Little Herta now regarded Pearl, this Intelligent Machine, with the same mix of fear that she might suffer and fear that she might end up driving a Land Rover.
What if this Intelligent Machine really got an official Friends Circle terminal... With that mind of hers that left nothing uncalculated and that highly deceptive dignified appearance, what if she got there first and beat her to thoroughly "driving" Chen Li's luxury sports car?!
"You..." Chen Li keenly caught Little Herta's possessive little thoughts and, somewhat irritably, rubbed her head again.
Chen Li did not mind inviting Pearl into Friends Circle right now. The problem was that Pearl did not really want to admit yet that Chen Li was the Miraculous Forger, nor did she want others to think so either... Feiying, for example.
So Chen Li chose to respect Pearl's decision.
"Ahem... Stop messing around! Let's talk business! What should we do about Jade? Do you need me to give her a heads-up? Have her use Jade's Pawnshop, that Artifact, to help those two out." To cover up her embarrassment, Little Herta hurriedly forced a change of subject.
"I already said it: Artifact Wielders cannot use Artifacts to interfere with the Holy Grail War." Chen Li decisively rejected the suggestion.
"Oh, please. Didn't your pink-haired fox just openly use that whatever-[Cuteness Halo] Artifact you made in front of all those Origami University students and teachers? Doesn't that count as interference?" Little Herta rolled her eyes at Chen Li without mercy and grumbled irritably.
"That's right, she used it. But did you forget? Because of the restrictions of the Ruler class, Feiying can't summon Servants at all!" Chen Li retorted with perfect confidence.
"What I specifically stipulated was that Artifact Wielders cannot use Artifacts to gain a greater advantage for themselves