Deva Wizard c2

Translator: Vorpal

Merlin?

Who is Merlin?

Is she talking about me?(TL Note: He called himself ‘kah’ it’s like a n.o.ble way of calling yourself. Just something I wanted to point out)

Heavens! What is going on?

“It’s fine if you can’t answer me right now. I’m just glad that you’re awake. Thank the G.o.ds for saving my child’s life”

The girl then suddenly hugged Tian Long with tears dripping down her face. When her body touched Tian Long’s body, memories flowed through Tian Long’s body.

Unfamiliar memories, bizarre memories. The memories of a seven years old boy known as Sirte Merlin.

The girl crying in front of me is…

‘Sirte May, the mother of this child. She is the 3rd wife of Sirte Fisher from the Clan of Serte, the father of Merlin’

The Family of Sirte

The Clan of Sirte has Sirte Rose as the clan leader. He is the Earl of Kerl Burke, under the protection of the Kingdom of Aragon, one of the great powers of this land.

‘Fisher was the fourth son of Earl Rose. He has 3 wives. His first wife gave birth to a son. He was raised with the family’s full support. His second wife did not give birth to any children but she still loves Fisher to the point of giving up her life for him. His third wife is May, the crying girl in front of him’

(TL Note: So he’s a descendant of an Earl. I think I got my synopsis wrong guys… Let’s just see how this turns out first)

Unfortunately, Fisher died due to a disease outbreak. His second wife, who loved him the most, was brokenhearted. Unable to live without him, she ended her own life.

After Earl Rose lost Fisher, he was depressed and brokenhearted. This was around the time Merlin has just been born. The Earl hated May because she was just a servant and Fisher took her as his wife.

His grandson was of the lower cla.s.s due to being birthed by a servant. Right afterwards, Fisher, his son died. This increased his resentment towards May by two-fold.

The third wife, Maya was cursed and humiliated due to the death of her husband. She was stripped of her statue and became a servant again. Her child, Merlin was recently sent to serve the Duke of Aragon, Cowl. What was the reason for a descendant of an Earl to become a mere servant of a Duke?

Perhaps, it was because of Earl Rose’s hatred towards them, mother and son?

In just a few moments, memories of Merlin’s entire life flowed into Tian Long’s head. The huge information caused Tian Long’s brain to become a bit stressed.

The the most recent event, Tian Long can see it the most clearly. It is the picture of torrents of river flowing wildly.

Big river?

Why do I see river?

Tian Long then back tracked his memory a bit. This time, the picture of a child getting bullied came into his view. One of the bullies pushed Merlin too hard causing him to fall into the river.

Merlin then struggled his hardest to cling onto his life but the torrents of water made it hard to do so.

The small body started to drown

Then it sank violently.

Tian Long flinched out of his trance.

Is this the body of that boy, Merlin? (TL Note: facepalm)

Tian Long looked at his small hands and feet. His skin was youthful, but not what he wanted. He contemplated about the reason why he is here. He may have taken over the dead body of this child. The child’s soul has already gone through the cycle of samsara.

So why?

Why is an enlightened being like him in this body?

He has endured his soul tribulation. He was not suppose to be in the body of this child. He was suppose to be in heaven.

Not like this!

Tian Long was shocked and depressed. Did he do something wrong while enduring his tribulation that caused him to be in such state.

Tian Long looked up again. The girl named May is looking at him with concern. If this is all true, he must accept his fate. Tian Long quickly calmed down.

From now on, he must live his life as the boy named Merlin. And he must accept May as his mother.

Suddenly, a roughed hand gently caressed his head. The girl’s eyes and smile was filled with gentleness.

Why is the hands of this girl so rough?

Shouldn’t every girl have smooth skin?

For May, her hands is used to protect her child. She has no desires to progress any further in life. Even if she has to be a servant or anything, it is for the well-being of her child.

“Mother” Tian Long, who now has to use Merlin as his name said.

She looked at him with a gentle smile and replied back in a gentle voice,

“Merlin, do you know how worried I was about you? You must not play around like this to the point where I was this worried about you. Wait here, I’ll get you something to eat.”

Her tone was filled with concern. She then kissed him on the forehead and left the room.

After she left, only Merlin was left in the room. He then started to observe his surroundings.

This place is drastically different from the place he used to live in. It would be more accurate to describe this as a cottage, not a house. The walls were roughly made, when Merlin saw it, he cringed a little. He was one of the strongest pract.i.tioner of the Dao. He could not stand living in a place like this.

Although his path was filled with hardship when he first embarked on the path of the Dao, when he reached the peak, everything he wanted could be conjured up with a wave of his hand.

When he though of it, Tian Long, in the body of Merlin suddenly thrust his hand in front of him.

Plub!(TL Note: Punching Sound effect I guess)

Plub! Plub!

Heaven!

What is happening

Why is his power so weak. He used to be the peak pract.i.tioner of the Dao

600 years, his power is this depleted. (TL Note: I have no idea what he is talking about)

Is this the result of failing to extinguish the soul

In order to ascend to heaven, one has to extinguish the soul. In the past, if someone fails to extinguish their soul, they would get destroyed by the Heavenly Tribulation, splitting their soul into pieces, never to be born again.

So why, after he extinguished his soul, even if he failed, why is he here?

Failure

It’s depressing! It is so depressing!

Merlin lay on his bed. The more he thought about it, the more depressed he became. He never thought that his situation would make him so depressed and sad that tears came out of his eyes. His hundreds of years of effort, all in vain. He gritted his teeth, enduring his pain of failing to ascend to heaven.

Then he suddenly thought

No! He can’t be depressed like this

As long as he’s alive, he still has flesh and blood. His path will not end here.

When he thought of it, his pa.s.sion and hope kindled up again.

The body of the little boy suddenly sat up from the bed and went into the sitting posture of meditation. He will not let his depression and sadness stop him.

He must go forward even if he has to start all over again. Merlin started to gather Pran around him to initiate cultivation.

Wait!

What is this!

Why does this place not have any Pran? Merlin could not feel even the slightest bit of Pran.

Heaven! And what is this!

In truth, his surroundings contains Pran but not only could he not sense any Pran but he is sensing another form of energy.

He was extremely surprised.

This land does not have any Pran but has another form of bizarre energy.

When he gathered these energy into his body,

Plun! Just a little bit more

Su!(TL Note: Can also be translated as fight! but I guess it’s a sound effect in this case)

Inside the body of the child, appeared thin opaque mist. Merlin’s body was filled with sweat.

This is!

He can cultivate to the first level with this energy!

Heaven! He was able to reach the first level of gathering Pran so quickly

It is definitely not a mistake. The large amount of sweat coming out of his pores means that he has accomplish the first level.

What is this about?

In the past, it took almost 2 years for him to reach this level.

And he only needed a few moments to achieve it just now.

1st Level Gathering Pran?

Could it be!

The strange energy that he could sense from this place.

The quality of this energy is several hundred times more concentrated than the Pran from his hometown. Thinking of this, Merlin’s lips gradually curled up. He could not hide his excitement.

If it is as he expected, he could cultivate to the peak faster and extinguish his soul once again and endure the Heavenly Tribulation.

In his misfortune, he was able to find fortune.

Heaven! Thank you for giving me another chance, I will definitely become a Celestial this time.

TL Note: 

My editor ran away so I apologize for the grammar mistakes. I tried my best to fix it.