Episode 11: I'll give you a surprise

"Well, anyway, it is said that this magician was at first interested in exploring the extension of our existence, that is, space, but apparently the mathematical tools of the time were not developed enough, even very primitive, and the magician was unfortunately not a master of mathematics. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½ā€

"Huh? And then what? ā€

And then ...... I don't know very well, I also heard when I heard about the history of magic, this magic envoy seems to have been slow to make progress in his chosen field, and chose to travel the world in search of inspiration, and then, maybe it was a masterful, instinctive practitioner who can perform many magical techniques inspired it, maybe it was magic that made me have a flash of inspiration, anyway, there is no reliable historical record, this magic envoy announced his results at a certain exchange meeting, which is the most primitive teleportation technique, and then disappeared, No one was even able to investigate the details of its life, and eventually the ruins of a magical laboratory that was largely identified as belonging to the magician were discovered, and the few documents and notes contained in it proved that the magician's level of mathematics was not ahead of his time, and the true cause of teleportation magic became a mystery, and only the story-like story that I knew about had been handed down. ā€

"Teleportable magic is real," Melly said, "and we've seen you show that summoning spell." ā€

"That's right, so no magician has ever expressed suspicion of that magician, and we all have the respect we deserve for it."

"What a great man, but you haven't explained the principles of teleportation magic yet."

"......," I'll honestly admit, "the interpretation of the core technology of teleportation has not yielded satisfactory results so far, and the application of technology has developed many tricks, although it is not very superb compared to the most primitive version of teleportation, in short, it is undoubtedly a flash of genius that has transcended the times for an unknown number of years, although it is unlikely that people can construct such magical spells as teleportation at that time, even in terms of today's mathematical level. ā€

"Oops, this is obviously a typical case of technology beyond theory!" Lianzi's eyes lit up, "Can I join in interpreting it too?" ā€

"While there is a clear and inevitable connection between the research methods of the magicians and the scientific methods that have now become a rigorous system, the ...... I'm not sure if you'll be able to switch your mind naturally, but let's get a general idea of the magician's mindset from the magic enlightenment book I gave Melly, and maybe one day you can become a magician. ā€

"Huh? Do you want me to read that ancient book whose value is far greater than its actual significance? ā€

"Lotus seeds! You're so rude! Melly tapped her friend's head.

"Ah, sorry, sorry."

ā€œā€¦ā€¦ Never mind. ā€

The oddly shaped ejectors covered with jet pipes on the left and right sides of the front and back were assembled, and we were idle, and the time was after five o'clock in the afternoon, because I didn't know exactly when Patchy left Gensokyo-since the moon landing was confirmed, she had become a little suspicious of the whole Gensokyo, as if the big monster was spying on her secrets all the time, compared to my indifferent attitude in the outside world, she was mysterious to the extreme, So she decided to come to meet me a few hours before the moon landing in case something went wrong — neither Merry nor Renko and I were going to leave our small apartment to forage for food or experience the bustle of Obon.

"Don't worry, we've brought the bento," Miss Renko pulled out two large black boxes from her backpack, and when she opened them, the smell of food wafted out, "Fill your stomach, wait for Professor Norreki, and then, rush to the moon!" ā€

"Hey, hey, don't be so excited, if you get to the moon, you won't get sick."

"Melly-chan said as excitedly as I did."

"Uh, ahem."

The bento was varied, filly, and smelly, and even more so resounding when it came out of the microwave oven that had been spinning for two minutes, and all in all, I didn't have to wait for Professor Patchy to follow the signpost I left behind to reach the outside world to share my thoughts, and I enjoyed a great meal with Miss Melly and Miss Hasuko.

"By the way, when is Professor Norreki coming, has she had dinner?" Miss Usami, who seems to have a lot of common sense, said, but unfortunately the timing was not right, and at this time, the two large lunch boxes had been thrown into the cleaning sink in the kitchen.

"Oh, yes." Miss Melly tapped her head as well.

"It's okay, it doesn't matter if our magical girls eat or not."

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"By the way, are you really willing to celebrate the annual Obon festival tonight? I've heard from high school girls that even if they have heat stroke, a fever or something, they insist on going to the temple fair and watching the fireworks. ā€

"It's a pity, it's not a pity, although I want to watch fireworks with Melly every year," Miss Renzi's tone was clearly expressing pity, but she obviously knew which side was the real event that couldn't be missed, "But compared to the moon landing, it's almost once in a lifetime, oh, once a year, a date, ah, there are no less than four opportunities a year for dating or something, compared to the moon landing, I don't know where to go, it's really stupid to go to the end." ā€

"You only get a once-in-a-lifetime chance to visit a temple fair on the moon." Miss Melly said firmly.

"Uh-huh!"

Hearing this, I think going to the moon to visit our own temple fair may be a romantic event.

Anyway, Miss Patchy should be here, right? With that in mind, I sent a puppet to monitor the movements around the apartment building, hoping that her outside landing would be more accurate and not cause a big mess, because this is a densely populated apartment building community.

"Oh yes," I said, patting my head, "I'm too busy to surprise you, and I'll tell you a story before I can surprise you when I wait for Professor Patchy to have some free time, and then I'll surprise you about what you might encounter on the moon." ā€

"Surprise? Another story? Something to do with the moon? The two women's university students expressed doubts and expectations.

"A long, long time ago, in a remote corner of Tokyo, there was a shrine of wild gods that stood under a hill for some unknown time...... "I told them the story of the old man, and finally concluded, "After the gang abducted and sold the sisters, the fox fairy has been silent until today." ā€

"Hey, I'll just say that the gods are too unreliable," Renzi nodded as if to express her opinion, and said solemnly, "Meili-chan, go to the temple fair, go to the temple fair, and stop paying attention to the gods who worship the ghost and only know what it is." ā€

"I can't blame the shrine and the fox fairy entirely," Melly was obviously more sober, "It's society that's wrong." ā€

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"Does the story sound like it's a critique of god worship? But does this have anything to do with surprises and the moon? Renzi asked.

"This story is meant to lead to the fox fairy, and then an urban legend that has been circulating recently."

I briefly introduced the information provided by Ito Yuki to them.