After the man left, Xiao Gucheng and the girls hurried over.

"Yakumo-sensei!"

"Brother......

"That, who was that man just now, teacher?" Xiao Gucheng looked at the messy street, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "Why did the teacher suddenly attack him?" ”

"That man......"

Yakumo looked up and looked at the sky.

“…… It's just a poor man who has been deceived, no, maybe he can't be considered a talent at all. ”

"Natsuin."

Suddenly, Yakumo turned his head to look at Haze Natsune, who was looking at him worriedly.

"Do you remember what happened to the monastery five years ago?"

"Monastery ......"

The monastery where Natsune Haze was located had a large number of dead people five years ago, and then it was locked down.

"That guy is the murderer who destroyed the monastery five years ago."

"Huh!?"

Everyone exclaimed, Xia Yin covered her mouth even more, and a frightened expression appeared on her face.

Obviously, that scene left a shadow in Xia Yin's heart.

"Anyway, I'll go back and look into it...... Okay, have you bought everything you want to buy? ”

The group nodded, in fact, even if there was something to buy, there would be no more interest when something like this happened.

The scenery near the open-air café is quite miserable. Several roadside trees were cut down and several buildings were half-destroyed. The cost of repairs must be in the tens of millions of yen.

However, it would be better to say that it was lucky to end up with this kind of Cheng dù damage.

Judging by the position on the island that month, such a loss was simply not significant.

What's more, at that time, Xiao Gucheng, the half-hung true ancestor, was still there, if he was accidentally rammed away, it would not be such a matter of loss.

The entire island of Xianjin will face a crisis.

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The next morning-

The top floor of the Faculty Office Building. Nangong Nayue's office.

"I'm sorry, Natsuki-chan. There's something I want to ask you—"

Opening the heavy wooden door, Xiao Gucheng entered Nayue's room.

"Good morning, Fourth True Ancestor." "Yo? Isn't this the ancient city of Xiao? ”

“…… Astarut? Yakumo-sensei? ”

By the window, blocked by velvet curtains, stood a slender woman dressed as a maid. It is a neat and well-groomed appearance with clear white skin and large light blue eyes. A girl who feels weak as a creature and gives people an impression of a work of art.

Artificial lifeform - Astarout.

She used to be made as a weapon by the Annihilator of Rotalingia, but now she is sheltered by that moon and works as a clerk in the Saikai Academy.

As for the strange maid outfit, please don't worry about it - there are always a few strange hobbies in the month when you're a witch, right?

In addition, behind the luxurious ring desk, sitting on the wide backrest chair was no longer Nangong Nayue, but Yayun Mo, who was dressed in a black robe.

He was holding a cup of black tea and looking at Xiao Gucheng with a smile.

"That...... Yakumo-sensei? That's- ahem. What about Mr. Nangong? ”

Looking back and forth inside the room, Xiao Gucheng asked.

Stepping on the thick soft velvet blanket in the office, Xiao Gucheng felt uncomfortable.

"Natsuki-chan isn't here. I went out because of the request of the police station. ”

"...... the police station?"

Yakumo's answer made the ancient city feel a sense of foreboding.

[Could it be that it has something to do with yesterday's events]

"Huh? Do you have any questions? Xiaogu City ......"

Yakumo lowered his head and concentrated on adding ingredients to the black tea, seemingly not caring about the problems of the ancient city.

"I'll give you a good idea, your love fortune is good this week. Taking advantage of the absence of Miss Sword Witch, who is the watcher, quickly bring home the flamboyant girls in the same class and push them down. ”

"Who told you that you were in love!?"

Xiao Gucheng, who was caught off guard, roared angrily at Yakumo who was seriously asking for a strange construction.

"Huh? Why are you reacting so violently—"

Yakumo Mo was still concocting black tea lightly.

"-- To the men who are in love with the (divine beasts) to mention the construction yì. Shouldn't it be like this? ”

"Well, indeed. Perhaps there are many people who have such troubles - in other words, what is the danger of instigating crimes!? ”

"My sister once said that when it comes to the (divine beast) love period, the monsters will appear to have troubles like Xiao Gucheng you, in fact, you already have the answer in your heart, so our advice is just to help you - vampires and monsters should be similar, right? It seems that you have indeed reached the time of love......"

"Then what kind of sister would say something that is not normal to hear, hey, by the way, why do you think I want to overthrow shallots!?"

"Oh? Or is it better to have other girls - is that what you mean? Other than that. It turns out that the girl's name is shallot......"

"She's your student too! As a teacher, is it really good that I can't even remember the names of my students......?

Gasping for breath, Xiao Gucheng hugged his head.

The look on the face of the strange youkai in front of him was serious—at least it seemed so.

This made Xiao Gucheng not know what to do for a while.

"Okay, put aside the courtship question about the (divine beast) estrus period for now, please drink tea."

Yakumo Mo, who finally made black tea, poured a cup for Xiao Gucheng.

The fragrance of the essence began to drift slowly.

"Poof—what kind of weird smell is this......"

Bring the cup to your mouth. The ancient city then squirted out.

Unlike the wafting aroma, the taste of black tea is very strange, salty and astringent, and difficult to swallow.

"Oops...... It seems that I really don't have the talent to make my own black tea. ”

Yakumo sighed.

"Astarut, it's better for you to make tea."

"Take orders."

"Could it be that Mr. Yakumo, are you taking me to try tea!?"

Xiao Gucheng couldn't believe that Yakumo Mo, who was so picky about black tea, wouldn't make his own tea.

"Okay, don't worry about the little things, tell me what you're really here for."

Finally the topic returned to the normal side, and Xiao Gucheng breathed a sigh of relief.

"That, it's actually about yesterday, and I'm a little worried......"

"Oh, you said the alchemist?"

"Huh? What the? Alchemist? ”

Xiao Gucheng, who heard for the first time that person was an alchemist, couldn't come back to his senses for a while.

"Didn't I say it yesterday? I'm sorry, that guy, he's an alchemist. ”

"So, does Yakumo-sensei know? What is the purpose of an alchemist? ”

Looking up at Yakumo Mo, Xiao Gucheng asked.

"Although they are collectively called alchemists, there are also many different levels of magicians among them. Overall, however, the ultimate goal of alchemy is to transcend the limits of humanity and approach the realm of the 'gods'. ”

As if for mockery, Yakumo hooked the corners of his mouth.

"God? Doesn't it turn iron and lead into gold? ”

"The change in gold is a by-product of the alchemist's approach to the 'gods'. Because turning an incomplete existence into perfection is the principle of alchemy. ”

"That's right...... If you can turn humans into gods, it's easy to turn lead into gold and the like, isn't that the thing? ”

"But if you want to become a god or something, how do you ......?"

"To understand this, we must first understand, what is the definition of 'God'?"

Yakumo thought of the gods of Gensokyo, and he was sure that the so-called gods in the alchemist's heart were definitely different from the gods of Gensokyo.

"The definition of the word 'God' is too vague to answer. However, there have been successful examples of near-permanent life by retaining the body. ”

Xiao Gucheng's eyes widened.

"What's so surprising, aren't you an example?" Yakumo chuckled, "Born as a human being, and finally became the fourth true ancestor of the vampire-ha, but it is the complete opposite of the god......"

"Isn't that a gorgeous failure......

Hanging his shoulders in disappointment, the ancient city said with resentment.

Although it is true that vampires are immortal, the source of their power is the "negative" life force, which is the opposite of God's blessing. After death, you will not be called to heaven, nor will you be reborn, let alone become a Buddha. Similar to a malignant disease, it's just a monster that is constantly alive - even if they live for tens of thousands of years, vampires can't evolve into gods. This is nothing but an incomplete failure.

"What about the other one?"

"It's the 'sage's spiritual blood.'"

"What's that?"

Xiao Gucheng couldn't wait to ask questions.

"Hell knows what it is. Nina? With the 'Sage's Spiritual Blood' he created, Adillard gained an immortal body and endless magical power. ”

"Nina? Adillad? Who is she? ”

"It's just an alchemist, if you're still alive, you'd be over two hundred and seventy years old, what's the problem?"

Xiao Gucheng was about to ask some when the class bell rang.

"Well, without the teacher, I'm going to class."

"Well, go ahead."

After Xiao Gucheng left the office, Astarut also made black tea.

Yesterday, some time before Yakumo and the others went shopping, Hase Kensheng, who was still under interrogation, was attacked, and the attacker was the alchemist.

Early this morning, Nayue received news from the management of the commune to investigate the matter of the alchemist yesterday.

With some news that Yakumo told her in advance, I don't think there should be those messy things later...... Probably. (To be continued......)