Chapter 872: Back to the Manor

Two days later when Angor had reached the Old Earth, he suddenly recalled Freud mentioning his Ocean Tuner but forgot to ask how Freud heard about it.

Even so, letting his new creation known by others wasnt exactly a bad thing. Maybe it was one of the mermaids who got the message out.

He put this matter behind his mind and went to Yamei Province.

He saw many refugees along the way, who appeared a lot more peaceful compared to before. Apparently, Taviers victory at Moonwater City greatly soothed all troubled minds around the Goldspink Empire. If they could win a fight, they could win the war.

Brulee, however, stayed in a low spirit probably because it feared that Eureka would blame it for not bringing back enough potions. Though this was hardly Brulees fault. It was Eureka herself who agreed to accept raw materials.

Angor tried to cheer Brulee up since he was in a good mood. Miss Eureka will forgive you if you tell her the truth. Im sure of it.

Brulee rolled its eyes. How about you give me a little help?

Help? What can I do?

Brulee grew excited when Angor did not say no immediately. You got a Demeter! Just give it to my master and tell her that the Ashen Traders used the Demeter as her compensation!

Angor gave Brulee a blank stare.

I thought youre a smarter bird than that. I mean, all the materials she bought added together were still cheaper than the Demeter, so no, Ill not do such a thing.

But Brulee lifted its wings to protest.

No buts. I spent my own money to get the Demeter. Why would I give her to someone else?

Arent you trying to get friendly with my master? Ill help you with it if you agree!

This is a big misunderstanding. I never planned to be Miss Eurekas friend. Just stop. I cant oppose your master, but Im more than capable of dealing with you.

Now he felt bad. He shouldve never considered comforting the stupid owl.

As soon as they arrived at Padt Manor, Angor went to the stilt house and dumped all the items in front of Eureka.

At first, Eureka was rather delightful when Angor returned so fast. But slowly, her smile turned into a frown, and eventually, she gave Brulee an angry glare.

Whats going on? Eureka spoke in a plain voice that seemed to contain her great rage.

I-I didnt do anything! It was that Beals Brulee explained their previous trade with the Ashen Traders while trembling badly.

To Angors surprise, apart from explaining the facts, Brulee mentioned lots of irrelevant matters to divert Eurekas attention, such as how the valuable Demeter was presented to Angor and how the Ashen Traders acted strangely cooperative in front of him.

Angor couldnt help cursing the owl deep in his mind. Eureka would hear about the Demeter sooner or later, but it was a whole different matter when Brulee set him up like this.

You bought yourself a Demeter? Unfortunately, Eureka was successfully swayed from the main subject.

Angor threw Brulee a fierce look before he nodded politely. Yes. Leon is about to enter an apprentices.h.i.+p soon. A Demeter can improve the primal mana in the area and will help him meditate better.

Eureka fully knew the merits of having a Demeter. She used to look for one but without earning enough money for it.

Now that she was constantly on the run with the Goman King constantly chasing her, she no longer wanted a Demeter as badly.

Compared to the Demeter

Brulee told me that the Whale Hunter was rather fond of you. Care to tell me why?

Whale Hunter? Angor was ready to be forced to show the Demeter to Eureka, but Eureka asked him something he didnt know.

The leader of Ashen Traders, Beals, is also called the Whale Hunter. A crafty b.a.s.t.a.r.d whos pretty good at going after opportunities.

Hes fond of me? I dont know. I only heard about this name for the first time. Angor glanced at Brulee, who had been playing dead next to Eureka. Ask Brulee if you dont believe me.

Eureka did so and made sure Angor wasnt hiding anything.

A Demeter is far from cheap. How did you afford it?

I can do alchemy.

A moment later, Angor left Eurekas place with a complicated mindset.

Eureka didnt believe him at all when he said he could earn money by selling alchemy items. Then he explained that he once joined Sunders and hunted down a wizard-level monster, and he sold the monster parts for big money.

Eureka took his words this time.

Both of the excuses were true. The magical vine he brought back from Witchs Town earned him about 60,000 magic crystals in the end, which was enough to pay for the Demeter.

Eureka didnt ask to look at the Demeter and simply let him go. Theyd be spending more time at Padt Manor, so she had more chances for it later.

Angor planned to plant the Demeter at Padt Manor as soon as he could so that he didnt have to lock the weeping creature in his bracelet for too long. But he decided to wait until tomorrow so that he could discuss it with Leon first.

It was midnight right now. After being away from Padt Manor for four days, he grew a little worried about Jons condition, so he quickly went to the ice room to check.

Jon looked fine. It seemed the Vitalizer could stabilize him at least for now. With the help of the Dream Weaver, Jon didnt look as painful in his sleep as before.

Angor used Dream Walk again to look at Jons dream.

It seemed Jon had taken his family to Padt Manor and settled down to enjoy a peaceful life, about which Angor was glad to see.

There was one problem though. Inside the current dream, Jon deliberately married his daughter, Muey, to Angor.

And it definitely didnt look proper since both Muey and Angor were children in Jons memory.

A little embarra.s.sed, Angor canceled his cantrip and left the dream. At least Jon was having fun. At this rate, Freuds new idea might be worth trying.

After giving the Dream Weaver another drop of Akesos blood, he stepped out of the ice room.

His next task was to go back to his bedroom and check the small illusion compartment he left here.

It was still intact, which meant no one came to his room while he was away.

With a flicker of mind, he lifted the illusion and revealed the Soft Larva nest hidden inside. It seemed several larva eggs had successfully hatched in these days. But to his disappointment, they were all common Soft Larvae that didnt have much value.

As for the odd one he separated from the others

It was still an egg. He left lots of Akesos blood for it before leaving, and the egg had consumed it all, which was pretty impressive.

Is it bigger than before? I should keep tabs on it from now on

A night had pa.s.sed.

In the early morning, Leon heard about Angors return from Auri and immediately came to his room, mainly to make sure that Angor wasnt in any trouble.

As he planned, Angor was going to tell his brother about the Demeter.