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Dark was entirely focused on maintaining his output of magic energy. Just as he was about to finish, he suddenly saw a paw appearing right under his nose.
Meowth, who had silently crept over, resolutely threw its bighead carp wooden figure into the [Spiritual Furnace]!
"Meow!"
In an instant, before Dark could react, Gatomon ferociously screeched and glared at Meowth, looking like a vengeful ghost.
In the blink of an eye, the originally peaceful dormitory turned into a precarious minefield!
"Meow meow meow!"
But Meowth, who had done something bad, climbed up the bookcase in no time, shaking its head and flicking its tail without the slightest care.Gatomon instantly burst out in anger. The claws in its right paw shot out, sharp canines showing from the corners of its snarling mouth in a rare sight.
If Dark hadn't pressed his hand to its head in time, it would've already ruthlessly swung its [Cat Punch]!
And yet Meowth, who had just barely escaped from a beating, remained unaware. It merely kept staring at the [Spiritual Furnace] with wide eyes and a face full of anticipation.
It had clearly planned this for a long time.
Its action of sneakily casting the wooden fish couldn't have been an impulsive idea.
Most likely, having its item ranked in the last order by Dark was one of the reasons that prompted it to do this.
In front of the experiment table, having only made it in time to hold back Gatomon, Dark quickly turned his attention back to the crafting magic circle.
The bighead carp wooden figure Meowth had abruptly cast in brought about a huge problem in the smelting process that was about to finish.
In order to stabilise the crafting magic circle, Dark hurriedly injected his magic energy.
But the [Spiritual Furnace] had already shown signs of instability.
In a haste, before he had time to think about it, he immediately collected a tiny bit of [Pride] from the Bottle of Thoughts and dripped it into the [Spiritual Furnace].
Fortunately, with the irrigation of [Pride], the [Spiritual Furnace] restabilized once more.
Finally feeling a little relieved, Dark then concentrated his attention on smelting the wooden fish.
But his heart remained highly anxious.
The [trinity armour crafting technique] called for an item personally made by the magister themself, but that wooden fish was Meowth's handiwork.
They were essentially violating the theoretical basis of the [trinity armour crafting technique].
But if the armour crafting could still succeed regardless of the mishap, then this would in turn open up new possibilities!
At this moment, Dark arbitrarily grasped upon an idea that he had never thought of before.
And thus, he continued smelting even more earnestly!
……
More than ten minutes later, as Dark looked at the [armour card] quietly lying on the table, he couldn't help feeling excited inside.
He actually successfully crafted this [armour card]!
"Sure enough, in the principle of magic, a magical spirit is regarded as part of the magister instead of an independent individual!"
"It's the same principle that applies to [Blinking Spell]."
"In theory, [Blinking Spell] is a Magic Charm that can only work on magisters, but in reality, it can also be used on the magical spirits that magisters crafted out of their own magic energy."
"Looks like the [trinity armour crafting technique] has the same principle."
"The wooden carving that Meowth did was tantamount to a product I created using my 'magic energy', so it's also considered as something that I made!"
"This is truly a surprise."
The more Dark thought about it, the more thrilled he became.
Meowth, who possessed the characteristic of [Technician], was far more talented than him when it came to carving.
As of present, although he could make simple wood carvings and use them in his crafting trials, what he really wanted to create wasn't those simple things.
Be it Holy Cloths, Gundams, Kamen Riders or the likes, every single one of them required extremely skilled craftsmanship.
However, it was unfeasible for him to spend too much time learning carving.
When the time came, he hoped that Meowth would be able to take over this important task.
……
"No can do, I have to hold back my smile!"
Dark hurriedly put on a scowl.
Now wasn't the time to smile happily.
Meowth made a mistake just now, and Gatomon's anger hadn't died down.
As the head of the family, he had to be fair and just in handling things.
Fortunately, the [armour card] didn't result in failure and Gatomon's hat was salvaged.
As for Meowth's bighead carp wooden figure…
It too, didn't perish!
Dark looked at the [armour card] and mused that Meowth's talent in this aspect was indeed far superior to his.
On the surface of the card, there was a lifelike bighead carp swimming around the fedora. Looking at it, no one would've imagined that it was originally just a block of wood!
Both works were unexpectedly perfectly integrated together.
But at the end of the day, this [armour card] ultimately belonged to Gatomon.
Meowth threw its beloved little fish into the Spiritual Furnace, but it was doomed not to get it back.
He really couldn't figure out what it was thinking…
Dark lightly shook his head, then injected his magic energy to further check the [armour card].
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[Card name: White Fish Fedora(白鱼帽)]
[Type: Item card]
[Effect: Defence +63, absorbs sunlight and converts it into magic energy.]
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"Solar charger hat?"
Compared to [Wooden Armour]'s "attracting moonlight" and [Moonlight Skirt]'s "increasing charm" effects, [White Fish Fedora]'s effect of "replenishing magic energy with sunlight" was simply divine!
Dark's eyelids faintly twitched.
This truly was a surprise.
For magical spirits, there was probably nothing more suitable than the effect of replenishing magic energy!
But he hadn't figured out how high its rate of sunlight to magic energy conversion was. Would it be able to offset the consumption rate of the item itself?
Furthermore, could it possibly offset the magical spirit's magic energy consumption?
If it could…
"Well, that should be very difficult to accomplish."
"But at any rate, it's another research direction."
After seriously taking notes, Dark finally turned to look at Gatomon with a hint of joy in his gaze.
He summoned the [White Fish Fedora] and gently put it on Gatomon's head.
Gatomon reflexively reached out to grab the brim of the hat, slowly raising its head to look at him with moist eyes.
"Meow!"
Perched on top of the bookcase, Meowth let out a dissatisfied meow.
Its paws started itching, as if planning to pounce over and snatch the hat.
But after carefully considering the gap of strength between the two of them, it sported a demoralised expression and became dispirited.
Upon attaining the [White Fish Fedora], Gatomon finally calmed down.
Unlike Sylveon, it didn't act like a showoff and merely looked left and right in the mirror. After that, it sat on the bedside and repeatedly stared at the hat held in its hands, especially at the small fish. It couldn't tear its eyes away from it.
On the contrary, Meowth's face contorted in agony.
As Dark observed the reactions of his magical spirits, he pondered over how to educate Meowth.
But as he kept thinking, his line of sight gradually drifted to the [White Fish Fedora].
A brand new idea suddenly popped into his mind!
"Magical spirits basically rely on ultimate skills to wield magic energy. Aside from unleashing their ultimate skills, they're not very good at using magic energy."
"Just like how Eevee can't even use a magic energy pen."
"But if they put on the [armour], their magic energy will still be absorbed by the [armour] even if they're not using it."
"During this period, if they carefully try to feel it, it shouldn't be hard for them to develop a perception of magic energy…"
"After they're able to perceive it, they can then learn how to control it."
"These simple [armour]s might be an excellent teaching tool!"
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