People are forbidden by magic, just become mercenaries

The one-eyed witch propped her cheek with one hand, completely ignoring the "Power of God" tied in the corner, and whispered casually.

"This is a ritual field that 'doesn't exist in this world', applying the meaning of 'Avalon'. The original purpose of the 'Wat Board' is to record the words to the king on it to prevent forgetting. That is to say, Essentially the thing should 'record' things, not 'display' things."

"It's not bad, don't think too much about things you don't need to know, and don't care about things you don't need to worry about. I quite envy such days."

"Are you the kind of person who says, 'Ah~ It's great to live a peaceful life without worrying about following God-sama's instructions'?"

"This is really a big misunderstanding. I just want to quit the job. One after another, I want to lie down and retire if I can."

Othinus glanced at Sigurd who was lying on Ge You on the sofa, and she was very clear about the mercenary's thoughts.

It might be better to say that the two of them are quite speculative in some things, so maybe there is such a harmonious scene now.

Chapter 370 Seven: After the incident, the time to purchase dinner ingredients

"So, it turned out that the riot this time was just a father who didn't even know magic and just wanted to pray for his son's good luck. Because he bought too many 'souvenirs', it caused a riot at this special venue in Japan. 'Resonance'?"

"Those 'souvenirs' themselves are just gadgets with the meaning of 'bringing good luck', but when combined with the meaning of 'Takamagahara' covering all of Japan and the meaning of '800 million gods' itself, it seems that a great change has taken place. "

Pushing a shopping cart in a busy supermarket.

It's summer vacation now, so there will be many students thinking "it's rare to cook by yourself", and then rush to buy ingredients.

The students of Academy City will not go home even in the summer vacation. Even if they want to leave Academy City, they need to go through a very cumbersome process, and they can only leave after being implanted with a nanochip.

Moreover, the places to go and the time of return must be strictly controlled, not only to ensure that students who are capable users will not be captured by people with ulterior motives, but also to prevent the outflow of biological resources of capable users.

However, because this is an "academic capital", the prices are far cheaper than outsiders, and the discounted part is made up for by the merchants through measures such as "low tariffs" and "subsidies" by Academy City.

And what's more interesting is that Academy City also took care of a small part of imported goods from overseas, processed them and shipped them to Japan.

If you enter from Academy City, you will have to pay the tariffs set by Academy City. Although Academy City has long declared independence, there is no need to pay additional taxes for the products of Academy City to flow into Japan.

Picking out the ingredients for dinner, the professional maid was unexpectedly not noticeable in Academy City.

After all, in Academy City, where there is a professional maid academy such as Luanran Home Economics Women's Academy, the first reaction of ordinary people wearing a maid outfit is "a student of the maid academy".

"Japan is indeed a troublesome place. Although there are countries and regions in the world that have such a 'natural ritual field', there are at least double-digit numbers, but Japan alone has become a 'not a man-made ritual field, but a conforming ceremony field. And modify the magician itself' such a strange logic."

Indeed, there is no shortage of such things as "mythical buildings" or "legendary terrains" in this world.

Generally speaking, various forces and countries will make the most of these, and use them as their own "advantages" to make the most of them.

For example, through actions such as digging canals or moving mountains, artificially correct and adjust the overall direction of the "vein", and manually correct the "natural ritual field" to achieve the desired effect.

As long as it is slightly modified, it is easy for a magic power specialized in this to form a "national protection technique" that can cover the whole country.

But obviously everyone would choose to say this, but Japan alone wants to be different.

Others are trying to use and modify the "conditions" so that the "ceremony field" can provide convenience for them.

However, Japan's native "magicians", that is, existences such as onmyojis that are generally recognized, modify their own "characteristics" and "spells" in order to adapt to the natural ritual field of "Takamahara".

To give an inappropriate example, if other people's houses are too short, they will raise them upwards, dig deep down or push them directly, and then rebuild them according to their liking.

But the Japanese Onmyoji chose to cut off their own legs, or "hunched over", "hands and feet" to adapt to this inappropriate "house".

As a result, the distorted state of "local warfare is so strong that Christians can't easily invade it" and "pull your hips when you go out, even third-rate local associations can't beat them" was born.

The "spells" of traditional Onmyoji are very dependent on the blessing of Japan's own "Kakamahara", which can obtain the highest benefits at the smallest cost.

But the price of this is that once "Gao Tianyuan" is lost, even the most basic spells may not be able to be used.

"Ibaraki Doji" or "Yase Doji", who were invincible in the local battle, were almost crushed by a bottle of holy water when they went out.

"The reason is actually very simple, because they are just "half-way monks". In order to obtain stronger power in the shortest time, this choice is the most efficient."

"Speaking of which, the gods of 'Japanese mythology' that are generally recognized today are not actually the earliest indigenous gods in this part of Japan, right?"

"Well, the gods believed by the Ainu people are the earliest 'native gods' in Japan, 'カンナ カムイ (kanna·kamui)' is considered to be the first god born on the ground, and is the guardian of peace on the ground. Of course , he has a father, so he is just 'the first god born on earth'."

Flipping through the apples in his hand, Sigurd didn't know how to choose ingredients like this.

In the eyes of this mercenary, it seems that all vegetables are similar, and he doesn't understand what the standard is for good or bad.

"However, this nation has intermarried and assimilated with the Yamato clan in the torrent of history. It is rare to see it now, but it is not completely gone. The existing Japanese mythology has absorbed a lot of their things, and it is probably a 'continuation'. One kind?"

"What's the difference? In general, it's no different from Yin Yang. This is not a gap in 'wisdom'. In fact, 'Yin Yang' has already surpassed some local mythological systems. But now in this 'magic world' they want to The enemy we are facing has an overwhelming advantage in almost all aspects.”

Sigurd put the apple in his hand back to its original place, and looked towards the shelf selling dry goods in the distance.

"Not necessarily. If the 'shikigami' is attached to the entity, simple 'elimination of spirits' or 'purification' will not work."

"What's the difference?"

Walking in the direction of Sigurd, Sigurd has already bought fresh vegetables to be used at night, and seems to be planning to buy some dry goods to make soup.

"For example, the 'Spider Kiri Maru' and 'Knotweed Maru' held by Tokyo Yin Yang Liao, because they hold entities, so simple 'dispersion' or 'transcendence' will not work. Although it is possession, in the sense of magic On the other hand, it can be equated with 'living things'."

"But they themselves haven't used 'shikigami' for a long time, have they? Even if they used it, they wouldn't use it as a 'familiar'?"

"It doesn't work well, but it doesn't mean it's useless. Although it's true that onmyojis are at a huge disadvantage when confronting modern-theory magicians."

Snatching the piece of dry goods from Sigurd, Silvia looked around and seemed to feel that the quality was good, so she put it in the shopping cart.

"Good luck?"

"You've always been lucky."

Chapter 370: The Visiting "Golden Girl"

"Yeah, it really is worthy of being a British royal maid. Even Japanese food is quite handy."

Tasting the omelet rice in front of her, the blond girl happily swung her legs.

Has shoulder-length fluffy blond hair and snow-white skin.

She is a 12-year-old girl with a golden ratio that seems to have been carefully crafted every inch.

"Because of a certain mercenary, I have been active in this country for at least two years. It is impossible to say that it is impossible, but strictly speaking, what I am doing is a product that has been slightly adjusted according to the taste of the British. Generally speaking The difference is reflected in the condiments used when thickening the sauce."

"Indeed, during this period of time, because I have been active around Japan, I also feel that the dishes of this country are a bit too sweet for me."

Wearing a beige short coat and a miniskirt of the same color, with thick black stockings, the color scheme emphasizes the black and white contrast like a precious piano.

On the whole, it gave people a sense of arrogance, and combined with the words of the maid in front of her, it would not be suspicious to introduce her as a decent nobleman.

The slender legs dangled happily under the dining table, and the chewing sound of "bajibaji" was made from time to time.

Regarding this, the blond young man beside her who was completely assimilated by European culture was not very happy to hear these chewing sounds, although he would not rashly bring it up at this time.

Birdway grinned contentedly and evilly, and seemed to have pretty good memories of the so-called "always around Japan".

"However, I really didn't expect there to be such a large-scale Onmyoji group in Japan. Those idiots wielding a rotten-smelling toy are unexpectedly cute when they see the 'superior'."

Using a small child's spoon to scoop up a spoonful of rice covered in sauce, Birdway revealed a tone of obvious disdain.

"However, that miko who enslaves evil spirits and calls herself 'Abe Seimei's descendant' is really interesting. Even though they are just some lost animal spirits, they can show quite impressive fighting power?"

"'Animal spirits' are an important part of Onmyoji's service spirits. Moreover, under the scouring of modern theories, many ancient methods for making such 'animal spirits' have been lost. What you see should be dozens, or even It happened hundreds of years ago, and it’s time for me to understand something after such a long time.”

Sigurd rubbed his temples as he watched Birdwig who praised Sylvia's cooking and kept picking up the rice.

Because the British Puritans noticed the abnormal activities of "Dawn Morning Light", they especially wanted to ask Sigurd if he instructed them.

And it's not just the "Dawn Morning Light" under Birdway, if there is any movement in the "Golden Department" association in the world now, the three major churches will contact Sigurd as soon as possible to confirm whether it is his instruction.

Obviously those "golden associations" are not Sigurd's subordinates, but I don't know why the three major churches seem to acquiesce in the strangeness of "what moves the magician of the golden lineage is probably instructed by Sigurd" brain circuit.

"Well, I don't care about those guys' lives, but if you don't explain why you did it, then I have to think about whether to beat you. You probably don't know that the British Puritans are already asking me What's going on?"

"We didn't initiate it. We were just chasing 'black marketers.'"

Sigurd nodded, signaling Birdway to continue.

And Birdway, with a mouthful of omelet rice in his mouth, seemed completely unable to speak for a while.

So, as the "deputy", Mark took the initiative to answer the call.

"Because our 'informant' discovered that there seems to be a guy claiming to have a 'celestial chart' in the black market recently, and the credibility seems to be not low."

"Huh...Then we confirmed the authenticity of the information to the 'Star Traveler' for the first time, and they confirmed that it is very likely to be genuine."

The so-called "celestial map" does not refer to a specific object. To be precise, the prefix is ​​just attached according to some special rules to distinguish each different "star map".

The so-called "star map" is essentially a special allegorical painting that uses "stars" as clues and encrypts them to hide certain contents.

The allegorical painting refers to the coded picture that hides the content of the grimoire in the painting.

To give an example that is easy to understand after all:

Suppose there is a painting of a view from a ship floating in the sea, with the sun sinking below the sea level.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this is just a landscape painting.

But if we convert the sea water in the painting into "salt" and the sun into "gold" and combine them together, we can get "The purpose of this picture is to illustrate that using gold and salt can make people swim in the sea like fishes." magic" message.

Others such as the color of the paint used, the thickness of the shade, the time of the sunset, and the location on the boat.

Any subtle element in a picture can be transformed into a code with a certain meaning, so in many cases, the interpretation of allegorical paintings is discovered to be wrong only after hundreds of years.

It can be seen that it is very difficult to be a real allegorical painting expert.

For such allegorical paintings, the thing that uses "stars" to further encrypt is the "star map" that Mark called.

It's not referring to something in particular, but it's a term that is close to the unique "slang" of the gold series.

"What about the content? You should have snatched back the 'Star Atlas', right?"

"It's a catalog about some secret treasures in the British Museum, and attached is a manufacturing map of the spiritual outfit."

Birdway, who wiped out the omelet in front of her, leaned back on the chair contentedly.

"We haven't figured out the specific purpose of the other party, but just looking at this thing is just a 'storage box'."

"Storage Box?"

"Well, it's basically a spiritual outfit that stores and seals up the required information, and takes into account both transportation and output functions. But it seems to be a semi-finished product, and the amount that can be accommodated is just a 'magic book'." Quantity, it is called a 'design drawing', but in fact it can barely be regarded as a semi-finished product."

Sigurd frowned. If it was a powerful weapon of mass destruction, he would be relieved.

But if it was this kind of "functional" spiritual outfit, he felt strange.

"Ah, we have also investigated the source and function. The source of the information is a Puritan magician who was killed in the judgment. Before he died, he recorded the information he knew, and we have also analyzed the spiritual equipment. , is something of modern theory and has nothing to do with Northern Europe, so don’t worry.”