Chapter 462
462: Of Course It’s for You
In the stony room were a few wide bookcases and a black wooden table where Emily was fully concentrated on an ancient personal letter held in her hands. Her brows were slightly knitted, puzzling over the dark magic knowledge recorded on the ancient letter.
“Reporting to Lady Emily, Lord Bryan requests an audience!” a voice came from a tubular hole on Emily’s desk.
A pleasantly surprised expression took over her face and she involuntarily let out a gentle cry. She put down the ancient letter with haste and took out a clear rounded mirror from her space ring, and touched up her tender, lovely cheeks.
“Lady Emily, can Lord Bryan enter?” when the guide heard her soft cry, he understood that Emily was in the secret chamber, but since she did not reply, the guide repeated his question.
Emily, who was tidying up her appearance in a flustered manner, hastily replied with her lovable voice, “Hold on, I will be ready in a second!”
As she spoke, she double checked her face in the mirror, making sure that not the slightest blemish was visible. She then smoothed out her black robe with magic. Finally, she said, “Alright, Lord Bryan may enter!”
With a flash of bright light, Han Shuo appeared in the stony room through a short-distance transportation matrix.
“Bryan!” Emily exclaimed delightedly when she saw the imposing stature that had been constantly in her mind standing in her presence. She threw herself into Han Shuo’s broad chest and tightly embraced him with all her strength, as though Han Shuo would disappear at any moment.
Han Shuo had a warm smile on his face as he looked down at Emily in his embrace.
“I, I will!” Emily held the Origin Crystal of Darkness with both hands, she was so stirred up that she nearly fainted in euphoria. From Han Shuo’s explanation, she realized what this Origin Crystal would mean for her. It was a most precious item that could make her a God. She could no longer express her gratitude and adoration towards Han Shuo with words.
“Lady Emily, is Bryan in there?” Candide’s voice interrupted from a magical device on Emily’s table.
Candide’s voice seemed somewhat unsteady and excited for some reason. Before Han Shuo could answer, Candide spoke again through the magical device, “I sense an incomparably pure and tremendous aura of dark element coming from your location. Are you both alright?”
Han Shuo and Emily exchanged a glance and they both came to their senses. Candide was, too, a dark grand magus. He had immersed himself in dark magic much longer than Emily had. His comprehension of dark magic had likewise presumably exceeded that of Emily’s.
As Han Shuo did not utilize any special technique to cover up the aura that the Origin Crystal of Darkness emited, Candide, as a dark grand magus, it was a matter of course that he would sense the presence of this enormous pure element of darkness.
“Quickly put it away!” With one hand covering the sound-transmitting magical device, Han Shuo hastily instructed Emily.
Emily had already come to her senses when Candide’s voice sounded, but the first thing she did was hurriedly get dressed. Only after Han Shuo’s reminder did she put away the Origin Crystal. Shortly after, she said with panic, “He knows, what do we do, what should we do?”
As a figure of such high authority, Emily shouldn’t have been so panic-stricken. The reason she was so out of her wits was purely that the Origin Crystal had overwhelmed her to the point of shock. She was so excited that she found it challenging to remain calm, hence her agitation.
“It’s okay. Not only does he not have a clue about anything, plus, even if he knew that I handed the Origin Crystal to you, there’s nothing he could do about it,” Han Shuo soothed Emily. He realized that the Emily was now too emotional, and it would be inappropriate for Candide to enter. He immediately added, “You stay here and calm down yourself. Leave Candide to me!”
Han Shuo then stood on the transportation matrix in Emily’s room. After a flash of bright light, he appeared before Candide.
“Bryan, I’ve just received reports, you indeed have returned. Oh right, I sensed an extremely pure aura of dark element coming from Emily’s stone room a minute ago. For so many years, I have never perceived such pure dark elemental energy from anywhere. What’s going on?” Candide asked.
“Nothing much. I was just using my martial arts to help Emily aggregate some dark element, so that she could more clearly sense the presence of dark element,” Han Shuo said smilingly as he tried to conceal the truth. Shortly after, he changed the subject, “Lord, I have met Stratholme the old monster.”
Perhaps the subject of Stratholme the old monster provoked Candide’s interests, or perhaps Candide was astute and understood that Han Shuo was unwilling to discuss it thoroughly, Candide did not investigate any further about the enormous dark element, but asked in astonishment about the course of events that led to Han Shuo and Stratholme’s meeting.