On the day of departure, the sky was blue, cloudless, and the sun was scorching.

Standing on the ancient jade road, Hirsch looked into the distance, his hands in his double-breasted coat and embroidered red rose pockets.

This flaming coat was kindly sponsored by Marco Polo and is said to be made of rare fabric, with a magic charm that can ward off some of the demon seeds of the Misty Forest.

Because of Rhine, Hirsch was naturally not polite, she calibrated the direction and suddenly turned around, looked at the blonde young man who was constantly looking back in the direction of the Haidu Port Governor's Mansion, and asked, "It's time to go, won't you go and say goodbye to him in person?" ”

For the teenager, Marco Polo was a very important person for him.

However, she does not understand this brotherly bond, perhaps the same as a symbiotic relationship?

Rhine shook his head, "Brother Marco said that he would come to see me off, he won't break his promise, if I go to him now, it won't be good if I accidentally miss it." ”

"Pretentious."

"Where is the hypocrisy, you must know that in the land of warriors, a child of my age is still a magic apprentice, and I am a magister." Rhine pulled open his cloak, and the magician's costume was indeed painted with fiery roses.

Hirsch raised a frown, "Oh, is it very high?" ”

The blonde boy pursed his lips and said indignantly, "It's already great to be a magister, well, I'm only fourteen years old!" ”

According to Rhein, the ranks of magicians are divided into apprentice magicians, junior magicians, intermediate magicians, advanced magicians, archmagicians, magicians, archmagicians, and holy magicians.

Magic is divided into ten groups, namely wind, water, fire, earth, wood, ice, thunder, darkness, light, and unrelated magic.

Each series of magic is divided into six levels according to the strength of mana, which are primary magic, intermediate magic, advanced magic, ultimate magic, forbidden magic, and special magic.

Hirsch nodded, "Oh, that's interesting, what department are you?" ”

Rhine said ostentatiously, "Unaffiliated mage, you can use any spell, the most powerful one~." ”

The corners of Hirsch's mouth twitched, "Huh~"

"I'm really powerful, but I can't control my power, so I'm sealed by Lord Dijun with nine-tenths of my mana."

"Really?" Hearing this, Hirsch showed a look of surprise on his face and asked puzzledly, "Why can't you control the power?" ”

"I don't know, but Lord Tejoon said that when I become an adult, this power will not get out of control."

"Ah, I really want to grow up quickly, to be able to help Brother Marco, it's too dangerous for him to go to the East alone."

"Danger? Why is it dangerous? The Demon Seed shouldn't be a problem for him, right? ”

"The most terrifying thing is not the demon seed, but the human heart." When Rhine said this, there was no innocent smile in his eyes.

"Oh?" Hirsch's heart jumped, but his face didn't show it.

"I don't know what Brother Marco did in the East, but if that incident can free Haidu from pollution, even if it is an enemy of the world, I will stand firmly by his side."

The corners of Rhine's eyes were sour, and he muttered, "Because, he is my brother whose blood is thicker than water!" ”

"You ......" Hirsch looked at his pious expression, sighed, touched his dull hair, and said softly, "Rhine, you have worked hard." ”

"There is nothing difficult in the world, but I am afraid of those who have a heart."

"Oriental Language...... Alas, it seems like the first time you've called my name, Hirsh, are we friends? ”

Hirsch withdrew his goofy hand and smiled, "Unfortunately, no. ”

"I'm so disappointed~"

"Don't be disappointed, you met me, and I will still remember you thousands of years from now."

"Hmph, do you really remember?"

“…… Do you want me to swear? ”

"Don't take it so seriously, huh...... I just think that if thousands of years later, you really remember me, and I am no longer in the world, wouldn't it be a sad memory for you? ”

To live is to watch the people around you keep dying.

G, I'm sorry you didn't get to have your own life.

"If it's a sad memory, I'll choose amnestics, don't worry, you and I are just passers-by in each other's lives."

"Then you say you'll remember me thousands of years later, liar, huh."

"If it weren't for the sad memories, I wouldn't have forgotten."

"And do you remember the people you met before?"

"......," Hirsch muttered, she thought, she really didn't remember.

"Look, liar."

"Probably, it's all sad memories...... "Hirsch muttered, his head bowed and his expression sad.

Seeing the girl's face full of sadness, Rhine hurriedly said, "Ah, I'm sorry, I ......"

"It's none of you, Rhine, I'm just wondering if I promised someone or someone I would never forget, but I don't remember it anymore because it was a sad past......"

"Have you lived for a long time?"

"Yes, I have lived for a long time, and I believe that I have met many people in this world, and I have had bonds, and I have had symbiosis...... But now, I don't remember anyone other than the Ark. ”

"So, you're going to enter the Temple of Athena, are you looking for memories?"

"Probably...... Yes, right. ”

Rhein blurted out, "Okay, I'll be with you!" ”

"Why ......" Looking at his serious expression, just when Hirsch wanted to reject him, Rhine's eyes suddenly lit up and he exclaimed, "Brother Marco, you are here." ”

Hirsch turned around and saw the blond young man's doting eyes on Rhine, and his heart felt like he had been knocked out, and he was a little flustered.

She didn't expect that she would want to sacrifice Rhine, who had only one side!

He is an innocent person, why does he think this way?

Could it be that there is still a dark will in his heart?

But that's 10,000 years ago!

No one knows what she's seen in the halfworld, or what she's been walking with.

Moreover, the red-eye mask is not a relic of the half-world creator, but the key to seal the half-world creator from another higher civilization.

She used the red-eye mask to suppress the power of that distant era, and thus took on the mission of sealing the bronze door, and none of this had anything to do with the Ark.

Her bond with the Ark must not be severed by symbiosis with the half-world.

In the gloomy forest, occasionally strange-looking demon seeds flash between the woods and the thick fog.

The Misty Forest is a Misty Forest, and the sunlight never seems to be able to pierce the mist, as if this is the realm of death that can never be saved.

Rhine said that since the division between the north and the south, no one has set foot here for thousands of years.

"Miss Hirsch, in the thousands of years of the Arcana, no one has successfully crossed the Misty Forest to reach the Temple, and the only way to get to the Temple is by sea route."

"Could it be that there is something special in the Misty Forest?"

Before parting, Marco Polo's scrutinizing eyes once again came to her mind, and Hirsch thought that if it weren't for Lord Dijun giving Rhine a temporary directive to predict, probably he wouldn't have let him take Rhine away.

However, this is the fate of the Rhine.

Just take him on a pilgrimage, you don't have to let him sacrifice to the goddess Athena, he should live well.

"By the way, how can we get to the temple without a carriage and a map?"

"By the way, how can you get to the temple without a carriage and a map?"

Just as Hirsch was thinking, Rhine and Marco interrupted her thoughts by asking in unison.

Hirsch raised his hand to draw the circle, and the golden circle formed a beam of light that flowed onto Rhine, forming winged runes on the cloak behind him.

"It's a simple flight command, and you try to control it with your mind."

As he spoke, Hirsch floated off the ground and watched them in mid-air as a god judging the world.

Marco Polo quickly recovered from that hallucination, turned his head to find that the Rhine was gone, and when he looked up again, he saw that they had turned into two red streamers, one in front of the other and one in the back, and disappeared into Lake Avon at the junction with the Misty Forest.

Rhine carefully controlled the flying runes in his mind with his mind, and he didn't fly fast, even as a toddler.

In the sky above Lake Avon, Hirsch stopped to wait for him, a floating golden circle condensed under his feet, and then sat down, his legs dangling in the clouds.

After a while, Rhine caught up and complained, "The wind is so strong, my hair is all blown up." ”

When he saw that Hirsch did not have a trace of messy long hair, Rhine showed an incredulous look, and before he could ask, Hirsch said, "I forgot to give you a command to separate the air flow, my fault." ”

"You're very good at magic, and you can do it without a teacher, but now we don't have to fly."

"What's wrong?" Rhein asked, straightening his messy hair.

"Look below."

The boy looked in the direction she was pointing, startled.

Lake Avon, once rippling with turquoise, has now been blown into a muddy field, and there are traces of magic duels everywhere.

"Who did that?" Rhine was a little angry, and how disappointed she would be when Sister Luna came back to find her hometown in ruins.

Hirsch closed his eyes and activated the star map G19 to test the traces of battle, revealing a surprised expression, "There's a familiar aura there...... It is Her Royal Highness the goddess Athena. ”

Rhein's eyes widened suddenly, "What did you say?!" ”

Is it the goddess Athena?!

"The goddess Athena was here, I knew it."

"You know?"

"Well, because the place connected here was once the famous underwater city of Poseidon."

"In the new gods created by the Ark, the goddess Athena has absolute authority, and Her Highness Poseidon, who is deeply loved by Lord Nuwa, must also obey her orders."

"However, I remember that His Highness Poseidon is in the Ice-Filled Domain, why is he here?"

Rhine raised his hand, "Wait, what you said makes a lot of sense, but I don't understand any of it." ”

"You don't have to understand, just listen."

Rhine sulked, "Okay. ”

"Curiosity kills cats."

"It's human nature to be curious."

Hirsch opened her eyes, reflecting the handsome face of the blonde boy, and she asked softly, "But, are you human?" ”