Chapter 428 Multidimensional Illusion <TOC> Chapter 430 Gloria's Decision
Translator: SumTLMan
Two hours later.
Felicia remained inside the ghost ship, opening each cabin door along the corridor, each door bringing her a different experience.
She saw a bloodstained book and imagined a bizarre and twisted story; she saw a torn pink love letter and seemed to see a man’s longing for a young girl; she saw a shattered antique mirror and seemed to see a hysterical young woman… In every room, she encountered fascinating and even astonishing stories.
However, there were no people behind the doors. All of the stories came from the various items, and Felicia made them up in her head but was convinced they were true.
At this point, she opened a pitch-black door.
Inside the door was also pitch-black. After stepping in, Felicia hadn’t walked far before she felt as if she had fallen into a chaotic world. She couldn’t touch the sky or the ground, floating aimlessly without any sense of direction.
Driven by curiosity, Felicia continued to walk forward. As she walked, she suddenly felt her soul tremble.
Startled, Felicia thought someone was attacking her soul, so she instinctively wanted to break free from the illusion. Her mental power instantly disconnected from the illusion, and she saw the real world—the first floor of Black Castle. Felicia paused, realizing that escaping the illusion was quite easy.
After all, Angel’s original intention in creating the illusion was not to restrain anyone, so it was not difficult for her to leave.
Knowing that she was safe and could leave the illusion at any time, Felicia calmed down and prepared to stay in the illusion to see what Angel was up to.
As her mental power left her body, she glanced at Gloria sitting on the sofa. At some point, tears had welled up in Gloria’s eyes.
Felicia hesitated, curious about what Gloria had seen.
Felicia returned to the dark space and walked for an unknown length of time before suddenly hearing strange syllables near her ears.
The syllables sounded vague but familiar, like Isabelle’s voice.
Could Angel imitate Isabelle’s voice? As Felicia pondered, the syllables began to repeat and accelerate.
With each syllable, her soul trembled once. Eventually, the strange syllables even caused her soul to feel like it was about to leave her body.
When the last syllable sounded, Felicia felt a tall and dazzling door suddenly appear in her soul’s domain. Her soul passed through the door, and at the same time, a flash of white light brought her back in front of the pitch-black cabin door.
Felicia paused for a moment, curiously sensing her soul’s domain… The serenity remained unchanged, her soul calmly residing there, showing no signs of astral projection.
So, her previous experience was actually an illusion within an illusion? Felicia recalled her experience in the dark chaos: “It made me feel a real soul’s projection.”
With a thoughtful expression, she felt it resembled a training illusion. For those learning Soul Binding spells, such an illusion might be helpful.
Moreover, Felicia was curious about why Isabelle’s voice would appear in the illusion.
“This illusion is getting more and more interesting,” Felicia said with a smile.
She left the pitch-black door and continued to the next room.
Each room was a treasure trove of novelty for her. She didn’t know how Angel could create stories from objects, but the attention to detail in each cabin showed his dedication while crafting the illusion.
Felicia had witnessed the entire process when Angel gave Gloria the feather earring. She felt at the time that Angel was underestimating his abilities, and now, after experiencing the magic of this illusion, she believed he was indeed too modest.
Such a wonderful illusion, with meticulous craftsmanship and realistic details, would be a challenge for most alchemists to create.
Despite his young age, Angel not only created it but put thought into every detail. This was what touched Felicia.
She reached the last cabin at the end of the ship. The door was blood-red with an anchor symbol.
She hadn’t encountered any accidents during her exploration of the ghost ship, which made her feel uneasy. What was the point of exploring a ghost ship without any danger?
So, when she saw the blood-red door, she had a gut feeling that there might be a surprise behind it… The truth about the ghost ship could be hidden behind this door.
Felicia’s perspective slowly merged into the blood-red door…
“Ah—don’t come near me—get away!!!”
At that moment, a scream came from an unknown place. Felicia was startled, and before she could react, the entire illusion suddenly stagnated, turning into soft white feathers that dissipated without a trace.
In front of her was not a blood-red door, but the first-floor hall of Black Castle. She was sitting on the sofa, holding a glass of wine.
Felicia felt dazed. Why did the illusion suddenly disappear?
She felt trembling beside her, and when she turned to look at Gloria, who was sitting next to her, she saw her hugging her knees and shivering.
She also noticed that the feather earring, thrown by Gloria onto the distant carpet, was emitting faint glows.
So, it was Gloria who stopped activating the feather earring and threw it aside… That’s why the illusion disappeared? Felicia finally realized.
Although she was somewhat disappointed that she didn’t see what was behind the blood-red door, she was more concerned about Gloria’s condition: “Gloria, what’s wrong?”
Gloria, trembling, glanced at Felicia with a helpless plea in her eyes.
Just as Felicia was about to say something, Gloria put her soul to sleep and released another girl’s soul to take control of her body.
Gloria, now with a different expression, appeared bewildered and naïve: “Sister? What’s wrong?”
Felicia sighed deeply, unsure what had happened to Gloria that she voluntarily surrendered control of her soul again when her soul had almost recovered.
“Sister, I’m hungry,” Gloria said pitifully.
Felicia shook her head and let Gloria go to cook. She picked up the feather earring from the floor, a hint of coldness flashing in her eyes.
Could it be… that Angel had truly deceived Gloria in the illusion?
With his alchemy skills, it might be possible.
Thinking of this, Felicia held the feather earring and returned to her bedroom. She planned to re-enter the illusion, but this time, she would not stay on the coast, nor would she board the ghost ship. She wanted to see what would happen if she followed the wine thief and what kind of situation would make Gloria so scared!
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As Felicia prepared to start another main storyline in the illusion, Angel returned to the Surface World.
It was noon, right on time.
As soon as he emerged from the Corpse Hiding Cave, Angel felt a bone-chilling wind brush against his exposed skin. Looking around, he didn’t know when it had happened, but the Gloomy Forest was covered with a thick layer of snow.
The ground was also covered with soft snow deep enough to submerge his ankles.
Boom, boom, boom—
Angel heard a loud noise behind him and turned to see Shadow had gone to kick a tree trunk, causing all the snow on the branches to fall. He laughed and ran out of the falling snow’s range.
But his puppet — the blonde beauty Naga — was covered in snow because of Shadow’s mischief.
“Ah, Miss Naga, please let me brush off the frost for you.” Shadow stretched out his finger, hooked Naga’s chin, and Naga’s blue eyes reflected Shadow’s figure.
“Master, please don’t do that.” Naga’s face was tinged with a touch of shyness, and her voice was cold and indifferent, but it seemed to carry a hint of coquetry despite the straightforwardness.
“Do not like that?” Shadow embraced Naga with a hint of romantic excitement on his face.
Ever since Shadow had acquired Naga, his long-held wish had finally come true, and his face had been filled with a radiant smile. He had not dared to express his feelings too much within the boundaries of Black Castle, but once he had completely left its control, he began to interact with Naga incessantly.
It was then that Angel learned that Naga could not only speak but also had some mental abilities.
He recalled the last time he had glanced at Naga from a distance, and the immense pressure that Naga had exerted on him alone, while Shadow had felt nothing. It was evident that Naga had been going easy on Shadow at that time, which meant that Naga had already possessed basic mental abilities.
Such a powerful magical puppet with the strength of a wizard, coupled with basic mental abilities, made Angel feel somewhat apprehensive. If it weren’t for his contract with Shadow, he probably wouldn’t dare to stand by his side.
“Master, I’m a little cold…”
“Come into my arms, and I’ll warm you up.”
Seeing that the play seemed to be getting more and more intense, Angel hurriedly said: “You can play however you want, but I need to return to Watthelmgrass now… Shadow, let’s set a meeting point. Where should we gather tomorrow?”
“No need, no need! I’ll stay with you tonight, as I have no money on me. I was planning to borrow some from you to buy some clothes.” Despite wearing a cloak, he was actually walking around with nothing underneath.
Angel frowned: “Then let’s go.”
Before they left, Shadow released the poor apprentices who had been under his control for nearly two weeks. As for Shadow, their archenemy, they didn’t dare to say a word, scattering like birds and beasts. Only the Magician stared at Shadow with a vicious glare and showed a hint of confusion towards Angel before running down the mountain.
Upon returning to Watthelmgrass, Angel threw a bag of money to Shadow, letting him buy the necessities on his own. Angel, on the other hand, returned to his villa in the Bay Area first.
Chapter 428 Multidimensional Illusion <TOC> Chapter 430 Gloria's Decision