"Hong Yin, what did you talk about with Kasugano-kun?"

After Fang Zheng left, Bei Shanchao, who had been watching this side, hurried over and asked in a low voice. He knew that his wife had many worries and doubts about Fang Zheng. Privately, Bei Shan Hongyin had warned Bei Shanchao several times to keep a distance from Fang Zheng, so he was very worried that the two sides would have a conflict over this.

However, in response to her husband's question, Beishan Hongyin lowered her eyes and sighed softly.

"Nothing, just chatted with him for a while."

"Do you still hold on to that idea?"

"I should say... my thoughts have not changed."

Beishan Hongyin looked at her husband and smiled bitterly.

"I can even say that after talking to him, my thoughts became even stronger. That child is not an ordinary person..."

"Of course. If he is considered an ordinary person, then there are not many ordinary people in this world."

"No, you don't understand what I mean, Chaodi, you don't understand, he is really dangerous."

"I still don't understand what danger you are talking about. Do you mean what he intends to do to us?"

“That’s the problem.”

Beishan Hongyin shook her head again.

"He doesn't have any intentions towards us. In fact, if that were the case, I would feel more at ease."

“……???”

"He is the king of wizards, Chaodi."

Looking at her husband who was looking at her with confusion, Beishan Hongyin explained in a low voice.

"You are not a magician, so you don't understand what this means. He will become the king of magicians in all of Japan, no, the world. He will rule them all, and all magicians will obey him. As long as he gives an order, the magicians will carry it out."

"Is he really that powerful? Although his strength is beyond the imagination of ordinary people, the magic world will not listen to a child, right? Aren't there still the Ten Master Clans?"

After hearing his wife's answer, Beishan Chao was still confused, but after hearing his question, Beishan Hongyin smiled bitterly.

"You should know about his plan for a magic autonomous zone. In fact, I have also heard about it. Some people in the Japan Magic Association also opposed Fang Zheng's proposal, believing that this proposal overemphasized the independence of magicians and would likely cause dissatisfaction and vigilance in the government. However, in the end, this opinion was suppressed, and the Japan Magic Association subsequently passed a decision to assist the proposal for a magic autonomous zone."

Having said that, Beishan Hongyin looked towards Beishan Chao.

"Do you know what this means?"

"Could it be that Kasugano-kun also has supporters in the Japan Magic Association?"

"Hehe, supporters... that's not quite right. Strictly speaking, Kasugano didn't ask anything of the Japan Magic Association. They supported him voluntarily. Because the king's will cannot be violated, he has already put forward his own ideas, so as a minister, what we should do is not to deny the king, but to act in accordance with his will."

"You're exaggerating, Hong Yin."

Kitayama Chao obviously disagreed with what his wife said.

"What king? It's no longer that era..."

"For magicians, the times we live in have never changed."

Beishan Hongyin looked out the window with a trace of sadness.

"Because of the special power, people are feared and hated. This has been the case since ancient times. And I think you also know that the incident with the Shiba brothers and sisters not long ago has also caused magicians to receive more attention and doubts from the outside world..."

“…”

Hearing this, Beishan Chao fell silent. What Beishan Hongyin was talking about was an event that happened in the United States not long ago - or a disaster.

Although the specific reason is unknown, based on the current situation, it is because during the period of deterioration of Japan-US relations, Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba, who went to the United States as exchange students, were subjected to racial discrimination and hate attacks. Tatsuya Shiba, the older brother, was killed, and Miyuki Shiba, the younger sister, was extremely angry and launched a large-scale attack.

That could almost be called a terrorist attack. Not only did the city center where the two were at the time turn into ruins, but afterwards, Shiba Miyuki launched an irrational attack on the entire city and fought with the magicians sent by the American Magic Association. The United States sent the UNSC's special forces STARS and Chief Sirius. The result of the battle between the two sides was that three-quarters of the city was completely destroyed, tens of thousands of people were killed in the magic attack, and millions of people were displaced, with direct losses of billions of dollars.

For the United States, this is damage comparable to that of a war.

Of course, the United States eventually captured Shiba Miyuki and arrested her. According to the damage she caused, it was only natural that she should be sentenced to death. However, because Fang Zheng was worried that Fang Zheng would use this as an excuse to attack the United States, and Fang Zheng did ask the United States to return Shiba Miyuki, the US government finally held its nose and said it was willing to return Shiba Miyuki to Japan...

However, the impact of this incident itself goes far beyond this.

After this incident, a saying gradually spread around the world: if a powerful magician wants to commit a crime or launch a terrorist attack, what can the government do?

Indeed, after investigation, the whole process of the incident was also revealed. In fact, what happened to Shiba Miyuki is not uncommon. In fact, many people join terrorist organizations after being subjected to hate crimes, or vice versa, commit indiscriminate crimes of revenge.

But this is not the point. The point is that the harm caused by magicians as criminals is much greater than that of ordinary people.

Even in the United States, where gun ownership is encouraged, the number of victims in gun-related cases is only dozens or hundreds at most. However, the damage caused by Shiba Miyuki's rage is comparable to that of a local war, and the total number of gun-related victims in the United States in a year is probably no more than that.

Although Shiba Miyuki is considered to be one of the top magicians, it is very difficult for ordinary magicians to reach this level. But once there is a chance, there will be a second chance. No one knows whether similar things will happen again. At that time, what countermeasures will the government have to protect civilians?

Because of this, calls for restrictions on magicians are growing louder around the world. Aside from East Asia and Central Asia, which have historically been very polite to the existence of magicians, the threat from magicians is becoming more and more serious in other places. In the past, Japan was influenced by Chinese culture and did not have a negative consciousness towards similar existence, but after accepting Western civilization, their culture has also changed. Therefore, Japan, like the United States, has become worried and uneasy about the harmfulness of magicians.

"And you should have heard that he once publicly called for the creation of the Magic Special Zone into a home for magicians and was willing to accept magicians from all over the world..."

"It was reported in the media, but most people thought it was just a slogan..."

"Wrong, Chaodi."

Beishan Hongyin shook her head and stared at her husband seriously.

"That's not an appeal, it's a call, and I've also watched the media's discussion about this. Indeed, from the common sense of ordinary people, if a magician with ulterior motives enters, it will only bring disaster. And no one believes that a sixteen-year-old boy can really manage such an autonomous region, but... I want to tell you, he really can."

“…”

"This is why I'm worried, Brother Chao. He will build an unprecedented kingdom of magicians. If our Beishan Industry gets too close to him, we will also be pushed to the forefront. Indeed, this will bring unimaginable wealth to our Beishan family, but it will also bring unimaginable risks. To be honest, I am very satisfied with my current life. I don't have any special ambitions. I just hope that we can live this life in peace and that's enough."

Hearing this, Bei Shanchao nodded, and he understood what his wife meant.

"Besides, what worries me more is Shizuku."

"Shizuku?"

"Yes."

Kitayama Hongyin turned her head and looked at the other side of the banquet hall, where Fang Zheng, Kitayama Shizuku, Mitsui Honoka and others were chatting, and they seemed to be having a great time.

"This is my worry as a mother and a woman. I can see that Shizuku and Honoka both have feelings for that young man. I'm really worried about what will happen to their relationship if this continues."

At this point, Beishan Hongyin really showed a trace of uneasiness. If she had only analyzed it from the perspective of family interests before, this time, she looked at it from the perspective of a woman and a mother.

"I just talked to Kasugano, and he said that he is attracted to cute girls, but it is difficult for him to fall deeply in love with a specific person. I also wanted to ask him about his opinion on Shizuku and Honoka, but he changed the subject and avoided the question. I am not worried that he has any bad thoughts about Shizuku or Honoka, but I am worried that they may be hurt if they continue to be with him."

"Indeed, it's not a good thing to fall in love with the same person as your best friend, and it's hard for us to intervene."

Kitayama Chao also nodded helplessly. Of course they loved their daughter, but they also treated Mitsui Honoka as their own daughter. If these two people had a dispute over the same man, it would be difficult for them to say which side they should stand on.

Hearing her husband's answer, Beishan Hongyin opened her mouth, but in the end she said nothing. She didn't tell Beishan Chao that what she was most worried about was not the development of a love triangle. In her previous contact with Fang Zheng, she had already discovered that he was obviously very familiar with how to deal with such a situation, so even if it really came to that, he would not stand idly by.

But what Beishan Hongyin was more worried about was the magician's obsession with bloodline.

With Fang Zheng's powerful strength and qualifications as a king, there are countless magicians who want to incorporate his bloodline into their own family. Needless to say, the ten master clans, twenty-eight families and even digital families will be eyeing this. Even if they cannot get married, as long as they can successfully conceive with the other party's bloodline and have a child, it is already a very good result.

Therefore, it is certain that the "open and covert competition" centered around Fang Zheng will definitely unfold from this. Although the Kitayama family is an industrial chaebol, it is ultimately just a businessman and has no way to compete with the Ten Master Clans. In terms of status and family, Kitayama Shizuku and Mitsui Honoka are not opponents of each other. In addition, they are the women closest to Fang Zheng, so they may also be the first to be attacked and slandered by others.

Although Kitayama Chao said that he was capable of protecting his daughter from threats...but this threat was far beyond his reach.

Now all they could hope was that the man would practice what he preached, and at least not use his daughter and Honoka as sacrifices.

At the same time, Fang Zheng was on the other side, chatting with Kitayama Shizuku and others about topics that had nothing to do with romance.

"Is Miyuki-san okay?"

"I have contacted the US before. She is currently in custody, but she is not under threat of physical harm."

Fang Zheng answered Honoka Mitsui's question and secretly gave a thumbs up to Shiba Miyuki. At that time, it was not appropriate for him to take action, so he simply let Shiba Miyuki, who was in a frenzy, to cause trouble. Now it seems that Shiba Miyuki really lived up to expectations and made big news.

The person in charge of looking after Shiba Miyuki was none other than Angelina... Well, that was understandable, apart from her, no one else had the ability to suppress Shiba Miyuki.

And Fang Zheng also got the report about Shiba Miyuki from Angelina.

"After being escorted back, will Miyuki-san be thrown into jail?"

Chiba Erica was also a little worried about this issue. After all, they had met each other several times and were classmates. Now that such a big thing had happened, they were also worried about Shiba Miyuki's situation.

"I don't know which prison can hold her. I think she will be handed over to the Japan Magic Association for handling."

Fang Zheng did not intervene in the final judgment of Shiba Miyuki. In fact, to him, Shiba Miyuki was no longer of any use to him. But at least they had a one-night stand together, so he would make sure that she lived in peace... or died in peace.