Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 866 Invited Again

and many more……

Angel subconsciously wanted to go into the mirror world and replace herself with the mirror double left behind, but she immediately realized that the invisible silk thread was only attacking the "snake hair" extending outward from her head, and did not hurt her body, so after hesitating for a moment, she stood there without moving.

Then, the extremely sharp spider silk that was a fusion of the abilities of "witch" and "hunter" passed through the end of the snake hair. There was no blood, no flame, and the black "snake hair" with a snake head at the end, as thick as a finger, broke away from Angel's head and curled up into a ball before it hit the ground. It was carefully caught by the "man in the mirror".

An illusory sound like a hard object being broken was heard, and severe pain was transmitted to Angel's brain, like the throbbing pain caused by spiritual exhaustion, mixed with the stinging pain like a knife cutting, which made her unable to help but groan softly.

Fortunately, the pain came and went quickly, and apart from making her face a little distorted, there was only some numbness left afterwards. She touched the place where the snake's hair was cut off, and was surprised to find that another venomous snake had filled the place of the cut venomous snake, floating and swaying in the air again.

"They are essentially formed by your spirituality and extraordinary characteristics. As long as you still have physical strength and spirituality, they will regenerate quickly. The extraordinary characteristics of the cut snake hair will be quickly recovered by the body, leaving only the 'material' with personality... It is the base material for you to replace the 'Time Worm' to make advanced talismans."

The Man in the Mirror held out the snake hair, which gradually became smaller and finally curled up in his palm to about the same size as the Time Worm, and explained softly.

But I always feel that killing a "snake" has caused considerable damage to my spirit and mind... I still have to try my best to avoid damaging them during the battle, otherwise it will easily cause loss of control.

Angel thought about it and no longer maintained this incomplete form of a mythical creature. The coarse hair on the back of her head quickly turned back into long light golden hair, which was scattered behind her head, making her originally dignified appearance mixed with a hint of madness.

Of course, this change in temperament is also one of the abilities of "not getting old". The expression of calmness but with emotions about to explode made the "person in the mirror" stunned for a moment, and then he chuckled after a moment and continued:

"You can make this material at any time, but don't cut off too much snake hair at once. This will damage the spirit and even cause instability in power. Especially outside the 'City of Disaster', an incomplete mythical creature form itself is a great risk."

"I'll be careful... From now on, you can just help me cut off the snake's hair here. This is the safest way."

Angel replied, squeezing the gradually stiffening little snake between his fingers, as if it had not been a part of his body a minute ago.

The "man in the mirror" looked at Angel in surprise, with inexplicable emotions flashing in his purple eyes.

Then she took a step forward and hugged Angel tightly with both hands. When Angel closed his eyes and enjoyed the warm touch of her body, she said in a naughty tone:
"Of course, after all, I'm the only one you can trust..."

The corners of her mouth curled up again.

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Friday, January 8th.

Under Angel's instructions, the two chefs at home took great pains to prepare a sumptuous Intis meal, allowing her, whose resume and actual experience were closely linked to that artistic country, to have a delicious meal.

Although the food on this table was worth dozens of pounds, and a bottle of Mist Champagne costing nearly a hundred pounds was opened, Angel's current savings exceeded 2 pounds, and she also had a "legacy of Baroness Langdon" worth a full 10 pounds, which would be given to her once the Goddess Church completed the handover of assets. She no longer cared much about the expenses that were in line with her status.

Of course, the delicious Oravi lobster, Tilis steak and the attractive and fragrant Mist Champagne did allow her to experience the true luxury life.

Although my need for food has decreased since I was promoted to Sequence 3, I still have to maintain my image in front of others. Otherwise, the servants will think that there is a problem with the family’s finances, and the news will soon spread throughout the entire social circle… She muttered to herself, and drank the golden champagne in the glass with fine bubbles like mist in one gulp. Just as she was about to take a lazy nap, she saw the butler, Li Buck, enter the restaurant and walk towards her.

"Miss Theresa, Miss Audrey Hall's servant just came to visit and asked you to go to the office of the Loen Charity Student Aid Fund this afternoon. She has something important to discuss with you."

"Justice" Audrey? If she really had something urgent, she could have asked Mr. Fool to pass it on. It seemed that this was an "urgent matter" that only ordinary people could handle... Angel thought about it and nodded in agreement.

She had been busy with promotions and affairs at sea recently, and had also personally directed the improvement of the cola formula at the Black Bear Cannery. She hadn't been to the scholarship fund to participate in the operations there for some time.

I heard that the first batch of approved donations benefited the top students of church schools in the East District, including the pair of sisters that Sherman saved. I hope they can successfully complete their studies and change the fate of themselves and their families...

With this hope in mind, Angel took a carriage to Pacefield Street in the North District and got off at the intersection not far from St. Samuel's Church.

Today, she was only wearing a cheap dress and a wide-brimmed hat with a black veil hanging down. Due to the upgraded negative effects of the "Rose Necklace", she did not even wear any jewelry. She only wore the yellow crystal pendant and the "Secret Holy Emblem" on her wrist, which she never took off. When she walked into the door of the "Loen Charity Student Aid Fund", no staff member even recognized this lady who had recently become quite famous in Backlund's upper social circle.

Arriving at the door of Audrey's office on the second floor, Angel was about to knock on the door, but it opened from the inside. A staff member came out holding a stack of documents, and turned around and said:
"Thank you for your help, Miss Audrey."

But in Angel's eyes, the person sitting at the desk behind the door was not the blonde Audrey, whose appearance was no less than that of a high-ranking witch, but a big golden retriever!
Can the audience now disguise themselves as a dog... Angel's pupils shrank slightly, flashing a dim light. He immediately observed from various angles through the ubiquitous mirrors and confirmed that the dog was Susie, the "psychologist" who accompanied Audrey, and not some audience with a bad taste.

But it wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on its protruding nose, and with its front paws resting on the edge of the table, it opened its mouth and answered in fluent Loenese:
"You're welcome." After the staff member who mistook the dog for Audrey left, Angel walked into the office, closed the door, and approached Susie, who was sitting upright, and asked with a frown:
"Where is your young lady? Why are you working for her today?"

She had used mirror divination to confirm that Audrey was not in the building.

"Audrey had to go back to Queens, but she was worried that you wouldn't be able to find her when you got here, so she asked me to wait here."

Susie replied softly, her tone already indistinguishable from that of a human.

Even in front of acquaintances, it still maintains the sitting posture imitating humans, and even its glasses are not crooked at all.

No wonder the staff mistook it for Audrey. It seemed that she had undergone corresponding "hypnosis" before leaving... Angel thought about it and sat on the sofa beside him, waiting for the other party to come back.

About half an hour later, a slender figure quietly walked into the office building of the Student Aid Fund. She nimbly passed through the crowd that kept coming in and out, but everyone ignored her, and some even subconsciously stopped or turned away to make way for her.

Most of their eyes simply passed over the girl, and those that occasionally stopped to look at her did not focus on her, as if they were in different worlds.

This is the power of “psychological invisibility”!

Audrey walked briskly to her office, pushed open the half-open door, and as expected, saw Miss "Queen" sitting on the sofa.

"Don't let Susie pretend to be you next time. Look, she's getting a little nervous and starting to stick out her tongue."

Angel's eyes immediately locked onto Audrey, who was still in "psychological invisibility," and pointed at Susie, who was lying on the table nearby.

"That's because it has a high-ranking Beyonder like you by its side. It usually does a good job..." Audrey chuckled and lifted her "Psychological Invisibility". Her figure appeared in front of Susie. "How did you find me?"

"All the nearby glass, mirrors, and even puddles on the ground are my eyes. Unless you are deliberately deceiving these 'observers', I can easily spot you."

That's too difficult... The difficulty of "psychological invisibility" is proportional to the number of observers around. If we consider that every mirror is an "observer", then even if I advance to Sequence 5, I won't be able to achieve true "invisibility"... Audrey puffed her lips and thought a little frustrated.

But considering that there was a gap of three levels between her and the "Queen", Audrey was soon relieved. She no longer entangled in the confrontation between the "audience" and the "witch", but quickly explained the reason for inviting Angel here today:
Stephen Hampres invited Audrey to attend his academic salon this evening.

This was equivalent to an invitation from the royal advisor, the jury member of the Psychological Alchemy Society, and the manipulator Hvin Rambis. Christine Theresa, who had also been "hinted", would definitely ask to go together.

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As the light of sunset was about to disappear on the street, Angel and Audrey arrived at the Hampres's house. This time, they did not bring Susie with them, but left her in the office of the scholarship fund to rest, so that they could pray devoutly to Mr. Fool in the carriage and obtain the blessing of his angels to resist the manipulation of memories and thoughts by the demigod "audience".

After spending a short time in the noisy salon, Audrey was invited to the living room at the back before Angel. Angel listened to psychology enthusiasts from different classes and industries discussing topics that were either simple or profound, and endured their obscure observations.

Her own eyes would occasionally sparkle as she used the mirror in the living room to listen in on another conversation: the one between Hvin Rambis and Audrey.

After being promoted to Sequence 3, she was able to make better use of the mirror world and no longer had to worry about alerting the "manipulator" because of these actions, unless the other party also advanced to Sequence 3 in a short period of time, or possessed a magical item that could counter divination and prophecy.

After a while, Audrey pretended to forget everything at the hint of ending the conversation and slowly left the living room, while Angel, at the invitation of the salon organizer Hampres, passed by Audrey who returned to the salon and entered the same living room.

In the "hint" of their last meeting, Angel was asked to forget everything about her meeting with Hvin Rambis unless she saw the "manipulator" again, so when the old man in a shirt, vest and blue-gray trousers appeared in front of her, Angel's eyes widened with surprise.

Panic and confusion flashed in her eyes, and then she suddenly realized and regained her lost memories.

"Please sit down, Miss Christine. I think you should remember our conversation." Hvin Rambis still looked elegant, with deep eyes and soft words. "Let's talk about your next 'mission'."

Deep in Angel's ocean of consciousness, another Hvin Rambis floated up from the separated sea surface and landed on the island of consciousness belonging to Angel.

He had his hands in his trouser pockets, his eyes were sharp and his expression was sinister. He was completely different from the elegant old man "outside".

(End of this chapter)