Sweet Dream?
Upon hearing this answer, the Wise Sovereign froze for a moment. Why was it another sweet dream?
Angor was already interested in Sweet Dream, and now Adanis mentioned it again … Was this a coincidence?
No, it couldn't be.
Adanis knew about Sweet Dream for a long time, but she never mentioned it for countless years. Now that Angor showed up, the two must have something to do with each other.
There were only two possibilities. First, Adanis learned about his interest in Sweet Dream from somewhere and took it away to annoy him.
Second, Angor and Adanis conspired together, and Adanis took Angor's advice and borrowed Sweet Dream from him.
Before this, the Wise Ruler would most likely believe that Adanis was trying to annoy Angor.
But now that Angor was still alive and didn't leave the room, the Wise Ruler had another idea. Maybe Angor and Adanis reached some kind of agreement? Did Adanis accept Angor's offer to borrow Sweet Dream in order to make up for what she did to Angor's group?
It sounded a bit far-fetched. Would Adanis be willing to make peace with Angor? Unlikely.
But maybe it was because of his intuition, the Wise Ruler was more inclined to this idea.
And if this was the case, there was something else he could uncover.
The Wise Ruler had already discussed many things about Sweet Dream with Angor, and he also agreed to lend the book to Angor.
However, the condition was that Angor had to come out of the room alive and tell the Wise Ruler about the current situation in the room as well as what happened in there.
The request did not sound excessive at all, so Angor agreed without hesitation.
But now, if Angor asked Adanis to borrow Sweet Dream, it meant that he didn't want to use the same method as before, which meant he didn't want to tell the Wise Ruler about what happened in the room.
This was what the Sovereign of Wisdom was concerned about.
What happened in the room? Why didn't Angor tell the Wise Ruler about it?
Or did something unexpected happen in the Chamber of Poetry, and he couldn't tell anyone about it, so he had to ask Adanis to use Sweet Dreams as an excuse?
"Can't" not only because the matter was too important to be mentioned, but also because he had signed some kind of contract that prevented him from talking about it, so he had to resort to this strategy.
However, the Wise Sovereign wasn't able to determine which type it was.
"Sweet dreams … If it was a day ago and Her Majesty Goddess wanted to borrow it, I wouldn't have hesitated. But now, that might not be possible. I've already promised someone to lend it to him. "The Sovereign of the Wise had a vexed look on his face.
Adanis asked, "Who did you promise?"
The Wise Ruler looked at Adanis' cold eyes and said with a smile, "Your Holiness, do you really not know, or are you pretending not to know?"
Adanis snorted coldly. Her expression was disdainful, but she did not say anything.
But in the eyes of the Sovereign of Intellect, he couldn't help but say to himself, "His thoughts … are far too easy to guess."
If Adanis openly admitted that she was Angor and threatened the Wise Overseer, it would mean that she was planning to use Sweet Dream to annoy Angor.
But now, Adanis didn't say anything, which meant she knew who the Wise Ruler wanted to lend the Sweet Dreams to. She pretended not to know and didn't lose her temper. Instead, she revealed the truth by showing a cold face.
She did conspire with Angor.
She was persuaded by Angor to borrow Sweet Dreams.
This meant the Wise Ruler's guess was correct. The only thing he didn't know was whether something major happened in the chamber, which prevented him from telling Adanis about it, or whether he signed some kind of contract with Adanis that forbade him from telling others about what happened in the chamber. Or both?
Since Adanis wanted to pretend not to know, he might as well break the ice.
"Whether you know it or not, I can't lend Sweet Dreams to you right now. After all, I already promised Angor that I would lend him Sweet Dreams."
The Wise Ruler noticed that Adanis' expression didn't change at all when he mentioned Angor's name, which meant Adanis already knew Angor's real name. Angor revealing his real name was also a sign of their cooperation.
Before Angor's group let down their guard, they all called each other "Black", "Gold", and "Red".
Angor only revealed his real name after they agreed to work together.
"You really won't lend it to me?"
"I don't want to break my promise."
"What if I hand over part of the access to the magic array to borrow your Sweet Dreams? Will you lend it to me?"
The Wise Ruler pondered for a moment and said, "No."
Adanis's offer was tempting, but it was exactly because of this that the Wise Ruler couldn't lend it to Angor.
As far as he knew, Adanis would never voluntarily hand over the access to the magic array.
She wanted nothing more than to have complete control over the underground sewer magic array. How could she possibly return the authority she had already obtained to the Sage?
If Adanis really did give up on the magic array, it could only mean one thing: something big had happened to Fairsky Poetry Room.
Adanis had most likely given up on Fairsky Poetry Room and the underground waterway. In other words, she was planning to leave.
She would only give up the access to the magic array if she decided to leave.
There was also one more thing to consider. She would never leave alone, which meant that Oleo would follow her.
This, however, caused the Sovereign of Wisdom to be stunned.
He had high hopes for this "anomaly", hoping that Angor could bring a change to the stale Moonlight Poetry Room. However, as far as he was concerned, change couldn't happen overnight. Even if Angor had a long time to accumulate, it would still take some time for a qualitative change to happen.
Therefore, he didn't expect Angor to change the Fairsky Poetry Room right away. But now, Adanis was giving him a feeling that the Fairsky Poetry Room was already undergoing a drastic change!
The Wise Ruler was puzzled. What the hell did they do?
More importantly, how did Angor manage to get Olao to leave as well?
Given Adanis's strength, she could have left long ago. Although Adanis had never admitted to this, the Wise Ruler could more or less come to this conclusion from Hidden Slave, One-Eyed Dabao, and Er Bao.
The only reason why Adanis chose to stay was because of Oleo.
Adanis was born after Augustine left, so Augustine's contract didn't bind her. The Fairsky Poetry Room was the only contract that could bind her.
Oleo, on the other hand, had to bear both the responsibility of guarding the Fairsky Poetry Room and Augustine's contract for him.
The nature of the contract was the same, but when combined, the effects of the two contracts were far greater than Adanis'.
Even the Wise Ruler couldn't break this contract when he was at his peak.
Moreover, Olao was bound tightly by the contract, and even his room for improvement was restricted. He couldn't break the contract either.
So what was going on?
Was Oleo's contract broken? Was that why Adanis was willing to leave?
Or was Oleo's contract unbreakable, and Adanis wanted to find a way to break it? That was unlikely. If Adanis really wanted to break the contract, she wouldn't have stayed here for tens of thousands of years.
The Wise Ruler preferred the first possibility. Since Oleo's contract was broken, Adanis was willing to leave with Angor.
At the same time, Adanis's attitude toward Angor softened. She was even willing to use Sweet Dreams for Angor.
Now that he thought about it, Angor played a bigger role than he thought. He could even break Oleo's contract?
The Wise Ruler had a lot of thoughts in his mind, but he didn't show any of them on his face. He still looked like he was going to keep his promise.
Considering Angor's current situation, the Wise Ruler could help Angor by lending Sweet Dreams to Adanis for now.
However, the Wise Ruler was still curious about what Angor did. How did Angor get rid of Oleo's contract?
More importantly, the Wise Ruler was also testing Angor and Adanis' bottom line.
If he insisted on not lending Sweet Dreams to Adanis, would Angor be forced to show up? Or perhaps, Adanis would offer a higher price in exchange for it?
While the Wise Ruler was pondering, Adanis was getting annoyed. "I'm going to lend it to you. You can state your conditions now."
The Wise Ruler considered for a moment. "Will you take Hidden Slave with you when you leave?"
"That's none of your —" Adanis suddenly realized something and changed her expression. "I don't know what you're talking about."
She waited for a long time, but she didn't hear any response. He lowered his head and looked through the mirror, only to see the Wise Sovereign staring at him with a meaningful look in his eyes.
Adanis couldn't be more familiar with that look. Whenever the Wise Ruler saw through someone's plan, and the person refused to admit it, the Wise Ruler would stare at them with the same kind of "caring for the retarded" look.
Adanis had seen the Wise Ruler looking at her like this before. She would just turn around and leave without saying anything to the self-righteous Wise Ruler.
But this time, she resisted the urge to leave. Instead, she took a deep breath and asked, "How did you know?"
The Wise Ruler curled his lips and didn't answer.
"I told you?" Adanis cursed. She hated people who didn't say much and had their thoughts wandered thousands of miles away. It wouldn't be a big deal if the Wise Ruler took the wrong path.
"Since you've guessed a small part of the truth, you should also know who sent me here." Adanis decided to go all out and said bluntly.
"So it's Angor who sent you here." The Wise Ruler nodded.
Adanis: "Don't pretend, how could you not know?"
The Wise Ruler chuckled but didn't explain.
He did know that Angor was the source of all this. However, it was Angor who asked Adanis to come. Or was it Adanis who heard that Angor promised to tell the Wise Ruler and came on her own? He didn't have a clear answer yet.
These were two different concepts.
If Adanis came on her own, then the Wise Ruler could be sure that Angor was bound by a contract and couldn't tell anyone about what happened in Moonlight Chamber.
Since Angor was interested in Sweet Dreams, Adanis came to borrow something from the Wise Ruler in order to make up for Angor's loss.
If it was Angor who asked Adanis to come, then something must have happened in Moonlight Chamber that was beyond Angor's expectation. Even without the contract, he couldn't tell anyone about it.
It sounded the same, but it was actually very different. Especially when it came to the process.
If Angor was bound by the contract, then the changes in Moonlight Chamber would be unpredictable.
But if Angor wasn't bound by the contract and still didn't want to tell anyone, then the situation in Moonlight Chamber would change drastically. So much so that Angor didn't dare to tell anyone.
Thus, Adanis' words of self-abandonment had provided the Wise Sovereign with even more information.
"I want to know. Is it because Angor can't come to see me, or because he won't?"
Adanis snickered. "So, you think there are only two answers?"
The Wise Sovereign: "Are there other answers?"
"Of course there are. He will come to see you. And soon … you will meet each other. "
The Wise Ruler was surprised. If Angor was willing to see him, why did he ask Adanis to come and talk about Sweet Dreams?
While the Wise Ruler was puzzled, he heard footsteps coming from outside the hall.
The Wise Overseer looked back and saw that Angor's group had already left the chamber and returned to the main hall.
Angor even waved at the Wise Ruler with a smile as if he wasn't an outsider at all.
"W-when did you get here?"
Adanis spoke again before Angor could answer. "They already left Moonlight Chamber when I came here. What? You didn't expect that, Wise Ruler?"
When Adanis mentioned "Wise Ruler", her sarcastic tone almost overflowed from the mirror.
"What I hated the most in the past was to encounter variables, because variables represent uncertainty, and uncertainty is the biggest enemy of order. But after ten thousand years of peace, I changed my mind. Perhaps a variable will appear in the underground sewers to break the stagnant water. " "So, Angor's arrival is not a coincidence, but an inevitable one."
"As a variable, everything he did and the influence it would have, perhaps even he himself couldn't have predicted it. How could I have predicted it?"
With that, the Wise Ruler stood up from the warm blanket and walked toward Angor.
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