Reincarnation Band Magician

Qing didn't mind the child's questioning.

"A few years ago, and even now, many heroes have set out on the road to defeat the Demon King. Many of them have disappeared since then, and people say they lost or died. They question why they didn't become stronger before setting out again.

“I think they had their own reasons, and they definitely protected many people and killed many demons during their journey—perhaps that’s why they set out.

“I haven’t thought about defeating the Demon King yet. I just feel that I can do what I want now. This trip to the north may yield some results, and that’s enough.

"At least we have to do something so that we can comfort ourselves and say that we are working hard, right?

"If we keep fighting like this, the road to the future will gradually open up."

This was the idea I had when I was communicating with Frillian before, but it was surprisingly easy to persuade Frillian and it didn't work.

Qing looked at the two of them.

"I'm sorry, I accidentally said so much nonsense.

"In short, Haita, Xinmeier, you are both talented people. Perhaps one day, you will have some reason to leave this village and embark on a journey to defeat the Demon King...

"At that time, I hope our efforts can help you go further."

He waved to the two young men.

"I go first."

……

"The grocery store... is here."

Xiangzi came to the grocery store in the village.

From the location, you can tell that this store is really unpopular. The houses near the grocery store are a bit dilapidated and no one lives there. The newly built ones are also far away from here.

"It's quite quiet, isn't it, Ms. Xiangzi? Grandpa was really unpopular in the past few years. It wasn't until after the famine that things got better."

The current grocery store manager, who was a talkative person, came over with a hoe and started digging something in front of the dilapidated houses.

Just digging a hole.

"These houses are the homes of my grandfather's friends. It's not nice to leave them empty, and there's no way for people to live in them. I plan to plant some flowers first. When the village gets more people, I'll probably tear them down."

"Don't you have any other family?"

"They were still young when they left," the store manager said, swinging his hoe without a direct answer. "Some of their families couldn't stand it anymore and left the village. Others...it's been forty years now, Ms. Xiangzi."

He raised his chin to indicate the distance.

There are some new houses there that are not really new.

"That's it."

“If Grandpa hadn’t had that disease, he might have done something else to let everyone know that he was more than just a cranky old man… But, I don’t think he would have felt sad because of the disease.

"Unfortunately, no matter what, he still didn't accomplish anything in the end."

The grocer felt sorry for Grandpa.

"I've been working on this for the past two days. By the way, Ms. Xiangzi, what are you doing here?"

"Well," Miss Toyokawa came back to her senses, "we are going on a long trip to the north to do some work, so we told you so you don't have to go there in vain."

"Is that so? Then I wish you a safe journey. Frankly speaking, it's not easy to walk through the forest..."

Starting to ramble again.

At this time, a young woman came towards them, calling the store manager's name, and was stunned when she saw Xiangzi.

The store manager introduced them to her, “These are the ones I mentioned, the ones who live in the forest.”

Then he introduced her to Xiangzi, "This is my wife."

"Hello."

Xiangzi didn't do any formal etiquette that would make people feel distant, and just nodded.

The other party still looked a little reserved, "Ah... OK, hello."

Without disturbing the couple any further, Xiangzi said goodbye and left.

Young woman looking at her back.

"so good……"

The store manager couldn't see the problem, "What's good?"

"Given the relationship between Ms. Xiangzi and her husband, that's a hairstyle that only 'family' can help with, but it's very laborious."

"Yes, you're from the South. Your hair did look a bit like this on your wedding day—don't look at me, I'm clumsy."

The young woman nudged him with her knee. "When the flowers grow, make me a wreath."

"This is okay..."

……

The two chatted about their gains in the village and returned to the cabin.

Fulilian was outside. She moved a lounge chair and dozed off between two quilts that were drying in the sun. Her white ponytail hung in the air, and when the wind blew, it swayed gently along with the quilts.

"Flillian, sleeping in the sun is not good for your health."

"Nonsense," the elf opened his eyes, "It doesn't matter to the elf, and I'm not asleep."

"Not asleep, are you?"

"Huh...it's indeed a bit hot, my beloved quilt."

She stroked the quilt lovingly.

"Spring is here, so we can't build it anymore... But it looks like we might still need it up north? How about bringing it over?"

"I don't think so. I can't let it go. It'll be a bit tough on the road, Lady Fulilian. You just said yesterday that 'there's still a lot to learn on the journey.' In that case, just get used to the northern spring a little."

"Woo..."

Fulilian sat up and raised her hands to cover her eyes to remove the red marks on her retina from the sun.

"What happened? Qing looks very happy."

"Well, I prepared some cool lines that I didn't say in front of Fulilian, so I said them to the kids nearby."

"You boys are really..."

"Also, there has been progress in crystallization."

A crystal flower appeared in Qing's palm and was pinned to Fulilian's hair.

"No need to construct additional magic, just use magic to shape it directly."

"What rapid progress, Qing, not bad."

……

At night, Fulilian opened the box and threw a bunch of crystal hair accessories into it.

"Qing, annoying."

……

On the other side, Qing was lying on the bed, communicating with Xiangzi through the panel after a long time.

I feel excited when I think about setting off to revisit the old place tomorrow.

After going through all sorts of things, the adventure into another world is finally about to begin.

……

PS: I have a cold, so I will suffer humiliation.

Thousand-year Magician: 129, Departure

Get up early and eat.

Then proceed to the final finishing steps.

In the southern part of the country, moisture and mold growth are inevitable problems when away from home for a long time, but the existence of magic has changed many things and can now be easily solved.

“Zi…ka.”

As if the sound was frozen, the piano in front of him turned into exquisite crystal.

After mastering the magic of crystallization, the speed of crystallization of things that were not created by him will increase as long as they are covered by magic. However, it still cannot work on animals, and at most it can only work on flowers, plants and trees.

Bedding, furniture, clothes, violin...

The flowers in the vase by the window are also frozen in this late spring.

Considering the small possibility that someone might get lost and need a place to stay, Qing left a storage room with some simple supplies.

"You've made rapid progress, Qing," the elf said, stepping out to take a look, then touching the crystal to feel its thickness. "But it will be very difficult to recover."

"Good morning, Flillian... hm?"

Qing looked at the elf and felt that something was wrong, something was missing.

"What's wrong?" The elf looked at Qing's inquiring eyes and shook his ears guiltily.

What happened? Were you caught eating food in the middle of the night?

Or was it that he was exposed by using the magic of night vision to read the magic book in bed?

Are you going to be lectured? Yadaya＜('??`)＞

Qing shook his head, "I feel like there's something more about Lady Fulilian."

"What's extra..."

Touched.

Clothes, the attire of a magician from long ago, normal.

The magic of the Containment Wand is also maintained normally.

Socks are also worn.

Finally, Qing's gaze fell on Fulilian's ears.

He reached out and touched the elf's ears, which were much longer than those of humans.

Fulilian also reacted, "It's this earring."

Earrings were worn on her long, wide ears. There were golden decorations on the human earlobes, and underneath were prismatic red crystals that were the same bright red as the gem on her staff.

It is normal for magicians to wear metals and gems to guide magic power, so that the mobilization of magic power can be more adapted to personal habits, or to release some magic with strange structures.

However, for Fulilian, who always throws her hair accessories aside before going to bed every day, this is really rare.

"This is something my teacher has. I want to wear it sometimes."

She touched the earrings with some nostalgia.

Qing promptly complimented him, "Very beautiful, both you and it."

"Although I don't really care about that, thank you, Qing." Fulilian's eyes lingered on the violin case fixed on the wall. "I want to listen to it before I leave."

"Then just cancel it."

"Do not bother."

"No trouble."

Qing took off the violin, removed the crystal, clipped it, glanced at the bright red earrings, and closed his eyes.

Start playing.

Xiangzi, who had already packed his luggage, came out. When it came to doing business, she was very reliable.

I leaned against the door and listened to the song quietly.

"Let's go."

The door is closed, and I don’t know when it will open again.

……

The first stop was still the royal capital, where Qing went to write a letter to Aite.