"No, I just suddenly felt like some big event concerning me is about to happen." Ren spread his hands. "My perception of the Gray Fort Empire suddenly got a huge boost. Either the Church of Technology in the Gray Fort Empire was established, or the Gray Fort Emperor wants to integrate into the technology system. Personally, I think it's the latter."

Although the spread of Magic Conductors and Magic Power Network in the Gray Fort Empire was smooth, it was much worse than other regions. The biggest obstacle was the state machine—the Gray Fort Emperor's vigilance toward the Kingdom of Dawn would be projected onto Magic Conductors. Against this background, believers of the God of Technology were naturally extremely few. Establishing a church should be very difficult.

"Oh? If that's really the case, then this trip to Dragon Island becomes even more important." The Goddess of Magic felt her eyes brighten. The Kingdom of Dawn, the eighteen small countries, the City-State Alliance, the Teylir Emirates, the Elven Kingdom, the Highland Kingdom—all had already started transforming. If they added the Gray Fort Empire, almost the entire continent's human activity areas and elven activity areas would be fully covered. The development landscape of magic-tech industry would completely open up.

"Yeah, it's really time to take action." Ren smiled. "How are your preparations? You did teach them magic back then, so this is kind of like visiting these juniors."

"The dragons I taught back then have all died. Proud dragons won't believe in me either. Otherwise, why would we need to make this trip? Honeymoon?" Having spent a long time with Ren, the Goddess of Magic had even learned to make little jokes.

"Treating it as a honeymoon isn't bad. We can properly experience the dragons' local customs. I'm very curious about these dragons too." Ren smiled and took the Goddess of Magic's hand. "Then let's get ready to depart."

"Take me, take me! It's been so long since I've seen little dragons." Betty excitedly ran over, saying she wanted to go too.

"Your little dragon, even if it's an ancient dragon, is dead now. Its great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson is dead too." Ren wasn't polite at all.

But his words seemed right. Though dragons lived long, generally they only lived 800 years. Over 1,000 years could be called ancient dragons, over 1,500 years elder dragons, over 1,800 years primordial dragons. There were almost none alive over 2,000 years.

"Impossible! Little dragon absolutely can't be dead." But Betty was very firm.

The Goddess of Magic smiled. "Betty's right. Her little dragon really won't die."

"Why?" Ren was stunned. Just now, didn't the Goddess of Magic say all the dragons she'd taught had died? So acquaintances she hadn't taught were still alive? That would really... Ren's brain short-circuited for a moment. He didn't know how to describe the weirdness in his mind. But he quickly reacted. "This little dragon isn't a real dragon?!"

"Right." The Goddess of Magic nodded slightly. "The little dragon Betty's talking about is actually a magical creature I created on Dragon Island back then. Because it referenced dragon forms, I named it... Totoro."

???

Totoro?

Dragon form?

Ren felt that even his clever brain, even the Tech godhead that could assist thinking, was starting to smoke now. The CPU was burning, guys! What the hell is Totoro? I can understand creating magical creatures. I can also understand creating magical creatures on Dragon Island referencing dragon forms. But why would a magical creature created referencing dragons be called Totoro?

This isn't right, is it?

"At the time, human nobles on the continent all liked raising big cats, like tigers, leopards, and such animals. So cats could also be called synonyms for pets. My dragon-form pet being called Totoro is pretty reasonable, right?" The Goddess of Magic looked at Ren's expression and showed a sweet smile with a hint of mischief.

This was the first time since becoming a god that She showed such an expression. Betty was stunned for a moment. She was really becoming more like her. Just wanting to continue speaking, Betty suddenly covered her eyes, as if seeing something she couldn't see.

However, the fingers covering her eyes seemed to be spread open, her eyes blinking as she watched the scene before her, very curious.

After a good while, Ren finally spoke. "Fine, since you want to go, let's go together. What about Book? Should we ask too?"

"No need. Book doesn't even know little dragon. Plus I put that guy in solitary confinement. I don't know where that guy learned so much snarky talk lately. Early this morning he mocked my research progress being slow, all passive-aggressive, so I threw him in the penalty box. We'll let him out when we get back." Betty said without courtesy.

"What did he say?" Ren was interested.

"He said, 'Hey, Miss Betty, is your research stuck in some little corner again? Progress is crawling like a snail. Want me to kindly sponsor some IQ points?...' Talking like he's so smart." Miss Betty snorted coldly, seeming very angry. So angry the joints on her neck seemed to be clicking.

"Is there a possibility that he was actually concerned about your research progress? But putting this guy in solitary is fine too. Teach him a lesson." Ren's mouth twitched. He felt Book was so pitiful—just repeating his own words and getting... No, wait, that's what Book said. How could I possibly say such things?

Meeting the Goddess of Magic's gaze, Ren coughed lightly. "Alright, let's go. Departing for Dragon Island."

As his words fell, he directly activated his talent, following the network cables, traveling through the data torrents. In a few blinks, they'd already appeared on Dragon Island, flying out from the frost dragon's gemstone necklace he'd seen online a few days ago.

"This guy's DIY Magic Net ring looks pretty good!" Looking at the necklace on the frost dragon's neck, composed of a customized Magic Net and over ten gems, Ren couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"Want me to give you a similar one? No, one better looking than this." The Goddess of Magic's eyes showed no obvious fluctuation, but she smiled sweetly. "I don't think I've ever given you a proper gift."

"Why does this line feel wrong?!" Ren's head was full of question marks. Me? Wearing such a gemstone necklace? Don't you think that's odd?

"We're gods. We don't need to care about anyone's gaze. We do what we want. If you like it, you can wear it. Even if you like wearing dresses, no one will say anything... Oh, this seems to be the same in the mortal realm. I remember many mortals also like cross-dressing."

Ren's mouth twitched. "Let's first go see the dragon Council of Elders, or go see your Totoro. By the way, where is your Totoro? Is it far from the Council of Elders?"

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