Another Beautiful Secretary Recruited

"Anyway, if anyone asks, Imu did it."

Lin Nuo's voice echoed across the observation deck.

Brook remained silent, his hollow eye sockets shifting from Gunko to Lin Nuo.

After a long while, he slowly sheathed his rapier.

"Mr. Lin Nuo, what you mean is—"

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Lin Nuo walked between them, his gaze moving back and forth between Brook and Gunko.

"The truth should be something like this." He spoke slowly. "During one of the Reveries, Imu took a liking to Gunko."

"Then that old bastard used Black-Turn Domination to control Gunko, erased her memories, and turned her into his Vessel."

Brook frowned deeply.

"Imu... why would he do that?"

"Sigh, you don't need to ask that." Lin Nuo shook his head. "Do Celestial Dragons need a reason to kill?"

Brook fell silent.

That was right.

When had those people who called themselves "gods" ever needed a reason to do anything?

They took whatever they wanted, killed whoever they wanted, enslaved whoever they wanted. They never needed a reason.

"The important thing is that the two of you cleared up the misunderstanding." Lin Nuo patted Brook on the shoulder.

"As for everything else, we can talk about it later."

Brook looked at him in silence for a moment, then slowly pushed his rapier fully back into its sheath.

He turned to Gunko.

"Princess Gunko."

His voice calmed as he waited to hear the answer from the person before him.

"Tell me. Is that really how it happened?"

Gunko sat kneeling on the ground, her hands braced against the floor, her body still trembling slightly.

Her father's smile, her mother's embrace, the laughter throughout the palace.

Then came the twisted shadow, and the sensation