Seeing Angel smile without a word, Sharley's face changed instantly, showing a look of being wronged, apologizing, earnestness, and sincerity.
“I'm sorry, I really didn't know it was Lord Pat at the time!”
Farina looked at Sharley with a puzzled expression, her eyes exploring for answers.
Angel, observing Sharley's performance which could be described as professional-level and listening to her tearful apology, inwardly remarked that Sharley was indeed very suitable for the style of Extinguished Torch Academy. Her acting skills were astonishing; even facing him, she could change her expression, and this subsequent performance almost moved him.
Farina hesitated for a moment: “Wizard Pat, has Sharley offended you before?”
Angel shook his head, “No, it was just an interesting interlude.”
“Yes, an interlude, a small misunderstanding!” Sharley quickly chimed in.
But Angel then said, “She just tried to steal something from me.”
Sharley's face froze instantly, and seeing Farina's dark expression, she stammered, “I wasn't stealing, just… borrowing to have a look.”
Farina knew Sharley's character all too well, what so-called “borrowing” was actually just a self-justifying excuse!
While causing trouble was one thing, Farina hadn't expected that this time Sharley would actually attempt to steal from Angel!
The anger in Farina's heart at this moment was even more intense than when Sharley had been rude before.
“This was Sharley's fault. I will provide Lord Pat Wizard with a satisfactory explanation,” Farina said with a stern look, staring at Sharley.
But Angel simply waved his hand: “As I said, it was just a small interlude, no need to be too harsh on Sharley.”
Sharley, while agreeing in her heart, dared not respond this time, afraid Angel might stab her again with his words.
“But, I have some questions I'd like to ask Sharley.”
At this point, Farina naturally hoped to defuse the situation, nodding at Sharley, “Keep your glib tongue in check.”
Sharley muttered to herself: She wouldn't dare to lie in front of an Official Wizard.
“I want to know, what was the thing you just tried to steal?” Angel asked, voicing his doubt.
“It was that thing in your front pocket, I thought I had successfully stolen it, but it turned out to be an illusion,” Sharley replied.
“Do you know what I had in my pocket?”
Sharley shook her head, “I don't know, but I could feel that it was something rare.”
“Why?”
Sharley hesitated for a moment: “Because I sensed a trace of emotional power field fluctuation, although it was subtle, there must be a deep emotional power contained within.”
Sharley's response was somewhat mystical, but Angel could tell she wasn't lying.
Moreover, when she had 'borrowed' Allen's Beast-Slaying Knife before, she had mentioned that it was an object filled with emotion.
At that time, Angel hadn't understood, but adding up what Sharley was saying now, it seemed he was beginning to understand something.
“You can sense an emotional power field?”
Sharley nodded, “To be precise, it's the power of emotion.”
Angel fell silent for a moment, then slowly opened the front of his tunic.
Inside his tunic, there wasn't the 'object' Sharley had mentioned, but a bird dressed in a panda toy costume.
When Sharley looked over, the bird sitting in Angel's palm, with its bright red eyes watching her, blinked innocently a few times.