Hill had long since forgotten the time Rose went to Stell Castle to stir up trouble.
So when "Xue Yunfeng" hesitantly asked him how to get a little truth out of Rose, he froze and blurted out, "Ah... that weapon wasn't hidden in Stell Castle all this time, was it?"
Then he couldn't help glancing toward the heavens. "Oaisis went looking for it, hmm... he wouldn't end up going straight to Rose, would he?"
"Maybe she didn't find it either," "Xue Yunfeng" said calmly. "I think if she'd found it, she wouldn't have suddenly approached Linde.
Taking the dagger back without a sound and waiting to dazzle everyone the next time she appeared—that's what Lady Rose would do."
Hill blinked. Was "Xue Yunfeng" already preparing to deal with Rose?
He had never been so polite when talking about Rose before.
It was rather like how he showed more respect for useful things like lily and windmill jasmine than he did for Hill.
Hill lowered his head and thought for a while. "I think you should wait for the results of Oaisis's investigation first.
If you approach Rose without any leverage, you could easily fall straight from the Nine Hells into the Bottomless Abyss.
If something is neither useful nor beneficial to her, all she'll offer you is endless malice."
"Xue Yunfeng" tilted his head. "What if that weapon is useful to us too?"
Hill couldn't help laughing. "Do you think Rose needs the weapon itself? What she wants is to know where it came from and who it once belonged to.
Ideally, she'd find out where that being is now."
"Xue Yunfeng" covered his mouth and glanced furtively around before asking with great caution, "Hill~ Do you think this thing might have something to do with the sky?"
Hill instantly