That Immortal Woman

Merlin: I will consider what you've said.

Li Mo: Did I just stir up a hornet's nest?

Good heavens, this is a disaster!

I was just saying that, and Merlin actually wants to leave Avalon!

Li Mo's expression kept changing, and Brishisan was stunned. He asked, "What did you two talk about? Did Merlin even teach you his Flower Magecraft?" We didn't talk about anything! I just wanted to help a young man who'd been heartbroken for years!

Li Mo was still in shock, muttering hazily, "He didn't say much, we just talked about relationship problems...

Also, he did give me the Flower Magecraft, but he set conditions. He said the next spell's formula will only appear after I've completely mastered the previous one."

Li Mo said it casually, but Brishisan felt like he was going insane. Merlin gave him Flower Magecraft, and on top of that, discussed relationship issues with him?

Brishisan's breathing quickened. He was dumbfounded and asked in an uncertain tone, "Is there really nothing going on between you two? Merlin is treating you so well, you're not his illegitimate son, are you?"

After saying that, even Brishisan himself was taken aback.

Come to think of it, that's actually quite possible!

From what Li Mo just said, Merlin has Clairvoyance, and Brishisan knew a little about Clairvoyance from records at the Clock Tower.

If Li Mo and Merlin really had a connection, then it wouldn't be strange for him to know so much, would it?

Thinking of this, Brishisan, as if discovering the truth, smirked and winked at Li Mo, "I bet I guessed right. You must be father and son. Otherwise, why would he so easily give you his self-created Magecraft!"

Sherlock Brishisan is online, I'm a genius detective!

Li Mo's forehead was covered in black lines, and he glared with wide eyes, "How is that possible!!!"

What father-son relationship? Merlin doesn't even have a wife, how could he have an illegitimate son like me!

Li Mo craned his neck and glared at Brishisan, saying in a muffled voice, "Merlin is clearly just a lonely old man, okay? He's been the only living person in Avalon for so many years, who would he have children with?"

Brishisan chuckled, "Are there really no other living things in Avalon? Perhaps... hehehe?"

Li Mo froze, then waved his hands and lunged at Brishisan, "Stop talking, stop talking! I'm getting images now!!!"

There's also that white beast in Avalon, the one that hunts primates...

"Alright, alright, I won't say anymore."

Brishisan waved his hand, deciding not to continue on that topic. He then turned serious and asked, "Who is Scathach?"

He was extremely curious. Ever since he heard her name in Li Mo's words just now, he felt an unbearable itch in his heart, like a cat scratching.

She's the reason you went to find Merlin? Could she be an ancient monster from the Divine Era?

Li Mo chuckled smugly, "You don't know, do you?"

Brishisan's face was full of curiosity. He probably thought of his Dean, but no matter how mysterious or ancient the Dean of the Clock Tower was, could he compare to my Master?

Li Mo stood up straight, his expression solemn, and looked at Brishisan earnestly, "The gatekeeper of the Land of Shadows, the Queen of the Land of Death.

She possesses skills that were unrivaled even in the Divine Era, as well as the most ancient Rune Magecraft. She is a demigod, no, perhaps she has already become a god!

Because the spear in her hand can pierce the hearts of even gods!

With that said, can you understand, teacher!"

Li Mo tilted his head and chuckled, a look of disdain on his face that made Brishisan's teeth itch with annoyance, yet he didn't know what to say.

Are you that proud of showing off this knowledge!

Li Mo grinned slyly. Of course, it makes me happy to explain knowledge that you, as my teacher, don't know!

"In the Divine Era, she taught countless disciples with outstanding talent, each of them a genius who left their mark on that era. Yet, none of them ever surpassed her, and no one has ever been able to kill her!"

Brishisan listened, stunned, and looked at Li Mo with wide eyes, blurting out, "You mean she hasn't disappeared or died!?"

After all, the Divine Era had long since declined. Thousands of years had passed, and the gods of that time had long since vanished. Now Li Mo was telling him that one of them was still in this world?

Li Mo nodded, but a bitter smile touched his lips. "Teacher Brishisan, do you know why she taught so many geniuses in the Divine Era?

Because her greatest wish was to die!

She wanted to teach someone who could kill her!

Immortality isn't always a good thing. She has lived for far too long, witnessed too much, and carried too much. As a result, the only thing she desires is death.

But as the Queen and gatekeeper of the Land of Shadows, she has long been connected to it. As long as the Land of Shadows does not perish, she will never die.

However, the Land of Shadows is the final resting place for all the dead spirits in the world. As long as all worlds are not destroyed, that place will never be destroyed."

She had once placed her hope in Cú Chulainn, even giving him her spear, but in the end, he had not fulfilled her wish.

"Is that so," Brishisan murmured. Li Mo's slightly sorrowful tone struck his heart, making him feel as if he could sense that same loneliness.

Is eternal life really a good thing?

At this moment, Brishisan couldn't help but question himself.

Indeed, if given the chance for immortality, everyone would undoubtedly choose it without hesitation. But what if it came at the cost of eternal loneliness?

Brishisan did know about the Land of Shadows.

According to the Clock Tower's records, the Land of Shadows, a realm of the otherworldly and the magical, is eternally populated by endless spirits, never a trace of life!

Living beings capable of going there wouldn't choose to, and those who wished to couldn't.

What is eternal life? Scathach's eternal life is eternal loneliness, forever facing the pale skeletons of the Land of Shadows.

And how much time has passed since the Land of Shadows first appeared, through the Divine Era, to the present day?

Just thinking about it sent shivers down Brishisan's spine, his hair standing on end. If an ordinary person were in that place, they'd likely have gone mad long ago!

The two fell silent. After a long pause, Li Mo stood up and walked directly to his bedroom.

He wanted to cultivate.

He knew what Brishisan was thinking without being asked, because he had already considered it himself.

In his previous world, the first time he saw that woman appear in the anime, she had filled him with boundless awe.

Later, after learning her story, that awe transformed into pity and resentment. Pity for the woman who sat eternally on the river of time, immortal and unchanging, a woman destined to face a lonely life with only cold spirits. And resentment for why, under the pen of "Mushroom," she was shaped into such a story.

Perhaps the era when people could still reach the Land of Shadows, the era when she could still teach disciples, was her happiest time.

Cú Chulainn couldn't do it; he failed. Li Mo chose to try.

"If I can do this, it won't have been a wasted transmigration to this world!"

Li Mo clenched his fists, thinking this silently in his heart.

He would slowly accumulate the magic within him, solidify his foundation within the Clock Tower, and even if the goal was distant, he would achieve it someday!

He had a good grasp of most of the secrets in this world.

And he even had the Golden Finger of 108 Magic Circuits!

He set a small goal for himself: to fully master the Flower Magecraft that Merlin had given him!