Despite Cecilia never showing any malice, Bai Fu's guard was fully up.
Who could bla her when her Affinity was always in the single digits, and she was from the Stone Crystal Company?
Others might not be aware of the grudge between Bai Fu and the Stone Crystal Company, but how could Bai Fu herself be unclear?
Therefore, after leading Cecilia to her room, Bai Fu hurriedly made an excuse about going to make tea and then sneaked into the kitchen. The mont she was out of Cecilia's sight, she used her Shadow Substitute to turn into a Void Spirit and escape, and as the illusion was about to dissipate, she urgently summoned Black Fu.
To deal with such a person of unknown origin, it was better to let Black Fu handle it, as even if Black Fu was destroyed, she could be summoned again after 12 hours.
As for Fei Ye, her power was strong, but she was deeply affected by Voidification and couldn't overly use her power, otherwise a slight mishap could further progress the Voidification, so it was better to save it.
"Try this, this is a flavor from my hotown."
Black Fu handed Cecilia a cup of black tea.
Cecilia carefully held the cup with both hands and looked up at Black Fu when she suddenly felt sothing was off.
How had Bai Fu changed so much in just a few seconds?
The Bai Fu earlier had a pale face and dry lips, a look of dehydration, but now this Bai Fu's face was radiant, clearly well-nourished.
Cecilia quickly took a couple of sips of her tea, masking the confusion in her eyes.
Black Fu sat down on the sofa and asked, "There's no one else here now, Elza, what did you want to talk to about?"
Cecilia set her tea cup down and was silent for a few seconds, successfully switching into Movie Queen mode.
"Ah."
Cecilia let out a long sigh, lowered her head, and clutched her hair, exuding equal parts helplessness and pain.
"I ca here to confess, I am not actually a business agent from the Stone Crystal Company, but a spy sent by the company overseeing the Stone Crystal Company. They tasked with gaining your trust, staying close to you, and seizing an opportunity to steal the True Spirit Pillar of the Blessing Sect and framing you for its loss during your contact with the Blessing Sect."
The room suddenly fell dead silent.
Cecilia let out a smug giggle, knocked you out with that one, did I, Bai Fu? Didn't expect to make a move like that!
After a while, Black Fu suddenly spoke, "Why confess now? If you hadn't said anything, even if I suspected your intentions, I wouldn't have found any evidence for a while."
Cecilia lifted her head, revealing a bitter smile, "Because you are a good person."
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"At first, I thought your kindness, your gentleness, your enthusiasm, everything about you was just a facade, but during these days on Ulysses Star, I realized I was completely wrong. You weren't pretending, you are the genuine Saintess!"
Cecilia babbled on.
She said she had understood the past of Ulysses, she spoke of her interactions with the Ulyssians and what she had learned from them.
"How could one harvest more love from the Ulyssians if not truly pouring out love first?"
Bai Fu, the Saintess among Saintesses, the only paragon among the saintesses!
At this point, Cecilia's eyes shimred with hopeful Color.
"When I realized this, I suddenly rembered my past. I was born on a planet similar to Ulysses Star."
Cecilia shared stories of her childhood.
She described how miserable her hotown was, how dire her own experiences were living there, how she had always longed for a hero to swoop in and save her and her holand. She waited a long ti, until her holand was in ruins, yet no hero appeared. Eventually, she joined the faction she now served, a group prioritizing profit, which was no good deed, but it had given her a place to stay and thus, she stayed.
"I ended up staying for ten years," Cecilia said wistfully, "until I t you again. Aren't you the kind of hero I was waiting for? My holand didn't get its hero, but the Ulyssians did. I...I cannot bring myself to harm you. If I did, how would I be any different from those who hard my holand? Actually, I had wanted to confess all this a couple of days ago, but since this faction had saved , I was conflicted. If I confessed the truth, it would be betraying my savior, I..."
As she spoke, Cecilia sighed deeply, her head bowed, fists clenched on her knees, shoulders trembling slightly as her emotions surged.
Bai Fu: "..."
A misery contest?
Among all the people she had t, like An Ya, Xia Shi, Julia, Fei Ye, it indeed seed that "Elza" had the saddest story of them all.
But how genuine is your story?
Cecilia's mouth claid her to be a hero, but wasn't her Affinity still only at 6 points?
So, she was acting, huh!
Bai Fu instantly switched to Movie Queen mode.
You can act, "Elza", and I, Bai Fu, cannot?
She controlled Black Fu to stand up and walk towards Cecilia. Hearing the footsteps and seeing the pink-tinted white feet encased in open-toe high heels, Cecilia was still pondering what Bai Fu would do next when suddenly she felt two slightly cold hands against her cheeks, gently lifting her head.
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