Warlock Apprentice

Chapter 3317: Chapter 3318: Dream Mirror’s Debut

Besides that, there are a series of small activities such as ”Gem Appreciation Society,” ”Mechanism Puzzle Solving Conference,” ”Void Fruit Gathering,” and so on.

If you don’t consider the implication behind it, Angel might really think it’s just a series of exchange meetings.

But looking at the organizers, it’s clear these are driven by private motives.

For example, the organizer of the ”Gem Appreciation Society” is a Diamond Dragon that loves collecting gems; the organizer of the ”Mechanism Puzzle Solving Conference” is a Mirror Dragon who is rarely in the Divine Country and loves adventuring and exploring around; the ”Void Fruit Gathering” is organized by a female Mirror Dragon who loves eating fruit.

Hosting activities under the name of ”exchange meetings” is actually all about satisfying personal desires.

However, even an outsider like Angel can see through the private motives behind this, so how could the indigenous people of the Daylight Mirror Domain not understand the tricks involved?

They also clearly understand the reasons behind these activities by the Hundred-Dragon Divine Kingdom, but even knowing this, they are still willing to flock to them.

After all, the Hundred-Dragon Divine Kingdom is high above, and they usually don’t have the opportunity to interact with them.

And now, by satisfying some small hobbies of the Mirror Dragons, they might be noticed by them. For the majority of the races, isn’t this a blessing?

They do not seek to climb high branches; just being noticed by the Mirror Dragon can already deter some covetous small-time scavengers. In a sense, this can also be considered an alternative form of protection.

One party is willing to play, and the other is willing to take it, both are satisfied, so why should outsiders comment?

As these small activities are mentioned one by one, the parchment scroll in Jasmine’s hand, which records the event details on the main display stage, gradually reaches its end.

When Jasmine tosses the parchment scroll aside, without a doubt, the display of the Hundred-Dragon Divine Kingdom is about to conclude.

This also means for the various races, that this exhibition is approaching its end.

But for Angel and others, it’s the countdown to Glaipnir’s appearance on stage.

Once Jasmine leaves the stage, during the next rest interval, it will be Glaipnir’s time to present.

”Glaipnir should be ready by now, right?” a voice echoed in the quiet dog’s house.

The one asking was the Dog Deacon, who placed his cup of wine aside and looked up at Luigi.

”You asked that as if you didn’t know.” Luigi shrugged: ”You know Glaipnir, whether prepared or not, it makes no difference to her.”

If prepared, things will proceed as planned. If unprepared, she can improvise.

With Glaipnir’s meticulous mind, there’s no need to worry about her appearance on stage being awkward or messing up.

Dog Deacon: ”Since Glaipnir is going on stage, shouldn’t you explain the reason you chose to appear this time?”

With Laplace’s ability, she could have taken the stage long ago, why wait until now?

In fact, as long as Laplace revealed her identity and discussed with the Hundred-Dragon Divine Kingdom, she could even have been the finale performer. Yet in all these years, Laplace never had the intention to take the stage.

Yet this time, Laplace’s Temporal Body took the stage, and not through the usual procedure, but through Pika Sage’s negotiations, as a ”temporary replacement.”

This indicates that Glaipnir is very eager to go on stage for a presentation.

Dog Deacon was very curious about this, what exactly was the reason making Glaipnir so impatient, that she couldn’t even wait for the regular exhibition stage to open and went through the back door to present on the main stage?

Faced with Dog Deacon’s question, Luigi smirked: ”What’s the rush, Jasmine is about to step down, once Glaipnir’s on stage, everything will be clear.”

Dog Deacon took a deep look at Luigi, understanding that it would probably be hard to get more words from him. He didn’t press further and instead said calmly: ”Speaking of which, Jasmine hasn’t even stepped down yet, but the heat index is already starting to drop, how much heat do you think there will be left after Glaipnir takes the stage?”

Although Aor Shanzhuo helped earlier, he’s just a Book Spirit after all, his words may pique some curiosity, but relying on him to maintain interest might be difficult.

Unless, a real big shot speaks up.

Otherwise, with the Dog Deacon’s understanding of the races, after Glaipnir’s on stage, the heat index will likely stay around 50% at most. This is partly due to Aor Shanzhuo’s speaking role and Glaipnir’s own reputation.

Just as Dog Deacon was thinking this, when everyone thought Jasmine was about to step down, she suddenly spoke: ”Though the Hundred-Dragon Divine Kingdom’s display has ended, this exhibition is not yet over. I am very much looking forward to Glaipnir’s appearance next.”

After saying this, Jasmine didn’t care what others thought, raised the hem of her skirt gracefully, and left, leaving only an elegant silhouette to the various races.

Perhaps because of Jasmine’s words, the heat index, which was originally dropping, now rose instead. In just over ten seconds, it went from 88% back up to 95%.

It should be noted, at the moment, the main display stage is at a transitional phase. Jasmine leaving while Glaipnir is yet to appear, for the empty display stage to maintain a 95% heat index is truly remarkable.

However, this reversed heat didn’t last long, 95% being the upper limit. After holding at this number for about half a minute, it began to fall again.

But this time the decline was noticeably slower.

Judging by the current situation, once the main display stage is cleared and Glaipnir takes the stage, it should still maintain a heat index above 75%.

This is comparable to the heat of medium- to large-sized races.

Moreover, this is just the starting heat; if Glaipnir’s content proves intriguing later on, the heat returning above 90% is certainly possible.

Seeing this scene, the Dog Deacon was stunned. It was thinking ’only if a notable figure speaks up, could the falling heat be saved,’ when unexpectedly, a real big shot indeed stepped up! And it was the always proud Jasmine?

”Could it be that Glaipnir is also associated with Jasmine?” Dog Deacon looked up at Luigi, seeking answers.

However, Luigi was equally baffled.

He hadn’t expected Jasmine would speak up to support either.

Earlier when Aor Shanzhuo spoke, Luigi knew it was Glaipnir privately threatening him, demanding assistance lest she lays waste, scaring Aor Shanzhuo into having to speak.

But now? Why did Jasmine speak up?

Could Glaipnir have also communicated privately with Jasmine?

But Glaipnir hadn’t shared this through mental synchronization, so why would they be unware?

So faced with Dog Deacon’s inquiry, Luigi remained bewildered, ultimately looking to Laplace for answers.

But Laplace’s reaction was simply to shake her head gently.

The implication is that Laplace also doesn’t know what’s going on with Jasmine, as Glaipnir hasn’t synchronized this matter.

As everyone is filled with doubts, both Luigi and Laplace simultaneously pause and fall into contemplation.

Seeing their expressions, Sipolov and Little Red are also confused, but Angel and the Dog Deacon are not surprised... it seems likely that Glaipnir is currently synchronizing with their minds.

Sure enough, seconds later, Luigi speaks first: ”Glaipnir says she hasn’t privately contacted Jasmine.”

In other words, Jasmine’s words before leaving the stage were spoken voluntarily.

Because of this, not only are Luigi and the others puzzled, but Glaipnir herself is also quite confused.

As it happens, Glaipnir was waiting backstage, and just before going on stage she would pass by Jasmine, so she took the opportunity to ask Jasmine some questions.

And Jasmine’s response was a single sentence: ”Thank you for your divination back in the day. Though I wasn’t involved directly, every Mirror Dragon should remember your kindness from those days.”

After saying this, Jasmine passed by Glaipnir and disappeared backstage.

Although Jasmine didn’t say it directly, her words had already clarified the reason.

Jasmine was expressing gratitude for Glaipnir’s divination for the Mirror Dragon hatchlings two thousand years ago. And the way she repaid it was by promoting Glaipnir with her words.

”Do you believe this reason?” the Dog Deacon looked at Luigi.

Luigi shrugged and spread his hands: ”I don’t know either, but since it’s acknowledged by Jasmine herself, let’s believe it.”

Having said that, Luigi turned to look at Angel: ”What about you? Do you believe it?”

Angel: ”...” What does this have to do with me?

Angel paused: ”Regardless of whether what Jasmine said is true or not, from my point of view, saying more doesn’t hurt.”

Jasmine obviously had heard Aor Shanzhuo’s previous words, so she decided to chime in one last time.

Aor Shanzhuo was forced by Glaipnir’s threat, but Jasmine was not. Her contribution wouldn’t affect her in any way, as her speech was already finished, and she didn’t need any heat at the end. Redirecting traffic to Glaipnir was certainly doable.

Consider it as a favor.

As for Jasmine’s so-called ”gratitude for divination,” perhaps there’s an element of that, but it likely isn’t much.

After all, this was two thousand years ago, and Glaipnir wasn’t offering help for free at the time. Even if there’s kindness, it wouldn’t compel every Mirror Dragon to repay.

In conclusion, in Angel’s view, Jasmine’s act was more a demonstration of her own smoothness.

Of course, it might also be that Angel reduces everyone’s actions to priority motives, perhaps Jasmine was just saying it casually, as it doesn’t waste much breath.

Everyone understood Angel’s implied meaning, they exchanged smiles and didn’t pursue the topic further.

...

The Dog Deacon’s estimation wasn’t far off.

When the heat pillar dropped to about 73%, Glaipnir finally ascended the exhibition stage under everyone’s expectant gaze.

Nowadays, Glaipnir had changed her appearance, wearing a large black cloak. The cloak was plain, but during her walk golden floral patterns blossomed in the air.

She held a black cane in one hand, and with each tap of the cane’s head, the ground rippled with circles of golden water waves, as if the space itself was vibrating.

Her other hand held the Star Disk, with the reflection of the starry sky shining within it.

With a path adorned with flowers and stars, Glaipnir slowly stood in the center of the main exhibition stage. Perhaps borrowing the wind of this attire, the heat pillar began to rebound for the first time after she took the stage.

73%, 74%... reaching up to 77%, then it stopped.

Glaipnir glimpsed at the heat pillar out of the corner of her eye and then withdrew her gaze. This opening heat was something she hadn’t expected previously.

Earlier, when backstage, she and Gutalace had estimated that her debut wouldn’t have high heat, possibly even starting at only about 10% heat.

At the time, the main exhibition was already concluded, each race was arranging subsequent sub-exhibition stages, even though Glaipnir enjoyed fame in the Daylight Mirror Domain, it was hard to keep thousands of races watching her.

That’s why Glaipnir employed a little trick before going on stage, asking Aor Shanzhuo for promotional help.

She thought that with Aor Shanzhuo’s help reaching a 50% heat opening would be fine. Afterward, it depended on whether any race had the insight to recognize the potential of the Log-in Device, allowing the heat pillar to continue rising.

But who would have thought, a last-minute word from Jasmine would let the heat pillar remain at a high of 73%.

In other words, there were at least tens of thousands of species, billions of lives watching through various channels at the moment.

Even though Glaipnir was prepared to be watched by all, the thought still brought a bit of nervousness... after all, this was her first time in such a situation.

But thankfully, with the cloak’s concealment, Glaipnir was able to quickly adjust her mood, and once she stood firmly, her previously fluctuating emotions had calmed down.

According to the previously planned exhibition process, the host should introduce her identity at this moment.

However, as the official exhibition had concluded, she had ”stolen” some rest time to make this exhibition, so there was no host introduction segment.

Yet Glaipnir did not intend to skip the ”self-introduction,” with no host to support her, she decided to introduce herself.

The reason she must do a self-introduction is that Glaipnir now represents not herself, nor the renowned Astrologer from the Mirror Domain, but a member of ”Dream Mirror.”

”Dream Mirror” is an organization they have just started, although it’s just in its infancy, with the promotion from the exhibition stage, it will undoubtedly be kept in mind by various races from today on.

In Glaipnir’s view, making ”Dream Mirror” truly known is more important than showcasing the Log-in Device.

Even if this debut fails to make the Log-in Device popular, it doesn’t matter, as there will be catastrophes involving the Calamity Puppet in the future. By then, other races will have to grit their teeth and participate using the Log-in Device.

However, the opportunity for ”Dream Mirror” to make its public appearance is rare.

Therefore, this self-introduction is absolutely essential.

Glaipnir gave a light cough and slowly began: ”Many may already know my identity. However, I need to make a small correction; my presence here today isn’t as an Astrologer, but as a member of Dream Mirror...”