So I'm a sheep.

"Mommy, Mommy!"

"But I heard that your mother passed away a long time ago. What did she tell you, in a dream?"

"Mommy didn't die, Mommy is still with me!"

"hey-hey"

"Don't stick your finger in my nostril, stick it in the old man with the white beard next to me."

"good"

"nostril!"

Hastily dodging Alyssa's fingers, Garfield glared at the little girl: "Sally, did you come here on purpose to cause me trouble?"

"No way, I just wanted to find out about Alyssa's health and maybe get some information out of her."

"Hmph, you can believe her nonsense?"

"Elisa, this old man with the white beard thinks you're a fool."

"!"

"Bad Beard!"

"..."

Helpless, Alyssa floated to the roof, hopping and jumping, but she couldn't reach Garfield.

“Speaker Garfield, it seems you’re not very good at dealing with children.”

“I made a mistake. I’ll call my apprentice who’s really good at taking care of children over tonight.”

“Phew, Sally, I think we should have an open and honest talk.”

"Okay, Alyssa, stop jumping and play with the rattle drum instead."

"Knock knock knock, haha."

While Alyssa was quiet, the little girl took her hand.

The light of miracles activated, slowly mending her shattered soul.

"Demons are the enemies of angels, but humans with demonic blood are not necessarily demons."

Observing the little girl's expression, Garfield said, "That child has a good impression of the church and also has faith in the goddess."

"Just because of the bloodline in her body, you disregard everything and want to beat her to death with a stick?"

"This is just too much!"

"Why would an arcanist collude with an evil demon?" the little girl said calmly.

"Ha, what is justice, and what is evil?"

Seeing Sasha's indifferent expression, Garfield became even angrier.

"I watched Vivian grow up. If I don't help her, who else should I help? You, this cold-blooded and heartless angel!"

"So you deliberately aligned yourself with evil, I understand."

"Ha ha"

Garfield was amused by the little girl: "You keep calling me evil, but I don't think you, an angel, are very upright either."

"At the time, without any evidence, didn't you also instigate the church to use underhanded tactics to force Orina to undergo testing?"

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"I don't know what you're talking about."

The young girl looked at the old man with surprise, then shook her head and said, "Forget it, if your sincerity is just empty talk, then we have nothing to talk about."

"You dare to do it but not admit it?"

"..."

Seeing that the little girl was no longer paying attention to him and was instead focusing on treating Vivian, Garfield couldn't help but shout angrily, "Sally, stop pretending!"

"You've ruined Alyssa like this, and you still..."

"not me"

Interrupting the old man's angry rebuke, Sasha said with certainty, "It was Clark Gaunt who harmed Alyssa."

“Ridiculous! He is Alyssa’s biological father! Putting aside the fact that blood is thicker than water, from a practical point of view, His Majesty would not lay a hand on the sole heir to the empire.”

“He can have another one, then Alyssa won’t be the ‘only one’.”

"It's not that simple. Do you think just having a child will make you qualified to become an arcanist?"

"Even if you give birth to a talented child, to become emperor, you need prestige, ability, and strength."

"You underestimate Alyssa's importance. Her position in the Emperor's heart is irreplaceable!"

"Is that right?"

"But I saw that Clark was angry this morning, but it was only 'moderate' anger. When things were about to get out of control, he showed great restraint."

"With this kind of performance, you still say that Alyssa has an irreplaceable place in his heart?"

"..."

Garfield was speechless for a moment. In fact, he also felt that Clark's behavior this morning was very unusual.

"This is troublesome."

"what?"

"I originally wanted to heal Alyssa so that I might be able to find out the truth from her."

"But the person who did it was too ruthless; they actually tore a piece of her soul off."

"Even if Alyssa's soul is repaired, her intellect will probably never be restored."

Sasha sighed, "No one will believe what a 'mentally challenged' person says. No wonder, no wonder Clark entrusted Alyssa to me so confidently."

“Your Majesty, even if he was bewitched, he wouldn’t have gone to such lengths!” Garfield said, his eyes wide.

"Clark was never seduced; he remained perfectly sober throughout."

Sasha let go of her hand: "Elisa, I'll come see you again tomorrow. Be a good boy and listen to Grandpa Beard."

"Be good! Be good!"

Seeing the little girl turn to leave, Garfield quickly said, "Sally, once my apprentice arrives, we'll 'go around'."

"You can't go back on your word now that you agreed to it this morning!"

"Go ahead and wander around, no one will stop you."

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"Mentor, why do I feel like we've been going in circles?"

A female arcanist carried the sleeping Alyssa on her back and followed beside Garfield, looking around in confusion.

“I remember this place; we passed through here not long ago.”

"really"

Garfield narrowed his eyes: "It's a bit like the Great Labyrinth spell cast by our arcanists, but this is the work of the Archangel, and it won't be so easily broken."

"Professor, let's protest!"

"Protest what? Saliye won't listen to you. Let's figure it out ourselves."

"..."

Seeing his apprentice's anxious expression, Garfield said, "I know you and Vivian are close, but we can't panic right now. We need to think positively."

"The good aspects?"

"Yes, my biggest worry is that Vivian has been murdered, or even her body has been disposed of."

Ignoring the terrified look on his apprentice's face, the old man continued, "I'm actually relieved that Saliye stopped us."

"Vivian may be suffering, but she shouldn't actually lose her life."

"As long as they are alive, that's fine. As long as they are alive, they haven't crossed the bottom line of our Arcane Council."

Garfield raised his voice: "As long as the bottom line isn't crossed, everything is negotiable!"

"If appropriate compensation is provided, the Aufa Council may consider abandoning any further retaliatory actions."

"Mentor, how could you do this! Vivian's grudge..."

"Shut up! I wasn't talking to you."

Volume 1: Chapter 268 Headache

"Thank you, thank you for bringing me water again."

"..."

She wanted to say something, but remembering the master's instruction to "absolutely not speak," the girl silently walked out of the interrogation room.

"My lord, how is it progressing?"

"I don't know what he was thinking."

Sasha frowned and said, "I observed her carefully every time I went in to bring Vivian water and food, and she showed no signs of being tortured."

"How can this demon submit to us without severe torture?"

"When I heard him talking about war and art, I really thought he was quite capable."

"But what has he been doing for almost half a month?"

"The master, he must have his own ideas."

Alex said, forcing himself to be patient, "Please wait a little longer."

“Now that Garfield and I are keeping each other in check, Clark and the succubus can carry out their plans with complete impunity.”

"I can't calm down when I think about this."