21st Century Necromancer

Although his everyday work also involved facing all sorts of corpses, being constantly surrounded by bodies in Chen Yu's lab still made Misumi Mikoto feel somewhat uneasy.

"Teacher, could we take a short break? I've been facing corpses these past few days, and I feel like I need to change my mood," Misumi Mikoto said to Chen Yu, having just finished an autopsy, as she made her request.

Hearing this, Chen Yu glanced at her and then nodded, "We should indeed take a break. Let's all go and have some afternoon tea."

Seeing that Chen Yu agreed with her suggestion, and no longer feeling the creep of his gaze down her back, Misumi Mikoto breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, she felt a small thrill at the thought of trying afternoon tea in the castle.

"Honey, I want to take a bath first. I've been soaking in the lab for so many days; I reek of corpse," Jounouchi Hiromi said. Although she didn't notice while engrossed in her experiments, she was driven crazy by the strong odor of death on her once she stopped, desperately wanting to take a bath and thoroughly cleanse herself.

Hearing Jounouchi Hiromi express her desire to bathe, Misumi Mikoto hurriedly chimed in, "Dr. Jounouchi, let's go together. I also really want to take a good bath."

The inherent female nature to love cleanliness was the same, whether one turned into a Necromancer or a giant dragon.

Chen Yu, seeing their state, didn't say much—just nodded to indicate they could go to the bathroom, seemingly feeling the need to wash off the grime from his own body.

The castle's bathroom was incredibly spacious and fully featured; maintained by magic, it sat ready for use at any time, even though Chen Yu didn't frequent it often.

Chen Yu took off his clothes, which were giving off the stench of decay, and handed them to the Ghost Maid for cleaning, then he lay down in the bath that was big enough to be used as a swimming pool.

It must be said that after some time of hard work and busyness, being able to soak in a hot spring and enjoy the comfort of a bath was a fantastic treat, even for a Demigod who didn't feel physical fatigue.

It's no wonder the Romans loved bathing so much that it led to the division and fall of the Roman Empire; bathing truly is a pleasure that can make people so lazy they no longer want to do anything strenuous.

Chen Yu completely relaxed and then lay in the recess created especially in the bathtub, feeling the hot water flow over his body, which was so comfortable that he closed his eyes.

While Chen Yu was comfortably soaking, Jounouchi Hiromi lay down next to him, nestling in his arms.

"Why didn't you go and bathe with Meiqin and instead came over here?" Chen Yu opened his eyes and embraced his wife, curiously asking her.

Jounouchi Hiromi smiled and after shifting to a more comfortable position, she said, "I'm not close with Dr. Misumi; she's your disciple, not mine. At times like these, of course, I should take a bath with my husband! Besides, is there any problem with a wife bathing with her husband?"

"No problem at all, honey. You can do whatever you want," Chen Yu replied with a smile before closing his eyes again, doing nothing but holding his wife and enjoying the comfort of soaking in the hot water together.

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In the greenhouse of the castle's Arcane Garden, a small table was set with delicate plates, which were filled with tasty and tempting tea snacks and cakes. Chen Yu and his wife, along with Misumi Mikoto, sat around the table, served by a Ghost Maid pushing a trolley.

"Teacher, why are you preparing so many Undead Army troops?" Misumi Mikoto asked her mentor while sipping her tea, her curiosity evident: "The bodies we've dissected these days, their physical capabilities should be about ten times stronger than an ordinary person's, right?"

Listening to his disciple finally ask the question he wanted to hear, Chen Yu couldn't help but laugh, "Meiqin, your observation skills are quite sharp. I haven't let you leave the Mage Tower or the laboratory; how did you find out I've been preparing a large army?"

"It's less that I discovered it and more like you intentionally showed it to me, Teacher. You never even tried to hide it, and my room has windows, after all. Every night, seeing the lights outside burning all night long and hearing the sounds of battle, even if I were foolish, I would still know you were training an army, right?" Misumi Mikoto looked at Chen Yu's smiling face and naturally understood she hadn't guessed wrong. Chen Yu had indeed intentionally displayed his army for her to see.

"The bodies you've been dissecting are certainly more than ten times stronger than ordinary people. If they were to fight untrained individuals, even unarmed, they could easily destroy a small country." Chen Yu was, of course, extremely satisfied with his creations, the entire 22 kinds of enhanced organs granting absolutely inhuman combat capabilities.

Without equipment, the Enhanced Humans' combat potential was already on par with Expert Extraordinaires, and with class change and arms, they were capable of Sub-Legendary combat power.

Sub-Legendary was the minimum standard that could be considered cannon fodder in the Divine Enthronement.

"As for my purpose, Meiqin, why don't you guess what I really want to do?" Chen Yu said, picking up a piece of cake coated with a thick layer of cream and chocolate from the plate and taking a bite.

Facing Chen Yu's question, Misumi Mikoto naturally racked her brains, trying to deduce his true intention, while Jounouchi Hiromi held her teacup and watched with an amused smile as Chen Yu and his disciple played the guessing game.

"You have the strength of a Demigod now, Teacher. With your power, suppressing a nation would be as easy as turning over your hand, and even superpowers wouldn't dare to openly cross you. So, for something that warrants such serious preparation and mass training of armies from you, it must be neither a nation nor any other ordinary force..." Misumi Mikoto analyzed Chen Yu's strength, realizing that even a country like Japan would struggle against the power Chen Yu was preparing. This led her to consider a possibility: "Teacher, you couldn't possibly be preparing for Divine Enthronement, could you?"

Hearing Misumi Mikoto say this, Chen Yu couldn't help but laugh and looked at Jounouchi Hiromi, then turned to Misumi Mikoto, asking with a smile, "Meiqin, how did you come to think of that?"

"Because you're too strong, Teacher!" Misumi Mikoto answered as a matter of course, then suddenly realized, "Teacher, are you really preparing for Divine Enthronement?"