Otaku Translation: The villain only wants to live a Buddhist life Chapter 365

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Chapter 365: Dark Demon ฅ'ω'ฅ Welcoming the God of Wealth

The fact that [Pride Ⅰ] was actually able to have an effect on who had no emotional receptors was somewhat beyond Dark's expectation.

But since it turned out as such, could it be inferred that the lion grass' brain disorder wasn't as bad as imagined?

"Perhaps it will be possible to make it become normal through gradual adjustments."

Dark immediately paid for its cost, then put the coarse cloth back on, patting the cage and lifting it up.

Although the lion grass was the size of a lion cub, it was still pretty heavy.

Upon leaving the shop, Dark grabbed a small cart. He first brought the lion grass back to before then summoning Meowth, asking it to carry the iron cage back to the dormitory.

Thereafter, he continued to shop.

On a Friday afternoon, there would always be a big crowd of students strolling on Traveller Street.

But there were surprisingly few people buying materials for making chocolate.

It was evident that the students paid less attention to than , and it was also especially rare to see anyone reciprocating gifts with handmade chocolate.

The reason behind this situation was most probably because a screening process had already taken place on Valentine's Day.

In short, it took very quick for Dark to buy all the materials and molds for making chocolate.

Next, he began to select the eighteen types of attribute materials to be used for crafting the eighteen-sided dice.

The selection of these eighteen types of materials actually required some knowledge. Dark had thought about simply using eighteen types of to do it, but after thinking about it, he ultimately decided to pick and grind them by himself.

After all, required the triple combination of spirit, magic energy, and the item itself.

The more he put his heart into making it, the higher the probability of it turning out to be a success.

However, the selection process went on until the evening.

"Boss, wrap it up."

After picking out the last ingredient, Dark breathed a little sigh of relief.

Afterwards, he bought a snack that was similar to Chinese shredded pancake on Traveller Street and ate it while walking.

By the time he finished the snack, he had nearly arrived at the castle.

As the sky darkened and the sunset glow slowly receded, a rain cloud floated by.

Light drops of rain fell from the night sky.

"How fortunate."

Dark exhaled deeply and walked into the castle gate.

……

Knock knock knock.

Dark knocked on the door of his dormitory.

After a short wait, the door was opened from the inside. Two ribbon-like feelers slipped out from the opening of the door and appeared in front of his eyes.

He let the feelers wrap around his arm and said, "Open the door wider."

"Mi~" Sylveon opened the door, allowing Dark to enter more easily.

Immediately afterwards, continuous angry groans intermixed with the cries of several other cat grasses came from inside.

Dark walked through the entrance hall and saw the lion grass who was still locked inside the iron cage.

But at this time, the lion grass seemed to be in a rather sorry state.

Dark took one look and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

It seemed that because the lion grass immediately turned ferocious after the effect of Pride disappeared, someone had mercilessly disciplined it.

Not only did they turn its body over so that it was lying belly up, they also spread out its limbs, tied them to the four corners of the iron cage, and even blocked its mouth with a gag, making it only able to let out muffled groans.

"There's really no other way."

Instead of dealing with the lion grass, Dark proceeded to unload all the materials from the cart and went to the bathroom to wash his hands.

Only after coming out did he sit down and ponder for a solution.

It was certainly impossible to let it go on like this.

But the effect of [deadly sin card] could only last for a limited time.

Cat grass was different from . Their spiritual awareness couldn't be awakened by using [deadly sin card].

"I've already collected 8 points of [Pride], should I perhaps go on to cultivate a fruit before making any plans?"

Dark carefully mulled over it, but he couldn't come up with a solution, so he had no choice but to make a decision.

"Let's just do it!"

"Its current posture is also suitable for feeding, let's first try to feed it one or two drops and check out the reaction."

Being a man of his words, Dark took his and went straight to the balcony to extract 1 point of [Pride] from the worm branch.

Previously, he had always let the cat grass suck the [deadly sin] out of the worm branch by themselves, but with the lion grass' current state, it was obviously impossible for it to do this. Thus, the only option was to force-feed it.

Returning indoors, he reached into the cage to lift the lion grass' head, and then slightly pulled out the gag blocking its mouth, making a gap for the magic brain dropper to slip into.

Naturally, the next step was to insert the tip of the magic brain dropper into the gap and squeeze out the "magic brain".

As the drop of [Pride] was squeezed into the lion grass' mouth, in a reaction completely different from when other cat grasses ingested the [deadly sin], its body abruptly went stiff.

Upon seeing the lion grass stop struggling, Dark couldn't help but hesitate.

On one hand, this proved that directly feeding it [Pride] could affect its behavior.

On the other hand, this also meant that a complication had occurred in the cultivation process of [Pride Fruit].

No one liked complications.

"Let's observe it for a while."

And thus, he temporarily gave up the idea of cultivating a [Pride Fruit] in one go.

After ingesting 1 point of Pride, the lion grass truly became quiet.

Worried that it would suddenly go crazy, Dark didn't remove its restraints and continued to observe it.

At the same time, he also took up some tasks that didn't require too much concentration.

Such as—grinding materials into powder.

……

After spending the whole night on it, Dark finally finished grinding eighteen kinds of materials into powder and put them into eighteen separate vials.

When he went on to check on the lion grass again, it was still very quiet, as if it had fallen into a deep sleep.

But its eyes had yet to fall shut, blinking from time to time.

Dark couldn't figure out the reason behind this, so he simply extracted today's quota of [deadly sin] and went to bed.

At present, he had a sufficient reserve of [Pride]. Meanwhile, [Greed]'s index was too low, whereas [Lust]'s index was still over 100. Therefore, he chose to extract [Lust] for tonight.

……

The next day, Saturday.

As soon as he woke up, Dark immediately went to the iron cage.

The effect of that 1 point [Pride] seemed to have disappeared. The lion grass had once again turned vicious and rabid, but the strapping of its limbs and the gag in its mouth restricted its frenzy.

After frowning and ruminating for a long time, Dark decisively squeezed two more points of [Pride] into its mouth!

Under normal circumstances, three points of [deadly sin] would make an symbol emerge on top of a cat grass' head and sprout out a shoot.

This showed that for a creature like cat grass, three points of [deadly sin] was likely to be a critical amount.

In short, after the two points of [Pride] went into its mouth, the lion grass became quiet once more.

Subsequently, the symbol of [Pride] gradually emerged on top of its head.

Upon touching it carefully, one could even feel a small bump in the middle of the symbol.

"Nothing looks to be out of the norm."

"But there's no rush, I should observe it for another day."

"For today, I have a go at making chocolate!"

……

Dark put aside his thoughts for the time being and prepared to make the chocolate.

Before this, he had never thought that there would be a day where he would make chocolate with his own hands.

However, such an experience of making dessert with one's own hands was actually quite a nice one.

It was just that—the magical spirits' desire to show-off seemed to be rather strong?

He didn't know whether it was due to his influence, but one after another, they had all gotten into "lecturer mode".

From the start to the end, Dark happily let them order him around.

But the whole process had gone pretty smoothly.

The final result was a chocolate that was bitter yet sweet, just like the taste of life.

……

At last, Dark divided the chocolate into fifteen portions consisting of five wine-filled chocolates and ten milk chocolates and wrapped them in separate gift boxes.

"Not now, I'll give it to you guys when White Day comes."

After shooing away the magical spirits, Dark went to the iron cage again.

It had been nearly twelve hours since the shoot sprouted from the head of the lion grass.

During these twelve hours, the lion grass still remained as though it was asleep, so quiet that it was disconcerting.

So much so that Dark didn't dare to lightly spend anymore [Pride].

Although [Pride] was a renewable resource, if he invested so much at once and it all went down the drain, he would still feel so distressed to the point he couldn't breathe.

"Wait a little more, a little more!"

Dark suppressed his impulse.

He always felt that this "half-asleep half-awake" state of the lion grass was most likely because it was "digesting and absorbing".

At this time, forcibly injecting it with more [Pride] to induce fruit growth would be very unwise!

……

After calming down his emotions, Dark concentrated on making the eighteen-sided dice.

The eighteen-sided crystal he obtained was very neat and didn't require much polishing. The difficulty lay in the engraving of the attribute symbols.

However, he had priorly used a pen to draw the symbols on the surface of the crystal, and after carving it bit by bit with ample patience, the final outcome turned out perfectly.

"Phew—"

After letting out a light sigh, Dark rinsed the eighteen-sided crystal under the faucet. Then, he used a small engraving tool to smooth out the burrs in the notches of the symbols before rinsing it once more and wiping it clean.

In this way, the work procedure on the crystal itself was finally completed.

What needed to be done next was to apply a special potion onto the notches of the symbols, fill them up with the corresponding attribute powders, wipe off the excess from the surface, and wait for it to dry naturally.

The whole process might seem simple, but by the time it was actually finished, it was already late at night.

Dark glanced at the darkness outside the window, casually wiped his sweat, and got ready to continue!

As the saying went, strike while the iron is hot.

Moreover, tomorrow was a Sunday, so even if he were to burn the midnight oil, it would be totally fine.

But before he officially started crafting, he went to the bathroom and took a shower, letting his mind and body gradually relax and recover to a good state under the wash of hot water.

After the shower, he drank a glass of special apple juice. The sleepiness caused by the shower was immediately blown away, making him completely energetic.

At this moment, the time had already passed midnight.

Some of the magical spirits had already obediently gone to their little beds.

But the lion grass was still in a "half asleep half awake" state.

Dark picked up the eighteen-sided crystal from the table and looked at it carefully.

The black translucent crystal had a total of eighteen sides, and each side had been engraved with attribute symbols of different colors.

As for the remaining light and shadow attributes, according to Dark's understanding, the crystal itself possessed the shadow attribute, containing the magical property inherited from .

"Next, it's time to craft it."

"No, wait, how about using light-attribute powder to apply a layer of white on the surface of the black crystal?"

"Although the eighteen-sided drinking game dice isn't white, the image of dice in most people's minds is white in color."

"Eighteen plus two, twenty attributes—just perfect."

"Let's do it!"

There were times when inspiration came by in a flash.

Thereby, Dark took the necessary action.

At last, after about half an hour, he carefully applied a pure white luminous light-attribute powder on the surface of the crystal.

When he picked it up again, it finally had the image of a "dice".

He couldn't help letting out a smile.

Since he first learned the trinity armor crafting technique, this should be the work he had put his utmost into.

"Next, let's start crafting it!"

……

Dark was already very well-versed in the procedure of trinity armor crafting technique.

First, concoct the special magic potion with the "" effect—[].

Then, take a blank magic card, apply [Red Spider Lily] evenly to it, and add the other supplementary materials to make the base.

……

Half an hour later, he started inscribing the [trinity armor crafting magic circle].

Ten minutes later, he started the [].

The process was to pour "spiritual power" into the [trinity armor crafting magic circle] and transform it into [].

For this step, Dark had prepared 1 point of [Pride], 1 point of [Lust] and 1 point of [Greed].

[Pride] was the light attribute, [Lust] was the shadow attribute, and [Greed] was the fusion agent.

If these three kinds of [deadly sin] could be fused into one and forged into a [Spiritual Furnace], this armor crafting could be said to have reached more than halfway to success.

Therefore, he was being very careful.

One by one, as the three points of [deadly sin] dripped into the luminous sphere of the [trinity armor crafting magic circle], the sphere first turned white, and then black, before finally turning into a blend of black and white under the fusion of [Greed].

The dazzling rays of black and white gradually illuminated the bedroom.

"Time for the last step."

With focus in his eyes, Dark picked up the nearly empty bottle of and tilted back his head to drink the last sip he had purposely left behind.

As the Elven Wine flowed into his throat, a surge of magic energy gushed out like a spring.

He promptly cast the polished eighteen-sided crystal into the [Spiritual Furnace], and then pointed his magic energy pen on top of the furnace, continuously pouring in magic energy.

Along with the rapid depletion of magic energy, the eighteen-sided crystal was melted and absorbed as it spun around in the [Spiritual Furnace].

When it completely disappeared, Dark pushed down his magic energy pen. The spherical [Spiritual Furnace] quickly shrank into an extremely thick light curtain that covered the surface of the card.

In the light curtain, lights of various colors were ceaselessly tangling. It was evident that an intense reaction was still taking place inside.

But at this point, Dark had already done everything he could.

Next, it was time to quietly wait for the result to come out.

He calmed himself down, looking expectant but not impatient.

Although he had undoubtedly expended a great amount of care and effort into making this eighteen-sided dice, he didn't have a specific goal in mind. Thus, no matter what kind of armor the eighteen-sided dice turned out to be, he wouldn't feel disappointed.

This was known as—no expectations, no disappointments!

……

[Card name: Eighteen-sided Dice (Provisional)]

[Type: item card]

[Effect: ??????（ฅ'ω'ฅ）]

……

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