The Most Arbitrary Wizard

Elise: "Then that’s none of your business."

’As long as I don’t admit it, who’s to know if I’m joking or being serious?’

’It’s a strategy that allows me to advance or retreat as needed.’

’It’s written in the *Court Maid Manual*.’

"You never learn anything good," Eleanor said, never holding back when it came to roasting her sister. "I have no idea when you became so lewd."

She hadn’t even used a word like "immodest."

Real sisters should be blunt with each other, and Eleanor felt that Elise was getting a little too lewd.

When she was bathing Sean, her eyes had been restless, sneaking glances all over the place without the slightest bit of shame.

Elise shot back, shamelessly self-assured, "What do you know? It’s the instinctual human search for and pursuit of beauty."

"Besides, I’m a girl. If a girl isn’t going to be boy-crazy, what am I supposed to be?"

"How are you?"

Eleanor: "..."

"I’m fine, thanks. And you?"

Elise: "..."

「Meanwhile.」

Sean called Elvire and asked for her room number.

Just a moment ago, he’d wanted to keep the party going, but the instant he reached Elvire’s door, he straightened up. His tone became much more deferential as he knocked lightly. "Miss Flame Crow, may I come in?"

Elvire’s voice came from inside with a light huff. "No."

Sean: "..."

’She said no, but I’m going in anyway.’

He used the Wall-penetrating Technique to pass straight into the room.

And ran smack into Elise.

"Oof! Mr. Writer, what are you doing—"

Elise clutched her nose. She had been on her way to open the door for Sean and had been caught completely off guard. The impact brought tears to her eyes.

"Sorry, sorry," Sean said, quickly grabbing a tissue for Elise. "I didn’t realize you were in here."

Elise complained, "You can’t just come in like that, even if I wasn’t here! What if you’d run into Miss Flame Crow?"

Sean replied, "Wouldn’t that have been perfect?"

Elvire, who was lying on the bed flipping through a magazine: "?"

Elise: "..."

’This guy... he’s not even pretending anymore?’

Sean actually wanted to keep up the pretense.

He quite enjoyed the push and pull with Elvire, but the current situation didn’t allow for it.

He still hadn’t clearly explained the situation with the Eleanor Sisters to her. If he tried to tease her now, Elvire might do something drastic, like calling her older sister Daeli for backup.

If Olivia could learn the Fallen Nether Technique, then Daeli naturally could as well.

This was one of the reasons he had told the Eleanor Sisters not to provoke Elvire.

Otherwise, they’d all be doomed.

Elise rubbed her nose and said, "I’ll let you two talk. I’m going to get some rest."

But Elvire said, "Stay. Don’t go."

After stopping Elise, she turned to Sean. She looked him straight in the eye and said meaningfully, "You’re here to talk about those twins, aren’t you? Since you claim to have a perfectly respectable master-and-servant relationship with them, there’s nothing to hide. Everyone can listen in; no one needs to leave."

Hearing this, Elise couldn’t help but glance at Sean.

If Sean gave any sign that it was a bad idea, she could slip away. Elvire was just speaking out of anger; she wouldn’t really hold it against her.

But Sean looked perfectly guilt-free. "That’s right. No need for anyone to leave."

Elise: "..."

’Huh?’

’Could it be that the three of them are really just innocent? That their relationship is completely pure?’

Sean sat on the edge of the bed and tried to take Elvire’s hand. She deftly pulled it away, glaring at him. "Keep your hands to yourself and start explaining!"

"Alright, alright, don’t be angry," Sean coaxed. "It’s not as complicated as you think."

"Back in the New World, we split up to cover more ground, remember?"

"To find more clues about the Holy Sanctuary, I went to Lord Blake’s former residence. And guess what?"

"There’s a whole city hidden beneath it—Blake City."

"A lot of the descendants of our Holy Sanctuary live there."

Elvire wasn’t the least bit surprised. "You already told me this," she said, her face expressionless. "Get to the point."

Sean blinked. "Oh, right, I did. Look at me, my memory is so bad..."

"Anyway, that’s not important."

"The point is, that’s where I met Eleanor."

"She and I had accepted the same mission: to assassinate the Saintess."

"Later, we were both captured by the Saintess, which is when we ran into her younger sister, Elise."

Sean went into more detail this time.

There wasn’t much to hide, anyway. He truly didn’t have any kind of strange relationship with the Eleanor Sisters; they were just ordinary friends. In fact, before he met Olivia, he had believed the "New World" was fictional and hadn’t even treated the Eleanor Sisters as real friends. He’d thought everyone but himself was just an NPC...

Elvire was skeptical. "That’s it? That simple?"

Sean raised a hand. "I swear, every word is true. If I’m lying, may I be struck by lightning."

The next second...

CRACK!

A blinding bolt of lightning crashed just outside the window, making Sean jump.

He then caught the faint scent of Magic Power in the air and realized it was Elise, who had been secretly chanting a spell. Annoyed, he said, "Trying to make things even more chaotic, are you?"

Elise suppressed a laugh. "Just trying to liven up the mood."

Sean rolled his eyes. "Oh, well, thank you so much for that."

Elvire asked again, "Then what about the Saintess?"

"What’s going on between you and the Saintess?"

’She’d never liked any Church Saintess—they were just vixens hiding under a holy veneer. Compared to the Eleanor Sisters, she was far more concerned about what Sean had discussed with the Saintess. If Sean dared to utter a single word of praise for the woman, she would kick him right off the bed.’

Hearing her question, Sean knew it was time to use Lord Blake as a shield.

"Speaking of the Saintess... I have a secret to tell you," Sean said, his expression turning serious.

Elvire was skeptical. "Go on."

"This generation’s Saintess and the First Saintess are the same person," Sean said.

"Or to be precise, they have the same soul."

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