Izawa Sugi looked around the village in front of him.
This is a medium-sized settlement. It is roughly estimated that there are about a hundred people living in this small village. Although the village is hidden in the forest, a lot of fields have been reclaimed around it, and roads and small bridges have been built.
Like the sacred place of Taoyuan that the people of Wuling accidentally entered, the secluded place of the Kuluta clan exudes a sense of tranquility and peace.
Although he planned to stay at Kirshtalia's house for a while, Izawa Sugi did not follow Kirshtalia and Kurapika back to the village. He deliberately delayed by half an hour, waiting for the brothers to return to their clan first, and then he walked through the forest alone to the outside of the village.
When the Kuluta people saw the stranger, they immediately stopped Izeshan.
Ize Shan took out a letter and handed it to the other party, specifying that it was for their clan leader: "This is a letter of introduction. I came to get some information for future research and exploration."
The tribesman was stunned. After taking the letter, he did not read it. Instead, he took Ize Shan to the tribe leader's house.
The clan leader read the letter of introduction carefully, and then took out his satellite phone to contact several friends to help verify the matter. Only then did his expression ease.
"Sorry, I have to be careful for some reason."
Ize Shan nodded: "I understand, and I can understand. Then I'll leave it to you in the future."
About ten days ago, Ize Shan had roughly figured out the power of disaster and curse in his body and woke up from his deep sleep.
After waking up, Ize Shan found Avalon empty. He did not see Merlin, but only found the message left by Merlin.
Merlin said that he had gone out to play with Oberon, and he found the game of chase and escape quite new and interesting. If Ize Shan wanted to know about Kirshtalia's new life after he sent her away before, the specific coordinates and location were here, and so on.
Ize Shan laughed silently after reading it, and lit candles for the unlucky Oberon in advance. Then he found this world according to the coordinates left by Merlin, and learned that Kirshtalia was reincarnated into the Kuruta clan.
Ize Shan was a little confused when he suddenly heard about the Kuruta clan. He recalled carefully for a long time before he dug out relevant information about the Kuruta from his distant memory.
It seemed that his cheap student Kuroro had mentioned the Kuruta tribe, whose eyes would turn fiery red when they were emotionally excited, and were very popular in the human body collection market.
Since Uchiha's Sharingan could change color and even produce magatama at that time, many people in Meteor City were curious about it and wanted to explore it.
But that's all.
After all, after seeing the weirdness and charm of the Sharingan, even though the flaming eyes are indeed beautiful, to the people of Meteor City, no matter how beautiful something is, it cannot compare to strong strength. They pay more attention to the level of the Sharingan's magatama pattern and the corresponding changes in strength.
There are also people who try to tamper with Uchiha's Sharingan, wanting to collect a pair of beautiful and powerful eyes.
But Uchiha's eyes are not only beautiful to look at, they also have a reputation that has lasted for thousands of years and was accumulated by countless ninjas with countless lives. In order to make an example of them, many bloodline families joined forces to carry out a human body collection cleanup operation, and then... nothing happened.
At that time, most of Izawa Sugi's mind was on Camelot's substitute and Onmyoji. Although Chrollo mentioned this matter, Izawa Sugi didn't care at all. He just listened casually and didn't take it to heart.
After synthesizing the information at hand, Ize Shan hesitated for a moment. In order not to arouse the hostility of the Kuluta tribe, he simply spent some time and effort to forge an identity and letter of introduction.
His current identity is an unlicensed hunter who specializes in studying history and ancient relics. He came to the Kuluta clan to borrow the Kuluta's collection of books and try to find relevant records about the [Kertbach Dynasty] and so on.
The letter of introduction from Izawa Sugi is real, and the introducer is also a well-known academic figure in the academic world. Anyway, it's just an illusion.
After the clan leader verified Izeshan's identity and purpose, he allowed Izeshan to stay in the gathering place temporarily, but he hoped that Izeshan would not reveal the location of the Kuruta gathering place.
Izawa Sugi readily agreed.
Kirshtalia showed up on time as Izeshan had reminded him. He told the clan leader that he was curious about the news from the outside world and hoped that Izeshan could live in his house.
The clan leader thought that Kirshtalia and Kurapika were both smart children, and he also wanted to expand their horizons, so he agreed to this matter.
So Ize Shan successfully moved into Kirshtalia's house.
Late at night, this happy and simple family finally quieted down. Kirshtalia's parents were asleep, and Kurapika was also snoring. Kirshtalia quietly got out of bed and slipped into the small vegetable garden behind the house.
Ize Shan was sitting cross-legged under a loofah vine, looking at the stars.
"Children need to go to bed early and get up early so they can grow taller."
Seeing Kirshtalia, Ize Shan teased with a smile.
Kirshtalia blinked, ignored the words, and said sternly: "My parents have caused you trouble."
During dinner, the couple kept asking Izawa Sugi about what was happening outside. Izawa Sugi answered all the questions with a smile and also took the initiative to bring up a lot of interesting things.
"It's me who is causing trouble for your family." Ize Shan didn't care. "I estimate that more people will come to me tomorrow to ask questions. It seems that the Kuluta people have little contact with the outside world."
Kirshtalia smiled bitterly. "Yes, just like a declining magic family that is only able to survive with a little bloodline ability. In the magic world, if such a family does not find a protector for itself, it will definitely be hunted by magicians and sent to the laboratory."
Perhaps these words have been kept in her heart for many years. In addition, the king Uther in front of her is much more powerful than herself and is also a man of noble character. Kirshtalia no longer hides or pretends, but rarely reveals a depressed look.
"Kuluta doesn't even have its own sacred place or industry, and the forest they live in is a primitive dense forest that anyone can check on the map!"
Although there are magician families that decline or their inheritance disappears, as long as the spiritual land and industry still exist, the bloodline can be continued. Perhaps a certain generation of descendants will once again have the adaptability to the magic mark, apply to the Law and Politics Department of the Clock Tower to open the magic mark, and thus return to the ranks of magicians.
To put it bluntly, being a magician requires a huge amount of money and resources, and poor people cannot be magicians!
"Even if there are some mythical beasts or magical beasts living here, ordinary people won't run into the forest. But since there are families like the Kuluta bloodline, there must be similar special bloodline inheritors. Will they be afraid of the so-called magical beasts and mythical beasts?"
Magicians are not good people and can do anything for the root cause. So are there any people like magicians here?
"You are too harsh." Ize Shan commented objectively, "If Kuluta had a lot of resources and money but didn't have enough strength to protect the family property, it would have been slaughtered long ago."
For example, the Uchiha clan of Konoha Village.
The Kuluta clan has been passed down safely from ancient times to the present day. There must be a reason for it. Maybe it's Kirshtalia Taimin... huh?
Ize Shan looked at Kirshtalia with interest: "The reason you can think of these things is that you are the kind of person who swallowed up the declining magician family."
Kirshtalia said as a matter of course: "This is the survival code of the Clock Tower. If you don't want to be devoured by wolves, you must constantly plan, speculate and test. I am the master of Vodym and one of the contenders for the next monarch of Animusphia. Of course, I have to be the one to swallow others. After all, only the strong have the qualifications to be weak and forgiving, while the weak can only passively wait for an unknown fate."
Izawa Sugi asked curiously, "Since you like to take the initiative and you are not satisfied with your current situation, you should have made plans for your future development, right? What was your initial plan?"
Kirshtalia spoke her mind without reservation.
"I am in primary school. The facilities in the town are more complete than those in the village. I am saving money and preparing to subscribe to newspapers and magazines. I also want to go to the teacher's house in the town regularly to borrow a computer to check information.
I plan to summon Kenis in a while and ask her to rent a storefront in the city nearest to the town. There are many excellent hunters among the Kuluta tribe. They hunt in the woods every day. My father has stored a lot of materials that can be sold for a high price outside, and some of them can definitely be sold at a high price on the black market.
Kennis is a hero, so it is safer for her to do the trading. After making a certain amount of money by selling materials on the black market, I plan to open an agency company, with the main business being the sale of various agricultural products and low-end daily vegetables. Anyway, my clan has farming and so on, so I can sell high-end materials as a sideline and slowly build up the company."
The most difficult step in starting a business is from 0 to 1. The Kulutas live deep in the primeval jungle. Each family has a lot of high-end material reserves, but what they lack is a safe sales channel and platform. Heroes can solve this problem.
"After the company starts, it will need a lot of manpower. I plan to discuss with the clan leader and ask some of the clan members to help run the company. Of course, they must wear contact lenses."
Many magicians work in families, and the Kuluta tribe has quite a large number of members. This is what Kirshtalia is most satisfied with, as he has enough trustworthy people to achieve his goals.
"By then, I will have a stronger voice in the tribe. I decided to find a country where land is privatized and relocate all the tribe members there, rather than staying in this primitive jungle where anyone can come."
And how can a magician not have a spiritual place? A magician without a spiritual place cannot be called a family, and cannot be put on the stage!
Although he was reincarnated into another world, he is still the master of Wodam, and he plans to pass on astrology and celestial magic to Kuluta. Kirshtalia will not allow Kuluta to be without a sacred place!
"Once the family is on track, I will consider the current situation and decide to go deep into a country's political power and strive to reach a cooperation agreement with the government's top leaders to ensure that the family can obtain money and status. After that, I can start preparing for Chaldeas."
Kirshtalia perked up at this.
"I followed my teacher to build Chaldea, so I roughly know the process. I want to build an astronomical observatory for the alien world continent. I want to study the starry sky of the alien world and expand and improve my celestial magic! If I can find a way to safely explore the virtual world, maybe I can even contact Chaldea!"
The blond boy looked at Ize Shan, lowered his head slightly, and was extremely humble.
"That's probably my idea and plan. I'm sorry to make you laugh."
Izawa Sugi: “…”
Ize Shan tried hard to maintain a calm expression, but his heart was filled with emotion.
Well, excellent people remain excellent wherever they go. They can turn disadvantages into advantages and rise again.
Kirshtalia was nearly killed by Leif during Chaldea's soul transfer, but she was able to transform herself through the contract with the Alien God. Not only did she bring her teammates back to life with full health, she also almost took away the Alien God's fantasy tree.
At this moment, Kirshtalia was clearly reincarnated into a pastoral novel, but she took out the script of a business war novel. Her next step was to engage in the Dragon Aotian Contest and she set her sights on the sea of stars. It was really admirable.
Izawa Sugi does not dislike Kirshtalia's ambitions.
It is natural for people to want to have a better life, make more money, improve their status, and move towards their ideal goals.
Ize Shan reminded Kirshtalia: "Don't even think about summoning Kenis. As far as I know, she has signed a contract with Peperoncino to maintain the present world."
Kirshtalia was stunned for a moment, then her expression relaxed.
"Really? It's great that she's willing to help Mr. Kashiro."
Being in a distant and unreachable world, Kirshtalia's first reaction was joy when she heard that her former partner had a reliable Servant to help him.
As for himself...
"Then I will summon another Servant."
There are thousands of followers, if it doesn't work, we can change them.
Izawa Shan laughed out loud and reached out to rub the boy's head.
"It's okay to rely on others for a while. Well, you are seven years old now. I will leave you when you are twelve. You can come to me for help in the meantime."
Kirshtalia chuckled and bowed his head slightly: "Thank you for your help. I have done some research on celestial magic. It would be my honor to get your guidance."
Ize Shan was silent and frowned slightly.
Is Kirshtalia going to make a deal with him?
He shook his head. "It's unlovable for a child to speak like that. It's more appropriate to use such words when you're fifteen."
He wanted to help Kirshtalia not because of the exchange, but because of the young man's indomitable spirit and persistence.
Kirshtalia spoke humbly, speaking as if it were a matter of course.
"Because I don't want to be seen as a child by you. Although I am a little arrogant, I want to be a collaborator recognized by you."
Ize Shan was a little surprised.
Kirshtalia is really ambitious.
"As a collaborator, you should be able to do it during the Atlantic Novel Zone."
Because Kirshtalia's idea was too incredible, Ize Shan didn't feel angry at all. Instead, he felt surprised: "But you are not qualified now. The person who is qualified to discuss cooperation with me must be at least at the level of Vortigern or Merlin."
“It’s a tough and demanding job, but it makes it more challenging, doesn’t it?”
Kirshtalia said seriously, “I will do it.”
Ize Shan was stunned, and asked subconsciously: "Are you serious? Not really? You just want to stand in front of me as a partner... Is it your pride that's at work, or do you not allow yourself to fall into the dust?"
Kirshtalia shook her head.
"That's not the case. It's because you are in front of me that I made this unrealistic and arrogant request. If it were someone else, I would never be so arrogant and willful."
He changed the subject and talked about the military equipment in front of the throne in the palace of Camelot in the fairy kingdom.
"In front of the gods, you transformed my celestial magic into a technique to knock down gods that is released by human faith, and released it through weapons. To be honest, I was shocked."
Ize Shan was stunned.
Kirshtalia looked towards the distant void and murmured, "I once vowed that as long as I was still alive, I would continue to demonstrate the value of humanity. The way I finally found was to deify all mankind."
"Become a new god in human form."
As the blond boy said this, he suddenly saw the young man in a white suit and a cloak standing in front of Ize Shan.
"But you showed me that what makes us human is not our great strength, but our faith that has been passed down for a long time. When the faith of countless people becomes reality, the vast and terrifying power that is so overwhelming that it can bring down the gods."
"This is the value of being a human being, and this is what I want to show you, that I am worthy of your chance to be reborn again."
Thinking of the love and care for her family, Kirshtalia's expression softened, yet became more determined.
"You just said that it was not necessary, but in my opinion, this is a sufficient reason."
His tone was firm and resolute, "For people or reasons that have nothing to do with me and are irrelevant, I can risk my life to realize my value. Of course I can do it! Especially in front of you, I must do it!"
Ize Shan stared at Kirshtalia in a daze. So that's it. She didn't want to "negotiate cooperation on an equal footing" but "want to show her worth and qualifications to be saved"?
Izawa Sugi sighed and said, "Don't think too highly of me. I just happened to be there at the time, and helping you reincarnate was something I could do, so I did it."
"I just did it for the sake of convenience."
Kirshtalia said, "At that time, I was the only one who could use the weapons on the throne to attack. If I refuse to be a medium, will you still help me reincarnate?"
Ize Shan frowned and was speechless for a moment.
Kirshtalia smiled but said nothing.
Izawa Shan said unhappily: "I understand. Children like you are too annoying. However, as a partner and collaborator who needs your support, you are very trustworthy and worth looking forward to."
Kirshtalia's eyes curved as he smiled. His brother Kurapika's eyes were big and bright, but Kirshtalia's eyes gradually moved forward and became narrow. Although his smile was gentle, he looked more like a little fox.
"So, do you have any recommendations for Heroic Summoning?"
Since Kennis is not available, Kirshtalia plans to summon other servants. Considering King Uther in front of her, it would be troublesome if she summoned a servant who has a bad compatibility with King Uther and causes trouble every day.
Izawa Sugi chuckled: "No, I don't recommend any of the heroes I know. Either I help them clean up their mess, or they cause me trouble."
For example, Oberon, with whom he had just parted ways and with whom he had a close relationship.
It's rare that Merlin has someone he's interested in, and Oberon has always been alone, so I shouldn't get involved in their friendship story, Ize Shan thought considerately.
Kirshtalia hesitated for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Can I summon myself?"
Ize Shan looked at Kirshtalia in surprise.
"As an ally of Zeus, a traitor who backstabbed the alien god, and the leader of the Hidden Ones who killed many Servants sent to the Atlantic Novel Belt in Pan-Human History, am I qualified to be promoted to the Realm Record Tape?"
Kirshtalia looked up at the starry sky, the magic circuits in his body heated up slightly, and he was eager to try.
"What do you think?"
Ize Shan chuckled: "You can try it."
"Although the anomaly belt has been cut off and will not be recorded in history, but... you are using celestial magic, right? The moon that always faces the earth will watch, the sun that shines on the planet will remember, and the celestial bodies billions of light years away will watch. Under the protection of the stars, perhaps you can successfully summon it?"
Kirshtalia hummed softly, "Then I will adjust the magic wavelength and start summoning at the most appropriate time tomorrow night!"
Izawa Sugi suddenly clapped his hands.
"Very good, the time for the partners is over, and now it's time for the kids, go to bed."
The corners of Kirshtalia's mouth twitched. He thought for a moment, then quickly walked to Ize Shan. The child stretched out his hand and gave Ize Shan a soft hug.
"Thank you, Mr. Shan."
Then he waved and went back to his room to sleep.
Izawa Sugi smiled: "It looks cute like this."
The next day, Kirshtalia went to school with Kurapika, and Izawa Sugi, with the village chief's permission, began to read the Kurata clan's collection of books.
As expected, many people came to talk to Izawa Sugi at lunch time and tried to leave the gathering place and go outside. Izawa Sugi kindly told a few terrifying black mud fairy tales, which worked very well. The tribesmen surrounding him left one by one with pale faces.
The clan leader smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."
Izawa Shan didn't care: "It's because you've been so reserved that they want to go out so much."
The chief shook his head. If he had not been restrained, the Kuluta clan would have been killed by the traffickers and bandits outside.
"It's not that I don't want them to go out. You see, Kula and Kiel are very talented. I plan to let them travel in the future."
The chieftain was very proud of the two outstanding young people in the tribe. "They have good talents and physical fitness. If they can keep their emotions stable, I plan to recommend them to the association."
Izawa Sugi nodded and said, "Although the price of the Fire Red Eyes is high, they can increase the power of Nen users and their Nen abilities. The association should be happy to add more staff."
The chief's test yielded satisfactory results, and he mistakenly thought that Izawa Sugi was also a researcher in the hunter circle.
...Actually, it's not wrong to say so. Izawa Sugi did participate in many natural biological surveys and research organizations back then.
Time passed in the blink of an eye. In the afternoon, Kirshtalia and Kurapika returned home from school. Kirshtalia finished her homework step by step and processed the herbs she and her brother had picked in the woods. Then she took her research and summary of the past years and ran to the clan leader's house to find Izawa Sugi.
"This is the astrology of the Wodeym family. After my observation, the celestial constellations in the other world are different from those on Earth. The astrology in the family needs to be reconstructed."
Kirshtalia took out a stack of information and handed it to Ize Shan. "I just opened the magic circuit. Before that, I could only make various assumptions and deductions. If you have nothing to do, you can read it for now."
"You are too humble. Excessive humility is arrogance."
Izawa Sugi took the information and said, "I have never been exposed to astrology. I am more proficient in the techniques of artificial humans, biological production and space transfer. These things of yours..."
He skimmed through it... well, most of it was incomprehensible.
"It's enough for me to study for a long time."
Ize Shan also handed Kirshtalia a scroll.
"Here, this is an introduction to the hunter profession and information on telekinesis."
"Hunter?" Kirshtalia quickly realized the key point. "Are you referring to the magicians in this world?"
"Bingo!" Izawa Sugi said, "Because this world is very dangerous! Once you get started, I'll tell you about the Dark Continent."
Kirshtalia gave an ambitious smile.
“I’m looking forward to it.”
That night, Izawa Shan led Kirshtalia deep into the forest. Izawa Shan cleared out a piece of open space, and Kirshtalia drew a summoning array and began to summon heroes.
The summoning array was engraved with the magical sigils of Kirshtalia's past, which served as a summoning medium. When the light of the array faded, a tall young man with blond hair appeared in the summoning array.
Kirshtalia really summoned her adult self!
"Caster, Servant... Uh!"
The young man looked at his own small self, then looked at Ize Shan, and suddenly realized.
“So that’s me at this time.”
The adult Kirshtalia, let's call him Wodaym, half-knelt in front of him: "It's okay, let's prove it together."
Kirshtalia's eyes lit up brightly. Success!
Ize Shan couldn't help but raise his hands and applaud: "Excellent, Kirshtalia, you can start your plan now."
The blond boy smiled and said, "Of course."
With the help of the hero Wodem, Kirshtalia's plan went smoothly. During this period, Izawa Shan did not interfere much with the boy's plan. He just occasionally made some suggestions or helped to pull strings. The rest was up to Kirshtalia on his own.
Ize Shan lived with the Kuruta clan for more than half a year and benefited greatly from it.
Kirshtalia is an orthodox magician. The modern magic he masters and the magic of the Age of Gods that Izawa Sugi learned are two different concepts and categories. The two of them confirmed each other's learning and both made great progress.
Of course, Kirshtalia's progress is more obvious and its research results are more.
There is no way. Izawa Sugi himself is not a gifted person, and Kirshtalia is a genius who is called a "treasure" and "extraordinary" even in the Clock Tower.
But Kirshtalia also has flaws.
For example, fighting.
Originally, Kirshtalia thought that he had mastered fencing skills and was not completely powerless. However, Izawa Sugi used illusion to show him the fighting scenes of several Nen users, and Kirshtalia immediately became discouraged.
Ize Shan asked: "What are your plans for practicing?"
What he meant was how Kirshtalia was going to improve its combat power.
"There is no other way. I can only spend a lot of effort studying astrology and avoid fighting!"
Magician Kirshtalia gave a very utilitarian and tricky answer.
Izawa Sugi: “…”
He rolled up his sleeves and said, "No, as a collaborator and ally, how can I watch my ally leave such a big gap? Come on, although I don't know much about telekinesis training, physical training is common~"
Kirshtalia: "..."
The young man quickly changed the subject, "By the way, Mr. Shan, I'm planning to buy a sacred place, do you have any suggestions?"
Ize Shan was stunned: "You made money so quickly?"
Kirshtalia said with a smile, "Not that fast, is it? I earned the initial capital through an agency and used astrology to trade in and out of the stock market. I earned enough money three months ago. It just took time to erase the traces of the fund transfer and transfer the money to a clean account through the black market in the underground world. It took a little longer."
Izawa Shan touched his chin, thought for a long time, pointed at the map and said, "As far as I know, the Western Continent will be more dangerous in the next few years, especially the NGL area, where there will be an invasion of alien species. Why don't you go to the Eastern Continent... How about that?"
Ize Shan pointed to a place called the Principality of Pala.
"I did seabird research there before. It's a place with simple folk customs."
Kirshtalia noted the place name.
"Then I'll ask Woddam to go around and see if there's any spiritual place there."
If the geographical location is suitable, then the whole family will move!