But in the end, she still made her choice.
She activated the "Identity Card" in her hand and joined Sequence Nine. Ergane, which had been left in the space beneath the lake, sensed it. But it merely glanced in this direction before ignoring it.
After seeing her activate the "Identity Card," Dark waited patiently. Emma closed her eyes. After sensing some obvious changes, she began trying to simulate various problem-solving processes in her mind. In the end, she discovered that her mental capacity had indeed improved by a noticeable degree!
This degree of improvement might not have seemed like much when flattened into numerical values. But she had already been quite intelligent to begin with, and this extra boost was equivalent to instantly breaking through some threshold and reaching a realm ordinary people found difficult to attain.
In short, Sequence Nine's "Wisdom Bestowal" was enough to bring about her transformation.
Dark gave her five minutes to absorb the changes.
Five minutes later, he asked, "How does it feel?" Emma's cheeks had already flushed red in the night. She could not help saying, "It feels amazing!"
Dark smiled. "As long as you feel good about it."
Then he raised a hand slightly and said, "In that case, let's head back. I still have some things to prepare tonight."
Emma replied, "All right."
"Mm." Dark nodded and started back the way they had come. Emma was slightly slower to set off, so she saw his back.
At that moment, she suddenly felt as if that figure would drift farther and farther away. The feeling made her blurt out, "Golden Kingdom..."
Dark stopped and turned around. "What?"
"No, it's nothing." Emma quickly smiled and said, "Thank you."
"It's nothing." Dark smiled, turned back around, and continued forward. He had actually heard what Emma