Practical Value

"Tree Spirit Lord." Angel looked helpless as he replied in a low voice, "I never intended to make it onto that kind of ranking."

The familiar whisper immediately told him who was speaking. He could even picture the Tree Spirit's frivolous expression from his tone.

Though he had been away for over a year, to Angel, it felt as though he had never left.

"Isn't that a good thing? Do you know who tops the ranking of men our organization's witches most want to marry?" The Tree Spirit apparently had no intention of letting the subject go and continued questioning him.

Sanders' image almost immediately flashed through Angel's mind.

"You must be thinking it's your mentor, right?" The Tree Spirit laughed. "Sanders is quite popular among some high-ranking witches, but it isn't so easy for him to win the hearts of the vast majority. Still, despite his cold Detachment, he made the list—though only at twentieth place. The current number one only took the top spot recently..."

"Curious, aren't you?"

Angel: Not in the slightest.

"That's right, it's Su Mishi!" The Tree Spirit seemed to think he had shared some tremendous secret and sighed with feeling. "Once you make the list too, three men from one lineage will all have made the rankings."

Though the Tree Spirit's nagging rang in his ears, it did not hinder Angel's journey.

Just as Angel caught sight of the edge of Demon Illusion Island, the Tree Spirit, after prattling on for quite a while, suddenly said, "Oh, right. I nearly forgot the important matter. Come over to my place."

He had wanted to ask the Tree Spirit why he was looking for him. Yet at this crucial moment, the Tree Spirit fell silent again.

Looking at Demon Illusion Island so close at hand, Angel