Mage Manual
Chapter 506 - 414: Shiny and Sparkling

Chapter 506: Chapter 414: Shiny and Sparkling

"I’m the one asking questions now," Igula chose his words carefully. "Miss Anfeier, are you in charge of... err, cleansing spiritual energy?"

However, Anfeier made it explicit, "You want to ask if I’m in charge of containing the ’impurities,’ right? Yes, I am."

Igula gasped.

Long before he heard that the Belladett family could tap into the thought power of millions and siphon the spiritual energy of millions, Igula, as a Spirit Mage, was hit with a huge question mark—was the head of the Belladett family not afraid of being poisoned to death?

In the realm of idealism, every thought except ’I’ is a slow poison, and people with split spirit are the best examples. They could be killed by their own split, clean, and sanitary personalities, not to mention the thoughts of others.

A day or two might be fine, but if you’re steeped in other people’s thoughts for a long time, you’re bound to suffer from spiritual weakness, skewed self-recognition, bipolar disorder, and other issues.

Actually, the dominance mechanism ’borrow from the debtor, use for the debtor’ of Belladett was nothing earthshattering and wasn’t monopolized by the necromancy angels, so why didn’t former Domination Mages do this, and why was the whole Gospel exclusive to Belladett?

Because spirit, consciousness, and thought are inseparable components.

Just like when you are elated when you win a prize, or when you are down when you’re constipated, a person’s thoughts will directly affect the fluctuations of the spirit, just like fruit bits in orange juice; the spiritual energy is filled with all sorts of ideas. The spiritual energy drawn by Belladett must be full of ’thought impurities’; using this energy directly would be the same as drinking poison to quench thirst or eating feces to relieve hunger.

If a Domination Mage of a wolf pack were to follow Belladett’s example, drawing on the spiritual energy of the pack to control them, his only fate would be to become a wolf in human skin—he’d be assimilated and contaminated by countless wolf thoughts until he forgot himself.

Therefore, Domination Mages definitely only output; they never receive spiritual energy from those they dominate, not even as a last resort.

Conversely, by daring to receive the spiritual energy of intelligent beings, Belladett indicates they have a mechanism for ’purification of impurities’ in place. Igula’s biggest doubt was originally the statues, for storing spiritual energy is alright, but if even a piece of stone could filter active thoughts, Igula suggests adding health insurance to the functionalities of the statues—how could a mere stone object have such comprehensive abilities!

It wasn’t until Igula saw Anfeier without any regular job, her daily tasks were simply strolling around the manor, touching this statue, touching that statue, just like the answer actively presenting itself in a fill-in-the-blank question.

The Swindler asked, "So, can you read anyone’s thoughts as part of your... special abilities as the container?"

Anfeier shook her head, "I can’t read thoughts; if I could, my sister wouldn’t have been deceived by you... I can just become what everyone likes to see."

She slowly closed her eyes with a serene expression, "I can listen to countless people’s thoughts, understand their preferences, and peer into their dark secrets... Whoever stands before me, I can retrieve a character from my database similar to them, or they might even already be in my database."

"Have you ever encountered a mimosa? If you touch it, it shyly closes its leaves. I am much like the mimosa; it’s not on purpose, but whoever appears before me, I transform into the personality they like the most."

Igula asked out of curiosity, "What if you needed to interact with both me and Ash at the same time, what would you become?"

Anfeier replied, "While chatting together, I’d focus on the overlapping area and reveal the aspects both of you like; when chatting individually, I’d switch to a specific character."

"And yourself?" Igula asked, "What do you really think?"

"I can listen to countless people’s thoughts," Anfeier answered only that.

She alone couldn’t listen to her own thoughts.

Anfeier was like a mirror, reflecting what everyone liked to see but unable to reflect her own image.

However, Igula had to admit, interacting with Anfeier was indeed very comfortable. He liked this way of communication, discussing only the critical information, with the conclusions left for him to deduce because it engaged his brain just perfectly.

During the funeral ceremony, chatting with Hanna was the most comfortable for Igula, followed by Banjee and Liss (the mature version), and naturally, those two even-toed ungulates were the least, who couldn’t handle conclusions not broken down to an idiot-proof level.

"Now it’s my turn to ask," Anfeier poured two cups of hot tea, handing one over, "Why on earth does Mr. Igula choose to deceive the Belladett?"

"The knowledge of the Dominion Faction of Belladett," Igula blatantly revealed his criminal objectives, "And, I need Belladett to draw the hatred of others, so we can continue fleeing."

Even without the Deceit List, the mere Family List would be enough to make the people of the Funeral Ceremony hated and despised like troublemakers.

These days, Igula had been thinking about how to reduce the pressure on the Funeral Ceremony, but their reputation had hit rock bottom, and until they were delisted, the pressure would only increase. Therefore, he changed his strategy—financial turmoil was inevitable, but if he could spread the turmoil, wouldn’t that minimize his losses?

So he hit it off with Yvalin right away. Yvalin wanted to dominate the elites of other families, and Igula not only cooperated fully but also carried it out to the end—indeed, Ash was a dog of Belladett, but so were you!