"Oh, this is really a big fuss."

When Fang Zheng had replenished Tilia's power of existence, Shana also came to him, accompanied by an old man.

"Hello, Mr. Lamy, I didn't expect to see you here."

Fang Zheng looked at Lamy and greeted him.

“Hehehe…”

Hearing Fang Zheng's greeting, Rami smiled slightly.

"I came to check on the situation because I sensed the presence of the person reciting the eulogy. As expected, he is the slayer of the Flame-Haired and Burning-Eyed. Now I can rest assured."

"Have you reached an agreement with them?"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng glanced at Shana, and the girl nodded.

"Well, the Eulogy Chanter has promised not to hunt down Lamy and Tilia anymore, but... I'm afraid she will stay here for a while."

"Let her be."

Fang Zheng was in no mood to deal with that crazy woman. He had watched her fight from a distance before. To be frank, it was because he needed that woman to be the boss for Shana to gain experience and level up. Otherwise, if she dared to chase his lovely Tilia around, Fang Zheng would beat her to a pulp.

"Mr. Lamy, I have some questions about the freestyle that I want to ask you. Do you have time?"

"oh?"

Hearing Fang Zheng's invitation, the old man was stunned for a moment, then smiled and nodded.

"Of course, no problem. Since the eulogy reciter is no longer chasing me, I don't need to hide anymore... If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them."

"So……"

"Fang Zheng!"

However, before Fang Zheng and Lamy finished their conversation, Shana suddenly opened her mouth and interrupted their conversation. She looked at Fang Zheng with a complicated expression, then looked at Tilia, and was silent for a moment as if she was hesitating about something, then she lowered her head and spoke to Tilia.

“Yes, I’m sorry…”

After saying this, Shana turned around and left without looking back. Although this place still needs to be repaired, from her appearance, it seems that she does not intend to stay here.

"Aren't you going to catch up?"

Looking at Shana's receding back, Lamy suddenly looked at Fang Zheng and asked. Facing his question, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders.

"This is the homework I gave to the little girl. Whether she can complete it depends on herself. I am only responsible for grading it."

"Maybe she's too young to answer the questions correctly?"

"The teacher is responsible for correcting her mistakes, but first she must find out where she went wrong, right?"

Having said that, Fang Zheng glanced at Tilia, and Tilia also realized what Fang Zheng meant and smiled at him.

"Well, my Lord, I will go back and prepare dinner."

"Don't bully Shana too harshly, she's still a child."

"Please rest assured, Brother, I won't make her cry."

After saying this, Tilia smiled faintly and turned to leave. Only when her back disappeared did Fang Zheng look at Lamy beside him.

"Well, Mr. Lamy, let's find a place to have a good chat."

It turns out that Lamy's attainments in the Law of Freedom are indeed very deep. In just a few words, he solved the "capacity" problem that Fang Zheng was worried about. Not only that, Lamy was also quite interested in the "series" method proposed by Fang Zheng. Lamy has been collecting torches all the time, but as Alastor pointed out. He has collected too many torches, and if they are just put together, it is easy to have accidents. If they can be divided into several parts and stored separately, then even if they encounter a battle or other situations where they have to use the power of existence, then the losses can be reduced.

But unfortunately, in response to Fang Zheng's question about "being able to continuously extract the power of the Zero Hour Lost Child", Rami said that he didn't have a good solution.

"To achieve this, it is not enough to rely on the free method alone. It must be coordinated with a treasure or a demon king with special properties. If you can find a Crimson World disciple who can devour infinite existence power, or a treasure with similar abilities, you can use it as a basis for absorbing and transforming the existence power. Another way is to find Dantalio. He is an avid researcher. If it is the Zero Hour Lost Child, I think he will definitely be interested in this. But... I can't guarantee your safety by then."

Turns out he's a mad scientist.

Fang Zheng said that he would better stay away from such people.

"Thank you for your advice, Mr. Lamy."

Standing at the door of the cafe, Fang Zheng sincerely thanked the old man in front of him. The key points of the Freedom Method were somewhat different from magic, and it would take him a lot of time to figure it out by himself. Thanks to Lamy's help, Fang Zheng was able to master the principles of his own Freedom Method in a short period of time.

"You're welcome. I got a lot of inspiration from you, too."

In response to Fang Zheng's thanks, the old man chuckled, then raised his head and looked at Fang Zheng quietly.

"But...what are you going to do in the future, young man?"

"Um?"

"You have entered this world, and you also possess powerful strength. Now... you also have a sister who is a member of the Red World..."

At this point, Rami's tone seemed a little strange.

"What do you think? Fire Mist Warriors, Humans, and Crimson World People?"

To this, Fang Zheng answered without hesitation.

"I am a human being, so of course I have to stand on the side of humans."

"...I see. That's a very fitting answer for you. But depending on your choice, you might become the enemy of the world, right?"

"If humans had not made the world their enemy, there would not have been any results today."

“That’s true…”

Faced with this answer, Rami was silent for a moment, then he smiled again and nodded at Fang Zheng.

"Well, see you later, young man. Let's meet again at the crossroads of cause and effect."

After saying this, Rami turned around and slowly disappeared into the crowd.

The seal has disappeared.

Gazing at the sunset in the distance, Shana stood on the rooftop without saying a word, frowning.

Why would I do something like that?

The other party was a member of the Red World, and an intruder who suddenly inserted himself and Fang Zheng's peaceful life. For Shana, there was no need to show mercy to such a guy. She was not like Lamy, who had the power to distort the world. If it were her old self, even if she would not chase her, she would not stand up like today. To be honest, Shana herself did not expect that she would take the initiative to protect a member of the Red World without any mission or order.

"…Alastor, did I do something wrong?"

"...The mission of the Fire Mist Warrior is to protect this world from being distorted and swallowed up."

This time, the Red World Demon King gave an answer that sounded completely irrelevant. However, the girl smiled with relief after hearing this answer.

"Well, it looks like I did nothing wrong, that's great."

“…”

Looking at the girl who was relieved from the bottom of her heart, Alastor couldn't help but fall into silence. At this time, he remembered what he had talked about with Fang Zheng before.

"Purity is the most unreliable thing. So-called strength is not cultivated, but something that can be obtained after going through a thousand trials and tribulations. For Shana, the child is still like a flower in a greenhouse, and has no experience in this area at all."

"But, that kid is already very strong."

"To be strong by isolating yourself? That's not called being strong, that's called escaping. Not contacting anyone all this time and enduring loneliness all by yourself can also be called being strong? If you don't experience the various emotions that come with interacting with humans, you can't gain experience. Isn't this the same as fighting? In my opinion, Shana is now like a person training alone. Of course, she can train like this for ten or twenty years. As long as she enjoys it, I have nothing to say. You can only pray that the little girl will not be defeated by an enemy she has never thought of after she goes out."

It was for this reason that Alastor said nothing and tacitly agreed to Fang Zheng's "test" of Shana. As the Red World Demon King, he had fought with countless contractors and naturally had a deep understanding of human emotions. At first, Alastor thought Fang Zheng was just exaggerating, but when he saw Shana actually hesitated when she found that Tilia was attacked, Alastor realized that the growth rate of his contractors was faster than he thought.

As expected, that man is more suitable for the teaching position than me.

Looking at the girl's smile under the setting sun, Alastor couldn't help but sigh.