A Little Monster With A Wife Is Amazing – CH38

Chapter 38: Miracles, Please Help Me Pay Off My System Loan…

Shortly after, Jian Tang and the others entered the performance hall located on the B1 floor.

The performance hall had over a thousand seats, arranged in a fan-shaped tiered layout. Jian Tang scanned the area and found it to be entirely packed. There were even quite a few people who had bought last-minute tickets sitting out in the aisles. It was clear that Yuan Cheng was indeed quite famous to have attracted such a massive crowd to watch his show.

Jian Tang and the others had also bought their tickets last-minute, but their seats were excellent. By the time Jian Tang rushed back, the three Realm Lords had already secured the tickets. He didn’t dare ask how they had managed to get such good seats…

Not asking was purely out of curiosity; asking would probably just ruin his peace of mind. It was much more comfortable to keep one eye shut and just enjoy the free ride.

The people sitting near their section were all loyal fans of Yuan Cheng. Jian Tang saw a few girls in the front row who were incredibly excited after taking their seats, eagerly discussing something.

“I just saw Yuan-God backstage! He looks like he’s in great shape!”

“Wow, that’s awesome! It looks like he’s finally moved past it. Those critics are so annoying, they almost ruined Yuan-God!”

“Exactly! It was just a couple of performance blunders. Everyone has accidents. How could they say Yuan-God is at his wits’ end and call him a low-class street busker?!”

“Yuan-God will definitely perform well today. If his condition hadn’t recovered properly, he wouldn’t have suddenly announced a comeback performance. Hehe, it’s a good thing the comeback news was so sudden, otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to snag seats this close to the front.”

“Yeah, yeah! Wuu, Yuan-God hasn’t performed on stage for over a year. It’s so great that he’s making a comeback!”

Jian Tang listened to a earful of gossip, blinking his eyes in curiosity.

This dedicated showcase was Yuan Cheng’s comeback performance? And it was organized so suddenly?

Hmm… did Yuan Cheng intentionally set the performance venue here so he could see Little Yu as soon as possible after the show ended?

At 11:00 AM sharp, all the audience members had finished entering.

The four massive doors of the performance hall closed one by one, and the lights inside the venue gradually dimmed.

Deep blue lights lit up across the ceiling, making the entire hall feel as though it were submerged in a gloomy, dark blue body of water.

Suddenly, a bright spotlight fell onto the front, allowing everyone to see the situation on stage clearly. The entire stage resembled a massive water tank filled to the brim with clear, translucent water. The water’s surface was like a mirror, reflecting the twinkling pinpricks of light and a person standing barefoot right on top of the water.

He had a head of dazzling blond hair, high brows, and bright eyes. His features were as handsome as a prince out of a fairy tale, while his classical attire and the trident gripped in his hand made him look even more like a handsome sea god.

He took a step forward, his posture elegant as he literally walked on water.

The water’s surface rippled with slight swells, resembling a gentle ocean wave lightly caressing his ankles.

“Thank you all for coming to my magic showcase. I am Yuan Cheng.” The man smiled and waved to indicate his greetings to the audience, his voice magnetic and gentle. Quite a few fans clutched their chests in pure rapture.

Ahhhhh, their Yuan-God is so handsome! So elegant and so gentle! He’s the top-tier idol of the magic world!

“I definitely will not disappoint you all. Today, every single audience member present will witness with their own eyes—” Yuan Cheng pressed one hand to his chest. Even though it was just the opening, it looked like a curtain call as he suddenly bent his waist and gave a deep, solemn bow.

“—The return of miracles.”

The moment his voice fell, he lifted the trident he held, and the water ripples beneath his feet began to agitate into even larger surges. The water level rose continuously, and amidst the audience’s gasps of surprise, the rising water quickly submerged the top of the man’s head. However, he didn’t show a single shred of panic, still standing firmly on the exact same spot, looking as though he couldn’t feel any buoyancy or pressure.

The water level rose continuously until it stopped right at the ceiling of the performance hall, and the man began to march forward.

He moved through the water as if taking a leisurely stroll in a courtyard. Even more incredibly, with every step he advanced, the imprint of a seashell would appear beneath his foot. When his foot lifted, that illusory imprint would gradually solidify into a real seashell. The bivalve shell would open, and several tiny golden fish or golden starfish would swim out. They drifted and roamed through the water, trailing strings of golden radiance that resembled shifting sands—utterly dreamlike and incredibly beautiful.

But what truly astounded people the most was the body of water surrounding Yuan Cheng—as he marched forward, the water enveloping him advanced and spread along with him.

The original boundary of the stage ceased to exist. The water spilled down, quickly flooding into the audience area.

When the water first flooded over the front row of audience members, they initially let out panicked shrieks, but then froze in place.

How strange. Even though they felt themselves entirely enveloped by the current, and the sensation of being soaked in water was incomparably real, they could still breathe perfectly normally, and the clothes on their bodies weren’t drenched at all.

What on earth was the magic principle behind this!

The audience members further back were all deeply astonished. Shifting from initial fear and hesitation to being eager to try later on, everyone practically begged for the water to spread over sooner so they could also experience such an unbelievable “miracle.”

Soon, following Yuan Cheng’s movements, the water spread to the position where Jian Tang and the others were located.

Before the water enveloped them, Jian Tang intentionally extended his arm to touch it: it was crisp and cool; it genuinely was real water.

After being shrouded within the water, Jian Tang felt it carefully: Hmm, I can breathe normally, and there’s no pressure or buoyancy. Although my clothes aren’t wet, my exposed skin feels damp, exactly like the sensation of being soaked in water.

This… didn’t seem like magic at all.

Having worked as a skilled laborer in a dungeon trash factory for years, and connecting this to Yuan Cheng’s former identity as a task-taker, several items capable of generating this kind of effect flashed through Jian Tang’s mind instantly.

The three Realm Lord big shots beside him were even more accustomed to such sights. Heramis let out a scoff.

“A trivial parlor trick.”

Sitting a few rows further back, Feng Xun stared at the water spreading over in front of him, also recognizing its true nature immediately—

System item: Water Curtain Space.

He looked at the handsome man still strolling composedly through the water. The audience’s enthusiastic reactions and cheers didn’t affect his performance at all. Yuan Cheng’s face maintained an elegant and modest smile from beginning to end, appearing neither proud nor impatient, making it highly easy for people to view him favorably.

This guy is a task-taker?

Feng Xun knitted his brows slightly.

…A bit strange.

Although there genuinely were task-takers who brought items out to use in the real world, this kind of Water Curtain Space was a defensive item. It could isolate the scrutiny of high-level magical creatures and block a portion of burning damage. In certain specific dungeons, it was considered a relatively precious life-saving tool.

An ordinary task-taker wouldn’t waste a precious life-saving tool in reality. Moreover, the scale of this performance wasn’t even that top-tier—just a tiny thousand-seat hall. Was it worth spending such an immense fortune?

Just as Feng Xun was frowning in deep thought, his pupils suddenly contracted—

The area enveloped by the water vanished.

The entire first six rows of audience seats, the massive stage at the front of the performance hall, the entire body of water along with Yuan Cheng himself who had been suspended in the water—all of it vanished.

Feng Xun bolted to his feet violently!

The venue fell into a massive uproar. After the stunned audience members snapped out of it, they showered the stage with enthusiastic cheers and thunderous applause—they assumed this was a stage effect of the magic program.

Although the seats and the stage being completely uprooted and vanishing, along with the performer himself being entirely missing, was a bit mind-boggling, this was magic after all.

A magic performance dubbed a “miracle” was supposed to completely defy everyone’s expectations and create an unimaginable spectacle to be worthy of the word “miracle,” wasn’t it?

—

The exact instant the space underwent a transformation, the three Realm Lords sensed it immediately.

But this wasn’t anything worth throwing a fit over. Heramis and A’nie exchanged a glance, looking toward Fila in unison.

The one who had proposed coming to watch the magic show was Fila. They hadn’t understood before, but now they got it—the Nightmare Duke had likely predicted there would be entertainment to watch, which was why he had dragged them along to watch this little trick orchestrated by a task-taker, simply loving to see trouble brew.

Oh, he couldn’t exactly be considered a task-taker anymore, but rather a former task-taker—the man named Yuan Cheng had already been stamped with the mark of “Exile.” It was visible the moment they switched to a Realm Lord’s higher perspective.

What kind of trick Yuan Cheng actually wanted to play, they weren’t clear on. However, whether it was magic or a conspiracy, in the face of absolute strength, they were all just laughable little gimmicks.

They were highly willing to continue watching how the clown on stage would direct this play.

Hopefully, it wouldn’t be too boring.

Jian Tang didn’t see the tacit exchange of glances among the three Realm Lords.

In reality, at this moment, he was just like the other audience members, completely failing to discover that the space they occupied had already undergone a transformation.

Under the concealment of the water curtain, everything from the outside world looked hazy and blurred.

The seawater muddled people’s perception of their environment. Everyone’s sight was entirely drawn by the little golden fish and golden starfish roaming through the water. And an even more pleasant “miracle” was still to come—

Someone saw a little golden fish swimming toward him and tentatively extended his hand to catch it. He actually managed to grab it.

When he opened his palm, he discovered the little golden fish had turned into a stack of cash—it was real paper currency, the kind of real money that could be circulated and used at a glance.

“Th-This… this…” That person was dazed, not knowing whether this was a sudden windfall from heaven or a joke played by the magician.

Right then, the man suspended above the water spoke.

“Accept it. This is a ‘miracle’ that belongs to you.”

Yuan Cheng looked down at the bewildered audience, his expression merciful and gentle, as if he were a god looking down on all living beings.

“The things you want, the wishes you desire to fulfill—inside my ‘miracle’ domain, all of them can be realized.”

He raised the trident in his hand, slicing it rapidly through the water as if writing a complex symbol.

More seashell imprints appeared around him, the densely packed seashells gradually solidifying and spitting out countless golden fish and golden starfish.

“This is the return of miracles!”

This time, the little golden fish and golden starfish actively swam toward the crowd. A girl hesitated before grabbing a starfish.

“Can it really fulfill all wishes?” she muttered to herself. “I want that new emerald necklace from Brand D.”

When her palm opened, lying right in the center of her hand was a brilliantly radiant emerald necklace that looked incredibly expensive at a single glance!

She froze for a moment, then went completely wild with joy.

“It’s real… it’s real!!” She showed it to her companions beside her in high excitement, weeping tears of joy. “This really is a miracle!!”

The crowd erupted into a frenzy.

Everyone stood up from their seats, tilting their heads up longingly, excitedly grabbing at the little golden fish and small starfish swimming all over the place.

Some got gold bars, some got jewelry, and others got the admission notices they had been dreaming of.

Someone even received a phone call on the spot from the goddess he had a crush on for a long time, the other party confessing her deep affection to him over the line.

“Oh goodness! A miracle! This really is a miracle!!”

“Yuan-God! You are our god!!”

The people cheered thunderously. Because there was no limit on the number of wishes, the crowd grew more and more excited, more and more crazed. Everyone was harvesting the little fish and starfish with all their might, wanting to realize more wishes and obtain more miracles.

Jian Tang was completely dazed by the sight.

The previous Water Curtain Space was a dungeon item, true enough, but this kind of unlimited, instant wish-granting machine now… it seemed like no system item possessed this kind of function, right?

Hmm, it actually looks an awful lot like a traditional specialty of the Demon Clan.

They were absolute experts at operating this kind of fake wish-granting plus pyramid-scheme brainwashing plus recruiting-believers type of business.

Jian Tang subconsciously looked toward Fila, and the latter saw right through the boy’s thoughts, almost laughing in annoyance.

“It has absolutely nothing to do with us, okay,” Fila said. “The source of his power isn’t a demon contract.”

“Then what is it?” Jian Tang was perplexed. “Is it an illusion or a hypnosis trick?” These two were common routines in magic, after all.

“No.” Heramis casually caught a drifting starfish, squeezing it in her hand.

“All of these are real.”

“Eh? The things everyone received are all real?”

“The ones within the capability to be realized are all real.” Heramis opened her palm. The starfish hadn’t undergone any transformation, merely lying quietly in the woman’s hand as if it had lost its vitality.

“The ones that the ‘miracle’ cannot realize will have no effect.”

They could already see the situation on scene clearly enough. Yuan Cheng had definitely attached himself to some bizarre entity. The one helping everyone realize their wishes wasn’t Yuan Cheng himself, but the “miracle” attached to his body.

As for what the true form of the “miracle” was, a guess had already formed in the hearts of the three Realm Lords. However, if they wanted to verify it, they still needed further observation.

Jian Tang knew absolutely nothing about the Realm Lords’ hypotheses. Especially upon hearing that this wish-granting mechanism wasn’t completely omnipotent, he instantly felt that this segment might still consist more of stage effects.

Adopting the mindset of giving it a shot, Jian Tang also emulated the others by catching a little golden fish, silently chanting in his heart.

—Great miracle! Please help me pay off my system credit loan!

Opening his palm, that little golden fish showed zero transformation, even struggling to escape as if suddenly startled.

Jian Tang: “…”

Well, trying to pay off an eighty-million-point credit loan was indeed too much of a stretch. This wish was far too expensive, and was rejected by the “miracle.”

It looked like even gods would look down on dirt-poor ghosts.

Jian Tang thought about it, then caught another small starfish, muttering under his breath.

“I want to see my wife right now.” He paused. “Making a video call counts too.”

This request was genuinely too simple, so simple that it couldn’t even be called a wish—mainly because Jian Tang couldn’t think of any wish he desperately wanted to realize at the moment, yet felt it would be a pity not to participate since he was already here, so he spun a tiny wish to make up the numbers temporarily.

He couldn’t spend his day off keeping his wife company, but letting his wife indirectly view a rowdy magic scene would probably make him happy too.

Full of expectation, Jian Tang opened his palm, only to find the small starfish still completely unchanged.

No, it wasn’t completely unchanged.

The small starfish’s face turned completely blue, and then with a sharp crack, it split wide open on the spot.

Jian Tang was dumbfounded.

I just wanted to see my wife for a second. For such a simple, modest wish, how on earth did it scare the ‘miracle’ into cracking apart on the spot???

C-Could this actually be a deeply terrifying wish?

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