"Better not! Einherjar is enough when it comes to teaching children. I don't have the energy to teach that many kids!"
He had only taught Einherjar because the child from the future had called him Master, so he had simply taken Einherjar as his disciple. As for teaching other children, Chu Chen didn't have the energy for that sort of thing.
As he spoke, Chu Chen slowly walked out. He should find Vivio first.
He raised his right hand slightly, and a crimson thread wrapped itself around it.
The Threads of Fate were still entwined around Chu Chen. He only needed to follow this thread.
Vivio was his future child, so her thread was connected to his. That was beyond doubt.
"Found her!"
With that, Chu Chen followed the thread outside. Beneath a large tree, Vivio emerged from the bushes with a bewildered expression, clutching a rabbit plushie in her arms.
Emmmmmm... come to think of it, Vivio's future Magi Device had probably been made based on this thing, hadn't it?
Her gaze swept across her surroundings as confusion and terror surfaced on her face. Everything around her was so unfamiliar and frightening to Vivio.
She merely obeyed her instincts—run, run, run...
And then—
Her foot slipped. The plushie in Vivio's hands flew away, and so did she...
"Poof—"
She crashed into Chu Chen's arms, and that familiar warmth made Vivio feel safe again.
Fate was a mysterious thing. Future Vivio had met Chu Chen, and normally, that kind of causality would not feed back into the present Vivio. But because the future had been destined, the power of fate still gave Vivio the most primal sense of affection toward Chu Chen. They clearly shouldn't have known each other, yet she still sensed a familiar presence.
That warm feeling was