Nausicaa: "Answer my question first."
Miro nodded obediently this time.
"Where is this? How are you here? I mean this city, this world."
Milu was full of suspicion, you can only enter here using the log-in device. Nausicaa has come here, yet doesn’t even know where this is?
"When you took the task, didn’t the Task Hall personnel tell you the scenario here?"
Nausicaa shook her head: "I didn’t take any task, and I’ve never been to the Task Hall."
Milu’s expression became even more skeptical. Having never been to the Task Hall, how could she use the log-in device? The apprentices’ log-in devices are kept in a special room in the Task Hall and cannot be taken away normally.
Only Official Wizards have their own log-in devices and can take them away freely.
Although Milu was puzzled, she still explained: "This is the New City, which is a temporary name. I heard it will change once built. Also, you can only enter here using the log-in device."
"Log-in device? Are you talking about the monocle?"
"Yes, the log-in devices used by the apprentices who have taken tasks are basically monocles. But I’ve seen other types of log-in devices; a Wizard in the Task Hall, his log-in device was a ring."
Nausicaa: "You can only enter this world using the log-in device? What is this world all about?"
Milu shook her head: "I don’t know the situation in this world either."
Not getting the answer she wanted, Nausicaa felt a slight tinge of regret.
However, at that moment, a voice came from the side, answering her question for Milu: "This is the Wilderness of Dreams, a crevice between reality and illusion."
Nausicaa’s body suddenly stiffened.
It wasn’t because of the answer, but because this voice was not unfamiliar to her.
Nausicaa slowly turned her head and, as expected, saw the ultimate goal of her strange journey this time - Angel.
Angel, with his golden hair, was leaning against the railing of the corridor, the sunlight illuminating his slightly upturned lips.
"Long time no see."
Nausicaa initially froze, then lowered her head and smiled gently: "Does this even count as long? It’s only been a few days since the Nova Competition."
"True," Angel said, without being overly sentimental with his dear friend Nausicaa. He smiled and got to the point: "When I gave you the log-in device, I thought you probably wouldn’t use it before returning to the Barbarian Cave."
Angel understood Nausicaa’s character; she was quite independent, even stubbornly so. Even in life-and-death situations, she rarely sought help from others.
So, Angel genuinely thought back then that Nausicaa probably wouldn’t use it and would just keep the log-in device as some sort of memento. That was why Angel himself forgot that he had given Nausicaa the log-in device.
In response to Angel’s teasing, Nausicaa only smiled lightly: "I still have many doubts about this place, but time is pressing now, so I won’t say more."
After she finished speaking, Nausicaa collected her smile and solemnly said: "I came in this time, hoping you could help me save someone."
Angel didn’t reply but instead turned his head to look at Milu on the other side.
Milu, however, was blushing, her eyes filled with admiration as she stared at Angel.
When she saw Angel looking her way, Milu snapped out of it, suddenly realizing... She had just been swooning over an Official Wizard?! Although she had swooned over Official Wizards before, it was always in secret; this time, it was in person.
Oh no!
As Milu’s heart beat anxiously, Angel cheerfully said: "It seems that Jero over there has something to talk to you about?"
Milu: "Huh?"
Milu turned her head and saw Jero, who was sneaking glances this way, also stunned by Angel’s words. He was maintaining the corridor, so why suddenly say he wanted to talk to that swooning girl? Clearly, he didn’t even know her?
Though these thoughts crowded his mind, Jero didn’t dare say "no." He quickly stood up, walked over to Milu, and said: "The lord is right, I do have something to discuss with Mi..."
Milu: "Milu, my name is Milu."
"Yes, I have something to discuss with Milu."
Angel: "Then I won’t disturb your conversation."
Jero nodded and quickly signaled Milu to follow him.
Once they were gone, Nausicaa finally spoke: "That Jero is not suitable for Milu. If you just wanted to get rid of her, I could have told her. You shouldn’t have let her go with him; I’m afraid she might be deceived."
Angel: "Do you really think Milu is that foolish?"
Nausicaa paused for a moment, looked towards the direction the two had gone, and saw Milu had already parted ways with Jero, heading in different directions.
Seeing this, Nausicaa chuckled softly: "It seems Milu has grown quite a bit."
Angel didn’t respond to that, instead returning to the previous topic: "So let’s get to it. You mentioned wanting me to save someone, who is it? Is it Reynaud?"
Nausicaa was just about to speak when suddenly she saw two people coming up the spiral staircase not far away.
"Didn’t you say Nausicaa was at the Rosewater Pavilion? Why did she come here?" It was none other than Nis speaking.
Not long ago, Angel and Nis had entered the Wilderness of Dreams. At that time, Angel said he had set Nausicaa’s entry coordinates at the entrance of the Rosewater Pavilion.
After entering the Wilderness of Dreams, they couldn’t find Nausicaa anywhere.
Nis thus went into the Rosewater Pavilion to see if Nausicaa had entered it. But when he looked back, he found Angel had disappeared.
He searched for a long time before finally spotting Angel on the Skye Corridor.
In haste, he hurried over.
"Something happened. She was dragged up here by someone else," Angel casually replied.
Nis also saw Nausicaa in her soft armor, and upon seeing her curvaceous body, couldn’t help but show an appreciative expression.
However, Nausicaa’s gaze didn’t land on Nis at all. Instead, it went past him to someone behind Nis.
Someone Nausicaa never expected to see here.
Reynaud.