If we assume that all the players who have traveled through time and the world props they possess were created by the Dragon Emperor through Origin Magic, then wouldn’t it become much more reasonable that the two can cancel each other out?

Therefore, I believe that Origin Magic is equivalent to the authority given to individuals by the will of the entire world to change the rules.

This is not much different from how the awakened will of the planet chose to grant authority to the elf planeswalker Nissa in the time and space of Zendikar.

Perhaps the Dragon Emperor keeps creating players because he hopes to kill all other similar people who may have mastery of the origin of magic, so that he can monopolize this power and eventually become an unrivaled god.

If I can figure out the secret, I can use the authority brought by the land card to put some restrictions and weaken Nicol Bolas with Origin Magic in the final battle.

If it doesn’t work, trying to swallow the entire world’s mana is also a good choice.”

"Okay, I think I understand what you mean."

After understanding the danger of Nicol Bolas, the Mastermind quickly realized that one can never be too cautious when dealing with such an enemy.

After all, just having a powerful divine power that is not limited by space or belief and can instantly reach wherever you want is already quite terrifying.

"I will be keeping an eye on the Son of Baal's movements in Faerun recently, and I'll leave it to you in the New World. Remember to keep your diary and don't let him do anything too outrageous."

After saying that, Zuo Si used teleportation magic and disappeared.

As soon as he walked away with his front legs, Isadora caught the scent and chased after him. She stood next to the brain pool and asked, "Did Soth come here just now?"

"Well, yes, he gave me a spark. Now, like him, I am a planeswalker who can travel in different time and space at will."

The mastermind didn't try to hide anything and told the truth openly.

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After all, they are all different personality fragments split from one consciousness, and they still retain some kind of indescribable spiritual link with each other.

"What? Here it is! What about mine?"

Isadora pointed to her nose with an unconvinced look.

In her opinion, if you want to give something, you should give it to yourself first. How can you give it to the mastermind, a guy who doesn't even have a "human appearance"?

Could it be that Zuo Si has some unknown XP and likes this kind of weird-looking alternative non-human creature?

Isn’t that right?

According to several previous tests, Zuo Si obviously likes Furikong who combines humans and animals.

The girl frowned and fell into deep thought.

As an absolutely rational side, the mastermind ignored Isadora's nonsense and jealousy, and replied in a tone without any emotion: "Because in Soth's view, I who inherited the rational part are better than acting entirely on emotion.

You are much more reliable.

He cannot judge or predict what you will do after getting the spark, so he will naturally not choose you.

If you also want to get your own spark, you must learn self-restraint from now on.

Especially those crazy thoughts in the mind that are completely opposite to normal people.

If you maintain a stable mental state for a period of time, then he will naturally take you into consideration."

"Damn it! Don't tell me that you chose to become the mastermind just for this day."

Isadora glared at the other party angrily.

She can even be jealous of the fragments of her separated personality. It is estimated that only someone with abnormal brain circuits and mental state like her can do it.

The mastermind responded casually: "I said that I would become the most useful tool around Soth and help him until the end of his life. This was also what you had in mind at the time. Now that I have done it, you should be happy.

Right."

Instantly!

Isadora was speechless, with an annoyed expression on her face, and immediately turned around and left without looking back.

Because she knows that with the loss of her absolutely rational personality, it is almost impossible for her to maintain self-restraint.

In other words, her self-control has long since completely disappeared as her rational personality was stripped away.

Now whenever I have any thoughts or ideas in my mind, my first reaction is to put them into practical action, and I can't control myself at all.

When the girl returned to her own room, the first thing she saw was dozens of dolls and pillows of various sizes filled the room, created with psychic powers.

Of course, as expected, these dolls and pillows all have portraits or cartoon-like patterns of Zuo Si.

Isadora jumped directly and jumped into the dolls and pillows placed on the bed. She kept rubbing them here and there, acting coquettishly, mumbling in a language that no one else could understand, as if she was venting her emotions.

But soon, she got rid of her previous state, stood up and stared at herself in the huge mirror, and began to talk to herself like a madman and a psychopath.

I guess if someone who doesn’t know the inside story happened to see it, they would be scared to death.

But for a psychic, this is obviously nothing. He is just debating with the fragments of his new personality, and then better exploring the spiritual power contained in his self-awareness.

……

At the same time, Zuo Si, who had just returned to the Calimport Palace, happened to hear several cabinet members arguing about universal basic education.

As the prime minister, Shaud Tarovan has no opinions of his own and is just a ruthless execution machine.

No matter what order the emperor gives, he will execute it without hesitation.

In contrast, Vera, who was appointed as Finance Minister, believes that universal basic education is a complete waste of money, time and energy.

Rich people will naturally send their children to receive education. Even if poor people without money receive basic education, it will be of little use. It will be difficult for them to complete a class jump with that little knowledge.

If we have the time, we might as well build more water conservancy and irrigation facilities and build a few roads.

The most important thing is that this thing is too expensive.

Just the free textbooks, lunch and salary paid to the teachers made Vera feel extremely painful.

Taking the opposite attitude is the Minister of Culture and Education, who was born in a local college in Calimport. He feels that free compulsory education will definitely bring more benefits than disadvantages to the entire empire.

Although you won’t see any results in a short period of time, as long as you persist, sooner or later, quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes.

Several other ministers who were qualified to attend also stood in line to express their views.

If you observe carefully, you will find that this kind of political alignment is actually very interesting.

Most of the senior bureaucrats from Amn in the north chose to support Vera, while those from the Kalingshan civil service system in the south supported the Minister of Culture and Education.

The former represents the way of thinking of typical capital and businessman groups, which is the pursuit of short-term and quick investment returns.

In their eyes, plans like education that attract money like crazy but have yet to see any benefits are purely money-losing products and are not worth throwing a gold coin into.

The latter represents the typical way of thinking of professional scholars. They do not care about the benefits, but analyze the pros and cons from the perspective of whether it is beneficial to the development of the entire country.

As long as the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, they will choose to support it, no matter how much money they spend.

There is no doubt that although the West Coast Empire was only established recently, it already has two political factions.

As for the generation from Baldur's Gate to Dragon Coast, because it was too fragmented and had been purged before, it could not form any political force in a short period of time.

The nobles of the Kingdom of Tethyr also suffered a devastating disaster, and their political voice was completely blank.

As for the military, it is not qualified to participate in internal affairs discussions.

As a modern man, Zuo Si had a very clear understanding of the fact that the army was not allowed to do business or interfere in politics.

When he walked into the conference hall from outside, the two groups of people arguing fiercely finally stopped.

Shaud Talovan immediately took the lead and stood up, bowed, and said with a slightly wry smile: "Your Majesty, you came just in time. Just now, the cabinet members were arguing over whether to popularize basic education on a large scale. Please come and get it in person.

Just an idea."

"What's so controversial about this? Don't you understand why I want to universalize basic education? Or what do you think education is?"

Zuo Si glanced at everyone present calmly.

"Um... Isn't it to give those poor people who cannot afford to study a chance to receive education, and at the same time open up access to the middle and upper class society?" Vera asked cautiously.

Zuo Si nodded first, then shook his head: "Yes, and no.

You don’t think I would be so kind as to throw in millions of gold coins every year for no reason just to give the poor a better future, right?

Education is actually a tool of governance, and it is also the glue that condenses social consensus, values ​​and identity.

In my opinion, all the people in this world are like trees.

If you don't take care of it under normal circumstances, it will grow freely and wildly.

It may be luxuriant, or it may be thin and yellow due to insufficient water and soil fertility, and it may be infested by diseases and insect pests.

Just like a person may become a serf, a herdsman, a hunter, a logger, a criminal, a cultist, or simply die suddenly.

Many accidental factors will play an important role.

And education is like a gardener, who will prune off excess branches, fertilize and water regularly to eliminate pests and diseases, so that all trees tend to be close to each other.

To put it simply, it is to minimize the role of accidental factors.

If you still don’t understand, then please stand up and look out the window at the neat and pleasing gardens in the palace garden.

That is for the purpose of popularizing basic education.

As a powerful empire that will cover the entire west coast of Faerûn in the future, our rule will inevitably accommodate different races, cultures, thoughts, and values.

These things are all potential factors that create division, unrest and hatred.
To be continued...