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"Moreover, although the Easter duel festival is somewhat recreational, it's ultimately still a formal competition that requires forty magic cards."
"But I don't have enough high quality magic cards that can be used in the competition."
"Thinking about it, among [Pride], [Lust] and [Greed], [Greed] is currently the only one without a third level card. It's high time to make a [Greed Ⅲ] card."
"But making [Greed Ⅲ] requires 10 points of [Greed]. Counting it by 1.5 points per drop, it needs at least 7 drops. That'll leave only 3 drops remaining."
"3 drops equals to 4.5 points of [deadly sin]……”
"If these 4.5 points of [deadly sin] are used on [Pride], it'll add up to 7 points with the remaining 2.8 points, which is enough to grow a [Pride Fruit]."
"The 7.3 points of [Lust] in store is also enough to grow a [Lust Fruit].""In this way, I can craft two new magical spirits."
"But among the core materials I have, there's no way to use [Blessing of the Wind Spirit] and [Seven-star Coin] for now, so that only leaves [Dragon's Reverse Scale] and [Soul Powder]."
"[Pride Fruit], [Lust Fruit], [Dragon's Reverse Scale], [Soul Powder], [cat grass], [fox grass], [cow grass]…"
"How difficult!"
……
Dark couldn't help wrinkling his face into a sour look.
He was truly at a loss of what to do.
It was obvious that [Dragon's Reverse Scale] was a superb material for crafting dragon-type pets. It might even produce a 5 or 6-star magical spirit.
But there was no cat grass that was suitable for dragon-type pets in [Kitties Flower and Tree Shop]...
"Wait, isn't there a [goldfish grass]? Can it be matched up with [Dragon's Reverse Scale] to craft a [Magikarp] that can evolve into [Gyarados]?"
"But isn't [Magikarp] a carp? Will [goldfish grass] even work?"
"Furthermore, what [Gyarados] needs should be [Wrath]."
"Then how about a [Feebas] that can evolve into [Milotic]? It should be a magical spirit that has a very high affinity with [Lust]."
"But what type of fish is [Feebas]? It can't possibly be a carp as well, can it?"
"Are the options for [Goldfish] really so limited?"
"If what grows out is a [Goldeen], then it'll be a huge loss."
"So I really have to give it some more thought."
"I still plan on using the [Dragon's Reverse Scale] to craft a legitimate dragon-type magical spirit, such as the [Blue-eyed White Dragon]. Something like [Charmander] will be fine as well."
"But that definitely requires either a [dragon grass] or a [lizard grass] type of cat grass."
Most importantly, this [Dragon's Reverse Scale] was the first present Senior Sister Pandora gave to him. He didn't want to use it too rashly.
But if he planned to reserve the [Dragon's Reverse Scale], then the only one he could use was the [Soul Powder].
However, this [Soul Powder] was also not that easy to use.
"This kind of [Soul Powder] generally has two attributes. One is 'vampire', which has to do with its very nature, and the other is 'soul'."
"If it's the 'vampire' attribute, it should be compatible with [Lust] and [bat grass]."
"If it's the 'soul' attribute, what I can think of is [Gastly], which can evolve into [Gengar]."
"But what does [Gastly] need? Is it [Greed] and [gas grass]?"
"Or should I choose [Dreepy] which possesses both the dragon and ghost attributes?"
……
"Or perhaps, I can make a big gamble and use the random crafting method to deal with that bottle of [Soul Powder]."
"Maybe I'll be able to craft another [DemiDevimon]!"
Thinking of this, Dark spontaneously glanced at DemiDevimon who was hanging upside down on the bird stand.
Soon after, he noticed that DemiDevimon was looking down at Meowth who was doing homework on the small table with a mocking gaze.
He didn't pay it too much heed and went back to thinking.
As a result, the more he thought about it, the more tempted he became.
In fact, this was a kind of impulsive gambler mentality.
But Dark already had experience crafting [Shuckle], [Trash Slime], [Hawlucha] and [Popplio]. Although the other three magical spirits aside from [Shuckle] weren't as strong as the rest of the magical spirits he had, the results were actually considerably good.
Furthermore, in his heart, he didn't actually have much confidence in Vlad's [Soul Powder].
He had more of a "might as well simply put it to waste" kind of thinking.
"I wonder what will come out of it if I use up that bottle of [Soul Powder], add a little bit of [Lust], and leave it entirely up to chance without limiting the scope."
"I'm quite looking forward to it. (☆▽☆)"
……
After finally deciding on the usage of one of the materials, Dark temporarily put down his pen and made use of the little time left tonight to take a look at Meowth.
The only time Meowth would never slack off was when it was learning how to read and do wood carving.
It worked hard learning how to read because it was smart enough, and worked hard on wood carving because it liked it.
In short, it actually also had likable aspects to its character.
Dark remembered that he had never really personally taught Meowth, so he tutored it for a lesson tonight.
At about half past ten, he finally wrapped up the lesson and went to the bathroom to wash up.
After washing up, he got under the blanket, picked up the cat grass in the cradle by the bed, and hugged it in his arms, petting it.
But just as he started petting it, he found that Meowth, who had finished its homework, was ardently approaching him.
Dark looked at it with some doubts.
Although Meowth could walk on two legs, its natural habit was still inclined to a cat's, so it normally walked on four legs.
But at this moment, Meowth was walking on two legs and was even hiding its front paws behind its back, fidgeting around.
Dark let out a sigh, put the cat grass aside, and then carried Meowth to the bed.
He stroked Meowth's gold coin and said, "Go on, tell me what's the matter."
Meowth firstly tugged on the [naughty troublemaker] wooden placard hanging on its neck before taking out the left hand it had been hiding behind its back, spreading out its paw towards Dark.
What was hidden inside that pink and soft paw pad was actually a round bead!
"This is?"
Dark didn't understand it at first, but a moment later, he realized what it was and immediately asked in shock, "Pay Day?"
"Meow!"
Meowth eagerly nodded.
Then, it once again raised the wooden placard on its neck.
"You're actually trying to bargain!"
Dark couldn't help feeling amused.
Originally, he had already decided to punish it for only three days, and today was already the second night, so there was only one night left.
But Meowth didn't know about this…
It seemed that Meowth really wanted to get rid of this wooden placard.
Dark patted its head and asked, "Do you know what you've done wrong now?"
Being able to personally hand out its treasure despite being an embodiment of [Greed] showed that Meowth must've gone through an inner struggle in its heart.
If this could make it feel a sense of shame, it meant that it had begun to realize its mistake.
Sure enough, Meowth nodded again. Then, it pushed the bead into Dark's palm.
Was it showing its sincerity?
After some thoughts, Dark picked up the bead and carefully looked at it.
The additional effect of [Pay Day], [Attracting Fortune and Treasure], was really akin to a miracle.
The bead Meowth gave had a very deep purple color. Like a jade bead, it was perfectly round and flawless, with spiritual light circulating on the inside.
Even though he was merely holding it in his palm, it was giving off a strange sensation of stickiness.
Getting an idea, Dark turned his palm upside down. Instead of falling down, the bead was stuck to his palm.
"This bead…"
……
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