Chapter 29: Two-Pronged Preparations

Chapter 29: Two-Pronged Preparations

At that moment, Forsi felt her cheeks burning hot. Her entire body froze in place, and she did not even dare turn her head to glance at her friend.

She deeply realized that she had far too “lowly” underestimated the magic mirror’s bottom line!

After her lips trembled for a while, Forsi remembered Mr. World’s reminder, closed her eyes, and said, “I choose to accept the punishment.”

With a crack, a bolt of silver-white lightning dropped from midair inside the room. But the moment the lightning appeared, it vanished soundlessly, like an illusion.

On the mirror’s surface, the dark-red words were abruptly stained silver-white and swiftly changed into new content:

“Today’s question-and-answer game ends here. Goodbye!”

Before Forsi opened her eyes, and before Xio could react, the rippling light slowly spreading inside the mirror instantly calmed. The room’s gloom and eerie darkness shattered with it, swallowed by candlelight.

“Wasn’t there supposed to be a punishment?” Forsi waited several seconds, then opened one eye slightly. She looked at the mirror, which had returned to normal, then at Xio, who had been watching.

Xio pointed above her head.

“A bolt of lightning did fall at first, but it disappeared halfway. Also, the magic mirror has already left.”

“…The magic mirror was only joking? No, the reminder I received was that the question would be rather embarrassing, and the punishment would be quite severe… Could it be that Mr. Fool protected me?” Forsi rubbed her right cheek and voiced her guess.

“Perhaps.” Xio nodded, agreeing with her friend’s view.

Just as Forsi breathed out in relief and secretly rejoiced, she suddenly noticed Xio looking at her seriously.

“Do you need something?” Forsi’s heart thumped.

Xio asked thoughtfully, “In those erotic dreams of yours, who were the protagonists?”

“…Haha. Who would remember dreams from so long ago? Besides, aren’t things in dreams always vague and unclear?” Forsi forced out a smile.

Xio gave an “Mm.”

“In that case, why didn’t you answer just now?”

“…I was nervous. Too nervous.” Forsi glanced at the luggage already packed inside the room. “We should move. I miss fireplaces!”

As she spoke, she walked toward the luggage.

Only now did she realize that sometimes, whether or not she answered the magic mirror’s question, the result was more or less the same.

Is this the social death Gehrman Sparrow mentioned? I really want to bury myself right now! Forsi took several deep breaths in succession, trying to calm the heat in her cheeks and the shame in her heart.

…

Above the gray fog, inside the ancient palace.

Klein tossed the Sea God Scepter back into the pile of miscellaneous items and gave a “heh” at the magic mirror Arrodes’s performance.

“It knew very well that I sent someone to summon it, yet it still dared to ask that kind of question. Only after I stopped the lightning punishment did it hurriedly change its attitude and flee in a panic… Having quite a lot of fun, are you?

“Still, its answer did give me a new idea. I truly don’t need to limit myself to becoming a Miracle Invoker…

“The second Blasphemy Slate most likely originated from the Creator of the City of Silver and is now in Adam’s hands… Although Amon and His brother each mind Their own business and don’t exactly have a good relationship, They have still cooperated before. I refuse to believe He has never seen that Blasphemy Slate… In that case, He must already know the Miracle Invoker ritual and can guess that I next want to bring the City of Silver out of the Forsaken Land of the Gods. When the time comes, He won’t even need to work too hard to track me. He only has to wait at the Giant King’s Court…

“Mm. I cannot proceed according to the enemy’s expectations, especially when the enemy is a God of Deceit and God of Mischief. Who knows how many accidents will arise from that… If, because of my involvement, the City of Silver’s thousands of years of hope is shattered…