Time Hero: Was [Demon King] his class, or...
Chu Ke: I think it was probably both.
V: You'll know whether it's a class or a title once he turns you into a pervert who can only wear skirts over the slightest disagreement.
Time Hero: ? What did that mean? Literally?
Kaneki Ken: .Yes, exactly what you thought it meant. Also, I'm begging for a pair of eyes that never saw Magical Girl Lumingfei in her Radiant state.
Chu Ke had narrated Lu Mingfei's glorious journey as a Magical Girl to the chat group from beginning to end, so aside from the newly arrived Time Hero, everyone knew what V was talking about.
Chu Ke: Don't worry about such trivial matters. Speaking of which, that clone of mine is also the Hero of the East. He's in East Flower Capital right now. Want to go form a party with him?
Time Hero: I don't think that's a trivial matter. Still, if he really is the Demon King, I'll go find him. Is it really okay to form a party with you?
Chu Ke: What's the problem? I don't eat people. I'm somewhat speciesist, after all, and I don't have any desire to rule humanity or destroy the world.
On his way to East Flower Capital, Chu Ke's clone had also learned some information about the demon race. Humans were on the demon race's menu, and occupied a very important position on it. Their purpose in invading humanity was to rule and farm humans, while obtaining a better living environment came second.
This was not something that could be solved by developing food containing RC cells, like with ghouls. It was more like a preference—just as Chinese people on Earth preferred rice and noodles as staples, while foreigners preferred potatoes as staples. Demons could eat normal food; eating people was merely a hobby.
Although Chu Ke's essence could no longer be defined by any simple species, he had still been human for an entire lifetime, so he retained some speciesist tendencies. As for a race that ate humans as a hobby, Chu Ke supported exterminating them.
And he was one of the conservatives among them—the sort of conservative who considered the radicals too conservative.
Time Hero: Fine. I'll go take a look.
Chu Ke felt that the Time Hero still did not trust this chat group. Whether he would actually go remained unknown.
Curious about the Time Hero's class, Chu Ke used the Fundamental Forces to trace the connection through his clone into that world and take a peek—no, make an observation.
How could something scholars did be called peeping?
"So that's what his skill is like."
Hero World, East Flower Capital.
After several days of travel, including hitching a ride with a passing caravan, Chu Ke finally arrived in the city.
Among humanity's forces in this world, there were three major associations. The church stood at their head, and its scale and strength far surpassed those of the other two associations.
Next came the Adventurers Association and the Magic Guild. The Adventurers Association was mainly responsible for registering adventurers, collecting commissions and taking brokerage fees, assigning commissions to adventurers, and offering instruction in certain class-specific skills for purchase.
The Magic Guild, meanwhile, had split off from the Adventurers Association. It was mainly responsible for testing a person's magic affinity, as well as teaching and cataloguing magic.
In a place like East Flower Capital, adventurers could be found everywhere. Asking any random passerby for directions would reveal the locations of both guilds.
East Flower Capital produced a flower called the Magic Guiding Flower. This flower could efficiently transmit magic power between nearby flowers of the same kind with minimal loss, so people often used it to construct magic arrays.
For example, East Flower Capital's magical streetlights were powered through these flowers. A small blue flower swayed atop every streetlamp.
It was said that these flowers had originally erupted from a massive underground fountain and were a species from ancient times.
But that had nothing to do with Chu Ke. After following the directions given by a helpful passerby for a while, a massive building came into view.
"Why does this feel a little like the guild from Fairy Tail?" Chu Ke examined the building before pushing the door open and entering.
"Welcome!" The receptionist greeted him with a professional smile. "You can come here to handle business. There are snacks and drinks available in the lounge area beside you."
Chu Ke had originally thought mages would be rather rigid, and had prepared himself to see some gloomy mage tower. He had not expected this place to have the atmosphere of a hotpot restaurant.
"Hello, I'd like to learn magic," Chu Ke said as he stepped forward.
"Are you a beginner? Have you had your magic affinity tested?" The receptionist responded swiftly and spoke at a breakneck pace. She was clearly a top salesperson here. "You look a little tired, sir. If you haven't tested your affinity yet, we'll also give you a full-body massage after the test."
If this receptionist had passed in front of Chu Ke in his previous life, he would have come to with an insurance policy already in his hands.
"Not yet. How do I test it?" Chu Ke shook his head. This was the first time he had learned that studying magic required affinity.
"The testing fee is fifty silver coins." At last, a trace of sincerity appeared in the receptionist's professional smile. Apparently, the glow of money was more restorative than a massage. It instantly purified her exhaustion.
After Chu Ke paid, she led him into a room.
It looked like a bathhouse.
"Please place your hand on this ball, sir." Receptionist Number Eight somehow produced a crystal ball the size of a basketball.
Chu Ke readily complied and placed his hand on it.
A simple drawing of a palm appeared inside the crystal ball.
"You have an affinity for the [Object Control] type."
The service for fifty silver coins was quite thorough. The receptionist explained some basic knowledge about magic to Chu Ke.
There were three types of magic affinity: elemental, object control, and rules. A person could possess at most one affinity.
Elemental affinity involved controlling and producing elements, condensing and gathering them, and the like. Common examples included throwing fireballs or producing water from thin air.
Object Control allowed one to manipulate weapons. Of course, one could also control elemental substances like water and earth, but it was extremely strenuous, and its upper limit was far inferior to elemental affinity.
Rules affinity allowed one to create a domain and establish simple rules within it, such as, "The moment you fall asleep, you get diarrhea."
Naturally, that rule was just Chu Ke's imagination. The people here seemed to have fairly high moral standards, and no one had developed such a wicked spell yet.
Aside from those, there were basic spells such as "status panel" and "appraisal" that anyone could use without any affinity requirement.
Afterward, Chu Ke paid to learn several basic Object Control spells and an appraisal spell. He then left the classroom, paid to rent a private training room, and prepared to practice magic.
Magic had special-attack properties. For enemies like Fire Elves, for example, water magic was a special-attack spell.
The training room could simulate all kinds of situations for users to practice in, making the money well spent.
"Clench, invisible hand!" Chu Ke shouted loudly. A giant hand condensed from magic power viciously crushed a level-one scarecrow in the distance.
"Feels pretty good. But something seems off?" Chu Ke stared at the shattered remains scattered across the floor and fell into thought.
"That's right. If I can control objects, then can I..." A flash of inspiration struck Chu Ke. He extended the index finger of his right hand, striking an "I have an idea" pose.
Facing a newly generated scarecrow in the distance, he stretched out one hand and shouted, "Twist, [beep--] balls!"
Although some mysterious force had censored it for some reason, the magic still took effect.
The scarecrow's crotch instantly twisted as though an invisible giant hand had seized it, then violently wrung it until it exploded.
"Excellent. The perfect special-attack magic!" Chu Ke's eyes lit up. This was exactly the feeling he wanted.
It only specially attacked males, and he did not know whether demons even had organs like [beep--] balls, but it did not matter. Chu Ke could still improve it!
Elsewhere, on an unnamed path, a handsome man in a white robe suddenly shuddered, his legs trembling.
"No! I can't go find him. What kind of magic was that? How vicious!"
Time Hero: Sorry, I suddenly remembered that I have something to do. I might not be able to go to East Flower Capital after all.
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