At that moment, another knight squad returned to the location and reported.
“Reporting to the Prince, the remaining two assassins have been captured, but they took poison and committed suicide. Their bodies self-immolated, leaving us with no intelligence whatsoever.”
Hearing his subordinate’s report, Anderson furrowed his brow, seemingly troubled.
“It seems the Eye of Wite is not as simple as we thought.”
If it were just an ordinary collector’s item, three top-tier assassins wouldn’t have come to the church to search for it without reason.
Before he had arrived, they had already located the Eye of Wite’s position but were unable to break the Magic Formation, which led to the failure of their operation.
A crucial point was that one of the three assassins didn’t focus on the formation at all. Instead, they chose to capture that nun.
From Lewis, Anderson had also learned the nun’s name.
“Eleanor…”
A nun, by any measure, shouldn’t have been able to stall a top-tier assassin for that long.
Therefore, Anderson asked Lewis.
“What is Nun Eleanor’s combat capability?”
“She is just an ordinary person from a poor family background. She has no significant combat capability.”
Lewis had naturally reviewed Eleanor’s file.
That file had no major issues and had been entered into the national database a long time ago.
In fact, compared to the young lady who was previously by Prince Anderson’s side, this Eleanor’s background was even more straightforward and transparent.
So Lewis was quite reassured.
“Is that so?”
Anderson looked at Eleanor’s file, thought carefully for a moment, and still couldn’t find anything amiss.
He set the file aside and continued.
“Let’s set this matter aside for now. Protect the Eye of Wite. The White Wizard’s prophecy tells me that the Red Sparrow also seems to have designs on the Eye of Wite. Stay vigilant.”
“Yes, sir!”
The knights withdrew. The contact, who had been hiding in the shadows all along, also melted away into the night.
Soon, this assassin returned home.
She didn’t even remove her disguise, directly addressing Ainola.
“We have a problem.”
The contact recounted everything she had seen at the Temple Knights’ church to Ainola.
Upon hearing it, the latter was dumbfounded.
She put down the cup in her hand and said.
“Huh?”
Ainola truly hadn’t expected such an incredibly coincidental thing to happen.
“This is very troublesome.”
The contact crossed her arms, leaning against the wall as she spoke.
“Although we now know the location of the Eye of Wite, we can’t handle that barrier. And from what I heard, Anderson has the White Wizard’s assistance. She is also a significant obstacle for us.”
Finally, the contact looked at Ainola, her tone carrying a hint of reprimand, like an elder.
“Ainola, you are still too merciful. In all my years as an assassin, if I were as merciful as you, it would harm you one day.”
It could be said that if Ainola had eliminated the White Wizard back then, there wouldn’t be so much trouble now.
However, for Ainola, even if given another chance, she would not kill the White Wizard.
Though a ruthless assassin, Ainola’s bottom line was to absolutely not kill good people indiscriminately.
The White Wizard had saved many, many people during the plague’s spread. Even in times of peace, she was dedicated to relieving suffering and aiding the needy.
Ainola still had her humanity. Naturally, she wouldn’t mercilessly kill such a person.
The contact seemed to understand Ainola’s thoughts.
She sighed and then said.
“The top priority now is to figure out a way to get that key. To do that, we may have to change our plan.”
“What plan?”
Hearing the contact had a backup plan, Ainola curiously moved closer.
Then she noticed the other party was pointing at her without saying a word.
Ainola tilted her head in confusion and said.
“What can I do?”
To this, the contact explained.
“You go seduce Anderson and get the key to unlock the barrier.”
Hearing this from the contact, Ainola was stunned for a moment.
Then she pointed at herself, her small eyes filled with bewilderment and shock as she said.
“Me?”
***
Time moved to the next day. Ainola put on the nun’s habit again and returned to the Temple Knights to continue her work.
Her original purpose in becoming a nun was to obtain that Eye of Wite and fulfill her promise to the contact.
She never expected that, after all this roundabout, she’d still have to target Anderson.
“So what was the point of me taking that teleportation array back then?”
Eleanor complained with a sigh, saying.
“Have me go seduce Anderson? Isn’t that a joke?”
Did the contact forget that Anderson currently has no worldly desires of that kind?
But regardless, after discussing with the contact all night, they couldn’t think of any other method.
“Take it one step at a time…”
After finishing her cleaning, Eleanor headed towards the main hall.
Just as she entered, she ran straight into Anderson.
Seeing Eleanor, this Prince was also taken aback for a moment.
He scratched his head, looking somewhat awkward as he said.
“About the previous incident… I’m sorry.”
“Hmph!”
Eleanor gave a delicate snort, putting on an act of being very displeased.
But in her heart, she was already calculating how to use this incident to give her plan a little boost.
While Eleanor was thinking, Anderson saw her unhappy expression and continued to placate her.
“Young lady nun, your name is Eleanor, right?”
“Yes.”
Eleanor crossed her small arms over her chest, puffing out her cheeks, making them bulge like an angry pufferfish.
Because of her action, Anderson’s gaze once again drifted to Eleanor’s chest.
Who would have thought such a small chest could conceal three layers of additional padding?
“Hey!”
Noticing Anderson’s gaze, Eleanor’s face immediately darkened.
She smiled dangerously.
“Mr. Pervert, what are you doing? Your gaze is very rude, you know.”
“Ahem! Nothing, nothing.”
Anderson naturally wouldn’t admit to what just happened.
He quickly changed the subject, saying.
“My name is Anderson. I’m an Inquisitor-Executor of the Temple Knights. Pleased to meet you.”
“Ah…”
Seeing Eleanor seemed a bit scared, Anderson shook his head and spoke soothingly.
“This is just a simple, purposeless self-introduction, Miss Eleanor. You can rest assured, I won’t do anything to you.”
“Who… who would believe that?”
Upon hearing Anderson reveal his identity, Eleanor’s tone began to feign retreat and submission.
After all, a normal, ordinary young girl meeting someone of his stature would feel a certain amount of fear.
And Anderson continued.
“The previous incident really was just an accident. To express my apology, I’d like to invite you to have a meal at the Four-Leaf Clover Restaurant. Would that be alright?”