"What about Reed? She didn't uplevel either. Who's stronger between you two?"

I suddenly recalled that Reed had always been top of our class throughout high school, firmly ranked first in our grade without wavering. Were Nicola and I considered an alternative record breaker now?

"Of course she's still stronger. She was first in her class all the time..."

When Reed was mentioned, Cyra helplessly said.

"Whether it's magic or swordsmanship, I still can't beat her lor. Really don't understand how she, a true-blue girl, can fight better than me leh..."

"You might as well go bang your head on a block of tofu and die lah! Even losing to a girl."

Nicola was speechless. Studies were one thing but not being able to win in combat was quite embarrassing.

"But I'm a girl now! And I should be more delicate than Reed right?"

Cyra didn't feel ashamed at all. She even righteously said,

"So when we go out, you all must remember to protect me properly!"

"Feliciana, I feel like hitting her now. Don't stop me!"

Nicola really couldn't stand it anymore. She rolled up her sleeves, about to teach Cyra a lesson.

"Huh? What are you talking about? I'm busy sightseeing now..."

I pretended not to see anything and flew out of the window. Nicola also wasn't wishy-washy. She pounced straight at Cyra.

"Hey! This is bullying. How can like that?"

Seeing Nicola looking fierce and sinister, Cyra was so frightened her face turned pale. She quickly flew out as well, hiding behind me.

"Feliciana, you can't do this! Weren't we good friends in the past? How can you just stand by and watch me die?!"

"Who was it that said she wanted to change back just now? And it's barely been a while before you start acting delicate again."

I rolled my eyes, truly out of words to retort her.

"I mainly just wanted to try it out! Of course it's better if I could change back lah."

Cyra explained with a crying expression.

"And Reed is really strong. Reading so many books was not for nothing, she can really apply what she learns. Not long ago she created a magic from her own understanding, even Lady Elara praised her for being a genius she had never seen before. How am I supposed to beat such a monster?!"

"She created her own magic?"

My eyes narrowed slightly. Reed still didn't have full wings but could already create her own magic? I honestly felt quite surprised. Nicola and I didn't even know more than a few magics. Even with a simple Purification, we had endlessly cast it so many times yet nothing amazing came out.

"Tell me more about this magic. How powerful is it?"

Upon hearing this, Nicola also became interested and stopped chasing.

"Actually, it's not an attacking magic. More like creating illusions. It makes everything the opponent sees in their surroundings turn hazy..."

Cyra thought for a while and roughly described it.

"So it's basically impossible to fight with your eyes like this. It's completely like being blind. But some experienced angels can still sense the aura of light elements to discern her position and movements."

"Isn't this just illusion magic..."

I immediately understood. Light elements were probably related to the light we commonly saw. If the light entering the eyes was disturbed, it wasn't hard to imagine the principles behind this magic.

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But while I understood, to be able to create a new magic from these principles was still quite incredible. At least I didn't have any clues about where to start.

"Did she teach it to you? That faceless girl surely wouldn't be stingy to share her self-created magic right?"

After listening, Nicola really wanted to see it immediately.

"No, she said she still needs to improve it more. This magic has many flaws now so she didn't tell me how to use it."

Cyra shook her head.

"It just so happens we're going to find her now. We can get her to show it later, won't that make it clear?"

Since our goal was the library anyway, I hurriedly urged Cyra to keep leading the way.

"Didn't I say I was bringing you all there just now..."

Perhaps feeling I was rushing her too much, Cyra had an innocent look as she said,

"Don't be in such a hurry. I wanted to bring you all around the Tivi Palace first, let you get familiar with the place. Then we can go out from the main entrance and sightsee this city along the way..."

"Can't we just fly there directly?"

I interrupted her long itinerary, not understanding why we had to arrange so many sightseeing items.

"At your pace, by the time we reach the library, Reed might have left already. The sun could have already set..."

As I was saying this, I suddenly realized something wasn't right. There probably wasn't any sunsets here right?

"There's no such thing as the sun setting here! We might not even have a sun in Edenmere!"

Seeing my reaction, Cyra laughed.

"There's no nighttime in Edenmere. Angels can stay in bright environments with no need for food or sleep perfectly fine. So don't worry about Reed leaving the library. She's already been there for almost a week. I remember the last time she left was because Lady Elara wanted us to go to the arena to watch her demonstrate her new magic."

"You mean you all never sleep before?"

I sucked in a breath, not daring to imagine such immortal-like angels.

"Does that mean you haven't slept for a month too?"

"Not to that extent. Many angels who fight long campaigns in the outside world like to keep a routine with day and night cycles when they return. After all, sleeping and waking up feels quite relaxing. So now many places have special magic devices that isolate external light elements, creating a nighttime atmosphere locally. Without the external light supplementing, angels also feel hungry and tired, wanting to sleep."

Seeing my struggle to accept this, Cyra quickly clarified.

"The rooms we live in also have this feature okay, don't worry you won't be able to sleep at night."

"That's good then..."

I finally breathed a sigh of relief, not needing to forcibly become an immortal cultivator.

"With no difference between night and day, how do you all keep time?"

Nicola asked worriedly. After all, the day/night cycle played a huge role in time calculations.

"I heard it's synced to match the calendar time of the outside world."

Saying this, Cyra pointed to a building in front of us.

"See that place? Next to this Tivi Palace is a clock tower that uses the 24 hour system."

"I see..."

Nicola and I also saw it. That clock tower displayed the current time to be about 9:25.

Not sure if it was 9:25 am or pm. But considering we just arrived not long ago when it was still daytime outside Edenmere, it was likely nighttime in the outside world now.

"Amazing. Probably can't find such a bright 9.30 pm anywhere else on Earth."

Nicola muttered in slight admiration.

"That's not necessarily true."

I thought for a bit and reminded myself,

"Forgot the North and South poles?"

"That's true!"

Nicola immediately recalled and embarrassedly laughed.

"What's so special about that..."

But Cyra didn't think it was anything impressive.

"No need to go North or South pole, I also can achieve this effect on Earth - set the clock to 9.30 pm in the daytime! Isn't the feeling the same as now?"

"...You really are a monster! Just be human!"

I wanted to slap some sense into her. And technically she wasn't human anymore strictly speaking.

Cyra looked us up and down and nodded in appreciation.

"When both of you are not human, you still dare judge me. Tsk tsk, what a pity the hero's glory days have passed. If I were as before, I would chop you all into pieces in 300 rounds! Eliminate you two monsters!"

"Are you insane?"

This guy had the guts of a bear and leopard, actually daring to joke with us this way! I immediately reached out to grab him but grabbed nothing but air. Cyra knew she would lose, so the instant she finished talking, she escaped.

"You can run but you can't hide! I can see with one glance you're not human!"

Seeing this, Nicola gave chase. With six wings versus two, the outcome was obvious. She quickly caught Cyra by her two wing roots like catching a chicken, then carried her back.

"Still putting on this act, clearly looking down on me!"

Nicola deliberately made a fierce expression.

"Spells? What spells did she use?" I asked, puzzled.

"What else could there be? Holy bolt! Terrible aim."

Nicola snorted disdainfully.

"This fella is too arrogant. Should just pluck all her feathers and see how she runs then!"

I put on an act of wanting to pluck Cyra's feathers.

"How could you all do this! This is murdering your husband! Help, domestic violence!"

In fright, Cyra flapped her wings vigorously but her mouth still wouldn't stop running off, continuously cracking sly jokes.

"Enough, stop fooling around!"

Those random wing flaps were making feathers fly everywhere. I wiped my face. Her awful acting was tiring.

"Since this is the Tivi Palace, no need to tour anymore. But no need to fly too. Just bring us walking along the way to sightsee this city. It's probably near only right?"

"Of course near, at most a few tens of minutes then reach."

Cyra hurriedly replied after struggling free from Nicola.

"This angel city very small one. Not mentioning big cities on Earth, even many regional cities also are bigger than it."

"I know already. Saw from the sky just now mah."

I didn't care. Although we saw it from above, seeing it on the ground would surely feel different. Moreover, the buildings here looked exceptionally luxurious and unique in style. Naturally, I anticipated it greatly.