Diary of a Dead Wizard - Chapter 789: Cat and Fish

Paul took Mina back to his temporary residence.

Although it seemed Mina’s appearance had only changed at the ears, Paul clearly understood his daughter was no longer an ordinary little girl.

Mina, with her two snow-white ears, fell asleep on the way home. After Saul gave Paul some instructions on how to care for Mina’s body going forward, he instantly vanished.

Looking at the chair where the other party had just been sitting, Paul was stunned for several seconds before coming back to his senses.

Then he walked to Mina’s bedside and crouched down, looking at the sleeping Mina and the two small wings atop her head. He raised his hand, wanting to stroke his daughter’s hair as he used to.

However, the wings that had been very quiet suddenly lifted up, their feathers spreading apart, resembling a pale human hand trying to grasp Paul’s approaching hand.

Paul’s arm froze in place, ultimately not daring to continue touching.

“My little Mina has indeed become a little monster.”

When saying this, Paul’s voice carried regret and resignation, but notably no fear.

“Good that you have this awareness.” Saul’s voice suddenly sounded behind him.

Paul’s heart tightened. He quickly turned around to find Saul somehow sitting in the chair he had just occupied.

As if he had never left.

“Lord Saul.” Paul bowed respectfully.

This was the kind of etiquette used when facing superior officers or mentors.

Saul knew this was Paul’s surrender to him.

This wizard apprentice with good talent and character was finally no longer fleeing the dangers of the wizarding world with his daughter.

Saul nodded, accepting the bow and Paul’s allegiance.

He raised his hand and placed a box on the table.

This box was about a meter long and wide, half a meter high, sealed tightly with no indication of what was inside.

It was completely quiet, making no rattling sounds when it gently touched the table surface.

“Keep this with you for now. Let Mina have more contact with it.”

Saul didn’t explain much, and Paul could only nod in agreement.

After thinking, Paul came over and tentatively moved the box onto Mina’s small bed, placing it above her head.

“Does this work?” Paul turned back, carefully asking for Saul’s opinion.

Saul chuckled lightly. “Heh, you’re quite proactive. If you had been like this before, you wouldn’t still be an apprentice now.”

Seeing Paul fall silent, Saul stopped teasing him. “With Mina’s misfortune this time, she’ll inevitably enter the wizarding world early. What are your thoughts?”

“I… Lord Saul, could I become your student?”

One-on-one instruction was completely different from the teacher-student relationship in public lecture halls.

“No.” Saul ruthlessly refused him.

Paul wasn’t discouraged and carefully asked again: “Then… what about Mina? Her talent definitely won’t be poor.”

“Mina has already caught someone else’s attention, who will personally take her as an apprentice.” Though Saul refused again, he still pointed Paul toward a path, just vaguely without indicating who.

“Don’t worry about anything else. I’ll give you and Mina a portion of the wizard’s inheritance who kidnapped her. Use these materials to advance to true wizard first, and help Mina recuperate. Don’t tell anyone about this box’s existence, and don’t let others notice its special nature.”

Paul nodded repeatedly.

After arranging everything, Saul’s figure disappeared again.

Paul waited in place for a while, and after confirming Saul wouldn’t return, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked at the box beside Mina’s pillow and sighed lightly. “I wonder what Lord Saul asked me to keep. Specifically placing it beside Mina… could it be that his saving Mina was actually for this box?”

The soundly sleeping Mina turned over, her small hand landing right on the box’s edge.

The box remained completely quiet without any reaction.

…

Saul teleported from Paul’s residence back to his small house.

In the room, the orange cat Kate was curiously clawing at the large water tank Nathan had just brought back, staring with cat eyes trying hard to see inside, but still couldn’t make out what was there.

Saul had added an isolation layer outside the water tank, so Kate, being only second-rank, naturally couldn’t see clearly inside.

“What is this?” Kate looked back, already accustomed to Saul’s sudden appearances.

“A mermaid. Have you heard of them?” Saul sat casually nearby and took out a white porcelain cat from his pocket, placing it on the table.

“Mermaids seem to be an ancient species, but aren’t they nearly extinct?”

“The authentic mermaid race is almost gone. What you’re looking at is essentially a modified product.” Saul raised his hand and released a ball of white light into the tank. The entire tank immediately became clean as new, even the water that had been stored for who knows how long became crystal clear.

Kate could thus see the creature inside clearly.

“Whoa, this mermaid is much uglier than the records!”

“Help me test it. I suspect this mermaid’s body only contains a portion of mermaid bloodline, and also do a soul analysis experiment to see if it’s original equipment.”

Kate turned back in surprise. “I’m just a cat now!”

He waved his cat paws—he couldn’t even hold test tubes now. And some experimental instruments prohibited magical use to avoid inaccurate experimental data.

“I’ll have Agu stay to help you operate.” Saul said, standing up. “I’m leaving this white porcelain cat with you. If you need luck in experiments, feel free to use it. It’s rare to have such an opportunity to get good fortune without paying a curse price.”

“Wow!” Kate became interested now. He immediately abandoned the ugly mermaid and jumped onto the table, gently patting the white porcelain cat’s head with his paw. “I’ve wanted to try this for so long. You released so many white porcelain cat replicas but never gave me one to use.”

After touching it for a while, he closed his eyes, seemingly trying to sense if his luck had increased.

But when he opened his eyes, he said puzzledly, “Wait, why do I feel this isn’t the original version?”

“Of course it’s a replica.” Saul said matter-of-factly.

“But I’m a second-rank wizard—do replicas have effects?” The orange cat rubbed his hands together like a shrewd merchant. “Lord Saul, please let me use the original version.”

“The original has other uses.” Saul looked down at the pitiful fat orange. “What matter do you have that requires praying to the original for good luck?”

“Bah!” Knowing he couldn’t get the original, Kate lost interest and lowered his hands. “What other wish could it be? I just hope to leave this cat’s body as soon as possible.”

“Cough cough…” Saul used coughing to cover his embarrassment.

Originally he had promised to help Kate make a human container, then transfer his soul from the cat’s body to the new container.

But who knew Ophelia would suddenly become interested in his body. To avoid losing his integrity, and more importantly, to protect the secrets of his body and soul, Saul began urgently expanding the white porcelain cat’s influence, temporarily neglecting Kate.

After the embarrassment, Saul patted Kate’s head like he had the white porcelain cat. “One month. You can use this cat for one month. After one month, either you leave the cat’s body, or you can flee for your life.”

“Ah?” Kate blinked his cat eyes, suddenly feeling a chill seeping down from his head.

(End of Chapter)