A familiar rough voice came into his ears.
"Mad?" Angor looked at the book in front of him in confusion. He already had his doubts when he saw the big mouth and round eyes. Now, the book's voice sounded exactly the same as the Mad Top Hat on the statue outside.
"Esteemed Lady Shava, I didn't think you would still remember my name." The book's eyes became watery as if it was touched.
"… The last time we met was three minutes ago," Angor said.
Fearing that Angor might misunderstand, the book opened up, and two slim hands reached out from the pages and waved at Angor. "Please don't misunderstand. I'm not saying that Lady Shava has a bad memory. I mean, it's my honor to be remembered by Lady Shava."
Angor remained silent and did not know what to say. He decided to change the topic. "Why did you turn into this book again?"
"I'm a spirit, and I can attach myself to anything. But speaking of which, this book is my real body. Your Excellency, look at the title of the book, 'Crazy Wood's Cultivation Journal'. I used the prefix of the book's title to refer to it … "
"Ah, Mystic Lady warned me not to tell anyone what my true form is. Otherwise, they would burn me with fire, and I'll die for good."
"Yes, fire is my weakness. I'll be burned to a crisp. However, it won't be a problem to tell Her Excellency Shava about this. "
The madman pointed at the word "madman" on the book and began to explain. He even talked about his own body and weaknesses. Angor frowned.
Angor did not plan to deal with the Mad Man. At least, not yet. He only frowned because the Mad Man was a bit noisy.
When they were outside the castle, Angor felt that the Mad Man was a bit talkative. Now, he was sure that the Mad Man was not only talkative, but also talkative.
However, he could make use of Mad Scientist's nagging personality. He might be able to obtain some useful information.
"What's this book about?" Angor interrupted the Mad Man while he was talking.
He was worried that the book was actually famous in the Nightmare Realm, and it might give him a chance to act as Shava. However, compared to using Shava's identity to ask about the Silver Night Castle and the Mystic Lady, this question was relatively less likely to be exposed.
Fortunately, the Mad Scientist didn't seem to have any suspicions and continued to speak with great interest.
Mad Scientist had inherited Love's way of talking and explained the whole story of the book. As Lunatic explained, Angor got a general idea of what the book was about.
This was actually a journal that recorded the cultivation of mushrooms. The author was Crazy Wood. Many of the mushrooms in Duo Ling Garden came from this book.
However, there were also some special mushrooms that were cultivated by others. For example, Enchanting was created by Nuka.
Angor wanted to know who "Crazy Wood" was, but it seemed that Crazy Wood didn't know either. Angor was surprised to hear that. As far as he knew, Mad Scientist was the spirit of a book. It was the first time he heard that a spirit did not know the author.
Angor wasn't sure if Mad Scientist was lying or if he really didn't know. However, Angor decided not to ask further. He had to listen to the old man's rambling.
Mad Scientist was getting more and more excited. He even mentioned that the Queen once read the book. However, Mad Scientist's perspective was a bit strange.
"… When the Queen's fingers touched me, I felt a white light in my head, and I felt weak all over. I felt like my whole life was worth it.
"Other than the Queen, Minister Nuka also flipped through me. Although I was very happy, Minister Nuka's fingernails were too sharp, and it hurt a little. It wasn't as gentle as when Mystic Lady flipped through me …"
Mad Scientist's eyes became blurry as he fell into his memories. However, when he was talking about the Mystic Lady, he suddenly sensed a strange energy fluctuation.
It wasn't directed at Angor. Instead, it enveloped Mad Scientist and shut him up.
He turned around and looked at the wall behind the main seat. That was where he sensed the energy coming from.
On the wall, there was a wall lamp burning with a faint flame. There was also a painting frame with golden ripples on the edge. Inside the frame was an oil painting of a half-length portrait.
Angor noticed the painting as soon as he entered the hall. The painting used very dark colors to depict a graceful young girl in a luxurious dress.
However, the girl's eyes were closed, as if she didn't want to see the world.
Since nobles always had oil paintings in their halls, Angor didn't think too much about it. Now that he sensed the strange energy fluctuation that caused Mad Scientist to shut up, he couldn't just ignore it.
This painting was the source of the strange energy fluctuation.
The girl in the painting had her eyes closed, but Angor still remembered that her hands were resting on her waist and abdomen. Now, her hands were clenched into fists. Angor could even see the blue veins on the back of her hands.
Angor wasn't surprised if it was just the girl's hands. After all, this was a demiplane of the Nightmare Realm. The thick nightmare aura here could give birth to all kinds of strange things.
Angor stared at the painting because of the strange energy fluctuation. Another reason was that the girl in the painting gave him a sense of familiarity.
The shape of her hands was familiar. And the black hair that was tied up reminded Angor of the woman who looked at him from the window on the third floor of the castle.
"Mystic Lady?" Angor muttered the name in a low voice.
Just as the name was being read out, the girl in the painting couldn't hold it in any longer. She turned into a spirit and jumped out of the painting.
As soon as she came out, her hair fell down on its own and covered her face. Her luxurious dress turned into a white one. She was the woman Angor saw before.
Since she was in spirit form, her body was emitting a soft light.
The light wasn't too strong, but it made her hands look long and fair.
Angor remembered the hands that wrapped around him earlier. They were the ones that pulled him into the spirit garden from the entrance of the tunnel.
By now, Angor was sure that the girl was the Mystic Lady.
Mystic Lady brought him here, and she was the owner of the spirit garden. She couldn't be weak at all. He didn't know if Myrtle was trying to harm him or not. After confirming her identity, Angor didn't know what attitude he should use to face this unknown intelligent lifeform.
But he was surprised to see that Mystic Lady seemed to be even more nervous than him.
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