Those who treated others with sincerity should receive sincerity in return, but sincerity came in varying degrees.
Take Professor Fu, for example. He had far too many secrets. If he laid them all bare, Lady Selena might not be able to handle it.
In the end, as a reward for her progress, Fu Qian chose to share his love-hate relationship with the Club.
And it was clear that even this much information was already worth a great deal of digesting for Selena.
"I used to think... the Academy of Revelation was no different from them."
From the way she spoke again after only a brief silence, it seemed she had already understood Fu Qian's motives.
At the same time, her account carried a faint hint of prejudice against the academies.
The Academy of Revelation in particular had clearly never enjoyed a very good reputation.
"We're a lot more conspicuous than the Night Watchers."
Fu Qian shook his head and immediately defended his organization.
"True. The Archipelago might well have wanted to gather all the trash in one place."
Selena's assessment remained blunt.
Her attitude was understandable, really. The bloodline of the noble was practically synonymous with the vampire race.
The Rebirth Club's philosophy—that the extraordinary could transcend the limits of bloodline—was more blasphemous to them than to anyone else.
"But you still couldn't accept it, so you chose to eliminate the trash outright... As for the Night Watchers, that kind of behavior is neither here nor there. Even if they knew, they wouldn't be interested in making things difficult for you."
As expected, Selena had charitably interpreted Professor Fu's motives and laid them out plainly.
In her mind, perhaps he acted recklessly, but as an intellectual, Professor Fu clearly had a certain degree of moral fastidiousness.
Even though the Archipelago