Chapter 7: I Needed to Have a Job (1/2)

Translator: Night Fury

Proofread by DragonRider

“Ha ha, I didn’t mean to ask you to become a monk. You don’t need to protect your hair so fast.” Yu Hui probably found my movements of covering my head funny. Then she giggled with her hands covering her mouth and said that.

“I don’t? Oh, I understand now. I only need to study the Buddhist doctrine... But I don’t know anything of that. It’s impossible for me to understand those abstruse things, not to mention that it is written in Sanskrit which I don’t even know how to pronounce.” To be honest, I knew I was not a clever person. I could force myself to memorize things mechanically but comprehending the Buddhist doctrine was a whole other level for me. It was too hard.

“I know it is difficult for you to understand those Buddhist texts. So I won’t teach you the complicated ones, only one of the practical Buddhist doctrines which called ‘Counting Spell’. You don’t even have to read any obscure texts. There’s only one thing you need to do.”

“Counting Spell?” I had never heard of it.

But it was good to know that it was easy.

“You only need to count one to a hundred in your heart. But there are two restrictions. The first restriction is that you have to pause three seconds every time after you count a number. The second one is that you cannot think of anything else during the counting. If you violate any of the restrictions, you’ll have to start over until you finish counting a hundred numbers.”

“Sounds pretty simply. Will it really work on my evil thoughts?” It never occurred to me that the solution would be that ‘ordinary’. So I asked Yu Hui doubtfully with my eyebrows raised.

Yu Hui answered me with a smile, “Just have a try.”

“I see, I’ll do it now.” This spell might really have some magical effect. Perhaps Yu Hui would do something to me when I counted.

So I decided to have a try.

I closed my eyes and started to count from one to a hundred.

One, two... Ah, I forgot, I should have paused for three seconds. Then I started over again.

..., ..., ... I didn’t know if I had paused for three seconds or not. The time interval was really hard to control. Well, I guessed I would have to start again.

... Seventeen... Well, where was I?

Eh...

Having tried about seven or eight times, I found myself even unable to count to twenty. So I opened my eyes and said sullenly,

“This one is harder than I thought...” I did have underestimated the difficulty of this ‘Counting Spell’.

The most difficult part was thinking about nothing but the numbers.

I considered myself a steady man and wouldn’t let my mind wander so easily. However, thinking of only the numbers was still impossible for me.

Because I needed to pause for three seconds. And that was long enough for me to think of other things. Moreover, during the procedure, I had wondered if I had already paused for three seconds enough from time to time. That also brought me back to the beginning.

It seemed that Yu Hui had already foreseen my failure. She said to me with the corner of her mouth hanged up,

“That’s why it could release you from the evil thoughts and suppress those desires.”

“You are right. It actually worked. If I can count from one to a hundred in five minutes, I might lose all my wicked ideas.”

As long as I counted numbers on a five minutes cycle, I would be able to control my mental state.

The thing she had taught me sounded more like a way to distract my attention. But it was a lot easier than memorizing the Buddhist texts.

What was more important was that it was quite simple so I could do it anytime.

This method suited me well because I didn’t believe that I would recall any Buddhist texts in some critical conditions.

However, there was still a defect of this method... “But I can only consider it as a precaution, right? What if I don’t even have the chance to count?” I asked.

Then Yu Hui nodded and answered, “If you really cannot control yourself, it’ll be hard for you to pull yourself out of that state on your own. So if you make any mistakes, I’ll take you down. So the only thing you need to do is to take great precaution.”

“Then I’m counting on you, Yu Hui. Don’t show any mercy on me by then. Just slap me on the face.”

“I see.”

Now I still had to set up a standard for me... When should I start to do the ‘Counting Spell’?

Well, when I started to touch a girl? No, that would be too late... After thinking for a moment, I finally decided to close my eyes and do the spell as soon as I couldn’t help staring at the body parts of girls.

The parts which were alluring to me were boobs, butt, leg, underwear, well... Maybe I should also includ the back, belly, as well as... neck, collarbone...

Come on! That was too hard!

Now I had to restrain myself from wanting to look at girls’ bodies. I found that a real grind. I might just poke my eyes out. Maybe I could even explore the eighth sense by being blind.

“Puff...” I didn’t want to seem too worrying. It was just there were so many girls around me lately. So I had to raise my line of defense... Now come to think about it, my good luck with women might be caused by my previous life.

“But casting the ‘Counting Spell’ is just a temporary measure. Don’t you have a way to eliminate my evil thoughts?”

“There is one which could get it done once and forever... However... I wouldn’t suggest you to use it...”

“Hmm? What kind of method? Tell me about it.”

After hesitating for a while, with her face turning red, Yu Hui turned her head and told me the method while pointing to my trousers, “You can also cut off that part of your body...”

“...” Self-castration, that was a way to end up all my problems indeed.

However, I wouldn’t get any stronger by doing that. So I would pass that.

I was the only son of my parents; I didn’t want to die without descendants.

I was really having a headache right now. Was I about to live a monkish life...?

“Don’t worry, please trust me. I’ll find a perfect solution soon!”

“Thank you so much... You help me every time and I don’t even know what to say. Is there anything I can do for you? Don’t mind, just say it. As long as I can do it, I’ll definitely satisfy you.”