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Chapter 73: Opportunity is rare

Lostbelt...

History in the plural...

The divergence point three years ago...

Something that was not supposed to appear began to take root and sprout...

These statements sound very mysterious. Rikka Takanashi also feels a little confused and can only understand them half-heartedly based on the literal meaning. However, strictly speaking, she should be very accustomed to this kind of language art.

After all, she has always spoken like this.

Only this time, she was the one who didn't understand.

“Is that so…” The chuunibyou girl nodded as seriously as she could, trying very hard to keep her face straight. “I really don’t know much about this matter. I didn’t expect that the point of disagreement in reality would be that…”

She didn't know about the meteorite incident in Itomori Town...

Although the girl wanted to continue to perform hard, Xia Zhi still made a calm judgment and got the information he needed from Rikka's reaction.

This shows that something really happened three years ago...

But that incident should be an independent event, and there is no necessary connection with the meteorite incident in Itomori Town...

But even so, the incident still caused a huge blow to the girl's mental and psychological state. Unable to accept the reality, she finally chose to escape and deny it, immersing herself in her own fantasy world.

Because of her escape from reality, she was probably a little out of touch with society, so much so that she didn't even know the big news at the time.

During that time, the still very young Rikka was already extremely grief-stricken, and she no longer had the energy to grieve for others...

——Then what could it be?

If you think about it carefully, three years ago, this Rikka was probably only twelve or thirteen years old. Although she was only three or four years older than Irisviel was when she participated in the Holy Grail War...

For a young child, it is unlikely that such a psychological trauma could be caused by a personal emotional problem, so the most likely cause of the trauma was an accident to a relative. This can also be confirmed by the fact that she moved in with her sister instead of being taken care of by her parents.

If this is the case, he has roughly grasped the Master's basic situation and knows what the Master desires most -

Although this is not a Holy Grail War, and there is no Holy Grail that can directly fulfill wishes to explore, the events all happened three years ago. If the conditions are met, the changed world line may also fulfill her wish.

"Master doesn't know either? Looks like we need to investigate further..."

Xia Zhi gathered his scattered thoughts a little, looked at the little girl on the bed, and smiled harmlessly: "Master, you should eat first and recover your magic power as soon as possible, and then we will see how to proceed with the next plan."

"Uh-huh……"

Liuhua nodded quickly, then scooped up a mouthful of rice with a spoon. After chewing for a few times, she remembered something and looked up at him with rice grains still on the corners of her mouth: "That..."

"What's wrong?" the young man asked calmly.

"Besides eating - is there really no way to directly replenish magic power?" Rikka showed a probing expression. She always felt that there should be other ways. In another real world, people couldn't just rely on eating to quickly replenish magic power, right?
"..."

"..."

"……No……"

"Oh……"

Lowering her head with some disappointment, the chuunibyou girl could only continue to eat. Although she was willing to believe the words of this uncommon being in front of her, she still found it hard to feel that she was replenishing her magic power with such an everyday behavior.

"In fact, in the past, magic power was like air, available at will. Unfortunately, since the end of the Age of Gods in the first year of the Common Era, the outer mysteries have been retreating to the back of the world. In this era, the great source has been exhausted."

Xia Zhi could see the thoughts of the Chuunibyou girl, and shook his head at first, then he spoke in a serious and solemn manner -

"The magic power in the air is very thin. Master, it is very difficult for you to directly restore your magic power. Apart from taking in enough nutrients to make your body more vigorous and have extra vitality to refine, there is really no better way..."

"If you don't recover quickly and continue to be so weak, you may not even be able to provide the magic power to sustain my existence."

As he spoke, he slightly loosened the connection on the magic bond and slightly extracted a little bit of the girl's energy. He controlled the extraction very precisely, just enough for the chuunibyou girl to feel it, but without any obvious effect.

"Hey..."

Rikka's eyes widened for a moment and she looked at him.

At this moment, she suddenly believed completely that she really did have magical powers. The feeling just now was so magical, as if there was an extra circuit in her body, and she could feel a certain kind of power within herself flowing towards the other person.

Even if it was only for a short time, it was only a tiny part.
However, as a kind of proof, it was enough to convince her.

"You can feel it, right? Master, your magic power has not yet recovered, so it is difficult to provide the magic support I need."

Looking at the stunned and excited Chuunibyou girl on the hospital bed, Xia Zhi sighed softly and said half-truthfully: "If it weren't for my ability to "act alone", I would have disappeared from last night to now..."

"I understand! Don't worry! Leave this matter to me!"

Rikka Takanashi was completely motivated at this moment. She discovered that not only did she really have magic power, but she was also responsible for providing magic power to the beings she summoned. For a moment, it seemed as if a sense of mission and responsibility fell on her shoulders.

Of course, there is also a kind of indescribable sense of security.

After all, although she confirmed that she had indeed summoned the person out inexplicably, she had no idea how she did it, and she didn't know what to do next. She couldn't help but feel a little anxious and worried that she would be abandoned.

And now-

She was told that she also had the responsibility to provide the other party with magic power and ensure the other party's existence.

This incident was like a reassurance.

Looking at the high spirits of the chuunibyou girl who looked as if she was going to challenge a dragon, Xia Zhi blinked his eyes. Although he wanted to say that it was just a normal meal and there was no need to be so exaggerated, he ultimately did not dampen her morale.

Just be a little bit second-rate...

As long as the goal can be achieved...

As for this time's Master, Xia Zhi actually didn't expect her to be able to provide him with any magic power. He just hoped that she would recover as soon as possible and pay more attention to her own body.

After all, the supply of mana is not the main point. The existence of the Master has a more important function -

He currently manifests in a form similar to that of a Servant. Because he is an unstable existence that should not exist in the world, he must have a support to fix his coordinates relative to the world.

The so-called Master plays such a supporting role and needs to take on the important responsibility of an observer.

Without such an observer, his current existence as a magical phenomenon cannot appear stably in this world.

It took him three years to finally make his debut, and he finally found a suitable anchor point in this world. Xia Zhi must of course take this opportunity seriously... He can also continue to wait patiently, after all, what he is best at is waiting for a long time.

only……

Some opportunities may only come once...

Because that thing has not only sprouted, but is also growing rapidly, extending its branches into the future.

Logically speaking, this is unlikely.

The fact that the Fantasy Tree would launch magic seeds out of its defensive instinct and treat the seeds as weapons and consumables basically explained the situation. And in fact, it was true that no matter how bad the situation was, the seeds would sprout.

After germination, it dries up soon...

It is impossible to truly grow...

However, in this world, perhaps there is no other fantasy tree, no certain suppression from the mother body, and it just happened to experience two histories during the period of taking root - inadvertently meeting all the requirements.

The roots of fantasy are truly beginning to grow.

(End of this chapter)