As we all know, in the early stages of the development history of wizards, which can still be traced to this day, war was almost the main tone. Not to mention that all kinds of magical creatures have caused wars, and there has never been a lack of open and secret fights between wizards.
The specific era in which the brother and sister Baal and Astalu lived is now impossible to verify. Even Maka has no way of knowing this.
But in a certain ancient book, there was indeed mention of a wizard war that happened to happen in that story.
"Astaru... and Baal, immediately follow your teacher to Valkihar Castle and ask Lord Val for asylum. Do you understand? You must protect your mother along the way and wait for your father there honestly!" "
No matter how high-sounding the reasons for starting a war may be, war is always cruel. Baal and Astalu's father is a local lord, but because of this, he understands even more that he and his territory may be completely destroyed by the enemy in this war.
Perhaps in the eyes of his subjects, he, a lord, had knights, archers, and even three great wizards under his command. But he knew very well that even if the force stationed in his territory doubled, there would be no chance of victory.
Therefore, even though many people didn't know that he could barely be considered a wizard himself, he still preferred to let the wizard who was teaching his children take his family to evacuate first.
In fact, it's not that he doesn't want to retreat, but he can neither abandon his territory and people, nor let the enemy chase after him.
There was no other way. When the patrolling scout discovered the enemy's situation, the distance between the two sides was already too close - so close that he did not dare to leave the place at all, for fear that the other party's cavalry would accidentally bypass him and directly catch up with his wife. Girls.
"Dad!" "Father!"
Astalus and Baal shouted almost in unison, but saw their father just shook his head gently, slowly but firmly.
"Obey," their father said seriously, "children, you have grown up and you should understand when it is time to do something." Go... now! Right now!
At that time, wizards were surprisingly powerful. But no matter how strong Astalu's magical talent is, it is impossible to develop it without years of study.
Different from the spells of modern wizards, the difficulty of getting started with magic at that time was far from being easily overcome by a "genius". Therefore, in ancient times, wizards tended to be more advanced as they got older, with almost no exceptions.
After all, the brother and sister Astalu and Baal wisely took their mother away from the land where they grew up, and set off for the life of living under the fence in a carriage.
The lord of Valkiha Castle accepted them without any surprise - this was certainly not because their father had a close relationship with this lord. The reason why Lord Val agreed to let them stay in his territory was entirely because of Asta Lu. and the teacher of Baal.
Yes, in those days, any wizard who was willing to stay in the territory was extremely valuable. Compared to adding a powerful wizard to your territory, what does having more mouths to eat mean
However, just a few days later, the bad news came.
In Valkiha Castle, no one was surprised that the hometown of Baal and Asta Road was destroyed, because there was a scale in the hearts of everyone who knew about it, and their father was destined to be the one who was tilted high. one end.
When the terrible news reached the ears of the brother and sister, they and their mother hugged each other and shed tears of grief.
They didn't even know how their father died, or by whose hands he died.
"Be strong, time will heal the pain."
This sentence indeed makes sense, and I wonder if anyone could have comforted the brother and sister who were immersed in grief like this at that time. It's a pity that even if someone is willing to say this, God has not left them enough time to slowly wash away the scars in their hearts.
Just the day after the news of the death came, the scout team of Valkihar Castle brought back another even more terrifying news - the surprisingly powerful enemy army actually chose to go deeper and will arrive at Valkihar in the near future. Harburg!
Do you want to escape again? No, there is an open plain behind them. Even if they run away now, they will be overtaken sooner or later.
Astaru, knowing that she would never be able to escape, had a conversation with her teacher. No one knew what was said, not even her brother Baal.
And that night, Astaru disappeared from everyone's sight.
"...Sarah, is this what you want to show me?"
It was that night that Maka stood on the hillside on the outskirts of Fort Valkiha and glanced behind her. In fact, he had already noticed Sarah's spiritual will before the last scene change.
Before he finished speaking, in the middle of the open space, a petite figure gradually became clear from blur, just as the environment changed at first.
"Maybe, maybe not... who knows?"
Sarah pursed her lips, turned her head and looked ahead, saying reluctantly.
Her heart at the moment was far less peaceful than what appeared on the surface, because she had not initially intended to interpret the story so "accurately". If Maka's soul hadn't been so heavy that it was difficult for her to balance it, she would have dragged Maka completely into this story and tortured him in various ways.
It's a pity that now she can not only let the story in her heart develop step by step, but she can't even interrupt it. She can only wait eagerly for this spiritual world to come to an end and return to the pure white world again. nothingness.
This feeling of being controlled by others is not pleasant at all!
After Maka heard this, she couldn't help but chuckle and shook her head. He couldn't hear the depression hidden in this little girl's tone. But having said that, this method of dragging people into the spiritual world without warning should not be underestimated.
Fortunately, this little girl from the Hohenheim family is not the kind of person with malicious intentions. Otherwise, the harm her method can cause really won't be that small.
"The power of alchemy is really wonderful... I am looking forward to the legacy that Mr. Nico Flamel will leave to this world more and more!" Maka looked into the distance and sighed, "Sarah, I'm interested. Will you participate in the next International Alchemy Competition?"
"Not interested in!"
Behind Maka, the little girl secretly rolled her eyes at him, and then immediately turned her face away.
"What about Hogwarts? I heard that you are going to study at Beauxbatons, but I would rather suggest that you come to our Hogwarts," Maka said casually, "You can make a lot of good friends here, right?"
"No!" This time Sarah didn't even turn her head to look at him, and gave the answer directly.
Maka shrugged and nodded indifferently.
"Well, Beauxbatons is also good. At least there are more girls than here. Madame Maxime and I are quite familiar with each other. I can let her have more..."
As he was talking, he suddenly raised his eyebrows slightly and his words were interrupted. After a while, he suddenly turned around, with a rare look of surprise on his face.
"How did you know that?"
As he asked, he reached out and pointed towards the location he was looking at just now. But Sarah did not answer his question this time, she just stared at Maka's face for a moment, and then quickly looked away again.
The direction Maka pointed was actually a horse trail. This road is exactly the route Baal and Asta took when they fled to Valkiha Castle. If you keep going forward, you will reach the land that raised them.
Of course, at this moment, this road has become a road to hell. What awaits you ahead is not your homeland and memories, but the mighty enemy army and your home that has long been in ruins.
But at this moment, there was a girl standing on the horse road. She was pretty and charming, with fair skin and blond hair. Under the exceptionally bright moonlight that night, a trace of perseverance appeared on her face.
This girl's name is "Astaru".
Of course Maka still remembered that he had read in books that Astra used a special magic to protect most of the people in Valkiha Castle, including her family. And the price she paid to be able to do this was her own life.
This is a rather cheesy and beautiful story, just right for lulling children to sleep. But even so, the book never describes in detail what kind of "special magic" it is.
However, at that moment, Maka saw an extremely real scene - the girl's whole body was lit up with crystal light spots under the moonlight, and the tiny light spots swirled around her body lightly, falling little by little towards her. to the ground.
Whenever a speck of light blends into the earth, a sapling will emerge from the ground and grow at an extremely fast speed. As the number of light spots increased, the girl's figure became more and more hazy, as if she herself had turned into thousands of light spots and spread out in a flourishing manner.
Just when most of Valkihar Castle was submerged by the entire sea of trees, the girl's figure finally disappeared completely, leaving no trace. And at that moment, countless colorful flowers suddenly bloomed in the sea of trees, and little fairies only the size of a baby's fist were born.
After that, the fairies naturally blocked the invading enemy army and protected the entire Fort Valkiha. But this miraculous result is not the final ending of this story.
Of course, what Maka was more curious about than the ending that she already knew was where did Sarah know about this magic