Chapter 4: Unintentional Words
Xia Han was scared out of a cold sweat by the information about the green tide, if he hadn't escaped under the leadership of Bai Xue, wouldn't he be dead in a few years?
The world of another world, the beasts, and the fall of the empire is not safe at all.
[Only by becoming stronger can you live in peace. γ
Xia Han thought in his heart as he looked at the face of Bai Xue who was holding him jumping among the trees.
"Sister, do you know the mage well?"
He asked, although Bai Xue was obviously a thief, she should also know some magic knowledge as an elf of the Magic Empire.
"So-so!"
Bai Xue replied like this, but her face obviously showed a sense of arrogance, and she lowered her speed to cooperate with Xia Han and began to speak.
Probably influenced by the scientific concepts of the earthlings, Xia Han has always understood the mage as a person who 'uses magic resources': magic and electricity are the same in nature, they are both usable energy resources, but they can be directly used by living beings.
Bai Xue's words confirmed his point.
When it comes to the origins of mages and magic, this goes over to the Great Apocalypse, when there were two catastrophes that changed the world and divided history into three, the Age of Mythology, the Age of Antiquity, and then the Age of Mortals.
Few people know about the Age of Mythology, but after Mythological Dusk, the Creators planted a giant tree of energy. The tree, called Dawn, draws energy from the Boundless Plane and releases it to the entire world, providing nourishment for all kinds of creatures, creating a prosperous Ancient Age.
The predecessor of the elves was the goblins who guarded this giant tree.
However, due to the invasion of demons, the ancient era ushered in the twilight. The once unified world was shattered in the twilight, the Tree of Dawn fell, and its immense energy covered all races of the world. In the later stages, even mortal beings possessed the ability to perform magic, and spells were unprecedentedly developed.
It was only in mortal times that people began to call people who cast spells mages.
"Oh~ Then what does your Fountain of Mana have to do with the Tree of Dawn?"
Xia Han listened to Bai Xue's words as if listening to a story, the magic spring he said was a sacred relic of the elf race, and after the ancient twilight, the ruling class of the goblins changed their name to 'elves' and sprinkled the inexhaustible magic spring on the Suzaku Continent, and relied on the power of the spring to build a magic empire.
"The Fountain of Mana is an essence that acts like a small tree of dawn."
Bai Xue didn't mean to hide it, in fact, these things were not secrets.
The small Tree of Dawn - Xia Han recalled the special surname of the Tree of Dawn, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, although he could not absorb and give magic power, but the reward of 'infinite mana' also brought him inexhaustible mana.
Magic power is magic power on the outside, and it becomes mana when it enters the human body, and Xia Han's body is no different from carrying a magic fountain with him.
[Hmph, this talent is really powerful. γ
Xia Han felt a little proud in his heart.
But he won't divulge the boundless mana, and there is no shortage of geniuses in this world: "Sister Bai Xue, who is the mage with the first talent?" β
This question was asked to Bai Xue's heart, and she saw her eyes light up.
"Do you need to say it? Naturally, our noble princess! As the world's number one enchanter and defensive mage, Her Highness has created weapons and defensive magic that no one has ever surpassed - and she is one of the three lords of the Sky Temple, the hub of your human magic. β
The female elf's voice spoke, obviously adoring the princess very much: "What's even more powerful is that Her Royal Highness the princess can summon a phoenix, and she is the only mage ever who can summon this mysterious holy beast. β
"Do you know Phoenix?"
Phoenix? Of course, Xia Han from the earth knew what this was, but he still shook his head pretending not to know.
"Then you know the four guardian holy beast races in this world!"
This Xia Han can nod legitimately.
It is said that there are seven continents in this world, including those isolated by the mist, but only five of them communicate with each other, except for the Qilin Continent, where Xia Han is now located, which is the name given by humans themselves, the other continents are determined by the names of the guardian races of the world.
Vermilion Bird, Green Dragon, White Tiger, Xuanwu - these are the names of the other four continents.
"The Suzaku Continent, where our elves are located, is named after the bird-shaped holy beast Suzaku clan, they are the race that controls the flow of magic in the world, but the phoenix summoned by Her Royal Highness the Princess is a more noble existence than Suzaku in the multi-faceted universe."
The snow stood proudly, and the turbulent waves swayed up and down as it ran. This didn't look like something that a slender race should have, Xia Han looked away at the sky with some embarrassment.
Even though the moonlight sprinkled on the ground was white and flawless, there were two moons rippling in the vast sky, the red blood moon and the cyan green moon, and the two colors of moonlight came together to turn whiteβthey were sacred things that had shone on the whole world for tens of thousands of years.
"Does my sister know how to practice spells?"
Xia Han asked again, in fact, he had been doubting that the skills given by the illustrated book were too few, did the real mage cultivate according to the skills?
"Spells, little guy interested?" Bai Xue glanced at Xia Han in surprise, and then sped up and ran forward: "Let's talk about it next time, I smell the smell of the lake." β
She deftly walked through the woods, and sure enough, she found a small clear lake.
"Ah, I've found it, I can wash my body!" Bai Xue was a little happy, and then she glared at Xia Han: "You little guy hasn't taken a bath for a few days?" Why does it make me smell of dust all over my body! β
Xia Han was speechless, poor him was only taken out to take a bath by the maid every few days, can you blame him?
Bai Xue quickly undressed, and even pulled off her underwear, but she was not ambiguous at all. "Come and wash up, too!" Saying this, Bai Xue grabbed Xia Han again and stripped him naked in three strokes and two strokes.
With a bang, she jumped into the lake with a screaming Xia Han.
The icy water of the lake, the quiet surroundings of the small lake are surprisingly peaceful, except for the occasional sound of insects and the sound of leaves blown by the wind, only the sound of snow bathing and wiping the back of Xia Han.
"What's this pattern on your back, little one?"
She noticed the six-pointed star behind Xia Han: "Why is there a circle outside, it's strange that one flower has opened, and another flower has opened a petal"
A flower with one petal?
Xia Han was shivering in the cold in the lake, and he was taken aback when he heard the words, when did the petals open again?
He was nervous all the way and didn't pay attention to the itch behind him, and then he recalled it, and suddenly turned his attention to the performance out of the city.
When he sang on stage, he seemed to have a little itch behind him, this petal should have bloomed at that time, so his performance can also be cultivated? As long as you can get the approval of others' beliefs, does your original appearance and identity matter?
Xia Han's heart moved, and he wrote down a method of cultivation.
Of course, now he has to lie to answer Bai Xue's question: "I don't know, someone else printed it for me when I was three years old." β
That idiot illustrated book, did you forget to hide the six-pointed star pattern in front of others?
"By the way, Sister Bai Xue, where are you going to take me?" Xia Han hurriedly changed the topic, he didn't want to show his feet on the topic of the pattern behind him.
Luckily, Shirayuki doesn't seem to have much interest either.
"Take you home, Magic Empire." She replied while wiping Xia Han's back.
The blonde hair of the two floated on the surface of the water like a strange net, and Bai Xue pulled up her hair and coiled it on the top of her head, and then coiled Xia Han's hair in the same way.
"The Magic Empire?"
Xia Han's voice was full of doubts: "Isn't your country not accepting outsiders?" β
Legend has it that the elves are arrogant, and although they are allies of the human race, they maintain a relatively closed policy, never allowing outsiders to live in the magic empire, and their contact with the outside world is mainly in the human magic center Sky Temple.
"That's usually the case, but you're different."
Bai Xue quickly wiped Xia Han's back, and then let go of his hand and let him wash it himself. She washed her body next to Xia Han casually, and wiped it on her chest with water in her hand, but unfortunately Xia Han, who was only five years old, didn't feel anything.
"Why? Because of the half-elves? β
He continued to ask.
"We elves have difficulty giving birth, and at the same time rarely fall in love with other races, so we regard half-elves as the same race, and of course this is also the treatment that only blessed half-elves have."
Bai Xue smiled on her lips, and she nodded Xia Han's forehead: "Every half-elf birth will carry the blessings and curses of your parents, which can identify whether your elf bloodline comes from a forced caste relationship. β
"And the little one, you are blessed, and it seems that the blood is quite noble."
She didn't know when she had already checked Xia Han's body, although she was the prince of the Human Empire, Xia Han's mother was an elf. No one told Xia Han about her identity, but it wouldn't be a secret when she thought about it.
When you get to the Magic Empire, you may be able to find out.
Now Xia Han is also relieved in his heart, he went to the magic empire to avoid the king and the green tide, and can also receive the education of orthodox mages, which is perfect!
As for what does the life and death of the Emerald Empire have to do with him, he has not enjoyed the treatment that a prince should have, so naturally he will not be noble enough to want to save it.
Besides, the green tide is coming in a few years, and even if he wants to save a child, he is powerless.
"But"
Bai Xue's sigh interrupted Xia Han's thoughts, and he saw the female elf covering her forehead with a tangled expression: "I was looking forward to traveling the world - I thought that the person who could take off my ring would be a big hero and a handsome guy, but I didn't expect it to be a little guy with no hair." β
Her words are quite rude, if she can, Xia Han also wants to grow hair early.
He pouted: "How do you know that I won't be a world-class hero and handsome guy in the future?" β
"Hahaha, impossible, impossible, if you have such a day, I will go to the Gold Coast to buy you fireworks for the next month to celebrate!"
Bai Xue said such a sentence unintentionally.