Man is in the moon, the dead apostle starts

"By the way, how about going back to my hometown with me later, that smelly old man is very interested in you."

Seeing that Youzhu was silent, Qingzi took the initiative to change to other topics.

"A while, are you sure?"

Mikael looked at the clock hanging on the wall, the hour hand had already pointed to the position of eight, and even the minutes had gone half way on the dial.

"Although it's annoying, I always have to show my face during the year, and that smelly old man insists that I take you with me. Really, I don't know what he's thinking."

Aoko Aozaki complained, skillfully stuffing the grilled meat into her mouth, Youzhu looked at her suspiciously, always feeling that things were not that simple.

"The old man wants to see Mr. Mikael?"

Kuenji Youzhu still knew that Aoko's grandfather, the last holder of the Fifth Magic, had died in the physical body, but remained in the world in a spirit state.

"Anyway, that's what he said, so I can't refuse."

Although the expression didn't change, Youzhu's voice sounded full of displeasure, maybe she didn't notice it, but the dissatisfaction burst out from the words more and more intensified.

"Is Qingzi's hometown also in this city?"

Mikael asked curiously. In his impression, it seemed that Qingzi had never talked about the situation in her family.

"If you want to ask about the location, it's on the other side of Misaki City. From here, it's in a hill that takes four tram stops. If you leave in a while, it won't take long to come back."

"It's too early to come back tomorrow."

Regarding Qingzi's words, Jiuyuanji Youzhu murmured sharply to himself.

"Well, we try to come back as soon as possible, so don't sleep and wait for us."

Qingzi's sudden words made Youzhu blink her eyes as if she had been caught.

.........

The station where Qingzi’s hometown is located is called Qiugucheng, the night is getting dark, and it’s almost eleven o’clock in a few minutes, maybe because of Christmas, there are very few people on the bus, and only Qingzi and Mikai are left in the end Er two people.

There is not even a convenience store around Qiugucheng Station. There are only stretches of fields and street lights beside the road. The conductor on duty in the station conductor's room also fell asleep early, but fortunately there is still a train timetable posted on the wall.

After confirming that there was a returning tram at 12:30, Qingzi took a big stride and left the station behind.The light of the street lamp can only illuminate the road under your feet, and the fields beside the two sides are faintly swaying with the night wind, as if there is some kind of beast hidden in the darkness.

The road here is paved with stones, and the air still exudes the fragrance of soil. Qingzi put her hands in her pockets and walked on this familiar field path. In the past middle school days, she used this road every day. walk by.

"Did you see it? In the middle of that mountain, where the light is on, that's my home."

She pointed to mountains that rose up against the night sky, looking like sleeping giants.

"Why do magician families like to build houses in the mountains, isn't it inconvenient?"

Mikael sighed softly, Wangshan ran to death, judging from their current speed, it would take at least four or ten minutes to reach Qingzi's hometown.

"Maybe it's to keep it mysterious."

Although Qingzi thinks this is really inconvenient, it is undeniable that this method can indeed effectively keep the mystery, which not only protects the magician, but also protects those ignorant ordinary people.

"When it comes to maintaining mystery, many magician families do the same. They build their mansions in deep mountains and forests, and even heard that they built an observatory in Antarctica. In short, these are remote places with few people. Generation after generation have studied magic, just to get to the root."

"After all, that is the first and final goal of magicians, and very few people have actually reached the root. Although I don't know why the entrance to that place appears in a place like Misaki, my grandfather discovered it and let me know. This creates new magic, but the passage to the root is immediately closed, and the meaning of the passage no longer exists when the magic is done."

"So there is a passage leading to the root under Misaki? No wonder..."

Mikael showed a thoughtful look.

"No wonder what?"

Aoko Aozaki looked at him curiously. She only knew a little about root and magic. Even if she mastered the fifth magic, it was limited to the superficial use of power.

"In this era, the conditions for the emergence of new magic are much harsher than before, and it is even more difficult to open the passage to the root, but if there is a natural passage to the root, it will indeed save a lot of effort to create magic .”

"In an era when the mystery fades away, will the mystery really disappear completely?"

This is a fact that every magician knows, and Aoko Aozaki is no exception.

"Do you think the roots will go away?"

Mikael asked back.

"How can the root disappear? It is the place where everything is recorded and determined. Everything flows out of the vortex of the root. If the root disappears, the world will probably disappear with it."

Aoko Aozaki replied half-jokingly.

"That's it. The root vortex itself is the biggest mystery. If the mystery disappears, unless the root vortex also disappears, the so-called mysterious disappearance is just disappearing from the surface of the world we live in."

Mikael patiently explained that these are very basic knowledge, but even if you know that the mystery will not disappear, modern magicians can't go to the inner layer of the world to live, right?

"It's so complicated, I'm not interested in the root cause at all."

Aoko Aozaki sighed softly, and looked straight at the road in front of him. If we look at the average life span of human beings, worrying about the mysterious disappearance is simply unfounded.

"There is no need to be interested in the roots. The most important thing to learn magic is to make yourself happy. For example, you cast the frog curse on Miss Orange, don't you feel very happy?"

"At least for the past ten years, she won't be able to enter Misaki City."

Mentioning the transformation curse of the frog, Aozaki Aoko's voice became a lot lighter. Being able to punish her sister who likes to steal her things a little bit makes her feel unusually happy.

"Make a bet."

Seeing Aoko Aozaki beaming with joy, Mikael decided to pour cold water on her.

"What are you gambling?"

"How about betting on Miss Chengzi's ability to break the curse within ten years?"

A bad smile appeared on Mikael's face. Whenever he showed such a smile, it proved that someone was going to be unlucky.

"Okay, I bet she can untie it within ten years."

Aoko Aozaki agreed without hesitation.

"Well, I figured you'd bet she couldn't, wait..."

Mikael suddenly came to his senses and looked at Aoko Aozaki in amazement, "Why do you bet that she can undo the curse, so you don't believe in yourself?"

"Humph--"

Seeing Mikael's different appearance, Aozaki Aoko snorted softly, with a "sure enough" smile on his face, "Only a fool would fall for such an obvious trap, you think you underestimated the president .”

"Okay, my lord, you won this time."