"It's time, Noah."
"I have raised you for so many years and spent so much money just for this moment."
"Go to another world and find me the Luminous Starlight, which has infinite magical power."
"Then we will…"
Wearing a crown and a thick black cloak, an old man, about fifty years old, with thick white hair, passionately described his grand vision to the handsome young man on the sofa.
However, as the only listener, the boy just yawned in boredom and lay on the sofa, holding snacks in one hand and beauty magazine in the other. He ignored his father's ambitious words and completely ignored them.
After King Faust finished his passionate speech, the second prince Noah spoke slowly, "Dad, do you really believe in that Edras man named Ivan Dolea?"
"The idea of endless magic power sounds ridiculous. I say stop struggling. If the magic power in our world dries up, then it will be exhausted. Isn't it better to let everything return to normal?"
Noah's lack of interest made Faust very angry. He looked at his son with a firm expression and said in a loud voice that didn't seem to be for someone his age, "Why should I return to being ordinary? I must let Edlas change his fate! I want to be one step ahead of heaven!"
Noah shrugged and said nothing more.
This world is called "Edras", and there is an extraordinary energy in the earth – magic.
This is a magical power that can empower various magical items and give them incredible "magic". The profession that uses magical items is called a magician.
Countless years have passed, and as time went by, the magic power of the earth gradually weakened, and now it is on the verge of exhaustion.
The "End of Dharma" has arrived in the world of Edlas.
But the radical king of the human kingdom, Faust, was unwilling to give up this extraordinary power, so he started a bold plan.
Plunder the magic of another world!
The kingdom possesses a super-subspace magic called "Anima", which can temporarily connect to the parallel world of Edrus, the "Aslant" world where even the air is filled with magic particles, and the magic power is dozens of times that of "Edras".
"Anima" can transfer the magic power of the world of "Aslant" into magic crystals and return it to "Edras".
However, since the world of "Aslant" is rich in magical power, humans are born with magical power in their bodies, and most of the wizards there do not need magical props to cast magic, so there is a chance that "Anima" will teleport the Aslant people back to Edlas as magical power.
And 18 years ago, when Faust activated "Anima" for the second time, an unlucky Aslant was teleported over.
His name is Ivan Dolea, and he is a wizard who is good at illusion magic.
When Ivan discovered that the power level of the world he came to was lower than that of the original world, his ambition expanded rapidly and he attempted to replace Faust's rule.
However, due to the depletion of magic power in the world of "Edras", Ivan was unable to obtain magic power replenishment, so in the end, he was captured alive after his magic power was exhausted.
Faust originally wanted to execute Ivan, but this spineless man actually knelt down and begged for mercy on the spot, and offered a plan that could bring endless magic power to the world.
According to Ivan, in the world of "Ascalante", there is a magic guild called "Fairy Tail". Although this guild is a bright guild, it has a dark side – that is "Lumen Starlight" which possesses endless magic power.
Faust believed Ivan's words.
As a similar parallel world, "Edras" also has a wizard guild called "Fairy Tail".
They are just and helpful but prone to causing trouble, so they were driven out of the capital by Faust a long time ago and assisted the Kingdom Army in building border cities. 18 years later, Noah heard that they now have a good relationship with Erza Nightwalker, the commander of the Second Kingdom Army stationed on the border.
Although he believed Ivan's words, King Faust was unhappy with this man who easily sold out the intelligence of his former power.
So Ivan did not receive the guest of honor treatment he had been expecting, but was instead sent to prison, where he spent 18 years.
For 18 years, for some unknown reason, whenever Faust was in a bad mood, he would go to the prison and beat Ivan up to relax.
After learning that there is "infinite magic" in the parallel world, Faust also tried to use "Anima" to lock the Fairy Tail in another world.
But without exception, they all failed.
The reason is that there is a being with extremely powerful magic in that magic guild, which far exceeds the upper limit of what "Anima" can bear.
Then Faust had an idea. Since he couldn't rob it by force, he might as well send a spy to the guild to steal "Lumen Starlight".
The people in the kingdom who were loyal to Faust were not capable enough, and Faust did not dare to entrust the capable people with the heavy responsibility, so he started the "creating humans" plan.
Using his own genes and those of his deceased wife, as well as extremely precious pure magic power, Faust successfully used an artificial womb to cultivate an artificial baby who was born with magical powers. The child was named "Noah".
In order to make Noah loyal to him forever, Phauste decided to bind him with family affection, so the hard-hearted king began to do his best to play the role of a good father.
But what Faust had not expected was that after several years of getting along, he was the first one to be influenced by family affection compared to the young and naive Noah at the time.
The so-called acting became real, and Faust gave all the love he owed to his eldest son to Noah.
Noah did not inherit his mother's dark blue hair color, but instead had his father's white hair, which made him somewhat similar to his brother whom he had never met.
With excellent genes and the best resources, although Noah has just reached adulthood, he is already the strongest human warrior in Adras. He has mastered superb martial arts and combat skills, and is very familiar with all kinds of magical props.
Although Faust was very satisfied with his son's growth, there was one problem that always bothered him.
Although Noah is very powerful when he grows up, his behavior is too lazy. Except for the fixed training time every day, he basically stays in the palace and does nothing.
Seeing his son smiling foolishly at the beauty magazine, the word "open" was almost written on his face. Faust was furious. How could he spoil his good son like this? !
Faust knocked the snacks out of Noah's hand, stomped on them hard in front of Noah, and then snatched the beauty magazine and tore it up… But it was impossible for him to tear it up, as he hadn't even read it yet.
"You little bastard, eat my food, drink my drinks, and use my things."
"I asked you to do something, but it was either windy or rainy! You even put it off until you were an adult. Are you playing tricks on me?!!"
"I'll ask you one last time, 'Ascalante', are you going or not?"
Faust put on a sour face and gave Noah the final notice.
But Noah was still lying listlessly on the sofa. He had experienced too many scenes like this in the past two years. As long as he pretended to be dead, he could make his old father helpless.
"Asshole!"
After opening his mouth to curse, Faust's angry expression quickly disappeared, replaced by a smile of success.
"Stinky boy, when you came back from training today, did you find that something was missing from your palace?"
Hearing Faust's strange tone, Noah could no longer pretend to be dead. Based on his understanding of his old father, he was sure that some coercive measures would be taken against him.
After taking a look at the familiar palace, Noah immediately found something wrong. All his magic tools and weapons were gone!
Before Noah could figure out what his old father was going to do, the palace began to shake violently, and a rich light golden glow blasted through the palace from top to bottom, locking onto Noah accurately.
The powerful flow of magic in the light made Noah float upwards. He recognized this magic that he had heard of but never seen with his own eyes.
The super-subspace magic "Anima" that has not been activated for 18 years!
No, it's the reverse activation of "Anima"!
Dad wants to forcibly teleport me to Edras? !
Although he saw through Faust's plan, Noah was unable to break free from the Anima due to the innate magic power in his body.
"Don't struggle. After 18 years of charging, the magic of Anima is not something you can shake."
Faust strolled up to Noah. Except for Noah, the Aslantes had no magic power in their bodies. Unless they actively entered the light beam, they would not be locked by the Anima.
"Noah, this is the last lesson your father will teach you."
"People are evil. Even the closest people might do something bad to you behind your back."
Noah's face did not show surprise or dissatisfaction of being backstabbed, but instead a feeling of helplessness and reluctance. "At this time, you still want to play the bad guy and lie to me. Dad, can't you just tell me the truth?"
Faust was stunned for a moment, then revealed a bitter smile, "Did you really notice it…"
"Of course, is there anyone who knows my own body better than me?"
Noah opened his palms. He was an artificial man and the only human in the world of Edras who could contain magic power in his body.
It is this difference that puts Noah in great danger in this world.
The exhaustion of the earth's magic power was just an evolution from extraordinary to ordinary for the humans in this world, but for Noah, it was a fatal change.
Because he was born with magic power, if this magic power disappears, Noah is likely to suffer from "magic deficiency syndrome". No matter how strong his physical fitness is, he will decline towards death at an incredible speed.
Noah knew this very well.
Faust also knew very well that he didn't dare to gamble on that tiny probability. He no longer cared about endless magic power. He just wanted his child to be safe.
During the brief moment of silence between the father and son, Noah was about to be pulled out of the palace by the beam of Anima, leaving him with only one minute at most to say goodbye.
"Noah!"
Faust suddenly called out his son's name loudly, and threw a palm-sized object from his arms into the transmission beam.
Noah grabbed the magic item that was flowing back along with the magic power. This exquisite little figurine of a humanoid mechanical dragon was actually the most powerful weapon of Adras – the "Dragon Rider"!
Noah never expected that his old father would actually hand over the national treasure to him.
Looking at his son who was getting taller and taller, Faust seized the last chance to speak to Noah, "If you see your brother Gerard in Aslant, please tell him a message on behalf of your father."
"Father, I…I'm sorry for him."
Noah smiled easily. It seemed good to see the tenderness in his old father's heart when they parted.
But he couldn't let his old father get his wish.
"Dad, I won't relay your words."
"When I come back with my brother and the method to save the magic, you can talk to him in person!"
"Dad, you have to take care of yourself too! Wait for us to come back!"
The light golden glow became dazzling, and the brilliant light flashed and disappeared along with Noah.
Faust stared blankly at the sky which had returned to its blue and white color, and he seemed to have aged several years in an instant.
You have to take care of yourself too…
Noah.