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"... What is a star creator?"

Clover asked in confusion, the current development made her confused.

Her mother was also a little surprised by her daughter's question: "Didn't I tell you?"

"No, you'll just keep telling me...about the Sea of ​​Stars." Clover said.

She deliberately avoided the topic of her father.

Fortunately, her mother didn't notice her daughter's little thoughts.

Clover's mother narrated: "The star creator, as the name suggests, is the one who creates the stars."

The Wizarding Universe works like this.

Stars are mere stars, not giant planets.

The structure of the star is probably composed of fragments of the newborn soul, the fate of the unknown orbit, the luck of the uncertain amount, and the magic power corresponding to the brightness.

So such a star can really determine the fate of a person or even a kingdom.

The stars brighten with the birth of life and dim with the death of life.

Therefore, from the era before the first era, when the gods had not mastered the orbits of the stars, there have been star creators and star seekers.

Star seekers are looking for stars on the ground. They are looking for special stars, collect all materials and fragments related to stars, and give them to the star creators.

Star creators use those materials to "plant" stars and guide qualified stars to fly into the sky.

Clover's mother said: "That's where my name 'Star Court' comes from, which refers to the garden where stars are planted."

"Yes, but hasn't this been proven to be a lie? Stars are actually huge stars in the universe... That's how it was written in the textbook of the first semester of free education." Clover said, and looked at the black robe for proof.

Although he didn't finish reading, Clover also attended free school for several years.

This part does not belong to the emperor's forced plagiarism, but was discovered by the mages themselves hundreds of years ago. decline.

Thinking about it now, it should be because this continent flew to the junction at that time, which caused the mages to observe the structure of the other star universe, which caused this situation!

Of course, the pollution on the wizarding world side is also one of the reasons.

Especially after there is no god, without protection, the starry sky is also polluted. Such stars fall to the ground, not to mention spawning monsters, and infecting star seekers and star creators, causing these two professions to almost lose their inheritance!

In this way, it is probably not accidental that Clover's village was invaded by the abyss.

"The two situations coexist, but now for various reasons, the starry sky is polluted, and everyone is disconnected from their own destiny star, making their fate unpredictable." Angel said.

"However, stars can be grown!" Clover's mother, Xing Ting said.

Her tone was as stubborn as ever.

Star Court heard the "story" about the star creator and the star seeker from the boy on the bamboo horse. The boy claimed that this was the truth about the world he found on a mysterious ancient parchment scroll, but everyone Thinking that it was a story imagined by the boy, only Xingting would listen to those stories with relish and believe it was true.

She and Zhuma even tried to find alternative materials and planted a real star.

It's a pity that the star disappeared very quickly because the material was not up to standard.

This incident seemed to make her bamboo horse make up her mind to become a star seeker to find the legendary sea of ​​stars.

At that time, their daughter had just been born.

But Xingting did not reject Zhuma's idea just like in the past. Instead, he made an agreement with Zhuma, who is already her husband, to wait for the other party to find the Sea of ​​Stars and bring back enough star materials. They will plant more stars and build their own. courtyard, or one day, she can plant her own Sea of ​​Stars.

The other party never came back.

Xingting still doesn't understand whether she likes those stories or that boy.

She also seemed to have forgotten why she was waiting.

Thinking of this, Xingting's gaze became absent-minded again.

At this time, she heard her daughter's boss say: "That's right, stars can be planted, didn't your daughter do it?"

"Ugh?"

"The 'stars' around us are grown from alfalfa." Angel said.

Xingting widened his eyes.

She looked at the golden light spots around her, and then at Clover.

Clover smiled at her mother, a little proud.

But Xingting did not respond to her daughter's mood, and even lost her previous excitement.

Only fear.

For a moment, she felt that something about herself was denied.

Just like all parents discover that their children are not their property, but have their own life and consciousness.

"But Clover obviously doesn't understand anything," Xing Ting said, and she took another look at the gold, her attitude changed from before: "And these are said to be stars, but they are actually defective products, right?"

Clover's face suddenly turned pale.

Angel sighed, he patted Clover's shoulder reassuringly, and said to Xingting: "Then, ma'am, as an entrance examination, how about showing me what a qualified star creator looks like?"

"Creating Stars requires the necessary materials."

"That's true," Angel said, "There is indeed a shortage of materials now, so I lower my requirements a bit. I don't require you to create stars. I only hope that you can create a stable 'star chain'."

"The Star Chain?" Clover asked.

"The fate of the starry sky and the earth are connected, every star must be connected with a soul so as not to fall, but the newborn stars are very fragile, and it is easy to cut off the connection with its soul, so a qualified star creator It is necessary to create a star chain to strengthen the connection between the star and the soul," Angel said, "This is a troublesome job that will consume a lot of effort."

After hearing that, Clover looked at her mother worriedly: "...or else, let's forget about it?"

"I can do it!" Xingting said almost without thinking.

It's not just about the stars anymore.

It's also about her dignity in front of her daughter—although that stuff is long gone.

She looked at the black robe: "However, there are no qualified stars here, how to make the 'Star Chain'?"

"The star chain doesn't have to be on the stars, right? It can also work on the soul." Angel said, "I heard that in the distant past, in order to ensure that the newborn baby had a perfect destiny, some parents even I will find the star creator and recast the star chain for that child."

"...You know a lot." Xingting said, "So you want to cast a star chain for a certain soul? Let me explain that most souls don't have corresponding stars now."

"There are no stars, but you can connect with the gods! Anyway, the principle is the same." Angel said.

He looked towards the field.

When they were talking about these things, the game had already started.

Angel pointed to the No.1 player on the track: "For example, that girl has a good faith, so please stabilize the star chain on her body!"

Xingting heard the words and looked towards the arena.

For some reason, she always felt as if she had fallen into a trap.

Angor took advantage of this gap to connect himself with the magic communication channel of the observation site.

In front of the magic observation instrument of the power of faith, the mages yelled:

"Master Angel asked us to send him the power of faith image collected by player No. [-]!"

"Contestant No. [-]?"

"The one flying first!"

"Why do you want hers? The faith power collected by this child is the weakest among all the people present!"

A mage shouted, and he looked at the screen dissatisfied.

On several huge magic screens, the flight live broadcasts of different players are being displayed.

However, today is the first day of the competition, and the faith power of all the audience is distributed among different players, resulting in the non-popular players' faith power not being very high, which is incomparable to the "female star" Maya with her own fans.

Especially in the live broadcast of the game, there were no popular players in it, and it was close to night. After a busy day at the opening ceremony, not many people came to watch the game, so all the players had a lot of faith. few.

The most tragic thing was the girl who flew first.

She is at the bottom of the popularity list, and has few fans. Now there are only a few pitiful gold threads that represent the power of faith, which can be counted with ten fingers, and the halo on the top of her head cannot be formed. .

In fact, the mages didn't expect to get clues from the girl's faith at all.

Before Angel's request was conveyed, almost no one paid attention to the child, which caused the mages to panic as if they were caught by the teacher when they were distracted in class, and they even randomly checked the homework they hadn't written.

"Speaking of which, this child seems to be a friend of Lord Angel's adopted daughter?"

"Let's talk about this important information first!"

"What to do? Has anyone recorded the previous images?"

"Transmit the current ones first... In addition, send the other players' ones too! Anyway, you must let Master Angel know that it's not that we are lazy, but that it is impossible to determine the direction of faith in this game."

"That's right, it's too weak."

The mages sent the video of the game in confusion.

Liti didn't know what other people thought of her.

If she knew, she would be even more annoyed, she was already angry enough.

So Liti didn't retain her strength in the first competition. She flew at high speed on a broom, leaving the other players far behind.

Still, it feels good.

No need to look at anyone's face, no need to make any camouflage, even the body is calmed down by the high-speed flight because of the heat of approaching the magic tide, as if transformed into an unrestrained wind.

Liti smiled and accelerated her flight speed.

Accompanied by Liti's acceleration, people's emotions became even higher in the sky stands.

"Letty!"

"Little Liti, come on!"

"Goddess Cecilia, please bless Letty!"

Although the power of faith that Liti collected was not high, it was not without it.

On the contrary, as one of the top players in the Magic Gear game rankings, she actually has many diehard fans, and these people are not stingy with using their blessing coupons.

Angel and the others could easily feel the fiery atmosphere.

"Nice blessing...ah, she's moving so fast."

Angel frowned and said, "Will high-speed flight affect your creation of the Star Chain?"

"It's a little troublesome, so it's hard for me to locate her space."

"How about getting closer?" Angel suggested, "But this may not be a good viewing experience, and you won't be able to see the performance of other players."

"I do not mind."

"Then let's choose Letty as the 'support object'! Clover."

"Okay," Clover said, and she pressed the number seven button in both her seat and her mother's seat.

The seat under them moved along the track again.

This track is as complicated as a roller coaster. When Angel and the others came out of the preparation area just now, the seat was located at the highest point of the track. From that position, the view is wide and you can see all the contestants flying by.

However, after deciding who to cheer for, the seat followed the track to the position where the players below were about to pass.

At this time, the sky has slowly darkened, the sky has turned blue, and the surrounding buildings are like huge shadows, only the golden track is emitting light.

Seats move on such a track, just like a boat sailing on a river of stars.

Xing Ting stared blankly at such an image, a little absent-minded.

For a moment, she felt that she was already in the sea of ​​stars that she had longed for when she was a child, but she just thought that such a scene was made by her daughter, which made her feel a little complicated.

And her daughter's boss began to explain.

I don't know if it's because the seat is moving, but the voice and tone of the black robe are a bit different from before:

"These tracks are not just for visiting races, but for running trains."

"Our magic gear is laying tracks in various places, not only in the east, but now Shesser has also started construction."

"One day, we'll have track everywhere."

Can go anywhere.

Isn't this the same as the real Star Ocean?

Xingting almost called out like that.

But this person might just be bragging, Xing Ting convinced himself so, and pursed his lips.

At this time, the seat stopped in the middle of the golden track.

On the opposite side of the seat, there is a huge screen showing the current images of the contestants, but Xingting is not in the mood to watch that, she is still staring blankly at the shining orbit like a galaxy in a daze.

Clover still reminded: "Ah, here we come!"

Xingting was stunned for a moment, and saw a ray of light rushing towards him in the distance, like the brightest star.

Xingting quickly sensed the opponent's soul, captured the surrounding magic and blessings, and tried to weave the star chain.

It was at this moment that a scorching hot feeling hit Xingting's brain.

"Woo!" Xingting wailed.

Clover shouted nervously: "Mom?!"

But Xingting said incredulously: "That child... seems to be enduring pain?"

"Painful?" Clover looked at Liti's back strangely.

The opponent had already rushed past the audience's seats in an instant, leaving only the sparks from the broom, but even so, Liti was the brightest in the golden orbit.

"Yes, she is in pain, and it will be even more painful in the future, and she knows this herself," Xingting said, her expression became very strange, "But even so, she still wants to win...why didn't she give up?"

"Who knows? Maybe it's to realize my dream with my own hands?" the black robe said lazily.

"Hands..." Xingting murmured.

It took her a while to say, "Can I get close to her again? I have received enough materials to stabilize her star chain."

"Of course." The black robe said.

Clover pressed button number seven again, and the seat moved to the next observation point.

This time, facing the "star" rushing again, Xingting took a deep breath, and the magic elements around her began to run in an orderly manner, like a chain.

Clover's eyes widened.

It was the first time she had seen such a mother.

However, Alfalfa was quickly attracted by her mother's technique. She imitated the operation of the elements, and thought it could be used in the next moss cultivation, or she could plant something else.

While the mother and daughter were concentrating on their work, Angel looked at the track next to them.

Over there, a group of people were cheering for Liti.

It's just that the auditorium is a bit dark, and everyone looks like a black silhouette.

"What's the matter meow?" asked the cat in Angel's shadow.

"Over there..." Angel seemed to want to say something, but he paused, then shook his head: "It's nothing."

"Hello!" Angel's shadow froze.

Angel ignored it at all, and just connected to the magic communication, "Hey, singer, I found a new employee, come and pick us up."

"I'll go to your side, Mr. Angel," the voice of Nightingale answered, "I'll be faster."

"No, the singer must come! Ah, it's the same if you send him over, within 10 minutes."

"Ugh?"

The nightingale over there made a puzzled voice, but Angel didn't mean to explain. He ended the call, and then connected to the other side: "How is the power of faith now?"

There was a voice of exclamation: "No, it's incredible!"

"Miss Letty's power of faith has stabilized! There is even a beacon with the concentration that Miss Maya did not appear!"

"Did you do something, Mr. Angell."

"It seems useful." Angel muttered.

He immediately ended the communication and looked in Liti's direction.

However, there was really not much to watch in this game. In a field full of miscellaneous fish, Liti, who tried her best, won the No.1 of this game with a full three-lap lead.

So that when the other players reached the finish line, they screamed louder at the black sheep and white sheep.

I have to say that Ms. Nightingale's work efficiency is pretty good.

She rushed to the end of the game and sent her husband in a wheelchair to the game on time.

Just beside Angel, Nightingale and Singer only saw Clover and her mother standing there, and there were no strangers.

The singer asked strangely: "Mr. Angel, you said there are new employees?"

"Yes, our new employee, Mrs. Xingting." Angel introduced casually.

Xing Ting nodded to the singer with a look of embarrassment.

"?" The singer was even more puzzled.

Why did Clover's mother become a new employee... Forget it, as long as the boss is happy!But why did you come here by yourself?Anyway, she and Clover are going back to the magic gear, wouldn't it be good to come pick them up then?

"Mrs. Xingting will be responsible for the work of magic planting in the future, but in this competition, she will be able to deal with matters of faith." Angel said.

"Understood, I will coordinate the relationship with the Mage Tower." Singer said.

The singer misunderstood Angel's meaning.

Because the power of faith is the responsibility of the mages, and Xingting is just an 'ordinary person', if they are placed among them, the relationship will be a bit difficult to coordinate. He thought Angel was worried about this.

Angel shook his head: "It's not this, those mages don't need to care. I just need you to follow her as much as possible."

"Huh?" the singer asked in a daze.

Nightingale also frowned.

Although she knew that there was a reason for Angel's order, any woman would not feel happy hearing her boss ask her husband to follow another woman.

Fortunately, there are "people" who know how to make up for Angel's lack of emotional intelligence.

"Ms. Nightingale, please meow together." At this time, Angel's shadow said, "Faith is very important, and Xingting's health is not very good, so please take care of her, it is best not to let her one person."

"Okay." Nightingale nodded.

She knew Mithril was taking care of her feelings.

Just don't understand why this is happening.

And hearing such an order, Xingting also felt flattered... more embarrassing: "I, my health is not that bad."

"I will take good care of my mother." Clover also said.

"That's not the problem, you have your work to do," Angel said, and he pointed in a certain direction, "In short, you should send them back to the magic gear first! Go in that direction."

Singer and Nightingale looked at each other inexplicably.

In the end, they didn't dare to disobey the boss's order and walked in that direction.

On the way back, the singer muttered uncomprehendingly, "What happened to Mr. Angel."

"I'm sorry to trouble you." Xingting said awkwardly.

"No, this is our job," Nightingale smiled softly at her, "Mr. Angel also said that you will be responsible for a very important job next."

"How come... No matter how important it is, it can't compare to what Clover is doing now!"

"Mom?" Clover asked in surprise.

She never thought that she would suddenly be recognized here.

"You seem to be very interested in making the Star Chain just now? I'll leave it to you when I go back!" Xingting said.

She didn't dare to look at her daughter's face, and took a few steps forward.

Clover looked at her mother even more incredulously, and she even heard a dry voice almost hallucinating:

"sorry."

Clover and Xingting were focused on each other, so they didn't notice that there was a restroom on the way they passed, and when they walked past, a man dressed as a traveler was coming out of it.

It wasn't a big deal, because the traveler didn't notice the mother and daughter either.

He happened to pass shoulder-to-shoulder with this group of people and walked in the opposite direction.

"Ocean of Stars..."

The traveler muttered in a trance.

He was walking forward like sleepwalking, when he suddenly saw a certain black figure blocking the road in front of him.

The traveler subconsciously wanted to bypass the other party, but heard the other party ask: "Are you a star seeker?"

The traveler stopped in his tracks and looked at him strangely.

He had traveled for decades and almost thought no one knew about the profession anymore.

"I am the boss of the magic gear, and also the owner of the 'Ocean of Stars'," the black robe introduced itself, "I need the skills of a star seeker for some things, I hope you can come to our workshop to work, May I?"

The traveler stared blankly at him, and showed a crying smile: "If you can show me the true shape of that sea of ​​stars, I will be happy to help you."

"That's really great." The black robe said, "It's a pity that our technical director has just left, otherwise I really want him to meet you too! Because I don't know when the next meeting will be."

"...Did he go far away?"

"Usually when you want to find him, you can't see him." The black robe sighed.

Traveler listened absent-mindedly, his mind was full of the sea of ​​stars, and he didn't care about the "technical director".

Only the shadow in the black robe made a sound:

"You are really wicked."