At this moment, Eleanor suddenly felt like she would never be able to clear her name.
She blushed, her entire body frozen in awkwardness. As for Anderson…
This Chief Justice was only twenty years old—when had he ever seen such a scene? He was deeply shocked.
After all, who would have thought a girl would come to steal his clothes in the middle of the night? And Eleanor was naturally very pretty—she didn’t seem like the type to do something like this.
So, Anderson silently drew the curtains.
But for the sake of her reputation, Eleanor felt she had to explain herself first, no matter what.
“Don’t pull the curtains! Let me explain!”
“So, Miss Eleanor, what do you want to explain?”
Anderson was troubled, with a hint of speechlessness.
“How about we go inside and sit down first?”
“Uh…”
Facing Anderson’s invitation, Eleanor awkwardly turned her face away and said, “Get dressed first, then we’ll talk.”
Perhaps the earlier scene was so shocking that Anderson forgot he was shirtless.
His clear muscle lines combined with his decent looks were undoubtedly very attractive to women.
Fortunately, Eleanor’s past life was also a boy, so she only blushed slightly, coughed twice, and then explained solemnly.
“I didn’t steal your clothes for… that kind of thing.”
“…”
Anderson fell silent. ‘Why do I suddenly feel like Eleanor is confessing without being pressed?’
“You have to believe me!”
Seeing Anderson’s silent expression, Eleanor continued to explain forcefully.
“I’m here to make money—a lot of money. That’s why I came to steal your clothes. That person offered a high price. If you’re willing to cooperate with me, we could split 28… no, 37. I get 70%, you get 30%.”
Leaving aside the ridiculous split, Anderson wanted to complain about one thing. ‘What kind of ghost would pay a high price for my clothes? And I’m the one providing the goods, yet I only get 30%—isn’t that too heartless?’
“Fine… if that’s no good, 40-60 is okay too.”
Eleanor’s tone was pained; it was clear she really loved money.
Even Anderson couldn’t help but ask.
“Are you that short on money?”
Hearing Anderson’s words, Eleanor’s acting instantly kicked into high gear. She made a pained face and sighed with tears streaming down.
“If I were alone, I wouldn’t be so worried. But at home I have a blind older sister. I’m supporting two people by myself. It’s really hard.”
The “blind older sister” referred to the contact person who wore a blindfold almost 24/7.
In a sense, she was indeed old enough to be her older sister, so Eleanor wasn’t lying.
At least that’s what she thought.
Hearing Eleanor’s confession, Anderson thought about her file—it seemed there was indeed such a record.
The reason she didn’t want to move to the residential area was probably to take care of that blind sister, right?
“The pay as a nun is low, and there’s no free food here. I have no choice but to find other ways to earn money.”
Eleanor sighed. The sorrow she revealed, coupled with her superb acting, left Anderson somewhat silent.
So he opened his mouth and asked.
“How about you move your sister here to live as well?”
To this, Eleanor raised an eyebrow and said in a displeased tone.
“What? First you touched me, then you saw me, and now you want to play ‘sister act’? Ooh~ I never expected the Chief Justice to be that kind of person.”
Eleanor’s words were clearly teasing, but still made Anderson a bit embarrassed.
“I have no feelings for you, thank you.”
Eleanor was very pretty, but Anderson already had someone he liked.
It wouldn’t be good to find another girlfriend with that mindset. Even though that person was despicable and hard to catch, Anderson felt he should at least find them first, ask for the antidote, and then give himself some closure.
Ainola probably only saw him as a friend, while he had developed different feelings for her.
Maybe in a sense, he was torturing himself.
“Then you’d better keep that thought, perverted knight.”
Eleanor retorted unceremoniously, and then continued.
“My sister has difficulty moving, and the dormitories here are all four-person rooms. It wouldn’t be good for me to bring her along.”
“I see…”
Seeing Eleanor refuse, Anderson didn’t persuade further.
Growl~
Just as the two were about to say something, Eleanor’s stomach, unable to bear it any longer, let out a very cute sound.
Facing this embarrassing sound, Eleanor’s face quickly turned red. At that moment, she wished she could find a hole to crawl into.
But she had no choice. Throughout the day, she had only eaten two buns in the morning and drunk a bottle of water at noon—nothing else.
She had originally planned to go back and eat something, but then she went to the Magic Academy to take a commission.
So now that her stomach was growling, Eleanor felt like she was getting hypoglycemic from hunger.
After hearing her stomach growl, Anderson’s mouth curled up slightly, and he said to Eleanor.
“Wait here for me for a bit. I’ll go get two servings of supper.”
“Th… thank you.”
Eleanor lowered her head in embarrassment. She had come to steal clothes, but now she was being taken care of by Anderson.
Before leaving, Anderson didn’t forget to tell Eleanor.
“Don’t go sell my clothes. I’ll find the priest to get your pay raised later.”
With that, Anderson closed the door and left the room.
Then Spark emerged from the void and said.
“This Prince is still the same great good guy as always.”
“Yeah…” Eleanor said with a bitter smile. “So now I’m also investigating what happened back then in the Ross Kingdom. Before that, I probably won’t kill him.”
***
On the other side, Anderson walked toward the cafeteria.
Of course, he didn’t believe Eleanor’s story.
The idea that someone would pay a lot of money to buy his clothes was obviously unlikely.
If he were a beautiful woman, it would be more believable that a stalker would buy his clothes.
But he was just a man, not a big star. How could anyone want to buy his clothes?
Then Anderson recalled Sikira’s speculation.
‘Eleanor likes me?’
He didn’t believe this possibility at first, but now it seemed it might actually be true.
But after thinking it over, Anderson shook his head with a wry smile.
‘How could that be? Probably just one of life’s three great illusions.’
With that mindset, Anderson didn’t think about it further.
He walked to the meal window and said to the person inside.
“Lewis, give me two portions of food, and prepare two sets of bowls and chopsticks.”
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