Warlock Apprentice

Chapter 3240: Chapter 3241: A Minor Matter

Although thoughts were floating around, Angel didn’t speak up to inquire.

Whether it’s truly a solipsistic state, we’ll find out naturally when we meet that Pirush later.

”Gentlemen, please have a seat.” Pika Sage, with a smile, guided them to sit near the hearth.

They sat down on the sofas surrounding the hearth.

The soft sofa and the warm fire seemed to relax the whole person.

”We’ve talked so much about the specialties of the ’Evil Wizard’s Eye’, but what effect does it really have?” As soon as they sat down, Luigi inquired impatiently.

Pika Sage chuckled softly: ”The Evil Wizard’s Eye doesn’t have a fixed effect.”

”A Mysterious Object without a fixed effect?” Luigi looked at Pika Sage with surprise and doubt.

Pika Sage nodded: ”That’s right. If you don’t believe it, you can ask the Exalted Astrologer.”

Luigi instinctively turned his head to look at Glaipnir.

Glaipnir thought for a moment and said, ”In terms of results, the Evil Wizard’s Eye indeed does not have a fixed effect. But, if we summarize, the Evil Wizard’s Eye does follow a certain pattern.”

Glaipnir’s words made Luigi even more bewildered.

Pika Sage also chimed in: ”Speaking of patterns, there certainly is one, and that is... bestowal of blessings.”

”Blessing?” Luigi frowned, hearing that a Mysterious Object with ’evil’ in its name, he thought it would be a malicious or aggressive tool. But a ’blessing’? Is this a supportive item?

”It’s hard to explain just by talking.” Pika Sage continued: ”How about this? Since the Evil Wizard’s Eye has been taken out of Pipi Castle, and Pishu can’t control it here, I can use it on whoever I want. In a moment, you can try it and see its effect.”

Luigi: ”I can try it?”

Pika Sage smiled: ”Of course you can. Considering that Pirush can use it two to three times a day at most due to his health. Elder Kolota used it once before, and the remaining use would be wasted otherwise, so I will give it to you.”

Luigi suspiciously glanced at Pika Sage: ”Giving gifts for no reason, I feel something’s not right. Are you trying to make me owe you a favor?”

Pika Sage shook his head: ”No, you can also refuse.”

Luigi: ”A blessing, how could I refuse?”

Pika Sage mysteriously smiled: ”After you see the effect of the Evil Wizard’s Eye, you’ll understand what I mean.”

Luigi: ”???”

At this moment, Angel suddenly spoke: ”Sage, do you mean to say that the blessing of the Evil Wizard’s Eye might not necessarily be a blessing and could carry malice?”

Pika Sage turned his head to look at Angel.

He didn’t answer immediately, but thought for a while, then asked: ”Forgive my impudence, Mr. Angel, are you a Human Wizard?”

After speaking, Pika Sage added: ”Of course, Mr. Angel, if it’s inconvenient to answer, you don’t have to.”

”There’s nothing inconvenient about it.” Angel said nonchalantly: ”Indeed, I am a Human Wizard... Sage, are you very concerned about my human identity?”

Pika Sage shook his head: ”No, there are various races at the gathering, and I’ve seen many humans. I asked Mr. Angel because the Evil Wizard’s Eye is somewhat related to wizards.”

”The Evil Wizard’s Eye is related to wizards?” Angel asked, puzzled: ”Evil Wizard, could that be a title of some wizard?”

Pika Sage: ”I don’t know that. We have very little understanding of the true origin of the Evil Wizard’s Eye. We say it’s related to wizards; Mr. Angel will understand when you see the Evil Wizard’s Eye later.”

Angel frowned slightly, not asking any further.

However, Luigi grumbled a little discontentedly: ”I hate riddlers.”

Pika Sage pretended not to hear Luigi’s complaint and naturally changed the subject: ”Let’s get to the point. Luigi, you mentioned introducing me to someone. Now, more than one person has come.”

As Pika Sage said this, his gaze swept over Angel, Glaipnir, and Laplace.

The implication was clear.

Luigi leaned back on the sofa, grumbling: ”Don’t play dumb, aren’t you guessing whether they are Temporal Bodies? And you even deliberately asked me...”

Pika Sage just smiled silently.

Luigi: ”Whether they are Temporal Bodies, I won’t tell you. If you want to know, ask them yourself.”

Pika Sage naturally wouldn’t inquire. Although Luigi didn’t explicitly say it, the implication was clear enough.

”Honorable Astrologer, and this lady...”

”Laplace.” Laplace said calmly.

”Meeting the two ladies and Mr. Angel is my honor.” Pika Sage stood up and bowed slightly to everyone, ”May I know why you are looking for me?”

Luigi: ”We can’t come to visit you without a reason?”

Pika Sage: ”Of course you can. My door is always open for you.”

After a pause, Pika Sage continued: ”However, with all of you here together, including the Exalted Astrologer, I imagine it’s no small matter.”

Glaipnir: ”We do have some matters to discuss with Pika Sage, but which specific matter to discuss, we are still deliberating.”

Seeing it was Glaipnir speaking, Pika Sage put away his smile and became serious. After all, this Astrologer’s name is so illustrious that even the Mirror Dragon of the Hundred-Dragon Divine Kingdom respects him greatly.

Pika Sage: ”Might I ask, what exactly are these matters?”

Glaipnir said calmly: ”There are minor matters and major matters, which one would you like to hear?”

Pika Sage pondered for a moment: ”Is there anything related to Pirush among them?”

Glaipnir: ”All are related to Pirush.”

Pika Sage: ”Then let’s start with what’s more relevant to Pirush.”

Pika Sage didn’t choose based on ”size” but instead prioritized related interests. This also made his stance clear, or rather, set the tone for the conversation.

Glaipnir naturally understood Pika Sage’s meaning and chuckled softly: ”The matter most related to Pirush is considered a ’major matter’ to me. However, we haven’t decided whether to discuss it with Pika Sage. How about letting us think it over?”

If it were anyone else, Pika Sage might have been unwilling to bother with it. But since it was Glaipnir, the famous Astrologer, and possibly the Temporal Body of that great existence, he naturally dared not presume. He followed Glaipnir’s words, ”Exalted Astrologer, are you testing me?”

”Testing? No.” Glaipnir shook his head: ”I’m just evaluating whether the Pi Luoxiu Clan is qualified to know about this... Of course, I believe Pika Sage is definitely qualified, but you cannot represent the entire Pi Luoxiu Clan.”

Glaipnir didn’t explicitly state it, but he raised the core issue directly to the level of a race. This caused Pika Sage’s expression to change slightly... what he thought was a ’major matter’ seemed different from what Glaipnir intended to discuss.

Pika Sage pondered for a while and solemnly said: ”I can represent the Pi Luoxiu Clan.”

He knew this was the statement Glaipnir sought.

Glaipnir smiled: ”Can you make decisions on behalf of Duke Pishu as well?”

”I can.” Pika Sage: ”I can decide the future of the Pi Luoxiu Clan, and also ensure Pishu does not oppose my decisions.”

Glaipnir indeed was waiting for this statement from Pika Sage, but she still didn’t immediately open the topic of the ”big matter,” and instead said casually: ”Don’t be so nervous, I thought about it, and let’s set aside the big matter for now. Let’s start from the small matters.”

Since Glaipnir mentioned this, it was evident she didn’t give Pika Sage any room for choice.

Pika Sage could only nod: ”Alright.”

Glaipnir: ”I have two small matters here, more or less related to your Pi Luoxiu Clan. Let’s start with the smallest.”

Pika Sage waited for a long time, but didn’t hear Glaipnir’s voice.

He looked up questioningly, only to find that Glaipnir was exchanging glances with Angel, seemingly discussing something in secret.

About half a minute later, Glaipnir opened her mouth: ”Let Angel speak to you first.”

Angel? Why let Angel speak? Were Glaipnir and Angel discussing who should speak first?

Also, what exactly is the relationship between this Angel and Luigi and the others?

Pika Sage looked at Angel with suspicion.

Angel sighed. He actually wanted to slack off. Originally, he planned to leave it to Glaipnir, but Glaipnir directly communicated mentally: ”I’ll handle the big matters, you handle the small ones.”

Glaipnir’s reason was that she needed to use divination to observe whether it was worth revealing the big matters to Pika Sage.

This might be the real reason.

But it was only one of the reasons.

Glaipnir might have another intention by letting Angel speak: to ”deepen” his connections with various tribes. In more polished terms, it’s to expand Angel’s network; but to put it bluntly, Glaipnir thought Angel was too detached.

Angel was very attentive to the Wilderness of Dreams because it was the human headquarters; but his concern for the Crystal Origin of Dreams was less, probably because it wasn’t his domain, he preferred to act as an Observer, which in Glaipnir’s view, seemed too detached.

Detachment isn’t bad, it’s just there is a precedent of someone ”detached” yet having a profound influence on the Daylight Mirror Domain.

That person is... Mirror Lady.

Mirror Lady’s influence on the Daylight Mirror Domain is incredibly deep, one of the greatest forces in the Daylight Mirror Domain, the Everstanding King City, was built by Mirror Lady.

But even though Mirror Lady built the Everstanding King City, which drew countless followers to pilgrimage, she rarely visited the Mirror Domain.

For Mirror Lady, the Mirror Domain is just a small rest stop on her journey.

She comes and goes as she pleases.

But for those citizens of the Everstanding King City who follow Mirror Lady, she is their king. — Although, Mirror Lady is unaware of this.

Glaipnir doesn’t want Angel to become the next Mirror Lady.

After all, Laplace has decided to align with Angel in developing the Crystal Origin of Dreams.

Glaipnir can afford to ignore Angel’s thoughts, but she cannot ignore Laplace’s opinion.

Therefore, to prevent Angel from following in Mirror Lady’s footsteps, Glaipnir hopes Angel will have higher involvement in Mirror Domain affairs and form ties with more people and events.

Even a trivial appearance is better than being completely detached.

Glaipnir’s deeper intentions, Angel couldn’t yet fathom; if he could guess them, he actually wanted to say, Glaipnir was overthinking it...

Lady Mirror’s reluctance to meddle with Mirror Domain affairs is because her energy is more focused on the Barbarian Cave, as she is the Ancestral Spirit of the Barbarian Cave. Even if Mirror Lady built the Everstanding King City, it was merely a casual creation, not a territory for long-term management.

But Angel is different from Mirror Lady.

Angel gets involved in Mirror Domain matters because it houses the ”Crystal Origin of Dreams.” The Crystal Origin of Dreams isn’t just a casually constructed architectural spectacle; it is a ”world” between the Daylight Mirror Domain and the Dream Realm.

If Angel doesn’t want this world to be destroyed, he must deeply and continuously manage it.

This management itself means deeper ties with the Mirror Domain.

In other words, as long as the Crystal Origin of Dreams exists, Angel won’t view the Daylight Mirror Domain as a mere ”passerby.”

He even considered, in the future, connecting the Crystal Origin of Dreams with the Wilderness of Dreams. If that can be achieved, the ties would be even deeper, making him a ”native” rather than a ”passerby.”

Of course, Glaipnir is unaware of these thoughts.

But even if she knew, Glaipnir would probably still have Angel discuss the ”small matters.”

Because, her claim of using divination to observe Pika Sage wasn’t a lie.

...

Under Pika Sage’s gaze, Angel slowly began to speak and revealed the first ”small matter.”

After hearing this small matter, Pika Sage frowned deeply.

Because what Angel mentioned as a small matter was... adding a page.

He hoped to add a dedicated page for them in the exhibition booklet.

Angel said this very casually, but Pika Sage found it quite troublesome. Adding a page isn’t something simple.

The Singer and the Feather Forest Clan could add a page because they are inherently part of the Mirror Domain race, and the power of the Singer’s and Feather Forest’s cliques justifies adding a page. Moreover, before adding a page, he had discussions with the Elders Council of the Crystal Eye Clan and only chose to add a page upon confirmation.

He alone dares not make such a decision.

And the most crucial point is, that adding a page is considered a small matter by Glaipnir and Angel?

How can this be considered a small matter?

If this is a small matter, then what qualifies as a big matter?

The mindset of Pika Sage, Angel could vaguely guess... actually, he hadn’t initially planned to discuss adding a page. His idea was to first talk about the Log-in Device, then slowly expand, and whether or not they could add a page was secondary; the main goal was to promote the Log-in Device.

But when Glaipnir contacted him, she instructed him not to mention the Log-in Device.

The promotion of the Log-in Device was to be handled by her.

Although he didn’t understand Glaipnir’s reasoning, Angel still adhered to her plan. After all, Glaipnir understood the Mirror Domain races better than he did.

Since he couldn’t mention anything related to the Log-in Device, Angel thought for a moment, realizing there were only two small matters he could discuss.

From the perspective of severity.

Adding a page, at best, is... a small matter.