Chapter 257 - Balance
The night was not peaceful. Angor could not sleep well because he was always troubled by noises of someone yelling or things being smashed.
Angor climbed up from his bed with sleepy eyes the next morning. He planned to sleep a bit more, but he was prevented by someone screaming madly next door—the Phantom Servant child.
Toby was chirping loudly on his bedstand. Anyone else here would find the bird terribly bothersome, although Angor knew that Toby was only singing the City of Sky in a really bad way, due to the lack of musical senses.
Angor helped Toby changed into a fisherman suit and smoothened his feathers. “There are a lot of wizards attending the fair, so don’t go wander off this time. Stay inside Prome’s yard, alright?”
Toby nodded.
Angor spent some time getting washed, then went to Dave’s room. He could still sense the illusion he deployed yesterday, and the Phantom Servant child was still yelling.
“Good morning, Angor.” Dave showed up, also yawning badly.
“A wizard? Do tell me.”
The young man described what he saw at the scene.
“It was a spell called Frost. And whoever did it was still a mere apprentice. You don’t find real wizards often.”
“But apprentices are still someone we can’t offend,” the young man commented.
“Lady Lotus wants Hobbiton. If we can’t bring Hobbiton to her, a real wizard will send her fury upon us and burn the whole family to the ground.” The middle-aged servant sighed.
They were in an awkward condition where they had to offend the lesser of the two evils.
The bane of being Phantom Servants.
“You keep looking for Hobbiton. Lady Lotus will arrive in half a month. I shall tell her about the situation by then. Let’s hope she can forgive us considering all the tributes we offered before.”
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Angor followed the path he went yesterday and entered Midnight Sovereign again.
According to Prome, he could buy manpower from anyone he wanted, be it children, women or the old, as long as he paid enough money.
He did not see anyone around the hidden entrance. He only heard the noise of crowds gathering coming from the other side of the wall.
The Enchanting Theater.