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These days, Captain Icanton and the others were busy clearing the corrupted area, leaving only Leyton, Josie, and Joseph as idle personnel.
Leyton then began his daily reading life, maintaining a pace of reading at least one book a day. Leyton felt that the Reader Beyonder characteristic within him was rapidly being digested.
After adapting to the Great Magician's Top Hat, Bugs Bunny became very fond of this Sealed Artifact, performing various magic tricks in front of Leyton every day.
This fellow even had Leyton find two books in the library that recorded some magic techniques and started learning them.
"Indeed, interest is the primary driving force," Leyton sighed inwardly.
"Why would you dress a rabbit like that?" Josie asked with a puzzled face as she passed by.
"It's so much fun! Isn't the point of having a pet to play with?" Leyton said matter-of-factly.
"No wonder you and Sia became familiar so quickly. You two really have a lot in common," Josie said, expressing her incomprehension.
"I heard someone calling my name. Are you two secretly gossiping about me behind my back?" Sia said with an accusatory tone.
"No, I just said that you and Leyton have a lot in common. The captain is looking for me, I'll go first," Josie quickly made an excuse and slipped away.
"The captain just came back with me. What does he want from you? Am I not satisfying him enough?" Sia blurted out some outrageous words.
"Ah, I remembered wrong, Joseph is looking for me, I'm leaving," Josie ran even faster.
Leyton stared blankly at this scene, not understanding when Josie became so afraid of Sia.
Josie quickly fled the scene, and Sia didn't mind. She naturally pulled up a chair opposite Leyton, crossed one leg, and sat down. Sia's posture perfectly displayed her figure in Leyton's eyes.
Leyton refocused his gaze on the book on the table, avoiding being dragged onto the ride by the experienced driver Sia again.
"Why are you reading a book? Am I not good-looking enough?" Sia said with a very aggrieved tone.
"How could that be? Sister Sia, you are the most beautiful and charming woman I have ever met!" Leyton immediately explained.
"Really? Then why does Josie run away when she sees me?" Sia asked innocently.
"Probably scared by you," Leyton accidentally blurted out his inner thoughts.
"Scared by me? Didn't you say I was the most beautiful woman you've ever seen? Could that just be sweet talk you usually use to deceive girls?" Sia's relentless questioning was almost too much for Leyton to handle.
"How could that be! Didn't Joseph need Josie for something? Sister, you must have misheard!" Leyton felt that he also needed to find an excuse to slip away.
"Really? I feel like you're not speaking wholeheartedly. Are you also thinking of making an excuse to slip away?" Sia said suspiciously.
"How could that be? I'm not that kind of person! I'm just thinking about the conversation I had with the angel from the Church a few days ago," Unable to escape, Leyton had to find a way to change the subject.
"Hmm? How did you encounter that Lord again?" Mentioning the Church's angel, Sia's expression and tone became much more serious.
"No, I chanted His honorific name because I had some questions to ask Him," Leyton replied truthfully.
"You casually chanted an angel's honorific name just to ask some questions? What's even more outrageous is that that Lord actually responded to you! And even appeared!" Sia's tone was full of disbelief.
"Is there a problem?" Leyton didn't understand why Sia's tone was so exaggerated.
"Where is there no problem?" Sia suspected that Leyton was deliberately showing off in front of her.
"That Lord gave me His honorific name, surely it's so that I can chant His honorific name when I need to!" Leyton didn't understand why Sia was so excited.
"You're right, who told the Lord to only give you His honorific name and not us!" Sia was speechless.
"Hehe! Sister Sia, aren't you envious? Are you?" Leyton's tone suddenly became annoying.
"Do you know that you're being very annoying right now?" Sia's tone became somewhat dangerous.
"Cough! What I mean is, Sister Sia, do you need that Lord's honorific name? I can tell you," Leyton decisively admitted defeat.
Sia took a deep breath, staring at Leyton with a deep gaze. After a long while, she said, "No need. Since the Lord only gave you His honorific name, don't spread it casually without getting His permission."
"I understand," Leyton didn't dare to joke anymore when he saw Sia's attitude become so serious.
"The captain wants you to go to his office to get the materials you applied for before. Go quickly!" Sia said impatiently.
"So fast! I'll go right away," Leyton was a little surprised.
He didn't expect that the application he submitted two days ago would arrive today. Leyton originally thought he would have to wait until next week to get those materials. After all, he wrote quite a lot on the application form.
After replying to Sia, Leyton immediately got up and went to the captain's office, dragging away Bugs Bunny, who had been eating melons on the side, as he left.
Bugs Bunny cooperated very well and followed Leyton. It's just a bunny, it doesn't dare to stay by Sia's side alone. It would definitely be tormented by her.
Leyton knocked on the door of the captain's office and then pushed the door open and went in.
"Captain, you're looking for me?" Leyton asked immediately after entering the room.
"Yes, the Church has approved the Beyonder ingredients you applied for before," Captain Icanton nodded and said.
"Okay, that's so fast," Leyton once again marveled at the Church's speed and abundant resources.
"These are all relatively common materials. Madan's church alone can gather them, but you applied for quite a few, so it took a little longer," Captain Icanton explained.
"Uh-huh, Captain, do these materials exceed my application quota?" Leyton asked, but was already prepared to pay.
"It exceeds it, but the excess will be deducted from your salary, so you don't need to pay any additional money. It's just that you won't have your salary for the next two weeks," Captain Icanton said.
Then he added, "These materials have a long shelf life. You'd better try ritual magic slowly. If there's anything you don't understand, you can always come and ask me."
"Okay, Captain," Leyton nodded in response.
"Among the materials you applied for, there are supplementary ingredients for the 'Planter' potion. If you want to give this rabbit the potion to advance, you need to be prepared. Although it has mutated and its compatibility with the potion has become higher, it's not without risk. You need to be careful," the captain reminded him one last time.
"Don't worry, Captain, I won't rush to concoct the potion for it," Leyton nodded and said.
After leaving the captain's office, Leyton left the team's office directly. Anyway, it was almost time to get off work, so Leyton simply took Bugs Bunny to the library to find a few books and then went straight home.
"Wow~ Can we concoct the potion tonight?" Bugs Bunny asked impatiently.
After Leyton told it about concocting potions these past few days, it had been thinking about the potion that Leyton had promised it before.
"Are you sure there are no problems with your condition? If it's not successful, you'll turn into those monsters you've seen before," Leyton confirmed again.
"No problem, I didn't turn into those ugly monsters before, so how could I fail this time!" Bugs Bunny said confidently.
"Okay, then I'll concoct the potion for you to advance when we get back tonight," Leyton nodded.
Leyton also felt that Bugs Bunny was right. Since it had already withstood the mutation brought about by a Beyonder characteristic once, it would definitely be easier this time.
After taking Bugs Bunny to the library to borrow a few more books, it was almost time to get off work, so they took a carriage straight home.
When he got home, the housekeeper handed Leyton a letter. It was sent by Leyton's father. The sealing wax on the envelope looked very new, so it must have just been written not long ago.
Leyton was a little surprised when he received the letter. Recalling the memories in his body about his father, there weren't many, but they were warm enough. This warmth made Leyton feel a little uncomfortable.
The memories in his body made Leyton feel familiar with them because they were his family. However, as the soul of another earthling, it was difficult to adapt. He had his own family on another earth. Even if he didn't know if he could go back now, he, as Leyton, found it difficult to accept the current body's feelings for his family.
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