The female devils I saved came to my door

Prince Nolen looked at his daughter, who was the focus of the crowd at this time, and noticed that she was also enjoying people's attention and cheers, and felt relieved.

Although Ciel had communicated with him in advance and told him his plan, he, as a father, was shocked and surprised when he saw the magic performed by his daughter at the banquet.

Let alone others.

Amidst the deafening cheers and applause in the banquet hall, even the old king, who was somewhat paraplegic, shook his head with joy when he saw the show performed by his granddaughter today.I began to feel that Sirna was a gift from Heavenly Father to their family.

Today's Winter Celebration Banquet was more lively than any other banquet in the past due to this accident caused by Ciel.

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People drank and sang to their heart's content until late at night. As the absolute center of the banquet, Sirna received the most attention.

Many well-known local lords, priests and ladies in Ipoli paid their respects to her and made friends with her.

Charles thought this was a good opportunity for Sirna to learn social etiquette, so he did not interrupt. Instead, he retreated to the edge of the banquet hall with a concealed aura, watching Sirna silently, watching how she faced these interpersonal interactions with ease. difficult problem.

He finally had time, wiped the sweat from a busy night, and leaned against the wall and breathed a sigh of relief.

In order to let Sirna shine tonight, as a teacher, he was really worried too much.

However, what is gratifying is that Sirna is indeed very smart and faces every guest with a very decent manner.

For a teenage girl, she behaved very appropriately and perfectly today.

It seems that he can rest assured.

"Teacher Charles..."

Just when he breathed a sigh of relief, Lovna timidly came to his side.

From the beginning of the banquet, Luovna was paying attention to the teacher's position.

After Charles left Sirna, she found an opportunity to get together.

"Oh, Lovna, is something wrong?"

"Teacher, your pie." The girl handed over the pie that she had been carrying for several hours: "It's already cold. I just asked the chef to heat it up before sending it over. Eat it quickly."

Charles was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the girl beside him.

Lovna was looking at Ciel with her beautiful red eyes wide open.

Ciel: "I gave you the pie so that you could eat it. I remember that you like to eat these baked foods with meat and dried fruits the most."

"Thank you, teacher, but I have grown up and I am not hungry." Lovna shook her head and said, "I can no longer pester the teacher for food like a child."

"You have grown up too...thank you."

After working all night, I was really hungry.He took the plate handed to him by the girl, and without any regard for etiquette, he squatted by the wall and started eating.

Lovna stood next to Ciel, thought for a while, and squatted down with Ciel.

After much hesitation, Lovna asked a question.

"Teacher Charles, why did you lie?"

"I lied?" Charles swallowed the food in his mouth: "When did I lie?"

"It was just now." Lovna pointed to the position of Sirna with some gloominess. The dazzling girl was among the crowd, enjoying people's compliments and attention:

"Teacher, Sirna's magical talent obviously did not awaken recently. It was obviously when she was six or seven years old... We all know this. You also specifically told us at the time that we must keep it secret. But why are you doing this in front of us today? Lying in front of many people? Saying that she is a gift given to Ipoli by Heavenly Father? Isn’t this wrong?”

"Uh……"

Ciel didn't know how to answer this too honest question.

After all, in my past education, I had always taught Hilna and Lovna that "honest and trustworthy are good children."

Today's self-defeating behavior is indeed inappropriate.

He thought for a while, put down the plate in his hand, and decided that it would be better to tell the truth.

"Sorry, Lovna, the real world is not as good as ideal... Sometimes, for the sake of personal future and interests, people can't help but lie. The same is true for me.

"I cannot be selfless. If I tell the truth and tell everyone, 'Seven years ago, the devil who killed hundreds of people in the city was Sirna,' then how will everyone think of Sirna?

"But if Hilna is allowed to live her whole life as an ordinary person and only use her magic talent to make some drinks and do some housework for me, so that she can no longer learn real magic, then her talent will be wasted. .I can’t do anything to let her down.

"I hope that Sirna can really make good use of her talents, use her magic to achieve a career, and then be accepted and supported by everyone, and gain everyone's love... I can't think of any other way but to lie like this. .

"I'm sorry, Lovna, I failed to follow what I taught you."

Lovna thoughtfully said: "...I seem to understand, teacher. You are also doing this for Sirna's future. I believe you are doing the right thing."

The two were silent for a while.

Lovna originally wanted to ask if Teacher Charles would lie like he did today for Lovna.

But she didn't ask in the end.

20. Destiny

After the winter celebrations, it snowed in Ipoli intermittently for several times.

And in the hut by the river, Charles opened the magic book that he had exchanged for hundreds of fairy tale picture books, and began to formally teach Sirna.

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The only supreme god in the world of Arran, the Eternal One, is the source of all magic and miracles.

He has many grandiose titles such as [Father God], [Heavenly Father], [Holy Father], [Lord of the Abyss], [Eternal One]... etc.

There is something special about the origin story of this great eternal god.

In the church's classics, he is not simply the founder of mankind or the creator of the world, but a concept that accompanies mankind but transcends human imagination.

According to the teachings, when human beings have the first ray of wisdom and begin to look up at the stars above their heads; begin to be confused about their own destiny; begin to fear inevitable death; begin to question the value of their own existence - the Eternal One takes shape.

He comes from the four fundamental fears of human beings:

The sense of insignificance in the face of the stars in the sky, the sense of confusion in the face of impermanent destiny, the sense of powerlessness in the face of the end of death, and the sense of hesitation in the face of the nothingness of existence.

These four root fears create the true self of human beings. When the true self can overcome these fears, people can achieve eternity.

Therefore, when the Eternal Lord was born, He existed in all past and possible futures, and He was eternal.

His brilliance and glory will have no beginning and no end.

Therefore, worshiping the Eternal One is worshiping the true self of mankind; it is worshiping the noblest reason and dream of mankind.

Based on the four powers [Stars], [Destiny], [Death] and [Void] that make up the Eternal, the four main categories of magic are also derived from this.

The Orthodox Church firmly believes that these magics are the ropes thrown by the Eternal to the world, the pull that can help mortals climb to the kingdom of God, and the keys that can help mortals open the door to eternity.

The stars in Haotian correspond to the elements of the earthly world. The movement of the stars and the alternation of the sun and the moon bring violent winds and heavy rains, as well as rain and sunshine; they give people a good harvest, but also bring punishment and disasters.

Therefore, [Stars] gave rise to [Elemental Magic] that manipulates elements and activates natural forces.

The unpredictable destiny guides the joys and sorrows of human beings, making the excited despair and the cowardly brave. It can deprive a person of his happiness and take away all his sorrow.It can awaken the noblest virtues in human beings, or it can cause saints to sink into depravity.

Therefore, [Destiny] has derived [Numerology Magic] that transcends oneself, activates potential, and peeks into fate.

Destined death gives living beings the most just end.Devour the human self, dispel the grievances and grudges of life, return all human experiences, love and hate with the soul to the underworld, enjoy eternal sleep in the alien time and space outside the earthly world, and obtain the immortality bestowed by the Supreme God.

Therefore, [Death] has derived [Netherworld Magic] that summons souls, summons spirit bodies, and creates enchantments.

The empty feeling of nothingness is enough to deconstruct all beliefs and meanings.It is the rift between man and eternity, a nearly insurmountable ravine, the source of all despair and pain, and a powerful enemy that no thought can overcome.

Therefore, [Void] gave rise to the extremely rare, even undefined but most dangerous [Annihilation Magic].

Based on these four major categories of magic, they blend and succeed with each other, and further subdivide various secondary magic types.

For example, astrology is a cross-course between elemental magic and numerology magic; alchemy is a magic that focuses on studying elemental changes and life mechanisms; exorcism is a magic that appeases the dead and exorcises the souls of the dead...

Since the awakening of magic talents is completely random and cannot be inherited at all, these different types of magic cannot be passed down from generation to generation. They can only be taught systematically through schools organized by magicians voluntarily, or through academies attached to the state and the church.

Of course, these schools and colleges have high barriers to entry - after all, magical talent cannot be inherited, but money, power and connections can still be inherited.

Therefore, many people who have awakened their magical talents explore on their own and rely on intuition to feel those mysterious elements.

They can only delve into some superficial elemental magic in their lifetime, which can be used for bravery and ruthlessness, or speculation.

This also makes wild magicians in many remote and backward places basically become troublemakers who do not do their job properly and are idle.

Countless talented and intelligent people are immersed in the sense of superiority brought by one or two magic tricks, and are content with the status quo. Throughout their lives, they are unable to use their God-given talents.

There are very few magicians who can possess God-given talents, truly use their talents to their limits, and gain insight into the nature of the world.

As for Sirna's talent, Ciel was also aware of it.

She has a very high affinity to elements, and can use only intuition and instinct to induce natural elements and create things in her imagination.

Ciel himself has very low attainments in elemental magic. He can only do simple tricks such as breathing fire, condensing ice, and flashing light.

Therefore, he believed that he was delaying Sirna by teaching her elemental magic.

The annihilation magic was too vague, and many high-level mages knew nothing about it, so he couldn't help Sirna.

The main magic he can teach is numerology and the underworld.

That's why Ciel got this high-level magic book in exchange.

This magic book records various spells copied by the old magician.Each one is very complicated and time-consuming, mainly numerology magic, and a few are Netherworld magic.

Therefore, it should be of great help to Sirna.

Today, the first lesson he wants to teach Sirna is the classic magic of numerology: divination and prophecy.

This is also his rare strength.

It was through astrology and prophecy that Charles received vague revelations, found Ipoli where Sirna was, and got to know her.

But after learning that she was learning divination prophecy, Sirna was a little disappointed.

She originally thought that the high-level magic taught by the teacher would be the kind of magic that could be recognized as extraordinary at a glance.

At least it should have the actual effect of raising your hands to call for thunder, stamping your feet to break the ground, and exhaling to push against the city wall.

"It's not that exaggerated, Sirna. I can tell you responsibly that there are only a few dozen magicians in the world with this kind of ability at most, and they rarely show their faces in the world for various reasons. High-level magic does not mean The destructive power lies in the analysis and understanding of the essence of magic.

"Divination predictions are an example. Even street vendors can fool people with divination cards. Many people think this is a trick, but on the contrary, it is difficult to make accurate and clear predictions. It's like reaching the sky - it's very difficult to peer into the complex and mysterious destiny."

As he spoke, Ciel opened the first few pages of the magic book in his hand and drew some runes on the table according to the instructions above. Then he asked Hilna to raise her head and gently drew a holy symbol between her eyebrows.

Sirna immediately felt much calmer.

After taking a sip of the sweet tea that Charles made for her, she sat on the square table by the fire, slowly took the crystal ball handed over by Teacher Charles, and held her breath, waiting for the next instruction.

"Hilna, let's start with something simple - predict, what will we eat tonight? Empty your mind, leaving only the questions you are eager to seek answers to, and then, thoughts."

According to what Teacher Charles said, Sirna had her mind empty and only thought about dinner, dinner, dinner...just like Lovna when she was hungry as a child.

At this time, the real Lovna was actually sitting next to Teacher Charles.

She was a little curious and asked Charles quietly: "Teacher, is prophecy magic really so amazing? Can you only ask these simple questions, or can you predict everything?"

"Shh... keep your voice down, I'll explain it to you later."

Lovna nodded, covering her mouth, looking at her sister sitting across the table, anxiously waiting for the result.

In a trance, Sirna felt that she had entered a half-dream state. Even though her eyes were closed, she could still see Charles and Lovna sitting opposite.

Their figures seemed hazy and unreal.

Then, the figures moved, like reflections in a pond being disturbed by the breeze.These images gradually melted into a ball, and then twisted into a large round pot. The pot was steaming, and you could smell the aroma of heated spices and fat, as well as the aroma of soft bread and milk... …

"I smelled it. It was sausage meat soup and butter bread!" After opening her eyes, Sirna gave her answer.

"That's right." Charles nodded: "It's the butter bread I bought in the city yesterday, and the broth I just stewed at noon. The prediction is so accurate for the first time, Sirna, you are doing magic in numerology His talent should also be very high."

Lovna looked at her proud sister and delighted teacher Charles, lowered her head and thought for a while, and suddenly asked a question:

"Mr. Charles, if we change our minds now and eat ordinary bread instead of butter bread, or take the sausage out of the soup and save it for tomorrow, will this prediction be considered wrong?"

"Sister, this is a lie." Sirna said first: "I have predicted it, how can I change the result casually?"

"I just put forward a hypothesis." Lovna defended: "This is what Teacher Charles taught us. Only by asking bold assumptions can we get answers."