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Chapter 176 I Don't Know

Anna placed a glass of water in front of Dorothy.

"Why are you still sitting here? Everyone else has left."

Dorothy stared blankly at the stone slabs beneath her feet, then suddenly looked up, gritting her teeth, and said, "Which bastard dared to ruin my reputation!"

Anna patted Dorothy's head: "You're overthinking it. What reputation do you have?"

Dorothy pressed Anna's hands to her head, looking somewhat aggrieved, and said, "Um, am I really as bad as you say?"

Anna patted Dorothy's head and said, "No, you still have a lot to offer."

Dorothy was about to look up when Anna pressed her back down.

"But if you're hoping to hear compliments, forget about it."

"Ugh—" Dorothy sighed helplessly and had no choice but to let go of Anna's hand.

However, Anna is much better than she was at the beginning.

I remember when we first met, Anna was aloof and arrogant.

Let alone playing around like this now, they wouldn't even exchange a single word.

"Anna, what did you think the person who attacked the capital was trying to do by impersonating me?" Dorothy had guessed something, but still wanted to ask Anna.

Anna sat down, and Dorothy quickly moved her bottom to the side, the two of them squeezing together.

"I don't know. But I suspect it was intentional."

"Intentional?" Dorothy narrowed her eyes slightly.

Anna nodded.

"That's right. Look, the Blackrock Barbarian Alliance attacked Apprentice City, but a mysterious mage defeated and captured all the mages they sent."

"From the outside world's perspective, this indicates that there is a very powerful magician in the Kingdom of Radiance, but the Kingdom of Radiance has not yet revealed the identity of this magician."

"Logically, the Kingdom of Radiance should have revealed the identity of this mage and used the mages under its command as hostages to negotiate with the Blackrock Barbarian Alliance, demanding an apology from them."

"But now, given that the mysterious mage who just helped the Kingdom of Radiance is still unclear about his identity, and that he just fought the Blackrock Barbarian Alliance and then the Kingdom of Radiance, then this mysterious mage is not from the Kingdom of Radiance."

"From the outside, he might just seem like a rather capricious guy. That immediately reduces the pressure on the Blackrock Barbarian Alliance."

Anna voiced her guess.

Her ideas were similar to those of Dorothy herself.

Dorothy thought someone was deliberately trying to muddy the waters.

As for the purpose of muddying the waters, it might be to force oneself to show up voluntarily.

After all, what the other party did was deliberately trying to smear him.

If that's the case, then Dorothy is even less likely to expose herself voluntarily.

If the other party is willing to become that mysterious magician, then we'll give him that identity.

Dorothy and Anna squeezed onto the same sofa, and the faint, naturally fragrant scent emanating from Anna wafted into Dorothy's nostrils.

This caused Dorothy's breathing to quicken.

Dorothy's breathing became stronger, which Anna noticed, but she only frowned slightly, lowered her head, and neither stopped her nor left.

After a brief silence, Dorothy continued, "Since that person wants to be a mystic, then let him be one. But how did he change the color of his magic? Isn't that something that can only be done by corrupting it with abyssal magic?"

"Could there be others who can also use abyssal magic?"

Dorothy turned to look at Anna sitting next to her.

Anna shifted her body, her hands tucked between her legs, and she could clearly feel the air Dorothy exhaled as she spoke blowing on her face.

It has a faint sweet taste.

Anna turned her face away.

"It's easy to change the color of your magic, it just takes a little more effort than casting a normal spell."

"As for whether there are other people who can use abyssal magic, of course there are. In order to speed up the research on abyssal magic, our clan's records on abyssal magic were shared with you humans."

Anna then turned to look at Dorothy: "So, among you humans, there are methods for learning and using Abyssal magic."

"————" Dorothy blinked, then shrugged helplessly.

"Okay, but if anyone else does something bad, I hope you won't try to pin the blame on me, like that mysterious magician who appeared this time."

Dorothy's first reaction was to issue a disclaimer.

Now I'm about to take the blame for something that's gotten really big, especially since it's such a terrible thing as attacking the capital.

Therefore, she doesn't want to be blamed for something else.

Then Dorothy saw Anna give a mocking smile, like a naughty girl.

"Hey? Shouldn't you step forward and apologize to me now, taking responsibility for the mistakes our ancestors made?"

Upon hearing this, Dorothy simply flicked her little hand away.

"Tch~ They are them, and I am me. My personality isn't that noble. I admit my mistakes myself. I'm already showing good character by helping to clean up their messes. There's no way I'm going to take the blame."

Dorothy stated that she refused to take the blame, especially for something that had nothing to do with her.

Anna looked at Dorothy's rascal-like appearance and a slight smile appeared on her lips.

"I never said I would blame this on you."

"However, there is something I need to remind you of. There are indeed methods among humans to cultivate abyssal magic, but there are very few who know abyssal magic."

"The abyssal magic is inherently extremely difficult to control. Many humans, while cultivating abyssal magic, are drawn to its powerful force and gradually embark on a dangerous path, eventually causing the magic to go berserk and resulting in irreversible consequences."

"The way that scholar taught humanity back then is the same way I taught you; we both started by learning abyssal magic."

"But those humans were seduced by the power of the abyss not long after they began, so the scholar did not teach them how to use the abyssal magic to cast spells."

"Of course, you humans have a strong learning ability, so whether you later explored the abyssal magic on your own and developed abyssal magic, I don't know."

Dorothy lowered her eyes in deep thought.

Seeing Dorothy's expression, Anna asked softly, "What's wrong? Want to investigate?"

After all, someone is impersonating him, and no one can tolerate that. He wants to know the truth.

But Dorothy shook her head.

"No, I don't care at all, after all, this has nothing to do with me."

Dorothy raised her right hand and placed it on her chin, looking on with a serious expression as she pondered.

"Anna, what is that mysterious magician thinking? He just saved the City of Apprentices, and then he launched a sneak attack on the capital. His actions are so contradictory!"

The way she looked at that moment was as if she were genuinely discussing a completely unknown and mysterious being.

If Anna hadn't known that Dorothy was the one who saved the Apprentices' City, she would have been fooled by Dorothy's earnest expression.