novelraw Chapter 430: Bathing
Chapter 430: Bathing
"...Wait until the Ring Tail is completed, a beginner had best examine whether the entire Magic is complete. It's possible the mana allocation in the preceding parts isn't very appropriate, either causing the Magic's effect to fall short of the standard, or causing the Magic to fail. Mm, this Trace Magic is already completed. Next, you will activate this Magic; you can identically personally experience the utility of Magic. Are there any other questions?"
The Asuka Karasawa before his eyes tilted her head in half-comprehension, reaching out to accept the magic leaf Fisher handed over. Even with her current mana capacity, she could perceive the subtle magical fluctuations upon the leaf. She pursed her lips, knocking her head somewhat distressfully, whispering,
"Teacher Fisher said so much content just now, I... I didn't memorize it all. Mm, as expected, as long as it's studying theory it will cause a huge headache, just like studying math and physics. Teacher Fisher, my first time engraving Magic was successful. Didn't you say I have some... talent? If I can't memorize this much knowledge later on, can I still engrave Magic?"
Hearing this, Fisher stroked his chin. Pondering for a second or two, he nodded, replying with a smile,
"Mm, in reality, there indeed exist such Magicians. The 'Classical Idealistic Magic Theory Faction', a magic faction headed by Magician Gomot. They advocated Magicians utilizing their innate perception and tacit understanding of mana to engrave Magic and design Magic, attacking the theorization and rigorization of Magic, believing that would 'destroy the spirituality of Magic'... They identically possessed another moniker, 'Magic Beast Faction'."
"And then, and then? This kind of theoretical faction must be very popular among Magicians, right?" Asuka Karasawa's eyes lit up, exactly like unexpectedly obtaining a cheat sheet filled with exam answers during a math final, urgently desiring to verify the feasibility of this shortcut from Fisher.
Fisher maintained his slight smile, yet his expression abruptly became extremely tranquil, supplementing to Asuka Karasawa with a voice dead like an ancient well,
"Scarcely two years after the Magic Beast Faction was established, their leader Gomot died in a severe magical accident caused by unrigorous operations. His entire person turned into powder akin to Ashes, and then the Beast Faction Scattered Like Birds and Beasts, disappearing into the long river of history."
Asuka Karasawa's small face collapsed, her entire person turning Weak And Feeble. Pouting, she complained to Fisher,
"How could it be like this... Could Teacher Fisher not utilize his sense of humor like this? It's simply like a Demon.""Theoretically speaking, I merely followed the line of thought of your beautiful fantasy of wanting to escape theoretical studies, subsequently utilizing the method of proof by contradiction to remind you of the importance of these contents. You indeed possess talent; it allows you to evade the consequences brought by a lack of theory in most instances. Magician Gomot of the Beast Faction was identically such a person.
"But as long as it's luck, there will invariably be a day it runs out, merely arriving sooner or later based upon the amount of talent. Furthermore, studying a bit more theoretical knowledge will never be a burden; perhaps one day it will bring you an unexpected pleasant surprise? Alright, if there are no other questions, try activating it. Use your soul to try activating it, just like that sensation of engraving Magic previously."
Mr. Fisher during teaching wasn't easy to get along with at all, rendering Asuka Karasawa Following A Logical Course to recall her high school physics teacher. Merely, the current Asuka Karasawa didn't feel much resistance. Eliminating the variables, the reason was largely because her former physics teacher was a middle-aged balding man, whereas Fisher was a handsome gentleman, right?
She patted her cheeks, no longer harboring fantasies regarding so-called "shortcuts", honestly focusing on the magic leaf before her eyes. She closed her eyes, utilizing the power of her soul to activate the leaf within her hand.
Accompanying an illusory fluctuation seeming to exist yet not exist blooming from within the leaf, despite Asuka Karasawa closing her eyes, she acutely perceived that the soul power attached to that leaf was prying the World's Resonance using an unimaginably bizarre method. As the Resonance aftershocks from the Spirit World entered reality, the Rules of reality twisted in response, complexly transforming into the method Magicians desired.
The radiance of traces burst forth from the leaf within Asuka Karasawa's hand. Within Asuka Karasawa's relatively darkened vision of the entire world, the surrounding grass and trees all flickered with faint blue points of light. The small animals similarly possessed such blue points of light. But at the firmament further away, Asuka Karasawa witnessed a massive cluster of floating green points of light, so striking.
"What did you see?"
"Many blue points of light, on plants and animals alike... but further away, there is additionally a very bright green light."
"In which direction?"
"Over there." Asuka Karasawa pointed in a direction, subsequently supplementing, "Also, there seems to be a tiny bit of green light nearby, uniquely a tiny bit, very very dim."
Fisher cast a somewhat astonished glance at her upon hearing this, subsequently explaining,
"Green points of light are traces of life activities, but intelligent life will cause the traces of life activities to turn blue due to the weight of their souls. The direction of the blue light you saw proves there is a settlement there... However, since traces are extremely insensitive, it's generally solely useful when pinpointing settlements. The tiny bit of blue light you saw is highly likely traces of individual intelligent life navigating. It's very dim due to the reason of time; someone passing by here was a very long time ago."
What truly astonished Fisher was that the effect of the Magic utilized by Asuka Karasawa seemingly was enhanced. Trace Magic is extremely sluggish; it absolutely shouldn't be capable of perceiving such distinct individual activity traces. And the Magic was engraved by himself, the issue could exclusively originate from Asuka Karasawa.
She seemingly could unconsciously cause the ring count of Magic to automatically increase.
Fisher abruptly recalled that Ring of the Magic Monarch worn upon his finger. During the time at the Wutong Tree, it additionally once caused Dream Magic to infinitely increase rings; who knew if it was due to overdrawing, later on when Fisher called Asuka Karasawa's name and utilized the ring again, this effect was gone, and its original efficacies identically completely disappeared, transforming into an ordinary ring.
"Like this ah, then let's head in that direction. The blue light over there is very obvious. Nobody has been active here for a very long time, I wonder where Angel Helaire and the others are... Right, Teacher Fisher, I... I actually have a question."
Asuka Karasawa deposited the utilized leaf. Accompanying the disappearance of that trace vision, that leaf additionally very swiftly transformed into flying ash and disappeared from sight.
Subsequently, she paused for a moment and still looked at Fisher, continuing to open her mouth somewhat nervously. For a student like her who remained at the bottom of the class year-round, it seemed to be her first time seeking guidance from a teacher regarding academic doubts, rendering her somewhat unaccustomed.
But there's invariably a first time for everything. Fisher, identically to most teachers, wouldn't refuse her request,
"Mmhmm, what question?"
"Um, the part utilized to determine the direction and nature of the Magic's effect is called... Circle Head, correct?"
"Correct."
"Mm, Teacher Fisher said just now that the vast majority of Circle Heads are specific symbols not defined by humans, correct? But since humans don't know what concrete object in the world a Circle Head corresponds to, how were these numerous Circle Heads known by Magicians obtained?"
Fisher looked at her, praising,
"Good question. A portion of the origins of Circle Heads are magical tomes passed down from unknown sources long ago, potentially originating from the direct teachings of the Mother Goddess; whereas the remaining portion, an extremely minuscule portion was discovered by Magicians with relatively acute inspiration, the vast majority identically originating from accidents. Of course, these accidents additionally included the lives of not a few Magicians as the price.
"However, the discovered Magic Circle Heads invariably possess extremely strong representation toward various general objects of the world. In another sense, this symbol is precisely the incarnation of the referred object."
As he spoke, Fisher's pupils shrank slightly imperceptibly, because he abruptly recalled a matter.
The symbol representing the Spirit World in Magic is precisely that bizarre "inverted figure eight" symbol. And the authority symbol Renee possessed, similar to "Infinity", was exactly identical to the Magic symbol for the Spirit World, identically similar to the infinite growth he perceived when activating the Ring of the Magic Monarch back then...
The Spirit World, incapable of being meddled with by the gods, is both the exterior of the world and the deep layer of the world. The properties possessed by the Spirit World remained completely unknown to Fisher even now, uniquely knowing it is the source of consciousness.
Then, what exactly is the true meaning of this symbol?
Hearing this, Asuka Karasawa pondered distressfully for several seconds, subsequently barely cramming that knowledge into her brain like swallowing a massive pile of pasta whole without drinking water. The dry and bloated sensation gave her a slight headache. She identically conveniently heaved a sigh, complaining,
"As expected, another world is not quite identical to our world. The Life Ranks additionally, Magic identically, the Rules of several deities similarly... Mm, feels well-organized and clearly ordered."
"Isn't your world like this?"
"Mm, of course not. Although our world lacks so many miraculous things and such spectacular views, it invariably feels... mm, identically can't be described using freedom, just feels slightly more random?"
With Asuka Karasawa's impoverished knowledge, even racking her brains she couldn't accurately utilize words to express her sensation at this moment. Yet Fisher abruptly possessed a flash of inspiration, his scalp instantaneously turning numb, as if his Ren and Du meridians were cleared by Asuka Karasawa's words.
He seemingly somewhat comprehended what this symbol represented.
That inverted figure eight symbol was actually more like a symbol produced by the concept it represents being forced to adapt within the world Fisher resided in. Because whether it was the Spirit World incapable of being set foot in by deities, Renee who helped him break the Destined Rules, or Infinity Magic which enabled Magic to breakthrough the rule of uniquely possessing at most fourteen rings, they were actually practically a concept that absolutely violated the Rules.
Akin to that terrifying crimson deity Fisher encountered in the Northern Realm back then, Its corrosion, destruction, and coveting towards the reality world...
The so-called "Infinity" and "Endlessness" were merely the surface of that concept, whereas that concept possessed an even more essential name:
【Chaos】
He abruptly figured it out. Chaos originated from the Spirit World, but its concept was highly blurry. If he was forced to name a specific referring object, Fisher first and foremost suspected that crimson deity within the Spirit World, secondly the Mother Goddess, and lastly these Transferred Persons.
Transferred Persons were brought to this world by Chaos; what instilled forbidden knowledge into them was identically Chaos. And the knowledge within every single Completion Handbook was invariably 【Anti-Rule】, even Magic was 【Anti-Rule】. Yet the Magic bestowed by the Mother Goddess was the most stable type among them. At least concerning the millennium-long history of utilizing Magic, not a single Magician had gone traversing mad due to Magic.
Then, could Renee possessing this symbol be the Mother Goddess?
Pondering to this point, Fisher's expression suddenly became somewhat bizarre.
Although he wasn't a devout believer of the Mother Goddess, but romancing the deity worshipped by millions of humans, her identically displaying such shy postures before him, this was truly...
But intuition told Fisher, her age ought to... not be this advanced?
The Mother Goddess transmitting human Magic was before the Mythical Species Great War, identically three to four thousand years ago now. And after the Mythical Species Great War, the Mother Goddess abruptly vanished without a trace, could it be because she reached some agreement with the gods... additionally perfectly matches what Renee said.
Hiss...
If Renee is the Mother Goddess... or a Spirit World deity possessing an extremely deep relationship with the Mother Goddess, let alone other women added together not being enough for her to fight, even counting himself in and multiplying it several times wouldn't be enough.
Xuan Can is an existence of the Twentieth-Tier. Although a demigod, she still remained a hundred and eight thousand miles away from True Gods... Whereas oneself, unknowingly, surprisingly possessed an extremely deep connection with a True God. She additionally Understanding and Considerately stated she would try her best not to mind him having other relationships with females?
People invariably possess a near absolute confidence when ignorant or un-self-aware; this sentence truly can flawlessly describe the previous Fisher.
The war the Mother Goddess participated in split the Dragon Continent in half; if she uniquely wanted it, splitting him into however many pieces she wanted was entirely possible.
"Teacher Fisher? Teacher Fisher? What happened to you? Your complexion has been slightly poor since just now... like being hacked many times by someone, are you alright?"
Fisher blinked his eyes, subsequently heaving a sigh of relief, feeling that "considerate symbol" left by Renee upon his chest. For some unfathomable reason, that resolve to "reform" seemingly firmed several points more.
Yet on the surface, he remained incredibly tranquil. He merely shook his head, looking at Asuka Karasawa, abruptly asking,
"It's nothing, merely thought of a bit of other matters... Right, ever since you arrived in this world, have any bizarre matters occurred? For example, hearing any bizarre sounds, or another example, seeing any bizarre things?"
"Ah? Bizarre things?"
Asuka Karasawa tilted her head, carefully recalling for a moment, subsequently shaking her head, stating,
"Aside from frequently being a dreamer when I first arrived here, seemingly there hasn't been any special matters, identically haven't heard any bizarre sounds ah."
It seems, the Chaotic Knowledge hasn't targeted her yet?
But thinking carefully, the primary culprit for their transmigration to this world is Chaos. Either their extraordinary talent is bestowed by Chaos, or, they originally were precisely individuals who inherently possessed such talent within their respective worlds, hence being selected by Chaos.
The reason why subsequent Completion Handbook records believed they originally were all ordinary people of their respective worlds, might be because their worlds fundamentally lacked concepts like Magic and Soul, correct? Hence failing to manifest the talent they ought to have possessed?
"Like this... it's nothing then. Let's set off, first finding the nearby settlement, seeing if it's the Phoenix Race's encampment."
"Mm."
Asuka Karasawa nodded and stood up, following Fisher, who seemingly gained some understanding, walking towards the direction where she previously saw the dense blue light.
Walking several hundred meters from the grassy meadow where they teleported and landed toward that direction was a stretch of woods. Walking another few minutes within the woods, a relatively broad river appeared before them. The river water was incomparably clear, the depth roughly one point five or six meters, still relatively deep.
Fisher solely cast a single glance and continued walking toward the destination. The following Asuka Karasawa behind him conversely pursed her lips, looking at that river, her footsteps slowing bit by bit.
Waiting until several minutes passed, and already possessing a distance of several meters between Fisher and her, he uniquely Realized After the Fact and turned his head back, seeing Asuka Karasawa who was invariably looking towards the river.
She was Hesitating To Speak. Fisher simply halted his footsteps and proactively opened his mouth,
"What's wrong?"
"Ah?! Nothing... mm."
"...Are the females of your original world nation all this coy?"
"N-no they aren't, it's not coyness."
Fisher expressionlessly watched her quibble. Her small face was slightly red; hesitating to speak, her defense failed to articulate for a long while. To prove most straightforwardly that she wasn't coy, she directly Gave Up on Herself, closing her eyes and stating,
"I want to take a bath..."
Fisher raised his eyebrows, gazing at that clear river beside them,
"Now?"
"Mm... because, it's already been several weeks since coming here without taking a bath. In my world, I have to wash every day... now, I even have a smell..."
Fisher looked at her. Her complexion was slightly red, her voice additionally growing quieter and quieter, seemingly extremely embarrassed. He approached Asuka Karasawa a bit, subsequently sniffing a breath of air, stating,
"There isn't any smell, it's uniquely your psychological reason."
Nonsense, after Gou Wen's unknown miraculous method, they currently exclusively took in without letting out. Although external excretions like sweat still existed, they were identically massively reduced. Naturally impossible to possess any severe smell like she claimed... yet there identically might be a little bit, after all, Fisher didn't pervertedly lean in to carefully savor her scent.
"D-don't smell ah, Teacher Fisher... but there really is a little bit of a smell, and it's very uncomfortable. I... I'll be very quick, won't delay time for too long."
Perceiving Fisher's approach, she was even more impossibly ashamed, retreating while waving her hands. But her attitude of wanting to take a bath was identically firm; seemingly for a girl who cleansed her body daily year-round, not bathing for two weeks was already her physiological and psychological limit.
Fisher cast a glance at the riverside, identically casting a glance at her expression of pouting and looking at him, not knowing if she was begging or pretending to be cute. Who knew if this was identically a specialty of her world.
"I beg you, Teacher Fisher, I'll really be very quick, purely ten minutes, I promise."
"...Purely ten minutes, go ahead. I'll wait for you here. I won't peek, call me if anything happens."
"Mm-hmm, thank you Teacher Fisher!"
Asuka Karasawa gazed at the Fisher before her eyes. Naturally she trusted Teacher Fisher's character. Being capable of mediating with Marquis Hiiragi for her, unhesitating to pour the dirty water of "Demi-human Race perverted enthusiast" upon himself, this already proved Teacher Fisher wasn't that kind of person. Furthermore, although his words during the previous night were superficially highly impersonal, they were actually very warm.
If all the companions Asuka Karasawa encountered in this unfamiliar world were cordial, then Fisher was definitely the most cordial and trustworthy one among them.
She smilingly spoke thus, subsequently very swiftly running towards the descending river, preparing to wash her body.
Actually, this place wasn't considered too far from the river. When Asuka Karasawa went to the riverside to remove her clothing and prepared to enter the water, she could still see the back of his head. Watching that completely unmoved, extremely gentlemanly back of Fisher, she involuntarily identically completely relaxed, thoroughly entering the water. Her height of over one point six meters exclusively barely exposed a single head.
Actually, her worries were entirely superfluous; even if she let Fisher look, Fisher absolutely wouldn't look.
The first reason might be because of Renee, not because of all her terrifying strength, purely because of the promise he made to her before coming here; the other reason was, the once again enhanced Reproduction Ability made it truly increasingly difficult for him to control himself. With his current state, he feared uniquely taking one extra glance would explode, completely losing control...
The murmuring sound of flowing water resounded below. Merely such a pure sound alone was capable of making him inhale deeply; Asuka Karasawa's bathing appearance involuntarily sprang forth in his mind. He could exclusively arduously shift his attention to the surroundings.
There were basically no living beings here. The river was relatively broad, but ever since Asuka Karasawa went to bathe, he attentively vigilantly guarded the surroundings, ensuring nobody approached...
"Ah!!"
Yet right after he was ten thousand percent certain nobody was approaching, from the riverside behind him, Asuka Karasawa's scream abruptly transmitted.
Fisher's pupils shrank slightly. Uncaring about anything else, furrowing his brows, he immediately turned his head to gaze toward the direction of the river.
(End of this chapter)