Anime, starting from Re:Zero (Zero - Starting Life)

"I absolutely cannot admit that I was so complacent when choosing gifts that I didn't notice how quickly my wallet would be emptying, which is why I decided to make a fortune by clearing the maze alone!"

The girl looked at the books stacked nearby. She had just spent several hours this afternoon reinforcing them, otherwise they might fall apart during transport. Not only had she spent several days collecting these books, but she had also spent nearly twenty-five Asura gold coins. After all, after years of work, she had only managed to save a mere thirty-two gold and six silver coins.

As a result, the girl had to repeatedly reduce the size of the gifts she planned to give to the other two students, and even her own food and accommodation had returned to the simple state of her adventurer days. She clearly had not had the time to experience the joy of traveling as a rich woman for a few more days.

Of course, the girl had no complaints about this, and she even felt bad about her own lack of ability.

After all, there was a small cloth bag right next to the pile of books.

The suitcase was filled with various magic stones that had been stuffed into it by students at some point in time. Each one was crystal clear and had no cracks. They were high-end goods that could easily be sold for dozens of gold coins. If she hadn't gotten the special magic stone used in her staff from the maze by luck during her college years, the girl felt that she probably wouldn't have been able to scrape together enough money to buy any of them until now.

Feeling she owed her students a great deal, the girl didn't plan to use any of them unless absolutely necessary. If possible, she'd like to keep them intact until the day they meet again. Of course, she didn't want to return these valuable gifts, but rather hoped to use them together with their suggestions.

Selling important gifts to pay for travel expenses or even to use as funds for return gifts is too careless.

Suddenly, inspiration struck her. She sat up like a catapult, picked up her pen, and continued writing on the draft in front of her:

"I want to test my actual combat prowess in this way, especially after you've trained me to have the ability to chant without chanting and after I've gained so much combat experience. Of course, I also hope to use this as a practical example to strengthen my confidence."

After finishing writing, she made a few more strokes of shame:

"It's better to pretend that being trained by students to become stronger never happened."

Then the girl had a new inspiration. This time it was not an excuse. She thought carefully about the feasibility for a while and continued to write:

"Will this spread the fame of Roxy, the Water King and Wind King magician? As your teacher, my reputation should be helpful to you. You'll need this for what you want to do, so please consider this a gift!"

Then she copied some excerpts onto formal letter paper.

Write another sentence:

[Please feel free to use my name when the time comes.]

The girl nodded in satisfaction, feeling very handsome.

She began to write on the draft the explanation related to the gift, which she had also included in the other two letters.

But generally speaking, the gift and letter from this student were the most special, not because the other party gave her expensive gifts, that kind of thing was completely irrelevant, but in the girl's heart, this student himself was the most special. In a sense, he saved her, but he was also the one who needed the most attention and saving.

Of course, the girl didn't think she could be the one who could save the other person. Even if the other person was willing, she was far from qualified.

After finishing the draft, she carefully copied it onto formal letter paper. After reading it through once, she sighed, tidied her desk, and gave up for the time being.

Today is July 5, 414 in the Jialong calendar.

This is the third draft that has been rejected.

The girl made up her mind to finish writing the letter tomorrow.

The girl sighed.

I had a lot of things to say to him when I just left the Kingdom of Asura, and I even forced myself to come up with an excuse of "flight report". Although I didn't use it, why did I fail when I really started writing?

The next day, she went to town to buy all the tools and supplies she needed to explore the maze solo. She also finished writing the letter that evening.

7 month 7 day.

The girl took on the task of exploring the maze.

The teller tried to persuade:

"Miss! Please don't make a decision that doesn't take your life seriously!"

The girl was carrying a bag that was too big for her body. With one hand she lifted the brim of her tricorn hat, and with the other she held an exquisite staff that was much taller than her.

She calmly comforted the other party:

"I'm an A-rank adventurer, and as you can see from my Magicians' Association ID, I'm also a registered Water Saint-level magician. Exploring a maze alone doesn't pose much risk to me."

If it were back then, she thought she would be protesting repeatedly and disgruntled by now, right? No, unless she was impulsive, she would never have challenged the maze alone. She would more likely be fuming in the guild about why no team was willing to accept her.

Yes, I was such a fool in the past.

But the kind teller didn't want to see a young adventurer lose her life because of such self-righteous thoughts.

The teller suggested in a panic:

"How about I introduce you to a suitable team? A Water Saint-level A-rank adventurer would definitely be very popular!"

The girl smiled gently at the teller and refused:

"Thank you for your kindness. I know my limits."

At this time, a swordsman wearing leather armor walked up to the counter and started to chat drunkenly:

"Little sister, are you a Water Saint-level magician? Would you like to join our team? Our maze exploration team is in need of a powerful enough magician. If not, it wouldn't be bad to have a drink together!"

The girl glanced at the drunk in front of her, then glanced at the few team members who were watching and laughing not far away. She shook her head and said calmly:

"You are too weak."

The swordsman immediately smashed the cup on the table in anger and wanted to curse something. The teller next to him hurriedly tried to stop the man from getting angry at the blue-haired girl in front of him.

But the girl simply nodded the staff in her hand, and the swordsman's body floated up uncontrollably and was thrown back to his companions.

The girl calmly walked towards the door, pausing only at the last moment and turning back to declare:

"My name is Lokisi Migrudia, a Water King-level and Wind King-level magician. The so-called large maze that plagues this place is nothing more than a game to me."

"Remember this."

One day later, the great magician named Roxy returned to the city with the giant corpse of the guardian floating in the air.

Afterwards, she exchanged enough money, found the best caravan, sent the prepared gifts and letters, and then left the city.

It is said that the royal family of the Kingdom of Xillong searched for her for a long time, until her anecdotes came from the neighboring country, and then they realized that they had missed the opportunity to win over this powerful national figure.

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Note: The excuse Luo Qixi came up with was "feedback report on the first long-distance and long-term use of the magic folding glider", but she gave up because she felt it was far-fetched.

Chapter 17 Pilgrimage

The day after receiving Luo Qixi's letter.

One day closer to the new year.

Gawain got up, washed, and studied as normal according to the schedule, but today was slightly different because Sylphy actually got up early, full of energy.

After Sylphy finished washing up, he said in surprise:

"Sylphy, did you sleep well last night?"

Sylphy hummed proudly:

"Hehe, very ordinary! But didn't the teacher tell me in the letter that I should take good care of you, brother? After all, she said you were an idiot! So, the virtuous Ms. Sylphiette decided to get up early today to make breakfast for your idiot brother. Aren't you very touched?"

Gawain smiled gently. He flew over and landed in front of Sylphy. He reached out and lifted the hair from her forehead. He leaned over and placed a kiss on her forehead, praising her:

"As expected of Lady Sylphy."

Sylphy protested, pushing her brother's hand away. She tilted her head in dissatisfaction, her ears curled up, and the tips of her ears flushed. She said angrily:

"Brother is such an idiot! This is called a goodnight kiss!"

Gao Wen pondered:

"But Rudy also talked about good morning kisses and goodbye kisses, right?"

Yes, the brother and sister's understanding of this matter came entirely from the gossip shared by a middle-aged man. In order to avoid being beaten paralyzed by Brother Gawain, the scale of that person's daily topics is basically at the fairy tale level, so much so that they even deceived a certain alien genius.

Sylphy's eyes wandered, and she said reluctantly:

"Then... then there's nothing we can do."

"Anyway, I'll make breakfast today, and you just wait patiently to relive Sylphy's professional cooking skills!"

Sylphy, who learned from three good wives and mothers, is quite confident in her ability in this area. The food is at least twenty times or a hundred times better than that in the school cafeteria, little teacher.

Gao Wen cares about:

"What about lunch?"

Sylphy hadn't thought about this question, but she immediately gave the answer:

"I'll make some too. Brother, you have to eat my sister's lunch box for lunch today. You can't go out and have a big meal alone."

Gao Wen sat at the dining table, leaning on his hands as he watched his sister busily busy herself with work, and kept interrupting her:

"How could I have a good meal?"

Sylphy waved her shovel and said:

"Then where did you get so many fresh red dragon ingredients, even red dragon meat!"

Gao Wen explained:

"Yesterday, I went to the southern part of the continent to check on the mining area. When I passed the Red Dragon Mountains, I flew too low and accidentally killed one. I brought it back because I didn't want to waste it. But for lunch, I had roasted unsalted dragon meat. Is that considered a feast?"

In fact, after receiving the package from Luo Qixi, I subconsciously flew to the starting point, the Kingdom of Xillon, to check around and also checked the conditions of several mining areas.

When this topic was mentioned, Sylphy immediately thought of other things and talked about the part that she cared about more:

"The dragon scales and horns are useless to me. Brother, give me some of the dragon skin. You can take the rest, or give it all to Rudy."

Gao Wen accepted it, and then the two of them started talking about Red Dragon cuisine. Even after breakfast, they were still analyzing and commenting on how to make Red Dragon meat more delicious.

Gao Wen accepted the lunch box and sent his sister to school.

He took a carriage to the outskirts of the city, and from a less conspicuous place, he soared into the sky and flew towards the southern part of the central continent.

"There is a magician girl~"

"The swaying pigtails reflect the color of the sky~"

"My little heart is filled with hidden hopes~"

"Running out from the land of my hometown~"

"The three young men she met were new adventurers~"

"......"

"The hands are armored like black dragon claws~"

"Solving the dangerous mazes of various countries~"

"Always singing about your own achievements~"

"..."

"This is the adventure story of the young dragon princess [Ink Wind King] who wandered alone in the maze~"

In order to avoid losing his headband due to high-speed flying, Gawain, with his long black curly hair loose, landed directly in the last big city of the Kingdom of Dragon King near the Eastern Port. He pushed the door and entered the Adventurer's Guild. As expected, the bard in the bar was also chanting this latest legendary poem.

The story of a girl with aqua blue pigtails who cleared four medium-sized and large mazes and nine small mazes by herself in just a few months.

Because she looks petite and cute, but always has a cold face, and is powerful in combat. She can use unprecedented non-chanting wind magic. Although she is a magician, she often wears a pair of black arm armor that looks like dragon claws. Therefore, people who have seen her are deeply impressed by her and respect her as the [King of Wind]. However, because this girl used the pair of arm armor to defeat and capture a Northern King assassin in close combat not long ago, [Black and Dragon] naturally became an important memory point.

Gawain ordered a drink, picked an empty table and sat down, listening to the adventure poem from beginning to end again. This was the sixth version he had heard today.

The closer we get to Eastern Harbor, the richer and closer the legend of Lokisi becomes.

But that's where it ends.

Gawain had learned from the teller that Lokisi had left the city nearly two months ago. She was probably somewhere in the archipelago, on a ship, or somewhere on the Miris continent. Tracking her was impossible. After all, as a demon, Lokisi wouldn't be too conspicuous on the Miris continent.

As he drank the local specialty drink, Gawain remembered that it seemed to be some kind of southern specialty of the Wanglong Kingdom that Luo Qixi had mentioned before. It was a sweet, translucent juice that seemed to be squeezed from some solid, stick-shaped herb. (Note: sugarcane)

At this time, a man in full armor without a helmet sat down next to Gawain, patted Gawain's hand with a big laugh, and teased:

"It's custom-made, right? You're pretty quick at imitating Young Dragon Princess, bro? But aren't [Black Dragon Arm Claws] worn by women? You do look like a little woman, do you want to have a drink with the brothers?"

Gawain looked calmly at the iron gloves on his magic gauntlets...

He gently lifted the other person's hand.

Then he extended his hand towards the adventurer who had a sneer on his face, and before the other party could say anything mocking, he lightly clenched his hand in the air.

The armor immediately collapsed inward, binding the man so tightly that he had difficulty breathing. Then he beckoned his hand, making him float up. In front of everyone's horrified gaze, Gawain raised his other hand and grabbed all of the adventurer's teammates in mid-air.

The teller lady came over immediately to advise:

"Calm down, my friend! Don't be too impulsive in the guild. If you have something to say, talk it out!"