He said softly: "What about the Tidal World..."
"No rush on the Tidal World. Rhein will wait for your return to go. And with your level of alchemy, it shouldn’t take long." The Tree Spirit said leisurely.
Angel: "What does Lord Esos have for his disciple to refine?"
The Tree Spirit shrugged: "I don’t know either. Rhein asked, but Esos doesn’t know much either because the blueprint for refining is in his disciple’s hands, and its origin is mysterious. According to Esos’ inspection, it seems to contain some special mechanism."
"Special mechanism, what kind of mechanism?"
The Tree Spirit shook his head: "Don’t know, but due to this mechanism, even Esos didn’t look. I guess it might self-destruct on opening? Anyway, to be safe, they prefer to find a suitable alchemist first before opening."
Seeing Angel frowning, appearing suspicious of the blueprint’s mechanism, the Tree Spirit added: "Don’t worry, the blueprint isn’t dangerous. Its special mechanism comes from the inscribed magic pattern, but that kind of pattern belongs to an alchemy magic pattern, and even though Esos is a magic pattern uncle, he only understands part of it and can confirm it’s not of an attack nature, so there’s no danger."
If there were danger, Lord Rhein wouldn’t have hinted to the Tree Spirit to have Angel take on this task.
The Tree Spirit paused again and said: "Oh, right, this task also has a reward, given by Esos’ disciple."
If it were Esos giving the reward, Angel might still be curious; but what reward could Esos’ disciple offer? Angel wasn’t interested at all.
The Tree Spirit seemed to see Angel’s disdain and smiled: "This reward might indeed be of little use to you. It’s said to be the handbook of Esos’ apprentice period."
"Esos’ apprentice period training handbook?" Angel was taken aback.
The Tree Spirit nodded: "Esos’ disciple didn’t learn Esos’ magic pattern ability, but he is a rare space apprentice. Therefore, Esos handed down his insights on space series from his apprentice period to him. Now, this handbook is the reward."
Saying this, the Tree Spirit sighed: "If only Esos offered his magic pattern training handbook as a reward, that might be useful to you. Should I go ask again?"
Upon hearing that it’s Esos’ apprentice period space insights handbook, Angel’s eyes lit up! Although he previously gained a lot of space knowledge within the Dalmatian, they were overly theoretical, and if guided by a predecessor’s insights, it would be a huge help.
And Esos’ handbook is a golden opportunity!
Angel quickly said: "No need to bother Lord Esos, I have enough on magic patterns, no need for other handbooks. Just this handbook will do!"
The Tree Spirit smiled: "So, you’re deciding to take this task, right?"
Angel quickly nodded. Previously, perhaps due to the current state of the Life Pool, he had to accept it reluctantly; but now, he was willing to accept this task out of his genuine interest.
The Tree Spirit: "Since you’ve accepted, I’ll take up the task for you. I’ll send you detailed information later, and you can leave today or tomorrow."
Angel nodded in agreement.
"Oh, by the way." The Tree Spirit: "This time, you should go alone."
Angel looked puzzled at the Tree Spirit. He usually went alone, why did the Tree Spirit suddenly mention it?
The Tree Spirit: "I mean, Toby won’t be going with you."
Angel glanced at the smiling Tree Spirit and then at Toby beside him, who was a bit fluffed up, and his heart sank as he quietly asked: "Why, Lord, do you want to keep Toby?"
The Tree Spirit laughed: "It’s like this, you know Greya has just recovered from a serious illness and needs company during her recovery period. I contacted Greya earlier, and she said she wanted Toby to accompany her."
As he spoke, the Tree Spirit waved, and an image appeared before Angel.
Greya sat at a table, talking to Butler Good across. Seemingly aware of the gaze, she turned: "Oh, it’s Angel."
"The Tree Spirit Lord has already told you, right? I heard you’re leaving for a task soon, so this time you should go alone, and leave Toby here with me."
Greya blinked: "Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of Toby."
"Also, I already know you saved me. I’ll tell you thanks when you return, and I have other things to discuss with you later, that’s it."
After speaking, the image disappeared.
The Tree Spirit looked at Angel: "See, it’s Greya who wants Toby to stay~"
Angel looked deeply at the Tree Spirit, he believed Greya was genuine earlier, but keeping Toby was probably not Greya’s decision, but the Tree Spirit had orchestrated it.
Clearly, the Tree Spirit wasn’t planning to let Toby off easily.
However, judging from the signals Greya had sent him before, with her looking after Toby, the Tree Spirit likely wouldn’t punish Toby too severely.
Thinking about this, Angel could only nod: "Okay, I’ll send Toby to Greya later."