Honestly, meeting the Evil-Crushing Lolita here is a good thing!
After all, with her here, I can see the chuunibyou girl Lakyus.
Irubyue was a bit disappointed when she saw Iri but didn't see Fei Fei.
"Elizabeth, why are you here?" Irubyue asked with a hint of disappointment.
"I received a request. Lakyus of Blue Rose asked me to come here to find her. By the way, Irubyue, do you know this person?" Iri, of course, knew that the Evil-Crushing Lolita knew Lakyus; she was just playing dumb here.
After all, according to the setting, Iri, who had never met Lakyus, shouldn't know that Irubyue was also a member of Blue Rose.
"Lakyus's request? The captain never mentioned this, uh..." Irubyue felt a bit strange.
Speaking of requests, Lakyus had indeed mentioned some request before, but that was when she was performing a quest in E-Rantel. She heard rumors of the Yelantiel Holy Woman from the local Adventurer's Guild and then impulsively went to visit, but the person wasn't there, so she left a message similar to a request. When it came to requests, Irubyue only knew about this one. Could it be?! Irubyue suddenly realized.
"Is that so? Then it seems to be someone's prank, impersonating the Blue Rose captain to leave me a message. I'm really sorry... for disturbing you. By the way, Irubyue is also a member of Blue Rose, how amazing!" Iri said, feigning a look of disappointment.
Although she said that, Iri didn't think anyone would dare to impersonate Blue Rose's name to lure her to the capital. It must have been the captain's own message, and Irubyue just didn't know!
"Elizabeth! You wouldn't happen to be that Yelantiel Holy Woman, would you?!" Irubyue asked.
"No... I'm not. I also want to know who this Holy Woman is!" Iri immediately denied it. And the problem that made Iri uneasy, which she mentioned before, was this Yelantiel Holy Woman.
Although the rumors said that this Holy Woman hadn't done anything out of line, isn't it strange that such a famous person has always been so mysterious, only showing her head but never her tail?
"I see! Elizabeth doesn't really look like it." Irubyue also felt that the Elizabeth in front of her didn't quite fit that title.
"Indeed... Hahahaha..." Iri chuckled, but she didn't think that at all!
Evil-Crushing Lolita, what do you mean by 'doesn't really look like it'?! If it weren't for the fact that the title of Holy Woman was too embarrassing, wouldn't it be easy for me to be one if I wanted to?!
I can also do the things that strange Holy Woman does! Isn't it just helping commoners without asking for anything in return?! I've done a lot of that!
"Hah..." Arshe sighed awkwardly behind Iri. In all of E-Rantel, the only one who didn't know the Holy Woman's true identity was probably the Holy Woman herself.
"So, since you're here, why don't we meet the captain to confirm?" Irubyue suggested.
"Alright. After all, there's an unlawful person who dared to impersonate the Blue Rose captain for a prank. It's best to let her know about it." Iri said.
"Hah... that, it shouldn't be a prank." Arshe whispered behind Iri.
"Hmm? What are you saying, Arshe?" Iri pretended not to hear and turned her head to ask. Iri never thought it was a prank anyway.
"Then I'll take you to see the captain!" Irubyue said.
Then Irubyue took Iri and Arshe to a hotel on another street, which Iri found quite incomprehensible. Blue Rose wasn't staying in that very luxurious hotel, was it? What's with this dilapidated inn?
"At this time, the captain should be here." Irubyue seemed to have noticed Iri's confusion and led Iri to a room on the second floor.
As soon as they reached the room door, they heard strange talking from inside. Listening closely, it seemed like someone was muttering to herself.
At this moment, before Irubyue could knock, Iri felt a huge sense of oppression coming from the room. How to put it... Iri was quite familiar with this sense of oppression, just like when she used to pull all-nighters to finish her summer homework in her previous life.
"Captain..." Irubyue knocked on the door. The muttering inside the room stopped abruptly, and then they heard footsteps.
The door opened, and they saw the chuunibyou girl Lakyus. She peered out from the door, which was only ajar, and she was wearing glasses.
This was quite new! The chuunibyou girl Lakyus actually wore glasses in private!
This discovery greatly surprised Iri. However, she remembered seeing Lakyus in casual clothes in the original novel and anime, but she never saw her wearing glasses!
Uh... Judging by her nervous look and the way she opened the door, not wanting anyone to see inside the room, there must be something fishy in there!
"I... Irubyue! I told you, there's no... nothing important at this time, don't disturb me." Lakyus said with a slight nervousness, probably having seen the strangers behind Irubyue.
"I don't want to disturb you, Captain. They are the ones disturbing you." Irubyue said in a very helpless tone.
"Eh? Them? Ah... Mm... Hello, is there anything you need from me?" Lakyus asked somewhat unexpectedly.
"Hello, I'm Elizabeth from E-Rantel. I'm here to bother you, older sister, because I received a message asking me to come to the capital to find you." Iri explained.
At this point, Iri's attention had already shifted to what Lakyus was hiding in the room.
"E-Rantel? Oh! So it's you! A very young and cute girl! Qualified!" Lakyus seemed to have remembered something and suddenly became happy, then she walked directly out of the room and took Iri's hand.
At this moment, the door was wide open, and Iri also saw what secret Lakyus was hiding in the room.
Actually, there was nothing much; it was a very simple room. However, there was a very messy desk in the room, and the desk was piled high with many draft papers covered in dense writing.
Although Iri couldn't understand the writing of this world, combining Lakyus's chuunibyou nature, her nervous look just now, afraid of being discovered, and the fact that she was wearing glasses now,
She could basically deduce what Lakyus was writing on those draft papers. As expected of a chuunibyou girl, no wonder she had to hide in a place like this to write.
"Ah!" Lakyus also noticed that the two guests' gazes were on the room behind her, and her face immediately turned red, which further confirmed Iri's speculation.
"This is the captain developing new magic! Please excuse her." Irubyue explained.
"Yes! Yes! I wrote those drafts to develop new magic. It's really a headache that you saw them. Um... can you two younger sisters keep it a secret for me? Until the new magic is completed, I... I don't want to make it public." Lakyus quickly continued Irubyue's words.
It was obvious that this was an excuse Lakyus used to fool Blue Rose. Iri couldn't help but complain in her heart that they actually believed her.
"So... so amazing! Developing original magic! As expected of Blue Rose's captain! We'll keep it a secret for you!" Arshe's eyes behind Iri immediately lit up. Uh... Arshe also believed her.
"Hah... Heh... That, right, you... you are the Yelantiel Holy Woman, aren't you? Are you interested in joining Blue Rose?!" Lakyus forcefully changed the topic, probably wanting everyone to turn their attention back! Then she dropped a bomb-like statement.
"Huh!!" Everyone, including Irubyue, exclaimed in surprise. Iri also didn't expect Lakyus to invite her to join Blue Rose, but Iri reacted immediately.
"I'm not the Yelantiel Holy Woman... I'm sorry to disappoint you, older sister Lakyus, although I'm very happy that you invited me to join Blue Rose." Iri's vigilance towards that Yelantiel Holy Woman immediately increased several times. It seems this Holy Woman is indeed not a simple character. To be invited by Lakyus to join Blue Rose, her identity must be clarified!
"Huh? No? But my message was left for the Yelantiel Holy Woman, wasn't it? Where did this younger sister receive the message?" Lakyus asked with a puzzled expression.
"From the owner of the hotel where I'm staying." Iri answered truthfully, after all, Iri also wanted to know who this Holy Woman was!
"Then it's correct? The owner shouldn't have given it to the wrong person! You are the Yelantiel Holy Woman." Lakyus said.
"Iri is indeed the Yelantiel Holy Woman." Even Arshe nodded from behind.
How could that be!
"I'm not the Yelantiel Holy Woman! I am E-Rantel's Jet-Black Flame User!" Iri shook her head and denied it.
I wouldn't even want such a low-level title as Holy Woman! Didn't Irubyue also say before that I didn't look like a Holy Woman at all?!
"Huh??" Irubyue and Arshe looked bewildered.
"Ah... What is that!! So... so cool!" Lakyus showed a completely opposite expression to the others after hearing the title Iri said.
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