Virtual Realm, Time Continent.
As soon as Sonya opened her eyes, she eagerly turned her head and said, “Tonight, I—”
She immediately closed her mouth.
She saw the Observer sitting in the back seat, the Witch straddling him, and the two of them almost hugging each other.
“Huh? Why is it like this again tonight? Observer, the White Queen asked me to check if you’re doing this on purpose.”
“It’s definitely a teleportation error. It might be because we all squeezed through the Gate of Truth together. If you don’t believe me, ask the Sword Princess. Nothing like this ever happened when I was in the Sea of Knowledge with her!”
The Witch turned to look at Sonya. “Really, Sword Princess?”
Sonya said, “Witch, can you get off the Observer first?”
“Oh, oh!”
These days, when they enter the Virtual Realm, situations like this occasionally occur: the Observer’s and the Witch’s bodies overlap. Sometimes the Witch clings to him, sometimes she’s lying on his lap, in various odd positions.
Actually, Sonya could understand these occurrences. After all, teleporting three sorcerers together could result in minor errors, and two people overlapping isn’t really considered a failure.
But the problem was, why was she always the one watching from the side?
Shouldn’t the errors be more equitable?
“Sword Princess, what were you going to say?” Ashe moved back to the front seat and asked, “I remember you have a Meteor Trial tonight, right?”
“Yeah,” Sonya nodded, suddenly feeling a bit disinterested. “I won the Top Eight Tournament. The final contestant was supposed to face me in a trial of miracles, but they only had golden half-winged level spellforce.”
Deya chuckled, “So, Sword Princess, weren’t you just bullying them?”
Due to the absorption speed bonuses from the Sports car and the Alchemy Throne, Ashe and the others were close to attaining full-winged Golden Wings. Plus, they had the Golden Fish’s Secret Toxin, which converted silver spellforce into golden spellforce, making their mana bar significantly longer than that of ordinary sorcerers.
“Witch, how did you suddenly obtain the Golden Fish’s Secret Toxin?” Ashe flipped through the operator directory. “Did you get it today?”
The Witch was indeed very happy. Due to the Assassination Ranking, Annan didn’t dare let Banjeet leave alone. After all, there were precedents—Roger and Helephes had both been targeted by the Yisuo Royal Family’s assassins to fulfill the futures seen in the Weaving Festival. If Banjeet dared to act solo, Annan feared he would end up in the obituaries.
Since Banjeet couldn’t leave, there was no reason for Lise to go either. In the end, apart from Ashe, no one really cared about her fate. Ashe suggested Lise stay, and although Igor seemed to have some concerns, Annan agreed immediately.
The rest was straightforward: on the day of the action, she and Ashe would go to the Tower to rescue Nina. When the Weaving Festival concluded, she’d undergo the Bronze Dragon’s Trial to return to her true form. Then... she’d be with Ashe...
Sonya watched Deya, whose blissful smile seemed to radiate from every hair strand, and couldn’t help but feel her own spirits lift.
Ashe, trying to make conversation, said, “I once saw a river filled with starlight, like the night sky flowing through the water. It was both brilliant and dreamy, as if everyone’s dreams were drifting there.”
Is the Observer trying to join our conversation? Sonya glanced at him curiously. However, remembering the scene she had walked in on earlier, she wasn’t keen on engaging him much.
A moment later, the sports car stopped at the entrance to a mine cave. Ashe said, “There’s a group of Blade Fish Dragons inside, and possibly an overlord creature, the Raging Slashing Dragon. We need to lure them out first...”
“Let me!” Deya eagerly jumped out of the sports car, impatient to share her joy with the Blade Fish Dragons, running into the rain curtain like an excited child.
As soon as the Witch left, Sonya’s expression turned sour, and she got out of the car slowly without so much as a glance at Ashe. Perplexed, Ashe asked, “Why the sudden mood change?”
“None of your business.”
“I did what you asked; you can’t take it out on me.”
“What request?” The Stretch Paw Club President shot him a look.
“Praising you!” Ashe said. “As soon as I heard you won the Top Eight Tournament, I praised you immediately.”
“No, you didn’t!”
“Yes, I did. It’s just that with the Witch around, I had to be more indirect.”
“Indirect?”
“Yes, exactly.” Ashe nodded repeatedly. “The dazzling Reverse Golden Rain, the cake dipped in cream and honey, the river filled with starlight...”
“I used the most beautiful things in the world to describe you. You have to catch on and understand the compliment.”