Lamp Trial ?× Holy Grail War!√
"Tch~ It really is you!"
Following Prince Noens into the dining hall, Isaac spotted a familiar face at once—the Mad Sorcerer Association's Witch Merlin.
Merlin's true identity had not actually been hard to guess. The original author of the Deity Research Manual had merely been a fairly ordinary sorcerer; the Manuscript of such a minor figure was unlikely to be scattered all over the world.
Thus, Isaac and Witch Merlin, who respectively possessed the upper and lower halves of the Manuscript, could not have been far apart in reality. They might even have been within the same Empire.
And from the information he knew, the Empire had only two legal mad sorcerers: himself and the Grand Princess. It was not difficult to deduce.
The reverse was true as well. Isaac's identity was not hard to guess either, especially since his codename in the Mad Sorcerer Association was his own surname.
"Hm? You know each other?" Prince Noens looked at the Grand Princess, then at Isaac, somewhat surprised.
"Yes, we met a couple of times in the Mad Sorcerer Association, but this is the first time we've met face-to-face in reality." The Grand Princess rose to her feet and gave Isaac a thorough once-over. Then, a bright smile curled her lips as she extended a fair, delicate hand. "Nice to meet you. Let me introduce myself—Philo Merlin Terra. You can call me Philo."
Isaac raised a brow, reached out to shake her hand, and replied, "Isaac Solomon."
"Wait, wait, wait! Isaac, you... you're a mad sorcerer too?" Prince Noens asked in disbelief.
"Yes. I got lucky and succeeded a few times."
"A few times..." Prince Noens's mouth twitched slightly. Looking from Isaac to Philo, the shadow in his heart deepened. What sin had the Empire