The stone chamber held several large bookcases, with a large, solid black wooden desk in the middle. Emily looked absorbed as she held an ancient manuscript, her delicate brows slightly knitted, seemingly puzzled by the knowledge of Dark Magic recorded in it.
"Lady Emily, Lord Brian requests permission to enter!" An announcement came through a narrow, hollow tube on Emily's desk.
Delighted surprise immediately replaced the concentration on Emily's face. She let out an involuntary little cry, hurriedly put down the ancient manuscript, and took a bright, round mirror from her Spatial Ring, hastily touching up her delicate face before it.
"Lady Emily, may I let Lord Brian in?" Hearing her little cry, the guide knew Emily was inside the Secret Chamber. But when no answer followed, the guide could not help asking again.
Emily, who was frantically putting her appearance in order, heard the question through the tube and hurriedly called in her sweet voice, "Wait a moment. I'm almost ready!"
As she spoke, Emily carefully checked the mirror once more. After making sure her face was flawless, she even extravagantly used magic to smooth the creases in her black Magic Robe before saying, "All right, let Lord Brian in!"
Light flashed, and Han Shuo used the short-range Teleportation Array to arrive directly in Emily's stone chamber.
"Brian!" The moment she saw the imposing figure who haunted her dreams appear in the stone chamber, Emily cried out joyfully. Then, like a young swallow returning to its nest, she flung herself into Han Shuo's broad embrace and held him with all her strength, as though he might disappear at any moment.
A gentle smile rested on Han Shuo's face as he looked down at Emily in his arms.
After three years, the beauty in his embrace looked unchanged, and her