Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3936

Chapter 3936: Moving Array (Part 1)

"That’s how a good child behaves with their mother." Menadion looked Solus in the eyes, making it clear she wasn’t talking about Lith anymore. "But enough with semantics.

"When we left the tower in the Trawn Woods, I noticed that Lith activated the Thievery. Are you ripping off Sally, or did you get your hands on a powerful new artifact while I was asleep?"

"Neither." Solus snorted at the allegation. "We decided to test the improvements in the tower caused by the Skull of Bytra by studying an old ring we found a long time ago."

"You mean the gravity field ring Lith received from the Horde?" Menadion asked.

"How do you- Never mind." Sometimes Solus forgot that her mother had been a silent spectator of her life for the past seven hundred years. "Yes, that one. We never worked on it because, despite its old design, the ring’s pseudo cores are very complex.

"According to Faluel, it might take decades to deconstruct the ring, and that only if we allow other Awakened to participate in our research. We had more pressing things to do back then, and we still do.

"Yet after the Thievery cracked the Spyglasses, we decided to give the ring a go as well."

"Decades." Menadion mumbled. "Sounds like a proper estimate to me."

"While we are at it, what’s so special about that ring?" Solus asked. "Inxialot, the undead Representative, is very interested in it too. If he still remembers about the ring, of course."

"Are you seriously asking me this?" Menadion said, and Solus nodded. "I can understand you missed the ring’s importance back when you had yet to finish your apprenticeship under Faluel, Solus, but now-"

"Hold that thought." Solus cut her short and lifted the Hush spell surrounding them.

It made it impossible for others to overhear Solus’ conversation with her mother and for her to place her order.

"Good morning, Vexal." Solus waved at the baker. "I’ve come for my usual- What’s this delicious smell?"

She sniffed the air like a hunting dog on a blood trail.

"Glad you asked." Vexal handed her what looked like a thin, dark breadstick. "I call this ’chocolate wand’. It’s a crunchy cookie dipped in chocolate. Give it a try. It’s on the house."

"Delicious!" Solus wolfed it down and took another. "Do you have more?"

"Sure." Vexal nodded. "I have different kinds of cookies coated in different kinds of chocolate if you want to try them."

"I’ll take one each. Do you want some too, Big Sis?" Solus turned around, meeting her mother’s scowl. "You’re right. How rude of me. Here, take this."

She handed Menadion a cup of hot tea and shoved a cookie in her mouth the moment she tried to speak, shutting her up. Vexal served Solus her usual supply of jam bread and a bag filled with edible chocolate wands.

The moment they walked out, the crowd in front of the counter erupted with orders for the chocolate wands. Even the clients who had already paid for their purchase turned around and refused to leave.

’Magic themed sweets. I’m on to something.’ Vexal thought, and he was right.

***

"I’m sorry, Mom. What were you saying?" Solus asked after restoring the Hush zone.

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