Chapter 69 - Level ? - Ring of Mind (2/2)

It was a gray eagle holding a golden ring in its claws. Strange logo for a shop, no matter what it sells.

”Are we visiting 'him'?”

”Master, please open the path.”

Seconds were going by, while these two were waiting.

Finally, the eagle on the logo came alive. It glanced at the duo and nodded, after which it returned to being a simple picture.

”Here we go again.”

The duo calmly walked into the store, but inside wasn't a store selling stuff, but a... kitchen?

***

*Few seconds prior*

Magnus was languidly sitting in a rocking-chair, enjoying the fresh air. The chair was just outside the ground floor kitchen with doors leading to an open-air garden with a pond in the middle.

'Hm? Aha, the ”Order” must be upon her as well. These people got some balls, to send people to my territory, he-he. But at least her prediction proved to be right.'

At the kitchen itself, a ton of work was happening. A knife flying in the air and cutting carrots into thin strips. A red-hot pan on the stove, contents of which, meat & onions, were constantly stirred. Cupboards were opening by themselves, and spices from them were flying around, with some of them dropping into the pan. And that was just a small part of what was happening at this kitchen.

However, this scene didn't feel chaotic. On the contrary, all these different tools and ingredients interacting with each other created some sort of harmony and gave a sense of aesthetical beauty.

Facing this magical sight was a door leading to the rest of the house and to the right from the entrance was an opening with sliding doors leading to a veranda where Magnus was reclining.

Soon, a small whirlpool appeared where the door leading to a kitchen should've been. A petite girl came out of this whirlpool and on her hand was the Mind Ring. Her height was around 1.5 meters (5 feet or 59 inches). Her blond hair was collected into a ponytail. Based on her appearance alone you could see that the girl wasn't pure Chinese.

As for her clothes, she wore blue pants and a white shirt.

Despite her cute looks, she was giving a vibe of a young cold man, rather than a girl.

She looked around trying to find her master, Magnus.

***

Kayle came out of the portal and started scanning surroundings for the master. Unfortunately, he was nowhere to be found.

”Wow, look at this marvelous showcase of magical skill. Isn't it amazing?”

”...”

”Reeeeeeeeally? Brother, are you seriously telling me that you don't feel jackshit from this beautiful scene? All these spices flying around and carrots being masterfully fried together with meat. Look there! Different patterns are drawn in the air with spices! Soooo cool! Is that dough for pancakes? Is that freshly baked chocolate cake?!”

”...”

Kayle focused on the opening leading to the garden and decided to walk there.

”Aha! You think he is there, right? Hm... Smart. As expected of my friend, fu-fu-fu.”

”...”

After a few steps, they saw a rocking chair with Magnus sitting in it.

”Welcome, Kayle,” he said, ”What brings you here?”

”Wow, he actually noticed you are Kayle. How does he know without even looking?!” the strange man asked.

”Well, I reached the level where vision is just a method to appreciate beauty.”

”Eh? You can hear me?”

”Hearing is subjective. But, well, let's say I do ”hear” you. Anyway, Kayle, you can leave. I need to talk to her.”

”She doesn't want to talk.”

”It wasn't a request.”

Magnus for the first time took his eyes off the book and looked at the pond.

”Sabrina, we have a few things to discuss.”

Soon, another person appeared near Kayle, which was a tall busty woman in glasses. As soon as she materialized she said:

”Throughout the whole conversation, you haven't looked in my direction even once. Is something bothering you, master.”

”Sabrina, you were right about the attack. Good job. However, I would prefer to actually hear from you. Reading thoughts of a person with a dissociative identity disorder, inside of whom a ton of imaginary friends for each of the identities live is quite a hassle.”

”Okay,” after these words Sabrina took the place of Kayle, while both Kayle and strange man disappeared, ”Also, master, as always your thoughts are simply too beautiful. Those carps transforming into dragons are too mesmerizing.”

Magnus slowly turned his head towards the girl, for the first time actually looking at her and said:

”And as always, please stop intruding into my thoughts, girl,” and smiled.