Refusing to Help

"You still want to go to the book signing?"

Elvily thought this man was probably crazy. He'd killed a squad of people and dozens of Smell Crows, and instead of hiding, he wanted to show his face?

"He won't guess I'll go," Sean said.

Or rather, Quill wouldn't guess he'd dare to go.

"Get it straight, this isn't about whether he can guess or not," Elvily warned Sean with a serious tone. "Old Sigel City is right next to Holkodo, less than a hundred kilometers away. As soon as you show your face, they'll surround you and your book signing within two hours."

"I know you have your trump cards, but Quill isn't an idiot."

If she could guess that Sean was the one who wiped out the hunter team in the Black Berry Rainforest, then Quill could certainly guess it too.

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Going to the book signing is the same as going to the Black Berry Rainforest; both are "walking into a trap." Sean might be trying to pull the same trick again, but Quill has already suffered a loss once. This time, he'll definitely bring more people.

Twenty people couldn't do anything to you, but what about fifty? A hundred?

The Floris Family is the largest power in West Rackel State, no question. They don't lack money, so they don't lack people either.

"A hundred people..." Sean pondered, then asked the girl, "Can you handle them?"

"I can, but you can't... Wait." Elvily suddenly realized, "You're eyeing me?"

This guy had just invited her to the book signing, and he wanted her help to deal with Quill?

Sean looked innocent. "I didn't think that."

Elvily said with a hint of meaning, "You'd better not have."

After all, she wasn't that familiar with Sean yet, and she couldn't always clean up his messes for him.

Helping him came with risks.

Many Wizards who were calling each other brothers and sisters in the Void Arts Space wouldn't necessarily help when trouble actually arose, because they could get themselves caught up without paying attention. No one would risk their life for nothing.

"Is that so?" Sean tilted his head. "Then why did you save me last time?"

"Stop playing cute with me," Elvily snorted. "Wasn't I in a good mood that day?"

"Yes, yes," Sean chuckled. "So, are you in a bad mood today?"

Actually, it was okay... Although Elvily told Sean not to act cute, her mood improved slightly because of it. However, she still didn't agree. She didn't hide it from Sean and said directly, "I have something to do on the first of next month, so I won't be free for your book signing."

Sean naturally knew she had something to do; after all, he had heard the latter half of the Dawn Meeting. But he still pretended to be curious and asked, "What is it?"

Iris seemed to have a sudden illness and coughed, "Ahem!"

Sean: "..."

Elvily: "..."

That cough was quite unnecessary.

She knew what she could and couldn't say.

Elvily shot Iris a glare, then said to Sean, "Don't ask what you shouldn't."

Sean: "Oh."

Then he added, "Is it related to Floris Hospital?"

Elvily: "?"

Iris: "?"

As soon as Sean finished speaking, the eyes of both women suddenly became sharp. Although one was girlish and the other a mature woman, their expressions were surprisingly identical at this moment. They both turned into black widows, fiercer than the forest wolves they had encountered in the Black Berry Rainforest these past few days, which startled Sean a little.

"What are you doing?"

"What do you think?"

"Did I guess correctly?"

"I advise you to tell the truth."

Elvily narrowed her eyes, her beautiful deer-like eyes emitting a faint killing intent. "I don't want to resort to force, Sean."

Resort to force?

Sean thought to himself that the Void Arts Space was his territory, and it was uncertain who would resort to force against whom. He explained aggrievedly, "You said yourself that you just happened to save me from the hospital last time, so you must have been going there for business. You even disguised yourself as the Vice Dean, probably to investigate the situation? Isn't that easy to guess?"

It sounded plausible?

Elvily scrutinized Sean for a moment, as if observing whether he was lying. Her expression slowly softened.

Iris said with a half-smile, "Mr. Sean, sometimes, being too smart isn't a good thing for a man."

"Conina said the same thing," Sean said, his face not blushing and his heart not skipping a beat. "I'll just take it as you praising me."

Iris found the name unfamiliar. "Conina?"

Sean explained, "A female neighbor."

"Are you close?"

"We're okay."

Sean returned to their previous topic, saying, "In short, if I'm right, it's a good thing for you all."

As the young woman had said, Quill had suffered a loss this time, and he would definitely want to give Sean a big one next time.

His book signing was on the 1st, and Elvily and the others were planning to make a move on the hospital on the 1st as well. If Quill, unaware of the situation, wanted to kill Sean, he would most likely draw manpower from the hospital, and the police might also send people. This would increase the success rate of the plan to attack the hospital.

"Your chances of being killed will also be higher," Elvily said.

Sean smiled calmly, "Is it possible that I have more than one trump card?"

Elvily hadn't expected that her group would be part of the reason this man was taking such a risk—she knew it definitely wasn't the main factor influencing Sean's decision, but how long had they known each other? It was already quite surprising that Sean would even consider them.

She looked at Sean and reminded him again, "I really won't help you this time."

She truly couldn't make it to the book signing.

"It's fine, I'll save a copy for you, no charge." Sean then asked Iris, "Do you want one?"

"Sure," Iris said, half-jokingly, "but I hope you'll give it to me personally, rather than us receiving it at your funeral."

Sean smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll bother you often in the future."

"Bother you?" Iris glanced playfully at Elvily, "You mean bother her, right?"

Sean neither confirmed nor denied, cheerfully waving goodbye to the two women, "I'm off, see you next time."

He then logged off right there, not staying a second longer.

Iris was slightly taken aback, not expecting Sean to leave so abruptly. She chuckled in amusement, "This guy... he's actually quite interesting."

She turned to the young woman beside her and asked, "What do we do?"

"We don't help." Elvily didn't understand where Sean's confidence came from, but this time, she wouldn't help.

"I mean the operation," Iris clarified, "Should we change the time?"

The Vice Dean of Floris Hospital would be away for 3-5 days, so their attack time was relatively flexible; it didn't have to be the 1st.

Elvily was silent for a moment, then shook her head, "No need, the 1st it is."

"It seems you trust him a lot," Iris remarked.

"Isn't he trying to lure the enemy away for us? If he likes to show off so much..." Elvily looked at the spot where Sean had disappeared, crossing her arms and tilting her chin up slightly, "Then let me see just how capable he really is."

Wanting to be friends with her, just being handsome wasn't enough.

Iris chuckled, "He's just a Rank 1 Newborn Wizard, how much capability can he really have?"

"He can't beat Quill."

"I know."

Elvily said, "Then find someone to keep an eye on him, don't let him actually die."

Iris: "?"

Didn't you say you wouldn't help?