Warlock Apprentice

Thirty minutes later…

 “I’ll be waiting for you, Angor!”

Even across her mask, Angor could tell from her cheerful voice that the woman was smiling widely.

 The woman then spoke to Sunders politely, “Thank you, Mister Phantom. I’ll not take any more of your time now.”

 Sunders nodded while the woman quickly disappeared into the crowds.

 Angor looked at the crimson crown in his hand with a sad look. For some reason, this “fake treasure” had found its way back to him.

 Earlier tonight, Angor was very confused when Sunders said that they would be meeting the provider of Travel In Dreamland, who requested to meet Angor personally.

Sunders asked the machine butler to handle the horses and spoke to Angor again, “Prepare your things. We’re returning to Brute Cavern tomorrow.”

 “Oh, okay. When are you going to explore that new place, sir?”

 “Well… It’s not urgent since Irisa gave us ample time.”

 Angor noticed Sunders dodged the question and decided not to ask again.

 He went to the garden area and saw Greya sitting on the grass in the middle of flowers. Greya was gazing at the starry sky while Toby accompanied her.

 The sorrowful expression sat well on Greya’s little-girl body, which was a rare sight.

 While Angor considered whether he should go talk to her, Greya lowered her head and sighed.

“Come over here.”

 While moving closer, Angor reached out a hand to catch a bird who rushed at him to kiss his face.

 “Lady Greya, is there… something wrong?” Angor wasn’t sure whether he should ask a mighty wizard such a question.

 “Nah. In this new body, I’ll get bad mood swings every now and then. Funny, right? For someone like me to be affected by mortal sentiments…”

 “It will not affect your condition for real, right?”

 “No. I’m just worried, that if I ever get used to this weak body, I’ll start to like it this way and give up what I should have,” Greya said while the speed of her speech got slower and slower.

 Angor considered for a moment before he replied, “You’ll be strong again as long as you don’t lose the heart of a heroine.”

 Greya chuckled. “Aw, I see you’re smarter than me in this matter. Now speak. Do you have something to say in the middle of the night?”

 Angor tried to strike a topic so that he could hopefully learn why Greya was staying at Sunders’ place. However, it seemed like she didn’t want to talk about it.

 “Lady Greya, I’m going to go back to Brute Cavern with my professor tomorrow, so I’m planning to use tonight and start working on that second accessory that you asked for. What kind of illusion should I use?”

 “Nothing too complicated. The white feather that you showed me last time was pretty good.” Greya considered the last illusion she experienced and said, “Especially the secret area inside that mountain. It felt just like the Nightmare Realm. You’ve been there, haven’t you?”

 Angor scratched his head. This was supposed to be a big secret between him and Sunders.

 “Okay, okay,” Greya said as she shrugged, “that old bachelor gagged you, didn’t he? Fine, keep it to yourself. I hope you can blend something you learned from the Nightmare Realm into the illusion. Something new is even better.” Greya sipped some tea with her legs crossed before she said, “There’s… something in your illusion. I can’t tell what exactly, but I think it helps me gain new insights.”

 “Uhh, really?”

 “Yeah, like, learn new spells, sorta. Let’s just say, maybe your illusions work wonders like Sonance Abysm.”

 Angor frowned. He believed the witch was overvaluing his potential.

 “You can mix your own knowledge and emotions into your illusions. That’s usually something impossible for other illusionists. Once you become a truth finder someday, you might be able to help people learn new spells in this way.”

 “You flatter me, Lady Greya.”

 Greya smiled. As a truth finder wizard herself, she knew that her comment about Angor wasn’t an overstatement.

Felicia is busy doing something; otherwise, she’d be here asking for Angor’s alchemy service too. Pity for her.

 “You don’t have to rush it. Take it easy and think carefully. I’ll go look for Sunders again within a month. That’s when you should have it ready.”

 Greya would go to Brute Cavern?! Again, Angor wondered what was happening between Greya and his professor.

 Greya saw Angor’s curious look but did not explain. As she believed, traveling to the Nightmare Realm to retrieve her body was too difficult a task and that Angor should not know about it.

“Now off you go. Remember to take Toby with you tomorrow. My training’s almost done. Oh, and trust me, the next time something bad happens, Toby’s going to surprise you big time.”