Main Text Volume Chapter 53 Growth

Angel rejected the proposal of the alchemy pet. Flora looked a little disappointed. If Angel agreed, she could study the silly bird carefully, and maybe even reverse the key data of Greya's creation technique.

What a pity.

However, Flora's regret only lasted for a few seconds, because even if she got the original data of the creation technique, as long as she did not follow Greya's path, it would be difficult to replicate the creation technique. The reason why she was curious was just because wizards were born with a desire for knowledge.

Flora said that she would take Angel back to her room first. Along the way, Angel was originally happy to watch the grassland scenery on the whale's back, but as he went deeper into this "pasture", his feeling became more and more weird.

For example, when passing a square stone house, he faintly smelled a strong smell of blood.

Also, since he followed Flora, he always felt that someone was secretly peeking at him from behind. This feeling like a thorn in his back made him quite uncomfortable. But every time he turned back to look for the source of the sight, he found nothing. The curtains of each tent were tightly closed. He did not see anyone except the cows scattered on the grassland.

But as soon as Angel turned around, the feeling of being watched reappeared.

Angel felt uncomfortable all over, and Flora seemed to have noticed his condition, but did not explain it to him.

When passing an all-metal building, Angel felt a strange atmosphere from the closed door. He did not know if it was his illusion, but he seemed to smell the stench of a rotting corpse.

The sun was bright, the grass was green, the cows were leisurely, and the eagles flew naturally.

This ranch looked so fresh and natural at first glance. Not long ago, Angel felt the same way. But all kinds of weird places, bloody smells, vicious eyes, and Flora's meaningful smile from time to time made Angel feel that something was wrong with this ranch.

Perhaps hidden in the sun was a bottomless abyss and indescribable evil.

Angel had no intention of exploring, but this initial feeling made him feel a completely different atmosphere from the Bauhinia.

Perhaps, this is the difference between the White Wizard Organization and the Black Wizard Organization in the mouth of wizard apprentices? Although there are dirty things on the Bauhinia, as long as you don't take the initiative to cause trouble, you can be safe; Angel never felt hairy on the Bauhinia, but not long after he stepped on the Cloud Whale, he felt that every nerve was tense, as if he would be swallowed by a monster that came out of nowhere in the next moment.

Previously, he had a good conversation with Flora, and Angel once thought that it was the best thing to have such a senior sister, which was both relaxing and comfortable.

But at this moment, Angel was silent.

He only met Flora and Sanders once. Even if he was accepted as an apprentice, how could he label people as good people based on the impression of one day?

Even Moro said that Flora was a famous black wizard in the South Territory, nicknamed the Blood Witch. Sanders was even more powerful in slaughtering people. How could he rashly think that he had entered the door and others would look at him differently?

Angell was worried about his future.

But now he suddenly realized something. No matter how worried you are, you should not take it to heart for too long. Worrying about gains and losses will make people unconsciously dependent and ignore details.

Just like the classic case of geopsychology, the Stockholm hostage incident -

Two criminals with previous criminal records attempted to rob the largest bank in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, and after failing, they took four bank employees hostage. After the police and the criminals had been deadlocked for 130 hours, the criminals gave up. However, a few months after the incident, the four bank employees who were held hostage still showed sympathy for their kidnappers. They refused to accuse the kidnappers in court and even raised funds for their legal defense. They all showed that they did not hate the criminals and expressed their gratitude for the criminals' care for them instead of harming them, and took a hostile attitude towards the police.

What's worse, a female employee among the hostages actually fell in love with one of the robbers and got engaged to him while serving his sentence. The two robbers held the hostages for six days, during which they threatened the lives of the captives, but sometimes showed mercy. Under unexpected psychological changes, the four hostages resisted the government's efforts to rescue them.

Although the Stockholm incident is different from Angel's current situation, many things are similar.

In an extremely uneasy psychological state, humans will subconsciously grasp the support that can give him even a little hope. Angel is now in this kind of uneasy mood. If Flora and Sanders' kindness to him begins to change his subjective consciousness, what is the difference from Stockholm syndrome?

Thinking of this, Angel broke out in a cold sweat.

Originally showing an obvious intimate attitude towards Flora, he slowly retracted it at this moment, and returned to the aristocratic etiquette of "starting from emotion and ending with etiquette". Even his facial expression changed, like the old Pat who died early, restrained and alienated.

Savage Cave is, after all, a dark wizard organization. If he naively believes that secular morality is universal, then his end will certainly be horrible.

Flora saw the changes in Angel clearly.

Just like the bloody and rotten smell she encountered before, Flora still didn't say much, but a hint of admiration flashed in her eyes.

Angel was still a young boy who was not familiar with the world. She and her mentor would not become his babysitters because of this. Angel had to become strong in this world of cannibalism in order to have a foothold.

"Your tent is in front. What do you think?" Flora pointed to a round tent with a white top and a red flag.

Angel was stunned when he saw it.

This tent was very ordinary.

But he was only a hundred meters away from the gorgeous tent where his mentor was. If he walked in a straight line, he only needed to climb over a small earth slope to reach it.

But Flora took him around for a full thousand meters.

Angel looked at Flora and suddenly understood something, but felt that many things were vague.

He smiled, "Not bad, thank you."

"I like it. Then go in by yourself. I will come over in the evening."

Seeing that Flora was about to leave, Angel quickly asked, "Can you tell me why the mentor accepted me?"

Flora stopped.

Turning her head, she smiled brilliantly, her eyes curved into crescents.

"That, actually I want to know too. You might as well ask in person tonight."

...

A small white dome tent.

It was very simple, with a bunk bed, bedside tables, white gauze curtains, and hollow brown tables and chairs. In addition, there were clocks and candlesticks. It was similar to the room layout on the Bauhinia, but the refinement was a level higher.

Angel sat on a chair and put his bag on the table.

The small leather backpack contained all his belongings: clothes, toiletries, and a pair of suede hunting boots. In addition, there was a small wooden box containing the fragmented mayflies obtained from Greya, and several bamboo tubes filled with dried morning dew after rain.

For Angel, the things in the backpack were all insignificant, and he would not feel bad even if he threw them away. He carried the truly precious things with him, such as the holographic tablet and the Eye of the Sky.

After sorting out the clothes for changing, Angel had nothing to do for a while.

He originally planned to open the holographic tablet to continue reading the novel, but when he thought about being in someone else's territory, the attitude of the tutor was ambiguous, and the "wizard's eyes and ears" mentioned by Flora before, Angel did not dare to open the tablet to read, for fear that someone was monitoring him.

It was okay if the tablet was discovered, because the content inside was all Chinese characters and no one could understand it. But I was afraid that if they got to the bottom of it and found that the tutor was a "smuggler", then things would get out of hand. So Angel decided to restrain himself for a while, at least not touch the tablet during the days on the Cloud Whale.

Without a tablet to kill time, and all the books he bought were given to Allen, all Angel could do now was to be in a daze.