Mage Manual
Chapter 540 - 438 Silly Woman

Chapter 540: Chapter 438 Silly Woman

After stating her question, Diya returned to normal and spoke before anyone else could ask, "I have absolutely no memory of the other speaker."

"Not even a little bit?" Sonia asked curiously, "From the content of the conversation, it seems you were quite close, but for some reason you drifted apart, and she and her master tried to capture you, but somehow their plan went awry, leaving you surrounded... you even wanted to ask her for a hug."

"That’s what confuses me most," Diya tilted her head, her face full of question marks, "I don’t have any female friends that close."

If it were a male voice, there would be no question, it could only be her favorite, Ash.

But the voice was charming and clear like wind chimes, constantly stirring emotions - Diya didn’t know anyone like that in reality!

The closest person to that voice was Aunt Bokin, but he too is male!

The most likely candidate would be Hanna, but Hanna’s voice isn’t that sweet, and Liss is not that close with Hanna, not even as close as Aunt Bokin. Neither Liss nor Diya would long for Hanna’s embrace!

But among the people she knew in reality, aside from Hanna, there were no other women!

The only possibility that fit was Ash and he is male, and based on her knowledge from reading hundreds of fairy tales, Diya could only imagine this scenario: Ash was dominated by Igula into becoming a female, and that would explain everything. ’Master’ and ’demon’ referred to Igula, and ’she’ in the conversation was referring to Ash... or rather, Ashia. Then, of course, Diya would be filled with righteous indignation about Ashia’s plight.

But such an assumption was too preposterous, only possible in a fairy tale. Thus, Diya couldn’t help but look towards Sonia - since it wasn’t a sister she knew in reality, it could only be a best friend recognized in the Void Realm.

Sonia immediately shook her head, "I would never call anyone ’master’, and going crazy for love is not in my character either."

Diya also didn’t think it was the Sword Maiden, because in the Memory Loss Cottage, the Sword Maiden had made it clear that she valued herself above all, be it family or lover, none could surmount her own will.

Moreover, the ’she’ in the conversation sounded silly, like a sweet, naive, lovely young lady, completely different from the elegant yet fierce Sword Maiden.

"Also, I feel that the ’witch’ in the conversation is also far different from you sisters." Sonia said, "Do any of you sisters have this kind of... circus-like character?"

Diya shook her head repeatedly, she also felt that the ’witch’ in the conversation didn’t resemble her at all, mad and darkly ominous. If she and her sisters were distinct and colorful, the witch in the conversation was like murky, dirty gray.

Yet the voice was very distinct, and ’she’ also mentioned the codename ’witch’, more importantly - if the content of the conversation wasn’t about Diya at all, then why would this question matter to her?

Ash said, "Could there be some connection between your two questions? For example, the target of retaliation in the Sword Maiden’s question could be the ’demon’ ’master’ in the witch’s question?"

Sonia thought it made sense and then asked, "Observer, do you have someone who loves you dearly, even to the extent of calling you ’master’?"

"No!" Ash immediately shook his head, "I never provoke women in reality, I’m surrounded by men, where would someone be to love me so extensively?"

Sonia asked, "Then someone who calls you ’master’?"

"I do have a guess," Ash completely ignored Sonia’s query, "Do you think, could ’World’ be a real person’s name, or perhaps a nickname?"

Sonia hesitated a moment, "If that is the answer, wouldn’t it be way too difficult to guess correctly?"

"It might be the case of advancing levels in the Void Realm, leading to increasingly difficult questions. The third level of the Fate Q&A in Void Realm might even concern our children," Ash said casually. "But this explains it – the demon named ’World’ has a female follower, the witch will encounter ’World’ and his follower in the future, which will cause enmity."

Although it sounded far-fetched, there was no better hypothesis available. Mainly because the witch was adamant she didn’t know any women in reality that fit the content of the conversation, the only possibility was that she still hadn’t met the other speaker.

Diya suddenly thought that with Ash and others’ reputation in the Gospel already at an all-time low, they definitely couldn’t stay after the Weaving Festival ended, and might leave the Gospel for another country, as they had traveled abroad before. She and her sisters harbored no fondness for the Gospel, and once rejuvenated would definitely follow Ash, naturally leaving with him.

So, the ’she’ and ’master’ in this were actually characters Lissdia would meet in another country?

"What should I choose for my question?" Diya asked.

"Actually, the first three answers to your question are pretty similar, I suggest selecting all." Ash said, "Based on our last Fate Q&A experience, if the first question can select all, we should select all. But the Sword Maiden’s first three options are worlds apart, she can’t possibly seek revenge on the world, me, and the Divine Lord at the same time, can she?"

Sonia and Diya nodded, put on their headphones, and wrote down their answers. Soon they heard the Void Realm’s response—

"Congratulations, you answered one question correctly. Would you like to continue answering questions?"

"You answered incorrectly, the Fate answer session is over."

Diya happily said, "I got it right!"

Sonia was angry and said, "I knew ’the world’ was an absurd option, it clearly should have been the Divine Lord!"

Ash: "You shouldn’t say that—"

"Of course I should!" Sonia glared at Ash, visibly upset, "It’s all your fault for giving nonsensical suggestions... Humph!"

Ash felt a kick from under the table from the Sword Maiden and immediately got a bit angry himself; he had his status as team leader to maintain and couldn’t let operators act so recklessly—wait? Why did the Sword Maiden take her shoes off?

Plus, the kick was very soft, hardly harder than a cat kneading. He looked down and saw a small foot clad in silk stockings, the toes curling, moving back and forth on his leg, so Ash had to temper his anger and use his gaze to signal the Sword Maiden to not be so provocative. However, the Claw Club president just lifted her chin defiantly, taking it to another level.

While they were engaged in subtle and overt conflict, Diya started listening to the second question.

"Stupid woman, horny dog, all nutrients gone to your breasts and hips, just thinking about sliding into that person’s bed... the female beast..."

"I’m not... stupid..."

"After I insulted you that much, is that the only thing you want to rebut? And you just proved how stupid you are—why would you save me?! I must have caught it from you, even carrying you as I ran away!"

"Because... the Master... needs you... needs your Talent..."

"If I hear ’Master’ one more time from your mouth, I’ll throw you out."

"Seeing you in danger... by the time I realized it... I was already stepping in front of you. Witch, come back with me to see the Master... I will protect you... The Master told me he would not harm you, that’s why I came... Sorry... I have wanted to apologize to you since that day... sorry..."

"You don’t need to apologize, no! It’s his fault, not yours! He just used you, it has nothing to do with you!"

"No, I knew all the consequences, yet for the Master’s benefit, I still... If I could do it all over again, I would still do the same..."

"What’s so good about him? You exhausted all your nights with him, yet he never once looked at the moon!"

"We still have a lot of time... we will surely be together eventually..."

"I give up on you, you fool... Alright, they won’t find us here for a while. Let me treat you."

"Witch..."

"Hm?"

"Your hair’s loose; let me tie it up into a braid for you."

"Question: ’What exactly did the stupid woman come to do?’"

"① Violently kidnap the Witch; ② Persuade the Witch; ③ Spring a trap on the Witch; ④ Visit the Witch"