Miss Flame Crow's Principles

The people who attacked Floris Hospital that night almost all came from Aurora Town.

Everyone in the town was a Wizard, including the shepherds, the old artist who painted, and the young boy who delivered newspapers.

This could be said to be the largest gathering of Wizards in all of Westrakel State, with tens of thousands of Wizards residing there long-term.

Listening to Elvily's introduction, Sean was stunned. He hadn't expected the young girl to bring him directly to their base camp. He joked, "You trust me that much?"

If there was a traitor, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Elvily looked at Sean. "What, you don't want me to trust you?"

"That's not it," Sean smiled. "Honestly, I'm quite happy."

Being trusted felt good.

Seeing him smile, Elvily also curved her lips, but quickly suppressed it and said, "Don't betray my trust, or you'll die a very ugly death."

This was actually just a formality. By bringing Sean in, he was, in a sense, her person now. As the one who led him, she had to give him a symbolic warning.

After the incident at Floris Hospital, Elvily had completely accepted Sean as one of her own. She had always felt a trace of guilt for suspecting Sean before, so bringing him here this time also had an element of making amends.

She wouldn't say these things explicitly, nor did she need to. Although the feeling was a bit strange, deep down, she seemed to not want Sean to think of her as a woman with too many hidden thoughts...

"I remember Iris just said you brought over the patients from Floris Hospital too?" Sean asked.

"Mhm," Elvily nodded.

Sean, seemingly jealous, reminded her, "Don't tell me I'm not special, that you trust everyone like this."

Elvily rolled her eyes. "Do I look like that naive a person?"

Aurora Town wasn't a place anyone could just come to.

For some dishonest individuals, this town wasn't their hometown, but hell.

In this era of scarce resources, Wizards of Tier Five and above were very rare, and there weren't many in all of West拉克尔 State. But in this town, including herself, there were a full ten.

One of them was known as the "Lie Breaker," who resided permanently in the town's church.

He was a priest, skilled in mind magic, and adept at making people honest.

Every newcomer to the town was personally questioned by him, and they also had to visit him regularly for heart-to-heart talks. No one could lie under his mind magic.

Wizards in the town often came and went. In the past, Witch Hunters had tried to infiltrate, but the result was always the same—they were bound and burned at the stake in the Witch Hunters' own way.

They never showed mercy to their enemies.

"I see..."

Sean knew about mind magic. It was a clean spell, more reliable than any so-called lie detector, and could accurately determine if a target harbored ill intentions.

"So, was I tested too?" he asked.

Elvily: "Of course."

Actually, he hadn't been.

But she was going to say he had.

She couldn't let Sean think he was too special to her.

Sean smiled and didn't dwell on the topic. He went into town with the girl and strolled along the streets.

Compared to modern cities like Holkodo and Old Sigel City, the town felt slow. The architectural style was quite retro, similar to the medieval art style in the Void Arts Space. There were very few cars on the road; it was mostly horse-drawn carriages, carrying not people, but all sorts of goods.

Time here seemed to have regressed by decades, exuding a sense of nostalgic sentiment everywhere.

Perhaps because Elvily was quite famous in the town, people they met on the road greeted them politely and friendly. This made Sean feel like a leader, walking among the people with another, even more important leader, inspecting the situation.

At an intersection, Sean, on impulse, asked the girl, "Can I borrow your phone for a moment?"

Elvily instinctively became wary. "What do you want to do?"

"Call yourself, so I can get your number?"

Sean: "..."

"You seem to know a lot."

"Did I guess right?"

Elvily turned her head away. "No borrowing."

She wasn't going to give Sean a chance to trick her.

If he wanted her number, couldn't he just ask directly?

But Sean wasn't actually after that.

"I wanted to call Kate," he said.

The young girl and Iris hadn't touched his phone when they tidied him up. He'd glanced at it when he got out of bed and saw it was out of battery, so he'd left it charging in the ward and hadn't brought it out.

"Kate?"

Elvily remembered Isha had mentioned to her before that Kate had helped Sean with the autograph session.

Sean had also called Kate to help that night when they supported Floris Hospital.

Sean explained, "I want Kate to pick me up."

"You're leaving?" Elvily asked, confused. "Don't you like it here?"

"That's not it, it's quite nice here." Sean looked at the simple, honest neighborhood, stealing glances at the girl from the corner of his eye, and sighed softly. "It's nice, but I can't stay here forever. Cultivation and living both cost money. Didn't you tell me to figure it out myself? I don't know many people, only Kate can help me. I have no choice but to shamelessly go find him."

"Are you two close?" Elvily had wanted to ask that question then and there.

"We're okay," Sean said. "He seems quite wealthy, so he probably won't mind taking in another worker."

Elvily: "?"

What did he mean?

Did this guy really plan to follow Kate around?

"No!" Elvily refused decisively. "He might not mind, but I do."

Sean: "?"

"What do you mind?"

"You're my person, yet you're going to follow Kate? Where would my face be if word got out?" Elvily said.

Sean seemed not to have heard clearly and asked in confusion, "What did you just say?"

"Whose person am I?"

Elvily: "..."

She suddenly realized.

Borrowing her phone to make a call wasn't the real ploy; this was.

Looking at Sean's seemingly sincere eyes earnestly asking the question, Elvily's gaze flickered. "Don't twist my words."

Sean looked very innocent. "I'm just asking, how am I twisting your words?"

Elvily: "You're not even allowed to ask!"

"Alright, alright, I won't ask, I won't ask," Sean said helplessly. "Then I won't go find Kate, is that okay?"

Elvily wanted to say that she wasn't stopping Sean from contacting Kate, just that she didn't want him to become Kate's subordinate. But before she could speak, she saw Sean immediately put on a worried expression, muttering, "Then where will my money come from? Sigh, life is hard..."

Elvily: "..."

Why did she feel like this guy was being manipulative?

But strangely, although she really disliked manipulative behavior, when Sean's manipulation was directed at her, she didn't feel repulsed. Instead, even though she knew he was faking it, she couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted.

Fortunately, she was a person of principle. No matter how soft-hearted she felt, she wouldn't support a man. What kind of situation would that be?

"Go find Iris. She has money."

At this moment, Iris had no idea she had been brought up again by her good sister.

However, even if she knew, she probably wouldn't have the energy to complain right now.

Because after receiving a call, she rushed to the church, only to be told that something big had happened.

The Hall of Truth in the Void Arts Space had apparently been robbed.