Magic world

"Well, what exactly is the ancient heritage?" Nanoha asked, who was very confused about the term "primordial heritage" mentioned by Ito Cheng and Lindy.

"Ah~ It's the legacy of the lost world..." Lindy replied, and then remembered that Nanoha opposite was not an orthodox person in the Space-Time Management Bureau or related development of the dimensional world, and was not even a resident of the magical civilized world, so she quickly started from scratch. Explained.

"But you don't understand, right? In the dimensional space, there are several worlds. Each world is born and develops independently. Occasionally, there will be worlds that evolve too quickly. Because of their technology and science, It was so developed that it destroyed its own world, and the dangerous technological heritage left behind from these lost worlds is what we collectively call [ancient heritage]."

"Although the method of use is unknown, depending on how they are used, the power they contain will not only destroy the world, but may even destroy the entire dimensional space. It is an extremely dangerous technology." Crono on the side continued to state.

"You must implement the correct procedures and keep them in a safe place." Lindy said with a serious face, "The seeds of the holy stones you are currently collecting are dimensional interference type energy crystals. As long as a certain amount is collected, , activating them in a specific way will cause secondary earthquakes in space. In the most serious cases, it may even cause dimensional faults, which is a very dangerous thing."[

At the end of the sentence, whether intentionally or not, Lindy cast her eyes on Ito Cheng, who had been listening to her statement with a calm expression.

"Before this, the shock and explosion caused by the conflict between you and a black magician was the dimensional earthquake." In order to let Nanoye understand more clearly what the dimensional earthquake is, Cronuo took what happened in Naye Ye explained with actual cases as examples.

Hearing this, Nanoye's face immediately showed a look of surprise, and at the same time, she couldn't help but think of the girl she had fought against twice - Feite.

"It seems that the Space and Time Administration has magic with traceability properties. Otherwise, how could the Space and Time Administration know about Fite's existence just based on the dimensional earthquake caused by that time!" Ito Cheng secretly speculated in his heart.

Ito Shige was right. Asra is a ship used for dimensional patrols, a transfer station, a ground troop transport ship, and a dimensional crime prevention mission. It is equipped with a lot of equipment to complete the above. One of the mission's magic technology equipment is a special device that can restore the scene based on the residual magic wave information at the magic burst location.

"Just one Holy Stone Seed activating one ten thousandth of its power will have such a huge impact. If multiple Holy Stone Seeds are activated at the same time, the impact will be measurable." Knowing that Naye has already roughly Crono, who understood the seriousness of the matter, slowed down his voice and continued.

"So from now on, the Space-Time Management Bureau will be fully responsible for the recovery of the excessive heritage - the Seed of the Holy Stone." Lindy picked up a candy bar with a small tong and threw it into the matcha while looking at Naye's stunned look. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip while announcing.

"Do you have any objection?" Then he turned to look at Ito Cheng and asked as if asking for advice.

"I have an opinion." Ito Cheng put down the tea cup in his hand and said quietly.

Hearing Ito Cheng's answer, Crono frowned immediately.

"Is there any problem?" Lindy asked with a good-natured smile.

"I like to do things from beginning to end, and I don't like to give up halfway. And don't you think it's a bit too arrogant to announce a decision unilaterally like this? Is this the normal style of work of the Space-Time Administration?" Ito Cheng raised his eyelids and talked with Lindy They looked at each other and said softly.

"The ancient heritage is a highly dangerous item. It is our duty to recover them and keep them properly. Moreover, this matter is also related to dimensional interference, which is already a dimensional crime. Ordinary civilians have no right to intervene, but they still follow our advice. , forget about this incident and go back to your own world to live a stable life." Probably because he was unhappy with Ito Cheng's tone, Crono, who had the composure of an adult, still said solemnly like a young man.

"It is my job to protect the Seed of Holy Stones. No matter what the reasons are for your Space and Time Management Bureau, I will not let it go! This includes the Seeds of Holy Stones that have been collected so far!" Ito Cheng turned around and stared. Covering Crono's eyes, he said coldly.

"You!" Crono held up his legs angrily, glaring at Ito Cheng as if he was half kneeling on the ground.

"Nari-kun..." Nanoha, who felt something was wrong in the atmosphere, looked at Ito Cheng with some fear and whispered.

"Crono." Lindy's majestic voice called.

"Yes, Captain." Crono took a deep breath and sat down on his knees again.

"Sorry, I was too arbitrary. In this case, I will send you back first. Think about my proposal in the evening. How about we talk about it again tomorrow?" Lindy, who had restrained Crono, turned to look at Ito Cheng apologized. [

"Okay." Ito Shigeya, who had no intention of doing anything with the Time and Space Administration, but wanted to use a tough attitude to protect the Seed of the Holy Stone after the incident, continued to press, nodded and agreed.

"Crono, send you two back." Lindy ordered Cronuo beside her.

"Yes, Captain." Crono agreed, then stood up and left the room with Ito Cheng and Nanoha who also stood up from the ground and politely saluted Lindy, and walked towards the road they came from. The teleporter walked over.

A few minutes later, the three returned to the transmission platform, left the dimensional navigation ship Asra in a bright white light, and returned to Haiming Park in Haiming City.

"Let's go back." Ito Cheng, who used the transformation technique to transform back into a ferret, jumped on Nanoha's shoulders and said.

"Yeah." Naye agreed, and then walked slowly in the direction of her home with the ferret.

"Captain." After sending Ito Cheng and Nanoha away, Crono returned to the previous room and called to Lindy, who was still sitting there kneeling and drinking matcha with a strange taste.

"Have you sent them back?" Lindy looked at Crono with a smile and asked softly.

"Well, it has been sent back." Crono nodded and replied. Then he frowned slightly and continued, "Captain, I feel that the man named Ito Cheng is not simple."

"Well, it really doesn't look like a dimensional adventurer in the general sense." Lindy nodded slightly in agreement.

"I don't know what his purpose is. I always feel that it's not like he said he doesn't like to give up halfway." Crono said in a deep voice.

"The purpose..." Lindy picked up the matcha in her hand, took a sip and murmured.

On the other side, after more than ten minutes of walking, Ito Nari and Nanoha returned to Takamachi's house. After having dinner with Takamachi Momoko, Takamachi Kyouya and Takamachi Miyuki, Nanoha took Ito Nari back. In the bedroom.

"Naruto-kun, how about we reject the people from the Space-Time Management Bureau like that? From your introduction, they seem to be very powerful." Nanoha returned to the bedroom and said to Ito Cheng.

"Does Naye want to agree to their proposal and let all the hard work go to waste?" Ito Cheng did not answer Naye's question directly, but asked instead.

"I don't want to!" After two or three seconds of silence, Nanoha replied firmly in both expression and tone.

"Then just go ahead and do whatever you want. I can still withstand the combat power configuration of just one dimensional sailing ship, so don't worry. And our world is not a place where people from the Space-Time Administration dare to run wild." Ito Cheng said with a smile in his tone.

"Eh?" Naye understood the first half of the sentence, but Naye was completely confused about the second half.

"The official name of our world in the information database of the Space and Time Administration is [World No. 97 outside the Administration]. Literally, it means that our world is outside the orthodox management scope of the Administration, and it is relatively remote. Zone! There are three criteria for becoming a space-time administration to manage the world. One is whether the world has developed a magical civilization, and whether this magical civilization has reached widespread recognition. The second is whether the world has sufficient management. The value of bureau development, and the third is whether this world has developed dimensional navigation technology..." Ito Cheng, who knew that Nanoha was very ignorant about the Space-Time Management Bureau and the Space-Time Management Bureau system, patiently explained.

"But no matter which condition, there is an implicit requirement behind it, which is whether that world can really be managed by the Management Bureau! In more straightforward terms, it means whether the combat power of the Management Bureau can defeat the indigenous people of this world!"

"Although the world our earth is located in does not meet any of the above three conditions and belongs to the outside world under conventional management, it was invaded by a dynasty that attempted to rule the entire dimensional world a long time ago before the establishment of the Space-Time Administration."

"What's the result?" Naye asked curiously. [

"The opponent's first landing force was completely destroyed, and the reason for their disappearance is unknown." Ito Cheng replied quietly.

"Wow." Nanoye let out an unknown but sharp cry.

"If that's the case, then just follow what Nari-kun said." Then, Takamachi Naoha nodded and said.

"Okay, I will inform the Space-Time Management Bureau of our decision now!" Ito Cheng said, and then stood in front of the red spherical crystal - the Heart of the Rising Sun, which Nanoha had placed on a small handkerchief. The relay connected Asra who was staying in the extradimensional space far away from the earth.

"Have you already thought about it?" Lindy asked warmly.

"Yes, our decision is to keep the current situation unchanged and continue to recover the Holy Stone Seed as individuals. We also hope that everyone at the Space and Time Administration can be considerate and not cause us any unnecessary trouble." Ito Cheng replied.

"Is this so..." Admiral Lindy pondered.

"Okay, I agree to your request." After a moment, Lindy decided.

"Mother...Captain!" After Crono heard this decision that obviously violated the regulations of the administration, he was so anxious that he forgot to maintain his past performance and almost called out another name for Lindy. Fortunately, his reaction was quite quick. He quickly stopped what he said and shouted loudly using his original title, hoping that Lindy would change her decision despite his eager opposition.

Lindy smiled slightly at Crono beside her and said to Ito Cheng, who had a ferret image displayed on the screen, "But on the other hand, if we find that you have any dangerous behavior during the recycling process, we also have the right to interfere with you at any time. And forcefully take over the recycling work, do you have any objection to that?"

"As a prerequisite, you can only intervene when the danger reaches a level that can cause dimensional earthquakes!" Ito, who didn't object to Lindy's proposal too much, added a restriction to this proposal just in case.

"Okay." Lindy agreed.

"Thank you for your understanding, good night, and I wish you all a good dream." Ito Cheng said politely after seeing that the matter was settled.

"Good night." Lindy replied politely.

Then Ito Cheng cut off the dimensional communication, and said to Nanoha in his words, "Okay, it's settled. As long as it doesn't cause another dimensional earthquake like last time, we can carry out collection work according to our own will." "

"Huh~ That's great." Nanoha said with a sigh of relief.

"But there is one thing, Nanoha..." At this time, Ito Cheng changed his tone and said again.

"Huh?" Nanoha looked at the ferret-turned-Ito Cheng with some doubts, waiting for his next words.

"My feeling is that almost all the Holy Stone Seeds in Haiming City have been collected. If you want to find the Holy Stone Seeds, you need to go outside the city. Are you ready?" Ito Cheng said softly. asked.

"..." Takamachi Naoha couldn't help but fell silent after hearing this.

Ito Cheng didn't rush her, he just stayed aside quietly, waiting for Nanoha to decide her mind.

"I understand. I'm going to talk to my mother right now." After a minute or so, Takamachi Naoha was shocked and stood up.

"Yes." Ito Cheng responded softly.

Takamachi Nanoha first stood there and took a deep breath to calm herself down. Then she walked to the bedroom door, reached out and turned the handle to open the door, walked downstairs, and found her mother, Takamachi Momoko. , called aside Takamachi Momo who was chatting and watching TV, and started to talk.

Seeing the determined look in Nanoha's eyes, even though Momoko Takamachi was worried, she still agreed to Nanoha's request to leave home for a period of time. She held Nanoha in her arms with worry in her eyes and became tender.

"Thank you, mom." Lying in Takamachi Momo's arms, Nanoha thanked her gratefully.

Of course, because she was not a cooperator of the Space-Time Management Bureau like in the original work, Nanoha naturally moved into Asra with Ito Cheng, so there was no need to leave home overnight, so after the matter was discussed, she returned to the bedroom After a good rest, she was ready to leave home with Ito Cheng the next morning and embark on a journey to search for other scattered holy stone seeds!

At the same time, after a day and night of sailing, the Space-Time Courtyard finally arrived at the outer wall of the dimensional world where Midzilda City is located... rs! .