The exchange of words continued for a moment before the red fire gradually disappeared, leaving a trail of fertile ground behind it.
In just a few minutes, the entire scene had vanished; the elders and Hyozaburo's body were no longer present, leaving no trace of them, no scent. If Milcar hadn't witnessed this scene, Milcar could believe that those elders and Hyozaburo had vanished from existence without a trace.
Yet, what surprised Milcar the most wasn't the fact that this had happened, but rather that the red fire seemed to have no type of energy sustaining it, nothing at all. This was too strange for Milcar; after all, the essence of life and the universe is energy; everything has Qi, whether it's a stone or a person. However, that red fire had not a single trace of Qi.
From his position, Milcar watched as the village chief briefly touched the necklace around his neck before sighing with some weariness.
Milcar still had many unanswered questions, like why the Crimson Mage Village was fighting against Vanir when there's obviously someone named Hideki Tojo who seems to be their ally, or why these people behaved so strangely. Nevertheless, despite all this, Milcar couldn't shake the feeling that he needed to kill Yuiyui.
Standing in place for a moment, Milcar observed as the chief of the village withdrew to his house and the entire village fell into deep silence.
Milcar stayed another hour in that place, reflecting on his next actions until he simply shook his head.
"Maybe I should leave this place", Milcar thinks to himself. After all, this place seems to have a strong connection to something powerful that Milcar can't analyze.
However, Milcar believes that if he leaves, then Megumin and Yunyun would come to Axel Village with the entire Crimson Clan anyway, so escaping wouldn't make sense.
Milcar has also considered more than once killing everyone in the Crimson Clan, but How? Every time he tries to kill Yuiyui, his body doesn't obey him. Simply killing that woman who seems no different from an ordinary woman with a bit of magic is impossible for Milcar.
A slight feeling of anxiety settles in Milcar's body, threatening to occupy his body without paying rent.
However, despite all this, Milcar still returns to Megumin's house, no matter what may happen. If something that threatens his life truly happens, Milcar is completely sure he would fight to the death.
When he opened the door of the house, a worried woman threw herself into Milcar's arms.
It's not that Milcar hadn't sensed this woman's Qi before, but simply that Milcar wanted to know what this woman, Yuiyui, would do.
Yuiyui lovingly and worriedly embraces Milcar, letting out a slight cry as she holds Milcar tightly.
"My love, I thought... I thought... I thought you had abandoned me...", Yuiyui murmurs near Milcar's ear with a tearful voice. She speaks haltingly and seems genuinely fearful and anxious.
Milcar squints, unable to understand what is really happening. Why is this woman acting like this?
However, Milcar decides to ignore his confusion and gently embraces Yuiyui.
"My love... Why did you leave?", Yuiyui asks. Behind Yuiyui, a little girl in sleepwear rubs her eyes sleepily. It's Komekko, who seems slightly confused before lifting her head and looking at Milcar and Yuiyui.
"Daddy!!!", Komekko shouts joyfully before running and hugging one of Milcar's legs affectionately.
Milcar remains completely still for a moment. He can't understand what is happening; his mind can't stop analyzing. Why?
Milcar was about to ask Yuiyui why she acts this way and tell her to stop crying before Milcar saw Megumin running towards him.
"Daddy!!!", Megumin also runs to hug him tightly, causing Milcar to not understand what's happening.
However, despite all this, Milcar still sighs with some difficulty and simply decides to accept the embrace of the three women. Right now, Milcar is about to simply put all this aside; he has no intention of continuing to wonder why all this happens, or if in some way, he has traveled to an alternate universe. He simply prefers to go with the flow and solve these mysteries one by one.
After a moment, Yuiyui lifts her head slightly to look lovingly at Milcar.
"My love... let's go back to bed, Okay?", Yuiyui blushes slightly, her body shivers, and she seems genuinely embarrassed.
Megumin and Komekko don't seem to understand what Yuiyui is trying to communicate, so they simply continue to hug Milcar.
A slight feeling of nostalgia appears in Milcar's heart, causing his heartbeats to increase in strength unconsciously, his mind seems to relax while his spirit is calm. Why?
Milcar feels as if he has finished a long journey only to reunite with the mother he hadn't seen for a decade.
This feeling quickly caused Milcar's body to relax, and he couldn't help but embrace Yuiyui tightly.
Almost without questioning anything, Milcar returned to bed with Yuiyui; there was nothing strange that night. Megumin and Komekko returned to their rooms, and Milcar slept embracing the body of a woman he had just met, but a woman who somehow made feelings not belonging to his soul settle within him.
Slowly, time passed regularly; a day passed, then two. Milcar did not return to Axel City for the moment because he wanted to see what would happen in the small Crimson Mage Village, so the union of the Crimson Mages with Axel City was delayed.
During these days, Milcar observed the life of the Crimson Mages in detail, from their customs to the most common shouts, everything seemed to be peacefully normal; the people were friendly, and there seemed to be nothing wrong in this Crimson Village.
However, what confused Milcar was that everyone in the village seemed to know him, greeting him from time to time and talking to him as if they had been acquaintances for a long time.
A day ago, Milcar went to a nearby lake to wash his face only to find that his eyes now had red pupils similar to Yunyun's, almost exactly the same.
Perplexed by this, Milcar searched for answers without finding any.
Everyone in the village tells the same story: he is a prominent Crimson Mage, he became independent from his parents at fifteen, at twenty he fought on the front lines to defeat demons, and at twenty-five he married Yuiyui after trying to win her heart for a long time.
He also heard the story that three years ago Milcar went to Axel City to be taken as the adopted son of Alderp Alexei Barnes, and currently, due to Barnes' health condition, he governs Axel City.
Everything seems to fit for the Crimson Mages, but what's strange is that Milcar knows this isn't true; he appeared in this world less than a year ago thanks to the reincarnation of the goddess Aqua and is not Barnes' adopted son. Yet, Why do the Crimson Mages think so?