Him?

Faced with her Older Sister's concern, Lumian shook her head:

"No."

He glanced around and said, "Let's go inside and talk."

Upon reaching the vicinity of the stove, he briefly recounted his and Ryan's exploration process, then told his Older Sister that if Madame Pualis attacked them later, they should not hesitate to surrender and betray the Three Foreigners.

Based on his experiences and observations within the Castle, Lumian didn't believe that the siblings, even working together, could defeat Madame Pualis; they might not even be able to handle that "midwife."

After listening quietly, Aurora couldn't help but chuckle.

"Logically speaking, your strategy is indeed the best, but something feels off to me, like I've become a villain in a novel, and not even a main villain, but a Charm one."

"What matters is the result," Lumian emphasized to her Older Sister. "In your words, it's about enduring humiliation, shouldering heavy responsibilities, preserving your useful body, and waiting to demonstrate your value in the future."

"..." Aurora couldn't help but raise her hand to her forehead, "Have I been teaching you too many weird things?"

"Yes," Lumian nodded "sincerely."

Aurora rolled her eyes:

"Alright, I understand. I won't fight Madame Pualis head-on unless it's absolutely necessary."

"Just now, Madame Pualis noticed that the alarm had been triggered and wanted to leave. I didn't forcibly stop her, but just showed my reluctance and chatted with her for almost another minute."

"Yes, tell me the details of your search."

As she walked to the dining table and sat down, adopting a listening posture, she kept an eye on her surroundings, wary of Madame Pualis coming over to question her in anger.

Lumian pulled out a chair from the other side of the dining table and began to recount in detail the gains from the exploration and the process of the battles.

As she listened, Aurora's expression gradually became strange, and increasingly so.

"What's wrong?" Lumian noticed her Older Sister's unusual behavior.

After a moment's hesitation, Aurora asked with a strange expression, "There's a photograph of a man in Madame Pualis's bedroom, and that man looks quite like her; could he be her brother?"

"Yes, those Three Foreigners said it might be a missing member of the Roquefort Family named Prit," Lumian relayed Ryan and his group's words, including "Dandyism" and a large number of illegitimate children.

He added as a final note, "According to the investigation by those Three Foreigners, there is no known person named Pualis in the Roquefort Family."

Aurora nodded slightly and exhaled:

"Then I'm pretty sure my guess was right."

The strange expression on her face didn't fade; in fact, it became even more pronounced.

"What guess?" Lumian asked, puzzled.

Aurora glanced at him and said, "Perhaps, Madame Pualis is the missing Prit."

"Ah?" Lumian exclaimed in shock, "They're a man and a woman... Madame Pualis has even had two children!"

"Who knows if she gave birth to it herself? Maybe it was the Administrator's child?" Aurora retorted with a sneer. "Even if it really Madame Pualis, it doesn't prove anything. In the world of the Mysticism, anything is possible. Think about it, Louis Lund, a man, could have children, so it's not impossible for Prit to become Women."

"That's true in theory, but..." Lumian still couldn't quite accept it.

Aurora gave a mocking smile:

"The reason I dare to make this guess, while those Three Foreigners didn't have a similar inspiration, is because I've heard of, no, witnessed, something."

Do you remember which Pathway is adjacent to the ' Hunter ' path?

"' Assassin '," Lumian answered without hesitation.

He was initially drawn to this name, which was clearly better than "Hunter."

"In our organization, uh, the Curly-Haired Baboon Research Society, there was a man who really liked being an ' Assassin,' and he chose that Pathway," Aurora said with a strange expression. "Later, at a gathering, he told us with a melancholy and troubled look that an ' Assassin ' who reaches Sequence 7 needs to take Potion called ' Witch.'"

"' Witch '?" Upon hearing the name of the Potion, Lumian had a premonition of what was about to happen.

"Yes, ' Witch.' In the Mysticism World, ' Warlock ' and ' Witch ' are two completely different concepts. You used to confuse them, calling me Witch from time to time, which made me feel strange." Aurora took the opportunity to lecture her, "Obviously, drinking the ' Witch ' Potion will turn you into Witch, and you'll Acting of Witch, and your body will completely transform into Women."

Hiss... Lumian took a deep breath, feeling extremely fortunate that the first material he obtained was the "Hunter" Beyonder Characteristic.

If he had received something related to "Assassin," given his eagerness at the time, which made him unwilling to make a choice, he would most likely have already embarked on that path of no return.

"And then, did that That One drink it?" he couldn't help but ask.

Aurora smiled and replied, "He struggled for a long time, not wanting to become Women, yet also unwilling to remain at Sequence 8, until someone advised him, 'Life is short, why not give it a try?'"

"At a party later, I met him again—no, by then it was her, a very beautiful and Charm Women."

Lumian was speechless for a moment.

Aurora smiled at him and said, "Later, when you reach Sequence 5, if you can't get the Sequence 4 materials from the ' Hunter ' Pathway, you can consider the Sequence 4 materials from Pathway ' Witch ' pathway. Yes, the ' Assassin ' Pathway is also called the ' Witch ' Pathway..."

She had an expression that suggested she was enjoying the drama and that things were getting even more complicated.

"Witch"... Lumian deeply felt that the name "Assassin" was indeed very deceptive.

The Mysticism World is fraught with danger!

He quickly steered the conversation back on track:

"It seems Madame Pualis really might be the playboy Prit."

If an "Assassin" can become a "Witch," then a Pathway that allows men to have children could most likely also turn men into Women.

Aurora nodded, glancing warily out the window:

"I suspect that Madame Pualis also became a woman only after reaching a specific Sequence, and had to say goodbye to her family by disappearing to avoid being discovered by the authorities. Hmm, according to That One mysterious Lady, the power Gift by the Deity can also be divided into Sequence."

"Her unorthodox Pathway likely also includes the power to promote reproduction, exploit life, and control the Undead."

"Utilizing life and controlling the Undead" is what she deduced from the battle between Lumian and others and the "midwife".

This is consistent with the behavior of the "Night Lady" in the Otherworld being followed by many Undead, and that That One looks very much like Madame Pualis.

At this point, Aurora suddenly made an "uh" sound.

"What's wrong?" Lumian asked cautiously.

Is my Older Sister thinking of some scary truth again?

Aurora frowned at her brother and said, "During afternoon tea, Madame Pualis suddenly said something about how Love is hard to fathom. She clearly wanted him to die because he made a mistake, but when he actually faced death, she couldn't help but try to save him, and she wouldn't even tell him."

"I was puzzled at the time, but I didn't pay much attention to it. Now that I think about it, did she have some hidden meaning and say that on purpose?"

Lumian was also puzzled:

"She saved someone? When did she save someone...?"

Suddenly, he stopped and looked at Aurora.

The siblings simultaneously recalled how, in the Otherworld, "Night Lady" had taken away the Undead, indirectly saving them.

"But that happened in the last Loop..." Lumian was about to deny it, but couldn't finish her sentence.

He and Aurora looked at each other and found that their eyes were filled with shock and fear.

If Madame Pualis was indeed referring to that incident, it means she was able to retain memories, at least some of them, within the Loop!

"No way..." Aurora muttered to herself, "Forget it, let's assume it's true for now. It's better to think the enemy is more formidable than to be careless."

Lumian agreed, then thought of something:

"Aurora, uh, Older Sister, considering that Madame Pualis might have originally been Men, the person she fell in love with was you?"

"I didn't do anything wrong. You were the one who spied on Louis Lund giving birth. Pualis loves you, not me," Aurora retorted.

Lumian said instinctively, "Maybe she thinks I was instructed by you."

"I don't usually have much contact with her, except for the time when I caught her having an affair with the Parish Priest and she played a trick on me. But you often discuss literature and current trends with her, and occasionally you even go to her house to borrow a pony to ride."

"Huh..." Aurora's tone rose, revealing a look of disgust, "And she's introducing me to marriage partners? Didn't you say they weren't very good, even terrible?"

Lumian thought for a moment and said, "Maybe she's trying to destroy your interest in men this way, and then slowly lure you towards her..."

"What weird things have you been watching lately?" Aurora glared at her younger brother, annoyed.

Lumian was not only in the right, but also confident:

Your novel.

"You have a novel with a similar plot."

"Is that so..." Aurora fell into deep thought.

After a while, she looked out the window and said, "It's been so long, and Madame Pualis still hasn't come looking for trouble, and the Loop hasn't Reboot..."

"Perhaps she didn't want to kill those Three Foreigners. If these government-appointed investigators were actually killed, it could cause even bigger trouble," Lumian speculated. "And since she didn't know I was involved, she didn't suspect you."

The witness was dead; no one else saw him.

Aurora nodded almost imperceptibly and chuckled self-deprecatingly:

"I'm so busy waiting I'm not even in the mood to prepare dinner."

Lumian suddenly had an inspiration:

"How about I go check out the Castle?"

"Will the perpetrator return to the scene?" Aurora chuckled.

Lumian nodded:

"I'll go check on the situation at the Castle. Anyway, Madame Pualis shouldn't suspect me."

"Oh, right, I haven't picked Tulip yet. I can use your need to make fragrance as an excuse to ask them for a few."

On the surface, Aurora and Madame Pualis are friends, so there's absolutely nothing wrong with Lumian doing this.

Aurora thought for a few seconds and said, "We can try, but let's wait a bit longer. We can't be completely sure that Madame Pualis won't cause trouble or [illegible] books."

"Okay, if you don't come back within half an hour, I'll go to the edge of the village and trigger the Loop to Reboot."

"Okay," Lumian agreed.

When he arrived at the Administrator's Castle again, the Sun had already set behind the mountains, and the sky was filled with red-tinged clouds.

Lumian walked through the garden to the open front gate and said to the Men servant guarding there, "My Older Sister Aurora is planning to make a fragrance. I wonder if we could borrow a few Tulip from Madame Pualis?"

The Men servant, dressed in a red shirt and white trousers, answered without any apparent unusualness:

"I'll go ask Madam."

He quickly went into the Castle and came out after a while:

"The lady said you can just go to the garden and pick them."

You really didn't suspect me? And it was as if nothing had happened... Lumian didn't try to enter the Castle, but went into the garden to look for Tulip.

When he saw the Flowers, he also noticed a Maid pruning the branches of the flowering tree in the shadows.

As they passed each other, Lumian casually glanced at That One Maid.

Suddenly, his gaze froze.

The Maid was in her forties, with brown hair and eyes, a pretty face, and few wrinkles. She looked exactly like the "midwife" who fought a fierce battle with Valentine and the others and was ultimately killed by Ryan!

At this very moment, she stood right next to Lumian, her face seemingly shrouded in shadow by the flowers and trees.