Warlock Apprentice

Chapter 2969: Chapter 2970: Reproach

As Angel marveled at the magnificence of the Sea of Void Mirror, the Heart Space was rapidly descending into the sea.

Angel hadn’t even fully grasped the situation before the Heart Space was hovering at the "surface" of the Sea of Void Mirror.

Simultaneously, waves surged toward the Heart Space.

Angel could clearly see the surroundings’ reflections dissolving and changing in the waves, as if cleansing all the impurities of the world.

However, when the waves reached the location of the Heart Space, they were parted to the sides by a faint mysterious aura. Under the protection of this aura, the Heart Space remained completely unaffected by the waves, quietly floating atop the Sea of Void Mirror.

Seeing this, Angel finally breathed a sigh of relief.

What could be confirmed now was that Laplace hadn’t lied to him. In its most solid state, the Heart Space indeed could ward off the waves.

"Although it’s already the second time, it still feels very wondrous." At this moment, Laplace’s voice echoed by his ear.

The eyes on the heart opened, and Laplace stepped out from the vortex at the pupil’s position. While walking, she continued to perceive the surrounding aura.

"The aura of the Sea of Void Mirror is completely isolated. In the Heart Space, it feels just like being in an ordinary special space."

Laplace came beside Angel, watching together the unstable reflections outside the transparent Heart Wall.

Laplace: "This experience of observing the Sea of Void Mirror in an absolutely safe environment is truly fascinating."

For Angel, it was his first time visiting the Sea of Void Mirror, and since he hadn’t been in contact with the outside aura at all, it was hard for him to comprehend this feeling. But Laplace, having always been in the Sea of Void Mirror, was too familiar with its situation. This experience of observing it through the Heart Wall, without resisting its erosive power, deeply moved her.

Looking at the waves isolated by the mysterious aura, Laplace turned to Angel and said: "Your Heart Space is absolutely extraordinary."

Angel was just about to say something when suddenly, he frowned.

"What is it?" Laplace asked in confusion.

Angel, with a puzzled look, said: "I seem to feel that someone is probing the Heart Space?"

Laplace was stunned for a moment. Someone probing the Heart Space? She had clearly checked this area before, and there were no life forms around. Could it be a powerful creature emerging from the Abyssal Hollow?

While Laplace was puzzled, Angel continued: "It doesn’t seem to be probing from the Mirror Domain, more like probing from outside... towards the Heart Space."

Laplace understood now; by "outside," he meant the Material Realm.

"It seems... they’ve entered!"

As Angel’s voice fell, above the Heart Space, a vertical eye appeared.

The center of the eye was also a vortex.

Upon seeing this vortex, even before Angel could react, Laplace had already stepped back, gently tapping the Heart Wall, turning the "transparent" Heart Wall back to a normal state, isolating the outside view.

As the Heart Wall returned to normal, a figure emerged from the vortex.

"Adanis?!"

When Angel saw the visitor, he immediately understood the situation. Probably, upon sensing that his alchemy had ended, Adanis returned to the Qingkong Poetry Room, where she discovered the Half-length Mirror that Angel had refined.

Through the Half-length Mirror left in the outside world, she entered the Heart Space.

For Adanis’s act of intruding into the Half-length Mirror without his consent, Angel, though somewhat dissatisfied in his heart, decided to tolerate it.

After all, if they were to discuss right and wrong, the fault was initially his.

The Qingkong Poetry Room belonged to Adanis. He had performed alchemy there without her consent, which was indeed his fault. However, Angel had no choice. To pull the Qingkong Poetry Room into the Wilderness of Dreams using the Dream Conch without outsiders noticing, he had to resort to this surreptitious method of execution first and reporting later.

Since he had erred first, facing Adanis, Angel was actually a bit guilty.

However, despite feeling guilty, it did not prevent Angel from maintaining a calm demeanor.

"Why are you here?" Angel, unsure of how to begin, spoke up. After all, he couldn’t just call her name and remain silent, so he coughed a couple of times before inquiring about Adanis’s purpose.

While Angel could also speculate on Adanis’s intent, likely driven by curiosity about the Half-length Mirror, leading her to probe it.

Of course, if Adanis indeed said as much, Angel planned to perform an "How could you move my refined Half-length Mirror without my consent?" act with his gaze.

However, events did not unfold as Angel had imagined.

Adanis, with a cold hum, eyed Angel critically: "What have you done?"

"Huh?" Angel was taken aback, pointing to himself: "Me?"

Adanis squinted at Angel, seemingly trying to see through him.

Although Angel didn’t know what Adanis was referring to, he could sense her suspicions and anger, and even a hint of... hatred?

On the other side, Laplace also noticed something amiss. Although she lacked Angel’s terrifying hyper perception, she had eyes, and she could see the peril lurking in Adanis’s gaze.

Adanis seemed dissatisfied with Angel, even holding hatred?

Why?

Previously, Angel mentioned that the matter of the Qingkong Poetry Room had been resolved and that he and Adanis had reconciled, hadn’t they?

"What do you mean?" Angel looked puzzled.

Adanis coldly snorted: "What do I mean, don’t you know?"

Angel turned to glance at Laplace, seeking whether Laplace had any answers. But this action was mistaken by Adanis, who said calmly: "What, are you hoping Laplace will save you?"

Angel, rubbing his slightly swollen temples, looked toward Adanis helplessly: "What are you talking about? Stop speaking in riddles, and don’t pose rhetorical questions. Just tell me, what have I done wrong?"

Angel realized many Prophet Wizards enjoyed casting themselves as "riddle makers," but he hadn’t expected Adanis to do the same.

Adanis intensely stared at Angel, and after a while, said: "Give me Olao."

Angel: "Olao hasn’t awakened yet."

Adanis: "I told you to hand him over!"

Angel was silent for a moment, looking at Adanis and contemplating her series of behaviors since entering, suddenly, a realization dawned on him: "You, you don’t think I’ve done something to Olao, do you?"

Adanis: "Only you know in your heart."

Upon hearing this from Adanis, Angel understood completely.

This person certainly thought he had transmuted Olao’s true form.

The fact was indeed so—

In Adanis’s view, Angel’s alchemy skill was merely "rumored." She hadn’t witnessed it herself, hence she couldn’t judge, but she knew that crafting a Mysterious Object was definitely not easy!

Even for a Half-step Mysterious Object, it wasn’t something anyone could refine.

Angel refined a half-step mystic object, and Adanis had already begun to suspect whether Angel had used Olao’s true form, the unique material known as Margaret Gold, to create this half-step mystic object.

That’s why Adanis rushed to the Qingkong Poetry Room so quickly.

When she arrived at the secret meeting room of Qingkong Poetry Room, the first thing she saw was the half-length mirror floating in mid-air.

A mirror! And one that exudes a faint mysterious aura! When Adanis saw this mirror, her heart skipped a beat. She almost concluded that Angel had refined Margaret Gold while Olao was still in slumber.

Otherwise, how could Angel have refined a half-step mystic object? Why was the object refined a mirror?

Thinking of this, Adanis was furious.

Although Augustine gave Angel the rights to use Margaret Gold, in Adanis’s view, even if Olao couldn’t match the Mirror of Truth—Adigu—in the future, it should at least be a mysterious object!

Now, creating an in-between half-step mystic object, how could Adanis not be angry?

This effectively cut off Olao’s future prospects!

Although Adanis did not see any trace of Margaret Gold on the exterior of the half-length mirror, who knew if Angel had hidden Margaret Gold inside the mirror?

Thus, enveloped in anger, Adanis began to search for Angel. Eventually, through the half-length mirror, she entered the heart space and found Angel.

This led to the current conversation.

...

When Adanis asked for "Olao to be handed over to her" for the third time, Angel, too lazy to argue, simply pulled out the Mirror Box of Flowing Light and tossed it to Adanis.

Instead of arguing with an anger-clouded Adanis whose personality tends to be extreme, it was better to show evidence directly.

After receiving the Mirror Box of Flowing Light, Adanis immediately opened it and looked inside.

Then she was dumbfounded.

This dumbfounded state lasted several minutes.

Laplace used telepathy to ask Angel: "What happened? What’s wrong with her?"

Angel sighed and briefly explained the matter without mentioning "Margaret Gold," only saying that Olao’s essence material was unique and had the potential to refine a mysterious object.

After hearing what Angel said, Laplace also understood the current situation.

However, she was still a bit puzzled as to why Adanis remained in a daze.

Laplace didn’t understand, but Angel did.

He could clearly sense the change in Adanis’s emotions, from confusion, to surprise, to regret, and then to shame... At this moment, Adanis was in a kind of "shame" emotion.

It was probably the first time Adanis encountered such a farcical event, and she didn’t know how to handle it, so she just stood there in a daze.

Sensing Adanis’s internal turmoil, Angel coughed softly: "Laplace and I are familiarizing ourselves with the special space inherent in the half-length mirror. Do you want to join us in studying it, or..."

Without hesitation, Adanis said: "I, I have some matters to attend to, I’ll step out first."

Adanis was now very restless inside. She had not expected that all her "inner drama" earlier was entirely self-concocted!

Angel had not used Olao’s true form, nor had he even opened the Mirror Box of Flowing Light.

In other words, she had been enacting a solo act all along, misunderstanding Angel.

Angel had indeed refined a half-step mystic object by himself.

Adanis didn’t even have time to be shocked by Angel’s alchemy technique, she just wanted to hide somewhere Angel couldn’t see.

So, when Angel offered her a way out, she didn’t hesitate to leave.

If it were her usual character, Adanis might have intervened in the heart space research. But now, looking at this heart space shrouded in a hazy red light, she felt infinite shame.

Adanis turned and wanted to leave towards the heart wall to exit the heart space.

However, Angel couldn’t dare let Adanis leave through the heart wall. Adanis didn’t know what the outside world was like, but they knew it was the Sea of Void Mirror outside!

If Adanis went out, she might encounter unforeseen dangers.

Yet, Angel also couldn’t send Adanis back the way she came, so he could only signal to Laplace.

Laplace naturally understood Angel’s meaning. With a gentle point, the eyes that had appeared above the heart space opened again.

Angel quickly said: "The exit is there."

Adanis looked back at the raised eyes, didn’t think much of it, and turned to leave.

However, before leaving, Adanis didn’t forget to return the Mirror Box of Flowing Light to Angel.

Adanis was eager to leave, but she hadn’t lost her reason. After realizing Angel’s alchemy level, she somewhat understood why Augustine had chosen Angel.

Angel being able to refine this half-length mirror meant he had already touched the mystical level.

Therefore, it was not impossible for Angel to use Margaret Gold to refine a true mysterious object.

So, Adanis still handed back the Mirror Box of Flowing Light to Angel, not touching Olao’s true form inside.

As Adanis passed by, Angel heard her soft apology.

After apologizing, Adanis’s figure quickly disappeared.

"She’s already returned, through the heart passageway linked with the half-length mirror, back to the material realm." Laplace said calmly.

After speaking, Laplace thought for a moment and added: "I doubt she’ll return soon."

Adanis has always been proud, and this time she remarkably lowered her head to apologize. Given Laplace’s understanding of Adanis, it’s unlikely she will want to see Angel anytime soon.

...

After Adanis left the heart space, Angel re-transformed the heart wall to be transparent.

The external environment still hadn’t changed much, with various reflections and the ever-emerging waves and ripples.

At this time, Laplace spoke: "Back to the main topic. Next, we continue testing the heart space. But before the test, I can show you an interesting discovery."

An interesting discovery? With a curious look, Angel watched as Laplace lightly stomped on the ground.

Invisible ripples spread from the ground.

Soon, the ground, like the heart wall around it, gradually became transparent.

As the ground became transparent, Angel saw the scene below, and upon seeing it, he was stunned.