"Last month, in order for me to promise to use the magic of the mallet to help them find Miss Reimu," Needle Myomaru said with a frightened expression, "I was locked up in a dark place by Miss Purple, with no light, no sound, no direction, and I couldn't even figure out if I was exercising!" ”

"Wow, what a vicious man,......" I wiped a handful on my forehead, "I hope you haven't been locked up for too long." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"The scariest thing is that I don't know how long I've been locked up!"

"Oh-"

"Huh? Has Alice experienced it too? ”

"No, that's not true, but I've experienced places where there is light," I don't usually have the heart to provoke Purple on my own initiative, and even in unusual situations I would shut up or simply run away before completely angering the dangerous Sister Purple," I think you're probably talking too much. ”

"Really?"

"Don't worry about it, anyway, she's not the kind of community director who often deals with people, you don't have to worry about being abused by her."

She nodded, "Don't let the mallet recharge in the future." ”

"Anyway......," I said, "can that treasure called the Wanbao mallet really grant his wish?" Like the legendary Holy Grail? ”

"I'm interested, too, Ms. Arimimaru." Patchy added.

Two curious witches are looking forward to the explanation of the King of Light Pole of Lilliputia.

"Whoa—you're so close!" She tilted her head back and realized that she couldn't get out of our attention, so she sat up straight, "You two have really good skin." ”

"That's a matter of course, every girl has to learn to protect her appearance!" I emphasized, "Okay, tell us about it, we're just interested in magical items, and we're not going to be robbers!" ”

"I believe Miss Alice, and it seems that no one but me can open the mallet at the moment," she said, holding her porcelain bowl-like hat, "and the mallet is not so magical." Her tone was as if I had introduced the magician.

"Huh? Isn't it the same as the legend? "I started to prepare myself mentally for disappointment.

"Ah," Arimamaru waved his hand, "there are many, many unpredictable changes between the real and the legend, and I guess your magicians have left behind many unpredictable legends. ”

"Ever since I had an in-depth conversation with Miss Kanako, I have become more and more convinced that stories cannot be superficial, that some stories and reality can only be explained through symbolism, and that some stories cannot even be studied in the usual ways of symbolism, so that the stories themselves have no point in exploring except that they have to be passed down for a long time."

"Many less devout scholars think that the chalice is only symbolic, to refer to the positive feelings that God has taught people to keep hope forever, and not to the real glass or glass," I said. ”

"You're too worried," the villain smiled, "just as an inch mage is really only more than an inch long, the Wanbao mallet produced by the ghost clan is of course a specific magic weapon, but it is not as exaggerated as the legend." ”

"I'm a little prepared for that."

Arimyomaru continued, "Actually, a long, long time ago, I tried to pick up a mallet and wave it twice to test its ability! ”

"Oh! The result? ”

"No response!"

"That is, a long, long time ago, you couldn't use it? But I've heard Marisa say -- though she's hearsay -- that only the descendants of villains can use the marry. ”

"Yes for now, but in fact, I couldn't use the mallet at first, and some kind of induction in the darkness told me that in order to be able to use the mallet," Akinmyomaru swallowed, "it will take a long, long period of harsh cultivation. ”

"And then it's ready to use?"

"I don't know, anyway, one day, I found that I could use it, and I can't summarize the specific reasons for it for the time being, but there is no doubt that I have cultivated to a certain level."

I patted my head, "Why does it sound a bit like ......" and pondered, "It's like a god artifact that often appears in comics?" Because the owner has become stronger, the baby automatically recognizes the owner and turns on the function......"

"Confess the Lord? Oh, don't laugh," the villain said with a smile on his face and shaking it with one hand, "The mallet itself is just a very useful prop, and anyone can use it if they master the method!" ”

"Wow - is it okay to tell such an important secret casually?"

"It's not a secret, if you think about it, you can understand that a wooden pestle can't be used to pound rice because the person who uses it is not the person who cut it, and it can't be used by someone else because it stays in the hands of one person long enough."

"It's obvious common sense, but I thought there would always be something different about the magic weapon."

"No, no, after the study of the mallet, I understand a lot of truths, at least the so-called recognition of the owner of the artifact is nonsense."

"By the way, what about the features? Is that so? Can you achieve what you want with two strokes? ”

"It's even more unlikely," she waved to interrupt Patsy and me's delusions, "even if you want to simply cause a little natural change, such as wind, lightning, or rain, you have to expend some energy to complete the premise of making the air change, let alone fulfill the so-called wish." ”

"Huh?"

"I can't tell you the specifics, otherwise that mutation wouldn't have been stopped by Miss Reimu. All in all, I don't know what the mallet consumes, and it can't fulfill all the expectations of the user, such as looking forward to eternal life, looking forward to people all over the world to surrender to themselves, looking forward to establishing their own kingdom, etc., if you want to achieve eternal life, you must go through arduous practice, in general, this is what almost everyone desires, but it is impossible to achieve the goal by thinking about it, it is the same with or without a mallet. ”

"That...... Miss Fujiwara, do you know each other? ”

"Do you mean the elixir of life used by the people of Penglai? I think that's the realm of biotechnology, and the immortality of the body and the immortality of the spirit are two different concepts. ”

I understand that the so-called eternal life actually refers to escaping into the world of my own mind and cutting off all ties with the material universe until eternity, as early as when Princess Kaguya chatted with me, I knew that in the real world, the spirit must have something to rely on, and the matter does not matter forever, even the elementary particles have a day of decay, the vast world of reality is always in change, and the eternal life of Penglai people should be called "living for a long, long, long time...... in a broad sense, There is still an essential difference from eternal life obtained based on the change of the state of being, and only the kingdom of the mind can maintain eternal youth.

"Okay, please move on to the mallet."

"In addition, the idea that you can achieve your goal by expecting it alone is nonsense," the villain said, "Action is the only way to achieve the goal, which actually covers all the ways to achieve the wish not only refers to the above things." In short, if you want to really influence others, you must have positive actions, how difficult it is to make others surrender and then establish your own country, history books have told you, it is not a wave of a gavel that can conjure a country and a group of people out of thin air, I was so naïve when I was a child! ”

"Uh...... It makes sense," I had to agree with her, because I was naïve too, and then turned the conversation back on track, "So what is the Wanbao mallet for?" ”

"Most of the time," she said of course, "it's for fighting." ”

"Huh?"

"It can also be used to observe and explore nature and deduce future changes, and if you want to realize your wishes, deducing the future is a compulsory course."

"I see, that's why Zi needs to use your mallet."

"All in all, the magic of the mallet does not lie in the fulfillment of wishes, it is the magic in the eyes of ordinary people who are still full of illusions, and its true meaning is to help people understand their wishes."

As the only king of Lilliputia, I thought to myself, Miss Arumimaru was actually a very down-to-earth and intelligent person - though she was as immature in terms of interpersonal interactions as the two witches in front of her.