Mage Manual

Chapter 1738: Chapter 1286: Separation

"Sword Maiden, this one is tasty, open your mouth—"

"Sword Maiden, Sword Maiden, let’s take a bath together tonight, you help me wash my hair!"

"Wow, Sword Maiden, yours can float, can I touch it—if not, just say so, knock my head anymore, and it’ll be broken!"

"Sword Maiden, help me dry my hair!"

Diya shrank into a little white-haired girl and sat in Sonia’s arms. Obviously, she could easily shake off all the water droplets from her hair using Divine Power, but Sonia couldn’t resist her pouting, so she reluctantly helped her dry her hair slowly.

The Witch’s hair suddenly turned red, exactly like Sonia’s. She looked in the mirror at the big and small figures and giggled, "Do we look like mother and daughter like this?"

"Why not sisters?"

"Because I feel you’d be strict with a sister but would spoil a daughter."

"Wrong, you know I’m from the countryside. I studied hard from a young age to get into college, and my childhood was almost grey..."

"So you’d give a sister and a daughter a beautiful childhood?"

"No, because I had an unhappy childhood, my sister and daughter would have to study seriously." Sonia rubbed Diya’s head, "I’ve been through the rain, how can I hold an umbrella for others?"

"What a scary woman..." Diya shuddered, turned, and hugged Sonia, burying her head in Sonia’s arms and nuzzling up, "Let’s sleep together tonight!"

"Why are you so clingy to me today?" Sonia tilted her head, "Want a kiss?"

"I’ve always been clingy to you!" Diya wrapped her arms around her neck, suddenly shifted back to a teenage form, straddled her lap, and said alluringly, "If you’re in a good mood and want a kiss, I’m not incapable of accompanying you!"

"Is it because of Vishi?"

"Are you very angry?"

"I was a bit angry this morning, but not anymore," Sonia said, "She’s never been on the same path with us... It was a bond forced with chains, naturally separated as the chains disappeared."

Diya asked, "Would you forgive Vishi if she comes back?"

Sonia thought for a moment, "She hasn’t done anything to harm us, just left, so there’s no talk of forgiving or not... But whether our relationship could go back to what it was, I don’t know."

"I’ve always had few friends, and it’s the first time I’ve encountered this kind of experience similar to betrayal by a friend." She hugged the Witch and whispered, "Luckily, I have you, and I feel much better."

"Oh, I see." Diya stuttered, "Alright then..."

Sonia felt a tickle in her heart sensing something, held the Witch’s shoulders, studied her expression, "Is there something you want to say?"

"No!"

"If you tell me now, I promise not to get mad."

"Really?"

"So there is something." Sonia asked, "You know you can’t keep secrets, so if you don’t tell me while I’m in a good mood, you won’t get another chance, okay?"

Diya hesitated for a while, lowered her head looking at Sonia’s collarbone, and murmured, "I don’t want to go to Senluo."

"I don’t want to either." Sonia laughed, "But only Senluo can provide a place for our cultivation."

"If we reduce our cultivation frequency a bit, I can carve out enough space for us in Gospel too." Diya said, "Plus, we can start the national-level Concept production plan, cultivating in Gospel while organizing various events to produce Concepts, without lowering our quality of life. If we don’t want to live in the Imperial Palace, we can build palaces where we like. Having been the Empress for so long, I should enjoy it!"

The Witch clenched her fists, looked expectantly at the Sword Maiden. However, the Sword Maiden just quietly watched her, and silence quickly consumed the Witch’s enthusiasm, making her expression drop instantly.

"Whether it’s producing Concepts or reducing cultivation frequency, it’ll extend our cultivation time." Sonia said, "Although I don’t agree with how Vishi’s plan is too aggressive, she was right about one thing, we don’t have much time and must seize every second to enter Heaven before Dazzling Star returns."

"It’s a bit tough in Senluo, but as long as we’re prepared, the experience won’t differ too much from a hotel. Plus, every five days, we’ll return to Gospel for two days of rest, how about it?" She pinched the Witch’s cheek, encouragingly said, "Just push through this last bit, succeed in entering Heaven, and then we’ll take a proper holiday, how’s that sound?"

Diya stayed silent for a while and softly asked, "Do we really have to enter Heaven?"

Sonia hesitated a bit, "Wasn’t that the goal we’ve set long ago?"

"Yes, but that was when all four of us were together." Diya’s hair secretly showed some strands of discoloration, her voice very nervous, "Now with Vishi gone, our odds are much lower, and it’s hard to return to earth once we step into Heaven. Besides, we’d be caught up in the Vortex between Divine Lord and Supreme... As long as Divine Lord and Supreme don’t step onto earth, we’re the strongest here, perfectly capable of protecting ourselves, stepping into Heaven loses our advantageous position instead."

"Why not cultivate slowly on earth, watch Heaven’s changes, wait for Divine Lord and Supreme to fight each other, ignoring us, then we seize the chance to step into Heaven. Wouldn’t that be safer and more relaxed?"

Sonia picked up a comb, started brushing Diya’s hair, then after a good while said, "You make a good point, it is indeed safer, the only difficulty is how to probe Heaven’s situation, but we can build a Wonder for Heaven reconnaissance."