Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

"Hiss... I still say the same thing. Just do your job well. You're already old, haven't you heard the saying? Hiss... The more you know, the faster you die."

Leaving these words behind, the snake slid down the treetop and crawled deep into the woods.

——(Humph, so mysterious, what a great show.)

Grandma Cassie snorted softly. If she hadn't been forced into this, she wouldn't have become a spy for the demons.

Based on her 68 years of life experience, Grandma Cassie felt that Banning must be hiding a major secret, perhaps a secret that was enough to threaten the safety of the "Earth Ghost".

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At the same time, in a hotel in Sunny Town, Jiang Ran had just seen off Branch Minister Oleg.

(Oleg is still a bit merciful... If it were me, I wouldn't even give him a chance.)

Jiang Ran originally provided Oleg with a foolproof plan, but Oleg could not let go of the friendship between him and his old friend, and finally chose to give his old friend a chance to clarify and reform.

Since the parties involved insisted on this, Jiang Ran didn't say anything more.

Jiang Ran glanced out the window. It was still early, so he went out to buy the necessary materials, and then began to practice making potions in the room.

(Primary antidote... let me see... a small amount of white peony root... an appropriate amount of amaranth... a small amount of purple brocade grass...)

Jiang Ran forced two third-level fire magic books on Emilia. His main purpose was to make her owe him a favor. As for finding potion books, that was just a side job.

However, Jiang Ran was not just looking for a job for Emilia. He really wanted to develop her pharmaceutical skills.

When Jiang Ran saw that Grandma Cassie's manufacturing profession was pharmacist, he already had an idea about this profession.

No matter what skills he can master after becoming a pharmacist, the attribute rewards brought by skill upgrades are crucial to Jiang Ran.

In addition, even if the skill effect itself is useless in battle, the prepared potion will definitely be useful.

In order to pass the trial, Jiang Ran must develop all possible skills.

In this way, Jiang Ran studied the method of preparing the primary antidote while not forgetting to use the "Fraudster" skill to improve his proficiency.

After a while, Jiang Ran received a notification that his "Fraudster" skill had been upgraded.

——『If the upgrade conditions are met, "Fraudster - Lv9" will automatically upgrade to "Fraudster - Lv10"』

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Dexterity attribute: 84+5 (Meditation Ring) +5↑

Wisdom attribute: 91+5 (meditation ring) +13↑

Maximum Stamina: 189+5↑

Maximum magic power: 960+130↑

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The improvements in attributes and values ​​were all within Jiang Ran's expectations, and this time he was given an additional 5 points of agility and 3 points of wisdom.

What really surprised Jiang Ran was that new entries appeared in the effects of the skill itself.

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(The effect of the Word Spirit… is it the kind of Word Spirit I understand… If so, then it’s a million times more powerful…)

Although the applicable objects are subject to level restrictions and other harsh conditions, Jiang Ran still believes that this new effect is very powerful.

Assuming that as the skill level of the "Trickster" increases in the future, the level of the objects applicable to the Word Spirit effect also increases, then the ceiling of this skill can be described as terrifying.

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

Jiang Ran immediately went to the town and the suburbs to conduct experiments.

After two or three hours, the experiment ended.

Jiang Ran expressed great satisfaction with the results verified after the experiment.

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As the sun gradually sets, Emilia's work day is coming to an end.

This evening, branch chief Oleg found Emilia and told her that Banning had negotiated with him.

Tomorrow the union will issue a notice to clarify that the "garbage mountain incident" was Oleg's credit and Emilia was only an auxiliary.

Emilia was very surprised by this. She didn't expect that Banning would really keep his word and act so quickly... This made her seem not to hate Banning so much.

After work, Emilia's first stop was the magic bookstore.

Normally, Emilia would go to the magic bookstore in the morning before work, but this morning, in order to deliver a potion book to the hateful Lord Banning, she had to change her schedule to after get off work.

When Emilia thought about having to deliver the potion book to Banning again tomorrow morning, she felt a slight headache again.

Now she must go to the ocean of magic books to heal herself.

"welcome……"

When the bookstore owner saw that the visitor was Emilia, he stopped and smiled, and watched Emilia go to explore the world of magic books by herself.

Emilia was swimming when she was suddenly washed ashore by a mysterious wave and stranded.

"Uh."

"Eh?"

At the corner of the bookcase, Emilia ran into Banning.

For a moment, the air around seemed to be frozen.

In such a small space, Emilia couldn't pretend not to see it.

"Oh, what a coincidence."

Benning was the first to break the silence, and Emilia had no choice but to continue.

"Yeah, I didn't expect you to be here too."

"Why, can't I be here?"

Benning seemed to see Emilia's reluctance, and there was obviously a sting in his rhetorical question.

——(This guy must have eaten flint, why is he so aggressive when he opens his mouth?)

"Of course, I won't bother you anymore."

Emilia didn't want her "holy place" to be desecrated. She couldn't afford to offend Banning, but at least she could avoid him. So today's visit to the magic bookstore would end here.

Just as Emilia turned to leave, Banning called her again.

"Emilia, have you had dinner yet?"

——(This guy is schizophrenic, why did he change his attitude and ask me to eat again?)

Emilia didn't want to have dinner with Banning.

If you eat with this person, even the most delicious food will become hard to swallow.

"Thank you for your kindness, but I have decided to go home and cook for myself."

"Hmm? What's the good intention?"

Banning was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha, you misunderstood. I'm not going to treat you to a meal."

As he spoke, Banning took out a shriveled purse and showed it to Emilia.

"Actually, I'm worried about not having enough money to eat. Since you're going home to cook, why don't you make an extra portion for one person? I'll come to your house and eat together."

4.31 - Night Fireworks (Update)

Seeing Banning's matter-of-fact look, Emilia Jane was shocked!

People can't, or at least shouldn't, be so shameless, right?

"I'm sorry, I don't have the habit of cooking for others. I refuse."

Emilia said she would never cook for Banning.

"Emm...I remember I left two books with you..."

However, Banning's words were undoubtedly a knife to Emilia's neck.

"Emilia, you don't want me to take back those two third-level fire magic books, do you?"

Then, Benning's finishing blow made Emilia clench her fists...

Then it loosened again.

Now, Emilia thought it was possible to cook for Banning.

Anyway, there isn’t much difference between the portion for one person and the portion for two people. Some dishes are easier to handle if you make larger portions.

——(But, only this time.)

Emilia warned herself that she must not let Banning get the chance again next time.

"...Mr. Banning, do you have any special requests for dinner? Let me know so I can handle it."

Hearing this, Banning smiled slightly.

"I'm not picky about food. I eat whatever you eat."

Looking at Benning's triumphant smile, Emilia really wanted to reward him with a "Third-Level Fire Magic: Pillar of Flame".

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Emilia increasingly felt that Banning must have been sent by God to torture her.

Otherwise, how could there be such shameless people in the world?

If it weren't for the two third-level magic books, she would never cook for Banning!

However, no matter how much she resisted, Emilia's principle was to either not do it or do it well.

In order to ensure that her cooking skills would not be underestimated, she showed her real skills tonight and spent an hour to prepare a sumptuous dinner for two.

"Appetizer, lettuce with balsamic vinegar dressing."

"Pre-soup, cream of chicken soup."

"Main course, fried chicken fillet with mushroom sauce."

"Side dish, raw pickled cucumber."

"Dessert: raspberries in salt water."

In order to prove her cooking skills, Emilia spent a lot of money tonight.

The material level of Sunny Town is better than that of the neighboring villages, but it is not yet at the level where people can eat meat for every meal.

For tonight's meal, Emilia took out all the meat and seasonings she had saved for the week.

However, during the meal, Banning was very strange and did not say a word or make any comments.

The only consolation for Emilia was that he ate every dish cleanly.

It is no exaggeration to say that there is no need to wash the dishes.

Later, after everything was finished, Banning spoke.

"I'm sorry, I don't want to be distracted by talking. It would be disrespectful to tonight's dishes."

"Emilia, you are an artist who can paint and play with ingredients. The dishes tonight are so delicious."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Emilia mistakenly thought she was hallucinating.

The sun rose from the west, and Banning's dog actually spit out ivory from its mouth.

Emilia was originally thinking: Benning finished eating and didn't say a word of comment, he's really hard to please, I guess he'll be picky and complain later... If he really dares to do that, next time I cook for him, I'll add channa leaves to it...!

Unexpectedly, Banning would praise himself to the sky as soon as he opened his mouth.

Emilia had never heard of such high-end compliments as painting with food ingredients and playing with food ingredients. Her face suddenly turned slightly red and she looked away embarrassedly.