The Sword Maiden's Game (1)

Star Country, Sword Flower University.

"Meeting!"

Adele shoved the door open with a bang and held the folder in her hand high, like a hunter returning with spoils. "Sisters, come pick out men!"

Ingrid, who had been hanging upside down from the bed doing sit-ups, spun once and jumped down to the floor. Lois closed The Hidden Messages in Water, which she had been reading, looked at Adele, and asked cautiously, "How accurate is it this time?"

"This is confidential internal material from Truth University's Strategy Group. It's absolutely the most accurate conjecture available right now. Other people couldn't buy it even if they wanted to. Though I couldn't afford it either. I got in touch with Aisha from the Strategy Group under Ingrid's name before I obtained this file." Adele opened the folder and took out résumés with personal photos attached one after another. "Come quick and filter them. Let's find the real answer!"

"What?" Ingrid froze. "You used my name? How?"

Ingrid and Aisha, the genius prophecy artificer from Truth University, had been childhood playmates. However, Ingrid had never revealed this connection, nor did she normally contact Aisha. Only her roommates knew they were friends.

"Oh, that was truly a very complicated negotiation. That Elder Sister Aisha of yours didn't give me much special treatment because of you. In order to prove we really needed this information, I had no choice but to make up a complicated story to convince her. For example, I like you, you like her, she likes him, and so on." Adele shrugged. "Now Aisha believes there are at least eight love arrows in our dormitory."

"Seriously, I think the dorm romance story I told her alone was worth exchanging for this information. No need to praise me. For the great diplomat Adele, this