Chapter 123
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“Thank you for listening to me.”
“Not at all. I’m the one who asked you to request more things like this.”
Blake smiled brightly.
“I’m happy that you seem to trust and rely on me.”
He couldn’t help but feel pleased thinking that she trusted him enough to make such a request without any prior discussion.
“If there’s any damage to Your Grace because of this, I’ll take full responsibility. After all, I’m the one who requested it.”
“It’s fine. More importantly……”
He looked around the empty surroundings and took off his coat.
“I think I saw something strange when we were attempting to escape earlier.”
He asked while draping the thick coat over her.
It was because she was still wearing indoor clothes, having acted without any preparation.
“Something strange?”
“You seemed to neutralize the guard’s magic.”
“Only the clothes were touched.”
“I’m sorry. Well, I didn’t expect Laura to throw something……”
Haley’s magic was expected.
But she didn’t know Laura would pull out a weapon.
At least Angelina had never seen Laura fight before, so such a movement was new to her.
Laura must have been quite flustered to reveal herself like that in front of her.
“No, more than that, it looked like you made an unreasonable request. Did I see wrong?”
“Ah….. That?”
Angelina realized that in her haste, she had shown him her power.
Scratching her cheek awkwardly, she said.
“I recently found out that I have a power similar to holy power.”
And she extended her hand to demonstrate.
“This is……”
“Ugh.”
But within seconds, Angelina’s vision blurred from a headache. Her power dispersed, and Blake caught her as she collapsed.
“Are you hurt?”
To Blake, who was worried, thinking she had been injured during the escape, Angelina shook her head.
“When I use this power, my head hurts like this. That’s why I’m trying to use it as little as possible.”
“It’s similar to what Mason experienced.”
“Similar but different. Sir Mason’s was because of the holy power suppression device, but I……”
Angelina wasn’t wearing anything like that. No matter what clothes she wore or what accessories she had on, it was the same.
‘It seems to have gotten worse after seeing the memory of the second sacred object…..’
It might just be her imagination, but her head hurt more as her power grew stronger.
“And though I’m not certain, I think it’s not holy power but that ‘power of the sun’ we talked about in Kuns Village.”
At those words, Blake’s eyes widened.
After a moment of seemingly organizing his thoughts while looking at her quietly, he spoke.
“Isn’t that… the power of a Saint?”
To his question that came after a silence, Angelina smiled awkwardly.
“……It seems the project using Miss Catherine has become useless.”
“That’s not true. Everything has its use.”
Angelina deliberately avoided the frightening statement that Catherine’s role as her double would still be needed because she herself would soon die.
“Since when have you had this power?”
“Only for a few days.”
“Is this why you quarreled with the Marquis?”
Blake could vaguely imagine.
Angelina trying to experiment with this power and help others, and Ante losing his mind seeing her collapse each time.
“Hmm….. It wasn’t the decisive reason, but it certainly contributed to how things turned out.”
Angelina answered honestly, as it was true that there had been a small trouble when she realized her brother was hiding things related to the Magic Tower Master’s identity from her.
“I see.”
Blake showed an understanding expression.
“In any case, congratulations.”
“I’m not sure if a power that causes headaches is something to be congratulated for, but thank you.”
“So, what do you plan to do now? I’ve kidnapped you as requested……”
“First, let’s move to avoid being pursued.”
“Where is our destination?”
“The Dark Forest.”
She hadn’t come out without any plan.
“Even that person has limits in keeping them trapped in the forest.”
The knight in her memory had clearly said so.
Perhaps because she shared a body with the subject of the memory, Angelina instinctively knew that ‘forest’ referred to the Dark Forest.
On the other hand, Blake’s face hardened.
“Why do you want to go there?”
He knew she was planning something big from the moment she suddenly asked to be kidnapped, but this was an unexpected destination.
“The place where the Blue Rose sacred object was sealed. I need to go there.”
Angelina somehow felt that the place where the Blue Rose sacred object had been sealed would not be far from the ‘forest.’ It was a vague feeling.
Based on emotions transmitted through memories.
“Have you found more clues about the sacred object? But when you say ‘Blue Rose’… hasn’t the Order already found it?”
Blake also knew that the Magic Tower Master had infiltrated the Grand Temple and taken that sacred object.
He didn’t know that Angelina had helped with that infiltration, but he had heard that the name of the sacred object was ‘Blue Rose Bloomed from the Sun’s Tears.’
“Yes. They found it. But I have something to check. I’m not certain, but I feel like I might find some clues if I go there.”
If she couldn’t see the sacred object, wouldn’t it make sense to go to the place where it had been sealed?
It might be useless since the sacred object was no longer there, but Angelina was optimistic.
She felt like she might be able to see the last piece of memory if she went there.
“Given that I’m under a ban from going out, there’s absolutely no way my brother would send me to the Dark Forest. That’s why I made this unreasonable request to Your Grace.”
Honestly, she was also considering the possibility that her brother’s interference might prevent her from reaching there.
That’s why she wanted to get to the Dark Forest as quickly as possible.
Her brother could stop her along the way under the pretext of protecting his sister in the name of ‘Ante Flaubert.’
But once she entered the forest, she would be beyond ‘Ante’s’ domain.
Then it would be ‘Aesi’ who would stop her.
That’s what Angelina was aiming for.
For ‘Aesi’ to appear, unable to simply watch her causing trouble in the Dark Forest.
She was certain.
That no matter how angry he was, he would appear to stop her.
Then, she planned to confront him.
Even if they couldn’t reconcile, she at least intended to make him bring out the sacred object.
“So, about that……”
Angelina clasped her hands together. Glancing at Blake cautiously, she asked carefully.
“Could I… ask for a favor?”
Blake looked at her with surprise.
“You said to call you when needed for dangerous situations. This time it’s extremely dangerous and extremely necessary……”
She desperately whispered, clinging to his previous words.
“Would it be too much…?”
Angelina knew it was unreasonable.
He had already done a lot by causing a scene at the Marquis’s mansion and taking her away.
Asking him to accompany her on this unplanned journey meant completely overturning whatever plans he had for the next few days.
It could be a significant blow to someone who had just started establishing his foundation.
She would have nothing to say if he refused.
But Angelina knew well.
Even with Pudding, it would be too much alone.
Let alone the Dark Forest, even the journey there was not easy for a woman alone.
“I’ll definitely repay you.”
So Angelina asked Blake, who was staring at her without moving, once more.
Soon he smiled.
“Lately, there have been persistent rumors about some kind of deal between me and the Magic Tower Master.”
The contract he had made with the Magic Tower Master was gradually taking effect.
“If I visit the Dark Forest now, it would be perfect for inflating those rumors and getting rid of annoying parasites.”
He had been feeling uneasy lately because of the traitor.
He had been considering setting everything aside and going on a subjugation mission since work wasn’t going well, and then this situation arose.
Moreover, all his appointments for the next few days were with those who had flocked to him, eyeing the tempting fruit called ‘Magic Tower Master.’
Those people would actually be excited and pleased to hear that he had canceled appointments because he went to the Dark Forest.
In many ways, this journey would be beneficial for Blake as well.
“Really?”
Angelina’s face brightened at his positive response.
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