Inside the villa at 28 Kinster Street, Backlund.
Xio had just returned home from work. After changing into casual clothes, she entered the dining room, picked up an Intis Pie, looked at Fors across from her as she cut into her steak, and casually asked:
"I heard you've finished digesting your Scribe Potion?"
"Abner told you?" Fors nodded, looking somewhat haggard.
"You know what kind of life I've been living lately... I've had to Record high-level Beyonder Abilities almost every night, then go to different places during the day to experience and appreciate them. I only got to rest last night because there was a Tarot Club gathering today... Not to mention I'd started Acting in advance back when I was Sequence 7.
"I don't think it's that hard to accept that I digested the Scribe Potion so quickly.
"After all, it still can't compare to how efficiently you punished Criminals day and night back then..."
Xio recalled how, a few months ago, she had even refused to let herself off when it came to watching risqué films, all for the sake of Acting as a Disciplinary Paladin. She could not help but sigh.
She had not felt anything was wrong at the time, but looking back now, her mental state had probably been problematic.
Fortunately, Abner treated me on his birthday. Otherwise, if I'd advanced to Demigod in that state, I probably wouldn't have succeeded...
Thinking of that, Xio adopted the tone of someone speaking from experience and said with concern, "Don't immerse yourself too deeply in Acting, either. Mr. Sun once said that the City of Silver had another warning about the Acting Method: 'Remember, you are only acting.'"
"Of course I know... That's why I'm not as efficient as you... When it's time to slack off, I