At that moment, Fang Ran softly voiced what was on his mind. The languidly reclining Alluring Beauty before him showed a hint of surprise.
After a brief silence, she looked at him and gave a knowing little laugh.
"You want to ask why, despite being Ling's friend, I joined the Covenant that she completely despises, don't you?"
Having had his intention exposed, Fang Ran was both curious and confused as he nodded.
After everything that had happened in the Arctic, he was certain that she was Ling's closest, most trusted friend. Even though he had never specifically asked, he could imagine that they had met as early as the last century, when neither of them had been as powerful as they were now.
They must have gone through countless stories together to forge such an unbreakable bond.
That was why Fang Ran could not quite understand it.
As Ling's dearest friend, perhaps even almost family, why had Trinity joined the Covenant?
After all, despite having come from Nevernight Palace and becoming one of the Song of the Wanderers, Ling had always regarded the Covenant as something dangerous.
And Trinity had none of the arrogance one would expect from an A-rank. Not only had she kept quiet about him, she had even come all this way to warn him. By every measure, she seemed like a very good person.
How could she have joined a force like the Covenant?
"In your eyes, the Covenant must be a terrible place: dark, chaotic, filled with dangerous people plotting all sorts of unspeakable conspiracies and crises every day, right?"
"Isn't it?"
She casually spoke in a light tone and set down the ornament she had been idly playing with. Hearing Fang Ran's question,
"Perhaps it really is."
Trinity shrugged without denying it. From a