Mage Manual-Chapter 578 - 469 He Has Someone on the Outside

"Hmm?" the president of the Claw Club was taken aback, "What are you blabbering about... I’m asking what the plan for the Void Realm is tonight."

"The Void Realm project, huh..." Ash let out a sigh of relief, "I’ll play it by ear as I go."

Sports cars roared to life, chasing after the hooves of the White Bull, golden showers like flowing light swiftly pouring into the Alchemy King’s throne, transforming into the Mages’ Magic Power.

Feeling the Magic Power about to brim over, Sonia estimated that in a couple of days, she should be able to completely condense her Golden Illusion Wings and become a formal Two-winged Mage—although without shortcuts like the ’Vortex’ for rapidly absorbing Magic Power, the sports car + Alchemy King’s throne cultivation boost meant their Magic Power absorption speed was at least ten times that of others. The little over a month they had spent on the Time Continent equated to a year’s journey for others.

If the Sea of Knowledge required sailing tens of thousands of miles, then the Time Continent demanded trekking the same distance. However, Mages had no choice in the Sea of Knowledge with few Technique Spirits and Miracles, only able to obediently swim, but on the Time Continent, it was different. After walking on foot for a few days, Mages would find it incredibly foolish, and acquiring mobility Miracles became essential.

To this day, Sonia still didn’t have a proper mobility Miracle, largely due to the Observer ferrying her to and from work every day. In a sense, Sonia was actually spoiled; without the Observer, she would probably struggle immensely to make any progress on the Time Continent.

With that thought, the Village Girl decided on tonight’s topic of conversation with the Witch: "What if we’re abandoned by the Observer?" Not only could the topic continue to decrease the Witch’s affinity towards the Observer, but it could also arouse her sense of crisis to proactively strengthen her real-world training!

However, the choice of words required careful consideration. If the Witch heard it as "What if you’re abandoned by the Observer," it would backfire, resembling exploitation and persecution by her and the Observer against the Witch.

So, Sonia needed to conjure up sincerity, making it seem like she herself was truly worried about being abandoned by the Observer, to make the Witch feel empathetic.

If I were to be abandoned by the Observer, what would be the reason...

Operator strength not up to par? Impossible, he clearly just wants to scare me into training more, I’ve seen through that...

A better-looking operator appears? No chance, I’m the best-looking...

These reasons can’t even convince me, how were they going to convince the Witch? But I really can’t think of anything...

While Sonia was brewing her scheming thoughts, she suddenly heard strange murmurs from nearby—

"Poisoning? The success rate is too low."

"Anyway, hold on to it and don’t give her the chance..."

"Call her mother over? Little Red, have you forgotten? Her mother wants it too."

"It’s unlikely but what if they reconcile and choose to develop and use it together? How could we compete then? And her aunt is also an enemy, that’s three people, nearly catching up to us!"

"Damn it, one after another, all baddies, all coveting my treasure!"

Listening to the White Queen’s low self-talk, seeing her soft white hair gradually stain with bright red-black, her gentle face turning gloomy and somber, Sonia wondered what had happened to the Witch in reality that she couldn’t suppress the emotional turbulence, leading to personality confusion, even in the Void Realm.

And it seemed something important was about to be taken, the Red Death Cultist thought calling one’s mother could prevent this, but the White Queen believed the mother and aunt also desired it... Could it be some sort of toy?

She hurried to embrace the White Queen, whispering soothing words, the latter also realizing her abnormal state, lightly resting on Sonia’s shoulder.

"Are you okay? Otherwise—"

"It’s okay, we’re the ones who failed to control ourselves this time. Since we’re in the Void Realm, we can’t dwell on things from reality, and we certainly can’t bring emotions into work."

Sonia felt somewhat regretful—the Witch was in such a bad mood, she naturally couldn’t broach the topic of ’being abandoned by the Observer’ tonight, lest it exacerbate the Witch’s woes.

Just then, the sports car came to a stop outside a resource point, the White Queen looking towards the depths of the mine: "I hope the battle can relax me a bit."

"Definitely," Sonia smiled, "When you’re feeling down, slaughtering a few Fish-Slicing Dragons can be quite refreshing. I’ve even set myself a challenge, and my current record is slaying five Fish Dragons with one swing of the sword. Why don’t you set yourself a challenge too, like how many pieces can you slice a Fish Dragon into with one attack?"

After skillfully exterminating a family, Sonia saw an opportunity when the White Queen went searching for essence materials and pulled Ash aside to ask, "What was that just now?"

"I, what happened to me?" Ash was very nervous.

"How come you used so many Healing Swords and Enchantment Swords on me?" Sonia crossed her arms across her chest, "I could have recovered from those wounds with soul energy alone, no need for the Healing Sword; the Enchantment Sword lasts for more than twenty seconds, but you reapplied it every less than ten seconds, which is very annoying, you know?"

Sonia had always found the Observer’s Enchantment Sword extremely strange. If you’re going to enchant, just enchant, but for some reason, it also brings an intense sensory stimulation, and every time she was enchanted, Sonia felt as if she were being embraced by him. It wasn’t that she disliked it, but it was quite disruptive to the rhythm during a battle.

"I’m sorry!" Ash immediately put his hands together and apologized, "I’ll give you all my essence materials tonight!"

"I didn’t ask for compensation..." Sonia frowned slightly, "You seemed weird tonight?"

"Not at all, I’ve always been like this——"

"Then stop looking around and look at me."

Unable to withstand Sonia’s burning gaze, Ash looked away after just two or three seconds and opened the Void Realm Map, saying, "Sword Maiden, I think next we should head to——"

"Forget about the minor matters of the Void Realm." Sonia pinned Ash against the wall and grabbed his hand, then a faint red glow emerged from her fingertips, touching Ash’s fingertips, "Look into my eyes."

"Sword Maiden, the Witch is about to return——"

"Look! At! Me!"

Miracle·Sincerity!

This Miracle, based on the Technique Spirit of Sincerity, Sonia had only used once before, which was to share her emotions in the Amnesia Cabin and make the Witch and the Observer feel her emotions to win their trust. However, the Miracle could also be used in reverse; if the other party did not dare to resist, she could take in their emotions instead.

Just then, Ash, spotting the Witch coming out of the mine, used "Charge" to Instant Teleport outside, "I’ll wait for you in the car until you’re done looting!"

The White Queen came out to see the Sword Maiden standing alone at the entrance of the mine, feeding stones to the Technique Spirit while walking over and asking, "Sword Maiden, the Observer...?"

The moment the Sword Maiden turned to look at her, the White Queen’s words were abruptly cut off, her mind blasted with such chilling Killing Intent that all that remained was a blank. When she finally came to her senses, she adjusted her glasses, then her makeup, clothing, and hair color instantly changed to black, transforming into the Black Butler.

The Black Butler looked at the Sword Maiden, the corners of her mouth twitching slightly before taking a deep breath, "Sword Maiden, you... No, I’m still really scared!"

She adjusted her glasses again, and the coldly proud Red Death Cultist made her entrance. The Red Death Cultist glanced at the Sword Maiden and shook her head, "I’m not stupid."

After all the twists and turns, it was still Princess Diya who came forward to handle the situation. Even Diya couldn’t dare to look directly into the Sword Maiden’s eyes, which seemed to emanate a bloody red from the Sea of Killing Intent. She directly hugged the Sword Maiden and buried her head in her chest, tremblingly saying, "Sword, Sword Maiden, what happened? Why do you seem to be in such, such a bad mood...?"

"Nothing happened."

The Sword Maiden’s voice was still so soft and charming, as enticing as a feather brushing against one’s ear. She gently touched the Witch’s little head and smiled, "I just suddenly had a strange thought, and I got a bit lost in it for a while."

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"A boring one... just that, what would I do if the Observer abandoned me."

The unease of avoiding eye contact.

The afterglow of secret delight.

And a strong sense of guilt.

Though it was the first time she felt these emotions, Sonia’s intuition—or what the Observer called the "dark heart"—had already seen through everything.

He had someone else outside.

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