Chapter 26 Mirage Pearl (Thanks to book friends "This Side of the Enemy" and "Book Friends with Books Have Books" for their monthly tickets)

Seeing Ailin's empty eyes, the sorceress laughed and shook her head:

"Relax, Aelin, I'm not reading your mind."

There's no need to read the demon hunter apprentice's mind, the demon hunter apprentice's current expression is easy to understand.

Although he was skeptical about Vera's words, Ailin pretended to be calm and said:
"I'm not nervous, Ms. Vera."

Looking at Ailin's stubborn and lovely face, Vera unconsciously revealed a hint of pampering at the corner of her mouth, and coaxed softly:

"Okay, okay, let's continue."

Ailin was so nervous that he didn't notice Vera's smile and said:
"I absorb my meals very quickly, and I learn..."

"Wait a moment."

Aelin was interrupted again by the sorceress.

"Snapped"

A snap of the fingers.

The exquisite water bag placed on the ground floated up and landed on the alchemy table in front of Ailin.

"Drink it and show me."

Aelin tilted his head.

The sorceress held her chin with her right hand, with a strange expression on her face.

Curious, playful, and eager to try.

It doesn't seem like a thorough investigation of a certain issue or experiment, but rather like watching a good show with great interest?
If a child from a normal family traveled through time, he would definitely be able to recognize it at this moment.

This is the expression that adults often make when they encourage children to perform special skills during Chinese New Year.

After hesitating for a moment, Ailin could only pray in his heart that the Demon Hunter's Notes would help and that the sorceress would not discover any abnormalities.

Under Vera's expectant gaze, Aelin removed the cork from the water bag and drank his portion in one gulp.

[Do you want to use the water ghost's heart essence? ]

After the mind was clicked, the familiar flow of cold and heat alternated in the body, and the pain and itchiness disappeared just as they emerged.

After a while, Vera saw Aelin open his eyes and asked impatiently, "Is it over?"

"Yes, I have absorbed it all."

Mary, who was eavesdropping, immediately distanced herself from the matter.

"Ms. Vera, this has nothing to do with me. I just made it according to the original recipe..."

Vera casually pressed down her hands, which were folded across her chest, to stop Mary from continuing to explain.

"You didn't show this special talent in the first two days after the Green Grass Trial. Why?"

Ailin's heart skipped a beat, and he said with gritted teeth:
"I don't know, it suddenly became possible yesterday."

"is it?"

When Ailin heard the sorceress's question, his heart was suddenly lifted.

Just when he thought the sorceress was going to get to the bottom of the matter, Vera simply let it go and let him continue.

……

The "interrogation" ended about half an hour later.

During this difficult time, Ailin had to hide his thoughts and make up stories.

Finally, he had to cooperate with the sorceress's instructions and perform the unique "Eyes of the Demon Hunter" like a monkey.

Even if I fight water ghosts for an entire afternoon, I won’t feel this tired.

Finally, the torture was over.

"Okay, Ailin, thank you for your cooperation."

"As long as you're happy." Ailin forced a smile, quickly stood up, and prepared to leave this "hell".

"Wait a moment!"

Hearing these three words, Ailin couldn't help but tremble.

Each of the sorceress's tortures began with these three words.

This now left Ailin with a shadow over these syllables.

"What...what's wrong...Ms. Vera?"

To be honest, Ailin has reached his limit. If he was not sure that he could not defeat the sorceress, he would have been ready to fight to the death.

"You haven't used the illusion pendant yet?"

Ailin was stunned when he heard this, and took the pendant out from his collar.

If the sorceress hadn't mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten that he had a magical piece of jewelry.

When he first got the pendant, Ailin tried it privately, but he couldn't find the trick to use it no matter what he did. At that time, Ailin thought that he didn't have enough magic power to use the pendant.

After learning the seal, I realized that this is not just a matter of magic power.

The pendant was repelling him.

She was refusing to allow Aelin's magic to enter her body.

It was as if this was not a pendant, but a living creature.

The witcher apprentice, who had never come into contact with magic accessories, instinctively rejected this strange feeling of neither life nor death, and did not remember to ask the chief and the sorceress when he saw them.

Of course, it was also because the Chief left in such a hurry that the sorceress asked about the reason for the Witcher's Eye.

"Give me the pendant." Vera stretched out her slender white right hand.

Without hesitation, Aelin took off the necklace and handed it to the sorceress.

The sorceress took the necklace, circled the edge of the round gem of the pendant counterclockwise with her index finger, and returned it to Aelin.

Aelin took the pendant and glanced at the sorceress.

"Inject your magic power. Haven't you learned the sigils? Inject the magic power into the gem just like you cast the sigils." Vera explained with a smile.

Ailin nodded, took a deep breath, mobilized the mutated organs in his body, drew out a trace of magic power, and tentatively injected it into the pendant.

The magic power was swallowed up in an instant, and the gem on the pendant seemed to flash white light, and then dimmed as if it lacked energy.

"Don't be afraid, inject all your magic power into it."

The sorceress's voice was so soft and intimate that Ailin couldn't help but look up.

Vera's smile was also full of encouragement.

For some reason, Ailin could see a kind feeling in this delicate and beautiful face.

kindly?

!!!

Get rid of those thoughts in your mind immediately.

Blame the Master Demon Hunter.

After knowing that the sorceress was older than Vesemir's grandfather's grandfather, the more Arryn looked at her, the more he felt that this beautiful face, which looked like an 18-year-old girl, was filled with more and more kindness.

The key is that these two feelings are not contradictory and are perfectly integrated together.

The witcher apprentice can't help but become dependent on him.

Is this also the sorceress's magic?

Ailin muttered to himself in his heart, and then quickly stopped his unfounded guesses.

If the sorceress knew what he was thinking now, Arryn and Vesemir would probably not see the sun tomorrow.

Turning his attention back to the gem on the pendant, Ailin no longer hesitated and drew out as much magic power from the mutated organ as possible, infusing it into the magic jewelry in one breath.

In an instant.

The crystal clear gems flickered, now and then, as if they were breathing.

A close bond was established between the gem and Arryn's soul.

The witcher apprentice was surprised to find that this illusion pendant was really alive.

"Snapped"

Mary, who was eavesdropping openly, fell to the ground.

This time, due to her posture, the girl's head did not fall on the alchemy table.

Hearing the sound, Ailin quickly turned around to look.

"Don't worry about her, she's just sleepy." Vera said lightly.

Ailin had a lot of complaints in his mind and couldn't help but express them.

It's a pity that he didn't dare.

He could only pretend that he saw nothing and focus his attention back on the pendant that seemed to be a living thing.

Ms. Vera understood Ailin's expression and said with a chuckle:

"Yes, this gem is alive."

"Her name is Mirage Pearl, and she appeared after a certain conjunction of the celestial spheres."

"Since the ancients arrived on this continent by boat, less than three mirage pearls have been discovered, and two of them have disappeared without a trace."

"So what I have in my hand is the only one in the world?" Ailin couldn't help but exclaimed.

"At least the only one I know of."

　It is said that sacrificing works of the same group can increase the number of readers, collections and monthly tickets?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)