“Growl~”
Ain's stomach rumbled at an inappropriate time.
He suddenly remembered that he hadn't eaten anything since yesterday at noon.
“Are you... hungry?”
Lillian looked at him suspiciously, and Ain nodded.
The young girl placed the books in her hand on the ground and pulled a wrapped wrap from the small bag behind her.
“This is for you.”
“M-mainly to thank you for helping Erylin during the exam yesterday!”
“Otherwise, I wouldn't have given you any food!”
Ain took the wrap and said thank you. Just as he was about to take a bite, he heard the girl suddenly cry out.
“Wait!”
“What is it?”
“N-never mind, it's nothing.”
Ain frowned slightly and pointed to the wrap in his hand.
“Can I eat this?”
“Ugh... go ahead and eat it!”
Lillian had only just remembered that this wrap was the lunch Erylin had asked her to buy.
But in the heat of the moment, she had just handed it over.
Erylin wouldn't blame her, right?
Lillian thought to herself; how could their friendship be ruined over such a small thing?
Best friends forever!
Taking a bite of the wrap, Ain couldn't help but study Lillian.
It was hard to imagine that the cute girl before him would be the final boss of Act Two in the game.
Lillian was not truly human.
As a half-breed magical beast, she had entered the academy as a special admission student, and she even carried the blood of a witch within her.
To outsiders, she and Erylin were an inseparable pair of best friends. In reality, however, Erylin was merely acting on orders, representing the Typhon Chain to monitor Lillian's movements at all times.
If Lillian showed any abnormalities or exhibited symptoms of “witchification,” Erylin could execute her on the spot at any time.
In the plot of Act Two, Lillian lost complete control. Her lineage caused most of the magical beasts in the academy to fall into a frenzy, triggering the first large-scale riot in decades.
Unwilling to hurt Lillian, Erylin hesitated to act. In the end, Silas appeared with the members of the Titan Prosecution Office and used high-tier magic tools to completely suppress Lillian.
The girl did not survive in the end.
After Act Two ended, Erylin's personality changed drastically, and Silas became a key figure in the Titan Prosecution Office as a result.
However, Lillian's loss of control was no accident.
At the beginning of Act Three of the game, Erylin discovered the true mastermind.
The Nightingale Secret Order.
“Why do you keep staring at me?”
Lillian was a little displeased.
Ain was taken aback for a moment, then quickly found an excuse to brush it off.
“Uh, you're too beautiful. I couldn't help but look a few more times.”
Hearing Ain's words, the girl's face flushed crimson.
Why did this guy suddenly praise her!
Recalling the scene during the exam where he stood in front of her, she, who had never been in a relationship, began to have many thoughts pop up in her little head.
Could he... could he be...
...interested in me?
Brushing it off casually, Ain glanced elsewhere.
After finishing the wrap, he stopped Lillian, who seemed about to leave.
“Wait a moment.”
“W-what is it?”
Lillian suddenly became a bit nervous.
“Beautiful lady, actually I...”
“W-wait! It's too early for a confession! N-no! Absolutely not!”
Lillian shook her head in a panic, her eyes darting around, her face filled with helplessness.
Ain looked at her, completely bewildered.
“What I wanted to say is, I am actually a Diviner.”
“To express my gratitude, I would like to divine your future for you.”
Hearing Ain's words, Lillian's pupils dilated instantly.
“Th-that's it?”
“That's it.”
Recalling what she had just said, the girl blushed furiously, like a ripe apple, her entire body burning hot.
Ahhh! It's all Erylin's fault! She just had to drag me to read those romance novels these past few days!
Recently, her mind had been filled with those plots! To think she had actually fantasized about someone confessing to her in real life!
This was so embarrassing!
“Cough, cough, you know divination? I heard those Diviners charge quite a lot, don't they?”
Lillian wanted to change the subject.
It was so awkward.
Ain smiled, and the Cards of Canal had already materialized in his hand.
“Money is simply a desecration of fate!”
“A true Diviner is never blinded by money!”
Except for Corona Gold.
Looking at the golden cards constructed from the magic circle, Lillian remembered that this was the Divination Magic mentioned in class.
She had even pestered Erylin to learn it and teach her, but in the end, Erylin never managed to learn it.
She still remembered what Erylin had said at the time.
“This kind of magic requires a very high level of attainment, at least in the Tier 4 or even Tier 5 range.”
He actually knew magic of this level?
Seeing the girl's slightly skeptical gaze, Ain simply offered the deck of cards and spoke.
“Why don't you draw a card? Just treat it as reading your future fortune.”
An ordinary beginner scholar could only divine twice a day, but Ain, who had long since leveled his Divination Magic to the maximum, was not worried at all.
He had calculated in the game that the number of times he could use divination a day was about ten.
If he exceeded ten times, the effectiveness of the divination would drop significantly.
Lillian hesitantly drew a card.
It depicted a demon holding a clay pot, with a worn-out trumpet in its mouth.
【9】The Banshee
Spirit Card (Black Card)
Upright: Announcement of death, impending crisis, irreversible warning of death.
Reversed: Ignored warning, unexpected sudden attack.
Seeing Ain's brow furrowed, Lillian asked with some concern.
“Is this card... very bad?”
“A little, but it's fine. Draw another one.”
Ain shuffled the deck again, and Lillian drew another card from it.
It still depicted the demon holding a clay pot.
【9】The Banshee.
Ain had Lillian draw three more times, but the result remained unchanged.
Without exception, every single card drawn was The Banshee.
Lillian had originally been skeptical of Ain's Divination Magic, but this was the first time she had ever seen someone draw the exact same card four times in a row!
Ain really did know Divination Magic!
This was something even Erylin didn't know!
Ain's expression became somewhat complex, and he did not let Lillian draw any more cards.
“Fato, gvidas min. (Fate, guide me.)”
A magic circle flashed, and all the cards in Ain's hand vanished, leaving only the one depicting the demon holding a clay pot.
The Banshee.
If Lillian's impending death was an unchangeable fate, then the card she drew should have been 【13】 Death from the God Cards, rather than The Banshee.
Even if it were The Banshee, it shouldn't have appeared so many times in Lillian's destiny.
And even the card he drew himself was The Banshee.
This was too strange!
After pondering for a moment, Ain came to a conclusion.
“This can only mean...”
“We are in big trouble.”
“And this trouble is about to come knocking on our door.”
Just as his voice fell, a blonde girl wearing the uniform of the Titan Prosecution Office walked over from not far away.
“Lillian, I didn't expect you to spend your free time dating a little boyfriend?”
Upon seeing who it was, Lillian looked as if she were facing a formidable enemy, her face extremely tense.
“Belinda?!”
“Hehe~”
Belinda turned her gaze toward Ain.
“Ain Aldric.”
“On behalf of the Titan Prosecution Office, I hereby place you under official arrest!”
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