Mage Manual-Chapter 583 - 473 "Villain List

Back in the hotel room, Hanna rushed over and hugged Banjee as soon as she saw him, gently nuzzling the blue-haired housekeeper: "Banjee, I’m back."

"Although to me you have been gone for seven hours, Ms. Hanna, it must have felt like just after breakfast for you, right?" Banjee smiled, patting Hanna’s hair. In fact, Hanna was a bit taller than him: "Anyway, hard work on the job."

"Mm-hmm." Hanna turned to look at Ash, who blinked and thought of running away, but in the next second, Hanna pounced and hugged the Cult Leader, giggling, "Ash, I’m so tired today, you have to comfort me properly!"

Watching the two playfully wrestle on the bed, Liss turned away, expressionless, and passed by Igula, whispering softly, "Auntie Bokin, emergency meeting."

"Mm-hmm." The Swindler grabbed the Necromancer, Harvey, who was about to leave, and the two of them pulled her into Igula’s room.

"What do you want with me?"

"Because today we need to discuss a very important issue." Liss sat on the bed duck-style, arms crossed seriously, "Hanna is going to steal daddy away!"

"...Although I don’t pay much attention to their love lives, Alice told me long ago that it was only a matter of time before Hanna and Ash got together." Harvey spread her hands: "After all, the Funeral Ceremony’s blasphemous gospel plan is filled with danger, anxiety, and gambling. In such a task status, it’s easy for us to develop strong affection for our comrades due to the misattribution of arousal."

"Among us, let’s not speak of Banjee and Liss, Igula, you have already been reserved by Anfeier, and you’re like Hanna, the type who stops at nothing — as comrades you might barely cooperate, but any further relationship is impossible; you can’t share your deepest trust, not even being friends — and my relationship with Hanna is even more distanced."

"Therefore, it is only natural for Hanna to like Ash."

To be analyzed by a Necromancer about her own behavioral psychology, Igula couldn’t help twitching at the corner of her mouth, and said irritably, "You talk as if you could actually like anyone."

"I do like Ash," Harvey said calmly, "and all of you."

Although it was rare to hear Harvey express her feelings, Igula and Liss weren’t at all pleased because they weren’t sure how much ’necromancy’ was in that affection, and by tacit agreement, they didn’t pursue it further.

"So Hanna liking Ash is just the absence of choice? A necessity out of no other options?" Liss’s eyes brightened.

"Of course not." Harvey shook her head: "Not to mention that what is called ’liking’ is just a mixture of hormones like oxytocin and endorphins, with no true or false distinction... And even Alice can see that Hanna truly likes Ash."

"Although at first when you see Ash, you might not find him remarkable, and even after knowing him for a while, you still might not find him remarkable, but it’s hard to dislike him. Plus, he has a mysterious quality that doesn’t quite fit in with those around him. Sometimes I even wonder if he’s really from the Blood Moon... If you truly try to understand him, it’s very difficult to avoid falling for him."

"That," the Necromancer glanced at them, "you all probably understand better than I do."

"Getting sidetracked." Igula said calmly, "The problem now is how to resolve the issue between Hanna and Ash."

Harvey took out a cat grass cigarette from her case and put it in her mouth: "Why resolve it? They’re a match made in heaven, a perfect pair of beauty and talent. Is it our place to object?"

"Weren’t you the one who said you’d take revenge on Hanna once you were free?" Igula asked, "If Ash is with Hanna, don’t you think that would be troublesome?"

"Oh, that," Harvey thought for a bit, "I almost forgot. I can give that up."

"Where’s your Necromancer’s dignity?!"

"Necromancer’s dignity lies in obtaining more perfect corpses. Being fixated on revenge would be against my principles." Harvey shrugged, "After they live their happy lives, I’ll collect their bones, pass through the Veil of Death, and let the echoes of their happiness become my strength—"

"Stop, that’s enough!" Liss covered her ears, "Liss doesn’t like to hear this!"

"And besides," Harvey continued, "Have you considered how Ash feels about you trying to break him and Hanna apart? I have Alice, and that’s enough for me, and you, Igula, you are enough for yourself, but Ash, still stuck in his rudimentary tastes, surely craves the warmth of the opposite sex. Right now, he’s probably more than happy with how things are going."

"You think to drive away his lover, so you owe him a replacement, don’t you?"

Saying this, the Necromancer glanced at them both, with a look that wrote ’how will you repay your debt to Ash?’

Igula fell silent, drooping her eyelids, but Liss’s eyes sparkled: "It’s just about finding daddy another lover, right? No problem! Not just one, but four would do!"

"Did you meet some other kids near the hotel?" Harvey asked, "But I’m talking about a comforting lover, not a daughter in need of care, you know."

Igula sighed gently, rarely tenderly caressing Liss’s head, "Liss, you’re going to make Ash break the Criminal Law... wait, if he does break the law and gets taken away by the Red Hats, that will indeed physically separate the two of them..."

"Ah no, I didn’t mean myself... well, I can’t say that either... Anyway, I’m sure I can introduce daddy to someone gentle, mature, cunning yet silly, and beautifully pretty!"

Igula pondered, aware of Liss’s hidden personalities, so he could guess her intentions. However...

"If we have to wait ten years, by then Hanna and Ash’s kids will probably be as big as you are now. You’d have gotten used to calling Hanna ’mom’ by that point."

"Hmph!" Liss lifted her head defiantly, "Just you wait and see!"

Although she said that, they had not formed an ’Anti-Hanna alliance.’ Harvey was on Hanna’s side, Igula wavered in the middle, and only Liss was resolutely against the stepmother.

However, by the time dinner arrived, everyone’s mood had changed.

"Ah~ Hmm!"

In the hotel’s dining room, the three of them watched Hanna feed Ash bite by bite and also fed Ash in return. When Ash got rice grains around his mouth, she even reached out, wiped them away, and put them in her own mouth, then she provocatively eyed Liss and the others.

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Declaring her territory, isn’t she?!

Fuming with anger, Liss and her sisters shouted, "Daddy, I want you to feed me that!"

Because of the Contract, Liss also had a certain territorial claim over Ash. When Ash was about to turn her way, Hanna said, "Children should learn to eat on their own without depending on adults. Ash, don’t feed her."

"Then Aunt Hanna, how come you still need to be served when you’re so grown up? Feed me!"

"What we have is called romance, Liss. You’ll understand when you’re older. Don’t feed her."

"Feed me!"

"Don’t feed!"

Igula watched Ash trembling, feeling that the dual Contracts were about to cause him to make a logical error. But at that moment, the Swindler noticed that when Ash’s gaze fell on the false starry sky disguised by the Fluorescent Grass, there was a tender overflow in his eyes, and his pupils, reflecting the fluorescence, seemed to twinkle like stars.

Igula knew that look.

Someone with that look could find joy in the most mundane work, think that a small dog on the street was greeting them, feel the wind as especially gentle, the sun as tenderly embracing them, find people around them much cuter, the least tasty buffet suddenly delicious, and their favorite drink would taste sweeter, as if the whole world knew that someone had fallen in love.

Igula closed his eyes and gently shook his head, then opened them again with a faint smile, about to put an end to this farce. However, Harvey beat him to it, "Banjee, bring out the Coffin."

Banjee was happily watching his young lady being pestered, and though he found it odd that Harvey would want to bring out a coffin during mealtime, Harvey was known for his quirks, so Banjee pulled out the Coffin straight from the suitcase.

As the Technique Spirit was activated by Harvey, Alice herself lifted the lid of the Coffin and climbed out, pulling up a chair to sit next to Harvey.

Harvey placed the spoon in Alice’s hand and said, "Feed me."

"...Sorry, Harvey, I was wrong."

"...I’m sorry, Uncle Harvey. I was too arrogant."

Watching Hanna and Liss apologizing sincerely, Harvey waved his hand, letting Alice return to her Coffin to lie down. Ash breathed a sigh of relief, finally able to eat in peace—

Suddenly, the Gospel Books of everyone in the restaurant opened by themselves, with a bookmark inside sparkling brightly.

"An update after just one day? Has it evolved to daily updates?"

"The Gospel is too diligent. I feel like rewarding it!"

"Such terrifying speed in Weaving..."

The voices in the dining room buzzed with discussion, but the Funeral Ceremony party remained calm. After all, it was a list that Ash had rendered useless; it could be ignored as long as the Resonators listed were not someone they knew.

However, when Hanna opened the Gospel Book, her eyebrows shot up, "This list... might be a bit different."

"How can it be any different? Isn’t it always just a prelude to Ash wiping everyone out?" Harvey called Alice to sit with him and look at the Gospel Book together, "Could it be that after all this time, Ash still won’t be able to do it—"

When Harvey saw the names on the list, his questioning voice cut off abruptly.

The Villain List.

"Ash," Igula frowned slightly, worry showing in his eyes, "you might finally be officially listed."

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