Great wizard Clark once said a very famous saying:
“…if a venerable wizard says something is possible, he is probably right; but if he says something is impossible, he is probably very wrong.”
“…The only way to discover the limit of whether something is possible is to cross this limit and run from the impossible to the possible.”
The Rat Immortal highly praised these words.
Because more than one "old and virtuous" old wizard told him that something is impossible——
Your wife, who has been corrupted into Migo, is hopeless. The best outcome is to die of old age and die in hell. It is impossible for you to develop new and more sophisticated magic rituals to change her corruption.
Your daughter who was lost in the mirror world is dead. After so long, she should let it go. Even if you go through the mirror hundreds of times a day, you can't find a soul that is destined to disappear.
And the rat tribe you created is no longer hundreds of years ago. Creatures suitable for creating extraordinary creatures - such as foxes, bats, wolves, etc. - have long been carved up. Rats are just ordinary creatures. You
It is impossible to create your 'ancestral position' by creating an extraordinary race like the ancestor of the blood race, and then break through and become a legend.
Since so many "old and virtuous" old wizards say it's impossible, it proves that his choice is very likely to succeed. Thinking this, the Rat Immortal became more determined, and even abandoned his previous real name and only called him "Rat"
The name "immortal" meets people.
that's all.
He was hiding in the underground of First University, working hard to cultivate his own rat clan, and at the same time walking through every mirror in the school in his spare time, looking for the whereabouts of Juice.
Until one day, a wandering wizard came to his door and told him that an old tree was blooming in the dark prison. The fruit of that tree could help the top wizards break through their shackles and become legends.
If it were just like this, it would not be worth the risk for the Rat Immortal. It could completely continue its plan to cultivate the rat tribe. But the Wandering Wizard told him that the main force attacking the Black Hell this time was the coalition of Kraken and Lich, and the Dark Parliament just happened to meet them.
It will not cause huge harm to the First University; more importantly, a Migo is imprisoned in a certain prison deep in the Black Hell. On the battlefield, with no eyes for spells, anything can happen.
The Rat Immortal will not allow that to happen.
So, he chose to join the Dark Parliament.
…
…
A certain weekend.
In the private room on the second floor of Wandering Bar.
The wandering wizard looked through the narrow window of the private room at the customers and clerks in D&K opposite - the fox accountant named Hank was dialing the abacus quickly, and Dingdang Ears, who was wearing a green vest, was dragging a stick larger than his body.
I also have a long feather duster and work hard to clean the dust in the corners of the store.
The fine dust sparkles with colorful patterns in the sun, and the tinkling ears and waving dusters chase after it, giving people an inexplicable feeling of comfort and leisure.
"That little mouse of yours is working very hard in the store opposite." The wandering wizard turned his back to the guests in the private room, carefully looked at D&K's business, and praised: "...the little fox in Qingqiu Mansion also did the same.
Not bad... maybe I should also hire a fox accountant."①
Then the timeline has a small fork here.
The sound of drinking wine stopped.
The Rat Immortal was curled up on the sofa, holding the wine bottle, staring at the bubbles slowly overflowing from the bottle with red eyes, murmuring, and whispering with one wine burp after another:
“…Is it wrong for a father to work hard to provide a better life for his children? I stay in the laboratory… The two of us stay in the laboratory not for ourselves…”
The wandering wizard raised the wine glass in his hand.
He felt it was necessary to help this ally adjust his mentality.
"The line between good and bad is very fine." The wandering wizard is very good at persuading others, especially when the other person is a drunk rat: "... If you want to provide more to your children, you can only give them less.
Time...this boundary will become blurred and disturbing with the addition of time."
“What is good will eventually turn into bad.”
“Then this boundary becomes a noose, tightening little by little until you take your last breath. You want to struggle, but you cannot bear the consequences of breaking the boundary.”
“Is this father at fault? Yes.”
"What's wrong is everything behind it... the school, the laboratory, and the rules set by the legends and even the ancients... Why does my father have to stay in the laboratory in order to provide a better life? Why is the world in the mirror not completely different from reality?
Separate?"
Gurgling.
“If I were a legend…”
The Rat Immortal held the wine bottle and drank the turbid liquid inside while murmuring:
“It won’t, it won’t…”
"Remorse is a kind of poison, a poison full of magic. It will make the wizard kill himself slowly." The wandering wizard raised a wine bottle and slowly poured the orange liquid into the cup: "It's better than smoking.
Behaviors such as drinking and indulgence are more subtle, and suicide is less likely to be noticed. And this thing..."
He pushed the cup filled with wine in front of the Rat Immortal.
"This thing is much simpler." The wandering wizard raised the cup in his hand and clinked it with the cup in front of the Mouse Fairy. Listening to the tinkling sound, he smiled: "It won't lie to you... it will only make you
Closer to reality.”
The Rat Immortal did not hesitate, raised the cup and drank it all in one gulp.
The wandering wizard smiled with satisfaction.
“What are you thinking about now?”
He poured another glass of wine for the Mouse Fairy, then put down the bottle, held the bar with both hands, stared at the big mouse on the sofa with dark eyes, like an old cat ready to hunt:
“You’re still thinking about what you would have done if you went back in time, right? You’re still thinking about what you would have done if you went back in time, right? Are you still looking at the past?”
The Mouse Immortal’s trembling fingertips touched the glass.
But immediately, as if he had touched a red-hot iron, he retracted his fingertips and let out a painful whimper in his throat. Under his body, the thick tail shook violently with the whimper, and the tail was like a wave.
It surged out of the small private room. Immediately, the whole bar was like a cardboard box stuffed with a wild cat, and it was shaking continuously.
The waiter at Wandering Bar hurriedly came to the door and tried to warn the guests in the private room.
But the bar owner waved his hand and signaled them to leave quietly.
“No, I don’t want to stay in the past.”
The big mouse's eyes were filled with tears, and his voice was hoarse and low: "...I want to treat her better in the future, in places where she has never been."
The wandering wizard stood up straight again, pulled the brim of his pointed wizard hat, and raised the wine glass in his hand to the Mouse Fairy: "Then, I wish you good luck, my friend."
“There is no better opportunity than this time.”
“Come with us and rush into the dark prison. Grab a few fruits and declare your existence to the world... By helping us, you are helping yourself.”