Pali was undoubtedly the person Lu Cang had had the most complicated feelings about since arriving in this world.
He couldn't call her an enemy.
He couldn't call her a friend, either.
He needed her, but he also genuinely didn't want to see her. He disliked her, too, at least a little...
And yet, whenever he faced a difficult decision, he found himself thinking of Pali.
She had helped him solve plenty of problems, but she'd also swindled him out of a lot of money. The money was secondary, really. Lu Cang simply didn't like being made a fool of.
"I don't know."
"Big Sister Pali is very popular to begin with. It's only natural that so many people want to see you."
Since Pali hadn't said it outright, Lu Cang had no intention of telling her what he'd done in Rijia.
After all, Pali was supposed to be "neutral."
Who knew what she'd divined—or whether she'd sell information to Rijia?
"Heh..."
Pali gave a faint, cold laugh.
When Lu Cang saw that she had no intention of continuing the conversation and had lowered her head to read, he turned to leave.
An oracle, huh? It was probably better to avoid getting involved with her.
But when he turned around,
he saw Yuna behind him.
He'd been so tense, with all his attention focused on Pali, that he hadn't noticed Yuna...
"Lu Cang, who is she?"
Holding a book, Yuna looked toward Pali, who sat by the window, quietly reading.
"She's..."
Lu Cang wanted to call her an evil oracle, but stopped himself.
Instead, he said, "She's an erudite older sister I knew before."
"She helped me a lot."
He shouldn't badmouth someone right in front of them.
Yuna looked at Pali, but Pali's gaze hadn't left her book. She