"Feel the pain, understand the pain, accept the pain..."

"This world is an illusion."

"By your vow, let time flow backward by one day!"

"Ha!"

Watching Xue Dili's frenzied state from afar, Old Green sighed.

Previously, he was worried that this young mage would go astray, and after killing someone, his entire outlook on life would change, and he'd begin to lose control over the Demon within his heart.

Now it seemed that he had overthought it, as the young mage was now solely focused on how to reverse time by one day or erase large-scale memories.

However, Old Green also smiled, relieved; this behavior was more like an 18-year-old mage, rather than a person who only rationally considered every problem as a tool.

To be angry, to be upset, to have desires, to be embarrassed, and even to act crazy alone—all these form the structure of human nature and emotions, though most of these emotions are negative. It is precisely for this reason that they form a complex individual.

It's just that after that strange ritual started, it couldn't be stopped; he must figure out a way to either complete the ritual or terminate it.

But now seeing Xue Dili's head full of thoughts about reversing time, or searching for a Technique on that panel that could erase memories without affecting people, he knew this ritual probably couldn't be stopped.

Compared to the situation caused by this Technique, using a brush dipped in cough syrup as casting material to draw a complex Magic Array in someone's literature club activity room and then being seen while chanting spells was nothing.

"Ha!"

Xue Dili's expression twisted to resemble a Picasso abstract painting, evoking a vision of carrying rice up to the sky. Old Green hurriedly said.

"It's not that bad, it's not that bad. Who hasn't done something foolish when they were young? When I was your age, I used clay to sculpt a naked Elf, and right when I was preparing to Bestow Life, the little sister from next door came in to bring me dinner..." Old Green recalled his youthful, spirited years.

Xue Dili was stunned, his expression peculiar.

Suddenly, he felt that his own situation was nothing; Old Green's situation was like being caught by relatives while wearing a cosplay outfit. Seeing him recalling the past with tears almost in his eyes, Xue Dili suddenly felt less embarrassed.

Xue Dili: "...And then?"

"We got married." Old Green smiled, "She said she could disguise herself as an Elf, and even said she could play a Dragon too."

Xue Dili: "???"

Is this what I came to hear?

"Later, when she passed away, I had already built a school and intended to be the principal. I planted an Elf Tree there for her, hoping that in her next life, she could become an Elf, so we could grow old together, instead of her dying while I was still just at the beginning of middle age."

"And later, when I grew old, that Elf Tree had already grown tall and graceful." Old Green seemingly wanted to console Xue Dili, but as he spoke, he seemed to immerse himself in past memories.

Perhaps that period only accounted for less than a tenth of one's life, but possibly was among the few sensations and memories in that world.

Xue Dili noticed the old man no longer carried the extravagant and showy demeanor of a Fairy Tale World, but rather smiled kindly like a gentle old man. He comforted him, "Don't lose heart. Perhaps the next time you see her, she might come to you as a young Elf, who knows?"

In a Fairy Tale World, such things are quite normal; as long as the wish exists, even a Giant Dragon can turn into a Dragon Maiden.

"But I'm already old." The old man gazed at the sky. At this moment, Xue Dili finally saw the reminiscence through the slightly cloudy pupils of the old mage, who often appeared as a mischievous old child.

No, wasn't I the one who was emo just now? How did it become his turn to be emo?

This sudden shift in attitude left Xue Dili stunned for a moment before he saw Old Green quietly return to drawing his architectural diagrams, seemingly really intending to build a Magic Academy in Xue Dili's Consciousness Space.

He then remembered this, as he began placing orders for marble and rebar after pulling some strings, letting the little old man build his school; perhaps constructing a school was itself a way for him to reminisce the past.

And watching the large-scale ritual being launched and becoming anxious, in reality, even someone he didn't know well, he would help if he could.

Although it was only about calling back a soul, in the last world, having experienced the authority of God, he had a way to reincarnate that soul as a person.

"Are you trying to save someone you basically don't know?"

"Anyway, the Technique has already started, so since I'm already here..." Xue Dili said, even though it was just a fleeting acquaintance, he would act as a ferryman, giving that soul a chance to experience life again.

Old Green seemed to have nothing more to say and continued drawing his blueprints.

...

The next two days passed in unrest.

There was a death at the school, and it even made the news. Although the culprit was found and confirmed, the method the culprit endured before dying was more gruesome than what the victim experienced. This incident swiftly became a hot topic of discussion among online enthusiasts of crime investigation and the supernatural.

It might even become a prototype for supernatural and detective stories for a long time to come.

The whole school began to be caught in the turmoil of this event. The most direct experience was the streetlights all staying on throughout the night at 5 PM every day, and more security personnel started patrolling the school in pairs.

Even though this incident happened off-campus, the school at least increased security within the area it could cover.

This incident seemed not to have much impact on Xue Dili, as he attended classes normally the next day, biting his pen incessantly while the Moral Education teacher's hypnotic eloquence droned on.

Old Green received the first batch of marble and rebar, and he really started laying the foundation in the Consciousness Space. It took considerable effort to insert the rebar into the mysterious material of the consciousness space ground.

In the detention center, a certain principal seemed to be experiencing some incomprehensible kind of humiliation.

Everyone seemed to have a bright future.

And online, a new episode was released in a "special edition" format because the latter half of the perspective was split into three parts and became bizarre, and without the second half, the beginning would make no sense.

Thus it was released as a kind of "special edition" or "behind the scenes" content, showcasing only a first-person giant combat scene. Compared to previous episodes, this behind-the-scenes footage didn't gain much attention. However, due to a large base of viewers, it still achieved a few million views.

...

Time gradually passed. On this day, when Xue Dili opened his eyes in the morning, he recalled what he saw of Old Green's memories yesterday. It was much as he thought—Old Green's life was quite dull as he spent most of his time studying magic.

He once served as an apprentice to an old senior mage and followed a witch to learn about magic potions. He even communicated about magic with a giant dragon. Eventually, he used his knowledge to establish an inclusive mage academy in that world.

Within the academy, his most proficient magic was... plant cultivation.

Not the earth and wood magic he mentioned. Plant cultivation and development were actually this old professor's forte; he once cultivated peas that could grow tree houses and trees that could directly produce bread.

However, these plants took a long time to mature, and even though they were spread, harvest time hadn't arrived yet.

In the Consciousness Space, the old man had already fixed the rebar frame and began drilling holes in the marble, embedding them into the rebar.

This construction method was incomprehensible to him, resembling assembling and connecting LEGO blocks, but all the joints relied solely on rebar to fit together.

"Will it be strong enough?" Xue Dili was baffled by this Otherworld-style construction method, utterly shocked.

"You don't get it, do you? This is called the gold-stone composite structure. I came up with it when I was young. You guys here even have handy things like rebar. In my hometown, I had to drill holes myself and pour metal. Sometimes, I had to use bamboo as the main structure." Old Green seemed quite pleased with his masterpiece.

"Just like the library at my academy. Without copper and iron, I used bamboo to create the framework, yet it remained firm."

Xue Dili: "..."

I hope there's no earthquake in your world; otherwise, the young mages visiting the library will have you to thank as the principal.

Old Green was quite satisfied as he gazed at the man-high stone foundation in the entire Consciousness Space.

This first batch of marble was almost used up. Next, he could only reinforce the existing structure with rebar and hide the rebar inside the stone using earth and wood magic. The rest was merely stacking blocks, then it would be complete.

Seeing his half-completed work, he proudly showed it off to Xue Dili.

Now, there was a sense of being "comrades" between the two. Xue Dili's strength was mainly in developing and using combat magic, while Old Green wasn't skilled in combat spells. However, his various strange techniques truly amazed Xue Dili.

Like this earth and wood technique. Xue Dili would never have thought to apply magic in this way his entire life.

And Old Green, during his downtime, also delved into Xue Dili's Holy Light Magic, while Xue Dili was always researching "Bread Technique," a magic to create bread out of nothing.

Then, suddenly, one day, when Xue Dili held a cactus while using "Bread Technique," the next moment, the cactus in his hand began to twist, gradually transforming into a ball-shaped loaf of bread.

At that moment, Xue Dili's pupils shrank.

He had done it. Finally used a Fairy Tale Side magic, albeit in a completely different manifestation.

Old Green's Bread Technique could conjure bread from thin air, implying that as long as he had energy, bread could be endlessly produced.

But Xue Dili couldn't do it at all. He could only make bread by holding various plants in his hands.

Xue Dili took the cactus bread for a taste, instantly wearing a pained expression.

The bitter grass taste was just like cactus, tasting a medley of various traditional Chinese medicines. But after swallowing, there was an aftertaste like a refreshing scent of dried grass.

In short, it was very weird.

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