Angel had no idea that the people of the Profound Alchemy Society had set their sights on him. Even if he had known, he probably would not have cared.
After retrieving the scouting puppet he had left at Youthful Grace Hall, he returned to the laboratory in the manor. Although he had finished Xiliu and Onassis's custom orders, the Magician-exclusive item he had promised Shali was still only half refined. Earlier, because of Nausicaa, Angel had been forced to stop midway.
Now, Angel planned to finish refining Shali's item first.
Since it was already half finished and he had long had a plan in mind, the refinement proceeded very quickly.
On the third day after entering the laboratory, Angel emerged.
The moment he came out, he received Gloria's voice transmission.
"Was that an alchemical omen just now?" Not long ago, the weather outside had suddenly begun to shift. Wind, thunder, rain, and lightning had taken turns appearing, while a strange laugh echoed endlessly by her ears. At first, Gloria had not understood what was happening. It was only when she realized that the source of all the changes was Angel's laboratory that she understood.
It had to be an alchemical omen!
Since an alchemical omen could not be concealed anyway, Angel nodded and admitted it outright. The item he had refined for Shali had also reached the intermediate level. When the finished product appeared, the alchemical omen naturally had not been absent.
Back when Angel had still been an apprentice, experiencing such omens had felt exceedingly difficult. A moment's carelessness could leave him trapped forever within the Anomaly Space. But now that he was an official wizard, things were somewhat better. Though the Anomaly Space still contained many perilous places, overall, they remained within his capabilities.
Still, that was only