"You seemed a little jumpy today, Elysia."
"I wasn't finished speaking yet."
"Ling also mentioned that little girl. Her taste wasn't very good; she'd dyed her hair an ugly shade of green."
"Mm, terrible taste."
The man reiterated a certain key point.
Elysia: "..."
She looked toward a certain great artist beside her, who was currently expressing her contempt for Elysia without the slightest mercy.
In an instant, she seemed to understand why Russell had begun to suspect her.
If the child had been born within the past year, then her mother definitely could not have been someone Russell did not know. Naturally, he would investigate among the people he knew.
"How many blue-eyed girls do you know?"
Elysia tried to investigate Russell's love life.
The man did not hide anything.
"If we're only talking about blue eyes, I know quite a few. But fewer than ten whose names I can recall, and no more than five I'm close with, including you. Take out Sakura and Ling, and that leaves three."
"The other two are Kiana and Durandal. But their taste is actually pretty normal. At the very least, they wouldn't make Xi panic like a cornered dog."
"You're the one panicking like a cornered dog!!"
Xi picked up the hilt of her sword and struck Russell's shin, dissatisfaction nearly overflowing from her face.
"Ah... am I imagining it? Why are you rougher with me than with anyone else, Xi-melon?!"
Russell stepped back and complained.
This girl used to be scared to death of him.
"You don't need to know about that... You're asking for a beating!!"
Rather than calming down after hearing that, the painter grew even fiercer and chased after the man to hit him.
Elysia watched the people fooling around ahead of her, her face as placid