Your Ancestor Was Amazing, Did You Know?

"Were you just an ordinary person before?"

Touki Sakuragi laughed happily, looking at Li Mo without knowing what to say.

Amazing, utterly amazing, blessed by nature with extraordinary talent!

Were all young people this cheeky nowadays?

Was this a joke? If he had only been an ordinary person before, didn't that mean he had become like this in just half a year?

Yet when Touki Sakuragi saw the serious expression on Li Mo's face, he felt like his whole world had fallen apart.

"Everything you said is true?" Touki Sakuragi put down what he was holding and asked tentatively.

"Of course it's true. Why would I lie to you about something like this?" Li Mo picked up a piece of fish and gently put it into his mouth, answering irritably.

There was nothing to gain from lying to you. Though this was quite a blow, my life, Li Mo's life, was different from that of ordinary people, because what I was going to do was—

Dominate the ages!

Punch Gilgamesh, kick Gaeia, and wipe out a Lostbelt with a single spit!

Half a year? So what if it was half a year? Li Mo would make them understand that he never made empty promises!

If they thought they had what it took to play with me, I wouldn't mind accompanying them to the bitter end. There weren't many people Li Mo couldn't afford to provoke!

Touki Sakuragi's heart turned to ashes. He felt as though he had lived most of his life like a dog. You're amazing, you're amazing. Can't I just eat in peace?!

Li Mo flashed his pearly white teeth in a grin, tossed the last piece of meat into his mouth, and said, "I'm done eating. Check, please!"

Touki Sakuragi: mmp

Two days later, at the Sakuragi clan grounds in Hokkaido.

"Too much time has passed, and these secrets have only been passed down orally from clan head to clan head. As a result, we know very little about what happened back then." In the reception room, Touki Sakuragi looked solemnly at Li Mo as he spoke.

"Lord Li Mo, has the Magic Crest of our Sakuragi clan truly become poisoned, as you said?"

Li Mo looked at the old man before him and nodded. "Yes. I heard that you used connections to find an adopted daughter for your son, right? Whatever you do, don't transplant the Magic Crest. At this point, whoever receives it dies."

Hearing this, Touki Sakuragi revealed a look of shame. He looked toward Kirie Sakuragi beside him and said, "This old man has failed my son. It is all the sin of our ancestors. I never thought... My lord, is there truly still hope for the sins of the Sakuragi clan? If this continues, the Sakuragi clan will truly disappear!"

Watching the agitated Touki Sakuragi, Li Mo calmly took a sip of tea. After thinking for a moment, he finally answered, "Rest assured. Kirie Sakuragi and I came back precisely to solve this problem."

As long as they found the thing that had made the contract back then, they could just brute-force the rest.

Ultimately, it was still because of the Sakuragi clan's necromancy. If they had given up magecraft and become ordinary people back then, they would not have ended up where they were today. But when it came to power, who would be willing to give it up?

In Li Mo's estimation, the Sakuragi clan had ended up like this because of the toxins accumulated through generations of using necromancy. At first, it had not been much of a problem; it had merely erupted during Kirie's generation.

So, either they purified the toxins, or they found the thing that had signed the contract in the first place. After all, the Sakuragi clan had only specialized in necromancy after that, so that thing naturally had a way to resolve it.

But what exactly was that thing?

So Li Mo asked, "Doesn't your clan have any ancient texts passed down from that time?"

Look for them. If I don't figure out what it is, how am I supposed to solve your problem...

However, to Li Mo's disappointment, Touki Sakuragi shook his head, directly crushing his hopes.

It turned out that the Sakuragi clan had not originally been a Japanese family. They had migrated from Europe, and the name Sakuragi had only been adopted after arriving in Japan. Back then, the Sakuragi clan had declined to the point where even their Magic Crest was nearly dissipating, leaving them no choice but to come to Japan. Unfortunately, even after fleeing to Japan, the clan showed no signs of improvement until the clan head who made a contract with an unknown thing appeared.

After that clan head made the contract, the Sakuragi clan finally rose again. The power they could wield even surpassed that of the clan at its peak, so... so they moved their ancestral grounds...

Human nature, huh... Human nature my ass, Li Mo kept grumbling inwardly.

It was fine to buy a new house after improving your quality of life, but you just abandoned the old family home like that?

And you even left all your things behind?

City people sure knew how to play...

Li Mo blinked, glanced at Kirie Sakuragi beside him, and asked, "Your old clan grounds... after all this time, has no one ever gone back?"

Before his father beside him could interrupt, Kirie Sakuragi scratched his head and said awkwardly, "Um... no. And I heard that a school has already been built on the original clan grounds..."

Damn... Li Mo nearly sprayed out a mouthful of tea. He had only ever heard of schools being built atop mass graves or cemeteries. Who the hell built a school on someone else's ancestral home?

"Where is that school?"

"Mifune City."

Kan... Mifune City?

Li Mo scratched his head. Wasn't that where Ryougi Shiki was?

Could it be that before he even got to hug that tsundere Rin, he would be going to see Shiki first...

If the two of them really went to Mifune City, what clues would they need to look for? They could just ask Ryougi Shiki directly. No, Root Shiki!

Yes, most people only knew that Ryougi Shiki had two personalities, "Shiki" and "Shiki." In truth, aside from those two personalities, she had another: Root Shiki. Even the other two, "Shiki" and "Shiki," did not know about this personality.

And most importantly, Root Shiki was the primary personality!

Japanese anime really was too messed up. It was either going dark or suffering from split personalities. Try putting that in the ancient Eastern nation?

In minutes, it would turn into some love triangle—or love polygon—mess!

Touki Sakuragi closed his eyes briefly, took out the metal flask he carried with him, and took a hard swig before tentatively asking Li Mo, "Then shall we go to Mifune City now?"

Originally, he had wanted to smoke, but Li Mo had glared at him...

"Let me think..." Li Mo held his head, considering whether he should make the trip.

Honestly, he did not really want to meet Shiki yet.

Judging by the timeline, Shiki should only be seven years old now. Who knew whether Root Shiki or the two "Shikis" were the ones in control of her body?

The two "Shikis" would be fine. At worst, they would be cold and difficult to communicate with. But Root Shiki...

Connected to the Root and omniscient, she was not registered in Alaya as an outsider who had transmigrated here. Who knew what would happen if they met?

When the Root took a look, oh ho, this person doesn't have local residency?

The Throne of Heroes would blow its top. Golden Pikka, Golden Needle Mushroom, Little Sun, all of you get out here and wipe out this unknown resident!

He was screwed!