The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　Goodnight.

　I'm recommending a new book by a close friend... I originally planned to recommend it last night, but I just didn't have time to write it.

　I am a hero of a bygone era.

Chapter 1147 Even if it's the Sky City (4k)

　After a long pause, Grinton Rossetti, the "Sage of the Stars," finally spoke, holding his teacup: "Enough with the pleasantries. Besides being an astrologer at the Star Tower, I am also a Star Mage. Would you like to become my apprentice?"

　Dark admired the "Sage of the Stars'" straightforwardness. Therefore, he also shook his head very directly and said, "I don't want to."

　Grinton paused slightly and said, "It's not surprising. Asking you to leave the 'Beast Sage' faction and join my 'Star Sage' sect is indeed asking too much. How about this, you join the Star Tower."

　Dark blinked involuntarily and said, "That won't work either." Grinton immediately frowned and said, "This won't work, that won't work, do you even want to learn the Star Summoning Technique?"

　Dark shook his head slightly and said, "I don't want to think about it."

　Grinton glared at him and said, "Then what are you doing here?" Dark pursed his lips and had no choice but to say, "Actually, I've been a fan of yours for ten years."

　Grinton: "Get out!"

　So Darkl happily rolled away.

　He has a wealth of experience dealing with old men like this.

　Although the "Sage of the Stars" looks fierce, that's all he looks like. The reason he took a liking to me was simply because Professor Mitia had boasted about me so much.

　What "Child of the Stars"? With the abilities of the "Sage of the Stars," shouldn't he have seen through it at a glance?

　As Dark left the room, he became increasingly eager to leave the "Star Tower".

　But no sooner had he stepped out than Fate Steinbeck entered and asked Grinton curiously, "Teacher, you're letting him go like that?"

　Grinton Rossetti took a sip of his goji berry tea and simply said, "It can't be kept."

　The "Sage of the Stars" gave up on recruiting Dark. But it seems that things are a little different from what Dark himself thought.

　Fate Steinbeck sat down opposite the teacher and whispered, "So what do we do next?"

　The "Sage of the Stars" looked up at her and said, "Do what you should do."

　Fate Steinbeck wanted to ask, "What is it that I should be doing?", but ultimately held back.

　...

　After leaving the room, Dark Dimon quickly returned to the third floor of the "Star Tower." Ignoring everything else in the tower, he took Ellie and Gina Grant and boarded the "Lunar Chariot" to leave quickly.

　As soon as she left the area of ​​the "Star Tower", Ellie suddenly closed her eyes. She received a message from Ash.

　"Telepathic Connection" successful.

　Ellie opened her eyes, and Claire Kate's image was projected onto one side of the carriage.

　On a summer morning, Claire was still wearing a rather thin nightgown, which accentuated her overly revealing figure.

　She closed the book in her hands, looked up, and asked, "How did the night of the prophecy go?"

　Dark recalled his experience from last night and said with some hesitation, "Probably."

　Claire asked curiously, "Probably?"

　Dark sighed slightly, and this time said with certainty, "Probably."

　Clayton immediately became interested: "Tell me about it."

　Dak had no choice but to put on a stern face and recount the events of the previous night.

　When the topic turned to "the mass text messages from the goddess of fate," Claire burst into laughter without restraint.

　"Laugh, just laugh."

　Dark muttered a few words incessantly, then instructed Ellie to cut off the "Spiritual Connection" spell, and then refused to reconnect with Ashe no matter how much Claire urged him.

　Seeing Dark's unusually childlike behavior, senior student Gina Grant couldn't help but ask curiously, "Dark, is that Beast Sage your teacher?"

　"Okay," Dark responded, then changed the subject, "Senior Grant, let me take you back to the academy first."

　Gina Grant smiled and shook her head, saying, "No, I'd like to go to Alca City first."

　Dak nodded and said, "Then let's go to Alka City first."

　For the rest of the time, Dark and Gina Grant discussed matters related to the "Night of Prophecy".

　Both of them were juniors and barely spoke during the "Night of Prophecy." If they hadn't sneakily left a few notes in the "Book of Prophecy" in the first half, they would have been completely unnoticed.

　However, they came with the intention of observing and learning, and they have gained something from it.

　Now that we're away from the "Star Tower," we can discuss things without any reservations.

　However, Gina Grant's knowledge surpasses that of Dark, and Dark should approach her discussions with a learning mindset.

　However, Dark's insights in some areas are more advanced than Gina's, and he can barely keep up.

　The two talked freely for half a day, and were even more excited than they were on the "Night of Prophecy".

　Unfortunately, we've already arrived in Alca, so we have to stop here.

　The "Lunar Chariot" descended outside the city. Dark and Gina Grant agreed to continue their discussion after returning to the academy, and then said their goodbyes.

　Although they didn't have any in-depth conversations during this time together, it was generally a pleasant experience, and at least they wouldn't be strangers when they met again.

　After watching Gina Grant enter Akar City, Dak ordered "Fairy Tale Animal - Little Rabbit" to drive away.

　The "Moon Goddess Chariot" rose into the sky once more, accelerating its flight towards the royal capital.

　Before nightfall.

　The Duke's son

　The master has finally returned to his most loyal residence. Dark declined his social engagements, and after barely managing to set up "Paradise," he handed everything over to the "Magic Secretary," lay down on the bed, and quickly fell into a deep sleep.

　The two-day, one-night journey had left him physically and mentally exhausted, and he desperately needed a good dream to soothe himself.

　Then, he dreamed of "the doll of the goddess of fate," which chuckled wickedly as it peeked out from a dark corner, revealing only half of its small face...

　Prophets are very sensitive to things like dreams and never easily dismiss a dream as just a dream.

　They can interpret many things from dreams.

　Prophets like the sloth fortune teller are particularly adept at "divination in dreams."

　Although Dark is still a half-baked prophet, he has just participated in the "Night of Prophecy" and still retains some of the mindset of a prophet.

　He suddenly woke up with a start, feeling a lingering fear, and subconsciously had a very ominous premonition.

　I felt as if half a pale face might emerge from a dark corner at any moment. The lingering effects of that nightmare took a long time to dissipate.

　He held his little darlings, who had somehow snuggled into the blankets, and drifted off to sleep again.

　When I woke up again, the vivid fear was gone.

　August 17th.

　On his first morning back at the Duke's mansion, Dac spent time with Alvette and Claire.

　Aside from recounting in detail what happened on the "Night of Prophecy" under Claire's persistent questioning, he spent most of his time discussing with the two how to develop the warp.

　In this special period of uncertainty, having more paths means having more opportunities. Especially in this hidden space beyond dimensions.

　Although the existence of "luminescence disease" makes the subspace unsuitable for human habitation, as long as the timing is right and one does not stay in the subspace for a full 24 hours, one will not actually contract "luminescence disease".

　This time limit still leaves a lot of room for maneuver.

　Moreover, with the deepening development of subspace, it is not necessarily impossible to completely solve the problem of "luminescence disease".

　Both preventative measures and finding a treatment for "luminescence disease" are possible.

　Alvit and Claire also attached great importance to the development of this subspace. In just a few days, Claire had already completed the initial development of a simplified version of "Paradise," and experiments could begin once the materials were in place. If successful, only adjustments and optimizations would remain.

　After asking questions carefully, Dak broke out in a cold sweat.

　The "Paradise" ability to recover magic power is inherited from the "Zoo." Both are formed by creating an energy cycle through the circuit between the field and multiple magical spirits, thereby giving the magical spirits additional magic recovery abilities.

　The ability to record magical spirits is the foundation upon which "Paradise" provides magical power to them.

　However, Dark's requirement was to downplay the "record" aspect and make "Paradise" a versatile system where magical spirits could take effect on their own without requiring a record.

　This is not a simplified version at all; it is a completely new venue card that has been developed.

　However, Claire accepted all his capricious demands and managed to complete the initial development in such a short time.

　However, while the requirements related to "records" have been weakened, the restriction of "own magical spirit" cannot be lifted.

　According to Claire, magical spirits created by the same mage naturally have a connection, but that connection is very weak and cannot be compared with the connection that arises after "recording".

　But it's enough that it exists.

　She strengthened this connection through the mechanism of the venue cards, making it infinitely close to the connection generated after "recording", and then reconstructed the cycle to enhance the return of magic.

　This completed field card had no function other than mana regeneration. However, she expanded its range and enhanced its storage capacity as Dark had requested.

　Ideally, once the new field card is crafted, it should be able to provide enough mana to sustain the ninety-nine magical spirits, with a star limit of twelve stars and a mana replenishment time of once every two days.

　Due to the short development period, Claire stated that this is the only step she can take for now. With continued optimization, she should be able to extend the mana replenishment time to once every seven days, although expanding the range will be more difficult.

　After all, there is no upper limit to the area that can be developed in subspace, and it is completely impossible to cover it completely with just one venue card.

　Of course, it will be sufficient in the early stages of development.

　The real problem is that this venue card isn't universal. Claire also can't currently create a semi-finished product like "Paradise."

　In other words, Dak needs to learn and master it himself.

　The good news amidst the bad news is that this field card has a relatively simple structure. With his existing knowledge and the first-order "Blessing of Wisdom," plus Claire's careful guidance, he has a very high chance of mastering it in a short time.

　In short, the course for the next ten days or so was happily arranged.

　He had originally planned to take some time to visit the Heroes' Conference...

　However, the failure to complete the venue card will not affect the development of the subspace.

　That afternoon, the Duke's mansion welcomed a special guest who could help with the development of the subspace—the deputy city lord of "Sky City"!

　"Castle in the Sky" is a real-world "castle in the air." It does not exist on the territory of any country; although it is called a "city," it is actually a "country."

　The lord of "Sky City" is a long-lived species who claims to be a superior species of "Harpy," but his true identity remains a mystery.

　For the past hundred years, the lord of the "Sky City" has remained in seclusion. His existence in the eyes of outsiders...

　In terms of perception, she is far inferior to the deputy city lord. The deputy city lord of "Sky City" is also a long-lived being. Her true form is a dragon—an elf dragon!

　The fairy dragon is a fantastical creature that is quite similar to a goblin in its "existence".

　Their size is so small compared to dragons that they were not considered dragons for a long time. But in reality, fairy dragons are pure-blooded dragons, and they are sometimes called "fairy dragons". They have emerald green scales and butterfly-like wings on their backs.

　The wings, reflecting the stars, the moon, and the night, grant the dragon the special ability to travel between dreams and reality.

　Therefore, like the sloth fortune teller, she is also a famous prophet skilled in dream divination.

　Together with Granny Maggie of Norwegian Forest, she made a prophecy that Wirtgold would become a hero.

　But her invitation today has nothing to do with prophecy.

　It is said that after making a prophecy related to the hero, she announced that she would no longer do divination, and she did not even participate in the "Night of Prophecy".

　Arvit personally wrote to invite her to inquire about how to create a "space anchoring device" that could stably grip space.

　In the terminology of "Castle in the Sky," it would be called the "Sky Pillar." There are certainly more than just this one type of special device capable of capturing space and fixing matter in place.

　But the "Sky Pillar" is definitely the most stable one. The "Sky City" is built on the "Sky Pillar", and its history is even longer than that of the "Star Tower".

　A single "pillar of the sky" can support a landmass spanning a kilometer in diameter.

　But speaking of.

　Arvit only tried sending a letter to "Sky City" in pursuit of the best, and to her surprise, the latter agreed immediately.

　This was actually quite unexpected for her.

　Because "Sky City" is different from places like "Star Tower" and "Saint Marian Academy," it is more like a closed kingdom with a small population, mostly long-lived species that are difficult to reproduce, living a peaceful life and basically remaining hidden from the world.

　This time, the deputy city lord of "Sky City" not only agreed to the request but also took the initiative to come, which was truly unexpected and even made people suspect that there was a trick involved.

　But Duck's statements and analysis after his return gave Arvitt some clues.

　If the "Star Tower" is a divine artifact of some god of destiny, or even a "mansion," then what about the "Sky City"?