Or, why don’t you find another savior?

Although he didn't understand the internal logic, since his master said so, Xiomi did it.

"Master? Are you here? If you hear anything, tell me back."

Shiomi walked in the garden covered with green grass and called out in a normal speaking voice.

He noticed that the grass on the ground had grown higher than his ankles, and subconsciously wondered whether he should trim it or use magic to suppress its growth.

At first, I was just trying it out, but over time, I actually grew a small garden, adding a little color of life to the cold and gloomy kingdom of death.

"Don't be so loud."

When he walked all the way to the tree he had first cultivated, a nonchalant and amused voice came from above his head:

"I'm not so old that I can't hear anything."

In fact, Xi Jian had already discovered it when he asked the last time. He saw a pair of dark purple metal boots lying under the tree.

Those are Scathach's shoes.

He looked up and saw his master sitting on a thick branch in the middle, holding an apple he had just eaten most of, and looking casually towards the other end of the castle.

"It's really unlike you, Master, that you didn't come to supervise my training." Xijian leaned against a tree and made a joke.

"Take a vacation like this once in a while. If you look back on your time here in the future and only feel misery, even I would feel bad." Scathach smiled and said.

Xijian shook his head and said, "It already is."

"Really? That can't be helped." Scathach said, "Just take a rest this time. With your current level, you don't need to train day and night."

"Does this mean that I'm almost ready to become a master?" Xi Jian asked.

"You are so bold! Wait until you really defeat me, then consider leaving your camp." Scathach gave a condition that was very difficult to achieve.

Xi Jian couldn't help but feel a tingling sensation in his spine. Fortunately, he had so much time that he couldn't see the end of it, so it didn't matter when he could leave.

"So, you said you have no interest in food." Shiomi glanced at Scathach who was eating an apple bite by bite, "I don't need it anyway."

Perhaps because it was watered with magic power, this tree did not have a complete flowering period and was always full of fruits.

"My disciple has worked so hard to cultivate something, how can I miss it as a master?" Scathach said casually, "and this tree is still absorbing magic from you. In a sense, these fruits are like your flesh and blood, and are worth tasting."

Xijian was immediately furious, "...That sounds so perverted."

"Aren't you going to eat?"

"I was eating it originally, but now that Master said this, I don't feel like eating it anymore." Xijian touched the back of his neck. He suddenly felt a little complicated.

The maintenance of this garden is closely related to his role as a transit station, transferring the magic power of the Shadow Kingdom through his own magic circuits and finally turning it into food for plants.

But Xijian only regarded it as a means of irrigation, and after hearing what his master said, things became weird.

"How can a master regard the flesh and blood of his disciples as a delicacy? Are you a devil from hell..." Thinking of this, Xijian couldn't help but complain a little more.

Scathach couldn't help but smile, and said happily: "Don't take it so seriously, just think of it as a not-so-funny joke from your teacher."

"So, what is Master doing here?" Xi Jian asked.

"Just resting," said Scathach.

"I mean, why do we have to sit on the tree? It's not as comfortable as the grass, right?" Xijian asked again.

"If you care so much, why not sit up and take a look yourself." Scathach patted the branch, "The scenery and view here are great."

Faced with his master's invitation, Xi Jian did it without thinking. He jumped up and sat down next to Scathach.

In fact, the view from the treetops is not as wide as from the city walls.

And because there are other trees blocking the view, most of the garden as far as the eye can see is created by magic.

“…uh…it’s just like that?” Xijian felt incomprehensible.

It is indeed pleasing to the eye, but is it really worth giving up training to watch it?

"You stupid disciple." Scathach leaned against the tree trunk, pinching an apple with only a little core left, and said to Shiomi helplessly, "My beloved disciple personally cultivated life in such a deserted place. As a master, I can't help but feel proud of it. Alas, it's no wonder you can't understand."

Shiomi glanced at Scathach tentatively, "How did you suddenly upgrade from a disciple to a beloved disciple? Is this a sign that the training will be doubled in the future?"

"Isn't it enough for you to understand just by words?" Scathach smiled and shook the fruit stem in front of Xijian.

Just when Xi Jian didn't understand her behavior, she suddenly threw the remaining fruit core with her hand, and it fell on the grass not far away and could be seen at a glance.

"I'm not Master's pet." Xi Jian's mouth twitched.

Scathach seemed a little tired, "Look for yourself."

"what?"

Xijian turned her head again and stared at the fruit core.

He discovered that the magical fluctuations of the grass around the fruit core suddenly increased, as if it was being dissolved. After a short while, the fruit core disappeared into the grass.

This was the first time that Shiomi had seen such a situation. Although he had grown fruits, he would throw them on the grass as fertilizer after eating them, and he had not observed the follow-up.

"What exactly is this..."

Shiomi covered her face, staring at the place where the core disappeared and muttered to herself.

Kingdom of Shadows Interlude 2: Flesh and Blood ()

"Don't be too nervous, silly disciple." Scathach's usual leisurely tone was filled with a hint of doting. "It's not that there's anything wrong with this garden. It's just that when you created these things, you unconsciously gave them qualities that they didn't originally possess."

The master's words made Shiomi feel a little more at ease, and she listened quietly to Scathach's continued explanation.

"Magic that creates life is something that is close to taboo, but it is not impossible." Scathach said, "But what you did is to give birth to life in a place where there is no life. This kind of life itself means it is an exception."

She pointed to the grass and said, "In the final analysis, although they still look like grass and trees, they are essentially things born from your magic. In other words, no matter how real their appearance is, they are magic that has taken on a tangible form."

"Magic power manifests itself into tangible objects..." Xi Jian nodded, not quite understanding.

Scathach gave an example, "Isn't there a magician like that? A hybrid of a human and a succubus, a man with clairvoyance that can see through everything in the present, called the Flower Magician."

"Merlin, right?" Shiomi replied.

The master also knew a lot of things that were not limited to the Shadow Kingdom, and telling him these things was also part of Scathach's teaching.

That was the wisdom from the abyss that she gained by transcending humanity, killing gods, and placing herself outside the world.

"That man just passed by and the land would briefly bloom with flowers. If we take the initiative to intervene, we can also make beautiful flowers grow in this place." Scathach stated the facts calmly.

Xi Jian turned away: "So what does Master want to tell me?"

As if in response to the slight discomfort in his heart, white fruit flowers gradually bloomed on the branches of the tree, revealing his truest thoughts at the moment.

"Don't be so petty. I am using the flower magician to judge you." Scathach reached out and fiddled with the flower closest to her. "From this point of view alone, although you don't have top-level clairvoyance, you are not inferior to that magician."

"I really disappoint my master that I don't have the ability to see far away." Xijian muttered.

"What a childish reaction." Scathach thought his reaction was quite amusing and didn't try to persuade him any further.

This young man's character is tougher than he looks. Judging from all his performances here, even Cu Chulainn is outdone by him.

She never expected that in this mysterious and declining era, she, who was alone outside the world, would receive such a disciple who made her feel pity.

The more I like someone, the more I want to teach him/her everything I know, and I can't help but show mercy.

“……” Xi Jian originally wanted to say, “I’m just a child, so what?”

His keen sense of crisis made him realize that this sentence might touch a sore spot in his master's heart.

It won't be life-threatening, but it won't be a good experience afterwards.

"Another point, what Merlin created are just flowers with no substance, but you can turn magic into food. It may just be magic to me, but for humans, it is something that is enough to sustain life." Scathach said this and patted Shiomi's shoulder to show her approval.

"Okay, okay, keep praising me. I can't stand it anymore." Xi Jian felt a little embarrassed.

The flowers on the tree are still in bloom, and it will take some time for new fruit to form.

He jumped down from the branch and landed on the grass.

"Since there is no training today, I will go and rest first. Master, are you coming down?" he asked tentatively.

Scathach held onto the tree trunk, "Yeah. We've seen enough of the scenery, it's time to get down."

She fell lightly from the branch, which was unnecessary, but Shiomi reached out to catch her anyway.

Holding the left hand covered with silk, Xijian watched his master fall to the ground. He lowered his head and noticed that his master's feet were not quite bare.

"...Let me help Master put on his shoes." He spoke as if possessed by a ghost.

"It doesn't matter."

Scathach agreed to this somewhat strange and even suspicious proposal without any hesitation.

She sat down on the grass at the same speed as Shiomi, who slowly squatted down to pick up his boots, and naturally stretched her feet in front of him.

After hesitating for a moment, Shiomi grasped the foot which was also wrapped in the smooth texture of silk.

"I thought Master would think I was sick."

"That's true. But even though I'm the queen, as you can see, there's nothing in my territory. Not to mention being served." Scathach's attitude was very natural. "Even if it doesn't matter, I can't help but have some interest. It's just that it's not easy to ask my own disciples to do this kind of thing."

As Shiomi put one boot on, she asked, "No?"

"Setant is not the type to do such a thing, and the same is true of his son. Well, they are both excellent students, but that's all." Scathach looked into Shiomi's eyes, "Perhaps it's because you were born in a different era and country than other students, that's why you do such strange things."

"It just occurred to me. After all, I have received instruction here, but I have never been able to repay you." Xi Jian shrugged, "I'm glad that Master doesn't mind it."

Scathach nodded thoughtfully: "I see. You don't have to mind it. The moment you can survive in this place, it means that I will definitely accept you as my apprentice. This is the kingdom of death, but the concentration of magic in the air is such that even if an ordinary person falls here, as long as they breathe once, they will start to break from the inside. In a sense, it is no different from a vacuum."

While the master was saying these words, Shiomi helped her put on the two short boots.

He wanted to say something else, but suddenly he felt a strange breath of life.

"What is this..." Xijian asked.

"Oh? Have you been able to sense these things?" Scathach held Shiomi's hand and stood up from the ground. "You guessed right. This is another unfortunate person who fell into this country for some reason."

The human population is always large, and the disappearance of one or two people will not attract widespread attention, but will only become a tragedy in a small area.

"It's too late to save him." Xi Jian frowned and couldn't help but feel regretful.

Scathach confirmed: "The moment he fell here, he was dead."

"I want to go and take a look, is that okay?" Xijian suddenly asked.

"Yes." Scathach did not let go of Shiomi's hand. "Just treat it as a test from me. You will perform the transfer magic and see if you can accurately reach the location of the deceased within three times."

Xijian nodded deeply, "Well, then please wait and see, Master."

Chapter 25 Tea Party

To be honest, I have a bad personality.

Kallen gradually realized this a long time ago.

When others are suffering, she can't help but smile, especially if they are serious people. Seeing people who should be walking on the dazzling road, depressed and dejected because of boring things, and gradually going astray, will bring her the comfort of finally finding an oasis after trekking in the desert for three days and three nights.

If this is a mentality caused by family environment or psychological trauma, you can still find excuses to explain it.

But unfortunately, this kind of character is born like this.

As for who it was inherited from, or which parent it was, Karen wasn't very clear.

Her father - or more accurately, her current father - had always been very secretive about the matter, and Karen tacitly chose not to delve into it.

Whether it's Kallen Aldessia or Kotomine Kallen, they are all names from the past. She is now Kallen Shiomi, or in the Western way, it's not impossible to write it as Kallen Shiomi.

"It is a fact that our innate nature cannot be changed. But we can make enough choices in our lives after death to change who we want to be."

That person always said this to Kallen.

In fact, after entering the world of magicians and beginning to understand the world from the perspective of magic, Kallen realized that she was not born with a bad personality, but her "origin" was bad.

Perhaps her origin is a manifestation of the concept of "gloating over someone else's misfortune." Kallen hypothesized.

This kind of bad character does make it difficult for him to gain a foothold in ordinary society, but in the society of magicians, he becomes extremely inconspicuous.

After all, a magician's bad personality is a factory setting. If his personality is too good and too normal, he won't be able to survive in this world.

For example, right now, the blonde girl sitting opposite Karin has a similar "bad" character to herself.

Lyness El-Melloi Archizorti.