Vizet froze. To make sure he was not hallucinating, and had truly seen this smiley symbol formed from a "W" and an "L," he crouched down again.
He pressed his palm lightly downward, covering the familiar smiley symbol on the ground, and used Soul Power to explore it, trying to verify the guess in his heart.
The result was clear. This smiley symbol formed from a "W" and an "L" truly existed. It did not come from the Confundus Charm of the Misty Illusory Realm!
Aside from that, he could also be certain of one other thing—this was his first time following Dumbledore into the Misty Illusory Realm.
And yet this smiley symbol formed from a "W" and an "L" did indeed come from the Ritual Magic between him and Luna. It was a magical product of that special connection between them.
Under any normal circumstances, it could not possibly appear inside the Misty Illusory Realm!
He pressed his lips together, his gaze still fixed hard on the symbol, his brows knotted tight.
According to his and Dumbledore's earlier speculation, the Misty Illusory Realm was the boundary between life and death, and should have belonged to territory controlled by The Master.
Although, because of that war between fire and rock, The Master himself had been restricted, causing his control over the Misty Illusory Realm to become no longer absolute, which was why they had been able to explore this place.
But the appearance of this smiley symbol made Vizet realize another possibility, one that overturned their previous speculation:
The speculation that "The Master controls the Misty Illusory Realm" might have been wrong from the very beginning.
Then what was the truth?
Once the seed of doubt was planted—and had even broken through the soil—a flash of inspiration struck Vizet's mind,