The magic merchant who mingled with Fairy Tail

"It's really scary!"

Feeling the restlessness in her heart, Kira secretly smacked her tongue, "It's like luring minors in to take a look at an Internet cafe and karaoke bar..."

"Isn't it because some big demon was sealed away that the people here moved away?"

Kira once again fell into a fixed mindset, guessing that there might be a big demon here who wanted to destroy the world. Maybe it was the kind of existence long before Zeref, known as the "most evil in the world", a demon or an evil god. , dragons or unknown races are all possible.

[Follow the guidance of your soul...Follow...]

"Wait! Anyway, I've been waiting for these seven days, so it's not too late."

To be on the safe side, Kira felt that it was better to survey the surroundings first to see if there was any usable information. At least, he should first understand where this place was, who lived there, what legends there were, what books were left behind, and so on.

So the day passed.

"Huh...I'm so tired!"

This town is not small, at least a quarter of the size of Magnolia. There is only one person in Kira, so he is meticulous and careful in his actions. The search speed is naturally very slow. It was not even half completed until dark. many.

"We'll do the rest tomorrow, now eat and sleep!"

Kira chose the top floor of a high-rise building, where the view was wide and the air was good. No matter what happened, he could deal with it in time.

"Speaking of which... although this town is old, the design of the buildings is not old-fashioned at all! It is obviously an open-air design, but there is no water on the ground, not even a smelly ditch. Its drainage system must be very good!"

Not only the drainage system, the ventilation system is also very good, but also the vegetation and greening scattered everywhere. Even if no one takes care of them for an unknown period of time, they are still alive and well. This is simply a miracle.

After using magic to cut some branches and start a fire, Kira roasted the ingredients that had been stored in the valley in the past few days while recalling today's harvest.

For the people who originally lived here, most of their living furniture was made of stone and wood. Occasionally, products made of hemp rope and straw rope could be seen, and there were very few cloths. This shows that they have existed for a long time. After all, there was "cloth" at least four hundred years ago. This kind of thing;

There are no bones exposed, and the surrounding buildings are not obviously damaged, but are aging naturally. Then it can be inferred that the genocide was not caused by invasion by external forces or a virus outbreak;

There is no phenomenon of daily necessities being thrown around, and the shelves and cabinets are packed with living facilities that are significantly less than the number of people that should be there, indicating that the people here are in an orderly state when they are gone...

"So... is it a large-scale relocation?"

"But since this town is built in a valley, it means that the people in the town are likely to live a self-sufficient and secluded life, right? Why go out?"

"Either the production here can no longer provide enough food and other daily necessities for the population at that time; or there is something that threatens their life security..."

Kira couldn't help but think of the thing calling her again: "Could it be because of that thing...??"

【it's me! it's me! ! it is me! ! ! 】

“Thump thump thump thump thump…safety sleeping bag!!”

Kira stood up and jumped, like Doraemon, took out a simple sleeping bag from the pocket, then quickly opened it, got in, zipped it, and covered it with the quilt in one go.

No matter, let’s talk about it tomorrow!

Three seconds later, Kira's steady breathing sounded in the air.

【……】

The next day was another day with clear blue sky.

After cleaning up, Kira finally came to the place that had been guiding her there.

"Noisy, noisy... I don't believe there is anything good here!"

Kira's red hair, which had not been taken care of for a long time and was already a little long now, gave Kira an extra sense of laziness when he got up. His sky-blue eyes, which were originally as clear as gems, drooped lifelessly, as if he had just slept on the weekend. A migrant worker who sleeps until noon.

Kira walked into a temple-like place in the town with low spirits.

"That guidance comes from here!"

Among the ancient ruins, everything is mottled at first glance, and everywhere is filled with traces left by the passage of time.

Stone pillars, stone walls, stone platforms, everything was ash to a degree visible to the naked eye at the slightest touch. The air was filled with a faint musty smell, which was the smell left by time on the buildings. It was a bit unpleasant, but Still acceptable.

Following the guidance of his soul and basic common sense judgment, Kira quickly came to a large palace. The decoration inside the palace was more complicated than the outside. The walls were covered with various ancient stone carvings and paintings, as if to greet everyone who walked in. The people here tell a certain history that happened here.

"This should be the place where something will happen next!" Kira said to himself and walked in.

There is a human-shaped stone statue enshrined in the hall. No male or female can be seen. The hairstyle is neither long nor short, covering the face. Only one eye is exposed. It looks extremely arrogant and powerful. The body of two or three meters high is clothed from top to bottom. It is full of cracks, as if engraved with a mysterious magic circle, and like a magma man coming out of a volcano.

That was what called Kira.

"The image of this stone statue... looks a bit familiar! It seems that the war concubine looked like this when she received the soul of time!"

After sifting through the memories in my mind one by one, I finally settled on the scene in the comics, the War Concubine of the God of Time VS the two girls in the sky.

Kira had an idea and made a guess: "Could it be that this is the ruins of Mildian, the capital of time, which is dedicated to the God of Time?!"

"How can such a place be found so easily? It's not very scientific!"

But considering the call to herself, Kira felt relieved again, "It's not scientific, but it's magic!"

"So? Why did you call me here?"

【look down! 】

The sound sounded again, this time it was closer, Kira could feel that it was coming from the stone statue in front of her.

"under?"

Kira walked in and took a look, and found that there was a tablet on the stone base under the stone statue. According to normal circumstances, it should record its identity and life experience, or the legends left behind.

"Ah——! It's this kind of text again!! I can't see it... Huh?! Wait! I think I can understand it?!"

Kira has not specifically learned this kind of writing, but he can indeed understand it. According to his guess, it should be like a word game where a certain level of understanding is required to learn skills.

Three minutes later, Kira frowned and completed the work of interpreting the translation.

Just as he thought before, this is the city known as the 'Capital of Time' long ago, Mildian, and the stone sculpture enshrined in front of him is the god named Chronos who controls the power of time. .

According to the records on the stone tablet, this descendant is also a very talented magician who can borrow part of the divine power of Chronos to use time-type magic.

But this magic genius was too young and could not resist the temptation. He abused magic to peer into the future, and also made some indescribable and too advanced actions for the original era.

The specific details of what he did were not written on the stone tablet. In short, because of this incident, the magic genius was "cursed by the God of Time" and was exiled to the mysterious and unpredictable river of time, and his people were also more or less. Lessons were punished to varying degrees, ranging from direct dog leash to more serious illnesses, and the talent of future generations in time-attributed magic dropped significantly.

The surviving tribesmen built a stone tablet in front of the stone statue dedicated to Chronos, the god of time, to record the incident and warn future generations not to make the same mistake again.

As for when and for what reason these people came out of the mountains, there is no record of it. There may be no relationship between the two.

"Hmm..."Curse of the God of Time" is about being exiled to the river of time? It's a very interesting setting!"

"But what kind of exile is this? What's wrong with you? Why did you call me here?"

【I am the cursed person! 】

Kira's eyes lit up: "Oh?! Are you that bad boy?! I thought you would pretend that you are the God of Time..."

【……】

After a brief exchange, Kira learned that the cursed genius had not died. The so-called "exiled to the long river of time", to use an easy-to-understand method, meant continuous reincarnation in this world.

It is not a linear reincarnation, but a jumping reincarnation, that is to say, this time it may be in the year X100, the next time it will be the year X567, and the next time it will be the year X10.

The important thing is that although it is called reincarnation, the body is still driven by the original consciousness. He can only watch and listen silently like a bystander. He can neither speak nor do things. Existence and non-existence are the same. .

More importantly, the object of reincarnation is not necessarily a person!

The only time he can communicate with the outside world is when he "doesn't know when the connection will be available", "doesn't know how long the connection will last", and "doesn't know what era it is when the connection is made". The stone statues of this ancient capital perform synesthesia.

[Being connected to this stone statue may be the only mercy for me in this endless punishment of reincarnation. 】

"Tsk, tsk, tsk... You are really pitiful! Worse than Zeref!"