Otaku Translation: The villain only wants to live a Buddhist life Chapter 328 Part 1

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Chapter 328: Dark Demon's Edutainment

Upon getting this idea, Dark temporarily put the matter of educating Meowth aside and called Gatomon over to explain it in detail.

Gatomon looked up and earnestly listened to him.

Once it understood what Dark meant, it immediately held the [White Fish Fedora] and carefully tried perceiving the flow of magic energy.

Among Dark's magical spirits, Gatomon's comprehension ability was second to none.

But if it turned out that even Gatomon couldn't do it, his idea would only remain a fantasy.

"Mi!" Sylveon, who had been listening from the side, expressed its dissatisfaction!

Dark lightly pinched the pad of its grabby paw before summoning its skirt as well.

As light shone, the pink [Moonlight Skirt] materialized around Sylveon's waist.

Sylveon smugly twisted and turned around. Then, imitating Gatomon, it tugged on the skirt and carefully tried to perceive it.

The other magical spirits looked on with envious gazes.

Blinking his eyes, Dark proceeded to encourage them, "C'mon! Based on the principle that a magister and their magical spirits are considered one and the same, if you guys manage to learn how to control and use magic energy, you should be able to directly use the magic cards that I crafted."

"When that happens, you'll be able to change clothes by yourselves."

Hearing that, Sylveon and Gatomon tried even harder.

……

After he finished handling this side, Dark finally turned to deal with Meowth

He sat at the table, patted his knees, and said to Meowth, "Come here."

Although Meowth felt very reluctant, for a magical spirit, its magister's order was compulsory. Even if it was vehemently unwilling, its body could only comply.

A short moment later, Meowth jumped down from the bookcase and climbed onto Dark's knees.

Dark let it sit down on his lap, then grabbed its two paws and solemnly asked, "Have you realized your mistake?"

"Meow~" Meowth vigorously shook its head, eyes frantically peering at the surrounding magical spirits who were curiously watching.

What it meant was: Can we talk about this somewhere else? Can you leave me some dignity?

Dark couldn't help feeling amused. If it really cared about dignity, why didn't it think twice before doing what it did?

But on the other hand, he felt rather helpless about this.

Meowth was the embodiment of [Greed]—"Greed" was its nature. It was something that could only be restrained, for it was impossible to fully cure.

Curbing Meowth's disposition would most likely require more moral education.

However, Dark didn't have much time to teach it moral and ideological lessons. Furthermore, because Meowth wasn't registered in [Wonderland], it could only come out of the card and go for a stroll at night.

This disparity created a gap between Meowth and the other magical spirits.

In children's upbringing, 'being different from others' was actually a very important facet that called for attention. It could easily lead to the child becoming reclusive.

Therefore, many parents would try their best to put their own children in a similar environment to other people's children. Even if their family conditions were somewhat lacking, they would scrimp on food and clothing and leave all the good things to their children.

Dark didn't really know how to evaluate this kind of behavior, but ever since he obtained [Wonderland] and gradually got along with his magical spirits over time, he found that he could understand it to some extent.

For example, he had been trying to think of a way to allow the magical spirits to be able to go out freely instead of being confined to the dormitory.

He even brought Eevee to attend class and taught Meowth to learn wood carving.

Needless to say, he also taught them all sorts of basic education.

Up until now, on every weekend, he had been filling up the dormitory, and buying all kinds of supplies they needed.

"It would be great if the magical spirits could go to school..."

All of a sudden, an extremely absurd idea appeared in Dark's mind.

He hurriedly shook it off, telling himself that now should be the time to educate Meowth!

So after thinking about it, he told Meowth the story of 《The Monkey and the Peach》.

A little monkey went down the mountain and picked a peach.

Upon seeing a field of corn, it threw the peach and broke off an ear of corn.

Upon seeing a field of watermelon, it threw the corn and plucked up a watermelon.

Upon seeing a rabbit, it threw the watermelon and went to chase after the rabbit.

As a result, the rabbit ran away and the monkey failed to catch it even until the sky turned dark.

The monkey ran around for a long time only to end up empty handed.

……

After narrating the story, Dark expectantly asked, "Did you learn anything from this story?"

But Meowth only shook its head: "Meow."

Dark let out a sigh and explained, "It tells you not to be like the little monkey who has no principles and is never satisfied. In the end, everything it did was all in vain. No matter the time and place, you must not be blinded by your own greed."

Meowth: "Meow~" (But I'm a cat!)

Dark's expression turned ugly.

Although he couldn't understand what Meowth said, he could tell just by looking at its face that the cat wasn't feeling the slightest bit repentant.

"Heh."

From the board above the table, DemiDevimon stretched out its head and 'translated', "It's saying that if it had been itself, it'll definitely be able to catch the rabbit. As for the peach, corn, watermelon and so on, it also won't throw away a single thing! Hehe, it'll catch the rabbit while carrying the peach, corn and watermelon in its hands, hehehe~”

Meowth: "Meow!" (You're slandering me!)

……

Seeing Meowth beginning to gather strength in its feet, Dark reached out to hold down its shoulders, feeling disillusioned in his heart.

"Seems like there are times when talking reasonably won't work."

He took a deep breath, then thought to change his tactic. "Meowth, you don't have any little red flowers yet, do you?"

"Meow." Meowth shook its head, eyes spontaneously widening.

Although it didn't know what the use of the little red flowers was, since they were something all the other magical spirits had, it naturally wanted them as well.

But Dark said, "Then I'll note it down for you, -10 flowers."

Meowth: "Meow?!"

Without looking at its contorted face, Dark took a scrap piece of wood from the table, quickly engraved the words "naughty troublemaker" on it, and affixed it with a rope.

Then, he deliberately showed the wooden placard to Meowth. "Do you know how to read this?"

"Meow." Meowth shook its head.

It was only just a beginner.

Dark smiled and said, "That's fine, you'll know it soon enough."

As he spoke, he hung the wooden placard on Meowth's neck. "When I summon you out every night, make sure to wear it properly. I'll take it off for you when you finally understand what it means."

"Meow?"

Meowth was completely puzzled, but it had no choice but to obey its master's order.

It reached out to grab the wooden placard, glanced around at the other magical spirits, and suddenly noticed that Miltank was also looking at it.

"Moo~"

Miltank shook the silver nametag around its neck, indicating that it also had it.

As Meowth's measuring gaze instinctively drifted between the silver nametag and its own wooden placard, an ominous premonition finally sprouted in its little heart.

……

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