So, he could only grit his teeth and reluctantly agree.
“Alright, I promise.
I’ll buy you a Persian cat in a few days.
Are you satisfied now?” Although his teeth were practically itching with frustration, he agreed in order to maintain his dignity as a father.
“Great!
Thank you, Dad.” Ternas happily gave Algie a hug.
Then, he quickly wriggled free from Algie’s arms and ran downstairs.
“I’m going to tell Grandma and Mom the good news!” As he spoke, Ternas grabbed Neville and ran downstairs with him.
Since Algie had already returned from outside, there was no doubt that his grandmother and mother had returned with him as well.
Now was the perfect opportunity to ask them for a few more benefits.
That was what mattered most.
Watching his lively son, Algie could only shake his head and laugh bitterly.
Sometimes, having a son who was too clever wasn’t necessarily a good thing!
As for the fact that he had also promised Neville that he could make one request, Algie didn’t ask him any further questions.
Neville had always played with Ternas since childhood and had very little initiative of his own.
Even if Algie asked him what he wanted, Neville probably wouldn’t know what to ask for.
It would be better for Algie to simply arrange something for him himself.
That would also allow him to keep his little treasury from becoming too strained.
Otherwise, this one round of rewards would have emptied it completely.
After Ternas dragged Neville downstairs, there was another round of chaos and commotion, but there was no need to go into every detail.
In short, after this awakening of his magic, several more interesting magical items had been added to Ternas’s collection.
Of course, they were all interesting magical items with little danger, specifically meant for the two children to play with.
After confirming Ternas’s magical talent, the entire Longbottom family no longer had anything to worry about.
As long as they had one child who possessed magical talent, at the very least, nothing unexpected would happen to the Longbottom family.
Even if Neville ultimately failed to awaken his wizarding talent, they would still have someone capable of inheriting the Longbottom family’s legacy.
What no one knew was that later that night, after Ternas fell asleep, he arrived in an extremely mysterious space.
It was an enormous space, surrounded by complete darkness without the slightest trace of light.
Along the boundaries of this space was a row of glowing objects, separating this place from the darkness outside.
At the very center of the space stood a gigantic altar.
Countless ancient and mysterious inscriptions were carved across its surface.
Looking at everything before him, Ternas was completely confused.
He had no idea where this place was, nor who had brought him here.
Everything was a mystery.
He couldn’t help shouting, “Hey, is anyone here?
Who brought me here?
Where are you?” However, no matter how loudly he called out, there was no response, nor did anything change.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Ternas could only explore the place himself.
After walking around for some time, he finally managed to explore the entire area.
This space was enormous, and along its boundaries, he also saw those mysterious glowing objects that separated it from the darkness outside.
When he became curious and tried to look beyond them, he was stopped by the endless darkness.
He couldn’t see anything at all.
The only thing visible was one color: darkness.
From the faint light emitted by those glowing objects, he also discovered that the place he was currently standing on seemed to resemble a small island.
The only difference was that ordinary islands were surrounded by the sea, while this island was suspended within this vast expanse of darkness.
Based on Ternas’s estimate, the island was only about the size of two football fields.
Apart from the altar, there was nothing else on the entire island.
Eventually, Ternas turned his attention toward the altar.
At present, it was the only thing on the island that might be able to answer his questions.
Although he still had some doubts about the altar, there was nothing else he could do now except go up to it.
Ternas quickly arrived at the edge of the altar.
It was more than three meters tall and roughly ten meters in diameter.
There was a staircase on each side of the altar, and every staircase had nine steps.
The material of the altar looked like jade, yet not quite like jade, and like stone, yet not quite like stone.
It was extremely strange.
Ternas instinctively reached out to touch the altar.
His hand slowly moved toward its surface.
The moment his hand came into contact with the altar, something unexpected happened.
A massive stream of information suddenly appeared in his mind.
Under the impact of this information, Ternas felt as though someone had lightly tapped his head with a hammer.
The sensation came quickly and disappeared just as quickly.
In the blink of an eye, Ternas had completely assimilated the information.
Through this brief introduction, Ternas gained a certain understanding of his current situation.
This place was an extremely mysterious space, and it could also be considered Ternas’s cheat ability.
The altar had no name, and its function was very simple.
It had only one purpose: sacrifice.
It could sacrifice anything Ternas possessed, whether it was a tangible material object or something intangible, such as emotions.
Through sacrifice, it could obtain rewards from other worlds.
The reward might be a book, a material, a blade of grass, a section of a tree branch, or a piece of stone.
In short, what he could obtain from it would depend entirely on his luck.
Of course, the better the thing he sacrificed, the greater the corresponding probability of obtaining something good.
This place could also receive certain rewards through each sacrifice, which could then be used to strengthen it, expand its spatial dimensions, and increase its stability.
In the future, if Ternas worked hard enough, it might even be possible to develop this place into a small world of its own.
Of course, at the current stage, Ternas was the only living creature that could exist here.
As for anything else, it could not be brought inside unless it was a living creature obtained through a sacrifice.
Looking at the altar, Ternas couldn’t help wanting to conduct his first sacrifice.
Setting aside what he might receive, the sheer thrill of it, which felt almost like drawing a lottery prize, was enough to make him excited.