This Magic Is Basic?

Polaris sighed as she ate her hamburger, her expression full of helplessness.

While they were eating, Luo Bai briefly chatted with her.

"What are you planning to do in three months? Keep hiding?" Luo Bai asked, taking a bite of his hamburger.

Polaris naturally understood what he meant.

Although Luo Bai making her work here for free seemed rather unfair, in a sense, he had helped her.

After all, Polaris still had a place to live now, but once their three-month agreement ended, she would have nowhere to stay.

Thinking of this, Polaris replied, "My identity leaves me with no other choice."

Luo Bai shook his head and analyzed the situation seriously. "Not necessarily. You could go to Professor X. Joining the X-Men would at least be better than constantly hiding."

Polaris immediately refused. "I will never go back to Professor X! The Mutant Association killed many of my friends. I can't work for them again!"

The Mutant Association was nominally an Association created by high-ranking government officials to "manage Mutants."

The X-Men established by Professor X were, bluntly speaking, also cooperating with the government.

So in essence, both the X-Men and the Mutant Association were controlled by the government. Naturally, Polaris was unwilling to return.

Moreover, when the matter came up, Polaris seemed to remember something and became unusually emotional.

Whenever she got emotional, she lost control. The metal objects in the villa began to stir because of her fluctuating emotions.

Especially the crystal chandelier on the ceiling, which was swaying violently as though it might fall at any moment.

Seeing this, Luo Bai reminded her half-jokingly, "If anything in the house gets damaged, you'll have to compensate me too~"

The moment she heard the word "compensate," Polaris's eyes instantly cleared.

She was broke. Where would she get money to pay for damages?

The room instantly fell silent.

Polaris's emotions also stabilized considerably.

Only after seeing her calm down did Luo Bai continue asking, "Then are you planning to stand against the Mutant Association afterward?"

Polaris nodded, her gaze resolute. "Yes! Although I'm not strong enough to stand against them right now, I'll work hard and become stronger! One day, I'll help Mutants reclaim their place in society... at the very least, let them live like ordinary people without discrimination."

After saying that, she fiercely took another bite of her hamburger.

Luo Bai said nothing, but he was thinking.

Sure enough, although he had encountered Polaris earlier than expected, her personality would not change.

Polaris had the spirit of a leader unwilling to be exploited in her bones, so she would still walk the path from the story and grow rapidly.

But to be fair.

What the Mutant Association did was indeed excessive. If they had merely managed Mutants, they would not have faced such fierce resistance.

The main issue was that the Mutant Association simply did not treat Mutants like people.

Where there was oppression, there would be resistance. That saying still held true no matter the era.

"Why are you asking me all this?" Just as he was thinking, Polaris suddenly asked.

She was curious why Luo Bai had asked about these things. After all, they seemed to have nothing to do with him or with her housekeeping work.

"I was just asking," Luo Bai replied as he ate his hamburger.

It had only been casual conversation during dinner, but Polaris seemed to have misunderstood.

"Mage Luo Bai, are you concerned about my future?" Polaris suddenly asked.

Her question caught Luo Bai off guard.

Before Luo Bai could respond, Polaris continued, "I'm surprised. I always thought you were pretty serious. I didn't expect you to care about me."

Luo Bai actually wanted to say that he had merely asked casually.

But considering that would be far too blunt, he could not be bothered explaining and simply joked, "Am I really that serious?"

Polaris curled her lips into a faint smile. "When you thought I was a thief, you weren't so easy to get along with."

"The situation was different. Who would be friendly to a thief?" Luo Bai said.

"That's true." Polaris nodded.

As soon as she finished speaking, the television interrupted with a news report.

"Breaking news! A green giant suddenly appeared on the streets of New York today. Special forces immediately evacuated the civilians... In the end, the green giant was subdued by a mysterious man!"

The anchor's voice came from the television.

There was news every day, and Polaris was not at an age where she enjoyed watching the news.

But the person appearing on the screen quickly caught her attention.

At that moment, aside from Hulk on the television.

The figure of a young man was especially eye-catching.

Thinking she had seen wrong, Polaris could not help pointing at the screen and asking, "Mage Luo Bai... is that you on TV?"

Luo Bai looked toward the television while eating his hamburger.

Well, damn.

It really was him.

"I didn't expect them to catch that on camera," Luo Bai muttered.

Hearing him say that, Polaris was certain.

The person on television really was Luo Bai.

"So while I was out buying groceries, you went and saved the world?" Polaris frowned and could not help complaining.

She had wondered why Luo Bai was nowhere to be seen when she came back. So he had gone to deal with Hulk?!

"Saving the world is a bit much. It was just a small problem," Luo Bai explained.

As soon as he finished speaking, the television showed Luo Bai knocking Hulk's soul out with a single palm strike.

Polaris's eyes instantly widened.

"OMG!!! This is a news channel, so they didn't add special effects, right?! You knocked a soul out with one palm strike??" Polaris exclaimed in stunned disbelief.

That was far too outrageous!

Although Polaris was shocked, Luo Bai remained extremely calm. "Actually, this is just a fairly basic control spell. It's easy to use against someone without magic resistance."

A fairly basic spell??!

No, this magic was basic??!

Thinking about it, Polaris spoke with lingering fear. "Good thing you didn't use that move when you thought I was a thief... Otherwise, I can't imagine I'd still be alive."

Luo Bai said nothing more. Explaining magic to someone who did not understand it was troublesome.

He merely looked at the report on television and could not help thinking.

He had not expected his fight with Hulk to be reported by the news. Did that mean he was about to become famous?

With that thought, Luo Bai opened his phone and discovered that nearly the entire internet was discussing him.

Some called him a "superpowered individual," while others called him a "mage."

In short, he had gone viral and gained a group of "fans," who had even given him a nickname—Soul Mage!

"'Soul Mage'?! Why does that nickname... not sound as good as Sorcerer Supreme?" Luo Bai complained as he read the comments online.

Polaris was confused and asked, "What Soul Mage? What Sorcerer Supreme?"

"Nothing," Luo Bai replied flatly, though he was thinking.

Becoming famous was a good thing, but it was also a bad thing.

After all, there were many powerful mages on Earth. This also meant he might draw more attention, so he needed to improve his strength as quickly as possible.

With that thought, Luo Bai quickly finished his hamburger and stood up. "I'm going to the study. If someone comes to deliver something later, Lorna, remember to receive it."