Kokomi led Charlotte to a reception room closer to the inner courtyard and asked her to wait there for a while. Once the Regent returned, she would arrange the exclusive interview.
Of course, as Yucheng's secretary, Kokomi had to review Charlotte's interview topics and questions in advance. This was standard practice in the industry.
Kokomi would reject any unsuitable interview material. Even if Charlotte took it upon herself to stray from the agreed questions later, Yucheng could choose not to answer or simply announce an early end to the interview.
After all, this was something to be printed in a newspaper, not a live broadcast, so there was more room to maneuver.
As a top reporter for The Steambird, Charlotte was naturally well versed in conversational techniques for drawing out information. Through the various interview questions she proposed, she questioned Kokomi to probe the Inazuma Regent's personality, character, and style.
Unfortunately, she had met her match in the equally uncannily astute Kokomi, whose answers left no openings. The interview questions she selected were also the sort that looked uninteresting to readers at first glance.
This made Charlotte a little anxious. She had only obtained this precious exclusive interview opportunity through a lucky coincidence; it would be such a waste if this was all she managed to cover. The public had little interest in the specifics of the Regent's work. What truly interested them was the Regent's personal life.
Just as Charlotte was still considering how to broach that subject discreetly, she glanced through the reception room window and spotted three peerless beauties dressed in Liyue styles in the Regent's Office's back courtyard. They were Shenhe, Ganyu, and Yelan.
Although all three had the appearance of adult women, Shenhe now seemed like an icy beauty whose frost had melted, poised and