Hello, is this a letter addressed to Demon Fortress?

Lillian's body trembled, and her voice was broken and intermittent.

"Um, um, that..."

"Looking for me? Yes, what's wrong?"

Lin Gui, who was sitting in front, stopped the raft.

Use the levitation spell to clear away the small section of collapsed sand in front of the passage.

He didn't turn around, but his voice drifted over.

"Elvia, don't scare my little apprentice."

"She's very timid."

Elvia was taken aback.

"My little apprentice?!"

She exclaimed in surprise, then her expression became subtle.

With a smile, he looked at the petite girl he had pulled into his arms.

"So, while I was away, you took Lin Gui as your master?"

Lillian nodded, her voice trembling.

Elvia's lips curled into a smile as she leaned close to Lillian's ear.

"Then I'll be your master's wife."

"Call me 'Master's Wife' and let me hear it."

Lillian did not respond.

It was as if her whole being had been put on pause.

His gaze was blank as he stared ahead, his lips slightly parted, but no sound came out.

Elvia poked her little head.

No response.

He poked her little belly again.

There was still no response.

Lillian seems to have fallen into a socially isolated, self-imposed mode.

No matter how Elvia called out to her or poked at her, she remained motionless, like a small stone statue.

"this--"

Elvia, this is truly the first time I've encountered something like this.

She frowned, then smiled.

Who is she?

She is the lioness of Carter's capital.

There, she was a social queen.

There wasn't a single social person she couldn't win over.

Elvia's gaze swept over Lillian.

My mind kept updating with new information about this little girl.

Quiet, timid, with severe social anxiety, and extremely insecure.

But... there is a very strong need to confide in someone.

There is a deep longing to be recognized and accepted.

Especially in the theory of magic.

Elvia smiled, and then began to fight Lillian.

A hamster affection capture package using a dark night-blooming veil as bait and the other party's self-created magic as a supplement.

The effect is immediate.

Within half an hour, Lillian started chattering excitedly.

They kept calling her "Teacher's wife, Teacher's wife".

He moved closer to Elvia, constantly showing off the results of his years of research.

He can rattle off a bunch of bizarre magical constructs without hesitation.

His mouth never stopped.

Elvia hadn't expected the other person to talk so outrageously.

The theoretical jargon ringing in her ears was almost making her dizzy.

She could only engage in the other person's outrageous topics.

I'll squeeze out a few pieces of basic magical theory that I roughly know.

"That... magic power... um... output?"

"And... um... this structure... it looks pretty good?"

Then, the excited Lillian immediately stopped talking.

It was obvious that they had discovered Elvia was a fake and knew nothing about magical theory.

Lillian stopped touching her and gave Elvia a disdainful look.

Elvia was certain that it was contempt.

Her lips twitched slightly.

Fortunately, after this incident, the other party has relaxed their guard towards her.

During the subsequent journeys, Lillian was no longer afraid of Elvia.

She would answer Elvia's occasional questions and during everyday conversations.

At first, they seemed a bit indifferent.

After Elvia obtained the initial study scroll and construction manuscript of the Illusionary Art from the Forest Ghost.

Lillian knelt before Elvia.

She said that if Elvia was willing to listen.

It's not that I can't tell her the story of how she wet the bed when she was ten.

And so, Elvia and Lillian began to chat casually.

The conversation begins with Lillian's birth and then moves on to her encounter with Miss Fox.

She talked about everything from her first suitor to her last.

The voices of the two girls gradually made the tedious journey a little more pleasant.

Elvia always manages to provoke people with sensational topics.

What kind of man starts a decisive battle in order to win love?

The legend of the Academy of the Heart of What Element.

What? Lillian overheard the explosive information about the Thousand Towers Nobles.

But when it comes to Lillian, how to learn and master the Night Veil.

Elvia may not have sensed anything amiss, but Lin Gui discerned something else entirely.

Lillian said that it was Miss Fox who gave her the study scroll of the Night Veil.

However, the spool is defective.

It's not a difference between orthodoxy and castration.

Instead, the structure lacks many crucial nodes.

Moreover, it contains many strange Chinese character annotations.

This gave Lillian and Miss Fox a real headache.

Ultimately, Lillian could only be reached through parts constructed using modern magical language.

I made a vague guess based on the shape of the Chinese characters.

By disassembling and experimenting with each component, the approximate structure of the Night Gauze Robe was finally deduced.

Her derivation process took four months.

Lillian spoke in a flat tone.

Elvia didn't seem to care at all when she heard it.

But Lin Gui's heart was in turmoil.

He almost accidentally crashed the raft into the rock wall.

Lin Gui was certain that, subjectively, he had never leaked the scroll of Youye Shayi.

But Lillian said it was given to her by Miss Fox.

Lin Gui recalled his time at Xinghuo, gradually reminiscing.

There are indeed several opportunities.

That fox was able to steal the manuscript of the Night Veil, which he had placed together with the Illusionary Realm Technique, and then copy it.

However, the encryption of the Chinese characters means that even if they were leaked, very few people would be able to decipher them.

Lin Gui knew it was difficult to fathom.

So when Lillian said that she had succeeded in working backwards in just four months.

He could hardly hide his shock.

He was never considered a magical genius.

However, in terms of theory, Lin Gui was confident that even the Tower Master might not be as talented as him.

The veiled robe in the dark and the illusionary technique are proof of this.

And now...

Lin Gui glanced at Lillian, who was chatting with Elvia.

This timid girl.

It seems the true theoretical genius has been replaced.

He paused for a moment, then slightly loosened his grip on the armrest.

Is this why you asked me to bring her along?

Sivir.

Lin Gui's contemplation did not last long.

A feeling of oppression suddenly welled up in my heart.

It came neither from the front nor from the rear.

It comes from above.

From all around.

It was as if the entire passageway had transformed into the mouth of a giant beast.

And they were hovering deep in its throat.

The oppressive atmosphere made the air feel thick and viscous, requiring effort to inhale with each breath.

Elvia and Lillian, who were talking behind them, also sensed it at the same time.

Elvia's voice abruptly stopped.

Her hand froze in mid-air, and the smile on her face froze for a moment.

Lillian's body froze again.

She suddenly raised her head, like an alert little animal, her gaze scanning back and forth between the dark dome and the rock walls on either side.

Elvia placed her hand on the hilt of the sword at her waist.

"What is this?"

Her voice was very low.

Lin Gui did not answer.

The raft landed smoothly on the ground, making a slight scraping sound as its bottom touched the stone surface.

He sat on the raft, his gaze fixed on the bottomless darkness ahead.

After a long while, he spoke.

Let's rest here for today.

"After resting well..."

He paused for a moment.

"Let's go."

"Entering the real red desert."