In the old-fashioned compound of Tosho City.
Seventeen-year-old Miyako Shirogane looked through the window at the red maple tree in the courtyard, which had completely lost its vitality, and couldn't help but sigh.
"It's a shame that you're not an electrical appliance. Then I could fix you with my abilities."
The red maple tree was planted by his adoptive father, Miyako Kazehaya, ten years ago, when he saved him from the inferno.
Unfortunately, after his adoptive father died five years ago, the red maple tree started to wither away for some unknown reason.
He tried various methods, but nothing seemed to work.
Until today, the entire red maple tree looked like a bare trunk with no leaves, completely dead.
Wake up, do daily exercises, and then get dressed and go to the living room.
"Excuse me, Shiori, I'm sorry for troubling you!"
In the living room and kitchen, a beautiful girl with blue hair wearing an apron put the last miso soup on the dining table, her face smiling softly.
"No such thing at all, I came to help because I enjoy it."
The girl was not his sister or younger sibling; all of his relatives died in the fire ten years ago.
The girl's name is Sakura Mitoki, a first-year student at the private Shigyuyou Academy, and she used to be the younger sister of her friend, Shigyuyou Academy's second-year student, Mitoki Satou.
After he had a fight with Mitoki Satou, he felt guilty for his brother, Mitoki Satou, kicking him out of the Kyudo Club. So, he often came to his house to help with the chores.
She is a very gentle and kind-hearted girl.
"Good morning, Ms. Fujiwara!"
After sitting down, Miyako Shirogane greeted the short-haired woman holding a newspaper across from him.
This woman is not a relative, but a friend he met after his adoptive father brought him here. After his adoptive father's death, she also became his legal guardian.
At the same time, she is his English teacher at school.
Since she can't cook, she basically comes over for meals every day, and she has quite an unconventional personality.
"Good morning, Shirou."
Fujimura Daigo buried his head in the newspaper and casually responded.
As Miyako Shirogane spat out the first bite of food, Fujimura Daigo leaped up with a smug smile and laughed haughtily.
"How about it, did you get fooled? I switched the positions of the labels for the sauce and soy sauce this morning as a revenge for yesterday!"
"What kind of behavior is that for someone who is already twenty-five in the morning?"
Miyako Shirogane took a moment to pause before helplessly covering his forehead.
It's just that he accidentally called her a nickname yesterday, why does she still hold a grudge to this day?
Indeed, the fact that he could mature at such a young age was largely due to these unreliable adults.
In this way, the three of them argued, joked, and played, just like usual, finished their breakfast, and went out to school one by one.
Fujimura Daigo rode his small electric scooter ahead, while Sakura Mitoki and Miyako Shirogane finished washing the dishes and cleaning up the kitchen before heading out together.
Just as they closed the door, Miyako Shirogane cast a glance at the courtyard and involuntarily hesitated.
"What's wrong, senior?"
Sakura Mitoki's face showed concern upon seeing this.
Miyako Shirogane locked the door, smiled, and shook his head.
"It's nothing, I must have seen it wrong."
Previously, he seemed to see the red maple tree that had died, swaying its body back and forth, as if it was alive.
But he quickly realized that it must be the wind causing the tree to sway, giving him a false sense of life.
However, not long after Miyako Shirogane and Sakura Mitoki took a few steps together to leave, the dying red maple tree began to recover its vitality at a visible speed.
In just a few seconds, the tree had regained its most lush and vibrant state.
Moreover, if one carefully observed, they would discover that this maple tree, less than five meters tall, actually contains an immense amount of life force and magic.
"What a surprise, it turned out to be a tree this time!"
A human face appeared on the trunk of the red maple tree, and an amazed voice was heard.
Indeed, this red maple tree is none other than George, who has opened a new aspect.
"So be it, a tree is just a tree. Even if it were a stone, it would be the same for me."
Although he was somewhat surprised by the fact that his new aspect was a tree, he wasn't particularly concerned about it.
With his current command of magic, regardless of the form of his new aspect, he can transform it into a human shape with transfiguration spells.
Moreover, the additional power from this new aspect is actually optional for him.
In the past, when he had an additional human aspect, even an ordinary human, his physical fitness had been doubled.
Now, the additional human flesh he has in his body is very insignificant.
Currently, what he values more is the power system of the new world, the magic of the new world, which allows him to study and improve his magic more effectively.
At the same time, it can also better improve his small world.
To be honest, if he had a tree aspect early on, it would have been much stronger than having an ordinary human aspect.
After all, if a human had all the abilities of a big tree, such as photosynthesis, they could just stick in the ground and wouldn't need to eat food.
Moreover, trees are generally quite resilient, and even broken branches can grow again the following year.
"I wonder what kind of world this is. It looks like Japan, but I don't think there's any city called Tosho in Japan."
With the use of transfiguration, George quickly transformed from the form of a tree into that of a human.
Turning his head and looking around, he knew that he had once again been transported to an unknown world.
Having experienced so many aspects, he had also accumulated some patterns.
Looking at all the worlds where he has opened aspects, they are basically derived from stories in movies, television, comics, and animations.
These story worlds can be roughly traced back to three main categories.
The first category is Western-style story worlds, such as the main Marvel, Middle Earth, Harry Potter, Sorcerer's Apprentice and DCAU.
Because of his preference for these in his previous life, he had basically seen them all and had a general understanding, making them the most worry-free worlds.
There is also a second category, that is the Japanese-style story worlds, such as the A Certain Scientific Railgun world, Fairy Tail world, Cardcaptor Sakura world.
Some of them he watched when he was a child, and some of them may have appeared later, which he didn't watch.
But by observing the environment, mainstream powers, and forces in those worlds, it can be judged that they are generally set in Japan, with the place names being fictional.
This world is also clearly similar to this situation.
The third category is probably the domestic-style story worlds, with only one world so far that is based on training qi.
However, all these worlds share one characteristic: they are definitely not ordinary, normal worlds.
There will definitely be magic or divination techniques, either spells or techniques from Daoism.
"If it's an unknown world, I won't rush into action right away. Let's observe the situation first."
Transforming from the form of a tree to that of a human, George concealed all his presence and disguised himself as an ordinary person, climbing over the wall to chase after Miyako Shirogane and Sakura Mitoki.
