark felt that he had done better with this hat.

After he finished carving, he began to slowly paint it. Soon, a white fedora was completed.

Dark took a brief rest before starting tonight's "armour crafting" process.

The overall steps were no different from the previous two days.

But when he irrigated the Spiritual Furnace, he used [Pride] instead of [Lust].

While pouring in magic energy to smelt the item, he discovered that his control over magic energy was progressively improving. In the end, he only needed to drink a small bottle of [Magic Energy Restoring Potion] to complete the smelting process.

Throughout the whole process, Gatomon stood by with the [Magic Energy Restoring Potion] in its hand. Despite its expressionless face, it was apparent that it cared very much about the hat.

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