"Your mentor is still alive?" the Wise Dominator asked, puzzled.
Angel nodded with an expression that suggested it was a matter of course.
"Isn’t he an ordinary person?"
Angel: "Yes, an ordinary person. Although he looks quite elderly, he’s only in his early forties or fifties at most."
At this point, not only did the Wise Dominator fall silent, but everyone present stopped speaking.
The Wise Dominator paused for a moment: "...How old are you?"
Finally, it happened—finally! Everyone else thought this to themselves, as they had sensed this question was coming ever since the Sage suggested Angel share stories from before he turned twenty, because Angel is still in that age range!
Angel thought for a moment and cautiously said, "I’m about to turn twenty."
The Wise Dominator: "..."
At this moment, the Wise Dominator didn’t quite know how to describe his feelings, mixed as they were with a myriad of emotions. He always considered Angel very important: one, because of his solid skills; two, due to his cunning and strategy; and three, for his mysterious background. With all these factors, Angel was far more important than anyone else present.
Since obtaining information from a legacy site requires someone both brave and wise, Angel was the perfect candidate for this role.
But now, he was being told that this person was just a young man not even twenty years old! This left the Wise Dominator feeling uncertain. He didn’t mean to disparage youth, as everyone passes through that stage, but could someone with such a mature mindset truly be that young?
Though Angel had exhibited youthful tendencies, like his inexplicable recent ’Teacup Quiz,’ which was obviously full of mischievous fun akin to that of fearless youth.
Yet overall, he really couldn’t see Angel as someone under twenty.
The Wise Dominator was dazed for a long while, and he couldn’t control his expression. Meanwhile, Dox, watching from the side, sighed deeply in his heart: In the Wizards’ Realm, where sensational news abounds, Angel maintains a high profile because his experiences are just too unbelievable.
Asking about his age was asking for humiliation.
Whether or not the Wise Dominator’s feelings were hurt is another matter. But Angel’s age once again confirmed one thing: he definitely wasn’t from the Noah Clan.
The Wise Dominator wasn’t completely isolated from the outside world; otherwise, how could he have published "Record of the Varied Postures of Witch Eye and Ghost Intermingling"? Given his awareness of the outside world, he naturally knew about the situation of the Noah Clan, since they are Augustine’s descendants, and there is an Augustine legacy site in the underground aqueduct.
The Wise Dominator didn’t have many pieces on the board outside, and his information wasn’t deeply comprehensive. However, a phenomenon like the Supernova couldn’t be hidden, and they were able to investigate it. Therefore, the Wise Dominator knew that this generation of the Noah Clan did not have any remarkable Supernova.
The new generation of Noah descendants had many outstanding individuals. But someone like Angel? Not at all.
Without a significant Supernova, the legacy site likely wouldn’t open, so he hadn’t paid much attention to it.
Had the Noah descendants not approached him directly this time, with the Goddess personally intervening to ask him to block them, the Wise Dominator might have been disinclined to leave.
"If you’re a descendant of a Wizard Family, and you have talent, you’d be groomed from a young age, not left to find the Transcendent path on your own." Although the Wise Dominator guessed Angel wasn’t from the Noah Clan, a guess wasn’t enough—evidence was needed: "So, you’re not from the Noah Clan."
This time, Angel did not deny it.
Or rather, once he took the Wood Spirit out of the Hanging Jail Stairway, there was no way he could deny it.
Given the Wood Spirit’s status in the Wise Dominator’s heart, if he didn’t explain why the Wood Spirit had followed him out, he probably wouldn’t be able to leave the underground aqueduct.
To explain the Wood Spirit’s presence, it would inevitably expose his background. So there was no point in pretending to be a Noah descendant now.
It must be said, Angel hadn’t expected the Wood Spirit to remember Sanders. Nor had he anticipated that Sanders held quite a high position in the Wood Spirit’s heart.
If that weren’t the case, he might still be able to brazenly claim to be from the Noah Clan. After all, without explicit evidence, disproving is much harder than proving something.
"If I answer the Wise Dominator’s question, then, in reciprocity, should the Wise Dominator answer ours next?"
The Wise Dominator: "Do you want to know about the necessary conditions? Or the situation of the legacy site?"
Angel: "Both are fine. Let’s start with the intelligence on the legacy site."
The Wise Dominator didn’t refuse because this was something he intended to discuss anyway.
Angel: "Since the Wise Dominator is so straightforward, I can also speak plainly. Yes, I’m not a descendant of the Noah Clan. I am merely a passerby, or to put it differently, a traveler."
The Wise Dominator: "I believe your previous statement, but I don’t agree with the latter. If a mere passerby can become the leader of a team, then your group’s assembly is a farce."
All except Angel seemed to agree with the Wise Dominator’s words, including Angel’s little admirer Vay, who quietly concurred in his heart.
Angel’s familiarity with this place exceeded everyone else’s. However, he had never stated his desires, as if he had no wants or needs. Even Vay felt something was amiss.
But now things were slightly better because Angel had accepted the Black Earl’s offer of a trade, thus clarifying his position and aligning with theirs.
This made them much more comfortable with Angel.
However, even so, they were still very curious about Angel’s purpose for being here.
They didn’t think the Wise Dominator could extract Angel’s true purpose, but with the Wise Dominator’s observational prowess, he might break through Angel’s psychological defenses to discover a clue, thereby identifying Angel’s reason for coming here.
Yet their hopes were ultimately in vain.
It’s true Angel had a purpose, but his primary goal wasn’t in the underground aqueduct. No matter how his psychological defenses were breached, he just wasn’t that interested in the underground aqueduct.
The only point of interest was his speculation that "Augustine’s Twinborn Mirror" might have been created here.
If this guess was correct, he would indeed like to visit the legacy site. However, to say he wanted to take something from the legacy site? For now, Angel had no such intentions.