She looked around. "Where's that woman?"
"No idea. Off catching a thief, maybe."
"A thief?"
Lilith jumped onto Edward's lap, kneading gently as she asked, "What were you two doing? How did catching a thief come into it?"
"Well, it's a long story."
Edward put the empty kettle back. It really was a long story. Who knew telling a story could lead to so much trouble?
No wonder she treated me so well. She was even willing to give me a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact.
Ah, Emperor Roselle was blessed with several lifetimes' worth of good fortune to have such a wonderful daughter. But I'm really not him!
For now, all he could do was pretend he knew nothing of Huang Beibei's misunderstanding, then find a way to indirectly reveal that he wasn't Emperor Roselle-
If all else fails, I'll shift the blame onto Mr. Fool. She suspected Mr. Fool was Roselle in the original story anyway, and didn't that misunderstanding gradually clear up afterward?
Hmm, it'd be best if I could take her to that little island in the Fog Sea and let her see the real Roselle for herself.
Until then, perhaps I can make some appropriate use of Huang Beibei's "fondness" for me-for example, to deal with Botis, the Saint of Secrets.
By now, Edward also understood what the Snake of Mercury Will had meant by his other suggestion: find someone more skilled at prophecy to help.
Who could be better at prophecy than Bernadette, a Sequence 3 Clairvoyant?
Now he only had two things to do. First, find Botis; second, get rid of him before he struck!
Great. As simple as putting an elephant in a refrigerator in just three steps.
Half an hour later.
There was a knock at the door. Bernadette had arrived.
"Did