I Might As Well Quit This Lousy Wizard Profession

Chapter 87 - 87 082 Home delivery

?Chapter 87: 082 Home delivery Chapter 87: 082 Home delivery Lin An walked to the door with the restlessness, indeed, the most anxious he had ever felt in his life. Truthfully, he hadn’t been this nervous even when he was dodging the chase from the Witch Hunter Knights and had waltzed into their den.

Which woman is it?

Did she give birth to a boy or a girl?

Why didn’t she tell me? Why did she raise the child alone? Why has she appeared in front of me now?

Is she planning to entrust the child to me? Could she have encountered some trouble?

Lin An’s mind was a mess, and he even dared not to turn on the monitor next to the door. After hesitating for who knows how long, he finally opened the door forcefully.

There really was a child!!!!

It was a baby stroller, with a pink and chubby little cutie inside, wearing a pink dress and puckering pink lips.

Especially, especially cute!

Afterward, Lin An looked nervously behind the stroller and saw a pair of delicate high heels.

Looking up, it was the hem of a hip-skirt, vaguely revealing allure that set the imagination alight.

And even higher up were mountains, gorges, and…

It’s freaking Chen Xinmi!

Chen Xinmi was holding a cigarette in her mouth, her phoenix eyes narrowed, “Do you always stare at a woman’s figure like this every time you meet one?”

No, it just so happens that it’s always you, damn it!

Lin An swallowed hard and looked at her stroller again, only for a moment, the stroller underwent a change in his vision.

The stroller turned into a giant iron cage, and the pink and chubby infant transformed into a toad the size of a washing machine!

Lin An had seen this creature before. (Chapter 02)

Chen Shuyun once told him that her sister had a toad precious pet (Stone Treasure) that she treasured dearly, unlike Lu Dexian who actually boiled it for food.

“Ga ga ga…” The ugly head by the door laughed so hard it bounced around, “I’m dying of laughter, hahaha, Lin An, that’s what you get for ignoring me!”

Dammit!

It’s all your fault!

Lin An pursed his lips and looked at Chen Xinmi seriously, “The Witch Hunter Knights are scouring the city for witches, and I don’t think your visit comes at a good time.”

Chen Xinmi exhaled the smoke nonchalantly and quirked her lips, “If you could escape from the encirclement of the Witch Hunter Knights, why couldn’t I?”

“!!!” Lin An raised his eyebrows, “You know the details?”

“Hmm…” Chen Xinmi looked Lin An up and down, “Generally speaking, as the President of the Witches’ Association, no matter what conflicts I have with any wizard, if a Witch-hunting Knight is involved, I will prioritize protecting their safety.”

“This is a matter of alignment, personal grievances are put aside.”

“Unfortunately, I was in the capital attending a meeting, and I got into a fight.”

“My silly sister called me to come back and save you, but it was too late. By the time I got there, the battle was over.”

“I learned through certain channels that a shape-shifting Black Cat Wizard managed to escape from the hands of the Witch Hunter Knights using ‘Dizzy’ Sorcery, and the wizard himself was not affected by the spell.”

Chen Xinmi’s past attitude wasn’t friendly, but now she spoke with unusual sincerity.

Lin An nodded politely in response, “Thank you, but I genuinely don’t need any help now.”

“No, you do!” Chen Xinmi snuffed out her cigarette and gestured towards the door, “May I come in to talk?”

No, good things never happen when you’re around!

Lin An fell silent for a while, then opened the door, “Please come in.”

It was still the same spot, sitting opposite each other along the long table, although some things had changed.

Chen Xinmi crossed her arms and leaned back in her chair, her slender phoenix eyes gazing intently at Lin An.

“The male wizard who attacked the Witch Assembly Yoga Hall today, one of his aliases in the Tree Hole Organization is ‘Little Rabbit.’ His most potent witchcraft is ‘Dizzy,’ a large-scale sorcery that disturbs visual and spatial perception.”

“This sorcery causes headaches for many, but it is not rated very high because ‘Little Rabbit’ himself is also affected when he casts ‘Dizzy.’ As long as he is attacked from outside his spell’s area of effect, he will become a sitting duck.”

Lin An did not speak, just listening intently.

“And I learned through channels that the shape-shifting Black Cat Wizard managed to escape from so many Witch Hunter Knights thanks to the ‘Dizzy’ Sorcery and was not affected by the spell.”

She slightly curled the corner of her mouth, “This implies a terrifying possibility, maybe, just maybe, this wizard has the power to consume other people’s witchcraft?”

“There are no two identical witchcraft in the world because everyone’s minds are so different. Thus, we might suspect that this shape-shifting Black Cat Wizard can devour, or enslave, others’ souls or minds?”

“Once this information is made public, this Black Cat Wizard will alert all witches and possibly face their aversion and hostility.”

“What do you think about this?”

Lin An’s expression remained calm as he pursed his lips, “I don’t think much about it.”

Chen Xinmi smiled faintly, took out a document bag from under the stroller, untied the string, and placed a sheet of paper with golden vine-like energy on the table, pushing it towards Lin An.

“Contractual witchcraft, a standard format document for information confidentiality from the Witch Association, which effectively precludes nearly all potential ways to evade the contract terms.”

“The content of the document is specific to keeping ‘you are the wizard who can transform into a black cat’ confidential. Everyone in the know has signed it, including me and my sister.”

“If you need others to sign this contract, you can have them sign on it. After use, you’d better burn this contract, or else some people can see the content through a spirit medium.”

This…

Lin An glanced at the document on the desk, indeed seeing a tangle of vine-like luminescence extending from the paper into the void, one of which connected to Chen Xinmi’s chest.

He looked down again at the black cat languidly lying at his feet purring.

The black cat somewhat listlessly raised its head and flicked its tail.

“Meow~”

—It was true, she had rushed back to him, sustaining injuries from the enemy, and had forced herself to handle this matter.

—Don’t be fooled by her seemingly arrogant demeanor now; in reality, she was extremely tired, just faking resilience.

“Why do all this?” Lin An didn’t understand; the world rarely offered something for nothing, especially not wizards, those capricious emotional beasts.

Chen Xinmi fell silent for a moment, then shakily took a cigarette case from her coat pocket. She signaled to Lin An, who didn’t mind, and she lit a cigarette from within.

Lin An remembered her telling him that it was a type of medicinal smoke, used to suppress injuries.

He didn’t know Chen Xinmi’s current condition, but he had seen her with only half a body left, both in the Spirit Realm and in the interdimensional void of the real world. (Chapter 58)

“Shu Yun…”

Chen Xinmi spoke with some trepidation, “She was nearly killed, I can hardly imagine what I would have done if she really had died.”

She took a deep breath, looked earnestly at Lin An, and after a moment’s thought, stood up, covering her collar, and bowed deeply before saying, “If it weren’t for you, I might have lost my sister. I am very grateful.”

As she spoke, she waved at a baby carrier nearby. Instantly, the baby carrier began to twist and transform, ultimately becoming a silver pillar; atop it, a huge toad was puffing up its cheeks and belly.

Lin An usually disliked such slimy creatures, particularly one this large.

But the creature didn’t seem scary because it had a very unique wood-like texture, almost as if it were a wooden sculpture.

“Three-legged Wooden Toads are fond of gold and silver; this mithril pillar can maintain its vitality well and offer the possibility for it to further improve in quality.”

“This, too, is my thank-you gift.”

“It can sort through emotions; just keeping it in your bedroom where you usually sleep should do the trick.”

Clearly, this was much, much simpler than anything related to the Tree Hole Organization’s cultivated witchcraft or the Witch Assembly’s Chen-style Flexibility Skill.

The black cat by his side also offered another set of answers.

“Meow~”

—She used to suspect you were an undercover agent sent by the Witch Hunter Knights to infiltrate the Witch Organization, but after learning you were being hunted by the Witch Hunter Knights and carefully analyzing the battle, she dispelled her suspicions.

—The past misunderstanding made her feel slightly guilty, which visibly increased her level of gratitude for your saving her sister. Such bizarre shifts in emotions.

—Just accept it; the Three-legged Wooden Toad could enhance your wealth. Of course, in the hands of a wizard, it has many effects yet to be explored.

Chen Xinmi took a handwritten document from her briefcase and pushed it towards Lin An again, “This is the usage manual for this precious pet.”

Protecting the secret of the transformed black cat and sorting the emotional turmoil of the nascent wizard were both Lin An’s urgent needs.

He had no reason to refuse.

“Thank you.”

Seeing Lin An accept, Chen Xinmi visibly relaxed, as if relieved of a great burden, and her face once again displayed that slightly indifferent and sarcastically smiling expression.

“Now, I’d like to discuss a trade with you,” she, clearly tired, didn’t beat around the bush.

“Personally, I need to find out who was behind this attack that almost killed my sister.”

“Collectively, I need to find out exactly what happened to the ‘Mad Warlock’s Hollow’ Organization.”

Her phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, flashing a cold sharpness, “I hope you can help me, join the ‘Mad Warlock’s Hollow’ as an undercover agent for our Shenhou City Witches’ Association, providing us with intelligence.”

“You’re insane!” Lin An’s eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at Chen Xinmi, “If you know I can turn into a black cat, you should also know I killed those two members of ‘Crazy Male Witch’s Tree Hole.’ Now you want me to go to them, to join them?”

“Are you sure this isn’t a delivery to their doorstep?”

Just then, Miao Miao suddenly looked up at Chen Xinmi, “Meow~”

—Watch out, she’s preparing to use her Innate Witchcraft ‘Mind Reading.’ If you have any secrets, now is not the time to think about them.

—Mind Reading taps into your active thoughts, not your memories.

Wow~

You really are the best cat in the whole world~

In just a moment, Lin An’s mind was filled with hesitation, shock, anger, trepidation, and a myriad of complex emotions.