Four Split Personalities

"On the contrary, tomorrow I will require Teresa to lose the competition. She can fully express herself, but she must lose in a reasonable way."

Foster smiled slightly, leisurely crossed his legs: "Indeed, I don’t know how powerful the Blackfan Priest is, but I’ve never doubted Teresa’s ability in this area. Frankly... I simply can’t imagine how our [Witch] would lose."

Lian pondered for quite a while before squinting his eyes, staring at Foster: "That’s quite the mean move."

"Oh? What’s so mean about it?"

"To let Teresa face off directly with the Blackfan Priest; if Teresa indeed possesses the ability to easily defeat her opponent as you imagine, then the ’romance’ she felt before will shatter like a bubble, leading her to doubt and disappointment about her own feelings. In this premise, if someone ’deliberately’ guides it, their story might be nipped in the bud at the very beginning."

"Ah, is that so... I really am quite formidable."

"It’s not just that, even if the Blackfan Priest’s ability indeed lives up to the ’romance’ he brings to Teresa, demanding Teresa to lose the competition will still greatly reduce its impact. Even if it won’t deduct points, it won’t add much either. In other words, even if the Blackfan Priest is indeed stronger than Teresa and wins the competition based on his own ability, this strength will hardly have much impact on Teresa because she was supposed to lose anyway."

"Exactly, after all, people always like to find excuses for their failures. I believe even the [Witch] of the commanding department is no exception."

"When did you think of all this?"

"When everyone was chatting in the student council office just now."

"Impressive indeed..."

"You’re too kind, being able to see through my thoughts so quickly, you’re impressive too, Lian."

Foster gave Lian a gentle smile and said leisurely, "Based on your insight alone, even without me as an introducer, getting the position of Red Queen would be a breeze."

Lian rolled her eyes at Foster, somewhat displeased, and said, "Can I take that to mean that you’re flattering me just because you fear I might misunderstand your character?"

"No, I believe you’ve never misunderstood my character, though the flattery is genuine..."

Foster adjusted his glasses, produced a fan from somewhere with a ’swish’ and opened it, saying calmly, "But that’s just because my methods might make you uncomfortable."

"I trust you’ll give me an explanation."

Lian chuckled, then glanced at the four strong, mysterious words on Foster’s fan (Flying Dragon Face Ride), curiously asking, "What’s this?"

"A gift, sent to me by the boss when Lady Spider was replying to me. There were over twenty of them, each with different, often incomprehensible words."

Foster closed the fan with a ’snap’ and said lightly, "According to the boss, he thought fans matched my temperament, and I’d secured a valuable leader like you for the organization, it seemed only right to reward me somehow."

"He truly is a genuine weirdo, huh."

Lian tugged at the corner of her mouth, then shifted the topic back: "So, about the reason you mentioned earlier? If it’s not because of Blackfan Priest and Forget Language Saintess’ past relationship, then why are you stopping Little Teresa from being with him?"

"The reason is simple."

Foster exhaled gently, then fixed his gaze, presenting a question: "Do you recall the main topic of this exchange meeting?"

Lian nodded slightly: "It’s about those beings known as ’Otherworlders’, ’Aberrants’, or ’External Invaders’, right?"

"Precisely, just over half a year ago, countless beings from another dimension, possessing numerous extraordinary traits, appeared in our world. Although on the surface they are no different from us normal people, this is not their homeland, and those we interact with are actually a kind of projection."

Foster tapped his palm with the fan, his demeanor rarely becoming serious: "This isn’t the world where they live."

Lian looked at Foster in surprise, softly saying: "Isn’t the official meeting yet to start? Why do you know so much?"

"Two reasons. First, I noticed this occurrence a long time ago and conducted some informal investigations on these people through certain methods."

Foster’s glasses seemed to flash a reflection as he paused, then continued, "Apart from that, our boss, the founder of the [Clown Brand] organization, is a true Otherworlder."

"Huh!"

Lian exclaimed in astonishment, "Is that true?"

"Yes, he told me from the start, and now that you’ve officially become the Red Queen, you’re also qualified to know."

Foster nodded lightly, stating calmly, "Speaking of which... you should have guessed by now?"

"Hmm."

Considering Lian’s sharp intelligence, she promptly responded without hesitation: "The Blackfan Priest is an Otherworlder, right?"

Foster nodded slightly, speaking in a deep tone: "Exactly, and not just him, even the new Saintess of the Church of the Dawn, whom you met today, Morning Forgotten Language, is an Otherworlder too."

Lian widened her eyes in disbelief, calling out softly: "How can that be? Isn’t she the Goddess of Dawn’s..."

"There’s no rule that God’s Chosen of the Dawn can’t be an Otherworlder. Although I was admittedly surprised when I first learned about this, but that’s the reality, they are one hundred percent Otherworlders, and this conclusion is absolutely reliable."

Foster shrugged, sighing softly, "This is why I absolutely do not wish for Teresa to be with the Blackfan Priest because they are not from the same world at all. Yes, the gulf between Teresa and her current love interest is a chasm named ’world’."

Lian collapsed weakly in her chair, muttering, "It’s rare for Teresa to fall for someone like this, yet not only does he have a girlfriend, but he’s also an enigmatic ’Otherworlder’, what on earth is this situation..."

"I don’t think Otherworlders differ greatly from us. Although they are indeed enigmatic, from my personal observation, their thought patterns, moral codes, and intelligence levels are highly similar to ours. Even their views on life and values are common with ours. As the boss puts it, we can totally coexist."

Foster opened another fan inscribed with [Demacia], speaking softly: "The problem is... this coexistence doesn’t include marriage and having children. While we might become friends, confidants, or partners with Otherworlders, the option of being ’lovers’, it seems to me, can hardly lead to a good outcome."

Lian pouted, though she didn’t argue, her expression didn’t show agreement with Foster’s thoughts.

"Of course, this is just my personal opinion, and I don’t claim to be absolutely correct."

Foster seemingly understood Lian’s thoughts, smiled, and said: "Therefore, I won’t forcefully stop Teresa, nor will I directly tell her about Blackfan Priest being an Otherworlder, but this doesn’t mean I won’t do anything."

"Why?"

"Because I don’t want Teresa to be heartbroken."

"If she knew what you think, she would be heartbroken."

"Hehe~"

"Why are you laughing?"

"Do you really think Teresa’s little mind can’t guess my true intentions?"

"Ah..."

"I’ve said it before, she’s no longer a child, so don’t forever treat her as a little sister who can’t grow up. Teresa is smart, very, very smart."

"Yet she’s still willing to..."

"If it helps her understand her feelings better, why not?"

Chapter 1285: End

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