The Chamber of Commerce's Shenanigans

"Be more confident, Vice Chairman Charles. It's not an illusion." Noticing that Su Ming had relaxed, Zijin made a rare joke.

"...Scholar Bay Owl, as someone you could crush with one finger at any moment, I don't find that joke funny." Charles wore an utterly despairing expression.

"All right, the real reason is that in the next phase, we'll be buying a large quantity of materials for the Plane Transfer Magic Array from you," Zijin said. "You'd find out sooner or later."

"No, wait..." Charles raised a hand and took quite a while to process it. "The plane transfer you conducted at Cuian Sea Cliff succeeded, and Lord Su came from another world-no, I don't believe it! Not even if you're Scholar Bay Owl! Not even with Galio the traveling raven!"

"I don't need you to believe it," Zijin said. "Once I've reproduced it, I'll publish a paper. Then I'll see who still calls me Belladonna behind my back."

Ignoring the bewildered Charles, the scholar turned to Su Ming.

"I don't like complimenting people, but you're progressing even faster than I did when I studied light magic at the temple." She thought back. "When I used Six Points · Deathrattle · Divine Decree and saw you activate the White Bone Mark to assist, I nearly thought you were going to die-that was the magical pressure of a quasi-forbidden spell!"

Charles instinctively pulled out a little notebook. "Unknown spell name: 'Six Points · Deathrattle · Divine Decree.' Scholar Bay Owl is at odds with the wielder of the White Bone Mark and attempted to harm the latter, killing her third wielder."

As he wrote, he said, "Scholar Bay Owl, if you'll pardon my candor, even if what you said is true, your nickname will only change to 'Bella-goddess.'"

Zijin nearly lost