"Your Excellency Xiluo... I believe everything you said, but could we talk somewhere less crowded? We stand out too much here. It wouldn't be good if someone overheard."
The man who called himself Depu glanced pointedly at the crowd nearby, which seemed to be drawing closer.
"..."
Xiluo thought to himself.
This fellow must be planning some fancy maneuver.
After all, he had once been a fellow Blue Star native.
He understood some of these people's little schemes.
They simply thought they were smarter than this world's natives.
And so they ought to use that intelligence to secure greater benefits.
As it happened, Xiluo also wanted to see what fancy maneuver this man had in mind, so he nodded and said:
"Since you're so eager to speak with me alone, let's go to Alice's villa."
With those words,
he led the two of them to the half-blood's villa.
The moment they entered,
Depu shut the door, then asked:
"Your Excellency Xiluo, can you cast soundproofing spells?"
"They're in my Dragon Inheritance, but I haven't studied them in detail."
Xiluo answered mildly.
Barbara had included such low-level spells among those she taught him, but he hadn't learned them because he felt they weren't particularly useful.
"All right... we'll make do, then."
Depu nodded somewhat helplessly, then lowered his voice:
"Your Excellency Xiluo, you brought Miss Alice back and had her acknowledge her relationship with the lord to gain an official status. You intend to make her the lord, don't you?"
Beside him, Alice's expression changed, and she couldn't help looking at Xiluo.
Xiluo's expression also changed, filling with displeasure as he said:
"Mr. Depu!
Watch what you say. Though I am a dragon more righteous and kind than even Metal Dragons,
I still get very angry when people slander me without