After eating chilled watermelon to beat the heat, everyone sat down for a brief chat. Then Katrina and Mrs. McDougal got up to attend to their own matters.
Recently, at Albert and Isabelle's suggestion, Mrs. McDougal had begun compiling her Family Therapy Manual to pass the time in the safe house. Katrina had been called over to help organize the materials and learn a few things along the way, in preparation for opening a beauty salon in the future.
It was never wrong to find something to do.
"Is this... really okay?"
After the two left, Isabelle turned to Albert.
"What?" Albert asked in confusion, clearly not having caught on.
"Is it really okay for you to tell them all that?" Isabelle knew Albert kept many secrets buried in his heart and rarely shared them with others. Even she only knew a small portion.
"Didn't you say it yourself? It was just to reassure them, to keep them in the safe house instead of running around everywhere." Albert's Legilimency was quite advanced, and he could roughly guess what Katrina and Mrs. McDougal were thinking. He could not help sighing softly, feeling that things had become a little complicated.
"It doesn't seem like something you'd do. It could easily affect the image they have of you." Isabelle studied Albert's face and said softly, "Maybe they think you've finally shown your true colors."
"My true colors?" Albert looked stunned.
"Yes, your true colors." Isabelle nodded.
"But... haven't I always been like this?" Albert muttered. "I've never deliberately pretended to be someone else."
"I actually feel like you're not lying."
Isabelle was somewhat surprised. She was a natural Legilimens; even if someone closed off their mind, she could still use her intuition to tell whether they were lying.
"Because I'm not lying at