Chapter 3: Loneliness

  "You just wander around and play here, I'll go see my old friend. Don't run around, got it?" Olivira reminded Perseus, who nodded obediently. In fact, in such an unfamiliar place, Perseus didn't have the mood to run around either. He casually found a chair to sit down and quietly waited for Olivira's return.

  Perseus can be quite a handful, like the time on the Spewies' big ship "Wind Dancer". But that was only when there were familiar faces around to take care of him. When Olivira wasn't around, he was actually very well-behaved and quiet.

  Bored Pechi started changing hand seals, using magic he had used before. Oliviera told him that if the speed of releasing magic was too slow, like when Pechi used "Judgment" and other such magic, then it wasn't necessary to use in actual combat - it would be more practical to just run up to the enemy and punch them a couple times.

  Perseus was naturally talented, so he must have understood Oliviera's teachings immediately. He began to practice his magic constantly, hoping to improve his control over magical powers, increase his spellcasting speed, and master those advanced spells as soon as possible.

  But all of this is secondary. Being idle and having nothing to do, really didn't know what to do, only knew how to play with magic was the fundamental reason why Perseus was practicing magic at this time.

  While Perseus was concentrating on his magic, he completely ignored the people coming and going around him. Often, adults carrying children would walk back and forth, see Perseus using magic, and stare in surprise, then turn their heads to scold the children they were with, saying things like "other people's children are so talented..."

  Perseus didn't care about them at all, he was so focused on practicing magic that he had no time to pay attention to the people around him. So he had no idea that he had already become the public enemy of the children around him.

  After practicing for a while, Perseus felt bored and began to sit up and meditate.

  When he meditated, he completely isolated himself from the outside world, losing all sense of time and ignoring the people coming and going around him. Perseus' meditation was completely different from that of ordinary people. Normal people need a certain preparatory phase to meditate, but Perseus skipped this phase entirely, entering a meditative state as soon as he wanted to. Ordinary people can only slowly absorb magic while meditating, but Perseus could absorb magic even when not meditating, and when he did meditate, it was like a rainbow-colored whirlpool!

  It wasn't until much later that Perseus finally woke up due to external disturbances. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw three people, all wearing white priestly robes. Perseus recognized the one standing on the left as Olivira and asked: "Uncle Olivira, are you done with your business?"

  "Yes, you have successfully checked in here," said Olivira, "Let's go."

  Then he turned his head and said to the two people beside him: "Farian, Zhufano, I'll take him back first."

  The person in the middle nodded and said, "Since you're back, I'll go out for a while too. You two stay here first. The church needs to have at least two priests left." He beckoned to a little girl far away and shouted loudly, "Angela, let's go, we're leaving!"

  A little girl from afar ran over quickly and hugged the hand of the person in the middle, saying: "Dad, are we leaving now?"

  The white-robed priest in the middle smiled kindly and said, "Yes, we'll leave this place now. Your Uncle Olivira has returned, and your father can take you out too."

  Watching this father-daughter relationship, Persephone's heart suddenly felt empty.

  Although Olivela is like a father to him, after all, there is still a distance of "uncle" between them. Perseus is just an orphan after all.

  The desolation in Perse's eyes made Olivira look at him, he stretched out his hand and stroked Perse's head, but Perse didn't raise his head to scold Olivira like before, instead letting Olivira do as he pleased. At this time, Olivira was really at a loss for what to do with this child, so he hastily made eye contact with the remaining priest. The priest also understood implicitly and loudly called out to a little girl playing in the distance: "Aileen, come here for a moment!"

  A girl named Erin from afar came running over, the white-robed priest pulled Erin along and walked to Perseus' front, saying to Erin: "Erin, aren't you always saying that you have no friends in school and are very bored with learning magic? Master will introduce one to you now. This child knows a lot of magic!" Turning his head to Perseus, he said: "Little friend, what's your name?"

  "Pei Xiu? Ye Lian." Pei Xiu had been sensible since he was a child, knowing what's good and bad, and whether others were being kind to him or not. Therefore, even though it was a stranger striking up a conversation with him when he was in a bad mood, he didn't throw a tantrum like most children would.

  Upon hearing this name, Zhū Fǎ Nuò's movements clearly stiffened, his smile frozen on his face.

  "Hello, Perseus. I'm Eileen Snow, and this is my master, Zufarno. The Lunar Festival's Zufarno." Eileen introduced herself.

  "Hello," Percy said. He wasn't good at talking to anyone except Olivia.

  Aileen smiled and asked Perseus: "I heard from my master that you know a lot of magic, how old are you, what kind of magic do you know?"

  Percy heard this and stretched out his fingers to count: "I will... Sword of Light, Vanity Shield, Judgment..." Percy had only counted a few when he was interrupted by Irene.

  "Come on! How can you possibly master so many spells?"

  "Although I'm not proficient in many spells, I can still use them," said Perseus. "If you don't believe me, I'll go over there and demonstrate it to you. This place is too small." With that, Perseus walked towards an open area, with Eileen following closely behind him.

  Olivera smiled and said: "Can't help it, Zhufano, although you're not a good person, but you're very kind to the child."

  Zhu Fa said sarcastically: "Aren't you the same? Giving this child such a name, what do you want to do? Support him as the Pope?"

  Oliver laughed loudly and said: "The Pope, perhaps a good target. Joffano, Joffano, you wouldn't have already taken the Pope as your own dish, would you?"

  Zhu Fano hummed and said, "Olivira, don't think I don't know you're not pleased with me. But rest assured, as the priest managing the school, I treat all children equally and won't wrong him."

  "I'm afraid you'll be disappointed," Olivira said softly. "This child, I will take personally."

  "Oh? Oliviera, who is notorious for being lazy in the church, is actually going to teach an apprentice?" Zufano said with great surprise, as if he had heard some big news.

  Oliviera smiled and said nothing.

  On the square, Perse's fingers changed back and forth, each magic leaped at the tip of Perse's finger, and Aileen clapped her hands in praise.

  "You're indeed a genius! That thing you mentioned earlier, that Light Sword or whatever it was, bring one out and show me." Ellyn exclaimed.

  Although Perseus felt like he was being played, he still followed Eirin's orders and summoned a large magic circle in front of him, then reached into it and pulled out a sword.

  The sword made of pure magic shone with a golden light, and since this magic designed a sword that fit the caster's height proportionally, Perseus' sword looked more like a short sword.

  "Lend it to me for a bit!" Eileen hastily tried to grab the sword, but only saw Perseus hiding it behind his back.

  Aileen frowned slightly and said: "How can you be so petty!"

  Perseus was originally not good at communicating with people, and when he saw Irene get angry, he panicked and said: "I... this sword will hurt you... it's not the summoner of this sword, anyone who touches this sword will be injured, lose magic..."

  But Irene still turned her head and ignored him.

  "That... Eileen..."

  Aileen still didn't turn her head back.

  "Let me give you another gift instead..." Perseus rummaged through his own package, finally finding a suitable gift, "Here, this bell..."

  Although Irene had been turning her head away, she still found opportunities to sneak a peek at Perseus. Looking at Perseus' embarrassed appearance, Irene suppressed her laughter. It wasn't until Perseus took out the little bell that Irene turned around, pretending to be very hurt, and accepted the bell.

  A few months later.

  One day, Perseus sneaked to the transfer island again to practice magic. Olivela let him practice magic alone in his room, and he usually unconditionally obeyed, but sometimes didn't. Like today.

  Because today is Irene's day off.

  "I didn't think you'd actually keep your promise!" Eileen smiled, facing Percy who was gazing out at the sea. As soon as she arrived on the transfer island, she saw that Percy was already waiting for her, and couldn't help but feel delighted.

  "Did you learn new magic in school?" Perseus didn't turn around, still thinking about the sea, but turned his head to ask.

  "No, magic is still just those few you taught me. Recently at school they've been teaching us martial arts and I've started practicing sword techniques!" Ailin exclaimed excitedly.

  "Uncle Oliviera said I still need to practice swordsmanship for a while," Perseus said, "As for swordsmanship, I also can't teach you anything more. If Uncle Oliviera teaches me something even more profound in the future, I'll teach you then."

  "Nothing else is needed, just teach me the Sword of Light first!" Eileen said, "I'm eager to practice swordsmanship with the Sword of Light!"

  "Never mind, one day when you've mastered the art of engraving to a miscellaneous color level, I'll teach you the sword of light. It's harder for a miscellaneous colored engraver to wield the sword of light than it is to reach the sky." Perse said, "But speaking of which, I'm really curious why Uncle Olivira didn't let me go to school and instead chose to teach me alone."

  Aileen smiled and said, "Maybe the Star Festival thinks you're too talented and not suitable to study with ordinary children. If you study with them, they'll definitely be jealous of you, and then you'll get into unnecessary arguments, which would be a waste of your time."

  "Maybe... Lately, he's always running outside, or else he's cooped up in the Space Tower with the Master of the Space Tower, chatting all night and not coming out. He doesn't even have time to take care of me." said Perseus, "I'm not popular anyway, I won't be able to make friends with those people either. It's so boring being alone."

  The Tower of Space is one of the eight towers in the Central Continent, each representing an attribute. The eight towers represent earth, water, fire, wind, light, darkness, time and space respectively.

  "Isn't having me enough?" Irene asked, tilting her head.

  "With you, it's enough."

  Aileen, who had gotten a satisfactory answer, also smiled and slightly blushed as she changed the subject: "Hey, Perseus, what do you want to do in the future?" Perseus turned his head towards the sea and said: "I want to become the Pope."

  He had seen the Pope once, and with just one glance, he was intimidated by that majestic aura. With Olivia's repeated teachings, Perseus determined his goal - the Pope.

  "What about you?" Perseus asked. Eileen tilted her head and thought for a moment before saying, "I'm not telling you!"

  "...several months had passed, and Perseus still couldn't get a clear sense of Eileen's temperament."

  Percy is highly intelligent, but his EQ is frighteningly low, and he doesn't understand girls' hearts at all. For example -

  "Uh... Pochi, if... I mean, if you were to marry a new bride in the future, would you marry someone like me?" Elain asked boldly with a red face, seemingly stimulated by Pochi's previous sentence "With you, it's enough".

  Perseus also didn't dare to look at the sea, he turned his head around and stared at Eileen, sizing her up relentlessly, making Eileen unable to bear it and turn her head away, not daring to make eye contact with Perseus.

  "No." Perseus replied firmly, "Absolutely not."

  "What?!" Eileen asked discontentedly, as if she had gotten some unbelievable answer.

  Pei Xiu turned around again, facing the sea and said: "I only have you as a friend, I am willing to tell you all my heart's affairs. If I marry you, I will not have any friends left, that would make me too lonely..."

  Irene's face turned black.

  "Hmm, Perseus... if you're going to be the shield, then let me be your sword..."

  "What?" Perseus asked in confusion.

  "Haven't you heard of this anecdote? A long time ago..."

  "Eileen, you're back!" Zufano's voice cut off Eileen's words. "You still have to cultivate, no time to waste!"

  "Perseus is here too!" Eileen seemed to want to pull up a shield.

  "Who is he? He's a genius who has the Golden Seal Imprint without even cultivating, can you compare to him?"

  As he spoke, Zha Fanuo walked over and dragged Aileen away.

  As she walked away, Irene waved her hand and shouted: "I'll continue telling you this anecdote next time!"

  The whole transfer island had only Perseus alone.

  Four seas surge continuously against the coast.

  The one who listened to the waves was Perseus alone.

  The revision is complete! After revising the first three chapters, will it be more able to activate the reader's interest in continuing to read?

  So I hope those who want to fatten up will give me a collection first, Zeruo guarantees completion and quality! Although Zeruo is a newcomer, he has confidence in his writing skills!