Mage Manual-Chapter 589 - 478: Ash, Endure!

Chatter, chatter, chatter...

Ash sat on the couch, listening to the sound of running water from the bathroom, closed the Gospel Book, and went to open the fridge to grab a can of Azure Razz Fetty Wine. Azure Razz Fetty, one of the few inedible fetty fruits, produced wine that was extremely refreshing and delicious; even Ash, who was indifferent to alcoholic beverages, liked it a lot.

Drip, drip... tick tock tick tock... tick tick tick... whoosh...

Even though Ash had tried his best to focus his attention elsewhere, the sound of the water faithfully painted the scene in the bathroom for him. Although he had not specifically pursued the cultivation of his physical body through the Weak Faction, his innate Magic Power as ’Universal Energy’ was already gradually enhancing him as a mage.

The Sword Maiden once posited a hypothesis: Mages are themselves Technique Spirits, and a Four-winged Mage is essentially a Four-winged Technique Spirit. However, in contrast to the singular effects of other Technique Spirits, the functions of a mage were far too diverse: movement, eating, studying, reproduction... These functions could be carried out by the mages themselves without the need for Magic Power, so mages rarely used their Magic Power to enhance themselves.

Some mages wondered whether they could strengthen their bodies using Magic Power without Technique Spirits, to the extent of shattering rocks with a single punch. However, a mage could only do what he ’could imagine’. He needed to envision in detail how Magic Power would strengthen his fist, such as skin as tough as copper, bones as hard as iron, or the art of emitting force with visible energy, dark energy, Inch Fist... By the time he perfectly envisioned how to enhance his fist with Magic Power, he was usually able to summon ’Iron Fist’, ’Inch Fist’, or other similar Fist Claw Technique Spirits.

Magic Power, Technique Spirits, Mages; the three seemed to form a perfect closed loop. Yet, there were imperfections, as with elderly mages—whose bodily functions were not as good as in their younger years, but having experienced their prime, they could still imagine it. Therefore, old mages could use Magic Power to restore their bodily functions to their peak and even maintain that state continuously, which was key evidence supporting the ’Mage as Technique Spirit Hypothesis’.

While becoming a mage did not directly prolong life, and death in the Void Realm could result in sudden extinction, making lifespans shorter than that of ordinary people, mages had a very stable quality of life due to reasons such as not needing sleep and being perpetually in their prime.

All this was to clarify one thing: Ash’s hearing was indeed not that good; his desire had simply driven him to boost his hearing to the limit using Magic Power.

"Ah!"

Ash immediately stood up, "What’s wrong? Is it an assassination?"

"No, nothing, just don’t take advantage of the situation to rush in here, I’ll call out if I need help!"

Ash was originally simply worried whether ’Gospel Ash’ had come to kill him, but with Hanna teasing and acting coy like that, he suddenly felt a fire rising in his lower abdomen. He sat down and took a big gulp of the chilled Azure Happiness Water, trying to find inner peace with the chilled alcohol.

For some reason when Hanna actively flirted and clung to him, he could very much defend his inner principles with steely resolve, adopting an attitude of ’even if you take my body and unlock all my positions, you can’t have my heart.’ Yet now, with Hanna declaring that nothing was allowed to happen that night and that he could only sleep on the couch, Ash found it hard not to indulge in the fantasies.

He slapped his own cheek, saying to himself: Ash, oh Ash, Hanna just doesn’t want others to see her scared side, and she needs someone by her side for protection tonight—that’s the only reason she’s asking you to stay. If you can’t control yourself, it will only lead to disdain!

Moreover, she’s not even into that idea, not to mention that she can control you directly, and she carries Donna, who can spew 9mm bullets, with her. If the two sisters take you on together, how will you withstand that?

Maybe I should ask Igula to hypnotize me, like making me temporarily lose all sexual desire... No, certainly I would just get ridiculed by Meiwa.

Whatever, it’s not like I haven’t seen pretty girls before. In terms of looks, Hanna’s ’just’ on the same level as the Sword Witch. But those eyes of hers are a bit too much to handle, as if I could be sucked in by her gaze... So I’ll just avoid looking at her face later, I should be able to handle tonight easily!

Just as Ash resolved to calm his emotions, the bathroom door creaked open, and slender, graceful legs stepped barefoot onto the carpet, "Ash, are you going to take a shower?"

"I..." Ash turned his head to glance at her and immediately covered his eyes with his hands, though his fingers were spread wider than the gaps between them: "Where are your clothes!?"

There Hanna stood, wrapped only in a bath towel, her purple hair emitting hot steam as it evaporated, traces of water not yet dried running down her shoulders, arms, and collarbones. The towel barely covered her hips and chest, and her long legs were unabashedly exposed to the air, radiant as if she were a goddess emerging from water, tempting as a Meiwa after seduction.

The most outrageous part was that she hadn’t completely dried off; several droplets of water were still moving tantalizingly across her skin... Ash couldn’t stand people who were not refreshing and tidy, and his stern gaze found it nearly impossible to look away from her!

But it was no longer just her face that could deliver a crushing blow; Ash felt that looking at any part of her could cause real damage!

"I usually change into my pajamas after I come out, and sometimes I don’t even change at all, so tonight I forgot to take a change of clothes in with me. But it would feel weird to ask you to fetch it for me," Hanna said as she sat down at the vanity to brush her hair. "I definitely don’t want you going through my underwear."

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