Suddenly, the red-haired girl stopped teasing the baboons, lifted her chin slightly, and called out:
"Your Excellency, since you're here, please show yourself... Spying on a girl while she bathes isn't something a gentleman should do."
Abner's heart stirred at her words, but he didn't dispel the three layers of invisibility around him. Instead, he looked away, held his breath for the moment, and did his best to make his presence less noticeable.
Last time, she couldn't pinpoint me even when we were practically face-to-face. I'm at least twenty meters from the pool now, and she isn't carrying any obvious Mystical Items. She shouldn't be able to detect me...
As the seconds passed, the girl relaxed her guard and went back to teasing the baboons.
Abner didn't make a rash move, though. He continued watching her every action...
About five minutes later, the red-haired girl raised her head again and repeated what she had said before, even using exactly the same tone...
So she's bluffing? Trying to trick a potential spy into showing himself? That's terribly inefficient!
And what's she after? Even if I couldn't help showing myself, she wouldn't be able to deal with me...
Wait! Maybe it's a trap within a trap. She might be trying to make me think she's bluffing...
Is someone really lying in ambush nearby? And I just haven't found them?
Anyone capable of that would probably be a Demigod at least!
With that thought, Abner activated the Pure White Eye and focused his gaze on the hot spring pool...
He then discovered a tall woman standing among the baboons. She wore a silver-threaded coral fleece bathrobe and had long blonde hair and emerald-green eyes.
She had clearly used an ability to overlay the psychological perception of a "baboon" onto her own image.
Psychological