A retired magician raises a bucket daily

He jumped off the edge again, and this time it was a hundred times more uncomfortable than last time. After all, "Observatory" Carleon is the lowest point that humans can reach in the tomb of Albion, and the depth below 80km from the ground, It is the [Fairy Domain] that no one has successfully touched so far.

The content of magic power has even reached a suffocating level. Reid only felt his throat sweet, and he covered his mouth and coughed up a mouthful of blood.Beads of blood slipped from between his fingers, and were swept up one by one by the wind and waves during the rapid descent. The organs and magic circuits inside the body seemed to be stirred up, turning into a heavy lump of meat , The recovery ability of the vampire is too late to repair so much damage.His eyes blurred, his brain was humming, he lost consciousness, his back was facing down, his arms were pulled up by the wind, like a bird with injured wings, and fell from above with a huff.

Can you go back in an hour?

The last thought that remained in his mind was this.Before he decided to come down, he made an agreement with Jason that if he didn't come out of the [Fairy Domain] within an hour, Jason would leave here through the [Anchor] that Weber left for him.

The magic formula of [Anchor] was placed by Weber on a small amber stone that was secretly stuffed into Jason's pocket. Reed dug out the stone that was almost the same color as the pupils of his eyes, pinched it on his fingertips and stuffed it In the palm of Jason's hand, he pushed up the opponent's finger to wrap it up, and said in a low voice, "Crush it when the time is up, and the magic spell will take you to Weber's side."

The young man took it in silence, the tip of his nose was still red, and his eyes were moist, like a hazy drizzle in the forest, dazed and fragile, with the same bewilderment that he didn't know what was ahead.

It is said that people will see the revolving doors of life before they die. Even though Reed is not conscious, he still thinks of many things in the past, about this broken body, that decayed family, his friends, and how they got together. Separation, what happened in Gotham... It was like turning over the pages of a book. At that time, he realized that he had only been in Gotham for more than three months-too short, the stack The meeting and parting between him and Jason were written on only a few thin sheets of paper on which his story was written.

When he was six years old, he raised a small animal for the first time. It was a parrot, a very small one. An adult's fingers could curl up to hold it in its entirety, and he could feel the warmth between the small body and the skin in the palm of his hand. Under the beating life, that species of parrot can't learn tongues, it just jumps up and down on his window sill and chirps all day long.Reed couldn't leave the bed at that time, he had no feeling in his legs, and he relied on the infusion of nutrient solution for three meals a day, and the back of his hand was black and blue with pinholes.His daily pastimes at that time were reading books and keeping the parrot, feeding it with grains, and watching the birds with light green feathers fly low and peck at his palm.Reed called it 'rose' because he had just finished reading The Little Prince, and 'rose' was the only flower growing on his small, barren planet.On the eve of leaving Gotham, he rubbed the soft feathers of the rose and told it in a low voice that he was leaving. The bird rubbed against his palm, tilted its head to look at him, and was finally sent out of the window by him, waving its wings. fly away.

When he was eight years old, he was still living in the family of Tranbellio. He won half an hour of activity time for himself every day. He could walk out of the cramped room and go to the garden behind. , although sometimes he meets a few ladies or young ladies, but more often, the cave under the garden flowers is his world alone, where he met a one-eyed dog, a dirty stray dog I don’t know how he ran into the heavily guarded Trambellio’s house, and he hasn’t been noticed by the maids for so long, so he finally has a little different color in his unchanging life, and the dirty color is also One color.He and the dog secretly joined hands in the garden for a whole year, and gave the dog a little leftover from his breakfast and lunch every day. The dog's name is 'Paige', who was watching "SpongeBob SquarePants" when he was a child , the one-eyed pirate captain who always appeared at the beginning of the animation.But no matter how hard a child hides, a mature adult will find out one day, so it didn't take long for Reed to find Patch after he bit the valet who was rude to him. .

Later, he went to the clock tower, and his broken magic circuit prevented him from doing a lot of magic exercises, so he was free and free every day, from this basic study to the next astronomy, from ore to spiritual science, he could learn He listened to it all over, that was when he met Weber, and he met Melvin earlier, the two of them met when they were at Tranbellio's house, but they really got to know each other when he was in school when.It stands to reason that it is impossible for two aristocratic magicians with far-reaching heritage to play together with a third-rate magician who lost his wealth just because of his longing for magic. It all depends on feeling and preference.Although the words are so polite that people can't make mistakes, the suggestions they make every time are always too uninhibited and publicized. The three of them skip class every day and go out for a stroll, either to do things that are prohibited in the clock tower, or to fight with other students , with a pretty face but doing the bastard things of a delinquent boy.

Then there was the graduation of his studies, and he was lecturing in the clock tower while dealing with strange and supernatural events in the London neighborhood.

Although those things were not long, when compared with Jason, they always felt lengthy and boring, as if he had only found his true self in the last three months of his life.

But three months is too short, like the only piece of strawberry on the mousse cake, after taking a small bite, it disappears, leaving only a bit of sweet and sour taste in the mouth, and in the end it can only be eaten by the sweet and greasy Drowned in cream.The sticky and warm warmth of those winter days flashed by without even having time to recollect.

He was stimulated by the strong light to open his eyes.The slight sound of the breeze blowing the grass sounded in his ears, his eyelids moved, and the light penetrated through the thin layer of skin to his eyeballs, Reed felt a burst of soreness, and raised his hand to lift his eyes Covered it, but his arm seemed to be run over by a big truck, and his temple jumped up with the pain.

There was a deep mournful cry from his chest, his fingers pierced through the dense grass below, unable to use any strength, and the brain began to re-supply blood after being in a trance for an unknown period of time.He slowly pulled himself up from the grass, his throat was itchy, and he coughed up a big mouthful of blood mixed with internal organs, sticking to his hand, and hanging down to flow on the green grass.

Reed dully touched the rough tips of grass on the grass, raised his head and looked around.

He still remembered that he was on his way to [Fairy Realm]. Even in Albion, he had to follow the basic law. How could he see such a round and big moon below 80km underground?

Hanging high above the sky is a full moon that is beyond the size of ordinary people's cognition. The light is no longer weak and clear, and it radiates light downward like the sun. It has reached the point where it is a bit dazzling.

After turning his drowsy mind for a while, he finally came to a conclusion—could this be the [Fairy Domain]?

The surrounding environment is as dreamy as described in a fairy tale book, the brightly colored flower gardens, the strange flowers that can only be described in books, the soft and sweet fruity fragrance in the air, and the flying birds that flap their transparent wings at high places. goblins...

It seems that this is really [Fairy Realm]...... Before the end of the Age of Gods, the residence of the fairies after they evacuated from the human world.

"Hey, you're awake." A crisp voice suddenly came from behind him, and Reed turned to look at her.

The baby-faced goblin flapped its wings and came closer to him for a closer look. Its delicate face was wrinkled into a ball. It was a beautiful goblin with red hair, and when its wings flapped, it would shake off brilliant specks of light.

Reed was taken aback by the goblin who suddenly rushed in front of him.

"You are...a human, right?" The goblin narrowed his eyes and looked at him for a long time, "Why did you appear here... Huhu—why do you still have a very familiar smell? "

The goblin's big and agile eyes blinked, and she looked at him suspiciously with a bit of cuteness.

"Why don't you speak? Don't you understand me?" The red-haired goblin pinched her chin and turned around in front of Reed, cleared her throat and asked him in Latin, "So you can understand me?" ?"

"...uh... hello..." Reed greeted Miss Goblin dryly, "I understand... Where is this place? You saved me me?"

The goblin flew a few meters away from Reed, and then sat on a huge leaf over there reservedly, "Hey, cough, why didn't you say it earlier, this is Avalon... ...Well, Avalon’s underground branch, is that right? Anyway——I didn’t save you, you fell from the top all of a sudden.”

The goblin innocently pointed to the sky above, and Reed looked up as well, but was dazzled by the full moon again. He looked back, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and asked softly the goblin in front of him, "I want to seek the 'sage'." Stone', can you tell me how to find it?"

"Xian... what the hell?" The goblin frowned again, and her tongue was tied up, and she couldn't pronounce the name of "Sage's Stone". Goblins have eternal life, so for them those Gems that contain magic power and can prolong human life are nothing more than a bunch of beautiful collectibles.

Reed propped himself up from the ground and stood up. His vision was a little higher, and he could see more and more distant places. "Is there an omniscient and all-powerful goblin chief living here?"

"What omniscience and omnipotence?" The goblin still didn't understand. She crossed her legs and propped her head in thought for a long time, then suddenly let out a loud cry: "Damn! I see, you are talking about Moronoe! She collected it So many beautiful stones!"

Reed was so frightened by Miss Goblin's earth-shattering scolding that he withdrew his gaze into the distance, and looked at the goblin in surprise.

"Oh, I'm sorry to scare you." The red-haired goblin also came back to his senses, clasped his hands together on his chest, and said to Reed, "Sorry, that's my friend's recent catchphrase, and I was influenced by it unconsciously." Oh... Hey, why are you going to find Moreno, she has a super-bad temper."

Reed said in his heart that your goblin friend is really temperamental, "Then can you take me to find her?"

"Well, it's not impossible." The fairy flew up from the leaves and circled around Reed, "You look good, and I like you very much, and you have a familiar smell on your body. It's easy to take you there Well, there have been no humans visiting here for thousands of years...... But Moreno may not meet you, she doesn't like humans—huh? Look at it this way...."

The goblin stopped circling Reed in a daze, and muttered, "You don't seem to be all human... blood race? You have traces of blood race on your body..."

"I'm a mixed race? I have a part of vampire blood in my body." Reed explained to the goblin in a good-tempered manner.

"Wow, no wonder, but this is the first time I've heard of the hybrid between humans and vampires. Have you survived?" Before the Age of Gods, vampires existed. Cain, it's just that no one has ever been able to maintain a body between a vampire and a human. Generally speaking, as long as it is transformed, it will only become a complete vampire, not a half-baked person like Reed.

"So I'm looking for the 'Philosopher's Stone', only that can save me." Reed whispered.

"...Okay, then I'll take you there." The goblin turned around and flew up with her waist in her waist, "Come with me, today my friend went to a far away place to find new fruit pulp, and it's just me A person may get lost... Anyway, it is not wrong to go this way."

When I looked in the direction where the goblin flew, I could see an extremely tall giant tree, as if it was about to reach the sky, its branches and leaves stretched out wantonly, sheltering the ground below, and the trunk was also very thick , if it was born on the earth, Reid estimated that it might be able to block an entire town.Those cold green branches are surrounded by clouds, and some goblins are looming in the mist.

While Reed was walking there with the goblin, his throat was still coughing, his internal organs were entangled and painful, and his body wished to be divided into five or six petals.

I don't know how long Jason has been waiting... Has an hour already passed?Reed thought as he stepped across the soft turf.

"It seems to be that one. I haven't been here for a long time, but it seems that Morono is the only one living here, so it shouldn't go wrong." Plant a house made of leaves, "You can't fly, can you? I'll call her for you."

"Thank you." Reid swallowed a mouthful of sweet blood that was about to come up in his mouth, and smiled slightly at the goblin.

"Morono!" The goblin flew up and shouted at the door of the house, but it seemed to be the goblin's language, and Reid didn't understand it. Lenno! Are you there, come out!"

About ten seconds after the red-haired goblin lady finished yelling, the small green door suddenly rolled up, and a little girl wearing a long sparkling gauze dress walked out. She had a pair of very beautiful clothes that seemed to be reflecting Xingchen's eyes were staring at the goblin in front of him, "What's the fuss?"

"That person wants to see you." The red-haired goblin froze all of a sudden, no longer the high-spirited spirit just now, and pointed weakly at Reed who was standing below.

"Human?" The goblin named Moreno flew in front of Reed, looked down at him from above, and said sharply, "You seem to be dying."

"Yes, that's why I came here and wanted to seek the 'Sage's Stone' from you." Reed explained to Moreno.

"Ah, it's that stone," Moreno nodded clearly, and then said flatly, "Yes."

"Huh?" Reed, who didn't even say the condition, was shocked by her simplicity.

"But I have to take something from you, what do you humans call that, ah yes, exchange at equal value." Moreno said with the corner of his mouth raised.

Reed was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "I still have something on my broken body, just take it if you want."

Moreno's deep eyes seemed to be able to penetrate his body. After a few seconds, she said: "Indeed, you seem to be close to magic...but these things alone are not enough In exchange for the 'Sage's Stone'."

Reed smiled. "But that's all I have—otherwise I'd just trade for a term?"

"Oh? Tell me." Even in the Age of Gods, Moreno would often encounter humans begging her to give them life-saving stones, but this was the first time someone made such a request.

"Let's just use my... lover's life as the deadline," Reed lowered his head and smiled, "On the day he dies, you can take back this stone, how about it?"

"Ha, leave it to love?" Moreno laughed. Her voice was different from other goblins. It was a more mature, low-pitched voice that leaned toward adult women, with a soft, careless smile. Meaning: "Human love is very cheap, can you be sure that you will love him forever?"

There was naked malice in her eyes, or it wasn't malicious, she was just bluntly putting forward her thoughts, "Will he love you forever?"

Reed looked straight at her, as if he wanted to cross the stars to embrace his distant lover, and he said softly, "I'm sure."