Chapter 53 - Growing Strong
Flora was disappointed when her suggestion was refused. Otherwise, she could do some research into the silly bird, maybe even backtrack and deduce some important data about Greya’s artificial life spells.
Pity.
Still, this was not important for Flora. Suppose she could get her hands on the original data of the spells, she would not be able to reproduce the results as long as she did not learn Greya’s path. She was curious only because of a wizard’s natural desire for knowledge.
Flora said she would take Angor to his room, so Angor tried to enjoy the grassland scenery on the cloud whale along the way. Yet, as he walked through the “ranch”, he felt something strange.
For instance, when he walked past a square stone house, he caught a really thick smell of blood.
And, ever since he began walking behind Flora, he got the feeling that someone’s watching him from behind. The indescribable uneasiness on his back was making him uncomfortable. Every time he looked back, nothing was there. Every tent was shut tight. The occasional cows were the only creatures out there.
But when Angor turned to walk forward again, the sense of being watched immediately returned.
He was thinking about using his tablet to read some novels. However, he was staying in someone else’s territory, and Sunders’ intention towards him was not clear, added by Flora’s explanation about a wizard’s “extra pair of ears and eyes”… Angor did not dare to take out his tablet, fearing that someone might be watching.
Exposing the tablet was not something serious. There were only Hanzi in it and no one could read them. However, Angor was afraid that someone might decide to get to the bottom of it, which would lead to the exposure of Jon’s identity as a “smuggler”. That would be disastrous. Angor made up his mind to stay low profile for some time. At the very least, he would not use the tablet during his days on the cloud whale.
Without the tablet to pass time, and no books since he gave them all to Alan, the only thing Angor could do now was to stare at the air.