You will surrender to me.

A sound like water drops falling into water was heard. It was the separate letter reminder sound that Naoto set for his grandfather.

"Tsk, I just arrived and the text message came. I really don't believe that no one is watching me."

Naoto sighed, but still didn't take out his phone. He had just got off the bus, so he should at least pack up his things and find a place to stay. There were still seven days left, so there was no need to rush.

"this is my house?"

Naoto looked at the walls that stretched for a long distance to the left and right, pointed at the sign in front of him that clearly read "Hot Spring Hotel", and couldn't help but look at his uncle with some suspicion.

"Well, Gao Yan modified it. There's not much change inside. He just used this as a selling point to create a hot spring accommodation with a family atmosphere. I don't know much about this kind of marketing. Let's go in. I greeted him before. Now is not the peak tourist season. Although there are tourists here, the rooms should not be full."

As my uncle said this, he was about to knock on the door.

squeak~

The door happened to open at this time, and what came into view was a tall and strong middle-aged man with slightly long hair and unshaven beard, wearing a yukata. Could he be a tourist?

"Nakamura? Looks like my timing for opening the door was pretty good. You guys arrived right after I opened the door."

The bearded uncle, who was stunned for a moment because he saw someone when he opened the door, suddenly smiled and greeted him.

"Your intuition is still very accurate, Gao Yan."

My uncle also responded with a smile.

Gao Yan? So this is my second uncle?

Naoto observed the uncle in front of him who seemed a little sloppy but also a bit ruffian. For some reason, he thought of a certain lonely old widower. However, the uncle in front of him was probably about 1.8 meters tall and looked very tall, while Uncle Nakamura was only a little over 1.7 meters tall. The comparison between the two seemed a bit funny.

"Oh, this is Xiaozhi, we haven't seen each other for about five or six years. Do you still remember me?"

After chatting with Nakamura for a while, Gao Yan noticed Naoto standing next to him. In fact, Naoto was quite conspicuous. After all, there were relatively few people over 1.78 meters tall here. With the nourishment of "mystery", his figure began to grow towards a muscular state. Compared with Naoto more than a month ago, it could be said that there were two different people. It's just that Gao Yan and Nakamura had not been in contact for a long time, so Gao Yan's attention was all on Nakamura.

“I really don’t have any impression.”

Naoto spoke honestly. Not to mention that his previous memories were somewhat vague, even if they were not vague, it was difficult to remember things from childhood so clearly. According to Qianqiu, Second Uncle borrowed this place after he and Qianqiu had been out for a while, and they had not met very often before that.

"Ah, that's normal. When you were a kid, I worked outside and rarely came home. Let me introduce myself. My name is Gao Yan Chenger. You can call me Uncle Gao Yan or Second Uncle."

Gao Yan nodded.

Gao Yan Cheng Er? No, really the second uncle? You used to work outside, didn't you work as a Kamen Rider?

Naoto was stunned for a moment, but quickly recovered, nodded calmly, and called out "Second Uncle".

"You probably came here for the things your grandfather left behind. Don't worry, he has already told me that our second floor is for our own use. Your room will always be reserved. But I really didn't expect you to come now."

After the second uncle invited the two in, he closed the door and walked inside with Naoto and Nakamura.

After entering, what catches your eye is a fairly large traditional wooden house with two floors. Between the gate and the house is a lawn with some flowers and plants. There is a row of stone paths in the middle. Walking past it is a larger entrance hall where everyone changes shoes before entering the house.

After entering the house, there is a simple 'cash register' in the middle, but the wall is clean and there are no price tags. Uncle Nakamura had clearly said that all fees can be paid online. As long as you buy the coupon, basically everything is included, and there are rarely any additional fees. So what's the use of this thing?

Walking to the right, the second uncle and Naoto walked directly to the right. On the right were thin wooden sliding doors. They were not the paper-pasted doors commonly used in many places, but this kind of doors should give people a better feeling.

"There are eight rooms here in total. The four on the left have independent small hot springs at the back. They are our 'VIP rooms'. The ones on the right are 'ordinary rooms'. Everything in the 'VIP rooms' is better than in the 'ordinary rooms'. Visitors to the 'ordinary rooms' can only go to the big hot spring at the back. There is a staircase at the end of this direction. That is the second floor. The second floor is reserved for us and is not open to outsiders."

The second uncle introduced them to each other.

"What's that on the left? Are there any houses there?"

Naoto asked curiously.

"On the left is a hall where you can sit and rest or chat. Of course, there is also a small cafeteria where you can eat. However, we usually get food from the izakaya next door and rarely cook it ourselves. There is also a small pavilion outside the hall. There are some small bamboo forests, rockery and small ponds around it. Some tourists like to drink there."

Second uncle gave a brief introduction.

"By the way, what's that cashier-like counter in the middle for? It seems like everything here is packed with just one coupon."

Naoto asked.

"Well, that's for Qian Dushi to watch the store when she's free. She's usually very busy during holidays, so I asked her to help me watch it."

The second uncle answered casually.

"Chitoshi? Who is that?"

Naoto was a little curious about the "she" used by his uncle. Could it be his uncle's wife? But according to him, that "Chitose" seemed to be still in school. Was she his daughter?

"Chitose is my daughter. She attends a nearby high school. That school is considered an 'aristocratic' school now. It's probably not much different from the private schools in the city now."

As my second uncle spoke, he sighed.

"A 'noble' school? Are there such schools here?"

Naoto was puzzled. This place was in the countryside, far from the city. Besides the environment being OK and attracting tourists, what other characteristics did this place have? How could there be an aristocratic school in this place? Which capitalist took the lead in charity?

"No, it's not. We just crowdfunded to hire teachers with high salaries. The teachers attracted by normal salaries are not that good. We all want our children to work hard to get into a good university, so we crowdfunded high salaries. But the pressure is also quite high, so now people say it is an 'aristocratic' school."

Second Uncle shook his head with a helpless smile on his face.

Naoto nodded silently and stopped talking. This was indeed the case. In the island country, normal public schools basically all taught happy education, so students had to enroll in extracurricular classes or take supplementary lessons on their own. Private schools, on the other hand, taught students intensively while still in school.

Although the number of classes in Saint Lacus Academy is similar to that of Sakura Academy, it is a private school with first-class teachers, high efficiency and compact curriculum. Do you really think that young ladies don't have to do anything? The young ladies in other schools, no matter how bad they are, can beat the bad boys in Zhiren's school. Only the class 1 group can compete with them. What's more, many people take extra lessons from private teachers at home, and the club activities in school are just a spice of life.

The second uncle quickly took the two of them to the second floor. The layout of the second floor was not much different from that of the first floor. It was basically the same overall, except that there were fewer rooms. There was also a hall on the left. In the corner of the hall, the otakus had a cabinet to store bedding and pillows. The second uncle said that Qian Dushi often brought a few good friends to live here. There was a special air conditioner in the hall, so Qian Dushi often slept in the hall with his good friends. Anyway, the second floor was a private space, so there was no need to worry about tourists coming up.

In addition to the room of my second uncle and his wife, Chizuyo's room, and Naoto's room which has always been kept, there happened to be an empty room, but Uncle Nakamura only came to the nearby agricultural products company to hand over his work and did not need to live here.

"Huh! Let's clean up the room first. But why does the layout of this room feel so familiar?"

Naoto looked at the room where his uncle said nothing had been moved, and an inexplicable sense of familiarity came over him.

The layout of this room...how come it's the same as the layout of my own room before I traveled through time?!

Chapter 264: Dragon Flame Burning with Magical Power, Second Uncle’s Daughter

There is a bed near the window in the room, with the head of the bed against the wall, and a computer desk near the foot of the bed with a computer monitor on it, but the host computer is not placed somewhere else.

There is a double soft sofa in front of the computer desk, and it is a bit cramped for me to move around on a single sofa. When I play games, especially FPS games, I sometimes move subconsciously along with the direction of the character I control. For example, when I control the character to slide to the right, I always lean to the right as well.

Next to the computer desk is the game console, and there is a box next to it, which is full of game discs. A handle is placed in the box, which is covered with some dust. Although my second uncle's wife would come to clean it from time to time, these game discs and other things might be cleaned carefully for fear of damaging them, and it can be seen that there is not much dust.

In addition, the other two walls are lined with cabinets. One wall of cabinets is for storing various clothes and bedding, and the other wall, which is the wall with doors, has a cabinet for storing books or other collectibles.

Why is the layout of this room almost the same as the room I lived in before I traveled through time?

Naoto looked at the room, his doubts growing.

It seems that my past experiences were not simple either. Never mind, let’s put this aside for now and take a look at my grandfather’s text message first.

Naoto put aside his doubts about the room's layout for the moment and took out his phone to open the text message from his grandfather.

It really is that Dragon Flame, but this thing needs time to sharpen?!

After Naoto looked at his grandfather's text message for a while, he had to sigh.

This dragon flame is the fire of a mutant fire dragon during the heyday of the 'mysterious' era of magic.

The flame of this fire dragon has a very buggy feature, which is that it can burn other people's magic power. In layman's terms, it can burn other people's mana.

In that kind of world, magic power is needed for everything, especially in fights. If you encounter this thing at this time, don't play with it. If you get stuck with it, you will not only be burned by the flames, but also consume the magic power in your body. The formations constructed with magic power will be burned like hay.

Naturally, all races are wary of such a giant dragon. If there was not only one dragon and it was not weak in strength, it would probably be "conquered".

Naoto had heard Giorya mention it before. A dark creature had obtained a "Purification Ritual" from somewhere that seemed to be able to purify its own bloodline and gain promotion by absorbing the souls of others. Moreover, this ritual seemed to have no restrictions and could be used as long as the conditions were met. In other words, anyone, no matter how strong or weak, could be absorbed by it, and people at any stage could also be promoted.

So those old monsters who had not made any progress for a long time wanted to take a look after observing for a while, but at the beginning they were not completely sure whether the "no limit" was true, and they had no shortage of time, so people from different factions each designated a "brave man" to go and fight.

Although this mutated fire dragon was quite powerful and most people were unwilling to provoke it, it was quite arrogant, so many people were unhappy with it. Later, it was killed somehow, and the fire in its body was left with a spark. No one knew what happened in between, and grandpa didn't explain in detail. As for how it came about, it was even more mysterious, but now the fire was here, and it was still burning after such a long time.

Grandpa asked Naoto to come here so that the magic power in Naoto's body could have similar characteristics.

This fire can be absorbed, but you can't just absorb it directly. If you absorb it directly, this fire can directly burn your magic power as fuel, and this flame seems to evolve by itself. After burning the magic power to a certain extent, it will turn the remaining magic power into a magic bomb, which will give you a "big explosion" directly in your body, making you enjoy the treatment of Shang Yang, I mean to be torn into pieces.

According to Grandpa's idea, Naoto can absorb it bit by bit so that the magic power in his body can have a similar effect. However, he needs to take a medicine he left on the other side of the flame first. Otherwise, even if he only absorbs a little bit, it will easily cause his magic power to be burned out. For that kind of dragon flame, magic power is fuel.

However, very little magic power is required for natural combustion, but the magic power will be gathered around itself, which will also attract many beasts that have gradually opened their spiritual intelligence to the surrounding area. Those beasts, or magical beasts, will naturally develop certain abilities after absorbing the magic power, just like humans use superpowers to consume 'mental power' (actually magic power), their abilities also use magic power.

Naoto wanted to absorb the flames, but the monsters were obstacles, so his uncle said it would take a long time. But, did Grandpa seem to have told his uncle? So maybe his uncle knew something, and maybe he could really transform.

Naoto turned off his cell phone, took out the things in the box, put them in order, and prepared to go downstairs for lunch. Since he couldn't go anyway, he might as well go and build a relationship with his second uncle. Maybe he could reveal some information, or even get some help from him.

"Nao, come and meet me, this is my daughter, Takahashi Chizuyo. Chizuyo, this is Naoto Koyasu."

As soon as I went downstairs to the lobby, my second uncle came with a girl to greet Naoto.

Naoto looked at the girl next to his second uncle.

The girl had long light purple hair and soft facial features. She stood there quietly, looking like a quiet girl. Looking down, her tall and plump breasts were very eye-catching. She was wearing a knee-length pleated skirt. The overall outfit looked rather conservative, and the light grey school uniform made her skin look even fairer.

"Hello, I'm Naoto Koyasu."

Naoto didn't stare for long, he just glanced at it casually and then held out his hand. If he stared for too long it would seem rude.

"Hello, my name is Gao Yan Qian Du Shi, you can just call me Qian Du Shi."

Chizu Yoshiya looked at Naoto curiously. Naoto's current height made her have to look up to see him. She was only 1.66 meters tall. She had only seen Naoto's height of almost 1.8 meters on her father. The uncles and classmates around her were only a little over 1.7 meters tall at most. Moreover, Naoto's appearance was the highest she had ever seen. He looked very sunny.

Naoto held her hand lightly and then let go. Although it was only for a moment, Naoto did feel the softness of Chizushi's palm.

She is indeed a beauty.

Naoto sighed inwardly, but he had no intention of conquering her at the moment. Not to mention his current mess, the fact that his second uncle might be 'hostile' to him was something Naoto didn't want at the moment.

ask for leave

I found that the direction of the saved draft deviated from the outline, so I had to delete it. I'm so bald. I'll find time to write some more tomorrow.

Chapter 265: The Magical Beast Infected with Some Dragon Flame

"This is my wife, Gao Yan Qi Yu."

Then, the second uncle introduced another mature woman next to him.

Naoto shifted his gaze towards her. His second uncle's wife was not particularly stunning, but was rather pretty. However, her temperament was quite amazing. Her virtuous and elegant temperament made her and his second uncle look like a beauty and the beast when they stood together.

It’s not that Second Uncle is not good-looking. His messy hair and beard are actually quite suitable for his ruffian temperament. But when compared with Aunt Qiyu, the feeling comes out, especially since Aunt Qiyu is only about 1.65 meters tall. The height difference makes them look even more alike.

"Hello, Zi'an-san."

Gao Yan Qiyu nodded slightly and greeted.

"Hello, Aunt Qiyu."

Naoto responded with a slight bow.

"Okay, come over and eat. If you have anything you want to talk about, we can talk after dinner."

When the second uncle saw a few people greeting each other, he said.

The food was simple, basically just ordinary fried fish and miso soup, but no one was that picky, so we finished it quickly.

Perhaps because there were two strangers around, Chizushi looked a little restrained. A few times she seemed to want to say something, but she subconsciously glanced at Naoto, then lowered her head and started eating in silence.

Naoto didn't pay any attention to her, but Naoto didn't expect that just after dinner, a few more tourists came. His second uncle and his wife went to entertain the tourists, and Uncle Nakamura also went to hand over his work, leaving only Naoto and Chitose here.

Because Naoto had no interest in her for the time being, and since it was their first meeting, they had no topics to talk about, Naoto stood up and planned to go back to his room to study.

"Are you here to get that will-o'-the-wisp?"

When Naoto stood up, Chizuyo suddenly asked.

"Will-o'-the-wisp? Well, sort of."

Naoto was stunned for a moment, then realized that the 'wisp of fire' that Chizushi mentioned was probably the dragon flame, so he nodded. Since Chizushi could say so, it proved that she must know something, so Naoto simply admitted it.

"If you can get it out of here quickly, then get it out quickly. A lot of things have happened since it's been here."

Chidusei said so.

"Because of the beasts that gained magical powers?"

Naoto immediately thought of the reason. The flame would gather magic power, and the magic power would tend towards 'fire' due to its own characteristics. So in this environment, it gained magic power and initially became a 'magic beast', that is, a 'magical beast'. The abilities it gained were mostly heat-related, such as raising the temperature and blowing hot air. It might not be fire-breathing, but fire-breathing might be the most common.

Moreover, this is the wilderness, and if the air is dry, it is easy to cause forest fires. Smaller fires are caused by magical beasts coming out to hurt people. Moreover, with magic power, their wisdom will gradually increase, and after a long period of development, they will be able to rival humans.

"Well, they 'heat' a lot of trouble."

Qian Dushi nodded with a look of disgust, it was obvious that those monsters had caused quite a bit of trouble.

"'hot'"?