Chapter 202
"Okay, safe landing." After stepping onto the land belonging to the continent of Teyvat, Kirshtalia immediately confirmed the current situation. "Although the sky here cannot guide me for the time being, and the Servants who accompanied me are not with me - but for now, let's just use the Command Spell."
"Also, although I learned from Dr. Roman's report that there are many monsters born from the earth's veins on the continent of Teyvat—" Kirshtalia sighed and turned around, holding her cane across her body in a fighting posture, "but I didn't expect that I would encounter such a thing. Since it is an irreversible transformation, let me put an end to it."
"Baptismal singing of the 'Kyrie eleison'."
"...May you find eternal peace in the starry sky." After dealing with the enemies she encountered, Kirshtalia used magic to enhance her perception and confirmed the environment around her. "There are traces of human settlement... There is no wasteland... Let's move to another place first and then try to contact Chaldea."
"Let me see how the ground here flows—"
"Cosmos."
Natural blue magic particles appeared in Kirshtalia's field of vision as his optic nerve became activated by magic. Unlike the magic "Mana" in his memory, the magic "Mana" on this land was blue with a purple tint.
"Fire, water, wind, thunder, grass, ice, rock...purple magical 'Mana' - is this Inazuma?"
"Well, according to previous records, the current mana activity is at least at a time when the demon god no longer uses force." Kirshtalia looked at the communicator in her hand, which could only be used as a reader, and wrote the runes for transmission. "Anyway, let's first look for a ready-made magic formation that can be used."
"I hope I can find a deserted base that has all the preparations completed. Okay, let's go."
On the other hand, Edmund, who had just temporarily transferred the contract at the suggestion of Fujimaru Ritsuka and with his own acquiescence, was soaking in the sea - literally soaking in the sea - and he was surrounded by silver-white fish in all directions as far as he could see; another thing that could be confirmed was that the waters here allowed people to breathe freely underwater.
"My journey is to the other side of gratitude and revenge!"
"Tiger, let the "Enfer Chateau d'If" burn brightly!"
By the time he recovered from the high-speed movement, the scene around him had become similar to the scene he had seen in the past when this spiritual base had abandoned him. The white-haired Servant standing on the rusty metal ship frame subconsciously raised his hand to push down the brim of his hat, but the moment he raised his hand, he remembered that the new clothes he had changed into for his accomplice did not have a hat.
"The Master is not around at the moment—" Edmund reached out and grasped the hilt of the slender sword at his side, frowning slightly, but soon relaxed his expression, "He's still alive, so let's not look for him for now. The first step is to obtain information about this area—although Chaldea has records of a world called Teyvat, there are also differences between parallel worlds."
"First, try to act like you did in the past."
There are very few outsiders in Baisong Town, especially such a handsome outsider. Although this young man who suddenly appeared in Baisong Town was wearing clothes like a noble from Maple Dan Court, from the content of his conversation with the townspeople, it was obvious that he was not a native of Maple Dan, the Land of Water.
"...Thank you for your generosity." After finishing today's conversation, Edmond said goodbye to his interlocutor and walked back to the temporary base while thinking about the information he had collected during this time. "Treat the trial as an opera - even I have to say that such a social form is absurd. Another part worth paying attention to is the prophecy..."
"It looks like an uninvited guest has appeared."
Edmund stopped, turned around and looked around, and found a group of men in black who were following him from every corner - to be fair, considering the human level, their tracking technology is already very good; the only pity is that they chose the wrong target to follow.
"This should be our speech." Seeing that the target of the pursuit has discovered their tracks, the leader of the group of men in black came out from their hiding place first, "The young lady hopes to talk to you, the outsider--"
"I see." Edmund released his right hand from the hilt of the sword and looked at the serious-looking man in black. "Are you from the local protection organization of Baisong Town? You call me 'outsider', probably because you are very xenophobic. Judging from the state of the townspeople, the existence of the organization itself has improved their living conditions... In other words, the attitude of the organization will be relatively tolerant."
"Am I right?"
"This guy doesn't look that harmless at all—"
There was a commotion among the other men in black.
"Hmph, lead the way." Edmund strode towards Baisong Town, leaving the men in black behind him. "It just so happens that I also have something to discuss with your leader - you should be thankful that there are no enemies of mine here, otherwise I wouldn't be so easy to talk to, right?"
On the other side, Sumi Castle a few days ago.
"...Good morning." Lansemero opened the door and was not surprised to see the great sage Azar standing guard at the door. "I thought you would have someone else come to see me off."
"You rude fellow! This is the noble legacy left by the Great Compassionate Tree King..." Azar seemed a little angry, but soon calmed down and handed the Heart of God to Lansemello. "Forget it, let's deal with the problems of Nafis and Iskander in your way. But-"
"I remember that you don't have the right to negotiate with me." Lansemero put away the Heart of God, closed the door and walked forward, leaving Azar where he was. "Even the great sage Lakshmi who brought me and the little auspicious grass king 'Nashida' back to Xumi City - even she doesn't have such qualifications, but she obviously knows more about current affairs than all of you."
"Ah, speaking of Lakshmi, maybe you can't remember who she is, then - the title of Lakshmi 'the one who brings misfortune', you should have an impression, right?" Lansemelo stopped, turned his back to Azar, and uttered a sentence with a smile, "After all, she brought us back and officially announced the death of the Great Compassionate Tree King - isn't that right?"
"What do you know!!!"
"I really don't understand why you are willing to do this at all costs." Lanser-Mello replied to Azaar calmly, "But what I know is that the arrogant people who have lost their reverence for the world will eventually end up destroying themselves. In addition, since you promised not to interfere with the activities of the two wise men, their whereabouts will be taken over by me."
Sumi Castle was built on a towering tree. The Jingshan Palace at the top of the tree was the palace of the gods, but now it is a cage used by sages who are extremely disappointed with the gods to imprison the newborn god of wisdom. The next level of the Jingshan Palace is the Jiaolingyuan, the only paper data storage point in Sumi. The largest library is here, and it is also the classroom where most schools hold public classes.
The buildings below are where residents live - there are theaters, commercial streets, and various types of houses.
When passing the intersection leading to the theater, Lansemelo recalled the most obvious change she had seen in Sumi City in the past five hundred years - five hundred years ago when she had just come here as an unidentified person appearing beside the newborn god, this intersection was still crowded with people; but now no Sumi people except theater members would enter the theater.
As for the matter of playing the role of the new Grass God in the Void System, it has been roughly five hundred years - after all, all scholars are looking forward to the emergence of a new God of Wisdom, and Nashida, who had just been taken back to Sumi, was exposed by the rapid-fire questions of the five sages as to the fact that she was not as wise as the Great Compassionate Tree King.
So the five wise men of that year ignored the dissuasion of the great wise man Lakshmi and placed their hopes on Lancermello who appeared beside Nashida. After Lancermello solved a series of problems for them, the task of performing miracles as the grass god in place of Nashida fell on Lancermello.
"To be honest, Lakshmi and the others' attitude is much better than it is now." Lansemero walked up the spiral road, sending a message to Nashida through the void system, "At least they agreed to let me live in the outermost area of Xumi City - and they are not prepared to have any human surveillance."
"Have you got the Heart of God?" Nashida's voice appeared directly in Lansemero's mind, "Lakshmi's attitude is indeed better than the current sages - although I know I don't meet their expectations, but at that time they at least often came to see me. Which school of thought are you going to attend today?"
"I have something else to do today - ah, what a pity, I will miss the Minglun School's public lecture." Lansemero stepped onto the large platform in front of the House of the Lords, raised his hand to press down the hat on his head, "Nashida, help me use the void system to notify Nafis and Iskander to reserve the nearest free time today, I have something to talk to them about."
"Okay - Nafis replied that you can go to him directly; Iskander replied that he is only free during lunch today..." Nashida's voice was bright and lively, like a real child, "What did Iskander say? Is the Minglun School's open class interesting?"
"Then make an appointment for lunch with him - he can choose the restaurant, but there must be a private room... and he will be responsible for paying the bill." Lansemello walked into the House of the Decrees and went directly to the office of the sages of the Life Theory School. "No, Nashida, I have to say that most of the public classes are boring - what is interesting is the scholars who are responsible for teaching and the professional aspects of the courses they prepare."
"You know, I've looked up at the stars with people around me - but they were also looking at the ground below their feet."
"After all, the astronomical department 'Animusphia' is concerned with all the stars - including this planet under our feet."