Love, Gun, Cupid

The woman scratched her head and said reluctantly, "Just call me the Barbary Witch. I'm skilled in necromancy. I'm here on vacation and just taking on some jobs on the side. Please allow me to slack off in the upcoming missions."

"why?"

The woman said, somewhat frantically, "I need corpses to construct the undead, but I've looked at all the cemeteries here—from the city to the countryside—and they're all cremations!"

"I can't even find the raw materials, how can you expect me to perform necromancy?!"

"Pfft, if you put this in a game, you'd definitely be a character card that players would insult for three years."

The girl wearing cat-ear headphones smiled. The guy looked at her, and the girl introduced herself: "I'm a pay-to-win pig. I love pay-to-win games, and my hobby is spending money on them. I'm doing this to earn some extra money because I don't have any. I specialize in online games."

"Level one magic?" asked Drinking Water Guy.

"You could say you're one of those who slipped through the net. What, do you suspect I'm an undercover agent?"

“All magic researchers who possess first-level magic are under the control of the Empire, so it’s hard for us not to suspect you,” said the Barbary witch.

“She wasn’t lying,” said Drinking Water Guy. “I could see right through her.”

The pay-to-win pig looked at the water-drinking guy in surprise: "So it's mind magic? I thought you were a water elemental magic user."

Without any prompting from the "Water Brother," the middle-aged man with a distressed expression said, "I'm an overtime worker. Please allow me to keep my magic a secret. My child needs to buy a school district house, and my regular job isn't enough, so I'm here to earn some extra money."

The expression on Drinking Water Bro's face had frozen. Although he knew he wouldn't find any good fighters in the heart of the Eastern Province, he hadn't expected his employer to send him a bunch of lousy bastards.

A Barbary witch who takes on jobs while traveling, only to be rendered useless at the start because she can't find the body; a pay-to-win pig who's obsessed with spending money on pay-to-win games; and a corporate slave working overtime, exuding the aura of a midlife crisis.

Drinking Water Guy tried to find humor in their situation, thinking they were using a comedic style to conceal their identities, but damned mind magic told him that these people were telling the truth.

He looked at the white-haired but handsome old man and asked, "And what brings you to this part-time job?"

The old man coldly replied, "You can call me Tuna. I have a personal grudge against the target of this mission, a fight to the death, so I will wholeheartedly assist you."

After seeing the group of oddballs before him, the old man suddenly became serious in Drinking Water Bro's eyes... However, this old man was even weaker than the weakest Barbary witch.

Why is it that the most upright and handsome older man is the team's weak link?!

Drinking Water Bro suddenly realized why the commission was so high this time; it turned out that the debuff of a bad teammate was taken into account.

He is Taiichi, and his teammates are four Yamato (old version).

Drinking Water Bro kept his expression under control; at least on the surface, he seemed calm and collected. He took a new phone out of his suitcase, turned it on, opened the photo album, pushed it to the center of the table, and said, "This is our target."

Aside from the tuna, the other three looked at the screen curiously, and the pay-to-win pig said, "So cute."

The man drinking water explained, "Don't let your guard down. She is the offspring of the Red Dragon, a pureblood. You're all just here to earn some extra money, and you don't want to anger the Red Dragon and lose your lives for nothing."

The old man clenched his fist, while the other three part-timers wholeheartedly agreed. The Barbary Witch asked, "What are the specific tasks?"

"Find her and suppress any potential accomplices she may have—that is your task. I will use the tools provided by the employer to deal with the red dragon's offspring, and the tuna will assist me."

"What about the Empire's local law enforcement?" the overtime worker asked.

The tuna replied, "I can provide some information about their movements; you'll have to figure out the rest yourselves."

Drinking Water Guy waved his hand: "Don't worry, the employer has promised to help us, and I am a person who holds a level two magic and is registered with the Imperial Magic Register."

Such magical researchers should be under close surveillance by the Empire, but my successful arrival here has already verified the employer's reliability in this regard.

So let's give the local law enforcement officers something to do, so they won't have time to focus on our affairs.

Real Madrid won 3-1 in the early hours of the morning, so an extra chapter was added.

The book's friends made their cameo appearances, and although some of the results of rolling their character settings were rather absurd, I still tried my best to smooth things over.

Chapter Thirty-Four: Thirst and Planning

Although the misunderstanding had been cleared up, Lin Jiade still had some doubts. When he returned home and saw Du Juan, he went straight to the point and said, "I..."

"You have some questions to ask, right?"

Du Juan interrupted Lin Jiade: "Let me say what you're probably most concerned about: I'm fine, I didn't lose much energy, because I have mastered energy flow magic, which allows me to convert attacks aimed at me into my energy."

"So you were unharmed by Jasmine's fiery breath... then what about the shot you fired at Jasmine?"

Dujuan replied, "Hasn't she already returned to normal? I was just letting her experience a little bit of what it feels like for a female dragon to find a mate."

She's from another race, and under the Empire's surveillance, she dares not lay a hand on me, while I am similarly bound by the laws of the Celestial Realm. Therefore, our battles are limited to her spitting at me (fire breath), and me flicking her forehead (firing a spell with a gun).

"My heart was pounding so hard I felt like it was going to jump out of my chest."

Du Juan joked, "Wasn't it because you were tempted by Jasmine's beauty?"

Lin Jiade frantically waved his hands: "I didn't, I'm not, don't talk nonsense! How could I be the kind of pervert who gets excited about other people's tails!"

"Very good, since you have already summarized it yourself, I will not repeat it."

Lin Jiade looked at Du Juan dejectedly: "So, it's not the influence of magic, but that I really like Jasmine's tail?"

Du Juan nodded, and seeing that Lin Jiade was about to put on his mask of pain again, she hurriedly said, "Isn't it good? You like Jasmine, and after your XP upgrade, you can accept her appearance. Now you have no worries about being in a relationship with her."

“No, I think so. You say she is the offspring of the Red Dragon, but I know nothing about it.”

"This isn't exactly classified information. You can simply understand it as Jasmine's ancestors living in Wales, and for some reason she came here to live a low-key life."

“Some reasons?” Lin Jiade asked.

"She encountered some things at Swan Lake, but she hasn't talked about them yet because your relationship hasn't reached that point. So, if you want to understand her past, you need to treat her well and make her treat you well in return."

Then, it would be easier to explain why her father gave you the magic book. You've been thinking about that all along, haven't you?

Lin Jiade smiled and said, "As expected, I couldn't escape your eyes."

Du Juan nodded: "I'm also very curious about Jasmine. She's too weak. Even a young dragon shouldn't be that weak."

"Weak? I didn't even see her move before she completely overpowered me."

That's because... you weren't on guard at all.

"Being on guard is useless, right? Because I'm too weak."

“If you have the opportunity to learn more powerful magic, then everything will be alright,” Dujuan said, “Besides, don’t you feel that Jasmine is missing something?”

"Chest?" Lin Jiade answered subconsciously.

"Pfft, she is indeed as flat-chested as a boy, which makes her seem pitiful, but how did you come up with this answer?"

"I……"

"You're being silly. Luckily, it wasn't in front of Jasmine." Du Juan poked Lin Jiade's arm. "I was talking about the wings. Didn't you notice that her true form doesn't have wings?"

"No, I'm not interested in wings..."

Seeing the change in Du Juan's expression, Lin Jiade slapped his forehead: "I really like wings!"

Du Juan sighed: "Even if you're lying to me, please let me feel the sincerity in your attempt to deceive me... Okay, let's get down to business. It's abnormal for Jasmine not to have wings. Wings are to dragons what breasts are to women."

Lin Jiade sighed, "Your description... you have to insult Jasmine twice to be happy."

"She doesn't like me, and I don't like her, so why should I care about her feelings?"

Lin Jiade's limited emotional intelligence told him that getting involved in arguments between women would only breed hatred in both sides, no matter what choice he made. Women's hatred is often less intense than men's, but it is more enduring.

Therefore, he did not comment on the relationship between Du Juan and Jasmine. After thinking for a moment, he said, "The detection spell initially showed that Jasmine was an ordinary person, and what kept Jasmine in human form under the magic should be something like stickers on her body."

After the stickers left Jasmine's body, she immediately changed, and the color of her energy became a mixture of gold and red, an orange hue.

Du Juan thought for a moment and said, "The sticker should be a traditional Taoist spell from Longhu Mountain, a level 3B magic. This is not a spell passed down normally by the Red Dragon. It was probably obtained by her after she came to the Eastern Province."

Her energy color was even more wrong; a red dragon, true to its name, should have pure red energy under detection spells.

Du Juan thought for a moment, then looked up and said, "These unusual things must be related to her secrets. Once you get along with her, she should be happy to tell you."

Now, you should continue learning magic. No, if you want to become a dragon's mate, you must learn magic.

When the dragon transformed into human form, her body temperature was about three degrees higher than that of a normal person, and her physiological structure was similar to that of a human…

“It’s fine,” Lin Jiade said. “Although you may not believe it, I don’t like things that are too outlandish.”

"However, if you don't have the blessing of magic, Jasmine will be able to guard her purity for the rest of her life."

Cupid gestured awkwardly, "Do you know what I mean? Without magic, her armor is stronger than your weapon's attack power, you can't break through her defenses."

Lin Jiade didn't understand at first, but Du Juan's lewd gesture made him realize why, without the blessing of magic, his union with Jasmine would prevent her from ever being able to preserve her purity for the rest of her life.

After understanding, his first reaction was, "Ah, there's such a setting?", and then his enthusiasm for learning magic soared to unprecedented heights.

A sense of hunger arose in his heart, making him wish he could stay up all night right now and learn all the magic that could enhance his physical abilities.

Du Juan warned, "However, once you take the magic potion that enhances your physical abilities, you are destined to be excluded from official competitions with prize money—whether it's football or shooting games—because you will have too many advantages over ordinary people."

Lin Jiade shook his head: "I never thought about participating in competitions that would win prize money. For me, football or games are a combination of hobbies and social interaction."

After discussing it, the two devised a training path for Lin Jiade: Strengthening (body) spell - Vine (protection) spell - Strengthening spell - Red Worm (healing) spell - Strengthening spell - Thunder (weakening) spell - Strengthening spell - Blood Spear (offense) spell - Strengthening spell - Lionheart spell.

The enhancement spells do not provide an immediate boost to the body; they are more like a more potent protein powder. After consuming the potion, the user needs to continuously train to break through their limits and reach a higher level.

The effects of the vine and red worm spells are only for fun; after all, they are primitive tribal-level spells and shouldn't be relied upon too much.

Thunder spells extract and dissipate some energy from the target's body. The advantage is that it can instantly reduce the opponent's strength, but the disadvantage is that the casting range is only 15 to 20 meters.

While the Blood Spear spell is still only for fun, it is a prerequisite for the Lionheart spell, which is the highest-level spell in the Papastathopoulos magic system. It can grant the caster comprehensive protection from body to mind.

For seven minutes while the effect is active, the caster gains the ability to hunt down a lion single-handedly with a wooden spear, and is immune to all magic and sorcery associated with lions.

Chapter Thirty-Five: Albizia

Although he was no match for a red dragon like Jasmine (even if she was weaker than a dragon), after learning the Lionheart spell, Lin Jiade would at least no longer be pinned to the bed by Jasmine and unable to move.

Furthermore, because taking the same potion consecutively within a certain period of time would reduce its effectiveness, Lin Jiade learned magic in a staggered order.

Learning and mastering these spells up to the Lionheart Spell takes about two months, and contains the essence of the magic that primitive tribes have studied for generations.

If it weren't for the cooldown on enhancement spells, Lin Jiade's learning progress would have been even faster.

The plan was all set, except for the funding. Since learning magic, the once carefree Lin Jiade had begun to experience the most prevalent anxieties of contemporary youth—

poverty.

He now relies almost entirely on the income he receives from Jasmine, who is only seventeen years old, to support his magical research.

By human standards, Lin Jiade taking money from her was a reckless flirtation with morality, while by Honglong's standards, it was a reckless flirtation with both morality and law.

He told Dujuan about his troubles, but unfortunately, the jobs Dujuan knew of were not suitable for him.

Du Juan was willing to exchange her pocket money for local currency to sponsor him, but doing so would make him seem like a gigolo being kept by a rich woman.

Moreover, the way Du Juan looked at Lin Jiade made him feel dangerous from time to time. If, after being saved, he was also financially controlled by Du Juan, then he, Lin Dianci, would really have to become Miss Du Juan's dog.