Char dreamed again of his first encounter with Hathaway in the Knowledge City many years ago.
"Whether it is completing the Black Tower's courses or studying arcane knowledge, it requires a huge investment of funds and resources."
"Frankly speaking, we don't like this rule either, but the cost of training a wizard is indeed quite high—"
"For commoners without family support, perhaps joining the imperial military or joining the nobles of the princes' alliance, obtaining the pet cubs they can produce on a large scale, and embarking on the path of an official beastmaster is a better choice."
Outside the magnificent tower, there was a hint of helplessness in the guards' words.
The wizards in the Black Tower are arrogant.
This kind of arrogance is not the kind of arrogance that is obvious like that of a nouveau riche, but rather comes from the pride in one's bones.
They look down on the melee warriors who would kill at the slightest disagreement, and they look down on the believers whose power comes from the gods rather than from themselves... In other words, they have a slight sense of superiority over everyone other than wizards.
This arrogance has nothing to do with the other person's status.
...
...
Even the most powerful nobles in the alliance of princes were once rejected by the Black Tower with the words "Your Excellency is too eager for quick success, lacks the most basic reverence for truth and arcane arts, and has no inquiring mind that a sage should have. It is better for you to find another way out."
One must have sufficient resources and wealth to conduct magical experiments, and a thirst for the arcane and the truth to become a sage with a seeking heart.
Most of the noble descendants who aspired to enter the Black Tower were blocked at the second item.
Only Char was a rare person who met the second requirement, but failed in the first one.
However, despite such a strict threshold, there is still an endless stream of students rushing to the main tower of the Black Tower from all over the Western Continent every day.
As for the reason, it is actually very simple -
No matter how powerful the Empire, the Holy Kingdom, and the Alliance of Princes are, they are only countries established in the Fourth Epoch.
As for some secret organizations and the Angel Family, they existed a little earlier, but they also rose in the Third Age.
Only the Dark Tower——
No matter how the eras change, dynasties shift, and the gods bleed.
From the battle of angels to the advent of saints, from the barren land to the opening of the sacred calendar...
The wizards have been defeated several times, but they have always stood firm.
Since the birth of the Second Age, it has long been guarding the spark of order and civilization.
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"Sure enough, I knew it wouldn't be that easy."
"In other words, I still need to spend some time saving money..."
"Although I have thought of ways to make money, accumulating initial capital is a very troublesome step. If I waste too much time on it, it might disrupt my original plan."
The black-haired boy thanked the Black Tower guard politely, but glanced behind him with a lingering look out of the corner of his eye.
The pitch-black tower stands majestically, reaching into the sky.
And on the square outside the Black Tower, there stands a towering obelisk.
The red-gold ancient Aramaic words were engraved on the obelisk.
"The truth and destiny are in the depths of the stars"
This is the creed of the Black Tower.
This is also the reason why Char tried his best to bring Airola into the Black Tower to study.
Although he has the memories of being a time traveler, he is very clear that different worlds have different laws and rules.
On the Western Continent, there are extraordinary creatures, legends of subhuman races and giant dragons, spiritual power, so-called mysteries, and magical factors floating in the atmosphere... All these things were things that Char's previous world had never had, and it takes time to get familiar with and understand them.
The advanced concept of a time traveler will be perfectly adapted to this world.
In this world where the supernatural exists, the heights that the supernatural can reach also depend on the extent of their understanding of this world.
In Xia Ya's opinion, compared to rushing to join a force with Xiao Ai, contracting a pet, or cultivating spiritual power... it is far less important to first learn the knowledge and legal principles of this world and lay a solid foundation.
The former only reflects short-term temporary gains, but the latter directly determines the potential for future development.
On this level, neither the Empire nor the Theocracy is as suitable as the Black Tower, which has a continuous tradition and regards "the pursuit of knowledge and the search for truth" as its creed.
It’s just a pity that with their current wealth close to nothing, it’s destined to be difficult for them to enter the Black Tower to study.
"Let's go"
He took the soft hand of the little blonde girl beside him.
"It just so happens that I just sold the hunting bow and spare arrows that I had consigned to the Hunter's Association. I'll take you to eat roasted sweet potatoes today."
Perhaps because they were both born in the North, Airola has always had a special liking for steaming hot roasted sweet potatoes that warm the palms of your hands.
But this time, she was rarely moved, but still stood there stubbornly.
"Expose my identity and use the compensation from the Empire to allow you to enter the Black Tower..."
"don't want."
Airola's proposal was ruthlessly rejected by Char as soon as it came out.
"Xiao Ai, do you want me to live off a girl who is two months younger than me?"
"Send the last legitimate daughter of the Ingulite family to the imperial capital, to those noble families and aristocrats who obviously have ill intentions towards you, and who may be the masterminds behind Ceylon... in exchange for my tuition at the Black Tower?"
"I'm not that shameless."
"We can seek help from the royal family..."
"The other sworn families and great nobles are not good people, but it is hard to say whether the hostile royal family is a good thing or not."
Arora did not respond, but just looked up at the boy's profile with her sky-blue eyes.
Xia sighed and mumbled, "Okay, okay, the biggest reason is that I can't bear to let go."
"If we really accept the disaster relief from the empire, who knows when you grow up, there might be some guy like the Third Prince or the Fourth Prince who will take advantage of this favor to arrange a political marriage for you..."
"I heard that the greatest use of the noble heirs in the imperial capital is as tools for political marriages. This feudal tradition is unacceptable."
As he spoke, he looked up at the sky.
"Anyway, you promised me in Ceylon that you would be my beautiful girl for the rest of your life."
"I am a very domineering person. I have already sworn an oath with my fingers crossed. It is useless for you to regret it now."
Without further ado, Char put his fur coat on the little girl beside him and said, "Let's go. If we stay any longer, the roasted sweet potato shop will close."
"When our family has money, we will go back to the Black Tower."
Airola looked at Xia deeply and said, "Oh."
She tightened the fur coat around herself and obediently placed her little hand in Char's palm.
She let Char hold her hand and walk towards the nearby neighborhood.
However, immediately afterwards.
However, Airola noticed that Xia's steps suddenly paused, and she stopped her behind her without making a sound.
Crystal clear fragments spread across the evening sky.
A fraction of a second later, the sky shattered.
Surprisingly, despite such a loud commotion, the pedestrians around seemed to turn a blind eye, as if nothing had happened.
"A traveler far away from home?"
The golden elf in a dark Gothic dress was suspended in mid-air, slender and elegant, her age impossible to tell.
Her gaze first fell on Airola behind Char. She looked very calm, yet seemed to have the magical power to see through souls.
Arora felt the other person's gaze pause slightly on the chess piece of oath deep in her soul, but soon moved away calmly.
It was as if this holy relic, which represented one-eighth of the empire's authority and was coveted by legends, was completely insignificant in her eyes.
Until the golden elf's gaze followed the two people's holding hands and fell on Xia.
Those calm, light-gold eyes suddenly rippled for the first time.
"A displaced person who has lost his place to stay and has nowhere to go—"
"I have lost everything, but I have become the support of those around me."
"In order not to make her worry, I carefully hid all my cowardice, fragility and loneliness in my heart, pretending to be omnipotent."
"What a familiar look...it's exactly the same."
The golden elf's voice was a little hoarse.
She looked at the little boy who was shielding Airola behind him and had a blank expression on his face, and suddenly a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"In that case, if you don't mind, then follow me and learn."
"It's not the rigid dogmatism of the Black Tower today..."
"Rather, it is the true arcane."
So, from that day on——
Char became the only student of Hathaway in "Eternal Page".
…
The faint morning light shone through the window onto Xia's face, bringing a hint of warmth.
Xia opened his eyes, only to see that the originally soft and tidy bed beside him was now in a mess, with traces of rolling and crushing everywhere.
There was also the looming headache and the feeling of weakness that spread from the torso to every part of the body.
The stormy memories of last night also revived along with Char's awakening.
When Char saw the scarlet stains on the bed sheet, he suddenly recalled the fear of being dominated by the Queen's martial arts techniques such as "Star Absorbing Technique", "Controlling Cranes and Capturing Dragons", and "Left-Right Fighting" last night.
As a beastmaster who has broken through the limits of the throne, although Char is not the type to fight with physical strength, his physical fitness has been improved by his rank and soul contract. In theory, his physical fitness has long surpassed that of mortals and is comparable to that of dragons.
However, his opponents are even less human than Char.
Just the Queen who had been hungry in the Fantasy Belt for a thousand years, coupled with the succubus royal family's dream-making ability to assist, their offensive was no longer like that of a human.
Thousands of years of attachment and persistence were all released in this night.
Then, the second person to appear is the Blue Silver Witch, who should not be underestimated either.
Buried himself in the cold white tower for five hundred years—
The love that had been fermenting alone for a hundred years in the darkness and oppression was finally released, and its surging and fierceness was no less than Isadela's.
Char's Black Tower was constantly being manipulated by Sylvia, the chairwoman of the White Tower.
Finally, it made the White Tower descend from top to bottom, completely swallowing the Black Tower into the White Tower.
The elites trained by the Black Tower were also ruthlessly taken in and absorbed by the White Tower.
In other words, Xiao Ai, who appeared last, felt sorry for him, and during the ten years in the Garden of Eden, the two of them had already developed a tacit understanding, so that Xia Ya was already familiar with the girl's routines, and this gave him some breathing space.
If not for this, Char might not even be able to stand up straight now.
Xia lay on the bed for a long time, until the headache and weakness disappeared completely, and then he sat up.
I washed up in the bathroom, changed the bed sheets, changed clothes and went downstairs.
"Good morning, Xiao Ai."
The blonde girl poured the milk into the same style of glass for both of them and brought it to the table: "Morning, Char-san."
Well, it seems that this girl is still sulking.
I just don’t know whether I’m angry at myself for being the first one to fail in the game yesterday, or at myself for not being able to have fun last night.
Or maybe both.
Char drank milk and ate a sandwich while his eyes fell on the Camelot Morning Post on the table.
The news on the cover page was "Thirteen great nobles in the imperial capital, including several oath-taking families, were taken legal action for suspected crimes such as rebellion and treason."
It seems that those great nobles will never be able to jump up and down again in the future.
He flipped through the newspaper: "Have His Majesty and Sylvia left?"
"Yeah, but they said they'll come a few times a month from now on."
Airola sat across from the table, resting her chin on her hand.
She watched Char finish the sandwich she had made with an expressionless face, and a hint of satisfaction flashed in her beautiful sky-blue eyes. "hiss……"
Xia felt his kidneys ache again: "Isn't this frequency a bit too high?"
"Really? But I feel like Char-san seems to be enjoying it."
Only after watching Char finish his sandwich did Airola pick up her own portion and take small bites.
"Pain and happiness, this sentence is a philosophy."
Char quickly finished reading the newspaper, and then his consciousness moved slightly.
An illusory screen of light suddenly appeared in his mind. It was the skill panel of the "Mercury Snake" with which he had made a new contract.
【Wheel of Fortune】
[Attributes: Time, Destiny]
[Rank: Mythical Skill]
[Skill Description: Observe the inherent wheel of fate of any event in the world. 】
[The level of detail of the Wheel of Fortune and the length of time it can be observed are affected by the mystery and rank of the target. 】
…
【Destiny Retracing】
[Attributes: Time, Destiny]
[Rank: Mythical Skill]
[Skill Description: Reverse Destiny]
[This skill cannot be used actively and is a locked passive skill. 】
…
What is the latter one?
Xia couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
The first Wheel of Fortune was easy to understand. Just as he had seen the Mercury Snake use it before, it was an extremely powerful intelligence skill that was close to the rule level.
You can view the wheel of destiny of all things in the world from a God's perspective.
Because it is not asking the person himself, but directly exploring the fate itself, the effectiveness of this skill is only related to the other person's status. There is no way to deceive or cheat. Even if the person has lost his memory, the secrets of him can be controlled through the Wheel of Fortune.
Of course, it is common to be shocked by something you shouldn't see and be scared into taking a side path, just like when he tried to watch the Mercury Snake in Char's Wheel of Fortune.
But the second skill, "Destiny Rewind", is very interesting.
"Reverse fate".
According to the literal description, it is somewhat similar to the "Flashback Pocket Watch" that Char exchanged for, and the "Izanami" that he used before with a one-time experience card.
However, this skill is a passive locking skill and cannot be used actively.
"Zhan Wushe, explain."
Char's mind moved slightly, and he unlocked a corner of the seal of the small dark room, awakening the mercury snake that was sleeping in the small dark room.
Mercury Snake, who was woken up by Char, was still a little confused and was about to show off his grumpiness, but under the effect of the Master-Servant Contract, the more he looked at Char, the more handsome he became.
The little snake spit out its tongue helplessly: "I am different from those gods who were born from the bottom and relied on plundering faith step by step, usurping the throne and divine authority, and only then luckily ascended the throne."
"From the moment I became conscious, I have contained the divinity of destiny within me."
"Retracing fate... To be precise, this should be considered my instinct."
Xia frowned and said, "Don't call me 'I'... It sounds old-fashioned. Use 'I' instead."
The mercury snake's tail tensed for a moment, but soon relaxed.
It suddenly felt a little regretful about signing the master-servant contract.
But after all, this is the investment I chose. It’s too late to regret now. I can only go down this path.
"To put it simply, when fate flows to the diversion that I reject and hate, this kind of regression will happen from time to time."
Xia frowned slightly: "In other words, time goes backwards?"
"It's not about time going back, but it should be the restart of the restricted area, right?"
Mercury Snake's words also carried a hint of uncertainty: "But I can't actively trigger this ability, and I can't control the exact timing of restarting it."
"And sometimes, even if I don't want to restart, it will be forced to happen."
"For example, the God War at the end of the First Epoch, the shattered divinity and authority spread all over the astral plane and the outer world."
"I thought about going to the edge of the battlefield to pick up the spoils that others didn't like, but every time I was about to put this idea into action, my fate would be forced to restart, and I could only find a remote place to sleep in the end."
If you weren't forced to restart, you would really go pick up junk, right?
By the way, you kept shouting "Gu, kill me" before. Are you sure that as long as I really kill you, the restart of fate will definitely happen?
Xia complained in his heart, and with a slight change of mind, he locked Snake, who was about to protest, back into the small dark room.
Although Mercury Snake's words were vague and it was obvious that he was an illiterate who did not understand the way of knowing things through investigation, Char still had a general understanding of the meaning.
Restarting the state or events in a certain area does not count as reversing time, but is more like overwriting with a previously saved archive.
Most of the time, the effect is not much different from that of the Crimson King.
Of course, these two skills can only be regarded as incidental to the reason why Char chose to complete this deal with Mercury Snake.
The real purpose——
Or, for my teacher.
As he thought of this, the illusory azure light curtain in Char's mind also changed along with Char's thoughts.
[You have obtained a new historical anchor from the mythical creature "Mercury Snake"]
[A new historical reverberation has been triggered]
[Time coordinates: First Era]
The First Era...
Xia's eyes couldn't help but flicker slightly.
The Black Tower, wizards, and even the birth of arcane and magic.
The truth of the opening of the abyss.
The War of Gods at the end of the First Age.
Also, the reason why his golden elf teacher was trapped and exiled in the dimensional void.
At the beginning of ancient times.
All clues point to the first era in history.
"The teacher has been reluctant to mention this to me. It should be because it is quite difficult and he doesn't want me to take risks."
A slight smile appeared on the corner of Xia's mouth.
"But, teacher, you may be wrong about one thing."
"I have always been a very greedy person..."
"When I said I wanted to be 'the male protagonist that makes your heart flutter', it was not just a flirtatious remark, but a serious declaration. ”
“If in a love game, all the heroines’ paths have reached a perfect ending, but the teacher is still trapped in the depths of the astral world, only able to glimpse the light of the human world for a moment.”
"Then whether it's me or you, or even the readers, you will all feel regretful about this."
“So from beginning to end, I was really working hard for this.”
"For... a happy ending for both of us."
Char stood up and touched the soft and smooth light golden hair of the girl beside him.
"I'm going to retreat these few days to prepare."
"Preparing for retreat?"
Airola glanced at Char with a hint of doubt.
Then, with the tacit understanding between her and Char, she easily realized what Char was thinking at the moment.
"The remnant of history?"
"Um."
Char collected the cups and plates of both of them.
He did not try to hide anything from the other party. The past ten years or so had already proved that all excuses were meaningless in front of this childhood sweetheart who knew him inside and out.
The value of "Intuition EX".
"A new echo of history..."
The blonde girl paused for a moment and looked at Char with her beautiful sky-blue eyes.
"Because of the teacher?"
Although Aurora herself had no arcane talent, Hathaway never forbad Char to teach her the knowledge of the Black Tower.
Even though Airola usually doesn't like to use her brain, Char still forced her to raise her cognition and basic knowledge of the world to a level far beyond that of the people of the Western Continent through cramming.
After all, this was a beautiful girl that he had lived with day and night and raised, so naturally, Xia wanted to shape her into the most perfect image. She couldn't possibly not keep up with his own occasional eccentric thoughts as a time traveler.
Because of this, the golden elf can also be considered as Airola's teacher.
It’s just that Xiao Ai didn’t call him that before. She only changed her name after she and Xia entered the Garden of Eden to live together.
As for why he changed his words, only God knows.
Arora thought for a moment and said, "Did your previous guess about the teacher's current situation come true?"
In the Garden of Eden, Char described to her in detail the entire process of the two historical remnants, including his own speculation about Hathaway.
"Um."
Xia nodded: "It was just a guess before, but now it can be confirmed."
So in an instant, the blonde girl understood Char's thoughts.
She did not object, because Airola knew very well the position of the golden elf in Xia's heart.
Without Hathaway, there would be no Char today.
It's not just Char, it's the same for her too.
She said softly, "Can Her Majesty Isadella and I help you?"
“I don’t know, but it should be quite difficult.”
Char cleaned the dishes and glasses. "Esgania was a thousand years ago, and the Holy Sword and Holy Lance left behind deeds in that era as anchors. This is how they can protect you from traveling through time. But even so, traveling through time and space is difficult and will be affected by the power of historical correction."
"But this time is in the First Age. The Holy Sword and Holy Lance don't seem to have appeared at that time, and the time span is much longer. If you force your way in, the risk is very high. You will easily get lost in the turbulence of time and space."
"I don't want to experience the same thing as the Queen being trapped in the fantasy zone again."
"I'm going to try it myself this time, and then see if you can help me."
Char touched the blonde girl's head again. This was a good habit he had developed. He would try his best to touch the girl's head every day to increase her favor.
Although Xiao Ai's favorability has already been full, maybe by maxing out the favorability meter, you can unlock new welfare postures?
Wait and hope.
After hearing what Char said, Airola didn't say much.
She just remained silent, stretched out her white hands and pinched the soft flesh between her thighs.
Originally, along with the complete unsealing of the Holy Spear and the pacification of the civil strife in the empire.
Such a peaceful daily routine also made Airola feel a little relaxed.
But now it seems that I am far from enough.
She is the sharpest sword and the hardest spear beside Char.
But now he had no control over what Char was going to do and could only stand by and watch.
This feeling of powerlessness was totally unacceptable to Airola.
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