Chapter 10

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Chapter 10: What Is Happiness?

After boarding the airship, following Karoso’s orders, Neymar began to rest with his eyes closed.

Sitting on his comfortable sofa, Karoso listened to bullet comments explaining what a game is.

Karoso simply had a communication gap with these "online friends", he is not dumb.

In fact, many time travelers make a mistake in thinking that people from ancient times or other worlds are inferior to them, this is a slightly absurd perception.

"Oh, so I am a character in the game, an antagonist. And you are the ones controlling those two characters," Karoso frowned.

[To be precise, we control one of them, once we choose a gender, the other will stay dormant. Our main goal is to create a God Card called ‘Resurrection of the Dead’ to bring back our loved ones.]

[Of course, also to resist your tyranny.]

[Your path to godhood conflicts with our path to godhood.]

[We don’t know much about the past of that character, not even their name. If it were my character, my is is "Monkey Boy".]

[My id is "Grand Arrogance".]

[My id is "General Eight Stars".]

[I am "Hedgehog Cat Duel King, Awei".]

Looking at a jumble of IDs, Karoso rubbed his temple.

My world is actually a game in their world?

*sigh*

Karoso closed his eyes and pondered carefully.

Perhaps, this was done by the disappeared gods.

They think I am a character in a game. Maybe they are characters in another game, or they are like ants in a higher-dimensional world observing us.

This thing is too complex for me to understand right now.

They know the general direction of our world, but some details are not clear…

So, if there’s time, we should do an experiment to see if the future can really be changed.

Karoso shook his wine glass. I couldn’t provide help to them, but they could offer me unlimited help. This…

"I think our communication will become very unfair if it continues like this," Karoso said. "I help you study cards just to give you more fun. You don’t get tangible benefits from me, but I can get many tangible benefits from you."

"I can only study a limited number of cards, but you can study an infinite number of cards without using any materials. You can keep researching endlessly with a so-called simulator."

"In the end, I am the one who benefits."

[But you really can’t help me with anything.]

[My Honey Karoso is so understanding, it’s okay, just think of us as your extra boost.]

[Think about this person at our school, asking to borrow my bus pass. I said I needed it tomorrow, but he suggested I use money instead? What a university student, lacking manners compared to a teenager.]

[You’ve helped us a lot, at least seeing you makes us happy.]

[Helping others is the key to happiness. You don’t understand the joy in your heart after helping someone.]

[I understand, Master Karoso is someone who never accepts free lunches. If we don’t need anything from him, he will feel like a clown.]

[The question is, what can he help us with?]

[Don’t we all struggle with many stories and characters? This is where Master Karoso can assist us!]

[Yes, this way it’s a win-win situation.]

"Helping those people… Can it benefit you in any way?" Karoso felt a bit confused.

[Master Karoso, not everything in this world has a purpose.]

[Well, humans are emotional beings, and we are content just to find happiness.]

[Do you, like, not do anything for happiness?]

"Happiness…" Karoso frowned at this distant word.

Father once said that happiness belongs to those who are ignorant.

Because of ignorance, it is easy to be happy and satisfied.

Karoso felt that the people commenting on bullet comments were not of the ignorant kind.

Is happiness important?

[Master Karoso, take your time to feel it, we will help you gradually understand what happiness is, what love is, and what the meaning of living is.]

……

One day later, Karoso arrived at the airport outside Royal City Canterwind, where he was driven by the staff of Marl Magic Academy to the academy.

Today is the day of the entrance test, Karoso and Neymar arrived just in time.

Though called a Magic Academy, it was more like a city.

Marl Magic Academy is not just for teaching magic, it also has a Warrior Academy, Magic Academy, Nature Academy, Clergy Academy, Alchemy Academy, and Academy of Mechanical Engineering.

Even though this world has firearms, in this extraordinary world, individual abilities can be as strong as big guns and battleships. The future Karoso can challenge an aircraft carrier and countless experts solo, which is the purpose of the Warrior Academy.

At Wizard Academy, they teach elemental magic.

Nature Academy is quite interesting. It used to only enroll elves as students, but as some humans mastered nature spells and the number of elves decreased, it evolved into the Nature Academy as it is today.

The Clergy Academy requires students to have strong belief in the Aurora Goddess in order to enroll.

Even though the gods have disappeared, some people still believe they will return.

However, the number of people in this academy has been decreasing year by year.

Alchemy Academy follows the path of Card Makers. In many specific situations, fighting in this world can only be done with cards, especially cards that are linked to the soul, making them very convenient to carry. Since there are no other spatial tools in this world, Alchemy Academy is the most popular institute.

At the Academy of Mechanical Engineering, students can learn how to make and control machines. The decision on which path to choose will only be made in the higher grades, while lower grades are all about trying different things.

The Academy of Mechanical Engineering is the biggest institute, also known as the Commoner’s Academy. Many ordinary people attend to study and find work easier after graduation.

In contrast, the Magic Academy is only accessible to nobles, as regular people cannot afford the expenses of becoming a wizard.

[Speaking of which, which academy do you think Master Karoso is suitable for?]

[Definitely the Warrior Academy, Master Karoso is so powerful in the later stages!]

[If Master Karoso gets into the Warrior Academy, can we help him?]

[The Warrior Academy is full of unknown plots…]

[Um… come to think of it, which academy do we know the best?]

[No need to think, it’s definitely Alchemy Academy! ‘I’ am the dean of Alchemy Academy, the whole gang is in Alchemy Academy.]

[Exactly, many characters have come from Alchemy Academy.]

[If we help Master Karoso recruit people, does that count as showing off?]

[Wow, showing off, that’s so cool!]