Dimensional Codex System: I'm really not a cultist!

Chapter 1541: Chapter 1539: Magic Eye Collecting Train

Gray agreed quickly, but it wasn’t long before she regretted it, because she saw the Red Ponytail in front of her just grinning and raising her left hand, then made a gesture over Lord El-Melloi II who was lying on the bed. In the next moment, accompanied by a beam of light, his back was scanned, and the burn on his back quickly healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, completely recovering in less than a minute.

”Alright, done.”

Fang Zheng put away his personal terminal and snapped his fingers.

”I’ve healed the physical injuries. The internal impact will recover on its own, as it’s not so easy to wake up, probably needing at least one more night’s time.”

”It’s truly unbelievable.”

At this point, Ryougi Shiki and the others didn’t have much reaction, but Olga Marie widened her eyes.

”Such severe injuries, healed so quickly... What method did you use? Could it be a Druid’s elixir?”

”Haha, don’t joke around.”

Fang Zheng demonstrated the personal terminal in his hand again, shaking it slightly at Olga Marie.

”This is not magecraft, but the power of science.”

”Science?”

Upon hearing this, Olga Marie frowned, and Fang Zheng shrugged.

”That’s right, the power of science. History moves forward, and so does the world. Even if the mysteries of the past are lost, it doesn’t mean we’ve truly lost the exploration of the unknown. This is why I say magecraft is outdated; being complacent will lead to no good end, it’s just that most magicians don’t see this.”

In Fang Zheng’s view, the magicians’ act of concealing mystery is itself a manifestation of ignorance and stubbornness. They insist that science and mystery are incompatible, and when the development of science unveils the secrets of mystery, the mystery loses its effect. This itself is an ultimate display of being illiterate and superstitious, also representing that these magicians have utterly no knowledge about science.

A mathematical conjecture being solved doesn’t mean mathematics problems stop there, instead it will lead to more puzzles. The discovery of a new particle doesn’t mean humanity can observe the entire picture of the world; on the contrary, it makes humanity feel even smaller and the world even more magnificent. Accompanied by the development of science, mystery doesn’t grow less but instead increases. When you solve one ’why’, another ’why’ arises, and this process is endless.

But the magicians simply cannot keep up with this era.

This is very normal, after all, most magicians haven’t even been to college (smirk).

Expecting a bunch of illiterates to understand the world is really too difficult. They’re not even better than those amateur scientists who constantly submit proof of the Goldbach Conjecture to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Perhaps someone might argue that magicians have also paid the price in blood and life, but what good does that do? The primitive people of the Amazon Forest have rituals of blood and death passed down through generations, yet who in civilized society cares?

Amazon butterflies can still stir up a storm over the Pacific Ocean, while what do Amazon primitive people achieve by their shamanism? Can they create earthquakes on the Eurasian Continent?

In this light, Amazon’s primitive people have even less presence than butterflies.

”Alright.”

Casually finishing with another jab at magicians, Fang Zheng turned around and patted Gray’s little head.

”All done, a good night’s sleep should do, and when he wakes up, you can tell me about your face matter.”

”Ah, okay... ”

Seeing Lord El-Melloi II’s back restored to its original state, Gray relaxed a lot. She nodded, then curiously looked at Fang Zheng.

”Um... Miss Red Ponytail.”

”Hmm?”

”Aren’t you curious about who hurt Master like this?”

However, in the face of Gray’s question, Fang Zheng just yawned.

”A Servant, I suppose.”

”Eh?!”

Hearing this, Olga Marie, Gray, and Coles all exclaimed.

”A Servant? Why appear here?”

”How do you know!?”

”Well, I’m a MASTER too, aren’t I.”

Fang Zheng pointed at himself.

”For others, the presence of a Servant might be unfamiliar, but I’ve also participated in the Holy Grail War, right? The other party isn’t an ASSASSIN, nor does she have Breath Severance. In fact, the moment she appeared, I already sensed it. It’s just that I was too lazy to care... ”

Saying this, Fang Zheng waved his hand.

”Well then, let’s go back to sleep, good night.”

Returning to their rooms, the girls went to sleep, while Olga Marie — crawled into Red Ponytail’s bed.

”I’m not afraid!”

Looking at Fang Zheng beside her, Olga Marie huffed lightly.

”Didn’t you say you would protect me? And also claim that the culprit would target me. If that’s the case, then I want to see who the culprit really is!”

What could Fang Zheng say to this, except to agree, anyway, whatever she said was right. But it doesn’t matter, Olga Marie and Red Ponytail are both in child-sized bodies, so sharing a bed doesn’t feel crowded.

”Aren’t you afraid I’m the culprit?”

Seeing Olga Marie’s demeanor of ”protesting too much,” Fang Zheng couldn’t resist teasing her.

”I’m not afraid at all, besides, I’m quite good at judging people.”

”Is that so.”

Since she said that, Fang Zheng wouldn’t say anything more, just yawned and closed his eyes to prepare for sleep.

But after a moment, Olga Marie’s voice came again beside her.

”Hey, Red Ponytail.”

”Hmm? What’s up?”

”Magecraft... is it really that worthless in your eyes?”

Olga Marie found it somewhat hard to accept. She was also a magician, raised and nurtured as one since childhood, so she was somewhat resistant to Red Ponytail’s remarks.

”Hmm? Not at all. I don’t really care about Magecraft; I just think magicians are foolish.”

”Magicians?”

”That’s right. Magicians of the Age of Gods possessed much greater power than today, but why didn’t they pursue the Origin? Because pursuing the Origin was never the purpose of Magecraft. The birth, existence, and development of Magecraft were equally meant for mastering, controlling, resisting, manipulating, and observing the world. Magecraft is merely a means, not an end. From this perspective, the essence of Magecraft isn’t very different from science. In fact, many so-called magical skills in ancient times were accomplished using scientific methods, weren’t they?”

At this point, Fang Zheng chuckled lightly.

”However, compared to technology, Magecraft requires too high a threshold, which is why it declined. In the end, the world advances through the majority of people. Yet magicians have forgotten this point. Instead of keeping up with the times, they desperately try to hold onto the former glory that has long passed. It’s like a beggar who was once a king, still trying to return to the era when he could command thousands, while ignoring the reality of huddling in a corner begging for food now.”

”Isn’t that a bit too harsh?”

Upon hearing Fang Zheng’s words, Olga Marie suddenly expressed her dissatisfaction.

”Someone has to say these things. If you find them unpleasant, it means I’ve hit the nail on the head. If I were just talking nonsense, you would just laugh it off. Why would you be angry?”

”Ah...”

Hearing this, Olga Marie couldn’t help but let out a low mutter. Indeed, Red Ponytail’s straightforward comments earlier made her quite uncomfortable, as if all her disguises were stripped away to be painfully exposed under the glaring sun... Could it be that she also knew what Red Ponytail said was right?

”There’s a saying in my country called ’marking the boat for a sword,’ which comes from a story about a swordsman who went on a voyage. In the middle of the lake, his sword accidentally fell into the water. In a hurry, he marked the spot on the boat where the sword fell. When asked what he was doing, he pointed to the mark on the boat and said, ’This is where the sword fell into the water, so when the boat docks, I can find my sword by following this mark.’

”Ha?”

Upon hearing this story, Olga Marie couldn’t help but shout.

”Is he an idiot? How could he possibly find it?”

”Exactly, so when the boat docked, the man followed the mark but couldn’t find his sword... Haha, I think magicians are quite similar.”

”...”

This time, Olga Marie was silent for a while, then she snorted lightly, grabbed the quilt, and turned away.

”I’m going to sleep.”

”Good night, sweet dreams.”

Though the little girl is a bit tsundere, her nature is still good. Education should start from a young age, hmm... it’s not too late yet.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng also closed his eyes and drifted into sleep.

The next day, when Fang Zheng woke up, Olga Marie had already left. Shizune, who shared the room, mentioned she had returned to her room to think about some things. Fang Zheng didn’t pay much attention to this.

But what nobody expected was that just as Fang Zheng and the girls finished washing up and planned to have breakfast, a surprising voice suddenly came from the broadcast inside the carriage.

”Ladies and gentlemen, hello. The Magic Eye Collecting Train has now deviated from its original route and is expected to enter the Son of Fuhai Forest in thirty minutes.”

”Eh?”

Upon hearing this, Fujino and Shizune couldn’t help but exclaimed, yet the broadcast voice remained unchanged.

”Before the auction begins, please ensure your own safety. We apologize for the inconvenience.”

”It can actually be like this...”

After listening to the broadcast, the girls were dumbfounded. Not to mention the previous announcement, but the latter statement was entirely telling them, ”Handle your life or death matters yourself, we don’t take responsibility.” If this were in Japan, such service attitude would be complained about until resignation and apology!

”Little Hong, what’s the Son of Fuhai Forest?”

Curiously, Shizune asked.

”It should be Dead Apostle... I remember one of the Twenty-Seven Ancestors is named Fuhai. However, unlike ordinary vampires, I’ve heard it’s a Man-Eating Forest. As for this Son of Fuhai Forest, it should be similar.”

As if to verify Fang Zheng’s words, the train soon swayed heavily and then gradually stopped. Meanwhile, everyone instinctively looked out the window, and Fujino widened her eyes in surprise.

”It’s snowing!”

Indeed, if what everyone saw outside the window in the past few days was summer grasslands and wilderness, then what appeared now was an ice-cold pure white snowfield. Howling cold winds mixed with snow drifted past the window, and dense forests could be seen not far away.

”How interesting!”

Seeing this scene, Ryougi Shiki couldn’t help but lick her lips excitedly.

”Little Hong, can we take action? This thing suddenly appeared, blocking our way, right? So is it our enemy? Can we kill it?”

”Of course you can, Son of Fuhai Forest should be a similar thing in essence.”

Fang Zheng nodded.

”If you’re interested, you can give it a try.”

”Alright, I’ll go now.”

”Be careful.”

Ryougi Shiki was already eager. After all, Hana and Akiha have already fought with creatures, but she’s never encountered one herself. Now that she has come across one, and it’s killable, how could she miss it? So, after getting Red Ponytail’s permission, Ryougi Shiki didn’t even have breakfast and rushed out excitedly.

”Ah, Ryougi-san!”

”Shiki, wait for me!!”

Seeing Ryougi Shiki leave, Asakami Fujino and Seo Shizune hurriedly followed her and left the room, heading toward the forest outside.