Chapter 470: The Question!

Accompanied by Miss Jasmine's excited voice as she trailed off, a door of light suddenly appeared before Loren, etched with star symbols.

The sprite, who had been sitting on Loren's shoulder raising both hands in cheer just a moment ago, was already fluttering her translucent little wings the next second, flying toward the mysteriously appeared door of light. She turned back to call Loren to follow:

"Hurry and follow me! Mr. Destiny!"

"I'll show you the true form of this spiritual world!"

......

Loren watched the cheerful little sprite ahead, shook his head with a smile, then manipulated his Spiritual Phantom to quickly follow her, entering the mysterious door of light one after the other.

His intuition told him that what lay ahead would be a very unique journey...

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Federal Calendar 7709, January 15th, morning hours.

In the past, the spiritual world, which had always been managed by Miss Jasmine, welcomed a unique new visitor.

A handsome male elf, dressed in pure white mage robes, stepped out of the mysterious door of light etched with star symbols, guided by Jasmine, the peculiar sprite born from the spiritual world.

The moment this gentle-mannered male elf mage walked through the mysterious door of light behind him and entered this spiritual world, he was immediately captivated by what he saw before him.

"This place... truly surpasses all expectations!"

"Miss Jasmine..."

The male elf mage gazed at everything before him and couldn't help murmuring a soft exclamation.

What met his eyes was a beautiful world like a perfect painting come to life.

In the azure blue sky floated an enormous vortex composed of countless faint white clouds.

The vortex of clouds didn't spin violently; it rotated slowly at a soothing pace.

The peculiar vortex spread across most of the sky against the azure backdrop.

Warm sunlight gently streamed through the gaps in the cloud vortex, shining down on the vast green plains formed by forests below.

At the edge of the boundless green plains sat several gray-white mountain ranges stretching into the distance.

From the distant gray-white mountains, several massive flying magical beasts occasionally soared leisurely from the peaks, gliding through the azure sky.

Dotting this seemingly endless green plain was an ancient white town of considerable size.

A rainbow descending from the sky enveloped this large white town.

It draped a dreamlike, multicolored scarf over the white town at the center of the green plains.

Above the very heart of this exquisitely beautiful white town floated an unknown pale blue magical array.

Near the sky where the magical array hovered, a patch of mysterious, brilliant starry sky was also exposed.

Endless stars adorned this small stretch of sky, twinkling ceaselessly.

......

The male elf mage with flowing blonde hair gazed unselfconsciously at the magnificent scenery of this spiritual world, momentarily lost in it.

Then, a voice sounded beside him, pulling his attention back.

"Beautiful, isn't it, Mr. Destiny? I designed it!" Jasmine's tone was brimming with pride.

She could sense that he really liked this world.

Really liked the world's scenery, which she had invested so much energy into designing.

"Oh? Was it designed by you, Miss Jasmine?" Loren asked thoughtfully, still looking at the white town in the green plains in the distance.

"Of course!"

The plump little sprite happily landed on Loren's shoulder again.

"I referenced a lot of opinions from the shareholders!"

"And I even specially asked some easygoing shareholders to bring me scenery magazines from the outside world for reference!"

"Even so, it still took me many years to design it into what you see now!"

Jasmine cheerfully recounted to Loren how she had built this spiritual world into its current form.

Such an obvious sharing was clearly meant to elicit praise from Loren's mouth.

Unfortunately, a certain male elf mage's focus was no longer on that.

From the words of this seemingly harmless little sprite, he had heard something more "worth discussing."

"No, Miss Jasmine."

"What I mean is, can you modify everything in this spiritual world at will?"

Loren's eyes were still fixed on the white town in the distance, nestled in the forest plains, never shifting away.

Because this Spiritual Phantom only possessed a thread of Loren's own spiritual power, his own perception had been greatly diminished.

Even with the energy nourishment provided by the spiritual world to this phantom, it was far inferior to his own perception.

This meant that, for the first time in a long while, he had to rely on his pure eyesight to perceive the distance.

Fortunately, as someone from the slums, his eyesight had always been quite good.

......

Meanwhile, Jasmine the sprite, upon hearing Loren's question that had clearly missed the focus, quietly puffed up her little face.

Mr. Destiny! You should listen properly when someone's talking!

Right now! You should be praising me for being capable!!

......

After not hearing a response for a while, Loren withdrew his gaze from the white town and tilted his head to glance at his shoulder.

The puffed-up little sprite was staring at him with wide eyes.

Huh???

Why did you suddenly get angry?

......

After thinking briefly, Loren shook his head and let out a soft chuckle.

He quickly realized something.

This naive little sprite clearly needed a certain amount of praise to raise their rapport.

So.

"Miss Jasmine, I assure you, your design skills and aesthetic sense are quite outstanding..."

"This is... the most beautiful world I've ever seen!" Loren said with a straight face, using the truth to bamboozle her.

Well...

Compared to the current Federation and that ruined palace where Mr. Slab lived, this place really did have the best scenery...

At the very least, it possessed a reassuring tranquility...

After hearing Loren's "very sincere" praise, Jasmine's puffed-up face visibly shrank.

Though it was still a bit plump, it had at least returned to its usual state.

She also reverted to her carefree demeanor.

"Even if Mr. Destiny praises me like this, I won't be happy!"

Jasmine's tone was clearly light and cheerful.

"Well... as for the question you just asked me, Mr. Destiny..."

"You can think of it this way—I, who was born from this spiritual world, have very high authority..."

"I have the final say on everything in this world!"

Jasmine, sitting on Loren's shoulder, waved her little hand as she spoke.

As her hand waved, a cluster of unknown bright yellow energy appeared in the air before Loren.

The next moment.

That cluster of unknown bright yellow energy flew over to the "Illusion Dream Ring" on Loren's finger.

"Boom!" A faint tremor sounded.

That cluster of unknown bright yellow energy all merged into the Illusion Dream Ring.

The Illusion Dream Ring on Loren's finger seemed to have become different.

The yellow gemstone set into it took on a more subdued hue.

"What is this?" Loren asked.

Upon hearing this, Jasmine's little face once again displayed that "come on, praise me" expression.

"Mr. Destiny, I just added a little bit of space inside the Illusion Dream Ring on your hand."

"From now on, you can use this bit of space to make transactions with the other shareholders."

"And by the way, outside things can only be brought into this world after being put into this Illusion Dream Ring first!"

Upon hearing Jasmine's explanation, Loren raised his left hand and looked at the Illusion Dream Ring on his index finger.

After a moment of silence, he asked softly:

"So... can it be used for smuggling?"