Seeing Shade's determination, Miss Feliana smiled and shook her head:
"It's not your responsibility to help us. Although I don't know who gave you the task, I'm afraid it's not mandatory, otherwise you wouldn't be so relaxed. Just do your best. Although you are willing to call me teacher, I'm not a very strict mentor... What do you think about this?"
She suddenly turned her head to look at the Moon Witch who was covering her mouth and laughing. The young girl with long yellow hair immediately covered her mouth and shook her head, looking frightened:
"Of course not, Sensei, you are the kindest and most considerate witch I have ever met."
The Giant Tree Witch also nodded, and Shade almost understood Miss Felianna's character.
The key of 3002 allowed Shade to stay for half an hour each time. The conversation with Miss Feliana about the God-summoning ritual just now took quite a while. Afterwards, Miss Feliana finally asked Shade about the result of the duel with the evil god. It seemed that she wanted to use Shade's experience to improve her novel "Mana Adventure Stories" and give future witches more experience in escaping when facing the evil god.
Therefore, when Miss Feliana had no other questions, Shade only had about five minutes left to stay.
The task of searching for lost ritual items in the woods certainly wasn't for Shade, a lowly ring sorcerer, so he planned to use the rest of his time to ask the witches about things related to the ancient gods.
The Whispering Poems would not appear until at least two thousand years later, so he could not ask about it. The witches did not dare to listen to modern events, so he could only ask about this. But it was disappointing that although Miss Feliana knew the secret of the Vientiane Impermanence Card, the witches did not know much about the ancient gods, and even the special white fog space left by the ancient gods that Shade mentioned, they had only heard about it.
"I don't know how you see me, but at least I am not who you know me to be... From our conversation, I always feel that you seem to think that I am omniscient."
This is what Miss Felina said when Shade showed a regretful expression.
According to the historical records and legends of the academy, Miss Felena was still very young when St. Byrons was founded, and she lived as the first principal for many years after the academy was established. Therefore, although Miss Felena that Shade met this time was already at the thirteenth level, she should still be in the early stages of her life, and not the nearly omniscient principal in history and legend.
"In fact, my most important purpose in traveling through time, besides seeing more stories and completing some necessary tasks, is to discover the secrets of the ancient gods."
Xia De briefly explained his thoughts, and Miss Feliana nodded without expressing any opinions, probably just listening to the young man's story. But the Moon Witch, who had just finished copying the information Xia De brought and was helping him pack his suitcase, suddenly spoke.
The real ages of these witches are definitely older than their appearance ages, but their personalities are very close to their appearance ages. In Shade's opinion, Miss Feliana is an intellectual and steady lady, the Giant Tree Witch is taciturn and calm, and the Moon Witch is more active.
This time, the young witch was very melancholy:
“Is this your life?”
"No, time travel only occupies a small part of my life. My main occupation is a detective, but the activity that takes up most of my time is raising cats."
Xia De explained, and the Moon Witch sighed and lowered her head to organize the documents in her hands:
"Walk through time to witness different stories, and live a fulfilling and peaceful life in your own time. Sir, the life you have is probably the best life I can imagine."
"It sounds like you're saying I'm not good to you?"
Miss Feliana asked rather unhappily, but this time her student did not deny what she had just said:
"Teacher, before I met you, I was just an orphan selling flowers on the street. Only after I followed you could I have the life I have today. I am very satisfied with my current life. This is the best life in this era. But sometimes I wonder, if I did not live in this era, but lived in a more peaceful world without war, conspiracy, or even mystery and the supernatural, what would my life be like..."
Miss Felina shook her head and said to Shade:
"See, this is the instability of emotions and personality caused by being eroded by this forest for too long. Now it's just intermittent depression, sentimentality like an ordinary woman during her special period of the month, and the situation will become more and more serious in the future."
"Teacher, I just... I just felt a little emotional when I heard what this gentleman said."
The witch with long brown hair quietly defended herself, and her companion patted her hands and told her to say less.
"Actually, my life isn't that good. Do you think being forced to face the evil god is a good life?"
Shade asked back. He understood the Moon Witch's thoughts. When he was in his hometown, Shade would occasionally think about what life would be like if he lived in a world with supernatural powers. But when he really came here, he missed the peaceful days in the past:
"You only see the good side of my life, but you probably can't imagine that I was almost shot to death by some unknown person when I was walking on the street a few weeks ago."
"Was your time also a time of chaos?"
Miss Feliana said in a low voice, then signaled to Shade that there was no need to explain.
"As for the world without the supernatural..."
Xia De looked at the bonfire in front of him:
"The burden of life would crush people like us who have no home."
The crown of the giant tree above blocked the night sky, and the red-gold bonfire cast the shadows of the four people in four directions. Looking at the crackling bonfire, Shade thought of his two lives:
"When you can't get something, you envy others. When you get it, you think the original one is the best. So, you should cherish your current life. I envy you, ma'am. I envy you for having such a good teacher."
Miss Felena smiled at Shade after being praised by him, and the Moon Witch also looked up and smiled:
"You are really good at complimenting people. The teacher likes to hear this kind of words... Okay, teacher, I won't say anything more. But sir, are you willing to accept a gift?"
"Gift?"
Shade was confused and looked at the witches in the light of the bonfire. All three of them smiled at him:
"We discussed this after you left last time. Your power is too weak. No matter what, we should give you some power. But the barrier of time makes many things difficult to do, not to mention that our mystical power systems are different. Fortunately, the teacher knows something about the ring sorcerer system and understands that for you, the stories of gods are also power."
“But it’s not that you gain power just by listening to the story.”
Shade wanted to explain the elements in detail, but Miss Felina interrupted him:
"Understanding and listening over and over again, capturing the traces of God in the world at the moment when the light of the soul blooms, this is the so-called way to obtain miracles. The stories we tell you are of course useless, but the stories recorded on the God's tokens may be useful. It is a coincidence that in order to prepare for the ceremony of contacting God, we do have some similar items in our hands, which record the story of God's shining door. Please listen carefully."
The two young witches each went into the single tent to get their belongings. Miss Filiana was given an exquisite seven-string lyre, the Moon Witch held a wooden spinning cone, and the Giant Tree Witch held a branch with green buds.
All three items have strong magical elements, and there are detailed stories written on the surface.
Miss Feliana stroked the strings of the lyre. It was unknown whether it was the power of the lyre itself or the power of the witch, but the sound of the lyre was like water drops falling into the heart and spreading in the forest with the wind.
"In those long-ago times, when there were no mythological records, ancient gods walked the earth."
Her voice was very soft, but very beautiful. Her fingers plucked the strings of the harp, blending perfectly with the witch's singing:
“On the first day, He met a fawn and gained a loyal servant.”
Miss Feliana stood up from the campfire, walked to Shad, and asked Shad to reach out and touch the lyre that was writing the story.
She continued to pluck the strings of the harp. As the harp played, the Moon Witch began to sing with a spinning cone in her hand:
“The next day, He picked a flower and added bright colors to Himself.”
The Moon Witch stood up from the campfire, walked to Shad, and asked Shad to reach out and touch the spindle that was writing the story.
Miss Felina continued to pluck the strings of the harp, and the Giant Tree Witch began to sing amid the sound of the harp. The singing seemed to come from a faraway place, distant and peaceful:
“On the third day, He encountered the great tree of wisdom and reaped the ancient mysteries.”
The giant tree witch stood up from the campfire, walked to Shade, and asked Shade to reach out and touch the branches that wrote the story.
The fire flickered, and Shade sat beside the campfire. Three witches stood in front of him and sang softly together:
“He is at the end of time and space, turning into a door to protect the deer, caring for the flowers, and looking after the trees. When everything reaches the end, He will return with everything that has left.”
The last sound was so low that it was almost silent. The treetops above made sounds as they swayed in the wind. The fire on the ground swayed in the sound of the piano, creating light and shadows.
The witches closed their eyes together, letting the ending sound tremble continuously, while Shad felt the pull from behind, it was time for him to go home.
God once walked here, God once stayed here. He also had servants, and He also had colors. At the end of time and space, He has been watching here.
You have listened to the story of the old god's "Glorious Door" and learned about the miracle of the old god's "Glorious Door".
"Spell or spirit rune?"
Outsider, you have obtained the spell - the key to the door. When you encounter a lock, you can open it.