Edna was deeply disappointed. She pouted unhappily, her usually lively black eyes brimming with hurt.
Yet even with her putting on such an exaggerated display, Aglaia City's administrator remained utterly unmoved.
Lynn refused her flatly, without even considering going back to ask Hill.
His face, normally so composed that he could trade veiled barbs with Edna without losing his solemn expression, actually scrunched up at her roundabout question!
Edna sighed. To prevent her from bringing up that question again, Lynn even abandoned the idea of giving her a proper tour of the castle. He simply handed her a bill and watched her sign and stamp it... Since Lynn knew who she was, Edna obediently used her Magic Weave seal... Then he took her straight to the control center and fled as soon as the handover was complete.
Fortunately, Hill was an Alchemy Grandmaster who loved using Wisdom Cores to handle things.
Watching the illusory figure emerge from the control center, Edna hesitated for a few seconds before decisively setting the Tower Spirit's appearance to a blend of Old School Striking King and her husband. Naturally, she made her a beautiful, adorable little girl.
She probably would never have the chance to witness the birth of the little sister she had been waiting for so long, but she could make herself one!
As long as she kept quiet, other people might not notice, right?
After all, she was only extrapolating from a virtual appearance.
Edna tilted her head in thought, then grinned as she named the chief steward of this potentially eternal temple of hers... Annabella.
She actually hoped Sanda King's future child would take after Sanda King, but if she said that aloud, even Old School Striking King, who had always been so tolerant of her, would probably slap her