In another world, Lu Mingfei is learning card making.

It's really not.

Although Matou Tsuruno recruited pot spirits to expand his influence in the supernatural world, it wasn't for the Matou family's years of magical reserves, nor to satisfy any of his own ambitions—but for a child.

Magic power comes from bloodline, but Matou Tsuruno does not possess this bloodline. Therefore, the Matou family decided to adopt a child from another magic family—to be fair, this is a good thing.

Because in a family of magicians, only one person can truly inherit the "lineage" and receive the magical legacy, and this adopted child, though talented, cannot obtain magic from her original family—

Lu Mingfei judged others by his own standards, thinking that this child would definitely resent his family.

"So Matou Tsuruno sought the Philosopher's Stone from you so that this child could better inherit the magic tradition?" Lu Mingfei stroked his chin, feeling that he had grasped the key point.

Even if he couldn't acquire magic himself, did he still want to pass on his family's magic tradition? No, that's not right. He did it for the child—but he didn't know what the child's relationship was with him.

Although he had never met Matou Tsuruno before, Lu Mingfei thought he was a really honest and kind person.

Even in his mind, his image changed from a gaunt middle-aged Japanese man to a kind and honest elder.

The spirit of the pot shook its head again, denying his guess: "No."

"Matou Tsuruno invited me in order to kill Matou Reiken."

"……what?"

Yes, kill Matou Reiken.

—If the Matou family's magical heritage is normal magic, like manipulating water, fire, and wind, Matou Tsuruno would certainly be happy to see it happen, and might even buy the Philosopher's Stone to ensure his child receives a better magical inheritance, just like Lu Mingfei said.

However, the magic passed down in the Matou family is the "Insect Magic".

In order for the magic in one's bloodline to exert its power, the first step in learning magic is to inscribe the corresponding runes into one's body.

The magic array patterns of insects naturally require insects to imprint them...

"Alright, Spirit of the Pot, you don't need to say anything more." Lu Mingfei's expression was strange—he already had a vague idea of ​​what Spirit of the Pot was about to say next.

Yes, insect imprints, if they're just imprinted on the surface of their bodies, are only a bit disgusting; but if they also need to imprint inside their bodies...

"—It's better to destroy this kind of evil magic." Lu Mingfei shook his head. "So what was the final result? Was this magic destroyed?"

"Uh, no." The spirit of the pot looked somewhat hesitant.

On the one hand, she herself portrayed the magic of the Matou family as so "villainous," yet it wasn't destroyed in the end, making the stories she told earlier seem somewhat "clown-like."

On the other hand, after repeatedly rejecting her superior's guesses, Hu Ling felt that she was about to be "optimized" out.

Perhaps if Lu Mingfei were to forge another spirit card, he himself would be forged into a weapon of that card...

Thinking of this, Hu Ling suddenly felt like crying.

Lu Mingfei didn't think that much about it—he was just wondering why the Pot Spirit said the Insect Magic hadn't been destroyed. Was it because there were still students in other cities? Or perhaps she hadn't been able to do what she was hired to do, allowing Matou Reiken, or one of his students, to escape?

He certainly wouldn't punish the pot spirit for such a trivial matter. No matter how heinous that insect magic was, it was a story from another world separated by the Mirror of Eternity; to him, it was just a virtual matter.

Punishing your real-life subordinates and friends over some virtual matters? That doesn't make sense.

Therefore, when Lu Mingfei saw the spirit of the pot suddenly startle, he was startled—could it be that the spirit of the pot had made friends in that world? Was she afraid that this person, who had failed to eradicate the weeds completely, would harm her friends?

"This is a bit tricky..." Lu Mingfei patted the spirit's head. "Right now, we can't use the Mirror of Eternity to directly locate the worlds you've experienced, and we can't retrieve your friends either..."

Hu Ling sobbed and gestured for Lu Mingfei to open the last letter she had sent.

—Although Lu Mingfei only has one magical spirit that can be thrown into the Mirror of Eternity, he has already mastered the method of reading the letters: first look at the appendix to see what he has found, then look at the pictures to determine their location, and finally take a general look at the letters.

If the letter contains a lot of useful information, then read it carefully from beginning to end, word by word.

The contents of the appendix in this last envelope were quite astonishing:

The Philosopher's Stone (Character Avatar)

[Type: Item/Consumable/Rare]

[Quality: Orange Epic]

【describe:

After mastering insect magic, Matou Sakura used a standard Philosopher's Stone to imprint all of her information from a fragment of time within it. This is insect amber, and also a miracle of humanity.

This Philosopher's Stone can function as a normal Philosopher's Stone, but when used, the memories, thoughts, and emotions of [Matou Sakura] from that specific time period will continuously surface in the user's mind until the Philosopher's Stone is completely consumed.

[PS: Thank you for your help, to commemorate our friendship, and... please, never forget me—the one who ascended to godhood, the witch, the supreme mage, Matou Sakura]

"Wow—" Lu Mingfei took it out of the archives of the Internet and examined the Philosopher's Stone in the sunlight.

Compared to the basic Philosopher's Stone crafted using the Magic Elf/Dwarf Lancer, this Philosopher's Stone has three differences:

First, it's huge, incredibly huge. Lu Mingfei clenched his fist and compared it to it; it was even a size larger than his fist.

Secondly, its color is very pale, lacking the vivid, blood-red brilliance of ordinary flawed Philosopher's Stones. This Philosopher's Stone is instead orange-yellow, just like amber.

Third, it really does contain an insect, just like amber.

The worm was long and slender, more like an earthworm than an insect—or perhaps a 'blood vessel' that Lu Mingfei had seen in extracurricular books before. This reminded him of the 'marking' mentioned in the description…

"Um, the spirit of the pot," Lu Mingfei took a deep breath, "Don't tell me this is the insect used for the inscription?"

After hesitating for a moment, Hu Ling nodded.

Lu Mingfei closed his eyes and decisively threw it back into the backpack of the comprehensive network.

"Alright, since you've heard this far, let's hear the rest—why wasn't this kind of insect magic completely abolished in the end, and even managed to continue?"

"Because that girl needs it."

Yes, even though insect magic is so terrifying, there are still people who need it.

Lu Mingfei perked up, knowing that the spirit of the pot was about to tell him the story of this "goddess, witch, and supreme mage"—Matou Sakura.

This was the first time Lu Mingfei had come into contact with a character who could appear on the web interface, even if it was only indirectly.