Tokyo Haneda International Airport.

The girl standing at the security checkpoint had a large suitcase next to her. She stood there, looking around curiously, her long, smooth hair swaying slightly with her movements. Even in this crowded place, one could see the charming charm of the girl in front of him.

“Hasn’t it arrived yet…?”

As the girl spoke, she glanced at the watch on her wrist to check the time.

However, at this moment, suddenly, a small hand appeared from behind her and gently patted the girl's shoulder.

“Yo.”

"ah!"

Frightened by the sudden shock, the girl couldn't help but let out a soft cry. She turned her head and saw a girl with a red ponytail that seemed to be burning like fire, who looked shorter than herself, standing there, looking at her with a smile.

"Sorry, sorry, I'm late."

"No, that...Excuse me, are you Miss Red Ponytail?"

"Why use the word you? It sounds awkward. Just call me Xiaohong."

"Ah, yes."

Perhaps because the girl in front of her looked younger than herself, the black-haired girl was finally not as nervous as before. She turned around and respectfully bowed to the girl with red ponytail in front of her.

"Nice to meet you, hello, Xiao Hong. My name is Kurogiri Hana... I am Fiore-sensei's student."

"Yeah, yeah, I've already heard about it from Fiore, but to be honest, it really takes me by surprise."

Looking at the black paulownia flowers in front of him, Fang Zheng, who had transformed into a red ponytail, couldn't help but sigh. To be honest, when he handed the list to Fiore, he was just trying his luck. But Fang Zheng himself didn't expect that his action, which he did out of boredom and just in case, would lead to such a result.

According to Fiore's introduction, Black Tong Flower is one of her disciples, and the most talented disciple at present - this is not surprising, although according to the requirements of the magician of the Type-Moon world, Black Tong Flower, who has no magic imprints and few magic circuits, has nothing to look forward to. However, in terms of the magic system of the main world, it is completely different, because Black Tong Flower has a bloodline similar to that of a "warlock", which makes her progress in learning the energy spells quite fast.

Frankly speaking, when Fang Zheng learned that Heitong Xianhua had this kind of bloodline, his first reaction was shock, but after careful thinking, he was relieved. After all, there are fantasy species and gods in this world. If the ancestors of the Heitong family had a blood relationship with some monsters or fantasy species, then it is easy to understand.

After all, if you think about it carefully, both Kurogiri Kan'iya and Kurogiri Hana will encounter many abnormal people around them. According to the theory of "only abnormalities will attract abnormalities" in the Type-Moon world, it is not incomprehensible that the Kurogiri family has some kind of mysterious bloodline similar to that of a sorcerer.

After all, it is impossible for ordinary people to enter and exit the root, right?

"Okay, I know you have a lot to say, but let's get on the plane first."

"Ah, um..."

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Xianhua nodded, and then the two of them walked straight to the security checkpoint.

The flight time from Tokyo to London takes about twelve hours. Qianjieshu naturally travels on his own plane, so the plane is very spacious. However, for Xianhua, I am afraid she is somewhat unable to adapt to this level of luxurious style.

"That...Xiao Hong?"

"Hmm? What's up?"

Fang Zheng leaned back in his chair, took out a novel, and looked at the flowers around him.

Thank God, the Holy Demon Blood in this world is still being serialized. It’s great that the author in the parallel world is not dead!

"What exactly are we going to do in England this time?"

"Didn't Fiore tell you?"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng blinked curiously, while Xianhua stuck out her tongue a little embarrassedly.

"The teacher only told me to accept the invitation on behalf of the Thousand World Tree, but he didn't tell me what to do specifically..."

"Oh, there's nothing much we can do."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng turned a page of the book.

"Huh? Nothing...to do?"

"If I must say something, I'd like you to experience for yourself how annoying the magicians in this world are."

"Is that so? Um...Xiao Hong, what kind of people are magicians?"

"To put it nicely, it's persistence. To put it bluntly, it's stubbornness. And most of them are mentally ill lunatics."

Fang Zheng snorted softly, then continued speaking.

"You should have heard from Fiore that the ultimate goal of magicians is to pursue the root, and they are willing to sacrifice everything for this. To put it bluntly, this group of magicians are the kind of people who will eat humans without hesitation if they find that they can enter the root by eating humans. It's just up to them whether to eat them raw or grilled."

“Is this… like this?”

Hearing Fang Zheng's bad analogy, Xianhua's expression instantly became a little stiff.

"That's right, that's why our Thousand World Tree exists."

This is the purpose of the Thousand Worlds Tree, which has been rejuvenated in Fang Zheng's hands. Unlike the Thousand Worlds Tree that was still pursuing mysteries and roots in the past, now under Fang Zheng's leadership, the main purpose of the Thousand Worlds Tree has been changed to "maintaining order and fighting against evil demons." To put it bluntly, the current target of the Thousand Worlds Tree is those magicians and families who will threaten humans, destroy social order and endanger ordinary people.

Although their purpose seems to be similar to that of the Holy Church, the Thousand World Trees do not believe in religion, so they are incompatible with the Holy Church.

Just a little bit is enough - the Holy Church believes in one God, and Fang Zheng himself is a god. You say that the God you believe in is awesome, right? If you have the guts, call him out, and I'll rub him to the ground in front of you!

I am a god myself, so how could I allow believers of other gods to spread such absurd ideas as "only one God is God, and all others are heretics and demons" in my territory?

Therefore, it can be said that the Thousand Worlds Tree is completely opposed to the Magic Association and the Holy Church. Fang Zheng's existence determines that he cannot get along well with the Holy Church, which believes in evil gods. For the Magic Association, everything that the Thousand Worlds Tree currently teaches completely overturns their philosophy and foundation.

After all, for the Magic Association and magicians, their life's energy is spent on pursuing the root. However, under Fang Zheng's Thousand Worlds Tree, the teachings to the magical girls are that pursuing the root is meaningless, and the disasters they bring to countless people and families in the process are worthy of vigilance.

Although tracing the root cause is a personal freedom, just like drawing 18X comics, it is another matter if it brings about extremely bad influence or even leads to harming the little girl next door.

This is also the reason why the Thousand World Tree and the Magic Association are fundamentally opposed, because the most important things for the Magic Association are basically garbage for the Thousand World Tree. And the part that is not worth mentioning at all for the Magic Association is what the Thousand World Tree values ​​the most.

This is why Fiore wanted Fang Zheng to send someone this time, and Fang Zheng agreed immediately. Previously, the Thousand World Tree had been recuperating in East Asia, and it did not shine too brightly. But when the Thousand World Tree grows up and those magical girls become combat-ready, they will definitely go around the world to "punish" those magicians who harm ordinary people and society. This will inevitably lead to conflicts with the Magic Association and those aristocratic families with a long history.

Fang Zheng's goal is simple, and that is to sweep all the magic associations and magicians of the old era into the dustbin of history!

Since you all say that you are pursuing the past, then go to the garbage dump of history and rot with those discarded things.

Don't be a nasty person in this world.

"Magicians are essentially a bunch of Chuunibyou patients who never grow up."

"Chuunibyou...disease?"

"Yes, like I am special, I am the chosen one, I am born with extraordinary powers, everyone else is mortal, only I am the noblest, the greatest, the strongest, the most special..."

Fang Zheng snorted softly.

"And then they will try every possible way to get themselves killed, and they won't take other people seriously. But this is normal. After all, magicians are from Europe, and the feudal hierarchy there is still the same. The only fate of a commoner princess is to die in a car accident. For those old-fashioned people, family honor, bloodline, and family background are the most important things."

Having said that, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders.

"Of course, most humans have this problem, and there are many people who look down on others. But few people bring such great harm to society as magicians do. Contradictions and conflicts between humans are easy to deal with, but magicians... Strictly speaking, they are not human. It is easier to understand that they are aliens hiding among humans."

“Haha…”

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, the flowers were also stunned.

"is that so?"

"That's right. Just think of magicians as aliens who came from Zentraedi a long, long time ago. They lived on this earth and disguised themselves as earthlings. Although so many years have passed, these aliens are inferior to humans except for a little mysterious power, but they still have the arrogance of Zentraedi in their bones, and think that humans on the ground are just a group of ants that can be found everywhere..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng picked up the orange juice next to him.

"And our duty is to make these arrogant Zentraedi people understand that this planet is not their backyard where they can do whatever they want."

"Sounds... a lot like the Man in Black?"

"That's a little bit true, but the monsters we face are more disgusting than those in the Men in Black."

Looking at the flowers that had recovered, Fang Zheng also laughed.

"And we don't wear black."

"But isn't the teacher also a magician?"

"That was just an analogy. I meant most of them. Of course, there are still a few magicians who retain their human conscience. But because of this, most of them can no longer be magicians. Fiore is one of them. That world is very anti-human. It is difficult for magicians with human nature to survive in that world. One of the meanings of the Thousand Worlds Tree is to provide a shelter for those people."

Having said this, Fang Zheng looked at the flowers again.

"Okay, that's all. As for the rest, you'll need to find the answers yourself. This is also the reason why Fiore wants you to represent the Thousand Worlds Tree and go to that damn place this time. Although Europe is the headquarters of the Magic Association, you don't have to be afraid. Just play your own style. Whoever dares to cause trouble for you, let me beat him into a pig's head!"

“Huff, huff, huff…”

Seeing Red Ponytail waving her fist, Flowers couldn't help but chuckle. Although the girl in front of her seemed to use rude words and didn't look like a good girl at all, for some reason, Flowers felt quite relaxed in front of her and didn't even need to pretend.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Xiaohong."

After a long twelve-hour flight, and then a train and a car ride, finally, three days later, Fang Zheng and Xianhua arrived at the foot of the mountain where their destination was.

"This crappy place, England, is so backward."

While walking on the hiking trail, Fang Zheng did not forget to complain to the flowers.

"The trains are terribly slow, and there's nothing good about them. The roads aren't repaired, and the road is just dusty..."

Fang Zheng was walking on the mountain trail while complaining. However, just as she finished her words, a tired voice suddenly rang out.

"I, I am almost dying, can you please walk a little slower, ma'am..."

Hearing the voice, Fang Zheng and Xianhua raised their heads and looked forward, only to see a tall man in a black windbreaker walking breathlessly on the mountain trail not far in front of them. He was holding the shoulder of a petite girl in front of him with one hand, trembling with breath.

"But Master, if we continue like this, we will not be able to receive the invitation in time..."

The girl who was held by the man spoke in a slightly embarrassed tone, and the man stretched out his fingers with difficulty.

"... Then it will take ten... No, five minutes. Let me sit down and rest for a while."

"There's really nothing I can do."

Facing the man's request, the girl in the gray cloak sighed.

“…Just three minutes.”

"call……"

After hearing the girl's answer, the man in the black coat sat down on a stone by the roadside, panting, while the girl in the gray cloak leaned against the oak tree next to her. Then they turned their heads and their eyes met with Fang Zheng and the flowers.