I'm Not Interested in Women

"But how am I supposed to access the Black Net?"

Having steeled himself mentally, Gu Xin now had a new headache: the so-called "Black Net."

Gu Xin had once heard that many special "things" could be bought on the Black Net, one of them being demi-humans.

In the Great Xia Empire, human trafficking was strictly prohibited, including the trade of demi-humans. It was a black-market industry.

Although most people did not consider demi-humans to be fully human, they were still, more or less, protected by human rights in Great Xia.

So naturally, it was impossible to buy demi-humans openly. If you bought one in the morning, the enforcement team might come knocking that afternoon.

"Ask Uncle Chen? No."

The first person Gu Xin thought of was Uncle Chen. Given Uncle Chen's experience and mysterious influence, he should know about the Black Net.

However, the Black Net was rather special, and Gu Xin did not want to expose himself.

After all, the Black Net belonged to the criminal underworld. Anyone sourcing goods from there was probably not buying anything respectable.

Uncle Chen could not possibly be unaware of that.

Though their cooperation had been quite pleasant so far, Gu Xin still wanted to play it safe.

If only he could run into someone from a cult or a dark faction, Gu Xin thought with some frustration.

Dawn broke. Golden-red morning clouds rose, driving away the last of the darkness as a new day began.

At nine in the morning, Gu Xin changed into casual clothes and took the magic subway to Yin City University.

"Morning, Gu Xin."

"Morning~"

When Gu Xin arrived at Class 4's classroom, he found that quite a few people were already there. Seeing him enter, the classmates he was closer to greeted him.

Gu Xin was actually very well-liked. He was neither sharp-edged nor aloof, and he could casually chat with just about anyone.

Really, he was a born shop manager.

Besides, Gu Xin's profession was card maker, an extremely rare profession!

Most importantly, Gu Xin had excellent looks. His tall, handsome appearance, along with the harmless and friendly smile he often wore, made it easy for people to like him.

"Gu Xin, you skipped dinner with us yesterday. Been that busy?"

Just as Gu Xin sat down, the blond-haired guy to his right leaned halfway over and complained.

"I'd asked out several pretty girls, and it all went down the drain."

"I got some inspiration yesterday, so I stayed holed up in the lab the whole time," Gu Xin said apologetically.

The blond-haired guy was named Wang Quan. He was somewhat handsome and had a good relationship with Gu Xin.

He was the one known as "she went to learn technical skills" in the class group chat.

"Then never mind. How was it? Did you make a new card?"

"I made a little progress." Gu Xin smiled and nodded.

"That's good. Your brother here is counting on you to make it big someday and give me a hand."

Wang Quan grinned. Although his profession was mage, that did not mean mages could not use magic cards.

Magic cards were not exclusive to card makers. Ordinary professions could use them too, though they did face certain restrictions compared to card makers.

"That [Bandit Goblin] you gave me last time was seriously useful, brother."

"You tried it out?"

"Hahaha, yeah. Yesterday, I ran into two idiots from the Knight Academy, and then [Bandit Goblin] robbed them of their underwear!"

Wang Quan was beside himself with delight. Thinking of those two big idiots clutching their asses and fleeing in panic yesterday made him want to laugh.

Gu Xin's expression turned a little strange.

[Bandit Goblin] was a one-star green card. Its rank was not high, and it only had one star.

In Gu Xin's eyes, it was the sort of card that was too mediocre to use yet too wasteful to throw away. It would not sell for much, either.

So, generally speaking, he would give magic cards he did not care for to people in his social circle, treating it as a way to build goodwill.

"Then you should be careful lately. You really pissed them off this time," Gu Xin warned Wang Quan.

As he remembered, [Bandit Goblin] was only supposed to steal things like wallets. How had it ended up stealing men's underwear too?

What exactly had Wang Quan made [Bandit Goblin] do?

"Hmph, do I need to be careful around those idiots who trained their brains into mush with battle aura?"

Wang Quan was full of arrogance and looked down on the Knight Academy students.

"I'm not bragging, but this great mage can take on ten of them by himself!"

"..."

Gu Xin glanced at Wang Quan as he began boasting. Mages and knights had always been at odds.

Mages thought knights were crude barbarians who only trained their muscles and had no brains, while knights thought mages were shady little monkeys who only knew how to hide in the back and sneakily cast magic, too scared to fight head-on.

At any rate, in Gu Xin's memories, he had seen far too many conflicts between mages and knights ever since childhood.

It was worth mentioning that card makers looked down equally on both mages and knights. At the same time, mages and knights also disliked card makers.

In short, the relationship among these three professions was complicated, not something that could be explained in a few words.

"By the way, Miraculous Daigo, are you free tomorrow?"

Having finished disparaging those barbaric Knight Academy students, Wang Quan, who considered himself an elegant gentleman, rubbed his hands together and leaned over again with a sleazy grin.

"?"

Gu Xin spun the pen in his hand and shot Wang Quan a sidelong glance.

"If it's a gathering, I don't have time."

"Tsk~ Gu Xin, you're really wasting that handsome face of yours," Wang Quan said regretfully.

"I'm not interested in women," Gu Xin replied calmly.

Women? How could they be more interesting than making cards? Outsiders simply did not understand the thrill and exhilaration of successfully creating a card.

Besides, once he made humanoid cards, would they not look better than ordinary women?

Gu Xin believed that one day, he would create a perfect goddess card that would amaze the entire world!!

"Besides, instead of spending all your time organizing dinners, you should meditate and train more. Old Wang, the academy tournament is coming up soon."

"Not a problem. Speaking of which, Gu Xin, are you entering?" Wang Quan looked very confident.

"I'm not. I'm just a card maker, unlike you mages, who possess such powerful strength." Gu Xin shook his head.

Hearing Gu Xin's words, Wang Quan could not help but twitch.

Yes, card makers themselves did not have much combat ability.

But everyone knew that the cards card makers created were not without combat ability, right?

How could an outstanding card maker possibly be easy to deal with?

Oh, perhaps those barbarians from the Knight Academy really did think card makers had no power.

"Daigo, jokes aside, I actually received some news. A new second-tier secret realm has recently appeared north of Yin City."

"What kind of secret realm?"

Gu Xin asked. Unless it was a special secret realm, he was still not interested.

After all, he could buy ordinary alchemy materials outside. There was no need for him to make the trip himself.