Clearing His Head

In the 16th year of the Era of Himmel's Passing, the Warrior Village in the Klai Region of the central kingdoms was destroyed. Originally, this news would have been discarded by the Intelligence Department as junk news, but recently the Lionheart King has been recording all the movements of the Demons, even the smallest things.

When Li Yan saw the three keywords "Warrior Village" and considered Xiao Fern's age, he couldn't help but wonder if Tomato Head Stark had already been adopted by Eize.

Li Yan snapped his fingers lightly, and several Mechanical Spiders, having deactivated their invisibility, descended from above the study. Their crimson eyes gleamed slightly as they stared intently at Li Yan, silently awaiting his command.

"Notify the Kingdom's Intelligence Department: have any suspicious teenagers appeared around Eize?"

After giving the order, the Mechanical Spider, its crimson eyes gleaming, disappeared again and crawled out the window. Li Yan, having finished instructing the Mechanical Spider, continued his research into the magic of returning to youth, commonly known as the Rejuvenation Magic.

This magic that reverses the life force is somewhat similar to Curse Reversal Magic, and through his research of reading hundreds of Magic Tome, he has gained some experience.

In the 24th year of the Era of Himmel's Passing, Fern successfully obtained the Level 3 Magician Qualification Certificate from the Magic Continent Association. At only a little over ten years old, Fern had already broken the Magic Continent Association's record. A Level 3 Magician at such a young age was already comparable to Li Yan in his youth.

According to the Intelligence Department, Tomato Head Stark had a fight with Eize and ran away from home.

In the 26th year of the Era of Himmel's Passing, Heiter's life force had been exhausted. Li Yan asked him the same question, but Heiter did not choose either option. He just looked at the ceiling and whispered that he wanted to dedicate his life to the Goddess.

Looking at Heiter's serious expression, Li Yan indifferently lowered his head and agreed to Heiter's choice. That night, Heiter, whose life force had been exhausted, was knocked unconscious by Li Yan. He really went against his own nature, actually trying to disobey the choice given to him by his Godfather.

Since he didn't want to choose, then he would choose for him. The statue suited his personality quite well. With that thought, Li Yan arranged everything without any expression.

Although part of the reason was that he was somewhat afraid that Heiter would be blamed for reviving in his mechanical body.

Looking at the smiling statue of Heiter, Li Yan waved his hand, and several Mechanical Guards specializing in handling statues transported it to the lowest level of the Castle.

"Godfather, Heiter won't blame you."

Himmel watched as the statue-like Heiter was carried away by the Mechanical Guards, a look of reluctance on her face. A lifelong partner, a childhood friend, would never see each other again. Perhaps there would be a chance to meet again in the future, but it would be a very, very long time.

Frieren walked to Li Yan's side and gently patted Li Yan's head. Whenever someone important left Li Yan, she would immediately comfort Li Yan by patting her head. Although she didn't know what it did, her senior brother always comforted her and patted her head whenever she was feeling down.

With Heiter's life force fading, Li Yan decided to go out for a walk to clear her head. She also took Fern to broaden her horizons. Frieren wanted to go along to collect interesting magic. She couldn't be of much help in researching lifespan-related magic, but she was confident that she could accompany Li Yan on his journey.

Leaving the familiar Royal Capital, Fern was exceptionally excited. This time, instead of traveling by Mana Battle Car, he would walk the entire way, because although the Mana Battle Car was fast, it couldn't allow him to personally experience the beauty of the journey.

Stepping onto the green grass, Fern picked a small, deep purple flower and brought it close to her nose. The fragrance was very refreshing, carrying a natural, earthy scent.

"Fern, slow down. Although we don't have to worry about sudden Monsters attacks on the main road, there's a real possibility that Monsters in the sky might launch a surprise attack."

Li Yan gently reminded him, and as if to verify what Li Yan said, a giant bird with red feathers all over its body descended from the sky. It had four sharp gray claws, and two sharp demonic horns on its head that occasionally spewed out Mana, obviously one of its means of attack. Its scarlet eyes stared straight at Fern, clearly the beautiful girl was particularly attractive to its taste buds.

"Godfather, there really are Monsters in the sky! I always thought they only came out of the forest."

Fern stared at the giant bird, lost in thought. Frieren gripped her staff tightly, a serious expression on her face. This was no time for idle chatter when facing an enemy.

"Fern, as its first adversary on this journey away from home, it is now entrusted to you."

Li Yan stood at a distance waving and leaning against an ancient tree, watching with great interest. The value of a level three mage had to be emphasized; after all, a level three mage was considered a very powerful existence in the entire Kingdom, with only a few thousand at most.

"I understand, Godfather!"

Fern licked his lips, showing no fear despite the Monsters's enormous size. He aimed his staff directly at the giant red bird, and several magic circles for Normal Attack Magic appeared above Fern head...