Chapter 638 Mysterious Object <TOC> Chapter 640 Pirated
Translator: SumTLMan
The illusory content that Angel had crafted for Gloria had already been roughly planned out last time. However, the jewelry that would carry this illusion hadn’t been determined yet. Last time, he was called away while drawing the design draft, having only drawn some corner designs, which were still in the bracelet.
Taking out the design draft again, Angel focused and continued designing jewelry that matched Gloria’s appearance. The feather earrings he crafted last time were merely a small item he made on a whim; they lacked a sense of novelty and followed a pure and innocent girl style, which, upon careful consideration, didn’t quite match Gloria’s image.
This time, Angel decided to base the design entirely on Gloria’s aesthetic taste, designing jewelry that matched her personal style—extravagant and aristocratic. Although this style might be too flamboyant for Angel’s taste, everyone’s aesthetic is different, and there’s no need to pursue uniformity.
The so-called “extravagant and aristocratic” style must be eye-catching at first glance, and anyone who notices Gloria should be attracted by the design. It must also exude luxury at a glance, or it would be considered low-class. Lastly, it must be something that Gloria would like.
The first two points were secondary; the most important thing was what elements did Gloria like in her jewelry? As far as Angel could recall, the young version of Gloria didn’t wear any jewelry. However, when he first met Gloria, who was in her “Meat Mountain Great Demon King” version, she was adorned with various eye-catching pieces.
As for the specific styles, Angel was just a mortal back then and didn’t dare to look directly at Gloria, so he didn’t remember them clearly. All he remembered was that the jewelry had one thing in common: “sparkling.”
Besides “sparkling,” what other elements did Gloria like?
“Gourmet” and “Toby” were the only two Angel could think of. He had no expertise in gourmet, but as for Toby, he could incorporate Toby’s image into the design.
The pen tip brushed over the tanned sheepskin paper, making a rustling sound.
This sound echoed in the underground laboratory from noon until nine in the evening when it finally stopped.
It took nearly half a day for Angel to roughly complete the design draft. During this time, he also referred to some top jewelry designs from Earth in the holographic tablet and combined his own ideas to create this piece.
The drawing depicted a bird intertwined with a griffin, with the bird spreading its wings to cover most of the griffin’s body, only revealing the griffin’s majestic side profile and flaming tail. Both the bird and griffin were silver, adorned with many small, intricate diamonds, creating an extremely luxurious impression.
The bird naturally represented Toby, while the griffin represented another form of Toby.
Angel completed the overall design independently. However, for the silver coloring and diamond embellishment, he referenced a piece of Earth’s jewelry design, Cartier’s classic collection from 1948—the Paradise Bird Brooch.
And, the jewelry that Angel designed was also a brooch. Worn on the body, anyone could see it at a glance, and the formation of the brooch was quite free. As a beginner in jewelry design, the space for creativity in brooches was larger than other types of jewelry.
Angel looked at the design and was quite satisfied at first, but after a while, he felt that the pure silver color seemed a bit plain.
He thought about it, dipped some ink again, and gently dotted the bird’s eye and the griffin’s eye.
On one side was a deep red eyeball, while the other side had a gradient of purple-red.
It was this finishing touch that made Angel feel that the entire design was completely renewed!
Angel had heard Jon talk about the story of “adding the finishing touch” in the past, and he always thought it was somewhat exaggerated. How could dotting an eye bring a creature to life? But now he felt it.
After he finished drawing, the entire design seemed to come alive. Angel seemed to see a graceful silver bird flying across the sky, and when its deep red eyes met his gaze, the griffin in the distance eagerly leaped out of the paper to play with the little bird.
It was a beautiful and dreamy scene.
Angel shook his head, shaking off the imagination in his mind.
Although it was just imagination, it was enough to show the power of this finishing touch.
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Five days later, the pattern on the design draft was turned into a physical object by Angel.
Looking at the finished product in his hand, there was a hint of joy in Angel’s eyes. The materials he chose for this brooch were all entry-level materials, such as Mithril, Ancient Silk Platinum, Spirit Diamond, Azure Blue Agate, Demon Pigeon Bloodstone, and so on.
The crafted result was even more luxurious and dazzling than imagined.
Moreover, this time he chose materials that were energy-permeable and had an amplifying effect on energy. The final product was not only unusually harmonious, but its energy amplification rate was also much better than that of a single material.
Although it had not been tested, Angel estimated that the duration of the mysterious power that “Mysterious Object” could maintain might be longer than he thought… probably between 6 and 7 minutes.
The downside was that Angel couldn’t test it himself because the “Mysterious Object” could only be used once.
However, testing the illusion was possible. At least, it could confirm whether there was a “Mysterious Object” inside.
In the center of the back of the brooch, Angel designed a clasp-type power source that could hold a small piece of magic crystal to provide energy.
Angel took a piece of magic crystal and placed it in the power source, then activated the switch. In an instant, he felt a moment of dizziness and entered the world of illusions.
Half a day later, Angel exited the illusion.
But after exiting the illusion, Angel was silent for a long time, and his expression was a bit strange.
The Illusionary Realm had no problem; it was an open-ended Illusionary Realm that he designed from the beginning, filled with many exploration elements and even some of Angel’s own ingenuity.
For Gloria’s request of a Nightmare Plane atmosphere, Angel made the entire Illusionary Realm permeated with a hint of that feeling. Almost every location was filled with a sense of “strangeness, silence, haziness, and time stagnation,” and carried a profound meaning.
The Illusionary Realm was successful, but there was one thing that made Angel reveal a peculiar expression: the matter of the “Mysterious Object.”
He had spent half a day roaming the Illusionary Realm and had not found the Mysterious Object!
However, a slightly better aspect was that Angel occasionally felt a Mysterious Feeling floating in the wind, indicating that there was definitely a Mysterious Object in the Illusionary Realm, but it was hidden very deeply.
Angel estimated that this was similar to the “Snowy Prairie Illusion” situation, where he knew there was a Mysterious Object but couldn’t find it.
Angel thought about it and decided to leave it to Gloria to find after handing it over to her.
Consider it as an “encryption element.”
After all, the entertainment culture in the Wizarding World was not very popular, so it might as well be treated as a game to pass the time.
As for the possibility that “Gloria couldn’t find it either,” Angel hadn’t considered it. If even a formal wizard couldn’t find it, then he himself wouldn’t stand a chance.
Angel picked up the brooch again.
This might be the most luxurious and eye-catching of all the items he had crafted, completely in line with the “ostentatious noblewoman” design theme, and not as vulgar as he had imagined.
Angel didn’t know if Gloria would like it, but at least he liked it himself.
Earth’s civilization had a saying: it’s easiest to make money from women and children.
In the Wizarding World, Angel didn’t know if it was easy to make money from children. But making money from women was definitely easier, just think about the booming fragrance market… Initially, the perfume made from the “Demon Eater Flower King Saliva Fragrance” emitted by Angel sold for hundreds of thousands among the witches in the Savage Grottoes. Later, Liana went to the Fragrance Moon Alliance in the Man Eater Plane, famous for its perfumes, and this time she probably made millions instead of just hundreds of thousands!
So, from this perspective, it’s not too difficult to make money from witches.
Angel felt that when his magic crystals were almost depleted, he could produce similar accessories to sell, which might be more profitable than earnestly crafting items upon request.
In the past, Angel crafted items and let the clients name them. However, Angel had been looking at many top Earth jewelry designs lately, and noticed that almost every piece was named by the seller. To prevent copycats, they also had their own trademarks and copyright registration.
Angel liked the strict standardization and decided to do the same. Not only would he name his own alchemy works in the future, but he would also design his own exclusive emblem.
In fact, Angel had already incorporated the emblem into the design during the crafting process. He engraved a lion heart wrapped in thorns on the back of the brooch in a very concealed place.
The family emblem of the Pat family was a burning lion heart, symbolizing the never-ending fire of the lion heart.
Initially, Angel wanted to use the “Burning Lion Heart” as his emblem for future alchemy works. However, he was worried that it might cause unnecessary trouble for his relatives, so he made a slight modification, changing the flames beneath the lion heart to intertwined thorns and vines.
In this way, it represents his unwavering “initial (lion) heart” without causing trouble for his family.
Moreover, on the emblem, Angel engraved a “floating hidden magic rune” which is invisible under normal circumstances and only appears under special conditions to prevent counterfeiting.
Angel decided to use it as the emblem for his future alchemy works and would continue to use it unless something unexpected happened.
Now that he had an emblem, the most important thing was to name his future works.
As someone who struggled with naming, Angel couldn’t even think of a suitable name for the brooch in his hand.
A more pretentious name might be unappealing, while a plain one wouldn’t match the luxurious appearance. After wracking his brain for a long time, Angel eventually focused on the two symbols on the brooch.
One bird represented Toby, and one griffin also represented Toby.
“Twins…,” Angel murmured: “Let’s call it the Dream Twins!”