“Uh....”
“What are you doing?”
As Chu Chen opened his eyes,
he saw March 7 leaning against his chest,
constantly flipping through his magic grimoire.
Because this position was too intimate,
Chu Chen looked down,
even seeing some things he shouldn't have seen from March 7's collar.
“Cough, cough, this book is really big.”
“Uh, no... this book is really white...”
Although he had already read it once,
Chu Chen couldn't help but marvel at it.
“Ah?!”
“You're awake?”
“I'm sorry, Chu Chen, I shouldn't have been flipping through your magic book!”
“Hehe... I'm really sorry!”
“It's all my fault for being too curious.”
Hearing Chu Chen's voice suddenly, March 7 immediately withdrew her restless little hand in fright.
Then she stuck out her tongue and apologized repeatedly to Chu Chen.
“Tsk, if apologies worked, what's the point of punishment?”
Chu Chen shifted his gaze away from March 7's chest nonchalantly,
and then this sentence suddenly popped into his mind.
He almost blurted it out.
However, he was a decent person after all!
Naturally, he wouldn't really say something like that.
“It's alright, the contents of this book can't be seen by anyone other than me.”
“It's fine if you saw it.”
Chu Chen shook his head and explained.
“That's how it is.”
“It's truly a magical book.”
March 7 nodded, looking as if she had guessed correctly.
“Here, take this scroll!”
At this time, Chu Chen suddenly took out a scroll from his hand and handed it to March 7.
“What is this?”
March 7 was used to Chu Chen's magic-like tricks,
but she was very interested in the scroll in her hand.
She looked at Chu Chen, waiting for his explanation.
“To become a magician, you must learn meditation!”
“This is the meditation method I found for you.”
“It's called the Star Meditation.”
“It's an extremely advanced meditation method.”
“As long as you can learn it, you can become a real magician!”
Chu Chen opened the scroll in March 7's hand,
and explained it to her in detail.
“Meditation?!”
“What a grand name!”
“Can you become a magician just by learning this?”
“Yes!”
“I have a chance to become a magician too!”
“Uh... wait!”
“This thing... won't be hard to learn, will it?”
Looking at the meditation method in her hand, March 7 was first excited, but then she became nervous.
Chu Chen gave her this opportunity.
But it was still uncertain whether she could learn it or not.
If she couldn't learn it, wouldn't that be a waste of Chu Chen's kindness and a lost opportunity to become a magician?
Thinking about this, March 7's heart started to thump, becoming more and more anxious.
“Don't be nervous!”
“I believe in your smart little head.”
“You will definitely be able to learn this meditation method.”
“Come on, I believe in you!”
As if sensing March 7's anxiety,
Chu Chen couldn't help but encourage her a few words,
and naturally reached out his hand and rubbed March 7's hair.
“Cough...”
“Well, I'm used to touching Di Mo, I just can't help it...”
“Don't mind it!”
Suddenly, Chu Chen realized that his behavior was a little inappropriate,
so he quickly took his hand back.
“No... it's alright.”
“I... don't mind.”
March 7's words were slightly trembling, and her beautiful face flushed slightly.
She looked at Chu Chen, her mouth slightly open, and her expression was slightly surprised.
It was as if she didn't expect Chu Chen to suddenly make such an intimate move to touch her head.
However, she didn't resist this feeling in her heart,
she even secretly felt a little happy.
She didn't know why, but even though she had only known Chu Chen for less than half a day in total,
she had a huge liking for Chu Chen.
She also trusted him completely.
Chu Chen's meticulous care and handsome and gentle face made her feel at ease.
“Maybe it's because he's my savior!”
March 7 couldn't figure it out, so she attributed it to the reason of being a savior.
“Stop looking at me, just try it out.”
“I'll protect you here.”
Chu Chen couldn't stand March 7's shy appearance,
so he urged March 7 to learn the meditation method.
He wanted to ease the slightly awkward atmosphere between them.
“Oh, oh!”
“Okay!”
March 7 snapped out of her previous state,
and quickly began to study the meditation method in her hand.
For a while, the somewhat ambiguous atmosphere slowly calmed down.
“Di Mo? Di Mo! (What were they doing just now? I can't understand!)”
On the other side, Di Mo, who had witnessed the peculiar atmosphere just now,
had a slight shock and incomprehension in its tiny heart.
Being as smart as it was, it could naturally sense that the atmosphere just now was a little off.
But it couldn't quite put its finger on what was wrong.
This feeling was strange and confusing.
However, if it couldn't figure it out, then it wouldn't think about it.
It was just a spirit, why should it think about these complicated human matters?
That would be too tiring.
Therefore, Di Mo was only slightly confused for a while before it pushed the question aside.
.....
“Imagine the shape of a star in your mind.”
“Then imagine the entire universe with this star as the center.”
“Ugh... it's so abstract!”
“However, this won't defeat this girl!”
March 7 stared intently at the magic script in the scroll,
sometimes dejected and sometimes confident.
She didn't actually recognize these magic scripts,
but this didn't prevent her from understanding their meaning.
Because when she focused on these magic scripts,
the meaning expressed by the scripts would naturally appear in her mind.
.......
In order to become a real magician, March 7 studied diligently, neglecting sleep and food!
Finally, after half a day,
a flash of inspiration came to her mind,
and she successfully grasped the essence of the Star Meditation.
She became a one-star apprentice magician!
She also became the second magician in this world,
after Chu Chen.
“Huh?!”
“You succeeded?!”
“So fast?!”
Chu Chen, who had been guarding by her side, naturally noticed March 7's difference.
He discovered that March 7's temperament had changed slightly,
and there was a faint aura around her.
These anomalies made Chu Chen happy in his heart, he knew March 7 had succeeded!
“Yes!”
“I succeeded!”
“I'm also a magician!”
“I'm so happy!!”
“Chu Chen, thank you so much!”
“Huh?”
“Chu Chen, why aren't you talking?”
“What's wrong with you?”
“Chu Chen, don't scare me?”
March 7 was overjoyed in her heart, she wanted to share this joyful moment with Chu Chen,
but she suddenly noticed that Chu Chen looked different now!
Now Chu Chen, for some reason, was like a lost soul, his eyes were dull and his expression was vacant.
Even his body remained in one position, unmoving, like a zombie.
This made March 7 a little stunned, she didn't know what had happened to Chu Chen.
.........
In a vast space,
Chu Chen's consciousness slowly awakened.
“Where is this...?”
Chu Chen looked around, he found himself in a strange space,
it was hazy all around, unclear, but it felt boundless and vast.
“Become... a Star God!!”
“Thou shalt... ascend to become a Star God!!”
“Open the path of magic... ascend to become a Star God of Magic!!”
“Ascend! Ascend!”
Suddenly, an immortal and majestic thought came, turning into a majestic voice that echoed through this space.
“What the heck?”
“Make me a Star God?!”
“What's going on, how come I'm suddenly going to ascend to become a Star God?”
Hearing this voice from nowhere telling him to become a Star God, Chu Chen was completely dumbfounded.
He was just watching March 7 become a magician and feeling happy.
And now, he's going to become a Star God?
How could it be so sudden?
He didn't have any mental preparation for this!
No, even with mental preparation, it wouldn't work!
Because he wasn't going to be any Star God!
He knew that creatures like Star Gods weren't normal.
Becoming a Star God seemed like reaching the peak of this universe, possessing unimaginable power.
But in his opinion, that was clearly gaining a shackle that you could never take off!
Star Gods are bound by their original force, they can't do anything that goes beyond the meaning of their own path.
To some extent, Star Gods are rule bodies who have abandoned all their selves.
But Chu Chen had a bright future, he could very well surpass Star Gods in the future.
How could he abandon his self and willingly become the almost fanatically obsessed Star God?
“I refuse!”
“I don't want to be a Star God!”
Chu Chen's voice was decisive, he didn't hesitate to refuse this voice.
“Ascend!”
“Ascend to become a Star God of Magic!”
“Ascend! Ascend! Ascend!!”
Chu Chen's refusal didn't work,
that majestic voice became more and more urgent, an inexplicable and mighty power began to appear, seemingly wanting to transform his will!
“Crap!”
“You're so unreasonable?”
“Going straight for the strong-arm approach?!”
“Don't you have any rules to follow?!”
Seeing this unknown existence forcibly promoting him to become a Star God without any warning,
Chu Chen was numb, and he immediately panicked.
If he really became a Star God,
his future would be ruined!
Even if he could become a Star God like Akiviri in the end, retaining most of his humanity,
it wasn't what he wanted!
He wanted a complete self, a self without any interference of divine will!
He couldn't tolerate any foreign will mixing with his own will.
“Humph, you're forcing me!”
“System, go all out!”
“If not now, when?”
Chu Chen couldn't break this deadlock,
so he directly threw the problem to the system to solve.
As the system's host, Chu Chen felt that it should clean up his mess.
【Ding! Detected unknown force influencing host!】
【System starting interception!】
【Please wait!】
The system didn't disappoint Chu Chen's expectations,
after a prompt sound,
it began to clear away the mysterious power that was engulfing Chu Chen.
Just like a mouse seeing a cat,
those mysterious powers, upon encountering the power emitted by the system,
retreated like a tide.
“Good heavens, the system is still awesome.”
“This supreme power that can make people into Star Gods can be easily intercepted.”
Chu Chen witnessed this scene,
his heart was full of nothing but awe!