Chapter 419 Five Flavors of Emotions <TOC> Chapter 421 One Condition
Translator: SumTLMan
As Gloria was contemplating Toby’s future, Angel was still pondering the five flavor seasonings, or rather, the five flavor emotions.
The five internal organs correspond to the five flavor seasonings, and the five flavor seasonings correspond to the five flavor emotions. Angel could roughly understand the connection between them, but how did Toby activate these extreme emotions?
If he could clarify this issue, then Toby would be prepared when facing other extreme emotional attacks.
Angel recalled the situation before Toby fainted, with the three Gami brothers opening a door on his chest and him appearing dead… According to Shadow’s description, Toby launched a fierce attack on him in anger after discovering his ‘death.’
Could it be because of this? Toby thought he had died, and his anger was too intense, causing extreme anger to appear among the five flavor emotions?
The more Angel thought about it, the more accurate he felt his guess was. Although he was worried about Toby’s condition, his mood was inexplicably uplifted. Knowing that there was a partner who would be furious for him even after his death, how could he not be happy?
If this conjecture is correct, would it be possible to temporarily avoid or delay the occurrence of disaster as long as Toby’s emotions remain stable?
As a smile spread across Angel’s lips, Gloria turned her head to look at him.
“What’s so funny? Why not share it?” Gloria gently stroked Toby as she placed him on the table, while her other hand propped on her cheek, curiously watching Angel.
Angel felt somewhat embarrassed and hesitated to share his thoughts. Catching a glimpse of Shadow in the room to the right, he got an idea: “I was just watching his movements, which I find quite amusing.”
Gloria followed Angel’s gaze and saw Diavolo and the blonde-haired, blue-eyed beauty still fighting. To say they were fighting was more like Diavolo was being beaten one-sidedly. In the short time they had spoken, Diavolo’s pants had shattered into strips, completely falling off.
Now, Diavolo once again started running wildly, even deliberately straightening his bird, and taunting Naga. He thought he was facing a puppet and that no outsider would see this scene, so he wasn’t ashamed at all. However, he didn’t know that the two people in the neighboring room had seen everything.
“This monkey play is indeed quite entertaining,” Gloria said as she casually tossed Soul Beads into her mouth like melon seeds, while marveling at the exciting moments in the neighboring room.
“Black Castle is too boring. Sigh… My physical remains have been lost, and the ingredients collected for a hundred years are all gone. I can’t even prepare a delicious meal to feast on,” Gloria raised her enchanting eyebrows: “I can only watch this monkey play to pass the time.”
“Or, let the little girl take over the body, and I’ll continue to sleep.”
After complaining, Gloria continued to snack on Soul Beads in boredom.
Angel did not dare to ask about Gloria’s affairs rashly. If she wanted to speak, he would listen. But if he deliberately inquired, it would be inappropriate.
However, since Gloria had spoken, if he didn’t respond, it would seem to make the atmosphere awkward. Angel thought about it and simply avoided the sensitive topic by continuing to talk about Toby’s affairs.
“For a while, Toby and I were unfortunately stranded in another dimension. The place was vast and empty, with nothing around. My space bracelet had no food stored in it. Thanks to Toby’s ‘Snowy Feather,’ which contained some dried fish, we managed to hold on for a while. It was also because of the dried fish that I was motivated to learn the Magic Bread spell, so as not to let us both starve to death. Eventually, we managed to find an exit,” Angel changed the description of the planar passage to another dimension to avoid many subsequent questions.
“But the Magic Bread I made is a bit strange. I thought, since you’re here, I’d like to ask for your advice.”
Gloria noticed that Angel was trying to find a topic of conversation, so she didn’t feel offended and laughed: “Magic Bread? This is one of the basic tricks of the gourmet branch. Cast it and let me see.”
Gloria had not given guidance to apprentices for a long time, and she didn’t object to Angel seeking some advice from her.
Angel smiled brightly and presented the Magic Bread like a treasure.
Although he was indeed looking for a topic, gaining Gloria’s guidance would be a great achievement.
Angel’s speed of making Magic Bread was very fast, almost reaching or even exceeding the speed of the gourmet apprentices in the Barbie Restaurant. From this point of view, it can be seen that Angel’s foundation was solid, and his control of magic output and the completion rate of spell models were outstanding.
Gloria nodded her head repeatedly as she watched, already having high expectations.
Until, Angel presented the Magic Bread to her.
Gloria originally thought that she wouldn’t be too demanding on the completion of the Magic Bread made by Angel, an illusionist wizard apprentice, as long as it met the three essential elements of food.
However, when a lump of black stuff emitting a strong “smelly sock” odor was handed over, Gloria was dumbfounded.
This was the first time she had seen such a poorly completed Magic Bread that didn’t have any of the characteristics of taste, aroma, or appearance.
What’s more, the creator of the Magic Bread was still smiling sincerely, genuinely seeking her advice.
Thinking that Toby was resting, Gloria suppressed the urge to slam the plate down and said with disgust: “Is this Magic Bread? Are you sure you’re not teasing me?”
Angel said grievously: “I followed the procedure for making Magic Bread, but this is how it turned out.”
Gloria recalled Angel’s earlier actions and the appearance of the final product, and indeed there was nothing wrong. She thought for a moment: “Your procedures and standards are correct, but… cooking is a talent, and you’re not suited for it. Don’t waste your magic power in the future.”
Angel slumped his shoulders, knowing that even a great gourmet wizard couldn’t offer any guidance, making it difficult for him to progress in his Magic Bread making.
“Take it away, take it away, it’s really stinky!” Gloria covered her nose, indicating for Angel to remove the Magic Bread from the table: “You said you guys survived in the other dimension by relying on this Magic Bread? And you even fed it to Toby?”
Seeing Gloria’s slightly narrowed eyes, Angel was frightened and wanted to deny it. However, he had already admitted it earlier and could only give an embarrassed smile.
Gloria sighed with relief: “I’ll let it go this time since you took care of Toby.”
Angel took the Magic Bread, and although it indeed had a “stinky sock” smell, he didn’t find it that stinky after a while, and he even ate it for over half a month in the dimensional corridor… Perhaps he had grown accustomed to the smell.
He reluctantly disintegrated it, also disintegrating his budding desire to become a gourmet wizard.
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Gloria continued to crack the Soul Bead and watched Diavolo’s monkey play.
She occasionally commented, allowing Angel to understand some basic information.
The blonde-haired, blue-eyed beauty was Shadow puppet that Shadow had been yearning for—Naga.
Looking at Naga’s appearance, Angel secretly thought that Shadow’s mentor was quite good to him, even setting the appearance according to Shadow’s preference for blonde hair and blue eyes.
It was a fact that Shadow couldn’t beat Naga, but he didn’t think about defeating Naga now. Instead, he constantly broke through his own shadow constraints in his fights with Naga. Each time he broke through a level, the pressure on Naga would increase accordingly.
As the pressure on Naga grew, so did her consumption. Even a fully charged Naga would eventually run out of energy if Shadow persisted.
The time Shadow and Naga fought, the spectators found it quite interesting. But they couldn’t fight forever, and when Shadow was bruised all over, he retreated to rest for a while before continuing the battle.
When the fight was paused, Gloria became bored again. Her soul hadn’t recovered, and she couldn’t even meditate and practice. As for research… What research could she do without ingredients? The ingredients in her hands were all consumed by the other soul within her.
“How about I go and play with him?” Gloria whispered softly.
Gloria’s words startled Angel. He had planned to let Shadow take him to the Sky Mechanical City, but there would be no chance if he died here. However, he had no right to stop Gloria…
Angel thought for a moment, since Gloria was bored… perhaps they could do this instead.
“Lady, if you’re bored, why not watch a play?”
“A play? Where can I find a play?”
“Just wait, I’ll create one with illusions.” Angel said, quietly constructing the nodes of basic illusion magic.
Gloria paused for a moment, remembering how not long ago Angel recreated the scene of the “Twilight Auction” in the hall using illusions. She thought Angel’s application of illusion magic was impressive, but she hadn’t considered that it could also be used to simulate plays.
“It seems… quite interesting?” A hint of interest flickered in Gloria’s eyes as she began to imagine what kind of play Angel would present.
Would it be a play from his childhood? A fairytale? Stories of family and country? Or court intrigues?
Although she wasn’t particularly interested in any of these, they were more entertaining than the monotonous bird shows she had been watching.
To her surprise, the “play” that Angel ultimately created was actually based on his life experiences with Toby.
From their cunning on the cloud whale to their chivalry on the coast, their laziness in the savage caves, and their passion for music, Angel carefully controlled the illusion nodes, slowly weaving a play centered around Toby.
Or rather, a holographic movie.
In this illusionary world, Angel occasionally included interactions between himself and Toby, even hiding some private moments, like their battle in the Sky Tower, hoping to gain insights from Gloria.
Gloria didn’t disappoint him. Perhaps admiring the excellent illusion or praising Angel’s creativity, she answered some of his questions and provided him with valuable guidance.
During the creation of the illusionary world, Angel pushed his talent for illusion magic to the extreme, making the illusions more immersive. Even some logical flaws went unnoticed by Gloria due to his talents.
To keep Gloria entertained, Angel even added some nightmare features to some objects, providing tactile and physical sensations for better interactive experiences.
This time, the illusion was different from the one he created for Hana – hers was static, while this one was constantly changing. Everything had to be calculated in real-time, so Angel’s thoughts moved quickly.
As he calculated, his understanding of illusion magic expanded.
At first, Angel created the illusion to entertain Gloria, but he soon became immersed in the pleasure of weaving the illusions himself. The increasing intricacy of the details demonstrated his growing mastery over the illusions.
Gloria watched the illusionary world with a smile, finding it quite interesting. For her, illusion magic was primarily used against enemies or to deceive them. As for using it to create entertainment, she had heard rumors about this in the past at the Elysium, but it was her first time experiencing it firsthand.
Most importantly, she found it rather amusing.
For a wizard who had witnessed the world’s vicissitudes and had a long life, finding something interesting was already a matter of pride.
Chapter 419 Five Flavors of Emotions <TOC> Chapter 421 One Condition