Anime Crossover: Starting with an Infinite Dragon God as a Mount

In order to change Orpheus's current appearance, which seems to be easily fooled by a lollipop, Su Mu decided to use unconventional methods to accelerate her growth.

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Chapter Twenty-Five: Su Mu was busy until late at night.

"Comrade, you're back."

Upon seeing Su Mu, a faint smile of joy appeared on Orpheus's innocent face.

However, it's unclear whether she's happy because she saw Su Mu, or happy that she no longer has to fight against these endless problems.

In terms of general education, the other country has a fairly comprehensive system.

After a period of intensive practice, they should be able to fill in the gaps in Orpheus's attempts.

However, seeing the Infinite Dragon God, whom so many gods feared, frowning over a question like, "There are two trees in front of my house, one of which is a jujube tree, and the other is also a jujube tree..."

A sense of pleasure still welled up in Su Mu's heart.

No matter how strong you are, you can't escape the fate of receiving compulsory education.

Of course, he made Orpheus study not just to satisfy his own pleasure.

If Orpheus were merely detached from the world, that would be fine.

However, once you enter the world, you will inevitably need to communicate with people, and in that case, common sense becomes indispensable.

This adorable dragon could also sense that Su Mu's purpose in doing this was indeed for her sake, which was why he accepted this painful sea of ​​questions.

Otherwise, even though she considered Su Mu a companion, she wouldn't let him manipulate her like this.

However, feeling the subtle sense of pleasure emanating from the depths of Su Mu's heart...

"Well."

Orpheus's cheeks seemed to puff out slightly.

Seeing this, Su Mu raised his hand and gently rubbed her soft, delicate black hair, patiently comforting her.

It took quite a while before she finally cheered up again.

“My comrade, I can sense that your strength has increased since yesterday.”

Under Su Mu's command, Menglong squinted its eyes like an obedient kitten, its voice languid.

"If we maintain this pace, perhaps we'll be able to defeat that hateful red dragon soon?"

As she said this, her voice couldn't help but fill with excitement.

Su Mu was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, and then couldn't help but give a wry smile.

This "very soon" is probably based on Orpheus's concept of time.

For the infinite dragon gods who are accustomed to roaming outside the world, a hundred or a thousand years is probably just a fleeting moment.

However, Su Mu at present... still possesses a human's sense of time.

To stay in this world for hundreds or thousands of years, and to possess power comparable to or even surpassing the Great Red, is something that others might only dream of.

However, in Su Mu's eyes, it was ultimately too long.

With that in mind, Su Mu didn't dwell on the issue of normal human perception of time with Orpheus.

Looking at the somewhat bewildered little face of the Infinite Dragon, he suddenly felt a surge of impulse.

So, almost subconsciously, he began to correct Orpheus's way of addressing him.

"Ophis, don't call me companion, call me something else." Su Mu had a faint smile on his face. "Call me husband."

"Husband?" Orpheus looked on with a cute, bewildered expression, tilting his head slightly, and asked in a puzzled tone, "Why did you change to this form of address?"

"Because in my view, the relationship between us is a closer connection than that between companions."

Looking at the bewildered little face of Orpheus in his arms, Su Mu suddenly felt a strange urge to abduct the little girl.

However, the seemingly immature Infinite Dragon God has actually lived for an unknown number of years.

Su Mu rested his chin on Orpheus's hair, speaking softly.

"A husband and wife are a pair of opposite sexes who agree to walk hand in hand, share honor and disgrace, and love each other in their hearts."

"Furthermore, having children together is something that only couples do."

"I see." Orpheus suddenly realized, and a light seemed to gleam in his obsidian-like eyes.

Although she didn't understand some of the other things, she did hear the words "to bear offspring".

So she nodded slightly and spoke in a somewhat dazed manner.

"Husband."

Yes, I feel refreshed and relaxed.

[Ding—Congratulations on completing the Gold-level achievement, "Make Orpheus genuinely call you 'husband'."]

[Ding! An "Achievement Level Upgrade Opportunity" has been detected. Would you like to use it?]

The system's mechanical voice then rang out.

Su Muwei was taken aback for a moment, then immediately realized what was happening.

Previously, I obtained a "Rainbow-level achievement" from Orpheus, which significantly reduced the level of daily achievements related to Orpheus.

This time, having the dragon call her "husband" was a spur-of-the-moment thing, but it might also be an attempt to see if she could achieve the goal.

He was already quite surprised to achieve the Gold level achievement.

It's important to know that a Gold-level achievement is two levels higher than the Bronze-level achievement of obtaining the "Four of Wands in Tarot Reproduction".

"Although it's still a bit of a shame that it's not Platinum level."

Su Mu was somewhat greedy.

If it's a Platinum-level achievement, then you can use the achievement level upgrade opportunity to obtain a Diamond-level achievement.

As for now... this opportunity to upgrade your achievement level will still be retained.

"Receive achievement rewards directly without using it."

[Ding! Gold-level achievement being awarded! Congratulations, host, you have obtained the item Tarot Major Arcana - Rubbing Edition - The Lovers!]

Chapter Twenty-Six: The Kitten Couldn't Bear It Anymore

The Major Arcana, the main deck of the Tarot.

There are a total of 22 cards, numbered 0 to 21.

The zero card is "The Fool," while the "Lovers" card is numbered "6."

In Tarot, the Lovers card symbolizes the magnetic attraction in a romantic relationship, a connection that is not only physical but also spiritual.

Tarot cards, somewhat similar in style to the last one, appeared in Su Mu's hand.

Although both are rubbings, as a Major Arcana card, "The Lovers" is significantly higher in status than "Four of Wands," a supplementary card in the Tarot deck.

The design on it is also noticeably more exquisite, with sunlight shining on the card and an angel appearing above a couple.

The two of them stood naked before the two trees, like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.

Behind a woman is a tree of knowledge, while behind a man is a tree of life.

Holding the tarot card, Su Mu naturally understood its purpose.

Just as its meaning suggests, this rubbing of a tarot card is meant to transcend the barriers of time and space, borrowing the power possessed by the individual labeled "The Lovers".

However, just like the Minor Arcana card Four of Wands, it has the limitation of requiring "maintaining an optimistic mindset".

The "Lovers" card in the Major Arcana also requires that "both parties must have feelings of love for each other."

Su Mu held the tarot card in his hand, quietly sensing its meaning, and then a faint smile appeared on his face.

He could sense that the tarot card could be activated immediately if he wanted to, granting him the power of Orpheus, which was said to be "infinite".

The only downside is that, compared to the Four of Wands from the Minor Arcana, this imprint of the Lovers card has the additional limitation of being usable only once.

However, he still had one question.

"System, why were the achievement rewards I received both times printed tarot cards?"

According to the system's description, the rewards obtainable from achievements should be all-encompassing and include everything.

However, the fact that the items obtained twice in a row were from the Tarot card series makes it seem like a coincidence, which is rather far-fetched.

[Ding! While the system distributes rewards randomly, there is also a tendency towards similarity. This is designed to accelerate the host's growth.]

[Ding! Rewards related to items previously obtained by the host are more likely to be obtained by the host.]

"I see." Su Mu nodded in understanding.

With such a reward system, his growth rate would indeed be faster.

This is like pruning excess branches from a sapling to concentrate nutrients and allow it to grow taller.

"So, perhaps this is one of the reasons why I was able to get the Scepter of Four card from the previous bronze chest."

Su Mu pondered.

Because there is an extremely close relationship between Tarot cards and Kabbalah.

The Major Arcana in Tarot consists of 22 cards, which correspond exactly to the 22 paths of the Kabbalah tree.

To activate the Kabbalah Tree within oneself, one needs not only energy, but also a richer and more profound knowledge related to Kabbalah.

This kind of knowledge can perhaps also be obtained through tarot cards.

In other words, obtaining Tarot cards can directly activate the Kabbalah Tree within one's body, thus having a certain promoting effect.

"Unfortunately, nothing is certain yet." Su Mu sighed as he felt the Kabbalah Tree within his body.

The path he is currently working to activate is the tenth element, "Kingdom," leading to the ninth element, "Foundation." The Major Arcana card corresponding to this path is called "The World."

Besides this path, there are perhaps two other paths he can try to activate that also start from the "Kingdom": from the Kingdom to the eighth element "Glory" Major Arcana card "Judgment", and from the Kingdom to the seventh element "Victory" Major Arcana card "Moon".

Once he obtains these three tarot cards, perhaps he will be able to verify them to some extent.

Su Mu chuckled softly.

All of this requires achieving several accomplishments first.