While climbing the stairs, Lith didn't know what to think of his current situation . Since he and Solus had fused, most of his usual rage and resentment seemed to have taken a rain check .
Solus could perceive his happiness for being reunited with her, which made her even happier . Because of the mind fusion, their feelings reinforced one another in a loop .
Not knowing when it would end, Lith fed Solus all of his favorite foods, letting her experience them first hand . The care and the attention she received plus all those new tastes sent her on cloud nine .
"By my maker! Everything is so good! Are you sure I can eat so much? You had lunch barely an hour ago . " She said worried for Lith's stomach .
"Don't worry, it's nothing we can't cure . We should enjoy this 'pink colored glasses' moment until it lasts . "
The first floor was quite peculiar . The furniture was comprised of a few empty bookshelves, lots of mirrors, each one of different shapes and sizes, and a globe . It was similar to the one he had back on Earth, but this one represented Mogar and it was huge, with a radius of over half a meter (2') .
Unlike his childhood nightstand lamp, it didn't show the whole world . Only the areas where Lith had been and the places he had visited were depicted .
He focused on the map of the region that was stored inside Soluspedia, recalling the names of cities and rivers, but the globe remained blank .
"So it's not a matter of knowledge . " His voice was muffled by all the food Solus was stuffing herself with .
"It only matters where we have been . I wonder why . Any idea, Solus?"
"None . Hey, there's even the academy . Both of them actually . Even the Lightning Griffon academy is marked . " The moment she made Lith's finger touch the academy, the globe's surface zoomed in, projecting a 3D hologram, precise down to the last detail .
The hologram was colored in shades of red, giving them a mild headache whenever they focused on a specific room they had visited during their short trip before Headmistress Linnea rejected Lith's application .
Lith then touched the White Griffon, getting the same result .
"I'm feeling a pattern here . " Lith pondered . "Let's try the mining town . "
The headache persisted . The holograms representing the known areas nearby the academy were all as red as detailed .
"Okay, now let's give the Trawn woods a shot . " Lith had never been outside the White Griffon's forest, since thanks to the Marchioness he had access to the Mage Association's Warp Steps that brought him directly inside the academy .
He could have chosen the Lightning Griffon's outskirts, from where he departed along Count Lark, but he clearly remembered how tightly patrolled was the area . So, he picked a closer and much more harmless location .
This time the hologram was blue and the headache was gone . Lith focused on the clearing in the woods where he used to train in the past . When he zoomed to a specific location, the hologram disappeared and Lith felt his attention drawn to the biggest mirror in the room .
It had a silver circular frame and it was so big to occupy most of the west wall . The surface of the mirror rippled and the image of the room it had reflected until a moment ago was replaced by the clearing's spot Lith had been looking for .
"Could this be…?" Lith pressed his hand against the image, but nothing happened . He could feel the cold glass surface under his fingers .
"Maybe we should send mana into it . " Solus snapped Lith's fingers, channeling the energy from the mana geyser through the tower and into the mirror . The mana quickly rotated along the frame's edges, making it emits an orange glow .
The glass then turned into a silvery liquid that was drained by the frame, yet the image in front of Lith's eyes didn't change . He was now able to hear the familiar noises of the woods' wildlife, to feel the chilly breeze blow on his face .
"A personal long distance Warp Steps!" Lith was amazed as much as confused .
He tried several locations he knew, even some very close to Derios, the capital of the Marquisate . They were hundreds of kilometers afar, yet they managed to open them effortlessly, without using a drop of their own mana .
"There are only two problems . " Solus pointed out .
"One, we can only pick deserted places . If someone looks through the Warp Steps, they could see inside the tower and that would get us into trouble . Two, how the heck do we come back? If the tower stays here, either we split or this thing is useless . "
Lith nodded, letting his arm across the dimensional Gate . An unpleasant sensation spread through his body . Both Lith and Solus felt their minds drifting apart, their connection became weaker and weaker, until he pulled his arm back into the tower .
"Guess our condition really is temporary . Probably we'll revert back to normal as soon as we get outside the tower . "
They were still recovering from the surprise when the walls shook violently, cracking in multiple spots . The tremors were strong enough to make Lith almost lose his balance .
"What the heck was that?"
"Well, this room shouldn't exist in the first place . " Solus ate a chocolate sprinkled biscuit .
"If for any reason our fusion gets broken, it's likely everything will collapse on our heads . See?" She pointed at the cracks that were disappearing as quickly as they had formed .
"Okay, so the globe represents all the places we can Warp to . The headache probably means that a place is unavailable, at least at our current level . I prefer not to try forcing our way through the academies' arrays .
"Not only do we risk getting detected, but we could also spend so much mana to get split . Let's check the rest of the stuff first . "
"Yeah, too bad we don't get to understand how we are supposed to return here . "
The second biggest mirror in the room had a gold rectangular frame . It reflected an image that left them both flabbergasted .
Lith had now a second pair of eyes, right above his eyebrows, and was shrouded in a golden aura . Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www . webnovel . com for visiting .
"My aura has always been black and red . I suppose it's yours, then . " Lith shrugged .
Solus winked at their reflection, making both left eyes close .
"Definitely mine . The question is: what the heck is this for . " Lith injected the mirror with mana, the edges of which started to emit a blue glow . Instead of spinning, this time the mana seeped into the mirror until it emitted a humming sound .
"Okay, let's try visualizing stuff again . " Lith thought about the White Griffon academy, getting a splitting headache in return . Then it was Derios' turn, but the result was the same .
"Lutia, then?" The mirror turned black for a second before showing him the village's square . Lith discovered that he could move his perspective at will, watching and listening like he was actually there in person .
He could move to any place he had been at least once in the past . By looking through a window, he could also enter inside the houses of the villagers . Their talks had no significance to him, so he kept experimenting with the limits of his scrying device .
"This thing sucks!" Lith stamped his foot on the ground .
"I can't even see the whole village . The range's too short . "
"For now, at least . " Solus tried to console him, but she didn't believe her own words either .
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