Mage Manual

Chapter 1544 - 1131: Reward

Vishi was quite peculiar; when she donned her cape, vest, and long pants, she appeared tall and elegant. Even her pink long hair draping over her shoulders couldn’t suppress the venomous snake-like aura, chilly and slippery at her core. When Ash looked at her, he felt she was a tall elf, about the same height as him, perhaps even slightly taller.

However, when she wore the maid outfit and sat in his lap, Ash realized she was actually a bit shorter than the Sword Maiden. Her body was soft, elastic, her legs plump and straight, making it very comfortable to hold her, like cuddling a big fox.

Ash initiated by unlocking her teeth, the long and gentle deep kiss quickly conquered the Soul Demigod. Moreover, Ash’s hands weren’t idle; they had traded a few times before, and Ash knew how to please the Ghost Prophet. As their lips parted, Vishi’s clothes were already half undone, her entire being melting into a puddle of warmth, softly lying in the supervisor’s embrace, breathing shallowly and quickly, her eyes looking at Ash in a daze, catching his hand pressed against her heart, as if not wanting Ash to let go.

After giving her enough sweetness, Ash softly said, "Vishi, I will trade with you, but not tonight. We’ll find time tomorrow to trade, tonight you should leave first, okay?"

Liking someone is one thing, but Ash couldn’t forget the Sword Maiden and the others were still around! He trusted Vishi, but he wasn’t sure whether the Sword Maiden and the others would accept the Ghost Prophet. Even if they were willing, it didn’t prevent them from coming out and hacking the pair of adulterers to death together...

Vishi was different from others; Ash dared to make mistakes with the Witch and Silver Lamp before because he knew that at most, he would be beaten half to death by the Sword Maiden. But if it were Vishi, the Sword Maiden might not hold back, and the Witch and Silver Lamp would likely seize the opportunity to eliminate the team’s greatest threat. Now Ash was a useless person unable to operate his magic power; he couldn’t even protect himself, let alone keep Vishi.

The maid trembled slightly, murmuring, "Have you forgotten? I’ve already been exposed to the Gospel Divine Being; tomorrow when they find out, do you think they’ll still allow me to contact you?"

"And didn’t I say?" She lifted her eyebrows, a subtle and indescribable grievance filled her eyes, "I tossed and turned on the bed half the night; I couldn’t wait until tomorrow morning to see you, which is why I impulsively came to you. I’m already like this, don’t you understand?"

Ash momentarily couldn’t refute, so he said, "Can’t you be satisfied now? Hold on until the end of abstinence—"

"Not enough!" Vishi shook her head, "Nowhere near enough!"

She sniffed, suddenly seeming aggrieved, "Unfair, why can you still handle this so easily when I’m like this? It’s so unfair... why can you endure better than I can!"

"I’m not leaving; just give up on that idea. I’m exhausted from today’s training, all my energy spent just finding you; I don’t have the strength to leave on my own... unless I can replenish some energy from the transaction."

"If you still dislike me, if you can’t act fake with me, then order me to roll out." Vishi embraced Ash’s neck tightly, suppressing her voice which was slightly hoarse from forced endurance, "A maid can act spoiled with her master, but a prisoner can’t resist the supervisor."

Ash stared dumbfoundedly at the woman before him, his hard-earned will to survive once again subdued by her.

He felt like a Pigman, lured blindly into Hell by a demon despite knowing the inevitable outcome, Ash thought.

He shifted to move Vishi onto the bed, both laying their heads side by side on the fluffy pillow, facing each other, gaze locked, Ash conveniently blocking the space between Vishi and the wardrobe.

"I’ve never had the time to properly thank you," Ash’s voice rose slightly as he ruffled Vishi’s hair, "You did very well in the Star Bridge Hall battle."

Vishi hesitated a bit, then buried her head in his chest, "I was just trying to save myself, not for your thanks."

"If it wasn’t for you, we might all have been stuck there. Without you teaching them the Soul Sacrifice Explosion, blasting open the Water Coffin from inside, I wouldn’t have had the chance to take down the Heart Sword Divine Being, let alone defeat the Sword Law afterwards."

"If you all were trapped in the Water Coffin, even if I had the chance to escape, I’d stay obediently, being taken away by Sword Law and Star Law... You changed the battlefield."

"Foolish." Vishi snorted with disdain, "To sacrifice oneself to save others is the most idiotic act; I would never—"

Ash suddenly leaned in to block Vishi’s lips; Vishi whimpered twice, weakly surrendering.

"When I’m praising you, you’re not allowed to question, curse me, nor display your life philosophy." Ash pinched her cheek, "I’m fully aware of who you are and how you think, no need to remind me... You just need to obediently accept my praise."

Vishi pouted slightly, reluctantly yet with a hint of happiness, nodding.

"Not sure if you noticed, at that time my Source Power was already depleted." Ash said, "But because I could share your Void Wings Wonder, I could recover Source Power by harvesting souls. I had already harvested a wave of Holy Domain Legendary, but it was still far from supporting the Demigod War. If the battlefield continued to stalemate like this, to obtain Source Power, I could only turn my gaze to Jiale City below."

"If you were slower in destroying the Water Coffin, I might have already torn open a small gap from the Sword Rain Pool, fully unleashing the power of the Soul Wonder, harvesting the souls of hundreds of thousands on the ground to replenish Source Power."

"I was mentally prepared to have to harm others to survive." Ash said softly, "But I still clung to unrealistic fantasies in my heart."

Vishi nodded, "Indeed unrealistic."

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"If you notice my situation, then as long as you delay destroying the Water Coffin, it will allow me to cross my moral boundaries." Ash gently caressed her pointed ears with curiosity, "By then, I won’t be qualified to continue restraining your actions and might even walk the same path as you, which would be the most wonderful situation for you."

"Indeed." Vishi softly said, "Your moral boundaries seem like irrelevant ornaments to me."

"So... did you notice?"

Vishi blinked and met Ash’s gaze, slowly shaking her head, "No, I was busy hypnotizing them then, how could I have the mind to pay attention to you? Consider yourself lucky, you didn’t get caught in the chance for evil."

Ash looked at her and suddenly chuckled, even laughing so hard he had to cover his mouth to suppress it. Vishi felt a bit embarrassed by his laughter, angrily bit his neck, and asked fiercely, "What are you laughing at? Stop laughing!"

"Anyway, you indeed made an indelible contribution." Ash calmed down, smiling, "I want to reward you."

Ash specifically mentioned Vishi’s actions in the Star Bridge Hall, actually aiming to remind those in the wardrobe—although Vishi was an evil, malicious Evil Mage, she had fought valiantly for the team, achieving key victories that turned the tide.

Thus, even if the Sword Maiden and others couldn’t help but take action, considering Vishi’s achievements, they wouldn’t go too far, at worst, they would beat Vishi half to death.

To keep Vishi safe from the Sword Maiden and others, Ash exhausted his mind.

"Reward?" Vishi was stunned, then immediately said, "Then my reward is a trade—"

"No matter what, I’ll trade with you tonight." Ash smiled, "You can request other rewards you want. Well, preferably not Cultivation Resources, though you indeed did a great job, if I incline towards you with Cultivation Resources, it might cause dissatisfaction among others..."

Vishi instinctively retorted, "You’re inclining towards the Sword Maiden, which also causes dissatisfaction among everyone, yet you keep doing it."

She realized it wasn’t right after saying it, looked up to find Ash staring directly at her, hurriedly explained, "I’m just voicing everyone’s thoughts, not being jealous... Oh, fine, I don’t want you to skew your resources towards me, alright!"

"So what reward do you want?"

"I want..."

Vishi hesitated for a while, Ash wasn’t in a hurry to urge her. Moments later, she raised her head to look at Ash, appearing confident, but her face was flushed to her ears, "I want to experience the taste of being a Master."

Huh?

Vishi saw Ash hesitating for quite a while, thought he might refuse, but ultimately Ash made up his mind, nodding, "Okay, but you have to drink this beverage first."

Only to see Ash take a glass of drink from the bedside table and hand it to Vishi, Vishi took a sip, curiously asked, "Pineapple-flavored aphrodisiac?"

"What aphrodisiac, it’s just ordinary pineapple juice!" Ash retorted in annoyance, "Drink it all, and I’ll reward you."

Vishi gulped down, Ash placed the drink cup aside, then turned to press Vishi under him, somewhat shyly emphasizing, "To be clear, this is tonight’s special reward, not our regular trading content. Lie down, I’ll let you experience what it’s like to be a Master."

Vishi blinked.

Huh?

Wait, I said I want to experience the ’taste of being a Master’, not the experience of ’being a Master’! How could you hear it wrong—

Only to see Ash voluntarily entwine his fingers with hers, then his body moved backward like a snake, the whole person tucked deep into the blanket. Vishi lowered her head, meeting Ash’s gaze beneath the blanket.

Clearly she was the maid, he was the Master, but now she looked down at him.

Vishi was about to say something, but in the next moment her whole body shivered, gripping Ash’s hands firmly, her soles strained tightly, head held high, letting out a crooked whimper.

Let it be a mistake.