The Good and Bad Iver

Hearing the Assassin Master's words, Alice found it somewhat unbelievable:

"...But that Iver... If I remember correctly, he's not even twenty yet! How could he possibly..."

"But he has now become a Cardinal Bishop. That's also a fact. Becoming a Cardinal Bishop is far more difficult than defeating a succubus."

"But aren't Cardinal Bishops supposed to be good people... If he were someone who abused his charming abilities, wouldn't the Theocracy refuse to accept him..."

Alice muttered.

She suddenly thought of something. "Oh, right! Isabel—if he's a 'succubus,' does that mean Queen Isabel was also controlled by him?"

"Why not?"

The Assassin Master asked in return, "Use your brain more, Alice. Have some imagination, and don't let the phantom of common sense confuse you... Queen Isabel doesn't possess the willpower granted by the Path of Authority. She has no resistance to charm. The fact that Emma was able to charm her proves it.

"If she could be charmed by Emma, then why couldn't Iver, who defeated Emma, charm her for a long time?"

"...Are you saying that Iver, who isn't even twenty, mastered Advanced Divine Arts, charmed Avalon's queen, counter-charmed and defeated Stibnite's Emma, and then became a Cardinal Bishop of the Theocracy? That's too unbelievable, Mrs. Honey Badger."

Alice shook her head repeatedly.

But the woman known as Honey Badger merely stopped in her tracks. The silent man carrying the camera also stopped at the same time.

She calmly turned around and looked at Alice together with the cameraman.

"—You're covering for him. Why?"

"...What?"

Alice froze for a moment.

Honey Badger spoke expressionlessly, reaching out and placing a hand against Alice's slender neck. "You keep saying good things about him. Do you have feelings for him?"

"I..."

Alice's pupils trembled.

She looked at Honey Badger in terror, her