Angel: "...Didn’t you see Laplace is in a deep sleep? How could you judge she agreed?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Angel received a familiar look—
Only to see Glaipnir looking at Angel with a strange gaze, the same gaze Angel had felt countless times from Laplace.
Whenever this gaze appeared, Laplace would always say one thing.
"Because I am her, she is me."
Sure enough, Glaipnir said the same words, and his tone matched exactly with how Angel remembered Laplace.
Angel was silent for a long time before finally pursing his lips and saying, "...Alright."
Although Glaipnir provided such a reason, Angel felt that this sentence was actually a common denominator for Laplace’s three temporal bodies; whenever not wanting to answer or explain, they would simply use this sentence as a response.
A hundred tries, a hundred successes.
After all, they are Temporal Bodies, and anyone who knows the truth about Temporal Bodies would think there was nothing wrong with this sentence... but every time Angel heard it, he felt strange.
Shaking his head, Angel decided not to think further, since they always considered themselves as one person...
...
Glaipnir came quickly and left just as swiftly.
After agreeing to bring the Forest of Memories, his figure vanished from the Star Disk.
The light faded, and the Star Disk returned to being dim, only the light points still emitting a faint glow were proof of its uniqueness.
In the following time, Angel simultaneously observed the situation inside the Crystal Origin of Dreams through the Authority of the Gate of Dreams, while waiting for Glaipnir’s arrival.
During the wait, Angel noticed that since Laplace returned to the safe zone within the Crystal Origin of Dreams, the spider monsters had ceased their attacks, instead focusing on weaving webs to spread their territory, seemingly intent on filling the sky with webs.
This stance was clearly not one of hostile opposition, or even if adversarial, it wasn’t intensely confrontational.
If it truly were intense opposition, why would they ignore their enemies and instead expand their territory?
Moreover, when recalling the spider monster’s actions since arriving at the Crystal Origin of Dreams, Angel clearly noticed that the spider monster became hostile toward him first, whereas towards Laplace, there wasn’t much animosity.
Even when later on Laplace actively attacked the spider monsters, their reaction was passive defense, and though they occasionally counter-attacked, it had no effect on Laplace.
Now, as Laplace ceased fighting, they completely ignored her, as if she was an irrelevant passerby, completely forgetting that not long ago this "passerby" had launched consecutive bombardments on them.
This unusual phenomenon further proved Angel’s conjecture.
For the Mirror World, Laplace is akin to a "beloved daughter," so how could the spider monsters, dispatched as Eliminators by the Mirror World, possibly harm her?
Also, whose Forest of Memories is it?
Laplace’s.
According to Angel’s speculation, the will of the Mirror World wants to "enclose" within the Crystal Origin of Dreams. And who is the biggest beneficiary of this occupation activity?
Undoubtedly, it’s still Laplace.
Such "favoritism" only shows that Laplace truly deserves to be Destiny’s Chosen.
However, Angel doesn’t envy the title of "Destiny"; this world isn’t as simple as being divided into black and white, nor like the protagonists in the holographic tablet novels, who can act recklessly as the Child of Destiny.
Whatever you gain, there is something you must pay. Fate will inevitably mark a corresponding price behind all your gains.
And these debts must eventually be repaid.
Just like the Extreme Sect, they are also an organization born under destiny. The benefits they receive are unimaginable to outsiders. But the price they have to pay is also beyond outsiders’ imagination.
The Southern Domain Wizard World has countless affiliated planes, which certainly demonstrates the power of the Southern Domain Wizard World but also buries many hidden threats.
The more affiliated planes there are, the weaker the space in some areas becomes, making it easier for the tentacles of Otherworldly invaders to reach in.
Under normal circumstances, without the intervention of the Extreme Sect, the space of the Southern Domain Wizard World would almost turn into a sieve, allowing a large number of otherworldly creatures to enter and harm the local territories and lives of the Southern Domain.
Now, the Southern Domain is generally calm and peaceful. Occasionally, when evil priests appear, the Extreme Sect immediately goes to eliminate them. Even when some accidents occur, the Extreme Sect goes to right the chaos, and the effort, energy, and time expended in this are considerable.
Although various witcher organizations don’t like some of the Extreme Sect’s practices, they still acknowledge the Extreme Sect when it comes to protecting the Southern Domain.
And the matter of the Extreme Sect is not an isolated case; in every major Wizards’ Realm, in every world, there are similar individuals or organizations waving big flags.
These individuals or organizations can all be called Destiny’s Chosen because their growth itself has been under the watch of the World Will.
As they gain attention, they also need to pay the price for it.
Angel suspects Laplace might be the same.
Moreover, Laplace might have already begun paying the price... Angel has a premonition that Laplace’s principal body long stationed in the Sea of Void Mirror is probably due to executing some cost.
As Angel pondered this, the Star Disk on the ground suddenly lit up again.
Countless points of light rose straight into the sky.
A curtain-like nebula gradually appeared in the sky, and within the nebula, the hunched figure of Glaipnir slowly walked out.
Using the Milky Way as a bridge, and cloud as a staff.
Glaipnir crossed the bridge with her staff.
Soon, Glaipnir came before Angel.
She glanced at the sleeping Laplace beside her, not overly surprised, and simply remarked, "A girl’s sleeping posture looks better when curled up, lying so spreadeagle, what does it look like?"
Angel didn’t respond, but silently mocked in his heart: Anyway, you are her, and she is you, so by criticizing her, aren’t you criticizing yourself?
Glaipnir turned to Angel: "I brought the Forest of Memories. Should I give it to you? Or to Laplace?"
Angel: "No need to give it to me, just...just place it next to Laplace."
Glaipnir didn’t ask for a reason, wrapped in the nebula, and went to Laplace’s side.
As the nebula surrounded, points of light dripped down.
These points of light slowly formed beside Laplace, eventually transforming into a unique "Bonsai."
"Is this...the Forest of Memories?" Angel asked with some surprise, looking at the bonsai.
Glaipnir nodded: "Yes."
Angel has actually seen many Witchcraft Gardens, from the earring-sized Gravity Garden to the one so large it could fit half the sky, the Garden of Living Souls. And this bonsai is one of the smaller ones in appearance.
But the bonsai’s look is quite peculiar.
Like with the molting, the entire bonsai is encased in a glass dome, which extends to the light blue flowerpot.
The flowerpot’s appearance has nothing special about it, but the plant planted inside is very interesting.
"It" is a tree, but a miniature tree encased in a glass dome. Everything about the trunk and branches is no different from an ordinary banyan tree; the only difference lies in the leaves.
To be precise, this bonsai tree has no leaves; the leaf parts are replaced by wisps of clouds.
From afar, it looks like a "tree with cotton growing on it."