Sweat ran down Elliot's forehead.
All the details he had overlooked before now came together.
The family was full of modified Machine Priests, yet everyone in the entire Mansion in New Scandinavia was an ordinary person.
Right after transmigrating, he had found introductory books on noble etiquette and genealogy in the bookcase. He had learned quickly, too, and had never slipped up even once.
The Old Butler had attended to him personally for years, yet had never harbored any doubts about his identity.
And as the heir to one of the Seven Holy Bloodlines, the most powerful great noble families in the Empire, the only person he could even claim to have some contact with was Victoria.
The Library Card Victoria had given him had also happened to be in his room, where he had happened to find it.
One coincidence nested inside another, but there were no coincidences in the Supernatural.
At the time, Elliot had merely felt that everything was going inexplicably smoothly. Looking back now, however, he broke out in a cold sweat.
"But that's impossible!"
Elliot forced himself to think calmly.
"My past self couldn't predict the future. How could he know I would do these things and make these choices?"
"Even setting that aside, where did I get these powers?"
Elliot was known as Elliot of the First Rank, and his body did indeed match that state.
His physical abilities were barely stronger than an ordinary person's, and hearing [Secret History] gave him headaches. He should only have been low rank.
But where had the low-rank Elliot obtained the ability [Hypnosis]?
More than that, Elliot was absolutely certain that the Sterling Family's Path had no [Hypnosis] ability. This should have been a power of the [Spirit Vision] branch!
Then where had he obtained this power?