Chapter 2802 Study and Bedroom <TOC> Chapter 2804 Secret Tryst
Translator: SumTLMan
After the light patterns gathered for a moment, they began to take shape.
Very quickly, a familiar thing appeared before everyone’s eyes.
「True Word Book?」 Angel said in a low voice.
That’s right, what appeared before them was precisely the True Word Book formed by the convergence of countless light patterns, and this True Word Book was emitting familiar fluctuations, the power of earth, the power of bloodline, the power of elements, and also…… the power of Nightmare Aura.
This was exactly the same True Word Book that Angel and the others had used earlier, when they signed a contract with the Sovereign of Wisdom.
The Sovereign of Wisdom nodded: 「In order to avoid your distrust of what I say, I will use this True Word Book to display my sincerity.」
Everyone knew the rules of the True Word Book very clearly, during questioning and answering, one could not remain silent, but one could lie, however, what was written on the pages absolutely could not be false. The Sovereign of Wisdom had taken out the True Word Book, clearly intending, on certain key questions, to use the pages as support, to show sincerity.
For everyone, this was also a good thing.
They would not necessarily believe the Sovereign of Wisdom’s words, but they would definitely believe the record of the True Word Book.
Sovereign of Wisdom: 「Everything remains as before, the same as previously, follow the original rules.」
Following the original rules meant giving up the unique 「game」 of the True Word Book, this, for them, was still a good thing. If they really had to engage in a game, they might not necessarily be able to deal with the Sovereign of Wisdom, this old fox of ten thousand years.
After a pause, the Sovereign of Wisdom said: 「As the reward for passing the trial, this is now time that belongs to you, you may ask questions.」
The Black Count: 「Everything related to the Ruin Site.」
The Sovereign of Wisdom looked at the Black Count: 「That is fine, that is what I promised you. However…… before that, I still need to confirm one more point, have the records of the Noah family regarding the Ruin Site completely disappeared?」
The Black Count: 「Why make this confirmation?」
Although Black Count was only a nose floating in the air, and his expression could not be seen, the Sovereign of Wisdom still heard the implication beyond the words from his tone.
The reason for making this confirmation, was it to calculate to what extent he should tamper with the story?
Sovereign of Wisdom: 「If I truly wanted to fabricate nonsense, would I tell you in advance?」
「Then what do you mean?」
「I only want to verify an answer.」 At this point, the Sovereign of Wisdom paused, 「I only went to the Ruin Site when it was first established, I have not stepped into it during all these years, so what changes occurred inside, and what Augustine left behind, I am actually mostly guessing about, I need to obtain some answers from the mouth of his descendants, so that I can explain things to you better.」
As the Sovereign of Wisdom spoke, he extended a finger, and magic power flowed into the True Word Book. Different from before, the specialized display did not appear again. This was also normal, only when magic power was input for the first time would each person’s specialized display be shown, and this True Word Book already contained everyone’s magic power, so the specialized display was no longer shown.
As the magic power was input, every single word the Sovereign of Wisdom said appeared upon the pages, which also meant that he had not lied in this sentence.
However, the meaning of this sentence itself was also vague, and the True Word Book could not serve as absolute corroborating evidence.
Precisely because of this, Black Count was also hesitating over how he should answer.
At this time, the Sovereign of Wisdom said once again: 「It seems you are still hesitating. How about this, I will not ask you how many records the Noah clan still has concerning the Ruin Site. I will only ask you two Yes or No Questions, and you may decide whether to answer on the page, or answer orally.」
The Black Count thought for a moment, then still nodded: 「Fine.」
The Sovereign of Wisdom did not ask immediately, instead, his gaze swept over everyone one by one: 「I will ask on the pages of the True Word Book, so for these yes or no questions of mine, you must also answer. Likewise, each of you may also freely choose whether to answer on the page or answer orally.」
The True Word Book contained everyone’s magic power, therefore, everyone also belonged to the side being questioned, they necessarily had to answer, this was the rule of the True Word Book.
And answering on the page necessarily meant the truth, whereas an oral answer could be either true or false, this required the Sovereign of Wisdom himself to judge.
Although everyone was somewhat puzzled as to why the Sovereign of Wisdom did not directly question Black Count orally, that way they would not need to answer. But thinking that there was more than one Noah descendant present, asking in this way could also be considered a saving of time, therefore, they did not say much.
「The first question, I have already written it into the True Word Book, you may look at the page before each of you.」 Very soon, the Sovereign of Wisdom asked the first question.
「Do you know the Parting Sky Poetry Room?」
Everyone looked at one another, the Parting Sky Poetry Room, what was that?
They did not know what kind of place the Parting Sky Poetry Room was, however, this question was not originally meant for them anyway, so they all stated that they did not know.
They all basically answered orally, including Vai, this Noah descendant, who also did not write the answer into the True Word Book.
The only one, no, the only two who wrote their answers into the True Word Book, were only Black Count and…… Angel.
The Black Count had actually originally wanted the Sovereign of Wisdom to guess whether he knew this place, but after thinking about it, why go around in such a large circle. Moreover, he might not necessarily be able to hide it from the Sovereign of Wisdom.
As for Angel, he also was not deliberately joining in the fun. Rather, he vaguely sensed that the Sovereign of Wisdom had deliberately expanded the yes or no questions from the Black Count alone to everyone, and that the target was, in all probability, not Vai, but himself.
Angel had displayed too much familiarity with this place all along, not to mention the Sovereign of Wisdom, for almost everyone present, it would be hard not to suspect him.
Since it was highly possible that the Sovereign of Wisdom was probing him, Angel did not mind either, if he was to answer, then he would answer.
If he were really going to lie, Angel also wanted to see whether the punishment of the True Word Book would rebound onto him……or would it rebound onto that one in the Nightmare Plane? After all, the energy Angel had input into the True Word Book did not originate from himself.
However, there was no need to lie on this question, Angel truly did not know what the Parting Sky Poetry Room was.
Therefore, his answer was: no.
And the Black Count’s answer, likewise, was: no.
The Sovereign of Wisdom first looked toward the Black Count, and had no particular reaction to his answer. Then he looked at Angel…… the Sovereign of Wisdom did indeed intend to probe Angel, and he believed Angel had also guessed his meaning, it was just that he had not expected Angel to be so frank.
Originally, he had thought Angel would answer orally, but in the end, other than the Black Count, he was the only person who wrote the true answer on the page.
That large 「No」 caused the Sovereign of Wisdom to narrow his eyes. In his imagination, Angel was far too strange within this team, and Aedannis’s attention toward them was also inexplicably high, logically, Angel should have had a deep understanding of the Ruin Site, and should also have known the Parting Sky Poetry Room, but the calm reaction of the True Word Book represented that the answer had already been fixed, Angel truly did not know of the existence of the Parting Sky Poetry Room.
Although the Sovereign of Wisdom was suspicious in his heart, he still did not show it, and said to everyone: 「This question, was only to know whether the descendants of Noah still remembered Augustine’s story, but now it seems that the descendants of Noah have already forgotten his story…… one can only say, her strategy worked.」
「Her strategy?」 Black Count asked in confusion.
Sovereign of Wisdom: 「No rush on that, I will explain it later. I will first proceed with the second question now, and this is also the final question of these yes or no questions, once you finish answering this, I will tell you everything I know.」
After he finished speaking, the second yes or no question surfaced upon the pages before everyone’s eyes.
「Have you heard of Ouro?」
What kind of thing was Ouro? A person, or an object? Or was this some indescribable abstract entity? Yet another question that left everyone puzzled.
Apart from Angel and the Black Count, everyone else still chose to answer orally, the same as before, all of them said: 「No.」
And Angel and the Black Count also did not hesitate, very soon, their respective answers surfaced upon the pages, and likewise they were: 「No.」
This time, the Sovereign of Wisdom looked at the answers on the pages, and remained silent for a long time.
That the Black Count did not know Ouro, was within his expectations.
But that Angel did not know Ouro, this left him somewhat unable to understand. Earlier, when they were in the great hall, he had once used words to probe Aedannis, and after Angel entered the great hall, when Aedannis confronted him, he had also made careful observations.
Through probing and observation, the Sovereign of Wisdom could confirm that Aedannis almost completely did not understand Angel at all.
Under such circumstances, why would Aedannis pay such attention to Angel? There was even a feeling that she wanted to get rid of him as quickly as possible.
The Sovereign of Wisdom could think of only one reason. That would be related to……「him」.
On the emblem of the so-called Demon God of Mirrors, there was one man and one woman, the woman represented Aedannis, and the man represented Ouro.
Ouro’s identity was extremely special, Aedannis had never left the underground sewer, and the Sovereign of Wisdom thus guessed that it was related to Ouro.
And the only thing the Sovereign of Wisdom knew of that could stir Aedannis’ emotions without directly dealing with Aedannis, was something related to Ouro.
Even the Sovereign of Wisdom himself, when he repeatedly and covertly asked about Ouro’s situation in front of Aedannis, could make Aedannis turn hostile, much less outsiders.
Precisely because of this, the Sovereign of Wisdom inferred that Aedannis’s reason for dealing with Angel might be related to Ouro, and this time, when he deliberately asked about Ouro, the one he was mainly asking was also Angel, not Black Count.
But what he had not expected, was that Angel had actually given a negative answer!
And the True Word Book had truly displayed this answer, which meant that Angel still had not lied! Angel indeed had not heard of Ouro.
The Sovereign of Wisdom was a little dumbfounded now, then what would the true reason be for Aedannis dealing with Angel?
The Sovereign of Wisdom pondered for quite a long while, and he still could not quite figure it out. Other than this answer, what other answer could there be?
Or rather, Angel knew the person Ouro, but did not know the name Ouro?
This was also not impossible, Ouro might also have used a false name and had dealings with Angel, just like Black Count, Angel, and Daus, the three of them, had previously also used code names to address one another.
Thinking of this, the Sovereign of Wisdom raised his head, wanting to ask Angel about it.
However, when he lifted his head, he discovered that everyone’s eyes were filled with confusion, and were fixed tightly on him.
It really was because this time the Sovereign of Wisdom had been thinking for too long, for ten consecutive seconds he had not said a word, and no one knew what he was thinking about.
The Sovereign of Wisdom coughed twice, easing the stiff atmosphere a little, then took a blackish food item from the low table and stuffed it into his mouth, only then did he continue: 「Just now I was thinking about something, let us continue.」
Sovereign of Wisdom: 「The third question……」
Daus: 「There is still a third question?」
The Sovereign of Wisdom said without changing expression: 「A question I thought of on the spot, it is still a yes or no question. Rest assured, this truly is the last one, I guarantee it.」
Although everyone was puzzled, the two previous questions from the Sovereign of Wisdom had themselves also been asked for inexplicable reasons, and they had answered without understanding why, therefore, they still did not display too much resistance.
And as Angel looked at the Sovereign of Wisdom’s smiling appearance, his heart stirred slightly.
He had a feeling that the person the Sovereign of Wisdom truly wanted to ask with this final question, might not be the Black Count, but himself.
Very quickly, on the pages before them, there appeared what the Sovereign of Wisdom called the final yes or no question.
This time, the face of the question was very special, a picture actually appeared.
This picture was not unfamiliar to anyone, it was precisely the emblem of the Demon God of Mirrors that they had discovered in the first living area they encountered after entering the underground sewer.
By now, it could already be confirmed that the blond woman shown in profile in the emblem, was Aedannis.
Previously, they had also met Aedannis, and her side profile indeed was exactly the same as the one in the emblem. It could be seen that Aedannis had also been among those who had supported those believers of the Demon God back then.
But that man in the emblem who wore a hat, they had never seen him from beginning to end. They had even asked the Sovereign of Wisdom about him earlier, and the Sovereign of Wisdom had also worn a profoundly reticent look.
Now, the Sovereign of Wisdom displayed this emblem on the page, and the question he raised, was actually related to this man.
「Have you seen or come into contact with the male in the emblem?」
This question left everyone somewhat baffled, and just as they were preparing to answer, the Black Count was the first to say: 「No.」
This time, the Black Count did not write on the page of the True Word Book, but chose to answer directly.
This completely different choice from before made everyone somewhat surprised. However, after giving it a little thought, they also understood the Black Count’s meaning.
This question had been thought up on the spot by the Sovereign of Wisdom, but it was obviously not prepared for the Black Count.
Because including the Black Count, they had already asked the Sovereign of Wisdom earlier about information regarding this man, and at that time the Sovereign of Wisdom should already have known that the Black Count did not know the man in the emblem.
Now that the Sovereign of Wisdom had suddenly mentioned this man, it was obvious that he was not trying to ask the Black Count. The person he truly wanted to ask, no one present was stupid, basically they could determine…… that he was asking Angel.
Angel’s performance after entering the underground sewer indeed had many points worth questioning. Moreover, there was some information that he had obtained in far too strange a way.
For example…… that fork outside the Sovereign of Wisdom’s great hall.
Earlier, Angel had been very certain that, from the Hanging Prison Stairs to the Sovereign of Wisdom’s great hall, there was only one fork. And precisely because of his certainty, everyone had judged Younus’ location.
However, how had Angel known that there was only one fork outside the Sovereign of Wisdom’s great hall?
One had to know, when they had been traveling earlier, Angel still needed to rely on Daus’ inspiration to make directional judgments, so how was it that as soon as they arrived at the Hanging Prison Stairs, he knew everything?
Although Angel had said that he had a special channel of information, however, would it make sense that only important locations had intelligence, while other entrances and exits had no intelligence?
There was also…… the timing at which Angel told them Aedannis’ name, was also very strange.
In their view, Angel had seemed to be just as bewildered as they were one second earlier, and the next second, he knew everything like the palm of his hand.
As if, Angel had received help from an 「invisible person」, and could obtain intelligence in time.
Could this person be the male in the emblem?
And this, was probably the reason why the Sovereign of Wisdom would raise this question, he wanted to confirm whether Angel had, in the end, ever had contact with this male in the emblem.
Although everyone had seen through the clue hidden in this question, they were unwilling to stand on the Sovereign of Wisdom’s side and question Angel, even if Angel had received help and not told them, so what?
There were contractual restraints between them, Angel could not possibly harm them. What was more, the Black Count had also made his position clear.
Yes, made his position clear.
The Black Count’s not using the page of the True Word Book to answer, was itself a kind of declaration of position.
And what everyone needed to do now, was follow the Black Count’s way of doing things, and answer the Sovereign of Wisdom, of course, still by using their mouths to answer, instead of writing on the page.
Everyone answered one by one, and in the end only Angel had not spoken.
According to the Black Count’s meaning, Angel should also answer directly with his mouth, in that case, if the Sovereign of Wisdom wanted to speculate, or wanted to judge, then let him judge for himself.
Even if Angel really had had contact with the man in the emblem, as long as he did not admit it, even if the Sovereign of Wisdom saw that something was wrong and did not believe Angel’s words, for a person as overly thoughtful as the Sovereign of Wisdom, even if he did not believe it, he would still consider even more layers of possibility.
However, Angel did not do as the Black Count had thought.
They only saw him lightly nod toward the Black Count, he understood the Black Count’s good intentions.
This time, he still chose to write the answer on the True Word Book.
And as a halo of light floated across the page, a large 「No」 appeared.
Chapter 2802 Study and Bedroom <TOC> Chapter 2804 Secret Tryst