Chapter 01414
Merlin looked at the translucent flowers at his feet that bloomed and withered in an instant, and sighed bitterly at the endless desert in front of him - he didn't want to look back at how things had come to this point, but since he was here now, he had to do something.
The demigod shook the wand in his hand, and clear springs gushed out from under his feet, turning into freely flowing streams. An oasis quickly took shape along the stream. By the time night fell, the oasis closest to Merlin had been fully formed, and the lush trees rustled in the wind, inviting their creators to stop and rest.
Time goes back to Chaldea not long ago. The exploration of the White Church anomaly has just ended. As soon as the three investigators step out of the basket, the extinguished Chaldeas lights up again.
The only difference this time is that the continents on Chaldeas observed by Sheba are no longer in the shape of Earth's continents - but are distributed like the continents of another world.
"Eh, eh, eh..." The consciousness that had just rushed into the unknown world of Chaldeas came back to its senses at this moment, and the radio dutifully converted its thoughts and feelings into sounds and played them out, "So... the world outside the sky... doesn't seem to be so dangerous? No! Someone come to save me - my Alaya is missing!!!"
After a period of confusion, everyone finally succeeded in creating a file for this unlucky world consciousness that accidentally entered Chaldea in the Chaldean database.
『Main world name: Teyvat
Category: Gaia
need:……"
"Wait a minute, can you repeat your request?" Lansemero stopped typing and glanced at the people around him subtly, confirming the needs of the world consciousness again. "If I heard correctly, you need someone to temporarily take over the duties of Alaya?"
"Uh..." The world consciousness hesitated for a moment, and a certain area on the map displayed on Chaldeas lit up. "In fact, I not only need someone to temporarily take over the duties of the World Tree - that is, Alaya, but also someone to temporarily guide the human beings in this area to survive. Because that should have been the job of Alaya and the other two guys."
"...In short, according to the requirements of this world consciousness - we need to provide two kings or wise guides, and a wise person who represents God's will... Hmm?" Lansemello stopped talking halfway, turned his head and looked straight at Roman who had hidden behind him at some point, "Isn't this a perfect candidate!!!"
Unfortunately, Lancermello was not the only one who thought of this. Fujimaru Ritsuka had keenly realized this when the world consciousness first expressed its needs and secretly left the control room. He now brought two other people with him to stand in front of everyone.
Compared to the two colleagues who were just brought to the control room by Fujimaru Ritsuka and knew nothing about the whole situation, Roman, who was present throughout the whole process, still wanted to try to struggle and refuse this mission.
"Wait! In the narrative of this world consciousness, the flower god and the tree king are both women, right!?"
It was the world consciousness that had just settled down that extinguished Roman's hope.
World consciousness: "Gender is just an insignificant detail. The important thing is that it cannot affect important historical nodes..."
“Then prepare for the soul transfer.” Fujimaru Ritsuka immediately decided and pushed Roman between Merlin and Gilgamesh. “This is a magical resource that was delivered to us on our own initiative! Please, doctor!!!”
Merlin couldn’t help but shake his head and sigh when he thought of the scene when Roman took the initiative to change back to Solomon’s appearance. He could lie to himself that the reason why he was dragged to the control room by Fujimaru Ritsuka was because Chaldea had been closed off for too long and there were no good dramas for him to enjoy. So when he just woke up and was not quite sober, he was coaxed and dragged to the control room by the little master…
But no matter how he made excuses, Solomon wanted to become a "human"... It was because of Fujimaru Ritsuka that he chose to change from a "human" back to Solomon.
If you don't consider that nearly half of the time when the world consciousness asked them to carry out the mission was during a period of war, this mission could even be considered easy - but none of the three of them are the type to take the initiative to do things, so it can only be said that no one can refuse Fujimaru Ritsuka's request.
In the years before they entered the sea of stars and began to drift, Lancermello's request was the kind that they would not refuse - but the elves were used to handling everything on their own after all, so much so that they almost lost their lives twice... So later they no longer tolerated this student, but the little Lord of the Rings became the new object of tolerance.
"Alright, alright." Thinking of Fujimaru Ritsuka's gleaming eyes, Merlin sighed helplessly and walked into the oasis. "It looks like the initial intelligence gathering work will be left to me - but according to that world consciousness, it seems that there won't be any guys coming to disturb this area. We just need to guide humans to build a country..."
Merlin looked up at the silver moon in the sky and waved the wand in his hand absentmindedly -
Although details like gender are irrelevant...but it doesn't prevent him from wearing an extra vest, right?
Soon, the reflection in the stream turned into a girl with pink ponytails.
"Ahem, pink is the color that suits the identity of the God of Flowers after all." Merlin looked at his new appearance with satisfaction. He put away his huge wand that was too personal. After setting up the last voice-changing magic, he found a place under the shade of a tree to rest. "I'll do the rest of the work tomorrow."
The next morning, Merlin left the oasis and headed downstream.
Right now, this continent is caught in the midst of war. Merlin took some time last night to use his clairvoyance to take a quick scan of the world, but he was disappointed to find that because the war among the gods was a natural disaster for mankind, there was nothing happening on this continent that could attract him.
As Merlin walked forward, he seriously considered whether he should return to his old job as a king trainer - after all, he was only the acting flower god, and was told the story development that the world needed... Merlin now felt that even if he created another student who was similar to Artoria, he could still watch the country destroyed without changing his expression.
——After all, a world without plays is too boring; and it will take many years for two people who can chat with each other to appear on this continent; it is better to just stage a play by yourself...
But Merlin quickly gave up this idea - because according to the rules of this world, God is the king of every country.
"Did Gaia really get the area right?" Merlin frowned doubtfully. "Before I created the oasis, this was a large desert. Can there really be living people in a desert without an oasis? No, even if there is an oasis, how many years will it take to fill a country? This is not a city-state on the other side of the Aegean Sea."
Merlin had lost contact with Chaldea since the first day he entered this world, but neither side was in a hurry to reestablish communication - first, it was well known that Chaldea's technology was unstable; second, the Crown Servants themselves had nothing that could threaten their existence. So Merlin was happy to move slowly along the stream towards the south, while weaving all kinds of stories.
For a magician, there are many ways to speed up the journey; for Merlin, there are even more options - but even though Merlin attributed his slow progress to the subjective factor of wanting to be lazy, this still cannot explain the inconsistency of not using a single magic that could provide convenience on the road.
Until one day, Merlin saw a huge green tree suddenly appearing beside the stream.
The Half-Dream Demon finally dug out from the corners of his memory what Fujimaru Ritsuka had specifically told him before he set out - the flower god created streams and oases, and in the oases there were blue water lilies, and in the water lilies the flower god's family was born.
"The inner sea of stars. The observatory. I tell you from the corner of paradise. Your story is full of blessings. Only the innocent can enter." Merlin put his hand on the trunk of the giant tree. The sea of flowers and more trees covered the yellow sand with this place as the center. The stream formed a clear lake in front of the roots of the giant tree. The leaves of water lilies floated quietly on the lake, and the blue buds were about to bloom. "The utopia that is forever separated."
A huge oasis appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the desert, bringing the peace that people most desired in this era - and announcing the appearance of a god.
Merlin sat down beside the newly built water lily lake, tilting his head to look at the water lilies that were as blue as the night sky. The water surface that was not covered by green leaves reflected the virtual starry sky of this world, and the twinkling light made the water lilies that gave birth to their clans even more dreamy.
Water lilies usually bloom in the morning - Merlin saw the oasis built, with trees and flowers intertwined, and he didn't mind waiting until morning to welcome the birth of his family. He was even in a rare good mood, and began to make up prophecies about this world based on the development mentioned in the world consciousness in his memory.
"…Three close friends share the power of the king—the one who sits on the throne knows destiny; the one who stands by writes prophecies; the one who leads heroes is passed down through the ages." Merlin picked up a thin branch and wrote on the ground. The sky was already showing the dawn. "The one who knows destiny is forgotten in silence; the one who writes prophecies is turned to ashes and smoke as something untouchable; the one who passes on through the ages will be spit on by thousands of people."
Blue water lilies blossomed as the first rays of morning light fell on the lake. A beautiful and dreamy clan was born from the water lilies, and they all extended an invitation to their creator in unison, hoping to keep the creator by their side. Some of them found wild chrysanthemums in the woods and made wreaths to wear on Merlin's head.
Merlin listened to their chatter and sighed in his heart - they really were like the children living on the edge of Avalon, lively and innocent...
Merlin felt an unusual weight on his head, and when he raised his hand, he touched the wild chrysanthemum wreath presented by his clansmen - so he smiled warmly at his clansmen, nodded to them, and agreed to stop in this oasis and live with them as its master.