Impassable Barrier Lifted

"Yes, I have a question. Was this article written by one of our people and submitted to Magic Times for publication?"

After Lia quickly finished reading the article, which condemned bodily construct modification throughout and equated it with indirect suicide, Anvis raised his question.

"Um... matters like this are usually handled by the publicity department. It is indeed possible that one of our people wrote it. But I can't be certain. I'll need to ask the person in charge before I can give you an accurate answer."

Lia placed the newspaper back on the table and nodded gently.

"Is there something wrong with this article?"

"To be honest, I'm somewhat concerned. The organization's current style of operation is a little too aggressive. Everyone knows that the Federation Parliament is behind the Construct Headbands."

Anvis shook his head, picked up the Elf Ancient Tree Black Tea from the table, added an ice-blue Spirit Focusing Crystal to it, and took a small sip.

"Compared to the Federation Parliament, which gathers the Federation's entire ruling class, we are ultimately just a Resistance Organization walking in the darkness. Such high-profile exposure will only bring danger upon us more quickly."

"But we are enemies of the noble class to begin with. No matter what we do, they will eventually regard us as enemies."

Lia blinked and looked at Anvis with some confusion.

"Perhaps. With this article published, Landon will probably suffer enemy attacks more frequently in the near future."

Smiling, Anvis set his teacup back onto the Bone China Tray and picked up the newspaper again beneath Lia's worried gaze.

"There's no need to worry. With his 'skills,' he shouldn't face any real danger in the end. Instead, it may help him find the organization's next objective more quickly.

"The Federation's situation is about to