"Key."
The word reminded Yelis of his first meeting with this lady three years ago. Back then, she had said she foresaw that she would find the key to deciphering a "riddle" by his side.
Through their intermittent contact over those three years, Yelis had learned that the "riddle" she wanted to decipher lay in Emperor Roselle's Diary. In other words, the "key" was someone capable of deciphering the mysterious symbols the emperor had created.
Yelis had no doubts whatsoever about this lady's "foresight." At their first meeting, she had "foreseen" that his father would die of illness a year later.
Some of the "advice" she had subsequently given Yelis had also amply demonstrated the accuracy of her "foresight." Thanks to her advice, his assets had nearly doubled in just two years.
It was a height his father had never reached while alive. Consequently, he felt absolute loyalty toward this mysterious, noble lady.
"Madam, I've never seen him before. But I do know this young lady."
Yelis pointed at Elana's image, outlined in flames. In the scene, Elana was watching Sifa. The viscount said with certainty, "Judging by their expressions, they know each other. I can ask this young lady about him."
"No."
The masked woman gently shook her head. "Post a commission within your circle. Anyone who can decipher the contents of Emperor Roselle's Notes will receive a Book of Fate from you."
"Say that it is a mysterious book concerning fate, written by the emperor's daughter. Later, I will give you a genuine page of the Emperor's Notes. Have someone copy it and distribute the copies to the participants."
Yelis immediately understood her intent and nodded. "That would indeed be a gentler approach."
On Monday morning, Sifa was sitting on the toilet reading a newspaper when his spiritual