I Might As Well Quit This Lousy Wizard Profession

Chapter 25: 025 Wine and beauty have led me astray many times Chapter 25: 025 Wine and beauty have led me astray many times Lin An walked back to the lakeside, sighing deeply.

He didn’t want to become a Wizard, hunted by the supposedly ‘just’ Witch-hunting Knights.

He also didn’t want to become a Witch-hunting Knight because the female boss of Suxin Software, Chen Xinmi, had already planned to hunt down the so-called disintegrated Antler Witch-Hunting Knight Order.

Stuck in the middle as a weakling, even if he wanted to dodge either way, it would be a dead end.

The life of fighting and killing in the Supernatural World just wasn’t suited for him.

He thought an ordinary life was quite nice; he already had a mortgage on a house, and his work seemed to be entering a new stage; everything was developing in a good direction.

Time quietly approached noon, but the sky was not scorched by the fierce sun as expected; thick clouds gathered above, neither too hot nor cool.

Lin An leaned on the lakeside railing with both hands, silently watching the lake water merge with the lush mountain scenery.

Small emotions such as restlessness and discontent couldn’t solve everything. As an orphan, he’d understood from a young age that he had no one to rely on. To face any difficulty, he only had himself to count on.

From deep breaths, to those stress-relieving meditation breaths explained by a yoga blogger, to the meditation technique just described by Chen Shuyun, he gradually calmed himself down.

His eyes were slightly closed, leaving a slit for the daylight to penetrate.

It seemed he was particularly suited to the Witch’s meditation practices; compared to the challenging breathing techniques of the Witch-hunting Knights, meditation as a Wizard felt incredibly easy for him.

Soon he re-entered the state that Chen Shuyun had guided him into just before.

He could feel his gaze blending into the slit of light between his eyelids, streaming along the slit and merging into the sky, looking down upon the world from above.

Mountain ranges stretched far and wide, the lake surface was like a mirror, and people of all sorts bustled along the lakeside.

His gaze roamed the high sky, gliding over the lake to spot a group of men and women gathered together, animatedly discussing the relaxing state they had experienced during meditation.

At that moment, he saw the young boss walking out of the teahouse, smiling and seemingly looking for someone.

So, he pulled his vision back, retreating along the gap in his eyelids.

Opening his eyes, he saw the young boss approaching him with hurried steps.

“…”

“An, there you are; I’ve been looking for you for quite a while!” the young boss hurried over, “Quick, the meditation event is over, we have to prepare for our talk with the shareholder of Suxin Software, Chen Shuyun. It’s a big step for our business!”

Lin An watched the boss with a strange expression, “Chen Shuyun was just in the ‘Summer Flower’ private room.”

“That’s great, so let’s go find her!” the young boss said, patting Lin An’s shoulder with satisfaction, “An, you’ve done well, it seems you’re taking this meeting seriously. Summer… eh… Summer Flower?”

Lin An nodded, “The noise from the ‘Spring Breeze’ private room next door was especially loud, and it made everybody quite embarrassed.”

“Is… is that so?” the young boss’s expression froze.

Very quickly, the young boss complained of a stomachache and fled.

After that retreat, Lin An didn’t see him for the rest of the day.

Luckily, he hadn’t entirely forgotten Lin An; as they were heading down Yunlu Mountain in a tour bus for lunch, Lin An received a voice message from the young boss.

He sounded particularly weak.

—— “An, I can’t handle it, I might be food poisoned and need to go to the hospital for an IV. You’ll have to take a ride back on your own.”

Then he sent 1000 yuan for the ride.

Extravagantly generous.

Lin An did not fall into a state of anxiety; he knew exactly what he needed to do.

Whether it was to pretend to be a Witch Hunter Knight to save his life at a certain time, or to practice the Breathing Skill to control his illusionary condition, he should focus on the black cat drawings that had been commissioned to him.

With his inexplicable awakening as a Wizard, his ability to sense and grasp the essence of spirituality had improved dramatically.

When he drew the black cat’s tail again, it was incomparable to those drawings from yesterday.

He immersed himself in the series of basic drawing courses for the rest of the time, absorbing knowledge bit by bit.

When Monday came, and it was time to go back to work, the young boss was squatting on the office balcony, smoking and sighing.

Seeing Lin An walk over, he looked up with red eyes, “Qin called me and scolded me, saying that I, as a playboy, should not be doing business, saying that I’m not cut out for it.”

Lin An declined the offered cigarette, thought for a moment, then sat down on the chair beside him, his mouth moved, but he didn’t speak.

What could he say?

“You’re the reincarnation of a teddy bear, sticking to any woman you meet, without caring that you’re clearly there to ask for favors?”

“How can you possibly make a good game with your bug-like behavior?”

Lin An suddenly realized that if it weren’t for the young boss’s faith in him, if it weren’t for his own resulting desire to leverage the characteristics of illusions to create a successful game and pursue a career as a professional magnate, his original plan was just to be an ordinary worker yearning for financial freedom and lying flat after achieving it.

Such a self would probably have entered the supernatural world of Witches and Witch Hunter Knights directly.

But if the young boss wasn’t a Bole he could rely on, and he himself lacked the ability to make a game, then what path would his life take?

“You gave me hope, yet you’re acting like a complete failure?”

Lin An thought a lot, and the young boss’s mind was equally in turmoil.

He could feel the disappointment in Lin An’s eyes, which added to his sense of defeat.

All his life, his father had taught him about business, such as ‘it’s not just companies choosing employees, employees are also choosing companies.’
It’s a reciprocal relationship where the leader responsible for strategy and the technician contributing exquisite skills are both indispensable.

Running a company is no different from conquering territories, if you’re too mediocre, then no matter how much talent you gather, they will leave you.

The young boss understood this; when he was determined to achieve something in business, his father made him study history at university.

A tyrant like Xiang Yu, who promoted only his favorites, ultimately couldn’t keep a talent like Han Xin, while Liu Bang’s ability to recognize and utilize talents led him to create an empire, and history is full of such wisdom.

Influenced by his father, the young boss didn’t adopt the Western capitalist thinking of ‘surplus value’; as a second-generation entrepreneur of the new era, he, on the contrary, had a more traditional mindset.

He believed Lin An was his Han Xin, someone who could help him conquer the world.

Even if he had nothing, having a Han Xin like this under his command meant he could make a comeback eventually.

Yes, at least he truly felt that Lin An was that important to him.

He couldn’t let Lin An down, nor could he disappoint the spirit of his father in heaven.

Although…

He had always doubted whether his father was truly dead…

“Wine and women have led me astray too often!”

The young boss angrily threw the cigarette butt into a cola can, patted his butt, and stood up, “Starting today, abstain from women! I’m meant to be a big shot who creates a game that will astonish the entire industry. How can I languish under the skirts of women forever?”

Lin An twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking his boss was a bit neurotic.

But regardless, the young boss began to work earnestly with a burst of energy, flipping through resumes that people had sent to the company online.

“An, we can’t wait any longer, I’ll arrange a few obedient designers for you first, let’s start by creating the looks for the Demon Hunter and Wizard.”

He rubbed his hands together excitedly, “The wizard theme is getting hotter and hotter, but the popularity of foreign wizard games in China is more due to the refinement of the AAA games themselves, not because the games’ cultural content has a strong appeal to Chinese audiences. That’s our breakthrough point!”

Lin An thought for a moment, somewhat puzzled, “What about the overseas market, then?”

“You don’t understand!” the young boss waved his hands grandly, “What about the overseas market? The domestic game market is almost half of the global market. Once we conquer the domestic market, naturally, there will be people overseas begging to bring our game there.”

“Just focus on the domestic market, trust me, I’m right.”

Lin An indeed didn’t understand, he watched the young boss muttering to himself while looking at the resume web pages, unsure if the boss could derive anything substantial from them.

He simply returned to his computer, opened the “Military Preparation: Leather Armor Section” lent to him by Professor Cao, pretending to read earnestly, but he sneakily stretched his hand towards the black cat that had approached.

His trip to Yunlu Mountain was actually quite fruitful.

Firstly, there were six witches present at the time, but none of them could see that kind of spiritual illusion.

Lin An clearly saw a witch walk straight through the illusion, confirming this.

Secondly, Shu Yun helped him awaken his spellcasting ability, branding him with the title of Wizard.

Meaning that even if he interacted with this black cat spirit, and even if Suxin, boss lady Chen Xinmi, somehow became aware of it, she wouldn’t think of him as a Witch Hunter Knight and wouldn’t come over in the middle of the night to kill him.

“Meow?”

—So you really can see me?

The black cat’s gaze became dangerous as if to blame Lin An for obviously being able to see it but not playing with it. He had pretended it didn’t exist for so many days.

But as that hand gently scratched its chin and tickled it, its eyes squinted in pleasure, and it emitted a purring sound.

Fine, I won’t blame you anymore, meow, after all, this really does feel good~