Eight Gates: Whose Favorability Should I Farm?

The name was a mystery.

Black Clover check-in spot...

Black Four-leaf Clover check-in spot...

Black Five-leaf Clover check-in spot...

Clover Kingdom.

Hage.

Magic Tower awakening ceremony!

"Four-leaf Clover?"

"Is that the kind of Four-leaf Grimoire once possessed by the first Wizard King?"

A cool, mature female voice, slightly weary yet crisp as a nightingale's song, came from atop the platform.

"That really is incredibly rare!"

Countless green thorns intertwined, and rich blue rose blossoms had even appeared among them.

Charlotte Roselei, dressed in a pale-blue noble magic gown, slowly descended from the sky and examined the glowing grimoire before her.

As everyone knew, the three leaves of a clover represented honesty, hope, and love.

As for the special four-leaf clover, its fourth leaf was said to be blessed with luck. Put simply, its bearer was favored by heaven and earth, a child of destiny.

A Four-leaf Clover had appeared in Hage. That was quite interesting.

"Your name is Carl Locke?"

"My name is Charlotte Roselei. One who obtains a Four-leaf Clover is qualified to know my name."

Beautiful and uniquely poised, Charlotte left countless young men staring slack-jawed.

Some had even forgotten about their own grimoire-summoning ceremonies.

Elegant, noble, powerful!

The people around them were filled with envy and jealousy.

Carl, however, wore a rather strange expression.

Silently, she held out the grimoire in her hand, its cover bearing the image of a four-leaf clover.

The pattern was dazzling.

Yet the moment Charlotte took the grimoire, her entire body stiffened.

She stared at Carl with the exact same strange expression.

Just like Charlotte, Carl felt an overwhelming sense of absurdity rising within him.

He had transmigrated into this magic-supreme world of Four-leaf Clover on an equally bright afternoon.

Having been here for several months, Carl naturally understood what a Four-leaf Grimoire represented.

But the incomplete cover before him left him utterly speechless.

Four-leaf Clovers were indeed awesome. Everyone knew that.

But what use was a Four-leaf Clover with only a cover?

It was not just him. One look at Charlotte's expression was enough to show how outrageous this joke was.

To be honest, when Carl had first transmigrated here, he had thought it would not matter if he never learned magic.

But after leaving the forest and seeing that even the most ordinary people in this world used magic power to manipulate all sorts of tools, Carl realized just how ridiculous that thought had been.

Without magic power, he would only be rejected and despised by everyone.

Just look at that white-haired kid named Asta nearby to see how unwelcome someone without magic power could be.

In Hage, at least in the area where he had lived before, having no magic power meant being looked down upon until you could not even scrape together a meal.

Without magic power, the villagers might even chase you away like a wild man.

Even people with weak magic were treated like grass beneath everyone's feet.

Although Carl still did not know enough about this world, what he had learned so far was enough to tell him that it contained endless horrors.

Without strength, he could end up dead on the street or at the village entrance at any time.

So Carl decided that he had to become stronger.

He looked at Yuno, who was born with an elegant, melancholy aura, then at Asta, the short black-haired kid whose voice was ridiculously loud.

An immense sense of danger immediately rose in Carl's heart.

The appearance of these two people, who so obviously possessed protagonist halos, was practically a countdown to death.

If he did not become stronger, how far could he possibly get on his own two feet?

He could die at any moment!

But the current situation was this:

Getting a Four-leaf Clover was truly absurdly lucky, but getting only its cover was truly infuriating.

Charlotte, whose mature charm was overwhelming, repeatedly turned over the metal Four-leaf Grimoire that consisted of nothing but a cover. After examining it again and again, she finally wore an odd expression, as if she had given up, and handed the grimoire cover back to Carl.

Carl secretly glanced at Charlotte.

Her exquisite features, noble bearing, and stunning figure all reminded him that danger and opportunity coexisted in this world.

Those damned nobles really ate well.

Perhaps only by becoming a powerhouse like the Wizard King could he gain a voice and the right to live, possess beauties, and enjoy unparalleled prestige.

That would be true liftoff!

Waves rose in Carl's heart.

At that moment, an ethereal voice that seemed to contain countless emotions and ages rang out in his mind:

"Detected the host's intense desire. The system is now online."

"The host currently has surplus luck but insufficient magic power."

"Congratulations, host. You have received compensation from the fate line: Eight Gates Secret Technique!"

"Congratulations as well on binding the Favorability Point System!"

"As long as the host gains favorability, points may be added to the Eight Gates. The host may also strike the Four-leaf Grimoire to unleash magic of every attribute."

"Flame Creation Magic? Ice Creation Magic? Light Magic? Elf Magic? Time Magic? Word Soul Magic..."

"All can be unlocked."

"Please explore the specific details on your own!"

Panel opened:

Host: Carl Locke

Luck Level: SSS (top-tier child of destiny)

Charm Level: S (a Yan Zu from another world)

Vitality Level: E (healthy as an ox)

Magic Power Level: F (Anzhi Bird's best friend)

Magic Attributes: Purple all-attribute MAX, gold not activated

Eight Gates Progress: First Gate (favorability point allocation unlocked)

Current Skills: None

Bonded Close Friends: None (becoming bonded close friends can multiply favorability gains)

Long-term missions activated:

Mission 1: Hundred-Victory Wizard King!

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

Mission 2: Redemption of Good and Evil!

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

Binding a single Imperial Arms Armor component can increase a chosen ability by 200%, with no limit to stacking.

Mission 3: Master of Nero!

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

Complete the absorption of magic power from Magic Stones of every attribute to become the Master of Nero.

Mission 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 summon: 10,000 vitality)

Carl was pleasantly surprised!

Was this cheat not a little too overpowered?

But he liked it. This was the proper way to play Black Four-leaf Clover!

Still, none of those long-term missions could be tackled for now. His top priority was farming favorability points.

But whose favorability was he supposed to farm?

How was he supposed to do it?

Should he farm men or women?

A storm of thoughts instantly erupted in Carl's mind.

Charlotte exuded a captivating aura. The pleasant scent of wild roses carried such overwhelming magic pressure that it made breathing difficult.

Her gaze held a trace of regret as she looked at Carl as though he were a shooting star that had flashed by in an instant.

"What a pity! Take it back!"

"Train hard!"

Her moist red lips uttered cold words, as if pronouncing a death sentence!

Whoosh~

At that moment, another change occurred.

A burst of green magic power, even more intense than the commotion caused by Carl awakening his grimoire, blossomed among the crowd and illuminated the entire Magic Tower.

The Magic Tower master, who had been reduced to a supporting character among supporting characters, was practically about to pull out all her beard.

Today, the Magic Tower was truly honored by illustrious visitors.

First, an important figure like Charlotte had arrived. Now, strange phenomena were appearing one after another.

Was she about to strike it rich?

Dense magical radiance shone over everyone, while the Magic Tower's magic power seemed as though it were about to be drained dry!

Charlotte stood frozen.

"A Four-leaf Clover, another Four-leaf Clover!"

"How is that possible?"

Amid the shocked cries, the grimoire in Yuno's hand, the boy born with a noble aura, drew the attention of everyone present.

Charlotte's delighted expression stiffened at that moment, and she clutched her chest in pain.

The curse erupted, and her magic power went out of control...