Sorcerer’s Handbook

Chapter 120: Some Things Cannot Be Locked Away

“I can’t believe this is actually happening!”

Seeing her feet leave the small boat and soar into the white mist, Sonya was so excited that goosebumps covered her entire body. It was like the first time she saw Dahlia’s show on the light screen – she was blown away by the miraculous sight.

“Don’t get too excited. We need to work together, or else any mistake could make us fall,” Ashe warned.

At this point, Sonya was actually very confident: “Didn’t you say there’s a bond between us? If a bond really exists, cooperation like this should be nothing.”

She glanced at Ashe, gripping his right hand tightly with her left, as if doing so would connect their hearts. Their silver wings flapped at the same frequency, like two birds flying side by side, supporting each other.

“We finally found so many clues about the golden fish, finally deduced the truth about them, finally discovered the right way to fly…”

Ashe coughed solemnly: “I was the one who deduced the truth and discovered the flying method. Of course, Swordswoman, you also made huge contributions…”

“Yes, yes, you’re so amazing, Observer,” Sonya smiled radiantly. “I declare that your standing in my heart tonight can be compared to Dahlia!”

“Just for tonight? Also, who is Dahlia?”

“She’s my most admired idol! You should be content with just one night! Compared to your previous standing in my heart, at least this time I’m comparing you to another person.”

“I’m very curious what exactly I was compared to before…”

The two laughed foolishly for a while before Ashe stopped smiling and looked up at the gray sky seriously. “Are you ready?”

“Yes,” Sonya nodded heavily.

“Observer, let’s fly,” Ashe said.

With a flap of their silver wings, they shot into the white mist, circling upwards. The Sea of Knowledge grew farther and farther, and Ashe’s “Virtual World Map” also began to turn chaotic. The higher layers of mist grew thinner and thinner, until they could even faintly see the end – a stretch of golden light!

“How did the sorcerers in the past find companions to fly with?” Sonya suddenly asked. “Could other sorcerers form teams to explore the virtual world too?”

“Maybe, but I guess there’s an even more unbelievable possibility,” Ashe replied.

“What possibility?”

“That they encountered their friends from the real world here in the virtual realm.”

“Stumbling upon other sorcerers who just happen to be friends they know, and just happening to both manifest silver wings, and just happening to know the truth about the golden fish? That’s so many lucky coincidences…”

“It’s precisely because it requires so many coincidences that it can be called a miracle.”

As they drew closer and closer to the sky, the mist grew thinner and thinner, and they flew higher and higher. At this point, they felt their “bodies” grow heavier and heavier, as if the Sea of Knowledge’s gravity over them was increasing. Their hands, feet, and even bodies felt like they were filled with lead.

The Sea of Knowledge was stopping the stowaways.

If they really relied on a miracle to fly, they would most likely stop here. Like explorers, their soaring dreams would be dragged down by the heavy gravity and come crashing into the deep sea, shattering like crystals.

But the flapping of their virtual wings seemed to require no effort at all, easily cutting through the mist and resisting gravity. Even as the Sea of Knowledge bound their souls, the virtual wings still allowed them to traverse the earth and sky.

As the golden light drew nearer and nearer, as they were about to sneak from the Sea of Knowledge into the Time Spirits, Sonya grew more and more afraid, and her breathing grew heavier and heavier.

She suddenly could not suppress the question that had lingered deep in her heart: “Why me?”

She didn’t even understand her own feelings. She could’ve asked this question later, tomorrow, in the future, but she insisted on an answer right now, even if it wasn’t the one she hoped for.

Even though this might jeopardize her interests, at that moment, Sonya felt that some things were more important than her own promotion to two wings.

Ashe glanced at her in surprise. Although the question was out of the blue, he understood what the Swordswoman was asking.

Originally planning to joke around, the words became the truth as they left his mouth: “Just a coincidence.”

Sonya concealed her emotional fluctuations very well, revealing a professional smile: “I knew it. Looks like I’m pretty lucky—”

“I’m the lucky one,” Ashe said softly. “It’s precisely because of you, this coincidence, that the series of miracles afterward could happen.”

“‘Some things cannot be locked away. Even if you tie up their hands and feet, they will still grow wings and take flight,'” he suddenly recalled this phrase. “Swordswoman, I can fly not because of the Silver Wings, but because of you.”josei

“When my hands and feet were bound, when I was trapped in prison, you became my window to explore the virtual world, you helped me obtain the power of a sorcerer.”

Ashe looked at Sonya and smiled. “Swordswoman, you are my wings.”

Sonya stared blankly at him. In the increasingly blinding golden light, the black fog concealing the Observer’s appearance dissipated swiftly, revealing a finely chiseled smiling face and a pair of bright eyes.

After knowing him for many days, Sonya finally saw his face.

In that moment, the lingering dissatisfaction, resentment, worry, and more in her heart all dispersed like smoke. She had never felt this way before in her life – happier than the first time wearing new clothes, more excited than the first time seeing Cailleach, sweeter than the first taste of ice cream…It was as if…the emptiness in her heart that she’d never noticed was being silently filled.

Finally, she grasped Ashe’s hand tightly and softly hmm’d, saying softly:

“You’re also my golden fish.”

Ashe chuckled. “What a weird metaphor, it makes me feel like I’m your stepping stone.”

Sonya argued weakly, “That’s not what I meant…”

“Just kidding, I understand what you mean. So next…let’s go witness the real golden fish!”

When they flew past the outermost layer of mist, what appeared before their eyes was a golden ocean occupying the entire sky, as clear as a mirror and as vast as the sea.

With the flapping of their silver wings, the golden sea seemed stimulated, stirring up surges of waves. The churning golden waters reflected the individual feathers of the silver wings, suddenly appearing as layered, distinct scales!

In the blink of an eye, the endless golden sea transformed into the belly of a golden fish!

“So this is…the truth of the golden fish!” Sonya murmured softly.

Ashe was also deeply shocked by this spectacle, but he didn’t linger. With a satisfied smile, he led the Swordswoman flying into the golden ocean!

The next second, the world inverted!

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