Chapter 250 - Journey in Heaven
The prelude of the City of Sky gently came about, along with the soothing aura of Tranquility Rune.
Lady Mirror slowly nodded as she listened. She already decided to keep this little charm since it did not release those awful metal clinks she expected.
“The start’s pretty good,” Lady Mirror enjoyed the calming effect brought by the rune and forgot about teasing Angor again for the moment.
As she prepared to enjoy the music to its fullest, she suddenly saw ripples surrounding the space around her.
“Melodious Illusion?”
When the ripples were no more, she saw herself traveling through clouds in the endless sky.
Along with the Tranquility Rune, the beautiful scenery gave her a strange yet comforting sense. For the moment, she only wished to join the dreamy game with all the clouds and birds above the boundless earth.
“I’m glad you like it.” Angor smiled back. The uneasiness for visiting Lady Mirror out of the blue had completely vanished.
“Rune and music are fine. More importantly, how did you construct such an illusion?” Lady Mirror was still curious about how the floating island reminded her of so many emotions.
“I chose several spots on the item as illusion nodes when the music starts…” Angor carefully explained the principle of the illusion when Lady Mirror stopped him abruptly.
“I mean, the strange feeling inside the illusion. How did you do it? Most illusionists can create realistic illusions, but there’s something in yours that… reached my heart, and triggered something I’ve hidden in my memory for a long time.”
Angor was really puzzled now. He simply followed his dream to create the illusion. There was nothing else.
Lady Mirror looked at Angor’s dumbfounded expression and decided to ask in another way. “What’s in your mind when making the illusion?”
She really wanted to find out about it. Aged beings usually had colder natures. She could not remember when she felt so moved last time.
“My mind? I made the moving clouds because I know how. I spent many days on a cloud whale, during which I’d watch the cloud.”
“What about the island in the end? And everything else on the island.” Lady Mirror wanted to know how everything on the island hid a story behind it.
“When I drew the floating island, I was thinking about…” Angor tried to remember. “… Nether City.”
He was referring to what he saw in the Nightmare Realm. When creating the remains of a campfire on the island, he even thought about a sad couple he read in a diary—a one-sided lover called Augustin, and an elegant young lady called Margaret.
Of course, there were other elements he collected from the films from Earth. Since he could not really explain the films or the Nightmare Realm to Lady Mirror, he could only give her a name “Nether City”.
“Nether City? I heard about that somewhere… you mean the ruins in the garden of the labyrinth?”
“Yes.”
Lady Mirror’s eyes, or at least where her eyes should be, suddenly glimmered. “You’ve been to Nether City in the Nightmare Realm?”
Angor looked up quickly in shock.
Lady Mirror immediately understood Angor’s thoughts. “Sunders took you there, right?”
“You already know about it, lady?”
“Because Flora visits me quite a lot. By the way, the ‘Little Red’ behind her back came from Nether City as well. So that’s why your illusion looked frozen in time. Isn’t that how the Nightmare Realm looks?” Lady Mirror nodded. “Still, it’s very interesting that you can actually express such a special element in your illusion, along with more personal feelings. Maybe you illusionists all know the tricks? Oh my. I wish the Elder of Books is here so I can ask him. Too bad the old fart never steps out of his library.
“Well, so much about my questions…” Lady Mirror downed her tea and put on a mysterious look. “Now, let’s talk about the other surprise you’re going to present me.