You call this magic?

"In the sky?" Solitaire thought for a moment, then floated up. Then, as if she had realized something, she began to fly freely in the air.

"Wow, Master, this is so fun!"

Watching the child flying up and down in the air in an "8" shape, Ethan felt a little envious. After all, when it comes to the flexibility of flying magic, the demons are far superior to humans. Even Fulilian is not as relaxed and natural as the demons when flying in the sky.

As long as Solitaire is happy.

Ethan reached the area where the damage was most severe and took a deep breath.

[Magic that makes a flower field bloom].

When he opened his eyes again, he was surrounded by flowers. Different varieties of flowers grew on fallen trees and craters caused by the explosion. These beautiful plants covered all traces of destruction. The breeze blew and the fragrance of flowers filled the air.

This is Flame and Fleury's favorite magic. If used for this kind of thing, it can really make people feel peaceful.

"Wow, this magic person can do it too!" Solitier flew down. The feeling of flying made her very happy. Even though her toes were only twenty centimeters from the ground, she was unwilling to land. Instead, she hovered in the air, smiling, and pointed her little hand in a random direction. Then Ethan saw a giant tree rising from the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye. It soon grew into a lush giant tree, and its trunk was so thick that it took ten people to hug it.

"Well done." Ethan was very satisfied with Solitaire's actions and touched her head to show encouragement.

"Hey hey hey." Solitaire's eyes sparkled. Is this all she needed to be praised by her master? Fine.

Not long after, in front of Ethan's stunned eyes, on the small hill that was just a flower field, more than ten giant trees grew up in a cluster, their branches and roots even entangled together.

"Stop it now! It was fine just now, but if you do this, not a single tree will survive!"

The nutrients in the soil are limited!

In the end, it was Ethan and Solitaire who solved the problem by uprooting the trees and planting them elsewhere.

After finishing all this, it was already evening.

Ethan and Solitaire looked at each other. Looking at each other's confused and somewhat uneasy eyes, Ethan still couldn't get angry.

Forget it, the child has just been born and there is plenty of time to educate him.

So the two of them set out on their journey.

He also did not forget the mission he had received from the guild. He would not touch the Goddess Stele for the time being. After his strength soared, he also understood the meaning of Fulilian's words.

Even if you desperately want to become stronger, the result of rushing to achieve success usually is that you will accomplish nothing.

What he had to do now was to train... no, educate Solitiel during this journey, while obtaining information about other human magic from her memories.

He has more to learn.

Volume 3: The Death of Fulilian (Part 2): Chapter 4: Fulilian: Don’t come back for now, please don’t

20 years after Sinmel's death.

Central States, Brett Region.

"Three years..."

Ethan had an old-fashioned look on his face, sitting on the top of a tree, leaning against the trunk and sighing about the passing of time.

The moonlight was bright and flawless, and the forest was so quiet that the only sound was the burning campfire.

Logically, burning a bonfire in the forest would attract nocturnal animals and even hungry monsters, but Ethan didn't care.

After three years of traveling, he has mastered the [Practical Travel] magic to perfection.

He dug them out from Solitaire's memory, such as the magic that would instantly make a fire, the magic of the torso monster, the magic of blocking sight, the magic of blocking hearing, the magic of transmitting sound through the air, and the magic of bird's-eye view.

The magic in this world is really fucking interesting.

"Yeah, three years, so when are you coming down for dinner?"

The girl under the tree stirred the huge pot of stew with an expressionless face. This was the most convenient way to do it when out and about.

After three years of getting along with Ethan, Solitaire has now begun to gradually move towards the direction of the original Ethan.

For example.

Solitaire three years ago: [?(???)?].

Solitaire three years later: [┐(￣ー￣)┌].

Perhaps it is easy for two people to become like this when they get along for a long time. Ethan and Fulilian got along in a similar way at the beginning, but now Ethan is in Fulilian's position.

"Okay, okay, I get it. Right away." Ethan snapped his fingers.

A streamlined silver figure suddenly appeared in the air. The figure stretched out his hand and picked up Ethan, who was too lazy to move, from the tree.

In the light of the fire, it can be seen that this figure is like a puppet without obvious joints and facial features, and its whole body is a beautiful silver color.

This is the latest magic developed by Ethan. It is essentially the same concept as the golem created by that...what's his name, oh, the first-level magician Lerunin.

Lelunin's golem is more like an automaton, and is closer to the role of a warrior.

But Ethan has a different opinion. After experiencing the battle of Minus, he also thinks... Why can't the golem use magic?

Instead of mass-producing golems to fill the lines, Ethan chose to create a single golem that could only be controlled by Ethan himself or move automatically.

The conditions to be met are:

First, it must be made of magic power without the need to find complicated materials.

Second, it can be summoned at any time, can synchronize Ethan's vision and hearing, and can make it make sounds through telepathic magic.

Third, the golem must be able to use magic. Although Ethan can only use the summoned golem as a medium to release the magic he knows, it is still a big improvement.

With this golem, he can hide behind the scenes alone and let the golem carry out dangerous actions.

This was not accomplished by him alone. He also relied on the knowledge taught by Frilian, the inspiration provided by Lerunin and Minus, the memories of Solitaire and even the magical knowledge of the demons, as well as his own ingenious ideas to finally complete it.

He called this magic [Substitute Magic].

Without even knowing it, he had successfully plagiarized classic works that he had never seen.

As a development assistant, Solitaire would naturally use it, but the stand she used looked exactly like her, and it was basically impossible to tell that the basic theory came from the golem.

However, ever since he was able to pull out a stand-in, he has completely fallen in love with the feeling of using a stand-in. He used to take objects from the air, but now he directly uses a stand-in to replace them, which even Solitaire couldn't stand.

"At least, don't let your substitute feed you when you eat."

"You can try it too."

"...If you don't sit up now, you won't get the next meal."

As soon as he finished speaking, the stand-in disappeared. Ethan sat up very obediently, took the bowl and started eating.

Solitaire smiled slightly. This scene had been repeated too many times.

Three years is enough time for a child with adult memories to form an independent personality.

She is neither a demon nor a human, but a fairy. In this world, only with Ethan is her home.

She already knew her situation clearly.

The demons don't have human emotions, but the fairies do. Under Ethan's persistent teaching, she was able to clearly distinguish Solitaire's memories from her own.

Her current personality is becoming more and more like the original Solitude, but her values ​​are the same as Ethan's, and she also has normal emotions.

After dinner, Solitaire packed up everything and entered the tent that Ethan had set up. She naturally slipped into Ethan's arms.

Even Fulilian didn't receive this treatment, but Ethan had been holding her while sleeping since three years ago. Only in this way could Solitaire accept her identity faster.

In order to prevent Solitaire from becoming the second great demon, Ethan has taken great pains.

"It should be here tomorrow." Ethan said, lying on the made-up quilt.

This time their destination is the dwarf Airan, a former front-line warrior of the Brave Squad who lives in seclusion here.

"Aran, I have information about this person in my memory." Without even looking up, Solitiel said in a muffled voice, "He's very dangerous."

"If you are a demon, it is indeed very dangerous." Ethan smiled. This is the only problem with Solitier's memory. In the memory of the former great demon, the evaluation of powerful humans is basically fearful and negative. Every time she said this, Ethan had to correct her.

"Hmm, corrected to 'powerful and trustworthy dwarven warrior'."

"What did you say before the correction?"

"If you can't create distance, just run... like this."

As for why she came to find him, that was all Fulilian's fault.

Originally, Ethan felt that he had calmed down enough and could take Solitaire back to the Central Kingdom, but he received a letter from Fulilian in the Adventurer's Guild.

This letter was sent to the Adventurer's Guild a year ago. Only Ethan's magic could open it. The content was very simple. Half a year before the letter was written, Yu Beier graduated several years early with excellent grades.

This was originally a good thing, but she didn't seem to want to go home, and instead broke into the nest where Fulilian and Feilun lived without permission.

Then, Philen and Yubel met.

It was a case of thunder and lightning, after all, Frelian knew both parties, and Yubel even knew them earlier. Originally, Philen just had some small emotions, but that was all, but Yubel, this kid, didn't know what he had learned in the past few years, and his provocation skills were maxed out. In the end, the two of them suddenly fought each other, which even scared Frelian.

This is the situation, and Fulilian had to take these two people to Haitana to calm down. After all, the church is really good at this.

The foreword is over, now comes the main topic.

It seems that Ai Ran needs Fulilian's help with something. Fulilian is in the current situation and it is impossible for her to just leave the two children who are fighting every day and run over there. She can only hand this matter over to Ethan.

At the end of the letter, she emphasized twice that Ethan should not go back for the time being.

Ethan: ?

Volume 3: The Burial of Fulilian (Part 2): Chapter 5: Warrior Airan

"We're almost there."

As Ethan muttered to himself, Solitaire, who had been keeping watch in the air using [Flight Magic], landed.

This meant she had found her destination.

"Master, there is indeed a wooden house matching the description five kilometers away. It is presumed to be the retreat of the dwarf warrior Aeran."

Ethan patted Solitaire's head and sighed.

Damn, we’re finally here.

The map that Fulilian gave was mostly correct, but there were many details that did not match the facts, so Ethan and Solitaire took a lot of effort to find the right way.

The elves are a very magical race. Because of their long lifespan and completely different perception of time from humans, they are very likely to make such jokes when faced with the ever-changing human world. Even Frelian herself is considered to be better off. At least she will take the initiative to adapt to this changing world instead of locking herself up and refusing to contact the new world.

Since there was only a little distance left, Ethan and Solitaire did not delay any further, but used flying magic to reach their destination in one breath.

As soon as the two landed, a short figure appeared in front of Solitier like a ghost, and the battle axe in his hand flashed with cold light and chopped towards Solitier with a sound of breaking through the air.

With a "clang" sound, it was clearly just the collision of metal between two weapons, but the shock wave actually directly blew Solitaire away. The dwarf looked sharply at the silver stand-in who blocked the attack, and the sword in the stand-in's hand.

Ethan even gave his sword to his stand-in.

"..."

The two sides were deadlocked for a while before the dwarf's eyes became clear, but his eyes remained on Solitaire, as if he was suddenly confused.

Solitaire fell to the ground, her skirt stained with grass debris, and a few tears hanging from the corners of her eyes. It was obvious that she was frightened by the sudden attack.

After all, this is a child who is only three years old, and his first reaction to this situation is still fear.

Only Ethan showed an expression of understanding.

"Senior Warrior 'Airan', have you ever seen the great demon Sollitir before?"

he asked.

five minutes later.

In Airan's room, Airan carefully placed a glass of sweet-smelling juice in front of Solitaire, while in front of Airan and Ethan was a large glass of the dwarves' favorite liquor.

"I misjudged it just now. I'm sorry." In Ai Ran's room, the proud soldier lowered his head deeply. His tone was a little stiff, but one could still hear his regret.

"I am the one who needs to apologize for not reporting to Master about the child first." He clearly knew that the great demon Solitaire had had a brief fight with the brave team, but he still appeared in front of Ai Ran with a child who was born from Solitaire's corpse and looked exactly like her.

However, this is enough to show how much Aran was afraid of characters like Solitiel back then, and he even remembers it until now because he failed to kill her back then.

Ethan explained everything about Solitaire now, even including how he traveled to another world and obtained Baoyu's fetus.

For the seniors of the Brave Team, there is nothing to hide about this kind of thing.

Ai Ran opened his mouth wide - his thick beard and wide-open eyes made him look a little funny.

"Your experience is really incredible, but since it is a miracle brought by the goddess's stele, it is not difficult to understand." Although he said so, it can be seen that this knowledgeable warrior is now in a brief brainstorming session.

But no matter how exaggerated Ethan's experience was, Ai Ran now knew the origin of Solitier. Although she inherited all of Solitier's magical knowledge, she was not him.