Fire was only one part of the plan.
Now that he had told Miquella, Zhao Si could receive "official" support to steal fire Incantations "openly and aboveboard."
Of course, he was not yet formidable enough to go straight to the summit of the Mountaintops of the Giants and face the Fire Giant.
So for now, he could only use human-made Incantations to give Malenia a hand.
As his senior fellow disciple, she had helped Zhao Si out plenty. He had to give something back, didn't he?
Next, it was time to talk about the Eternal City.
Zhao Si held nothing back about the Eternal City and told Miquella everything.
Mostly because there was nothing worth hiding.
The magnificent underground buildings, the Nox whose speech he could not understand, the Reverse Eagle Legion used as cannon fodder, the flowing liquid metal, Tears, the Great Rune, Asimi, and the Black Knives.
If telling the truth could help Miquella's research, all the better.
"I feel like those Black Knives aren't natives of the Eternal City," Zhao Si said.
"From your description, I don't think she's a native either." Miquella sat in his chair, looking at the notes Zhao Si had compiled.
Of course, the notes shown to Miquella had been transcribed into the language of the Golden Dynasty.
"This Alecto doesn't seem to know the Eternal City as well as you do." Miquella looked at Zhao Si, then back at the notes. "But you're a remarkable person, and the Tarnished are remarkable in their own right. That does explain it."
That explained it? Wasn't that a little too hasty?
Zhao Si could not help raising his eyebrows. He understood what Miquella meant.
Miquella did not want to waste time dwelling on such minor details. Rather than press Zhao Si about why he knew