Chapter 666 - Inheritable Power
It had been almost a month. When Angor finally saw his professor again, the gentleman was enjoying the sunlight on an armchair near a window with his legs crossed.
Sunders’ clean and tidy suit didn’t look much different from what he usually had. The same went for that pair of black leather boots, white gloves with lace trimmings, a traditional top-hat, and a short walking cane.
But Angor noticed something wrong as he approached his professor.
Sunders had his hat worn in an uncomfortably weird way that the brim completely hid his eyes, and Angor could only see the man’s nose bridge and what was below. And when Angor got close enough, he saw a single strand suspended beside Sunders’ ear.
He thought it was the chain on Sunders’ monocle, but then he realized that the strand appeared to be too dark, and it wasn’t metal.
“I’m here, sir,” he said in a small voice.
Sunder spoke without looking up or revealing his eyes, “Sit down. I’m going to check your illusion items, and while I’m at it, you can tell me how you made them. I’m not asking about your crafting progress, but your mindset and other conditions when making them. I need to see whether the different forms of manifestations have anything to do with these factors.”
Angor nodded.
“So this single variable prevented your calculation from reaching the correct result? Now that we know nothing about the illusion items, they might hold more value than we thought… or the opposite.”
This meant the manifestations of Mystery were even more “mysterious” than Spotty’s crystal. For the crystal, they at least figured out a general result that suggested its properties. Yet they knew little about the manifestations, which meant anything was possible.
I wonder if more experienced alchemists can tell me something… Angor thought to himself.
He did not have much time to think about it because Ness’ Valley of Souls was already in sight.