Conditions for Opening the Gate of Healing and Carl's Goal!

After breakfast, Asta, Yuno, and Carl had arrived at the entrance to Hage Village.

The father, Sister Lily, and the others watched the three of them prepare to leave, though Asta looked rather listless at the moment.

Sister Lily's sudden "change of heart" had dealt him far too heavy a blow.

He truly could not understand it—both he and Carl were handsome young men, so why did Sister Lily have such a special fondness for Carl?

Even if she had chosen Yuno, he would not have been this heartbroken. Why did it have to be Carl?

Asta muttered to himself, shooting Sister Lily a resentful glance.

After giving him an encouraging look, Sister Lily turned to Carl and said somewhat shyly, "Mr. Carl, I picked some wild fruit for you in the woods behind the mountain. You can eat them on the road if you get hungry. Of course, they are nothing valuable, so I hope you will not mind."

Carl waved his hand and thanked Sister Lily.

When he saw that the basket of fruit even contained a small lunchbox-style meal, he could not help smiling.

Whatever Sister Lily might have been hiding, her current innocence and shyness were truly lovely.

Carl grabbed the rice ball topped with wild strawberries and blueberries, tossed it into his mouth, chewed, and gave Sister Lily a thumbs-up.

"It really is delicious. Maybe you will become a wonderful wife and mother someday!"

Sister Lily's face instantly flushed red again. She was so embarrassed that she ran back to the church as if chased by a pervert.

Yet Carl's smile only grew more brazen.

Because in that instant, he had gained another 20 points of favorability from Sister Lily. This was an absolute windfall.

Asta, standing nearby, completely lost his composure, his eyes filled with despair.

The next moment, his tone turned solemn.

"Carl, you will be my lifelong enemy!"

"Yuno is merely my future rival in becoming the Wizard King."

"But you are not only my rival in strength—you are also an obstacle in love! I challenge you!"

Before his legs had even fully recovered, Asta suddenly charged forward.

To Carl's astonishment, Asta grabbed the basket of wild fruit Sister Lily had picked and began frantically stuffing it into his mouth.

Even as the sourness brought tears to his eyes, he refused to stop.

"I'll eat! I'll eat! I'll eat it all!"

"I'll make Sister Lily ignore me! I'll make your charm go through the roof, Carl!"

"If I eat all the wild fruit Lily gave you, you will not get any of Lily's care!"

It had to be said, time was always more fun when spent with goofballs.

With Yuno and Asta as companions, the journey no longer felt boring.

Aside from Asta occasionally competing with Carl over who was better, their journey was surprisingly harmonious.

Meanwhile, Carl opened his system panel.

Host: Carl Rock

Luck Level: SSS (Top-Tier Child of Fortune)

Charm Level: SS (Yan Zu + Yu Yan)

Vitality Level: C

Magic Power Level: F (Anti-Bird's Best Friend)

Magic Attribute: Purple, All Attributes MAX; Gold, Unactivated

Eight Gates Progress: Second Gate of Healing (Completion: 95%)

Current Skills: Purple Common (Dragon Fist, Dragon Claw, Divine Dragon Tail!)

Bonded Best Friend: None (Becoming bonded best friends can multiply favorability gains)

Long-Term Tasks Activated:

Task 1: Hundred-Victory Wizard King!

Use my strengths to attack your weaknesses. Defeat opponents with special magical talents in any field to obtain a gold legendary magic attribute. (Repeated victories can improve its quality)

Task 2: Redemption of Good and Evil!

Purify the souls of Elves or demons to obtain Imperial Arms Armor: Unmatched, components (0/7).

Each bound Imperial Arms Armor component can selectively amplify abilities by 200%, with no stacking limit.

Task 3: Master of Nero!

Absorb the energy within Magic Stone Fragments to obtain special skills (purple) or exclusive Eight Gates skills (gold)!

Absorbing the magic power of Magic Stones with every attribute will allow you to become Master of Nero.

Task 4: Time-Space Summoning of the Wizard King!

Consume Eight Gates vitality to summon the eleventh Wizard King, Wizard King Princia, from a time-space node to fight! (First summoning: 10,000 gold vitality)

Task 5: Unconventional Magic Knights Selection

"The selection process will be unexpected. Reward: 3,000 gold vitality."

Looking at the progress on the system panel, Carl revealed a gratified smile.

The favorability he had gained from Sister Lily was no longer insignificant, but if he wanted to quickly open the Second Gate of Healing, the favorability required was already nearing the threshold.

Carl glanced at Asta and Yuno.

Even if they were overwhelmingly grateful to him, he could only gain two or three points of favorability from them. It was practically useless.

Fortunately, the city of the Noble Realm was already right before them.

The greatest difference between the Common Realm and the Noble Realm was this:

Even the most ordinary residents of the Noble Realm possessed magic power far denser than that of the Common Realm.

It was exactly the same as the world in his previous life.

The extremely wealthy did not merely own luxury cars, mansions, yachts, and planes. They could possess even more.

Ordinary commoners, naturally, could only struggle over food, clothing, and daily necessities.

The world of the Four-leaf Clover was even more brutally straightforward.

Yet among all the kingdoms, the Clover Kingdom was already in the best condition. Whether it was the Diamond Kingdom, Spade Kingdom, or Heart Kingdom, none could compare to the Clover Kingdom.

Naturally, the First Wizard King, who had laid the foundation for all this, deserved immense credit.

Since Asta and Yuno could not help him level up, Carl had to find another way to gain favorability.

Sister Lily had already given him plenty of help. As for the rest...

Carl looked at the enormous, prosperous city before him, his eyes thoughtful.

To pass the Magic Knights selection smoothly, greater strength was the most important safeguard.

As long as he could open the Second Gate of Healing, based on his previous experience opening the Gate of Opening, his strength would increase severalfold at minimum. Passing the test then would be a piece of cake.

As for favorability...

The young ladies, wealthy wives, noblewomen, and proud daughters of heaven in the city would probably need some "conversation."

For the sake of becoming stronger, he could put up with a little hardship.

After all, he was handsome now and had eight-pack abs.

He had to be at least somewhat attractive.

As for how much favorability he could gain, he had no idea. The more, the better.

Carl had already made up his mind.

When his gaze landed on those three purple common skills, he became thoughtful again.

He had Yuno's Magic Stone necklace's "friendly sponsorship" to thank for those three skills.

If he could find a larger, higher-quality Magic Stone in the city, perhaps he could unlock an exclusive Eight Gates skill.

He did not know about the others, but even the most basic Morning Peacock already had Carl nearly drooling.

He could hardly imagine how magnificent it would look when Morning Peacock combined with the Grimoire's powerful magic and fell from the sky like a shower of meteors.

Perhaps it could be called the rebirth of Peacock Myōō, with all the gods descending.

Moreover, collecting the magic power of Magic Stones could make Nero acknowledge him as her master.

Carl's eyes immediately lit up.

As for who Nero actually was, he did not know for the moment.

But since she stood alongside the other three great abilities, she was surely no pushover.

And surplus Magic Stones could improve his physical constitution. Perhaps if he consumed enough of them, something different would happen!

He had heard of the eleventh Wizard King, Wizard King Princia.

Before that cool, domineering beauty of a powerhouse, anyone would probably be unable to stop themselves from shouting one thing.

"Mom, save me!"

With terrifying strength, an imposing figure, and looks off the charts, any being that refused to submit would eventually fall beneath her iron fists and long legs.

But the gold vitality required for the Eight Gates summoning...

Carl silently calculated his current vitality, then estimated the Wizard King's strength. He felt that if he summoned Princia for even one second, his vitality would be completely drained.

Thinking of that, Carl could only set the idea aside for now.

The road ahead was long and difficult. He still had to keep working hard.

As for the most important Imperial Arm.

When Carl saw the Imperial Arm's description, his heart skipped a beat.

This Imperial Arm was far too overbearing.

Judging from the description alone, it appeared to be an armor-type weapon, but he knew nothing of its exact form or appearance.

Just like the Elves and demons, he had no idea where they were. Perhaps he could slowly ask around after entering the city.

Asta and Yuno continued walking ahead, while Carl followed behind at an unhurried pace.

The instant Asta poked his head into the royal city, he became wildly excited.

"Yuno! Carl! Come quick!"

"Guess what we ran into?"

"Come look!"

"Oh my! So white!"

"So long!"