Tengu Mountain.
That was a mountain located in the southwest of Otaru City in Hokkaido.
On the top of Tengu Mountain, people could see the panoramic view of the city, which made it one of the three famous night scenes in Hokkaido, along with Hakodate Mountain and Sapporo Mountain.
As the Chinese of the Far East Island Country, the base of Izanagi Clan was on this mountain. Based on this mountain, it held absolute power in this country.
Unlike the Akabane clan who had been walking on the path of turmoil, the Izanagi clan had a deep relationship with the aristocratic society since the Heian era. Until now, they were still at the top of the country as the Chinese. Their existence itself could even affect the national policy, and their life and death could directly affect the survival of the country. One could imagine how high their status was.
And if they wanted to visit such a noble, they naturally couldn't do it carelessly.
On that day, the Akabane clan formed an extraordinary convoy, letting a total of ten luxurious carriages on the road, setting off the sound of wheels and dust along the way.
The Akabane clan was also distributed around the convoy, and they released the puppets they controlled, so that the puppets filled every corner of the convoy.
Those puppets were not the puppets controlled by Rozen.
The so-called puppet was just like what it literally said. It was just a puppet made of wood that looked like a human. It didn't have much value at all.
The puppets controlled by the Akabane clan were not only completely no different from humans on the surface, but their movements were also flexible and not inorganic at all. They also carried a variety of weapons and armor, and the degree of refinement was simply amazing.
Of course, even the puppets of the Akabane clan were just puppets with hair.
The real automaton had a built-in magic circuit that could use magic, and it was also equipped with a life mechanism, and it had a will, which was no different from a cyborg.
Using that kind of puppet could be regarded as using the concept of "Ingenious Magic" and become a puppeteer.
Although Akabane Clan had a secret technique to manipulate puppets, and they also had the Crimson Wing Formation. If they debuted as a puppeteer, they would definitely shock the world. Unfortunately, in this Easternmost Island Country, the popularity of automaton puppets had not yet begun. Real puppets with life were still relatively common in the western countries. It would take some time for them to be popularized in this Easternmost Island Country.
And when they were popularized, that would be the real opportunity for the Akabane clan to stand out.
With the superb secret technique Crimson Wing Formation, when the era of automaton came, the Akabane clan could definitely rely on it to stand at the top of the country.
Izanagi clan saw that the Akabane clan had such potential, so he wanted to marry them. That was what Akabane Kuukan said to the clan.
No one knew if there was more to this than meets the eye.
At least, except for the clan's senior members, there were only a few people who knew the secrets.
The clansmen thought that Izanagi really valued the potential of the Akabane Clan, which was why he allowed the princess to marry into his clan. Therefore, all of them looked proud as they led the caravan towards Mount Tengu with their chests puffed out and their heads held high.
Rozen and Raishin were naturally in one of the carriages, and they were in the center, second only to Akabane Kuukan's carriage.
The two were sitting together in the carriage, playing cards.
"Alright, I've won again."
Rozen drew one of the two cards in Raishin's hand, and after matching them, he directly spread it in front of Raishin, declaring his victory.
"Damn it, I lost again."
Raishin didn't want to give up.
From the beginning to the present, they played dozens of games, but Raishin did not even win once.
"There's no reason, why didn't I win even once?" Raishin said to Rozen, "Is there any skill that I don't know?"
After all, this kind of entertainment was created by Rozen and taught to the three Akabane siblings.
Of course, Raishin did not know that this was just a simple poker game.
"It's just playing cards, practice makes perfect, how can there be any secret skill?" So Rozen spread his hands and said, "This is just the simplest game, if there is no computer in this era, I will not play it."
After coming to this world for a full ten years, the only thing Rozen felt was that this era was too backward. There was no computer at all, so he could not play games. This made Rozen, who was already a famous internet addict in Chaldea, very dissatisfied.
Even if the main purpose of coming to this world was to improve himself, when his magical power was exhausted and he couldn't do any exercise, Rozen still hoped to play games to relax himself. Otherwise, wouldn't he suffocate at home?
As a result, there was no computer in this world. Rozen could only invent these small games in his spare time and teach them to the three Akabane siblings for entertainment.
And since it was just entertainment, Rozen naturally wouldn't hide anything just to win.
"Then, what kind of magic did you use …"
Raishin didn't seem to be relieved.
Indeed, if he used Heavenly Eye, it was easy to know what kind of cards Raishin had in his hand.
However, Rozen still wanted to say.
"I don't need to use any magic to deal with you." Rozen said bluntly, "When I played games, you were not born yet. How can you beat me like this?"
"Yes, yes." Raishin said disapprovingly, "You always say things that others don't understand. You are obviously the same age as me, but I wasn't born yet when you played games?"
The two played in the carriage while bickering.
While playing, the two talked about the purpose of this trip.
"Tell me the truth, Narukami, do you really not want to marry that princess?" Raishin asked, "If you succeed, even if you are an adopted son, your position in the clan in the future will not be lower than Brother Tian, or even higher."
"What about you?" Rozen curled his lips and said, "The benefits are so obvious, why don't you marry her?"
"I don't want to marry a girl I haven't met." Raishin said directly, "Moreover, I am a man who will practice martial arts in the future, I don't want to be an official."
"Then I am the same." Rozen said, "I also want to study magic and improve my strength. I don't want to play games with a ten-year-old girl."
"You …" Raishin was angry, but he immediately calmed down and said, "Forget it, anyway, she will definitely choose you in the end. I am not a genius, so I won't be chosen."
"I'll return those words to you as well." Rozen laughed and said, "Izanagi-Sama will not choose an adopted son of unknown origin. He will definitely choose you, who has the Crimson Wing's Blood."
Both of them had come here with this kind of mentality.
As for the final result, only the heavens knew.
So, soon after, Akabane Clan's convoy arrived at Tengu Mountain and finally arrived at Izanagi clan's mansion.
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