Chapter 430 – 47. Bathing
“After the tail ring is completed, beginners should check whether the entire magic is complete. It’s possible that the magic power distribution in the previous parts is not very appropriate, which could either cause the magic to not meet the standards or make it ineffective. Hmm, this trace magic has been completed, and now it’s up to you to activate this magic, so you can personally experience its effects. Do you have any other questions?”
The Tang Zeming Asuka in front of him tilted her head, seemingly confused, as she reached out to take the Magic Leaf that Fisher handed over. Even with her current magic power, she could feel the subtle magical fluctuations on the leaf. She bit her lip, a bit distressed, and gently tapped her head, murmuring softly,
“Just now, Teacher Fisher said a lot of things, and I didn’t remember everything. Um, as expected, studying theory is really headache-inducing, just like studying math and physics. Teacher Fisher, I succeeded in engraving magic for the first time. Didn’t you say I had some… talent? If I can’t remember so much knowledge later, will I still be able to engrave magic?”
After hearing this, Fisher stroked his chin, thought for a second or two, then nodded and smiled as he replied,
“Hmm, there really are such magicians in reality. The ‘Classical Idealist Magic Theory School’, led by the magician Gomote, advocates that magicians use their innate perception and affinity for magic power to engrave and design magic, criticizing the theorization and rigor of magic, arguing that it ‘destroys the spirituality of magic.’ They have another nickname, the ‘Magic Beast School.’”
“And then? This theoretical school must be very popular among magicians, right?” Tang Zeming Asuka’s eyes brightened, as if a cheat sheet filled with exam answers had suddenly appeared in front of her during a math final exam. She eagerly wanted to confirm the feasibility of this shortcut with Fisher.
Fisher smiled, but his expression suddenly became extremely calm as he added in an emotionless voice,
“The Magic Beast School was established for only two years when their leader Gomote died in a serious magic accident caused by careless operations. His whole body turned into powder, like ashes, and then the beast school scattered like birds and vanished into the annals of history.”
Tang Zeming Asuka’s small face fell, and her spirit deflated as she pouted at Fisher and complained,
“Why does Teacher Fisher use his sense of humor like this? It’s just like a demon.”
“Theoretically, I am just following the beautiful fantasy of your desire to escape theory learning and then using the method of contradiction to remind you of the importance of these contents. You really do have talent, which allows you to avoid the consequences of theoretical shortcomings most of the time. The magician Gomote of the Beast School was also such a person.
“But as luck would have it, it always runs out one day; it’s just a matter of time based on how much talent one has. Also, learning some theoretical knowledge is never a burden; perhaps one day it will bring you unexpected joy? Well, if there are no other questions, try to activate it. Use your soul to activate it; it’s just like the feeling you had when you previously engraved magic.”
Teacher Fisher was not easy to deal with during the lesson, which naturally reminded Tang Zeming Asuka of her high school physics teacher. However, she did not feel much resistance at the moment. Excluding variables, the reason might be that her previous physics teacher was a middle-aged man with a receding hairline, while Fisher was a handsome gentleman, right?
She patted her face, no longer harboring fantasies about the so-called “shortcut,” and earnestly focused on the Magic Leaf in front of her. She closed her eyes and used the power of her soul to activate the leaf.
As an illusory wave, barely perceptible, radiated from the leaf, even though Tang Zeming Asuka had her eyes closed, she acutely sensed the soul power attached to the leaf was in an unimaginable and strange way prying open the echoes of the world. As the resonant aftermath from the spirit realm entered reality, the rules of reality twisted in response, complexly transforming into the manner that magicians desired.
The light of the trace burst forth from the leaf in Tang Zeming Asuka’s hand. In her eyes, it seemed the whole world became dimmer; the surrounding grass and trees sparkled with faint blue lights, and even the small animals had similar blue lights on them. However, further away in the sky, Tang Zeming Asuka saw a great group of green lights floating, which were so conspicuous.
“What do you see?”
“A lot of blue light spots, both on plants and animals, but in the distance, there’s also a bright green light.”
“In which direction?”
“That way.” Tang Zeming Asuka pointed in a direction and then added, “And there seems to be a little bit of green light nearby, just a tiny bit, very dim.”
Fisher looked at her in surprise, then explained,
“The green light spots are traces of life activities; however, intelligent life forms’ traces often appear blue due to the weight of their souls. The direction of the blue light you see indicates a settlement nearby, but traces are extremely insensitive and are generally only useful when confirming settlements. The little bit of blue light you see is most likely the trace of individual intelligent beings, and it’s dim because it has been a long time since anyone has passed by here.”
What truly surprised Fisher was that the effect of the magic used by Tang Zeming Asuka seemed to have been enhanced. The trace magic was extremely slow to perceive and should not have been able to see such specific personal activity traces, and since the magic was engraved by her, the problem could only lie with Tang Zeming Asuka.
She seemed to be unconsciously making the magic loops increase automatically.
Fisher suddenly thought of the Magic Lord ring he wore on his finger, which had also caused the dream magic to infinitely increase loops while at the Parasol Tree. He wondered whether it was due to overuse, for later when he called Tang Zeming Asuka’s name and used the ring, it no longer had this effect, and its original function disappeared completely, turning into an ordinary ring.
“Alright, then we’ll head in that direction. The blue light over there is very obvious, and it has been a long time since anyone has been active around here. I wonder where Angel Hela and the others are. By the way, Teacher Fisher, I actually have a question.”
Tang Zeming Asuka set down the used leaf, and as the vision of those traces disappeared, the leaf quickly turned to ash and vanished.
Then she paused for a moment, looked at Fisher with some tension, and opened her mouth to speak, as if it was her first time asking a teacher about academic doubts after being at the bottom of her class for years, making her feel a bit unaccustomed.
But there’s always a first time; like most teachers, Fisher would not refuse her request.
“Hmm, what is the question?”
“Well, the part that decides the direction and nature of the magic is called the loop head, right?”
“Exactly.”
“Um, Teacher Fisher just mentioned that most loop heads are specific symbols not defined by humans, but since humans don’t know which loop heads correspond to which specific things in the world, how did the magicians come to know so many loop heads?”
Fisher looked at her and praised,
“Good question. Some loop heads are from magical tomes passed down from unknown sources, possibly directly from the teachings of the Mother; while others, only a small portion, were discovered by particularly insightful magicians, but the vast majority come from coincidence. Of course, this coincidence has often cost the lives of many magicians.
“However, the discovered magical loop heads have a great representational nature toward the various fundamental matters of the world. In another sense, this symbol embodies the things it represents.”
As Fisher spoke, his pupils narrowed slightly as he suddenly thought of something.
The symbol representing the spirit realm in magic is that strange “upside-down eight” symbol, and the power symbol that Renee possesses, similar to “infinity,” is exactly the same as the magic symbol of the spirit realm, which is also reminiscent of the infinite growth he sensed when activating the Magic Lord ring.
The spirit realm, which cannot be interfered with by the gods, exists both as the external world and the deep layers of the world. The nature of the spirit realm is something Fisher currently knows nothing about; all he knows is that it is the source of consciousness.
So what is the true meaning of this symbol?
Tang Zeming Asuka pondered distressed for several seconds before, like a person hurriedly swallowing a large portion of food without drinking water, she begrudgingly remembered that knowledge, the dry and swollen feeling made her head ache. She also sighed and complained,
“Indeed, the other world is quite different from ours; the ranks of life, magic, and the rules of several gods are too. Um, it seems systematic and orderly.”
“Is your world not like this?”
“Um, of course not. Although our world lacks so many magical things and grand scenes, it still feels… um, I can’t really describe it as free; it just seems a bit more random?”
With Tang Zeming Asuka’s meager knowledge, she twisted her brain but couldn’t find the right words to express how she felt at that moment. Yet Fisher suddenly had a flash of insight, a tingling at the back of his head, as if Tang Zeming Asuka’s words opened up his mind.
He seemed to understand a little bit about what this symbol represents.
That upside-down eight symbol is actually more like a symbol that was forced to adapt to the concept it represents in the world where Fisher exists, because whether it is the spirit realm that cannot be interfered with by deities, Renee who helped him break the rules of fate, or the infinite magic that transcended the maximum limit of fourteen loops, they all represent an absolute violation of the rules.
Just like the terrifying crimson deity Fisher encountered in the Northern Region, who corroded, destroyed, and coveted the reality of the world.
The so-called “infinite” or “endless” is merely a superficial representation of that concept, and that concept has an even more essential name,
【Chaos】
He suddenly realized that chaos comes from the spirit realm, but its concept is very vague. If he had to specify a concrete reference point, the one Fisher would most suspect is that crimson deity in the spirit realm, followed by the Mother, and lastly, these Trans.
The Trans were brought into this world by chaos, and the knowledge that was instilled into them is also chaos. Every piece of knowledge in the completion manuals is essentially 【anti-rule】, and even magic is 【anti-rule】, but magic bestowed by the Mother is the most stable among them. At least from a thousand years of magical usage history, no magician has gone mad because of magic.
Then, could Renee, who has this symbol, possibly be the Mother?
At this thought, Fisher’s expression suddenly became a bit strange.
Although he was not a devout believer of the Mother, the fact that she, in front of him, showed such a shy demeanor towards a deity loved by countless humans was truly…
Yet intuition told Fisher that her age should not be… that large?
The Mother transmitted human magic before the mythical being war, which was already three to four thousand years ago, and after the mythical being war, the Mother suddenly vanished. Could it be that she reached some kind of agreement with the deities… which aligns with what Renee said.
Hiss.
If Renee is the Mother… or a spirit realm deity with a profound connection to the Mother, then other women combined wouldn’t be enough to match her, even if he included himself and multiplied it a few times.
Xu is at rank twenty; even though he is a demigod, he is still leagues away from a true god. And without realizing it, he had formed a deep connection with a true god. She even kindly expressed that she would try not to mind his connections with other women?
When people are ignorant or unconscious of their circumstances, they often possess an almost absolute confidence, and this perfectly describes the previous state of Fisher.
The wars the Mother participated in were powerful enough to split the Dragon Continent in half; if she wanted, she could split herself into as many pieces as she liked.
“Teacher Fisher? Teacher Fisher? What’s wrong? You’ve looked a bit off since a while ago, like someone who has been stabbed by many knives. Are you alright?”
Fisher blinked his eyes and then let out a breath. He touched the “caring symbol” left by Renee on his chest, and somehow, that determination to “turn over a new leaf” seemed to solidify further.
But on the surface, he remained calm. He just shook his head, looked toward Tang Zeming Asuka, and suddenly asked,
“It’s nothing; I just thought of something else. By the way, have you experienced anything strange since arriving in this world? For instance, hearing any strange voices or seeing anything odd?”
“Ah? Strange things?”
Tang Zeming Asuka tilted her head and recalled carefully, then shook her head and said,
“Except for dreaming a lot about being a dreamer when I first arrived here, it seems like there hasn’t been anything particularly unusual. I haven’t heard any strange voices.”
It seems that the knowledge of chaos hasn’t targeted her yet?
Yet upon careful consideration, the culprit behind their crossing into this world is chaos itself; either their superior talents was endowed by chaos, or they were originally talented individuals in their respective worlds and thus chosen by chaos.
The reason they later felt they were just ordinary people in their respective worlds might be because their original worlds lack concepts like magic and souls, thus failing to manifest the talents they were supposed to have.
“So that’s it; then let’s set off. First, let’s find a nearby settlement and see if it’s a dwelling of the Phoenix Race.”
“Hmm.”
Tang Zeming Asuka nodded, standing up and following the somewhat enlightened Fisher toward the direction where she had seen the dense blue light.
Walking a few hundred meters through the grass where they had landed, they soon entered a grove. After a few more minutes of walking through the forest, a relatively wide river appeared before them, the water clear as crystal, about one and a half to six meters deep—quite deep.
Fisher glanced at it and continued on toward their destination, while Tang Zeming Asuka, following behind him, bit her lip, her steps slowing down as she looked at the river.
After a few minutes had passed, Fisher had already created several meters of distance between them when he finally turned around, realizing Tang Zeming Asuka had been gazing at the river.
She seemed hesitant to speak, so Fisher simply stopped and took the initiative to ask,
“What’s wrong?”
“Ah?! Nothing… um.”
“Are the women from your original world always this shy?”
“I’m not shy!”
Fisher looked at her expressionless as she tried to argue, her little face turning slightly red. She stammered as she attempted to convince him of her non-shyness, and to prove her point in the most straightforward manner, she closed her eyes and declared,
“I want to take a bath.”
Fisher raised an eyebrow and looked at the clear river nearby.
“Now?”
“Um, because I haven’t bathed for several weeks since coming here. In my world, I bathe every day… now I feel a bit smelly.”
Fisher looked at her. Her face was flushed, and her voice was getting smaller, seeming extremely embarrassed. He stepped a little closer to her and took a sniff, saying,
“There’s no smell; it’s just psychological.”
Of course, given Gouwen’s mysterious and bizarre methods, they could only take in and not expel. Although the excretion of sweat and such still existed, it was drastically reduced. Certainly, it was impossible for there to be any severe odors, but there might be a slight smell; after all, Fisher wasn’t perverted enough to get too close to savor her scent.
“Don’t sniff, Teacher Fisher, but there really is a bit of a smell, and it’s really uncomfortable. I’ll be quick; I won’t take too long.”
Feeling Fisher’s closeness made her even more embarrassed; she waved her hands as she stepped back. However, her determination to take a bath was resolute, as two weeks without a wash was indeed her physiological and psychological limit for a girl who was used to washing daily.
Fisher glanced at the riverbank, then at her pouting expression that seemed to plead or act cutely, unable to tell whether it was a specialty of her world.
“Please, Teacher Fisher, I’ll be really quick, just ten minutes, I promise.”
“Fine, just ten minutes. Go ahead; I’ll wait here. I won’t peek; just call me if you need anything.”
“Hmm, thank you, Teacher Fisher!”
Tang Zeming Asuka looked at Fisher in front of her. She certainly believed in Teacher Fisher’s character; for him to risk getting branded as a “subhuman race pervert” just to protect her proved he was not that type of person. Moreover, although his words that night seemed very unfriendly on the surface, they were actually quite warm.
If the companions Tang Zeming Asuka encountered in this strange world were all kind, then Fisher was undoubtedly the kindest and most trustworthy one among them.
She said this with a smile and quickly ran toward the river below to clean herself.
In reality, the river wasn’t too far away. When Tang Zeming Asuka reached the riverbank, took off her clothes, and was about to get into the water, she could still see the back of his head. Looking at Fisher, who seemed unperturbed and quite gentlemanly, she felt completely at ease as she entered the water, only her head barely protruding above the surface given her height of about one meter sixty.
Her worries were entirely unnecessary; even if she let Fisher see, he would definitely not look.
The first reason might be because of Renee, not due to her terrifying power, but simply because of the promise he made to her before coming here. The second reason was that his enhanced reproductive ability made it increasingly difficult for him to control himself; given his current state, just looking once might lead him to explode and completely lose control.
The gentle sound of flowing water surrounded him, and even such a simple sound could make him take a deep breath, involuntarily recalling the image of Tang Zeming Asuka bathing. He had no choice but to force his attention onto his surroundings.
There were basically no living beings around, and the river was relatively wide. However, since Tang Zeming Asuka began bathing, he focused on remaining alert, ensuring that no one approached.
“Ah!!”
Just when he was absolutely certain no one was nearby, he suddenly heard Tang Zeming Asuka’s scream from behind near the river.
Fisher’s pupils shrank slightly, disregarding everything else; he furrowed his brow and immediately turned his head to look in the direction of the river.
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