Kato Megumi wants to learn magic

"But mommy is also a fish, why are they ugly and mommy is pretty?"

The little goldfish tilted its head, then hugged Kato Megumi with its fins.

"Because Mommy is Mommy, Mommy is good-looking. Mommy is good-looking no matter what she looks like!"

Kato Megumi felt warm in her heart and patted the little goldfish with her tail.

Well, kids always tell the truth, which is really likable.

Next, the little goldfish started asking questions again, and Kato Megumi answered them patiently. Children are curious about everything. Although some things they have seen and learned in books, there is still a big difference between them and the real objects. This is no different from other children.

It’s just that Xiao Yuyu is more well-behaved and more thoughtful than other children.

When other kids ask for things, it's like they're using nesting dolls.

what is this?

These are trees!

What are trees?

Trees are plants!!!

What are plants?

!!!

This endless nesting of dolls is helpless.

But the little goldfish is different. She knows what this thing is through learning. As long as she asks Kato Megumi once and knows the name of that thing, she can compare it with the memory and heritage in her mind. With independent thinking, she can then understand these things and match them with the knowledge in her mind.

I have to say, I really like this smart little goldfish, Kato Megumi.

Doomsday Natural Disaster Leaps Over Dragon Gate: Chapter 316 Chapter Hiding Tracks and Exploring the County Court

The time of raising a daughter and teaching her to fish is always short. After about two hours, as the eagle circled countless times in the sky, the officers and soldiers arrived at their destination, Laishan County.

Kato Megumi looked from a high altitude and saw the square county town standing on the earth, showing traces of human beings stationed on the earth.

Then looking down from the sky, the area around the county town was covered with dense black pits. The farmlands divided into pieces of different sizes had long since withered and died, and some of the city walls had also been attacked, with some walls cracked and some directly collapsed.

Obviously, Laishan County was not as lucky as Tonghe Village and Wangjia Village. The raging fire from the sky spread to their surroundings and destroyed all their land.

Kato Hui had seen many holes that looked like meteorite craters while following the officers and soldiers. However, the strange thing was that no matter what kind of holes they were, they were empty inside, as if a ball of fire had hit the earth, and there was nothing left except a small hole that polluted the land.

This made Kato Hui wonder, what exactly is this sky fire? Why did it come from the sky? Could it be a small meteorite or something like that?

But if it was a meteorite, why are there no remaining rocks? Could it have just burned up... or was it moved away by people?

The thought just passed by, and Kato Hui stopped worrying about it. What's the point of talking about this now? Some things will be known in due time.

Letting the little goldfish return to the space, Kato Megumi controlled the eagle under him to descend, and randomly found the tallest building to land on.

Looking around, the streets of the county town are in full view. Unlike modern high-rise buildings with many floors, the houses here are generally one-story, and only a few houses have two floors. Coincidentally, the house where Kato Megumi is standing is the only three-story wooden building in the county.

Therefore, the view from the roof is very wide, and you can see all the streets in the county clearly.

However, unlike the densely packed houses in the city, the streets were extremely sparsely populated and empty, giving a feeling of a dead city. Every household had its doors closed, and the shops in the city were also closed. The entire city wall was silent, with only a few faint sounds of people wailing in hunger in the street corners, or the whistling sound of the wind blowing through the eaves and doors of the houses.

"It seems that the situation in the county court is not optimistic!"

After sighing, Kato Megumi followed the leading official and watched her enter a tall courtyard gate before following her.

When I got closer, I saw the words Laishan County Court written on it. It seems that this is where the officials live, Kato Megumi thought.

Riding on the eagle to the corner of the wall, he heard the leading officer waving away the officers and soldiers, asking them to disperse, and then he entered the yard.

"My Lord, you are back..."

"Um"

The official nodded and then asked.

"Butler, where is the master now? Is he still taking a nap?"

"Hey, it just so happened that maybe the weather was a little hot and the master was a little uncomfortable when sleeping, and had a nightmare. Look, the master just got up and said he would wait for you to come back."

"Oh, I have something to do. I'll go discuss it with the adults now."

"Okay, I'll tell the servants to prepare tea for you."

After a few simple words, the official said goodbye to the butler, then walked around the yard skillfully to the door of a larger house and walked in.

And Kato Megumi also commanded the eagle under him to follow.

"Eh? How about an eagle? Looking at its flying motion, it must be very strong."

The butler saw the eagle suddenly fly up and murmured.

"Master likes to eat this kind of wild animal the most. Tell the servants to quickly get the tools and catch this beast to add to the master's meal!"

I'm sure the master will be happy to reward him with a treasure then.

Thinking of this, the housekeeper hurriedly found someone to go, but Kato Megumi didn't notice all this because she had already arrived at the roof of the house where the official came, concentrating on eavesdropping on the conversation inside the room.

Subconsciously, Kato Megumi probed her mental power into the house and saw the scene inside.

The layout of the room was very spacious, with chairs placed on both sides, and above the leader sat a man with straight eyebrows. The man had sunken cheeks, slightly narrowed eyes, and curved lips with a hint of sneer, looking like someone who didn't want to get along well with others.

At this time, the man was leaning against the chair, seemingly taking a nap, with a jade ring on his finger, constantly tapping the handle of the chair. He waited until the official came in and spoke before he slowly opened his eyes and looked at the figure below.

"grown ups……"

"Um……"

The man who took the lead looked nonchalantly at the official below.

"I... Zhang Huan, you're back? What's going on? How's the matter going... Is what that person said true...

"Sir, it is certain that those villagers do have food. I have already sent people to search for it, but things are not going smoothly."

"Hmm? Not going well. What happened?"

The man raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Yes. It's like this. In the two villages, everything went smoothly in Tonghe Village. We took back all the food we got. But the people in the other Wangjia Village were not very cooperative and refused to give us any food at all costs."

"I am afraid that things will get out of control and my brothers will get hurt. That would be bad for both sides, so I ordered my brothers to withdraw. I hope you can make the decision, sir?"

"Oh? I think you are afraid of death!"

The man tapped the handle of his chair absentmindedly.

"How could I not know you? I'm scared to death."

"Hehe, this, Your Excellency, please forgive me for making a fool of myself."

Faced with the official's embarrassment, the man smiled sarcastically.

"But it doesn't matter. It's good to be afraid of death. Being afraid of death makes you want to live more. Who doesn't fear death? Only those who are afraid of death can be saved!"

He just sighed.

"Originally, I have the relief grain from the imperial court. It doesn't matter to me whether the villagers have received grain or starved to death. I don't lack this little grain..."

"But... I don't know why, but the higher-ups suddenly sent me a message asking me to investigate whether there are any supernatural things in my jurisdiction, and asked me to solve them as soon as possible."

"Sir...you mean..."

Zhang Huan asked tentatively, but saw the man looking at him with a smile and said.

"The people above just want me to send troops to wipe out those monsters in the area. You know, whenever a natural disaster occurs and people are living in poverty, there are always some swindlers who claim to be gods who have descended to the world and are destined to be gods, and then gather people to rebel."

"There are now large numbers of rebellious people in the south and the north. I guess the imperial dynasty is worried that there will be rebellious people here as well, so they sent letters to every place, demanding that those rebellious people be nipped in the bud."

Doomsday Natural Disaster Leaps Over Dragon Gate: Chapter 317 Chapter The Difference Between Good and Evil Dragon Qi Appears

The man smiled and then spoke.

"It's a pity that the people above are so naive. Now that heroes are rising up everywhere, the imperial dynasty has become a castle in the air. They have long lost control over various forces. What's the point of sending such a letter now?"

"Sir, are you saying that there are no gods in this world?"

"Oh, gods? I've never seen a god, but I know there are many swindlers who cheat people. For example, they can make talismans burn without fire, or they can make their whole body burn but they are fine. I've seen a lot of these tricks, and they are all created with some small props."

"Gods? Hmm, that's just nonsense. Maybe they existed in the past, but now..."

The man asked swayingly.

"What exists now are nothing more than some evil ways, some evil Taoists, and many low-level scammers. Only the state teacher of our imperial dynasty is the only remaining orthodox Taoist, and the others... are just ordinary scum."

"I heard that the imperial master of the dynasty is a capable person who can call the wind and rain. He has been helping the dynasty to recover the dragon veins and stabilize the world for hundreds of years. He has survived several emperors and is still alive. Do you think this is true, sir?"

Zhang Huan asked.

"Of course it's true. Although he is not a god, he can live for so long, so he can be considered a god, right?"

"Then why did you ask me to check on those villagers? Are you worried that it was the so-called demon pretending to be the Carp Fairy?"

Zhang Huan asked in confusion. Otherwise, why would the other party send him to collect the grain? After all, they still had the relief grain distributed by the imperial dynasty and had not distributed it at all. With so much grain in hand, there was no need to covet the little grain of the civilians.

Therefore, Zhang Huan still had some doubts about the other party's instructions.

However, now that the Lord suddenly mentioned monsters, Taoist priests and the like, could it be that the Lord is coveting those mysterious people?

"Worry, huh, you're playing tricks in my territory, pretending to be mysterious, and inciting those fools. Don't you think I should be alert?"

"Your Excellency, you are talking about..."

Seeing Zhang Huan lowering his head to respond, the man narrowed his eyes and then suddenly said.

"Zhang Huan... How long has it been since the natural disaster first appeared?"

"Three, three months..."

"Then why do you think the untouchables have food after three months?"

"Is this... because of the magic that the demon cast?"

Hearing Zhang Huan's answer, the man raised his eyebrows?

"Magic? That's not necessarily true... If there really is such magic, why would the demon pretend to be a ghost in this poor village instead of somewhere else? Wouldn't it be easier to gather believers that way?"

Listening to the adults' words, Zhang Huan hesitated.

"What do you mean?"

"Humph"

The man snorted.

"If I knew, would I still need you to investigate?"

"Hey, sir...but I didn't find anything except a pile of food..."

"No?"

The man raised his eyebrows.

"Did you bring the things I told you to keep an eye on?"

"Ah, yes, it's all my fault. I forgot about it."

Zhang Huan took out a wooden sculpture from his arms and handed it to the man.

"Sir, you previously told me to look out for statues in the shrines of every household. I heard from my subordinates that they indeed found some statues being worshipped in the homes of those ignorant people."

The man took the dragon sculpture from Zhang Huan's hand, looked at it, then took out the seal he was carrying and gently touched the dragon sculpture.

With a snap, countless cracks suddenly appeared on the dragon carving. A faint golden aura rushed out from the seal and rushed towards the dragon carving. Then the wood carving shattered, and it collided with a fierce invisible aura and completely shattered.

When the man saw this, a trace of vigilance flashed across his eyes, and then he sneered.

"It turns out that the demons are collecting believers. When the empire was established, they suppressed and killed these evil cults. I didn't expect that now that the empire has collapsed and natural disasters are frequent, these demons have come out again."

"Luckily, I am an official of the imperial dynasty. I have dragon energy to protect me, so ordinary demons can't do anything to me. I thought someone was cheating me, but I didn't expect it to be the remnants of those evil cults."

Zhang Huan was shocked. Having never seen such a strange thing before, he was surprised and curious.

"Sir, is this?"

The man looked at his subordinates, took back the seal, and said proudly.

"It's no wonder you don't know about this. After all, it's been hundreds of years, and the details have faded over the generations. Only those with the ability and background know some of the inside information."