Chapter 77: 76. Dancing in Your Palm

76. Dancing in Your Palm

Aelafia's small hands held the Sword of the Silver Heart, handing it to Li Ang.

Lancelot and Dorothy on the side both made strange sounds with different meanings. The lady bit her lower lip, her voice sounding as if it were squeezed out of her throat: "Gi—giving something like this? What does it mean?"

Li Ang reached out and grasped the hilt.

He immediately sensed the spirituality within the short sword, like countless sharp edges. It embodied the highly aggressive magic shaped by the Blade-Control Master.

And the Silver Heart, as the energy core, belonged to a very rare energy source. The magic it drew tended mainly toward creating and shaping metal substances—it was only Aelafia who would specifically collect it.

The Silver Heart further increased the short sword's attack power, but Li Ang could also feel a layer of gentle power within the entire sword, restraining its destructiveness, as if Aelafia didn't want Li Ang to be harmed by these sharp edges when using it.

Li Ang held the Sword of the Silver Heart and performed spiritual manipulation. Silver light blades composed of pure magic matter formed around his body. They sprayed magic, as if flowing silver were being gathered in the air.

Aelafia chuckled: "Only a spiritual controller like you can exert its power like this."

When ordinary people injected magic into the sword, it would only create a circle of floating blades like the multi-blade sword Lancelot used, the only difference being that they had become pure magic matter capable of destroying all natural substances.

But Li Ang manipulated spirituality and could exert abilities similar to Aelafia's, freely controlling the number and attack method of the silver light blades.

Li Ang waved the light short sword like a magic wand. The silver light quickly shot into the distance, piercing the airspace wind wall and disappearing.

A few breaths later, the airflow sprayed out when the wind wall repaired itself reached the side of the ship where the four were.

The wind wall was formed by a large amount of gathered wind elements; if it weren't pure magic matter, it couldn't touch it at all. And to completely break it, such power currently didn't exist in the world.

Li Ang used it to test the power of the summoned silver light blades, and the results were very impressive.

Aelafia raised her delicate small hand again, solidifying silver pure magic matter at Li Ang's waist to form a matching scabbard.

"Thank you, Aelafia. This is a great help to me right now." Li Ang thanked her solemnly.

"It's just an investment in the 'you' I want to see."

Afterward, Li Ang asked her why she had left her station temporarily.

"I made a trip to the Sabulem airspace. A rare magic disaster brought a Rank 9 large magic beast. You know it's very chaotic over there, with all kinds of people gathered, and the Order Sandstorm Group can't control it."

Among the four calm airspaces, the Sabulem airspace was the place where local forces were the most chaotic.

After chatting a few more times, it was time to say goodbye.

"I'm off. If the Empire's problem is delayed, I don't know if that bunch of trash will drop the ball again. Li Ang, I will remember your reminder."

"Goodbye."

The young lady held her delicate chin high: "Also, every time you say my name, I feel like you say it very awkwardly. Just call me Aefie."

After saying that, she flew away quickly to the side.

Watching Aelafia and Lancelot leave on that Imperial ship, Dorothy's small boat slowly passed through the channel, crossed the ships temporarily staying at the mouth of the channel, and sailed into the Floss airspace.

Witnessing this familiar scenery, Li Ang felt a wave of relaxation.

This day had been thrilling, and the key was that he hadn't slept at all! Not even for a day; even the time on Satus Island couldn't be counted as sleeping.

Once he relaxed, Li Ang let out a huge yawn.

"Does your ship have a lounge chair or something?" Li Ang asked Dorothy.

The half-elf girl curled her lips and didn't speak.

Li Ang turned and walked into the cabin: "Then I'll just find a corner to lie down. I really can't take it anymore."

"Wait, don't, you can just sleep in my bed." Dorothy chased after him: "I'm not ignoring you, I'm just angry at myself."

"Angry at what?"

"Others can give you such great help, but I can only watch."

"You've already joined my group. Do you think I let just anyone in? Controlling your own power well, letting me worry less, and becoming independent early—that is the greatest help to me."

Dorothy nodded repeatedly, then said: "That young lady is really good to you, isn't she? Such a powerful weapon, I estimate all my private money couldn't buy it."

Her estimation of the price was correct. High-rank equipment sold for more in peaceful places. The four airspaces were often in a state where there was a price but no market; even if a sucker were willing to pay the price, they might not be able to buy what they wanted.

"We might cooperate in the future, so she's helping me out first."

"That proud Persian cat is like she's declaring sovereignty. Yet she looks like a Persian cat, but in reality, she's as fierce as a leopardess or a tigress. Damn it, by comparison, I'm a truly useless young lady."

"Why are you using such a proud tone?"

"The tone was just a bit rushed. I just feel that so many years have been wasted. I also have to work hard."

Dorothy nodded with every step and opened a door with inlaid decorations in the cabin: "It's right here."

Inside the door was a simple small room. A gentle fragrance rushed toward them—it was the typical scent formed by the combination of various washing and makeup products a girl habitually used in life, paired with the chemical smell worn away by daily life.

"Don't mind it," Dorothy whispered.

Li Ang originally felt everything was quite clean, but hearing her say this, his expression was a bit strange.

Slowly, the girl seemed to realize what meaning was hidden in her words. Her expression collapsed entirely, but she immediately tightened it, as if she hadn't said anything, but her face burned like a ripe fruit.

Li Ang pretended not to know anything and walked toward the bed: "I hope you don't mind me being covered in dust."

"No, I won't, I was preparing to wash anyway."

Seeing him sit down, Dorothy quietly sized up the small bed and Li Ang, asking: "You're very tired, right?"

"Yeah, I had already fought a bitter battle before coming to the Ignis airspace. At this age, I don't have the leeway to squeeze my body like I did when I first started adventuring."

"Then if you fall asleep, can you notice if something happens nearby?"

"..."

Seeing the look Li Ang cast over, the elf girl feigned calmness: "What's wrong? Of course I have to know about such things, otherwise, how would I consider safety when camping in the wild later?"

"If I ensure complete safety, I will sleep deeply, but if it's not safe, I will set up spiritual warnings, like now."

"Tsk."

"Let me go, I'm really about to pass out."

"I'm going to sail the ship. The direction is the Gorasis airspace, right?"

"Yes, but stop at the Trade Capital for a bit."

"Are you buying something?"

"Buying some things."

"Vague. You aren't buying it for another girl in the group, are you?" Dorothy smiled.

Seeing Li Ang not speak, she said in an uncertain tone: "It's not, is it?"

"Sleeping."

The half-elf girl stomped her feet in anger: "There's one, and there's another. Don't let another one pop up when we land at the Trade Capital."

She sat down on the bed with a plop: "Before you sleep, coax me, otherwise I won't be able to steer the ship well."

Before Li Ang could say anything, Dorothy crawled forward. The formal dress she was wearing today only tightened from the waist up, and the fabric didn't close at the shoulders, just fixed with transparent straps.

With this movement, the mountain ranges on both sides of the deep valley were like the blooming beauty of the girl herself, wanting to escape outward.

Li Ang sighed.

One after another, they were all dancing on the limits of his nerves.

Zoe flashed before his eyes, Aelafia flashed before his eyes. He felt that when facing different people, he also became a different person. Sometimes he wasn't sure what kind of person he was either.

And as for Dorothy—

"I couldn't pretend not to hear those things you said in the secret passage."

As soon as his words came out, the girl's body trembled, and her breathing became slightly rapid.

"If that mode of interaction is what you like, I won't keep refusing. It's just that if things go on like that, the situation might become increasingly dangerous. Let me rest for now."

Dorothy's eyes were seductive: "I'm sure, I like it."

She lay gently beside Li Ang: "Although I gathered the courage to cast aside my original life, I still know that I'm not someone who can independently carve out a world of my own."

"I'm like a canary. The cage makes me unable to spread my wings, makes me unwilling to sing. I want to leave, but once the cage is opened, I don't know how to deal with nature."

"I still need someone to take care of me."

"Now, I've chosen this person. His palms are warm and broad enough to hold me."

Dorothy placed her slender palm on Li Ang's chest: "In the years to come, let me chirp softly and dance in your palms."

After finishing, the girl's demeanor was as peaceful as a flower illuminated by sunlight after the clouds had dispersed. She gently helped Li Ang close his eyes, got up, left the room, and went to take the helm. ===== CHAPTER 78 =====