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Chapter 205 Giving You a Chance But You're Useless

Although Isabel was not needed at all for this operation, as the landing point of the teleportation portal, she still had to be informed of the details of the action.

When Meg went to see Aiwass in the afternoon, she took Master Yanis's Demonic Painting with her.

To ensure Lily's safety, she had already been transported to the Hall of Silver and Tin through the Demonic Painting earlier. Otherwise, the Bone Sculptor could have killed Lily before even getting to Aiwass.

It was from that time that Meg realized... something was bound to go wrong tonight.

It was precisely because Yanis must have known, that he had made arrangements in advance.

Different from her outward appearance, Meg's feelings were rational and contemplative. She simply chose not to express her inner thoughts.

So, although Aiwass had told her about the conversion method and various taboos of the lost profession "Ascension Sorcerer" and had explained in detail a ritual called "Shedding Skin Ceremony."

She still didn't undergo the transformation immediately. It was because she wasn't sure what she would become after the conversion, and tonight she had to make sure that enemy was eliminated.

As for the curse, spy, Noble Red, and other issues, they could be set aside for now.

Meg had confirmed through her own means that Aiwass had neither lied nor omitted anything.

Nor did Meg want to force her advancement. She knew well that her chances of success were almost nil.

—But she had no other choice.

Even if she died in the Dream Realm, her soul shattered, it was still better than slowly withering away on a deathbed... Such a state would be far too ugly.

And here she was, at her age. Her many years of experience in mystical studies enabled her to confirm after just one listen that the ceremony was completely feasible.

She could even improve upon the ritual with her experience—and she was confident that she needed only one attempt at the ceremony to successfully complete the "Shedding Skin."

It was merely about signing a contract with the Serpent Celestial Marshal to gain the potential for Shedding Skin, then borrowing the power of the Butterfly Celestial Marshal through the ritual. The process of signing a contract with a Celestial Marshal posed no danger, and the price for borrowing power from the Butterfly Celestial Marshal would be paid by the Serpent Celestial Marshal.

After completing the preliminary preparations, the only thing that really needed serious attention was the Shedding Skin Ceremony itself.

Like a caterpillar forming a cocoon and transforming into a butterfly; shedding the old body to obtain a stronger one... The only things to be mindful of were two points, first was the "determination to transcend the past self," and second was to endure excruciating pain.

To tell the truth, Meg had actually already completed the "Shedding Skin Ceremony" before.

It was just that she didn't know it was that ritual at the time.

Meg's former husband was a powerful adventurer. He was a free-spirited foreign swordsman, nearly twenty years her senior, who had already traveled through eight nations. And Meg was only twenty-five when they married... She had just graduated from Royal Law University at the age of twenty-two and had traveled with him, gradually growing in the process.

Their wedding was not the usual kind blessed by friends and relatives—it was a ritual performed before challenging a dragon. The wedding took place in an adventurers' camp in the wild, attended only by their teammates.

The reason was simple—the journey of an adventurer was to challenge dragons. With the dragon being so near, if they let go of this opportunity, he wasn't sure if there would be a next time.

He was prepared for death, but he didn't want to die unmarried. So, he married the besotted Meg... That was more of a joke than a formal wedding ceremony.

She hadn't even worn a wedding dress, and the priest who blessed them was an illegal priest from within the adventuring party.

But for Meg, there was no doubt that she was already married.

When she finally waited in the camp and learned from the mouth of the sole surviving thief of the Path of Adaptation that her husband had not returned... she had already made up her mind to one day avenge him.

Over the course of twenty years, she never forgot the hatred of the past. She used every means to enhance her power.

Twenty years later, she was the same age as her husband had been. And she encountered that dragon once more.

This time, she killed the dragon with her own hands and bathed in its blood—a wish her husband had once had.

He was a demon of the Path of Transcendence, and if he could successfully bathe in dragon blood, he could gain enough strength from this act of transcendence, and possibly even the blood of the Dragon Clan.

Let alone Noble Red, even if the Rose Cross Society came, they could definitely protect him—being woken up would mean they had been negligent or had underestimated the enemy.

Thus, although Aiwass did not know who would attack him tonight, he fell into a very peaceful sleep.

This was the first time Isabel had ever seen a man sleeping, and especially her first time seeing Aiwass's face so peaceful and unguarded.

She quietly approached Aiwass, wanting to reach out and touch his face.

But her heart was beating so fast—thumping loudly, making her feel as if it were about to leap out.

Feeling somewhat nervous, she turned back and grabbed Lily's hand, and at the same time, wiped the sweat off her own palm.

Lily moved her lips as if to say, Shall I wake up the young master?

——No!

Isabel shook her head vigorously.

This fun and rare opportunity, if missed, might not come again!

Advancing and retreating, she finally reached out her hand and gently touched Aiwass's face.

...Huh?

Aiwass didn't wake up? Find adventures on empire

Isabel was somewhat surprised.

Last time she observed Aiwass napping, she noticed he was a light sleeper. Just her and Lily approaching had been enough to wake him up. If not for his steady breathing, he seemed as if he hadn't been sleeping at all.

But now, Aiwass was sleeping so deeply...

So Isabel carefully sat down on the edge of the bed.

After making this move, she waited a little while.

Seeing that Aiwass didn't wake up just because the bed had shaken slightly, she quietly placed her hand on the other side of Aiwass's body.

She slowly leaned down, wanting to kiss Aiwass's forehead.

But as she lowered her head, she suddenly realized that her long hair, falling naturally under gravity, brushed against Aiwass's face.

Aiwass reflexively furrowed his brow slightly, startling Isabel.

She immediately leaned back, and the bed shook noticeably. This time, Aiwass actually woke up.

Upon opening his eyes and seeing Isabel with flushed cheeks sitting beside the bed, the still groggy Aiwass was confused for a good while.

...Oh, I'm not fully awake yet. Going back to sleep.

This thought crossed his mind, and he turned over and closed his eyes again.

Aiwass wrapped his arms around the blanket of Isabel, who was in his arms, hugging it tightly, and curled up into a ball. Startled, Isabel stood up and edged closer to Lily, and the two of them moved away quite a distance.

——Did he wake up? Didn't his eyes open just now??

——No, the young master sleeps like that. Today he's actually quite deep in sleep; usually, you sitting down might already wake him...

The two of them whispered to each other, murmuring behind closed lips.

And on the painting behind them, Yanis appeared, shaking her head with a sigh.

You had your chance but didn't make use of it...