Chapter 779 Trust

Chapter 779 Trust

"Care to explain why did you come here?" Arad grabbed Lilia by the head and lifted her up. "Merlin clearly doesn't want you here."

"I get that she dislikes me, but she does want me here." Lilia said with a passive face as her eyes shifted toward Merlin's desk. "You've made some progress with the seal, but you've hit a snag for the last few days. You've been going down the wrong path to opening it so I came to help you."

Lilia disappeared from Arad's palm and appeared standing over Merlin's desk. The papers flew to her hand as if they had a mind of their own. "Look here, you're assuming the prison cube is a seal that encases a target and working off that. That theory is wrong since Gojo had once escaped."

"How do you know that?" Merlin growled at her.

Lilia looked at her with a passive face, not showing a single emotion. ^Should I tell her I'm the one who made those things? Vlad did tamper with it, but I can probably get Zephyr out in a minute or two...No, it's better to let the young ones learn, Zephyr isn't in any danger inside after all.^

"How I know doesn't matter. What matters is that you're going down the wrong path, this isn't a seal that encases a target.^

"Then what is it?" Merlin asked.

Lilia looked away... "See you later, have a good time." She disappeared.

"WAIT!" Merlin screamed, "Why would leave without telling us what is it?!" She growled, staring back at her papers.

Arad pulled the cube Zephyr was sealed in and stared at it. "She said it isn't a seal that encases a target. Then we have two points to challenge: a seal, and the second if it encases a target or not." He said, his eyes glowing with a dark purple light. He pulled a chair and sat down, Betty taking a seat on his shoulder, almost getting shot by an arrow from Aella.

"You angry?" Betty waved her hand at Aella.

"Get off him. He isn't a chair." She growled.

"Betty." Arad said, "I want to test something."

"What? Did you find something?"

"I didn't find anything. But I think it might be neither a seal nor something that encases a target." He stood, "I need your help for this."

Betty laughed, "It's my chance then to prove myself!" She turned toward Aella and the rest. "Be ready, with this favor, I'll get my spot ahead of all of you. I'll never let it slide off my hand."

Arad stared at her, "Accelerate me to the speed of light."

Betty's face changed into a frown, "I can't do that. You'll die. If you die, I'll have no one to seek."

"I won't die. I only want to understand the limits of travel magic."

"You mean teleportation? Then use that." Betty stared at him.

She turned toward Arad, "Sorry, even I have things I don't want anyone to know."

Arad looked back at her...thinking... "Let's get a private room. I have something to tell you of my own."

"I'll give you a place." Betty flicked her fingers and both Arad and Merlin disappeared.

"Where did you send them?" Amber stared at Betty.

"A clear and locked dimensional room where they can be at ease. We'll never know what happens there." She sat on Arad's chair, "Let's wait and believe they'll reach a conclusion."

Arad and Merlin found themselves sitting in a white room, facing each other.

"This is Betty's magic...she did lock us here."

"I bet she did." Arad replied to her. "So, I'll get right to business. I already know you're a witch."

Merlin froze in place, "Who told you?"

"No one did, I can see the magic covering your skin. It's even more concentrated on your nails, hair, blood, and bones." With his void eyes, he could see Merlin's veins glowing with mana the same way as her mana circuits.

Merlin sighed, and tattoos showed covering her whole body. She lifted her arm, "This one keeps my heart beating regularly, this one makes sure my lungs keep working while I'm sleeping, and this one helps me sleep in the first place." She stared back at him. "We high humans have extremely weak bodies in exchange for magic talent."

"How do you explain Jack?"

"Jack?" Merlin started thinking, "He's a high human, indeed, but he's different than me. He has a decent body but lacks all magic. But he has the fate of a hero and intelligence to go with it."

"The fate of a hero...I don't get it, you don't need fate to get a weapon from the gods. They can choose anyone." He looked at her.

"Being chosen by the gods is the fate. Billions of people live and die without even meeting or hearing of one." Merlin put one leg on another, looking at the tattoos covering her whole body.

"If you know this then I have nothing to hide." She sighed.

"Why hide you're a witch? No like any of them outside would tell on you."

"Remember the labyrinth? What was the thing that stuck most with you?" She asked.

Arad thought for a moment, "The naked statues of me? Or the sealed devil, succubus?"

"All of those..." She looked away.