Liriel felt that she completely "understood" Decayer's plan.
What she had to do now was cooperate with Decayer and put on this grand show of "tearing each other apart."
At that thought, Liriel's gaze instantly sharpened.
On the other side, Decayer was also thinking. Nomephins actually did not reject this topic at all. Why was that?
As a scholar focused on research, it truly could not make sense of the underlying reasons for the moment.
It simply set the matter aside for now and answered Liriel's question first.
After thinking for a moment, it replied, "Knowledge Venerable has never deceived me, but that applies only to me. As for whether He would deceive you, I cannot give you an answer..."
Before Decayer had even finished speaking, Liriel's sharp voice fired back.
"You don't know anything, yet you still question it?"
Decayer froze.
This was not right, was it? She had already asked a fourth question. Weren't they supposed to ask each other three questions?
Decayer glanced sideways at Nomephins and found it still watching them with great relish, showing no intention of stopping them whatsoever.
Decayer looked back at Liriel and found her putting on an expression of barely restrained anger.
Though it had yet to understand what was going on, since Liriel continued asking and Nomephins said nothing, it answered:
"I do not need to know the answer before I dare question it. Your trust in Knowledge Venerable was built upon your obsession with 'His ability to help save your student.' But could that obsession lead you into a trap?"
Liriel's expression darkened, and her tone became even sharper. She even pressed half a step forward. "A trap? Why would you say that Cruel Scholar's advice to me was a trap? As His follower, you are overstepping your bounds!"