Since everything was arranged reasonably, Li Ke settled comfortably into the caravan.
As for constantly having those kinds of things with Tanjie and then quickly returning to the world of 7 Days to Die to save Lux.
Li Ke had considered it, but the problem was—
Tanjie had things to do.
Not about the shop, but something else entirely. After meeting Li Ke last night, Tanjie directly demanded that Li Ke not contact her for half a month, otherwise Li Ke would have to return to the world of 7 Days to Die and send Lux away.
Unfortunately, no matter how he asked, Tanjie wouldn't reveal what she was going out to do, and she didn't even see Li Ke today. Otherwise, Li Ke wouldn't have had Miss Lucia come to him directly.
Therefore, Li Ke had no choice but to give up and go find other prey, specifically outstanding women.
After all, he had already tested it on Miss Yellow Rose. A woman without power or emotional attachment to him would only generate a single-digit amount of energy after all that effort.
Miss Lucia wasn't a talkative person. She sat with Li Ke on the street side waiting for the caravan to depart, even meditating there.
Lottie was the same, constantly looking through a notebook filled with various spell arrays. Li Ke couldn't understand any of it, but that didn't stop him from taking out his language textbooks and notes to continue learning the world's language.
Li Ke was still finding it somewhat difficult to learn, not because of things like memory, but because the world was incredibly new to him. He found it interesting to squat by the street watching the vendors, and when some animals he had never seen before passed by, he would even use his talent as a painter to draw their images on a blank notebook.
After all, Dungeon Fighter Online was just a pixelated game, and it didn't show much of the real world. There were many things in the real world that they hadn't shown, and these novelties were what Li Ke found fascinating.
In such a situation, learning naturally became a classic case of "Learn? Learn my ass!"
But just as he was watching a wise-looking pack animal with interest, Miss Lucia's voice rang in his ears again.
"If you can't focus on something, you can't reach the pinnacle in any field."
Her voice was as stern and distinctive as ever, very methodical, as was her tone.
Li Ke then realized the caravan had started moving. He quickly grabbed Lottie by the collar, lifted her up, and hoisted her onto his shoulder, casually responding to Miss Lucia.
"That's true, but a monotonous life always needs some variety, and besides, I learn this language quite quickly."
As Li Ke spoke, he opened his mouth and said something he had just heard from the mercenary beside him, using it as a lame joke.
"For example, phrases like 'That guy over there is richer,' 'I have connections,' 'Have mercy, sir,' I can recite them instantly."
But after he finished speaking, there was no smile on Lucia's face. She just looked at Li Ke and shook her head with a helpless expression.
"I think you need to learn some truly useful phrases. There's absolutely no need to learn these thug-like words."
Li Ke felt a little embarrassed. The worst thing about having a joke is dealing with someone so rigid and inflexible.
"Um, begging for mercy is still necessary, isn't it?"
"Begging for mercy from monsters is meaningless, it's meaningless to those who really want to kill you, and it's also meaningless to those so-called thugs. And if you always walk the righteous path, upright people won't attack you, so begging is the most useless thing."
"..."
Li Ke looked at her vulgar body, completely at odds with her just words, and a feeling of contrast immediately arose within him. But he also understood that the female fighter before him wasn't the type to be easily defeated; rather, she was incredibly difficult to deal with, yet to his liking, it was practically a free kill.
This type is called the "Ordinary Type."
Yes, an ordinary personality, an ordinary worldview and values, an ordinary way of thinking.
But—
It's precisely this excessive ordinariness that makes her extraordinary!
Everyone has their unique strengths; even a rigid, methodical person can't be called absolutely ordinary. But the one beside him was ordinary within ordinary!
Especially in this magical world, such an ordinary, serious personality is incredibly rare!
If she said she wasn't a genius, but achieved her strength through her own efforts, then that would be even more in line with the most righteous path, the most ordinary within ordinary!
This kind of woman doesn't act arrogantly, doesn't champion feminism, and certainly doesn't create gender antagonism or the notion that men should yield to women. She simply treats men as men and herself as an ordinary woman. She doesn't consider herself superior because she's a woman, nor does she believe men should defer to women. She objectively views the differences between men and women, and is willing to sacrifice for her family. She might voluntarily reduce her own expenses or take on part-time work if the family's income becomes too high. She doesn't have any messy personality traits; she buys things out of necessity. She buys musical instruments and sporting goods because she genuinely likes them, and she'll even seriously pursue hobbies, even if she doesn't understand them.
She doesn't do other things while doing one thing. When dating men, she doesn't look for power, status, or wealth, but rather for simple, ordinary values and personality.
Most importantly, what she says and does is always the most correct option based on the information she has.
"So focus and hard work are essential. Look at me, I was sickly as a child, and it was through focus and hard work that I gained this strength. If you want to see the world better, to appreciate things you've never seen before, then you should focus even more on learning languages and writing, shouldn't you? So you should focus on learning, instead of letting your mind wander and interrupting your language learning."
Lucia spoke again, and from her serious expression and tone, she genuinely believed it.
And Li Ke thought about it.
She's right.
*Bye--*
Li Ke excitedly blurted out in Japanese in his mind.
What's wrong with this woman!
She's gone too far with her seriousness!
He looked at Lucia, and reason told him that if he could get Lucia, she would definitely be a perfect wife, and the energy she produced would be absolutely amazing for a bodyguard.
But his reason also told him:
This woman, although she's as ordinary as can be.
But wanting to get her?
The difficulty is hell.