Only after bringing Moran Avini deep into the Mirror World, to a location corresponding to the outskirts of Trier in the Physical World, did Angel release her grip on the Mirror Person's throat and tightly clenched collar, which had left him utterly unable to resist.
During his brief battle with the Imperative Mage Yalixiya Tamara, he had revealed strength at the mid sequences of the Arbiter Pathway. Angel suspected he was most likely a Disciplinary Paladin; otherwise, his Imprisonment could never have affected a target possessing divinity.
Mirror Substitution, of course, was a special ability unique to Mirror People, unrelated to their own pathways.
Angel flung Moran, a man nearing sixty with graying black hair and pronounced folds beside his nose, into a dark spot far from the Mirror World's exit. Looking down at him, she gave him a kindly smile and asked in the most alluring voice she could muster:
"Are you Moran Avini, the newly appointed Minister of Industry?"
Despite having his constitution and strength enhanced by potions multiple times, Moran had been unable to move in Angel's grasp. He rolled once before steadying himself. Hearing her deliberately softened voice, his face, previously filled with panic and anger, flushed unnaturally. His heart raced, his blood surged, and even his thoughts grew sluggish.
"I—I am."
He answered hastily, terrified that the beauty before him might be displeased.
Naturally, her earlier rough treatment had only been necessary because she was in a hurry to rescue him from his attacker. It was entirely forgivable.
Had the woman before him told him beforehand, he would even have willingly followed her away, without any need for force.
Hmph... Watching Moran Avini fall completely under the combined control of Charm and "Conquest," his gaze turning hazy, Angel snorted softly and shook her head. Just