Was that really Miss "Fate"... an Extraordinary Item that altered her appearance? Hmm, was it both a pen name and her current name? In other words, Miss "Fate"'s real name was not that...
Audrey glanced at Alice, who had utterly failed at hiding her emotions, and smiled reservedly. "Just call me Audrey, Miss 'Fate.' How should I address you?"
Alice looked at Audrey warily and answered, "Briel."
After noticing that Alice had no intention of revealing her true name, Audrey felt a little disappointed. She decided to switch to a topic that would make Alice less guarded:
"All right, Briel, can you secretly tell me whether Andre in your book is really the legendary Great Sage? I promise I won't tell anyone else!"
"Ah..." Alice blinked her eyes and, sure enough, relaxed her guard slightly. "It kind of counts as a spoiler, but everyone can probably guess it already... Andre really is the legendary Great Sage."
"Wow," Audrey exclaimed. "Then, was that person who was sealed away really the Demon King?"
"Isn't that very obvious?" Alice asked in confusion.
Audrey shook her head and explained why she had her doubts:
"Based on the earlier plot, the Human Race's attitude toward the Demon Race was extremely hostile. Although a very small number of students had begun to question it, the overall attitude was still to kill them on sight. Even Mixed-Bloods, once discovered...
"But in the final scene, the Demon King and the Great Sage looked like they knew each other, and as though they were very close...
"Especially that final question from the Demon King. I remember he... uh, she?"
"He." Alice chose the appropriate pronoun for Audrey.
"I remember he seemed to have cried too," Audrey said. "'Andre, did you come to kill me?' The way he said that