So, the "her" Pelaya's reflection had mentioned had never been the real Pelaya—it was Galiusha!?
Once he figured that out, Cheng Shi's expression became incredibly vivid.
He had imagined countless methods Galiusha might use to assimilate Pelaya, but this was the one thing he had never expected.
You're telling me that Folly's sage, who seemed most likely to be sapiosexual, used love to... persuade a Truth scholar—the person who needed emotions the least—to betray her beliefs?
Sage, love, scholar... Could those three words even form a sentence?
Who was it that said, "Meaningless emotions are the greatest obstacle on the path to seeking Truth. They'll trip you up"?
Ha, so you tripped yourself up, did you!?
Cheng Shi laughed in exasperation, but at that moment, he became even more motivated.
Compared to researching how to clear the trial, gossip was the true driving force behind human effort!
His eyes lit up. He immediately found a suitable place to chat, then summoned Chen Yi. He knew that Chen Yi currently had control of a Pelaya. Whether that Pelaya was the original or merely a fragment, she definitely knew the details of this so-called "love." Cheng Shi could hardly wait to dig into the gossip.
When Chen Yi heard Cheng Shi call him out by name, he was wondering how the other man had discovered him. But in the next second, he heard Cheng Shi say:
"I know Pelaya is in your hands. I assume you already know about what happened between her and Galiusha, right?
"With your sensitivity to emotions, you must have noticed that something was wrong with her. Yes, that's exactly the story I want to hear—the story behind that wrongness. And I think it would make an excellent memory.
"Think about it. Folly and Truth abandoning reason and