"Mabel, what do you know about illusions?" Stroph knew a little what exactly the phenomenon was, but it wouldn't hurt to ask a "walking encyclopedia" like Mabel for more information.
The girl had already gotten used to Stroph constantly asking her about something, so without any questions she answered, "Illusions can only be created by Phantoms, moreover, it is an incredibly complex and refined technique that requires exceptional talent and years of training, as well as a variety of expensive resources."
Mabel kept telling and telling, Stroph just marked the illusion for himself as something very important and complicated and stop listening, leaving Mabel to have a conversation with herself.
"Mabel, by the way, I've wanted to ask you for a long time, where are your weapons? Do you really fight with your bare hands?" Stroph was surprised by the fact that in all that time he had never once seen Mabel use any weapon.
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