Diescher replied irritably: "Shut up, we’re just projections, if you think even with your toenails, you’d realize we can’t be affected by the fruit. As for Lord Black Duke, can’t you see she’s contemplating? Stop calling out."
Rivetta turned to look at Adelaide, the latter’s eyes were slightly lost: is this really contemplation?
In Rivetta’s confusion, Chairman Zhuguang approached Adelaide, gently tapping her.
Adelaide’s face bore a slight gloom as she turned to Chairman Zhuguang: "Lord Chairman, it’s not polite to touch a lady’s body at will."
"Also, there’s no need for you to ask if I’ve been affected by the fruit, Mr. Chairman. I am not deaf, I heard Rivetta’s voice. As Diescher mentioned, I was simply thinking about things."
Even when facing her immediate superior, Adelaide still did not show any kindness.
Zhuguang Chairman was not bothered; Adelaide’s personality was just like that. Anyone who violated her taboos and disrupted her predetermined rules would face this attitude—it was the path she chose.
"I just wanted to ask, what do you think of this mysterious fruit?" Zhuguang Chairman looked at Adelaide.
"Nothing to say."
"I thought you had discovered something after pondering for so long."
Adelaide: "I wasn’t thinking about that mysterious fruit."
"Then what were you thinking about?" Zhuguang Chairman asked curiously. Was Adelaide considering other matters at this moment? Given her serious nature, this was quite rare.
Adelaide: "Nothing much, just after arriving here... I suddenly thought of an old friend."
"An old friend?" Rivetta’s eyes gleamed—was this gossip?
Adelaide ignored Rivetta; she didn’t want to gossip or become the subject of gossip.
Zhuguang Chairman looked deeply at Adelaide and said, "Is it that old friend from Berth Island?"
Adelaide slightly raised her eyes but then deliberately lowered them: "Mr. Chairman’s intuition is as sharp as ever."
"This isn’t intuition but the chairman’s sincere care for the council members; don’t you feel it?"
Adelaide coldly replied, "Bored."
Zhuguang Chairman: "However, although Berth Island is also at sea, it is extremely far from here. Why did you suddenly think of... an old friend? Or is that old friend so important that being at the sea immediately reminds you of them?"
After saying these words, Zhuguang Chairman prepared to be countered. According to Adelaide’s personality, any teasing about her personal affairs was absolutely forbidden.
However, surprisingly, Adelaide was not angry; instead, she contemplated seriously: "I also find it odd. There’s no connection between here and him, yet his image inexplicably surfaced in my mind."
"Him?" Rivetta’s eyes shone brighter, even nearby Diescher quietly perked up his ears.
"As a True Knowledge Wizard, there should be no random thoughts. There must be a reason. Perhaps he is nearby, making you think of him," Zhuguang Chairman said.
"Nearby?" Adelaide glanced behind at the large mass of shadows: "I don’t know, but I haven’t noticed his trace."
"If he’s not nearby, that suggests another reason. Perhaps he’s thinking of you at this moment, creating a psychic connection?"
Adelaide: "..."
...
Angel’s expression was slightly peculiar at this time.
For some reason, the conversation between Zhuguang Chairman and the others was not deliberately shielded, so Angel heard everything.
It was the first time he realized that Diescher had already discovered some laboratory traces before them and had even found evidence of their ritual.
No wonder he’s the editor of "Glowing City Night Talk"; his information channels are indeed extensive.
Diescher’s information was surprising to Angel, but more so was the conversation between Adelaide and Zhuguang Chairman.
Angel heard a term: Berth Island.
Berth Island is a very ordinary island, but it harbors an extraordinary family—the Vansel family.
This is a transcendent family that once had a True Knowledge Wizard.
The fire element wizard Reeves whom Angel met in Duling Garden is from the Vansel family of Berth Island.
And Reeves’s soul is now residing inside a Rest Flower in Angel’s bracelet.
Angel remembers Tree Spirit once told him that Reeves seemed to know Black Baron. But how they knew each other, and to what extent, even Tree Spirit wasn’t clear.
Angel didn’t care much at the time, but unexpectedly, encountering Black Baron here—without revealing himself, and with Reeves still resting in the bracelet—Black Baron thought of the "old friend" from Berth Island across so many barriers.
This surprised Angel greatly.
The bond between Reeves and "Black Baron" Adelaide is deeper than he imagined.
What exactly is their relationship? Could they truly be partners?
Such a powerful being like Adelaide actually fancies a junior without background, whose strength also vastly inferior to hers?
Angel feels he might have found the truth.
Should he look for an opportunity to directly hand Reeves over to Adelaide?
Maybe not now; the timing is unclear, but soon it’s the Tea Party, perhaps at the Tea Party, he can quietly bring Reeves to Adelaide’s presence?
While Angel was absorbed in listening to the "gossip" in the distance, dusk gradually turned into night.
A new nightfall began.
As the starry sky shone, Angel heard a roaring sound coming from afar, interrupting his gossip-filled thoughts.
Turning back, he saw distant shadows scattered retreating, revealing a massive and dark shadow as they moved away.
The sound of strong winds echoed.
The massive shadow drew closer, its true form gradually revealed.
"Cloud Whale!" Angel exclaimed softly in surprise; all the wizards were actually avoiding a Cloud Whale.
Angel was well acquainted with Cloud Whales; when he first entered the Wizards’ Realm, he had traveled aboard one from Devil’s Sea to Flourish Continent.
Angel was very aware of the Cloud Whale’s might.
Now, unexpectedly a Cloud Whale broke through the waves, heading towards the center of the Mist Belt!