Mage Manual-Chapter 260 - 224 Reverse Sun

Chapter 260: Chapter 224 Reverse Sun

Chapter 260: Chapter 224 Reverse Sun

“As for my current situation,” Ash said, “I’ve already escaped from the Kingdom of Blood Moon, and then—”

He got stuck at that point.

From the first second he arrived at the Kingdom of Gospel, Hanna became an unavoidable key figure because she picked him up from a wild talent market as soon as he landed.

However, due to the Contract, Ash couldn’t reveal any information about Hanna. Any unintended leaks would be prevented by the Contract, let alone the fact that his current predicament, new residence, and new job were all closely linked to Hanna, even his underwear was bought with Hanna’s money, all classified information.

He did want to rant to the Sword Maiden about a whole bunch of stuff, but everything ultimately pointed back to Hanna, so he couldn’t say anything; any detail might give away the secret that he was being fostered by Hanna.

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“Then what?” Sonia blinked her eyes.

“I can’t tell you,” Ash said helplessly, “I signed a tyrannical Contract that doesn’t allow me to disclose any information. All I can say is that I’m currently safe, preparing for a major plan that desecrates the Divine Lord, and I’ve also got a daughter…”

“A daughter!?”

“Shouldn’t you be more concerned about the plan desecrating the Divine Lord?”

“Anyway, you won’t tell me…”

Sonia’s lips twitched, and she suddenly remembered that the Observer was a revived powerful being who must have had entangled karmic ties; with his level of experience, perhaps he once had a bunch of partners. Looking down, she said, “That’s right, considering your age, it’s only natural you’d have children…”

What does she mean by ‘considering my age’?

I’m only in my twenties; do I look like someone with children? Although admittedly, quite a few of my junior high school classmates do already have their second child…

“It’s actually just some poor kid who insists on calling me ‘Dad.’ I haven’t agreed, but taking care of her is part of the job, so I had to accept. Don’t get the wrong idea, though, I’m not married yet.”

“What misunderstanding? I don’t care whether you’re married or not.”

Sonia snorted, thinking to herself, could the Observer have become a teacher in a new kingdom after his transition? And he’s even taking care of a child?

How is he taking care of her; surely he’s not using his powers to force the child to study?

“In any case, you don’t have to worry about me; I’m safe for now.”

Ash said, “What about you? Are you still enjoying life at the academy?”

“It’s so-so,” she replied, “just got a lot more admirers now, have to sign autographs often, recently got interviewed by reporters too. Seems like there’s a buzz that I’m Jiale City’s number one swordsmanship talent. I’ve got so many party invitations, it’s such a pressure, I feel like I’ve lost weight…”

“Do you think I’d say I’m jealous? Because I am really jealous,” Ash said almost sourly. Sword Maiden’s college life was so fulfilling, it made him, whose college social activities were limited to gaming in the dorm, extremely envious.

“All this is thanks to you. Just over twenty days ago, I was just an obscure, pure, pretty, and cute college girl.” Sonia shrugged. “So… thank you.”

“Didn’t I say we don’t need to say that sort of thing to each other? And what does it have to do with me, it’s all your own doing, I only suggested you train properly,” Ash shook his head, leaning against the chair and said grumpily, “And such verbal thanks without any benefit is like praise without a raise, it doesn’t stir anything in me, it’s even a bit tiresome—”

A pair of fair arms gently encircled his neck from behind.

Not with a choking force, but tenderly, cautiously, yet with enough intensity to meld him into her body, like the ambiguous warmth of sunlight after a nap.

These arms were resilient. The physical body in the Void Realm was a reflection of the real body, and since the Sword Maiden practiced her swordsmanship diligently in reality, even without targeted training, her arms would inevitably feel powerful, probably more robust than Ash’s biceps. Ash liked these healthy contours.

Warm breath tickled Ash’s earlobe through his hair, making him feel a bit itchy. As he turned his head, Sonia quickly released her hands and stepped back, staring at the golden rain outside as if she couldn’t get enough of it: “This is for you.”

For me?

Ash was startled and then realized that when the Sword Maiden hugged his neck, she had slipped a Technique Spirit into his embrace.

It was precisely the highly effective healing Technique Spirit ‘Sun Reversal,’ which even a novice Mage could use.

Sonia had never claimed it, so it remained unbound and could be used by any Mage.

“I—”

“You can just recycle it if you don’t need it. Don’t return it to me, and definitely don’t give it to the Witch.”

“You—”

“I’ve thought it over, and I don’t really need this Technique Spirit, so I’m giving it to you—no strings attached.”

Ash cocked his head, looking at her, “If you wanted me to accept ‘Reverse Sun,’ why didn’t you just say so earlier? The Witch was already planning to give it to me.”

“But if she gives it to you, wouldn’t you be in her debt?”

“That’s just normal resource allocation—how is that a favor—”

“If it were normal resource allocation, why did you refuse ‘Reverse Sun’? It’s because you know the few seconds and minutes Technique Spirits you found can’t compare with ‘Reverse Sun,’ and that’s why you felt too embarrassed to accept it. If the Witch insisted on giving it to you, you would definitely feel indebted to her!”

“Even if it’s a favor, it’s useless. I’m very fair and can’t be bought by one or two bribes.”

“One or two times, maybe not, but what about ten times, a hundred times? The Witch from day one has been ingratiating herself with you. If she keeps accumulating these favors, sooner or later, she’ll sway you to her side!”

“Hmm, you do have a point…” Ash had to admit the Sword Maiden was right, “But if you accept ‘Reverse Sun,’ won’t you owe her a favor too?”

“I’ll repay any favor I owe her. Our relationship is purely a cooperative one, and a favor won’t influence other things,” Sonia said. “What’s more important is that even if I don’t repay her, I won’t feel any guilt about it, unlike you who can be toppled by these sugar-coated bullets.”

“I actually feel like your spirit of taking money without doing favors seems oddly righteous…” Ash commented sarcastically. “Actually, you don’t have to be so wary of the Witch. Although we aren’t very familiar with her now, sooner or later, we will become partners bound by close ties.”

“Let’s talk about that when the time comes,” Sonia replied nonchalantly, her eyes fixed on the ‘Reverse Sun’ in Ash’s hands. “So, do you want it or not?”

Even though Ash felt he really didn’t need ‘Reverse Sun’ to save his life, how could he refuse after the Sword Maiden had put it that way?

He figured the moment he refused, the Sword Maiden might just chop him up to the point where he’d need ‘Reverse Sun’ to save his life.

As he took control of ‘Reverse Sun’ with his Magic Power, Ash suddenly said, “Wait a minute, by your reasoning, you specially took ‘Reverse Sun’ from the Witch and handed it to me, so you want me to owe you a favor?”

“Yes, and you better remember this favor for the rest of your life.”

“But if I owe you a favor, won’t I be partial to you?”

“Aren’t you already partial to me?”

Right, all the resources are already being prioritized for the Sword Maiden, so no problem there.

“Although I’m quite pleased that you’re all competing for my favor and I might even feel a little smug about it, your real competitiveness lies in your own strengths, not in my attitude towards you. The occasional favor is fine, but please don’t focus on such things,” Ash said, scratching his head. “There are only three of us. Infighting is just suicidal.”

“I’m not trying to curry favor with you…”

“Aren’t you doing this to curry favor with me?”

“Yes.”

Sonia averted her gaze from Ash, murmuring, “But that’s not the only reason.”

…

…

Not far from the sports car, on the grassy lawn, Diya was rolling around. When she got tired, she spread out on the grass like the letter ‘big’, completely lacking her usual dignity and Elegance.

“Finally, I have some time to play,” she stretched lazily, saying, “Rolling around on the grass is an unmissable part of visiting the Time Continent!”

The White queen suddenly said, “The Sword Maiden should also send it out.”

“Send what?”

“The Sun Reversal Technique Spirit, of course. The reason she took ‘Reverse Sun’ was to give it to the Observer.”

“What?” Diya sat up in shock. “She actually took our stuff to give to the Observer? How underhanded, the adult world is so disgusting. No wonder she wanted us to leave; she didn’t want us to interrupt her wooing the Observer!”

“It’s not that underhanded or disgusting. She wasn’t just doing it to please the Observer.”

“Then what else is it for?”

“Princess, ‘Reverse Sun’ is a highly efficient Technique Spirit for healing. We tried to trade it to the Observer, and after the Observer declined, the Sword Maiden took the initiative to take it. Although the Observer believes he doesn’t need a fallback like ‘Reverse Sun,’ the Sword Maiden might not agree with the Observer’s thoughts.”

“She might just be worried about the Observer’s safety.”