Lia Goethe seemed to have noticed his gaze and said gently, "Knowing when to retreat in the face of danger, thinking things through carefully—those are signs of prudence. Of course, that is only my personal opinion. If you insist on making contact, you must be even more cautious."
After saying that, she winked at Dark, her orange-red eyes, the same color as her hair, gleaming with a hint of mischief.
Then she walked off to one side and began browsing through other books.
Dark loosened his fingers around Blood Sacrifice slightly and took a quiet breath.
Although he intuitively felt that Lia Goethe was connected to Ophelia Blood, the other party had not actually shown any signs of being related to the Blood Princess.
Moreover, the reason he had originally believed that the Blood Princess might be in the Academy was Robert's divination.
Now, however, it had been confirmed that Robert's divination had been caused by Vlad's presence, overturning the previous assumption.
There was no longer any basis for the deduction that the Blood Princess was in the Academy.
Besides, whether that intuition was accurate or not, it was not appropriate to investigate it too directly.
Dark was not arrogant enough to think he could contend with a wartime hero.
He lowered his head to look at Blood Sacrifice, pursed his lips, then glanced in Lia Goethe's direction, wondering whether he should continue observing or follow her.
But in the brief instant between lowering and raising his head, the gentle lady standing before the bookshelf and flipping through books had vanished without warning!
Dark's eyes flashed. He immediately took several steps forward, then hurried out and looked around, only to discover that Lia Goethe was truly gone.
"Who exactly is she?"
Dark could not help but stop.
His expression changed