"As someone who loves to promote the younger generation, I plan to give them an opportunity for exploration."
"After deep reflection, I decided to leave the knight’s armor engraved with the teleportation array to enter the bedroom, in the outer corridor."
"However, for the safety of these juniors, I damaged 90% of its magic patterns."
"Belos had the nerve to say that I’m not sincere. Heh, if I were sincere, the junior explorers would die immediately. The Nightmare Light is not that easy to deal with."
"But I didn’t completely close off all avenues; I left a slight chance, though it’s very slim."
Seeing this, Angel could roughly guess what this slim chance was: to enter the bedroom and pick up ’wisdom’, one must repair the magic patterns, and the way to repair them is quite simple, just go to the Star Pond Ruins.
According to Culori’s idea, as long as you can find the holographic map on the door from the Star Pond Ruins, there’s a chance to repair the broken magic patterns.
And the Star Pond Ruins are filled with Nightmare Light. If you can return alive from the Star Pond Ruins, then you have the ability to deal with the Nightmare Light in the hidden room.
So, this is the opportunity that Culori left behind.
Just as he said... very slim.
However, what Culori didn’t know was that the Nightmare Light in the Star Pond Ruins had already been contained by Minister Nuka, so even if there’s really a chance to enter the Star Pond Ruins to find the repair method for the magic patterns, you don’t need to face the Nightmare Light.
So this is also Culori’s oversight.
But this oversight doesn’t really matter because Culori never expected anyone to truly be able to enter the hidden room.
"As long as the magic patterns are repaired, you can enter my hidden bedroom. I’ve left a lot of interesting things in the bedroom waiting for the younger generation to explore~, including the semi-finished products rejected by the Mirror of Thesy Myrrh. Although it cannot be used as a mysterious object, if you find a good alchemist to mix it, it’ll be a very good alchemy tool~"
"Also, my chronicles are left in the bedroom."
When Culori wrote this far, he stopped, and a large blank space followed.
However, the chronicles did not end here. After skipping half a page of blank space, Culori’s elegant handwriting reappeared before Angel’s eyes.
"In case, just in case someone does repair the broken magic patterns on the knight’s armor, and fearlessly enters my bedroom through the Nightmare Light."
"Then, you must be reading this chronicle now, right?"
"These words, I leave to you."
"My previous promises will remain unchanged. Everything left in the bedroom is yours. Including, the Nightmare Light in the bedroom."
"But I want you to do one thing. I believe no one will be uninterested in the Nightmare Light. The fact that you can enter the Nightmare Light means you have the ability to resist it, you will undoubtedly choose to study it."
"So, I hope that whenever your research on the Nightmare Light has any findings, you pick up your pen and leave any stage records on the blank pages at the back of this book."
"Of course, if you come to nothing—this probability is very high, it doesn’t really matter. You can chat with me on the blank pages, and if there’s an opportunity for me to return to the lab, I will reply to you."
"Also, I know that today’s younger generation doesn’t trust anything completely. You must be worried that I’ve tampered with the blank pages. Rest assured, I swear by my name as an alchemist, by the honor of a Legendary Wizard, I haven’t left any tricks on any of the items in the bedroom."
"That’s all I have to say, to you who may see this chronicle in the future."
Yet again it was not the end. After another blank space, Culori’s handwriting appeared again.
"I must be crazy, betting with Belos and writing the words above. But I still personally believe no one will see my chronicles."
"Hopefully, no one will slap me in the face."
"Of course, if someone really does slap me in the face, I would be quite happy."
"New Calendar 7028, Resurrection Moon. Culori Dracore, left it here."
No further records were made. Clearly, after writing this page, Culori left the Southern Domain with Belos.
Looking at these final rows of words, Angel’s expression turned a bit odd.
Unexpectedly, a mysterious alchemist of Culori’s stature actually had a conversation with him across time and space. Though it was Culori’s one-sided message, that feeling was quite peculiar.
Angel repeatedly read Culori’s message, then chuckled softly, shaking his head: "I’m afraid I’ve disappointed you, you eventually got slapped in the face."
"Slapped in the face?" Tree Spirit also heard Angel’s whisper, looking over in confusion.
What are you talking about? Slapped in the face?
Angel did not explain but handed the chronicle to Tree Spirit: "Lord Tree Spirit, I’ve finished reading it."
Because Angel did not close the chronicle, the page was still showing Culori’s message, so when Tree Spirit lowered his head, he saw the words recorded on the last page.
"So the knight’s armor was put outside for this reason..." Tree Spirit mumbled while reading. It didn’t take long for him to finish reading this page.
After reading, he finally understood the meaning behind Angel’s previous whisper.
"This Culori is quite an interesting person, talking to you across space, and getting slapped in the face from afar." Tree Spirit couldn’t help but laugh, after which he looked at Angel: "What have you decided to do? Are you going to leave a message on the blank pages?"
Angel thought for a while, then replied: "When I leave someday, I might leave a message."
Tree Spirit nodded: "Leaving a message would be good. Culori’s strength is not weak; once he returns, he’d definitely be able to tell someone has entered the bedroom. Although he might not be able to find out it was you, if he does, and you don’t leave a comment despite seeing his words, it might sour this relationship."
"But if you do leave a message, remember to write with caution. Culori might seem indifferent, but he might not be as harmless as he writes."
Angel nodded, understanding well the wickedness of human nature, so even if he was willing to fulfill Culori’s request, he would still remain cautious.