Volume 4: The City in the Sky Chapter 101: Dinner at the Tissen Household

  The dishes were served quickly, with fragrant roasted meat, colorful salad, and carefully cooked beef soup. Lila ate with great relish, and even Tyson had a lot to eat. Actually, I'm a person who is easily satisfied. Seeing them enjoy the meal I made, my heart was also very satisfied and happy.

  "Teacher Ankara... is he okay?" Tison suddenly asked, his head buried in his soup.

  I let out a sigh, put down the knife and fork in my hand, took out the crystal of the magic tower from my bosom and handed it to Tyson.

  Tissen took it with a puzzled expression, turning it over in his hand for a long time before saying: "If I'm not mistaken, this should be the magical crystal controlling Ankala teacher's magic tower?"

  I nodded and said: "This was left by Master Ankala for you, he said to call you back to inherit his magic tower, now this crystal belongs to you."

  Tissen put down the crystal and asked: "What's going on?"

  I hung my head in shame and said, "It's all my fault. If I hadn't acted rashly, Master Ankala might be okay. Not long after you left, Master Ankala's arch-nemesis, a powerful undead mage, came seeking revenge..." It took me a long time to recount the events of that day to Tissen in a stuttering manner. To be honest, I had been avoiding thinking about that day for so long because every time I did, I felt endless guilt and self-blame. Today, as I recounted the events again, I couldn't help but face the scene once more, and my tears couldn't help but well up in my eyes.

  After I finished talking about this matter, the room fell silent, and even the usually lively Lila didn't say a word.

  Suddenly, Tyson reached across the table and grabbed my collar, shouting at me: "Why? Why is it like this?" I closed my eyes in shame and said: "It's all my fault, it's all my fault..."

  Tissen let go of my collar and patted me on the shoulder, saying: "You're not wrong, although you were a bit rash. But even without you, Teacher Ankala would still have fallen into this trap. I know Teacher Ankala, this outcome was inevitable."

  I gazed blankly at Tyson and asked, "Why aren't you mad at me? It's really because of my recklessness that things ended up like this..."

  Tissen shook his head, picked up the crystal and rubbed it repeatedly in his hand. After a long time, he said: "Many things are not under our control. Even if we are all-powerful magicians in the eyes of ordinary people, we will still die and there are things that we cannot control. The dead are already gone, and nothing can be retrieved. Master Ankara does not want us to live forever in guilt either. We can only try to follow his path and create our own world. That is what Master Ankara wants to see."

  Tissen held the crystal to his chest, let out a sigh of relief and said: "I'm about to become a great magician soon. When I take that step, I'll bring Lila back there with me, I'll inherit my teacher's magic tower. Besides, after all, it is Lila's hometown, I think Lila will be willing to go back there with me. In the future, if you want to find me, you might have to go there."

  Tison gently stroked Lila's hair, and Lila obediently snuggled into his arms, her face filled with happiness and contentment as she said, "Where you are, that's where our home is." Tison hugged her tightly and asked softly, "What about your father? Don't you miss him?" Lila nodded and said, "I do miss him, I also miss the people in the village, but without you, my world would be dull and colorless..."

  Tyson's face rarely showed a smile, he said to Lya: "Fool, I won't leave you, rest assured."

  Tissen raised his head again and said to me: "What are you going to do? Are you staying in Larsson?"

  I shook my head and said: "I still have a lot of things to do, I will stay in Larsson for a while, but not too long, soon I will leave."

  "Alright then, you can stay here with me for now. We have plenty of empty rooms at home."

  I was just about to nod when Tyson suddenly added: "And you have to pay rent."

  "I asked in puzzlement: 'Rent?'"

  Tissen smiled and said: "Teach me to make delicious dishes, and... roast fish, this is considered as paying my rent, so Lilia won't always be thinking of you."

  Lia lifted her head, blushing and hit Tyson, saying: "What are you talking nonsense?"

  I wiped away the tears from the corners of my eyes and smiled.

  I took out a lot of materials for making magic wands from the storage ring, piled them up in front of Tissen, and said: "Tissen brother, these are some magic materials I helped you collect. They should be enough for you to make your own magic wand. The teacher gave me his own magic wand, but I don't need these things. You must need them."

  Tissen rummaged through the pile of materials with excitement, muttering to himself: "Hmm, not bad, not bad, you've even found the dustless wood of the Elf tribe... and Secret Silver too! Where did you find such precious materials? My collection doesn't even amount to a tenth of this. Oh, and there's even a Fire Crystal of this size, and this Blue Crystal is also very valuable, it's one of the best gemstones for crafting magic wands."

  As I watched Tyson muttering happily, I felt happy too. I said: "I accidentally broke into a magician's tomb, and these things are from there."

  Tissen heard my words and put down the magical materials in his hand, raised his head to look at me and said: "I see, so those powerful magic are also because you entered this tomb?"

  I nodded in agreement. Tyson asked, "Your magic seems to be quite different from what we've learned, what's going on?"

  I smiled and said, "This is the original form of magic. Now, magic is indeed much weaker than these spells. Let's take some time to organize them. I think it will be very helpful for you to impact the great magician."

  Tissen nodded and said, "But I don't have anything to repay you with. Ah yes, Teacher Ankala once instructed me that if you reached the advanced magician level, I should teach you the spatial magic knowledge I learned from him."

  Space magic I've already learned more comprehensive from Nantes, but I couldn't refuse Tissen's kindness and didn't want him to think he owed me something, so I nodded and said: "Okay, then we need to communicate with each other. In the future, except for going to the Magic Instructor Losa to receive his guidance and learning spiritual magic, in the remaining time, let's have a good exchange."