"Kael's guess... I found it rather interesting," Dox said as well. "Didn't you forge an identical pendant as a replacement? Why not try it?"
Angel had actually been tempted already, but Dox's suggestion put him in a slightly awkward position.
Earlier, he had said that he had forged an identical pendant from mithril as a substitute and had even displayed it on the illusionary light screen.
But in truth, he had not finished forging it. He had merely made a rough mithril blank of approximately the same size. After all, he had yet to come into contact with the pendant, and the one he had seen was only a general outline. Making it exactly identical, including a similar weight, was difficult.
So Angel had intended that, if he truly got a chance to touch the pendant, he would swiftly alter the blank and pull off a sleight of hand.
Now that Dox wanted him to try it, he could only use this unfinished blank. It would be difficult to tell whether the two truly fit together.
Still, that did not pose much of a problem for him. Since he had already simulated it once with illusion, he could simply continue simulating the "diadem + pendant." It would count as a "cloud" evaluation.
It was only that Angel could display nothing but a flat image. As for whether their three-dimensional structures would fit, he did not yet know.
Fortunately, he was using the light screen as a medium to "broadcast," rather than conducting a "holographic broadcast." That gave him the right to show only a flat image.
"Since you think so too, then I'll give it a try." Angel's tone was calm, as though he had truly decided to try solely because of Dox. There was no hint that the scales