(Heartfelt thanks to Yunqi Qinggu and Sui Feng Qi Wu for their tips!)
"Phew..."
Lying in the bathtub, soaking in the hot water, Wu Yan let out a soft breath. He stared at the bathroom ceiling, his thoughts stirring faintly...
Although Kotori had brought him before Woodman and the others for a meeting with the Round Table councilors, the outcome had largely aligned with what he wanted.
It had to be said that the Round Table councilors had good intentions.
At the very least, their principle of "communicating peacefully with Spirits to resolve the disasters they brought to the world and allow them to live happy lives" suited Wu Yan just fine.
But because of that, the Round Table councilors faced many restrictions. They could not be as unscrupulous as DEM when dealing with Spirits. Combined with Wu Yan's forceful stance, he had managed to secure the best possible result without exposing even a shred of useful information.
After all, Wu Yan could not directly tell the Round Table councilors that he was not from this world, but had come from another one—and that he could travel back and forth freely, while this world would enter a state of frozen time even after he left.
If he truly said that, whether the Round Table councilors believed him was one matter. If they did believe him, it would not make much difference to Wu Yan. He would not care if his identity was exposed, nor if others learned that there were many worlds beyond this one, filled with beings just as powerful as Spirits. But it would inevitably cause some trouble.
Spirits were already existences equivalent to natural disasters in this world!
Spirits alone had already given this world's higher-ups endless headaches. If they learned that beings even stronger than Spirits