Chapter 1639: Chapter 864: Circus of the Heart (Part 2)
“But, teacher, I don’t want to be a fortune teller, I want to be a clown.”
The Devil Girl requested a career change, thinking a clown might be more suitable for her.
“Rejected. The position of clown is already filled, you just focus on being a fortune teller.”
Dorothy rcilessly dismissed Artie’s request.
“Who is it? I’ll go convince her.”
Artie, upon hearing there was soone competing for her job, imdiately showed a fierce look.
“That’s a secret. Don’t ask what you shouldn’t know; knowing too much isn’t good for you.”
The Hobody Witch said irritably.
Who else could be the clown? Naturally, it’s herself. After all, she currently has dual identities of Hers and her own true self. The magician part belongs to Miss Hers; what does it have to do with Clown Dorothy?
“Alright.”
Seeing her teacher’s unwillingness to reveal, Artie nodded gloomily.
So now it’s two against one, with the Beast Tar Miss still not quite understanding what’s going on, also raised her hand hurriedly.
“Let’s not talk about why start a circus for now. I feel like I can’t be a beast tar; I’m not a summoner, where would I get beasts to ta?”
Fenrir said thusly.
Ta what? Could she possibly ta herself?
Dorothy: “….”
The Hobody Witch was taken aback, then realized this seed indeed to be a problem.
She instinctively thought about borrowing a couple from Adam’s garden, but after glancing at Miss Dog-Witch’s abilities, she silently retracted this idea.
Forget it, at this rate, who knows who would end up taming whom?
Moreover, the chickens, ducks, and fish in Adam’s garden, although powerful, might not be exciting enough. To draw in the witches, sothing more sensational would be needed.
Dorothy pondered for a mont, and then a bright idea struck her.
“Oh, got it, Fenrir, no need to worry. I’ll find you so wild beasts soon.”
She said this in response to the Beast Tar Miss.
Fenrir was startled, then seed to think of sothing, and looked at the Miss Magician with so alarm.
……
“Circus?”
Later that evening, when the three returned, Adam, sowhat worried, was originally planning to ask his daughter about Fenrir’s situation. He didn’t expect his daughter to tell him they were preparing a whole circus, leaving Mr. Hero full of question marks.
The young people’s ideas are a bit too wild, and he, as an older person, found it hard to keep up with their train of thought.
“Yeah, after all, I’m really broke right now. I can’t just keep freeloading off you. It’s hard to find a job in a short ti, so I have to resort to performing.”
Dorothy pulled out the empty pockets of her magic robe, showing them to her dad.
Well, that’s also the truth.
Although starting a circus was rely aligning with historical trends, the Hobody Witch genuinely wanted to earn so gold coins this way. She was truly strapped for cash after spending all the little inco made from previously robbing Fenrir, and without figuring out how to make money soon, she’d have to sponge off Adam or continue her not-so-legitimate counterfeit currency business.
Adam: “….”
Seeing his daughter in such a pitiful state, the old father almost took out all his pension.
But he held back in the end.
Just as he never directly gave money or resources to the villagers like Fenrir did, Mr. Hero knew that directly giving his daughter money wasn’t right either.
The Immortals from the East had once conveyed an ancient saying from the Eastern Universe, “Teach a man to fish rather than give him a fish.”
Adam liked this saying a lot and always upheld this principle.
Although, as a hero, he was known for his righteous deeds and often saved people, he never saved anyone without any limits.
His rescues were never unconditional and always had a boundary.
Just like in Avalon Village, he brought these people together to encourage them to beco self-reliant while helping each other out, uniting in such a way that even if he left afterward, the villagers could still live well through mutual support.
If he had covered everything, directly giving money and resources, once he left, the villagers would suffer even more.
He’s this way with others, even more so with his daughter.
Though Mr. Hero believed his daughter was very sensible and capable, unlikely to be spoiled, he still rembered the saying, “To spoil a child is like killing a child,” and kept a firm stance against being too soft-hearted.
Now that his daughter knew the importance of self-reliance, this was a good thing, and as her father, he should be proud and content.
“Well, is there anything I can help with?”
Adam, having just about pulled out his wallet, instead put it back and asked this way.
Although he couldn’t give money directly, it didn’t an he’d just ignore everything. Doing so would almost sever their father-daughter bond.
As a father, he was more than willing to lend a hand to his daughter.
Or rather, he was quite eager to do so.
Sigh, the conflicting feelings of an old father.
He’s afraid of doing too much and spoiling the child, yet he hopes to be needed and recognized by his daughter, as that’s where the sense of accomplishnt as a father cos from.
Dorothy: “……”
The Hobody Witch originally didn’t want Adam involved, after all, what they were about to do wasn’t anything particularly good. She worried Mr. Brave Dad might end up drawing his sword in anger over the affair.
However, she quickly rembered Mage Adam’s decisiveness and lack of concern for minor issues, plus the eager look in her dad’s eyes, which practically scread “I want to join too,” so she thought for a mont, then asked.
“Hmm, Dad, why don’t you be the Prop Master? Coincidentally, I might need an assistant for so of my magic shows. How’s your alchemy?”
She asked this way.
Although the “magic” shows of the witches ultimately require superb magical skills for completion, so necessary auxiliary props are also required.
In addition to this, circus tents, the beast tar’s cages, the fortune teller’s crystal ball, and other props all need soone to prepare.
Originally, Dorothy had planned to handle it herself, but now that her dad made his offer and she recalled Adam’s garden.
The thods to trap those fierce ingredients were extraordinary, and there were techniques there that even she found hard to comprehend because they weren’t part of the witch system, but seed to be unique thods from various exotic beings.
“Sure, I can do that. I’m fairly decent at alchemy. I actually studied it for a while, so you can trust with logistics.”
Upon seeing his daughter’s approval, Adam cheerfully replied.
He indeed had specifically studied alchemy, as maintaining hero equipnt, sealing various troubleso enemies, all required alchemical techniques.
So he picked up so of it on the way, and this knowledge was a reward he had earned, like when he helped the Dwarf Kingdom slay the Evil Dragon occupying the mines and acquired the Dwarf Forging Techniques, or helped the Fairy Kingdom defeat the evil witch and learned Fairy Enchantnt Techniques, or the Elf Armormaking Techniques he got from helping the Elf Kingdom fend off the Orcs, and so on.
Despite having limited energy and not mastering them all, he could barely manage them to maintain his Heroic Artifact Set, but couldn’t forge a Holy Sword or produce Divine Armor.
But now, as retirent approached, he could spend more ti exploring these areas, and being a Prop Master was quite fitting for him, enabling him to offer a bit of aid to the young quietly, allowing them to put fewer worries and boldly act.
“Alright, I’ll have those props ready for you soon. You all do your best.”
Adam encouraged his daughter this way but soon thought of sothing.
“By the way, Dorothy, what are we calling the circus?”
Mr. Hero asked this, considering he needed to craft a sign later.
“The na?”
Dorothy was montarily taken aback, not having considered it yet, as the story didn’t ntion it.
So she decided to co up with one on the spot.
She thought for a mont, then looked up.
“Let’s call it the Circus of the Heart. Dad, what do you think?”
She sought Adam’s opinion.
“Circus of the Heart? Nice na, I quite like it.”
Adam first murmured in agreent, then nodded and smiled.
“Alright, I’ll go ask Artie and Fenrir. If they have no objections, we’ll go with this na.”
Dorothy concluded this way.
…..The Circus of the Heart is forming…..
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