Divine Lamp Grand Trial? ×Holy Grail Battle!√
"Tut, so it really was you!"
Following Noence Prince into the dining hall, Isaac immediately spotted an acquaintance—the Mad Wizard Society's Witch Meilin.
Meilin's true identity had not been difficult to guess. The original author of the God Research Handbook had merely been a fairly ordinary wizard, and manuscripts from such a minor figure were unlikely to be scattered all over the world.
Therefore, Isaac and Witch Meilin, who respectively possessed the upper and lower halves of the manuscript, could not have been far apart in reality. They were even quite possibly within the same empire.
Based on what he knew, the empire's only legal Mad Witches were himself and the Grand Princess, so it had not been hard to figure out.
The reverse was true as well. Isaac's identity had not been hard to guess, and his codename in the Mad Wizard Society was his own surname.
"Hm? You know each other?" Noence Prince asked in surprise, looking at the Grand Princess before turning to Isaac.
"Yes, we met twice in the Mad Wizard Society, but this is our first face-to-face meeting in reality." The Grand Princess rose to her feet and sized Isaac up. Then, with a radiant smile curling her lips, she extended a fair, delicate hand. "Nice to meet you. Let me introduce myself: Filo Meilin Terra. You can call me Filo."
Isaac raised a brow, reached out to shake her hand, and replied, "Isaac Solomon."
"Wait, wait, wait! Isaac, you... you're a Mad Witch too?" Noence Prince asked incredulously.
"Yes. I succeeded by luck a few times."
"A few times..." The corners of Noll's mouth twitched. He looked at Isaac, then at Filo, and the gloom in his heart deepened. *What sin had the empire committed to produce