Iri now had another worry. After dealing with Bell, Iri's life in Theocracy was not as constrained, after all, Bell was half one of her own.
However... the monitored life was back, and this time, the one monitoring her was Death Knight, hundreds of times more terrifying than Bell.
This had been happening ever since she beat Death Knight down and then saved her two days ago.
She would follow far behind her, and if Iri tried to talk to her, she would ignore her and quickly hide.
If Iri ignored her, she would follow her no matter what she did. The only good thing was that she wouldn't follow if Iri left the city.
It was probably a strict order from the higher-ups not to let her leave the city! After all, her identity was too special.
However... when Iri returned from an outing, she could still see her waiting far away at the main gate.
No matter which road Iri took home, this person seemed to know in advance and would be waiting there.
It was terrifyingly creepy. Iri even suspected that Death Knight might have planted something on her, which was how she knew.
She had Bell, the eavesdropping expert, check her, but nothing special was found.
Yet, this damned Death Knight was like a dog with a keen sense of smell; wherever Iri went, she could see her following behind.
This caused Iri to not dare to leave her room much for the past two days, just waiting for the Fire Extinguishing Scripture's troops to assemble and depart.
Today was the fourth day after her duel with Death Knight, and Iri was still hiding in her room, not daring to go out.
But it wasn't that Iri was afraid of Death Knight, her defeated opponent. It was just that Death Knight wasn't directly coming to bother her now; she was just following like a ghost, making Iri feel completely uncomfortable.
Anyone who encountered someone like a stalker, following them at all times, wouldn't feel comfortable, would they?
Iri couldn't openly go and confront her in front of so many people because as soon as that person saw Iri trying to talk to her, she would immediately run away, impossible to catch. Iri couldn't figure out what that person was thinking at all.
Squatting in her room with nothing to do, Iri continued to test her enhanced recovery magic.
No, that should be called decomposition magic. During these two days of staying home, she had instructed Bell to find many strange things and had been experimenting with them one by one.
Almost without exception, after casting that enhanced recovery magic, all these items were decomposed. Just as Iri continued to test this magic, a knock came from outside the door.
"Um... excuse me, Clementine, are you in there?" Gelos's voice came from outside the door. This time, he had learned his lesson and didn't barge in directly.
But! This guy actually dared to come to her door again! She hadn't even settled the score with him for tricking her into seeing Death Knight a few days ago!
"No!" Iri answered, very annoyed at the thought. Although she knew Gelos was very afraid of Death Knight and must have been caught and threatened by Death Knight to trick her, no matter the reason, a lie was a lie.
"Uh... isn't that in there? Um... Clementine, may I come in?" Gelos's voice sounded very confused.
"No!" Iri naturally refused him, still very upset. Her anger wasn't that easy to dissipate.
"Uh... well, Clementine, you're angry, aren't you? Um... I couldn't help it, could I? I came this time to apologize to you." Gelos said from outside the door.
"Alright then, come in!" Since he came to apologize, she would give him a chance, Iri thought.
But just as Gelos was about to push the door open, Iri remembered that she had already decomposed several things while testing her magic, and she hadn't tidied up at all! What if that scoundrel Gelos saw it and became suspicious?
However, it was too late for Iri to regret it. Gelos had already pushed the door open. Iri could only pretend to be very unhappy and continue to feign studying the various strange vessels and tools on the table.
After Gelos entered, he saw Iri squatting in front of the table, studying the strange instruments with an unhappy expression, and was very curious.
But seeing Iri's unhappy look, he remembered what he was actually there for this time.
"Well, about tricking you two days ago, I was forced. The young lady made me bring you to her no matter what, so I... I'm truly sorry!" Gelos said with an apologetic smile.
"Hmph... coming to apologize empty-handed, your apology is truly sincere!" Iri glared at him and said.
"This..." Gelos looked embarrassed, completely unprepared for Clementine to so unreservedly ask for things directly.
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