Angel snapped his fingers, and an illusionary image appeared in mid-air.
The emblem featured a bisected design, one side with the profile of a long-haired woman, the other depicting the profile of a man wearing a hat.
"The profile of the woman on this emblem looks quite similar to the blonde woman in that oil painting, and since the painting surprisingly used a mirror, we thought of the reflective image recorded in the Underground Church and speculated that she might be related to the Mirror Demon God."
After saying this, Angel looked at the Wise Sovereign: "Until now, it’s still just a speculation whether she is related to the Mirror Demon God or not, I don’t know. However, if our guess happens to be correct, and the Dominator has me write in the True Words Tome that I don’t know her, have never seen her, wouldn’t I be wrongly accused?"
After finishing, the question was almost overflowing from Angel’s expression: So, is she the Mirror Demon God?
The Wise Sovereign pondered for a moment and said, "When you record in the True Words Tome, you can write a premise, ’Before you arrived at Naraku City’, you were unaware of this woman’s existence and had never heard of her name."
Although the Wise Sovereign did not explicitly say it, by having Angel add the premise ’before arriving at Naraku City’, it already hinted that their speculation was correct.
That woman is indeed related to the Mirror Demon God. Perhaps she is the long-haired woman in the emblem.
Angel smiled: "Alright."
Now, without any hesitation, Angel quickly wrote in the True Words Tome exactly as the Wise Sovereign instructed, not missing a word.
The True Words Tome had no reaction, the text was very smooth. It meant that everything Angel had previously said was true.
He was not incited by anyone to come.
Before this, he had never met that woman, nor did he know who she was.
Though the Wise Sovereign still felt this was not very rigorous, it was enough. As the Black Earl said, Angel is too young, even if there was a scheme, it wouldn’t involve him.
Moreover, he was not bewitched by the Goddess, his arrival was voluntary, whether there were other intentions, the Wise Sovereign wouldn’t bother.
Everyone who came here had some intentions. As long as Angel wasn’t on the side of the Goddess, this matter could be considered over.
The Wise Sovereign: "My collection of the Alchemist’s Manual is in my grand hall, I will later give you the original, and also give you the manuals from my early years. Or, I can directly make a replica for you here."
Angel quickly waved his hands, preferring the original over a replica!
Even if the content recorded in the original and the replica is the same, every word in the original is imbued with the writer’s emotions, and as a master of emotional perception, Angel cannot forsake the original for a cold replica.
The Wise Sovereign didn’t mind either, having already promised Angel, he naturally wouldn’t break his word.
"Whether a coincidence or not, this misunderstanding has been resolved, can we talk about the main topic now?" The Black Earl looked at the Wise Sovereign.
"What are the necessary conditions and what are the bonus conditions? What do you need us to do?"
The Wise Sovereign did not answer immediately but said, "These words need to be said, but I still need to confirm some things, and my confrontation with her has already begun. It won’t be too late to talk after she backs off."
The confrontation with her has already begun? With whom?
Everyone looked at the Wise Sovereign with confusion, and he said lightly, "You’ll know soon enough, she won’t easily let you off."
Hearing this, everyone immediately recalled what the Wise Sovereign had said when they first met him.
He was entrusted by someone to stop them from progressing.
The Wise Sovereign appeared to be stopping them, but in fact, he wanted to use them to accomplish something, and they could see this, so had they become intermediaries in a game between two sides?
The Wise Sovereign did not elaborate on the content of the "confrontation," but looked at Angel.
"Just now it was I who asked the questions, and you answered. Now, do you have any questions for me?" The Wise Sovereign said, "Also, regarding the matter of the relic site, you don’t need to ask, I will tell you everything later."
Angel: "I do have some questions, some of which I had asked Miss Cicia, but she said she was under oath and couldn’t say. I wonder if the Wise Sovereign can speak?"
Angel didn’t state what the questions were, but since Cicia couldn’t say, it was undoubtedly about the historical issues of Naraku City.
The Wise Sovereign: "My oath restrictions are few, but there are still things I cannot say. It depends on what specific questions you ask."
Angel nodded in understanding, meaning the Wise Sovereign could answer more than Cicia, but sensitive issues could still be unspeakable.
"What do you want to ask? The rise and fall of Naraku City?" The Wise Sovereign looked at Angel.
Angel shook his head: "My first question is unrelated to Naraku City, it’s about the Wood Spirit."
Angel lowered his head to look at the staff: "The Wise Sovereign already knows my Mentor is Sanders, I wonder if the Sovereign is willing to let me take the Wood Spirit to meet him. After all, when I took the Wood Spirit out, I promised to bring it to see my Mentor."
The Wise Sovereign had actually considered this question before.
But now, he wasn’t sure if he should agree, as his evaluation of Sanders was bipolar.
Simply put, the Wise Sovereign felt that Sanders was commendable at the technical and innovative level. However, his style was too ruthless.
The terms Black Wizard and White Wizard, which suddenly emerged in recent years, and the rivalry situation hold no difference to the ancient monster of millennia.
Regardless of whether a wizard does good or evil, he doesn’t care.
But all of this is on the premise that it doesn’t affect him.
And the Wood Spirit, taught by the Wise Sovereign bit by bit, despite having a flawed personality, is still, to the Wise Sovereign, the most important inheritor at the moment.
Since it is an inheritor, the Wise Sovereign needs to consider whether it will be influenced.
When they were on the Hanging Jail Stairway, there were no others, so the Wise Sovereign could be unconcerned. But once the Wood Spirit leaves the Underground Aqueduct, it’s very likely to be affected by external disturbances, especially since Sanders is a ruthless person. Under his influence, what would the Wood Spirit become?
The Wise Sovereign could only imagine the bleak results.
After all, having raised it himself, he was unwilling to let the Wood Spirit become wicked and fierce.
However, the Wise Sovereign completely forgot at that moment that the Wood Spirit’s personality flaws made it unlikely to develop in a fierce direction.
The Wise Sovereign still leaned towards not taking the Wood Spirit out, but with it already following Angel, it seemed inappropriate to block it now.
In the Wise Sovereign’s dilemma, Angel seemed to notice his predicament and proactively suggested:
"How about this, I won’t take the Wood Spirit away, I’ll find a way to get my Mentor to come here?"
The Wise Sovereign swiftly lifted his head, speaking with determined tone: "No need, just let the Wood Spirit follow you to meet Sanders. After all, he was once its master."
"Oh, and no need to trouble Sanders to come here... hmm, the Underground Aqueduct is not suited for hosting him."