Chapter 3361: Chapter 3362: Literary Creation

After the housekeeper Fan left, Angel carefully examined the white paper and fountain pen in his hand.

The fountain pen was specially crafted by the artisan Pirush, with a unique ink pouch inside. It does not require dipping for ink; it can be used long-term as long as the ink in the pouch is sufficient. At this moment, the pouch inside the fountain pen was filled with ink.

This design is somewhat similar to fountain pens on Earth.

Angel probed with his spiritual power and found that the ink in the pouch seemed to be specially formulated, with a faint aggregation of energy presence within.

After thinking carefully, it makes sense, since it’s a "creation." Even in the text space, ordinary ink wouldn’t be able to take shape.

The only pity is that the energy contained in the ink is a strange aggregation energy. Even if Angel detected something unusual, he couldn’t analyze it.

Besides the fountain pen, the white paper wasn’t ordinary either.

Previously, Angel thought it might be pulp paper, but upon holding it, it felt brittle, like air-dried dough, impossible to fold, and would shatter if forced.

Of course, this was just a feeling.

Angel secretly tried it himself and found that the white paper was hard to fold, requiring a lot of force if insisted upon.

And when folding, a familiar aggregation energy would emerge.

No doubt, the white paper was specially made, possibly containing some magical technology.

After confirming the pen and paper, Angel pondered for a moment in his mind and finally picked up the fountain pen to write a line of text on the white paper.

At the same time, Laplace and Jasmine also looked over, curious about what Angel would create in his first attempt at text creation.

Would he follow Jasmine’s plan to create something like clothing or gloves?

Or would he, according to other existing objects in the restaurant, create corresponding entities?

While they secretly guessed, Angel had already finished writing the text template and laid down the pen.

As the pen dropped, the white paper began to emit a faint glow, and like a burning object, disintegrated into "sparks," disappearing into thin air.

Laplace and Jasmine watched intently, but when the white paper completely vanished, nothing happened.

No entities appeared, nor were there any changes in properties.

Jasmine looked puzzled: "Did it fail?"

Angel said nothing.

Jasmine: "Failure is normal. To engage in text creation, there must be something in mind when writing, and the described text must correspond to what is desired; otherwise, failure may occur."

In Jasmine’s view, Angel might have just described text without thinking about specific shapes when writing.

With an empty mind, naturally, there would be no response to the text.

On the other hand, Laplace, although she didn’t see the "entity" born, didn’t think Angel would fail.

In the early days of the Mystic Book Dragon possessing the "Secret Treasury Within the Book," Laplace had played the text creation game; knowing the difficulties involved, she understood. Based on her knowledge of Angel, these so-called difficulties were nothing for Angel.

Would Angel have an "empty mind"? No. Laplace had seen Angel’s alchemy, where he could create exquisite alchemy tools out of thin air without needing a blueprint, obviously having the blueprint in his mind.

For Angel, an empty mind did not exist.

If it wasn’t a blank mind, why did nothing appear?

Laplace could think of only one reason: perhaps Angel’s text creation was inherently an invisible tool?

What is invisible?

Transparent objects, or perhaps some kind of gas?

Thinking of this, Laplace gently sniffed the air: unsure if it was an illusion, she vaguely detected a faint fragrance.

Both Jasmine and Laplace had their guesses, but Angel gave no response, instead casually snapping his fingers.

The elemental power he had prepared on his fingertips ignited with a burst as the warmth from friction. A small flickering flame appeared at Angel’s fingertip.

At the moment the small flame emerged, a strong fragrance wafted out.

This fragrance came extremely suddenly, like a flash flood sweeping through the entire space in an instant, the scent was invigorating, making those who smelled it feel more spirited.

Upon smelling this fragrance, Laplace’s eyes flashed in realization.

Jasmine was stunned for two seconds before speaking: "Did you create the fragrance?"

This time, before Angel could answer, Jasmine understood the answer.

Because, as Jasmine "observed" the fragrance, its textual information naturally surfaced in mid-air.

「Scent of the Demon Food Flower King Saliva: This is the scent from the Demon Food Flower King Saliva, with a faint fragrance. When smelled carefully, it is as refreshing as drinking from a winter stream, invigorating the spirit. If burned with flames, the aroma becomes more intense, as if being in a garden of forgetting where butterflies linger.」

Indeed, this time Angel used pen and paper for text creation, crafting the scent of the Demon Food Flower King Saliva!

After all, it’s text creation; there’s no restriction on what can be created. With so many tangible objects already present, Angel thought of creating something different from what "meets the eye."

After pondering briefly, Angel decided to create an "invisible fragrance."

And the scent most familiar to Angel was undoubtedly the Demon Food Flower King Saliva. After all, it used to be his aroma. Although it was eventually sold to Lianna, its scent was etched in Angel’s heart.

As he described the scent, he reminisced about the Demon Food Flower King Saliva’s aroma in his mind, ultimately succeeding in receiving feedback from the text creation.

The scent of the Demon Food Flower King Saliva was indeed created.

Smelling this familiar aroma, Angel was quite nostalgic, but within his nostalgia, there was also a slight hint of regret in his gaze.

"You seem a bit disappointed?" Laplace’s voice echoed in the Mind Ribbon, "Is it because there’s a discrepancy between the scent and your recognition? Don’t worry. It’s normal to have discrepancies when creating scents; describing scents through text is hard to perceive, and text-created scents will be corrected according to descriptive modification."

Angel shook his head, not speaking through the Mind Ribbon, but directly saying: "The scent is the same as in my memory, just slightly regretful that I originally included a description in the text."

「If burned with flames, the scent becomes more intense, with a calming and soul-soothing effect.」

"But practically, this effect didn’t manifest." Angel looked up at the floating textual information in the air: "What’s more, the text in the related information is missing this segment entirely."

This is also a place of regret for Angel.

The most important aspect of the Demon Food Flower King Saliva is not its scent, but its effect of pacifying and calming the soul. In fact, long-term inhalation can slowly heal soul injuries.

Back then, Angel’s soul was injured by the wall in Nightmare Abyss City, and it was thanks to Demon Food Flower King Saliva that he slowly recovered. Moreover, Angel’s current solid soul foundation is partly owed to the Demon Food Flower King Saliva.

Now, the scent in the air is familiar, but with only the scent and not the effect, Angel feels a sense of disparity.

Jasmine also heard Angel’s narration, and perhaps to swiftly move past the earlier awkwardness of "incorrect guesses," she took the initiative to explain, "Peaceful Soul is considered a transcendent effect. It’s impossible to write about transcendent effects using merely the paper and pen left here."

"Any text involving transcendent effects will be automatically corrected. Hence, the description you wrote lacked this segment."

Angel nodded in thanks.

He had thought of this initially, but he still wanted to try. In the end, the text creation succeeded, and he had hoped the effects would be realized too.

To his surprise, the Text Space is quite "intelligent," capable of self-diagnosis and correction upon discovering slight discrepancies in Angel’s textual description.

"Though it lacks transcendent effects, this scent is quite fragrant," Jasmine said, closing her eyes and taking a deep breath before looking at Angel. "I really like this scent; I hope you don’t mind if I replicate it?"

"Replicate?" Angel was taken aback, not understanding what it meant.

Jasmine pointed at the text in the air: "I plan to memorize it thoroughly so that if I get invited to ’Odysseus’ Secret Library’ next time, I can replicate it."

Odysseus’ Secret Library? What kind of place is that? Angel listened with a baffled expression.

Jasmine: "Since Aiya has already brought you into this space, I guess I can tell you about Odysseus’ Secret Library..."

As Jasmine gradually narrated, Angel began to understand what "Odysseus’ Secret Library" and "replicate" meant.

First, about "replicate," it involves memorizing the text described by Angel and the scent, to replicate it later in other Text Spaces.

"Odysseus’ Secret Library," unlike this "restaurant," is another Text Space.

This Text Space is located within the Hundred-Dragon Divine Kingdom’s library, with the entrance being an oil painting at the library’s main door.

Entering this painting leads to a hidden library, known as "Odysseus’ Secret Library."

The name itself indicates that the library is the Mystic Book Dragon’s private collection, filled with many books he gathered, and authored by himself.

Odysseus’ Secret Library is not open to the public; only a select few have been granted entry permission, Jasmine being one of them.

Jasmine often visits Odysseus’ Secret Library to read; previously, she would only bring hot tea to enhance the reading experience. Now, if she can replicate the scent of Demon Food Flower King Saliva there, not only would it improve the quality of reading, but also the reading environment, why not?

After hearing Jasmine’s exposition, Angel naturally nodded graciously: "Feel free to replicate, Your Excellence."

Anyway, replication here is only within the Text Space.

Outside the Text Space, you can’t replicate unless you obtain real Demon Food Flower King Saliva.

...

Scent, unlike tangible items like tableware, cannot exist indefinitely.

Before long, the scent began to fade, turning the once intense fragrance into a gentle aroma, likely to dissipate soon.

To avoid forgetting the scent, Jasmine started "replicating" on the spot, utilizing Angel’s text while reminiscing about the fragrance.

After a while, Jasmine’s text creation was complete.

The text information remained the same; however, the scent deviated slightly, probably corrected by the "intelligence."

Just like Laplace said: describing scent with text is very hard to perceive, leading to automatic correction of the text-created scent.

To fully replicate the scent of Demon Food Flower King Saliva as Angel did, that flavor must deeply resonate with Angel’s heart.

Jasmine only took in Demon Food Flower King Saliva’s scent for the first time today and managed to replicate seventy to eighty percent of it, which was already quite commendable.

Jasmine herself was quite satisfied.

Perhaps this "correction" inherently stemmed from Jasmine’s thoughts, aligning well with her personal preferences.

Though it differed somewhat from Demon Food Flower King Saliva’s scent, it was more suited to Jasmine’s personal taste.

Inhaling the pleasant aroma, Jasmine’s expression relaxed significantly.

If only there were a cup of hot tea at this moment, it would be even better.

Jasmine hesitated, wondering whether to use text creation to write a cup of hot tea?

Although drinking text-created hot tea has no tangible effect, the taste is indistinguishable from real hot tea, and she simply wanted to savor the flavor.

Thinking this, Jasmine prepared to pick up the pen to write.

Just then, familiar footsteps were heard coming from the nearby corridor.

Everyone’s gaze followed the sound source, seeing Housekeeper Fan emerge from the drapery.

Earlier, Housekeeper Fan left empty-handed, but now, he was carrying a glass box.

In the outside world, this scene wouldn’t be very special and wouldn’t capture much attention; but here, everyone wasn’t just seeing Housekeeper Fan return, but also... above his head, dense text like smoke and cloud.

The "small composition" is revealed through observation and manifests text information.

However, the text information above Housekeeper Fan’s head was excessive, almost overflowing.

Angel carefully examined it but couldn’t interpret the specific information as there was too much, even several characters clumped together in a single coordinate area, overlapping into a black mass, making it impossible to distinguish the words within.

The enormous and complex text information all emanated from the glass box in Housekeeper Fan’s hand.

Undoubtedly, the vast text information akin to smoke or sea, describes the contents of the glass box.

Considering Housekeeper Fan’s words before leaving, there’s little doubt that the contents of the glass box must be the so-called "text creature."

Everyone’s attention at this moment was fully captivated by the glass box.

What kind of "text creature"? Just to make a rough description, does it require such vast information?

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