In another world, Lu Mingfei is learning card making.

The girl's name was Tohsaka Sakura—of course, that was her previous name. After truly inheriting the magic, she changed her "title" and chose Matou as her surname.

The spirit of the pot intended to let her keep her original surname, but Matou Tsuruno stopped her from doing so.

Because if she doesn't change her surname, the Matou family will still be one of the three great families in the mysterious world, and using that name will actually protect her better.

All of this happened when the pot spirit was about to leave. At the very beginning, although he said he would kill Matou Reiken, Matou Tsuruno never actually thought that the pot spirit would actually kill Matou Reiken.

It's not that Matou Tsuruno would betray him; it's just that the psychological trauma Matou Ryouken left in this honest man's heart was too severe, to the point that he couldn't even imagine Matou Ryouken being killed.

At that time, his plan was simply to have the pot spirit destroy Matou Zangen's workshop so that Matou Sakura could be parasitized by the Engraving Insects later.

If she can learn some insect magic before parasitizing, she might be able to seize control of Matou Ryouken's marking insects and operate them herself, thus alleviating some of the pain.

As for not learning magic? That option was never available to us in the first place.

"Why did the Tohsaka family send her away for foster care? Even if their family line only had enough for one person, with the resources of a family of magicians, raising another one would be easy—but her parents still sent her away. Why?"

The spirit of the pot sighed:

"Because of the bloodline of a family of magicians."

The power of a family of magicians comes from their bloodline, and the magic that comes with that bloodline must be dissipated through magic. Otherwise—although the spirit of the pot didn't say exactly what would happen, Lu Mingfei could imagine that it certainly wouldn't be anything good.

Because of this incident, even though Matou Tsuruno was rich, extremely rich, he never considered sending the child abroad or away from Japan to keep her away from magic.

If we don't let her escape, at least she can live; if we really send her away, she will surely die.

She might even suffer a fate worse than death—if a magical force from another region were to capture her, they might soak her in formaldehyde and turn her into a rare specimen of 'imaginary magic' from this era.

In short, Matou Tsuruno and Korei were telling him not to hold back and to beat Matou Ryouken to death.

However, what he didn't expect was that the pot spirit's combat power was indeed a bit too much.

After the banquet celebrating the adoption of the child, she suddenly launched an attack, swiftly capturing the Matou Dirty Inkstone itself into a jade bottle. She then rushed to the workshop, capturing any insects she encountered and refining any magic array she saw. In the end, not only was the Matou Dirty Inkstone dealt with, but she also gained quite a bit of 'extra profit'—

It refers to Philosopher's Stones, which are refined from insects.

The spirit of the pot tried them out and found that they could help people understand the essence of insect magic. So it gave them to Matou Sakura as an introduction, pieced together a whole set, and sent the rest back.

Lu Mingfei retrieved them from the system panel and examined their integrated network panel:

The Philosopher's Stone (Insect Magic - Engraving Insect Part 1)

[Type: Item/Consumable/Rare]

[Quality: Purple Legend]

【describe:

The Philosopher's Stone, obtained by refining the Crest Worms of Matou Ryouken, contains the essence of Crest Worm magic. Using this Philosopher's Stone will simultaneously grant this knowledge.

[PS: I still have dreams to fulfill, I still have goals to achieve, how can I fall here... Ugh! — Matou Reiken]

Besides the first imprinted insect, there are the second, the third, and so on up to the seventh; in addition, there are those used to learn how to breed insects and manipulate insects, in short, it is quite abundant.

However, Lu Mingfei did not intend to use them.

Indeed, based on the description from the spirit of the pot, the photos in the diary and letters, and the various materials sent back, Lu Mingfei was almost certain that this was a path to the extraordinary.

It may not reach the heights of the Magic Card or Summoner paths, but it is undoubtedly replicable and expandable.

Even the entire network itself reacted to this extraordinary path:

[Gathering information...]

[Unlock the Class - Magician]

Learn and master the relevant skills to unlock this career.

[Note! This profession information is not from the Multiverse Integrated Game Network. The Multiverse Integrated Game Network does not guarantee the accuracy of information regarding level progression, skill learning, and special effects.]

[Note! This is not a unique profession and will not unlock any unique features of the cross-network.]

[Attention! This profession has been marked by [Destiny - Alaya Consciousness]. Obtaining this profession unlocks the soul projection gateway to the corresponding universe.]

A dense barrage of information flooded his retina, forcing Lu Mingfei to close his eyes and rub his temples.

The meaning of the network is clear: if he learns the relevant knowledge, he can open another world of "soul projection" pointing to the place that the pot spirit just went to—and this is the effect of his learning.

What if someone else were to learn it? If the magical spirits were to learn it, would they be able to travel to that universe through the 'Mirror of Eternity'?

What if... we could create a spirit that is born a "magician" using the technology for creating magical spirits?

Lu Mingfei opened his eyes and looked at the Philosopher's Stone, which resembled amber.

That girl named Matou Sakura is undoubtedly a magician.

So this Philosopher's Stone, which engraved a fragment of all her information...

Lu Mingfei shook his head and carefully placed the amber back at the very bottom of his mesh backpack.

Orange-level materials were still too difficult for a novice like him to handle. If he used a sufficiently high-level magic circle, combined with a high-level card-making skill, he might be able to directly create level 15 or 16 magical spirits, or even level 20 with some effort.

Lu Mingfei planned to wait until his second or third year to design a special array for it, and then use the special array to transform it into a magical spirit.

Or—why did he give it to the spirit of the pot? After all, this was all the information her friend had left for her; who knows what else might have been left inside? What if Lu Mingfei secretly used it…

Although the girl named Matou Sakura couldn't jump out and kill him, Lu Mingfei still felt somewhat uncomfortable.

Putting himself in others' shoes, Lu Mingfei didn't want the gift he gave to his friend to be used casually, and Matou Sakura certainly didn't want that either.

Even if no one was supervising, even if her friend was Lu Mingfei's own magical spirit, Lu Mingfei still didn't want to do such a thing.

Having conceived the idea of ​​giving it to the spirit of the pot, Lu Mingfei no longer hesitated and took out the amber again, handing it to the spirit. However, upon hearing Lu Mingfei's idea, the spirit of the pot resolutely shook its head and refused.

"I don't think she wants me to become her..." After a moment's thought, the spirit of the pot offered another rather constructive suggestion:

"Master, could you please call her over? She's definitely a well-behaved child."