Ascension of the Sylvan Cosmos

Chapter 186. Machinations Of A Fallen Sylvan. [World Tree's Guardian Vine].

North of Golden Sap Town, there was a city called Mareful City. It was situated between the Small White Flower Forest and the Serene Small Lakeborn Forest. It was a scenic town with lots of tourists and unique specialties.

The City Lords of this city were a couple who shared responsibilities and power. This was a strange case where, instead of one City Lord, the couple was considered one and had equal power.

The wife was a blue-haired Sylvan with beautiful long hair and an elegant figure. Meanwhile, the husband was a sentient plant creature with a non-human body. However, he gained the intelligence and spiritual abilities to communicate.

Lately, their subordinates have noticed that the usually calm, gentle, and powerful wife was tired and haggard. Nobody really knew why, but they thought that it was the loss of people coming to the city because of the recent popularity of the newly opened Golden Sap Town.

Of course, it wasn't because of that. As the woman walked down the hallways of her mansion, she was approached by one of her trusted female servants. "Madam Delia, is everything all right? You've been looking very tired lately since the loss of..." The servant didn't finish her sentence because she saw Delia frown.

Delia spoke, her voice forceful but tired. "I am fine. I just need to listen to them, and they will eventually release her."

The servant sighed and asked. "What about the Lord? What does he think?"

Delia didn't show a sign of emotion on her face as she answered. "He is doing well. Don't worry about him."

The servant wanted to ask again, but a male servant approached with a complicated expression. "Madam Delia, that man is looking for you."

Delia looked at the male servant for a few seconds, her sapphire eyes seemingly penetrating into the servant's soul. The pressure from her gaze made the male servant cower. Delia spoke. "Guide me."

The walk toward that room was silent, and once Delia arrived, she pushed the door open and looked inside. Instead of a man, there was a woman sitting there; her face was ordinary enough that people would not give her a second look when she was walking down the street. She had a black dress and nothing remarkable other than that.

However, Delia looked at her and spoke flatly. "Do you need to hide below that mask in front of me, Jolie?"

When she spat her name, it bore such deep resentment that it felt jarring for the ears. Jolie's eyebrow raised, and she laughed. "Don't be so angry, Delia~."

Delia's body trembled as a surge of energy went to her hands. However, Jolie continued with the same smile, looking at Delia as if she was a toothless and clawless tiger. Just a big-looking predator without the tools to hurt her.

And, as Jolie expected, Delia's Water Aether dissipated, and she asked, her voice sounding defeated. "What more do you want? I can't give you anything else."

Jolie hummed. "Well, you can't~. However, you still can do things for me." Jolie smirked. "After all, you want to see her, right?"

Delia didn't answer, looking at Jolie coldly. Jolie hummed. "Anyway, I am feeling stuffy, so I'll take this off~."

Her tone was seductive, but she didn't touch her own clothes. Instead, a powerful Anima Energy wave rippled around her, and her appearance started changing by the second.

Her ordinary face and brown hair shifted slowly, gaining an ethereal touch. Her eyes gleamed like moonlit dewdrops, and an aura that blew outward like a gentle breeze transformed Jolie from an unremarkable-looking woman to a gorgeous-looking Sylvan.