Chapter 458 Softworm Eggs <TOC> Chapter 460 Rainy Night Visitor
Translator: SumTLMan
Such a contradictory individual.
Perhaps sensing that Angel was looking at her, Cherie raised her head and glanced at Angel with dissatisfaction.
Angel: “…” So, he was disliked?
Canter also noticed Cherie’s actions, and he sighed: “Cherie experienced some things when she was younger, so she would…”
“Mentor!” Cherie’s voice was hoarse, and her emotions were obviously very unhappy.
“Alright, alright, I won’t mention it.” Canter shook his head: “But sooner or later, you will have to move past that shadow.”
The conversation between this mentor and disciple made Angel feel very curious. Cherie dared to interrupt her mentor directly, even making Canter retreat, which was eye-opening for him.
Could it be that Canter and Cherie were related? Otherwise, Cherie’s behavior was too much. Not to mention the respect for her mentor, even the respect she should have when facing a formal wizard was lacking.
In the following time, Canter took the responsibility of introducing Angel’s background. After the introduction, Angel nodded to Cherie very cooperatively.
Cherie lowered her head, not speaking.
Canter showed an apologetic look to Angel, then introduced Cherie’s background.
Cherie was sixteen years old, the same age as Angel. However, she entered the Wizarding World much earlier than Angel, and had been practicing for seven years. She was currently a second-level apprentice. Her department was the elemental fire system, but her main attack direction was the unique dark fire.
While Canter introduced Cherie’s background, her expression looked somewhat unhappy, sometimes wanting to stop Canter, but she had already been rude once. If she was continuously rude in front of Sanders, let alone maintaining a good relationship with Angel, just passing the test with Sanders would be impossible.
So, Canter simply released the pressure of a wizard, suppressing her on the spot, unable to move.
Upon seeing this, Sanders shook his head and chuckled.
Canter showed a helpless smile and whispered: “Cherie is too willful, please bear with her, old friend.”
Sanders also whispered back: “Whether I bear with her or not doesn’t matter, I’m not the protagonist today.”
Canter understood the purpose of letting Cherie come this time, so he looked at Angel.
Angel’s expression was very indifferent, and he didn’t mind Cherie’s rudeness at all. His impression of Cherie was neither good nor bad. Although she was a bit willful, since the person she was willful towards didn’t care, why should he, an outsider, care? However, Cherie’s occasional small actions made Angel feel a bit uncomfortable. After all, this was the mentor’s residence, and as a disciple, he wouldn’t dare to overstep his boundaries. As a guest, Cherie was repeatedly rude, which was indeed hard to justify.
“Ah, when she was young on Blue Wave Island, she witnessed the death of her parents, so her personality became extremely withdrawn and introverted. Apart from me, she excluded all humans from her world. Over the years, I took her to see many wizards, but treatment was difficult to achieve. Later, I took her to see ‘Micro World.'”
Canter’s words were transmitted simultaneously to Sanders and Angel. Since Cherie didn’t want him to speak in front of her, he would just talk secretly.
Sanders: “Micro World, Dulmatin Bayer?”
“That’s right, it’s him.” Canter sighed.
The wizard that Canter spoke of, Angel also knew. Because this person was the wizard of the Savage Grottoes and he intimidated the apprentices with his ‘cruel brain extraction experiments.’ His missions left in the mission hall often hung at the top for the highest price, but no one dared to take them… just afraid that as his assistant, they would lose their brains in the end and could no longer live.
“I let Dulmatin examine her brain and found that there was an abnormality near her cerebral cortex, with many more synapses. It’s these synapses that trap her in her own world, unable to extricate herself, and even she can’t control it.” Canter shook his head: “Dulmatin said that this is a kind of brain lesion, and it’s difficult to get out of it with psychological treatment unless she wants to figure it out herself and is willing to interact with the outside world.”
“But you see, apart from being close to me, she is completely indifferent and hostile to outsiders.”
Angel roughly understood the situation Canter was talking about, guessing it was autism. If autism was attributed to Cherie, then her previous behaviors would make sense. According to the information on autistic children Angel had seen, they were all immersed in their own world. Canter’s ability to train Cherie to… fear the power of high-level wizards was already a significant improvement.
Thinking of this, Angel’s dislike for Cherie faded slightly.
“Cherie Rodland Lilith.” Suddenly, Sanders muttered Cherie’s full name: “I remember when you introduced your apprentice to Flora fifty years ago, the person who came at that time was called Rodland? Is she Cherie’s relative?”
Canter was silent for a while, sadly nodding his head: “That’s right, Heidi Rodland is Cherie’s mother, who was killed on Blue Wave Island with Sheldon by Florence ten years ago. Sheldon was Heidi’s husband, and young Cherie witnessed all of this.”
“‘Sea God’ Florence, it seems difficult for this little one to avenge.” Sanders had no feelings for Cherie’s tragic experience, but instead brought up Cherie’s family’s enemy.
‘Sea God’ Florence, a true knowledge wizard of Song of the Deep Sea, rarely came ashore. But his mastery of controlling water was among the top in the entire Wizarding World.
“Song of the Deep Sea…” Canter slowly said the name of this large wizard organization and remained silent for a long time. Although Lilith’s family had a lot of high-end combat power, they were still much weaker compared to Song of the Deep Sea.
After an unknown amount of time, Canter sighed and spoke kindly to Angel: “Angel, Cherie is not naturally like this. Her heart is actually very kind. I hope you can understand.”
Angel didn’t understand what Cherie’s situation had to do with his understanding or not. However, not to be rude, he still nodded in agreement.
Because they were all communicating privately, there was silence for a long time. Long enough for Cherie to notice something was amiss, and she began to observe the surrounding magic fluctuations with suspicion. Sanders and Canter’s telepathic techniques were naturally undetectable by Cherie, but Angel’s technique was still too immature, leaving a trace for her to detect.
Her expression changed immediately, glaring angrily at Angel.
Seeing the atmosphere change again, Canter helplessly patted Cherie on the head and reassured her: “I had something to discuss privately with Angel. He’s an excellent alchemist, and we were talking about alchemy. Don’t blame Angel for it.”
Cherie’s anger subsided slightly after Canter’s reassurance, and she buried her head in silence again.
For a time, there was silence.
Sanders didn’t want to interrupt, Angel didn’t know what to say, and Cherie was keeping to herself. In the end, Canter, with his long white eyebrows, asked Angel: “You’ll be participating in the Purification Garden, right?”
Angel didn’t actually know what was going to happen in the Purification Garden, but since his mentor said there were dangers and opportunities, and even came to the Sky Mechanical City in person, it was clear that he was encouraging Angel to participate in the Purification Garden.
With that in mind, Angel nodded: “Yes.”
“That’s great. Cherie will also enter the Purification Garden, so you can look out for each other then.”
What Canter meant by looking out for each other was for Cherie to take care of Angel. In his eyes, Angel’s remarkable achievements in alchemy must have taken a considerable amount of time, so his strength naturally wouldn’t be that strong. Cherie, however, was a genuinely offensive wizard with a fire elemental affinity, and seemed much stronger than Angel.
Cherie grunted in protest at Canter’s arrangement.
Canter secretly reassured her: “Angel has already agreed to craft an item for me. I even gave him a deposit. If something happens to him in the Purification Garden, I’ll be at a significant loss. You wouldn’t want to see an old man like me disappointed, would you?”
Cherie scrutinized Canter, trying to determine if he was lying.
Canter smiled and motioned for Angel to take out the Softworm Eggs, which were in two wooden boxes. Angel didn’t understand why, but he took out the two boxes Canter had given him.
When Cherie saw the two boxes, she was silent for a while and then said softly to Canter: “Fine, I’ll watch his back in the Purification Garden.”
Watch his back? Angel was confused, wasn’t it supposed to be about looking out for each other?
Canter was satisfied with Cherie’s response, knowing that she would do her best to keep her promise. Perhaps Angel’s unfavorable impression of Cherie could improve during their time in the Purification Garden.
Sanders chuckled softly nearby, taking the time to tease his naive apprentice through telepathy: “If you were to leave the Purification Garden successfully by relying on someone else’s protection, I would actually be fine with that.”
Angel returned a gaze filled with complex emotions.
“Well, let’s settle on that. It’s getting late today, and we won’t bother you any longer.” Canter, seeing Cherie constantly signaling with her eyes to leave, eventually followed her wishes.
Before leaving, Canter said to Angel: “We’ll be staying at the Lilith Estate in the city during this time. You can visit us anytime.”
Angel nodded politely, watching the two of them walk away in the rain.
Cherie’s bright red dancing shoes, walking in the rain, seemed like they were dancing. The little black cat followed her rhythm, taking short and stout steps. Angel felt that the scene before him was like an impressionist painting, beautiful but also carrying a touch of desolation.
…
In the early hours of the morning, the entire Sky Mechanical City was immersed in tranquility, except for the magical security eyes that were still diligently emitting faint light.
A streak of flame shot across the deep starry sky and arrived at a blooming manor on the outskirts of the main urban area.
Sanders was in the study, organizing Angel’s physical data. He planned to record Angel’s Nightmare Domain situation and soul status the next day. He was also very interested in the secret techniques Isabelle had taught Angel.
Suddenly, Sanders exclaimed as if he had discovered something and looked up towards the window.
At this time, Angel was comfortably lying in bed, resting in his bedroom. He had been maintaining a high level of mental tension while at Bogula’s fortress, cautiously avoiding sleep. However, upon arriving at his mentor’s estate, not having to worry about personal safety, he decided to relax and rest properly.
Before resting, he took out the two wooden boxes Canter had given him.
Chapter 458 Softworm Eggs <TOC> Chapter 460 Rainy Night Visitor