Gadelia always acted according to plan. After returning home, Gadelia finished washing up. As for Zhou Ming’s movements, Gadelia had basically grasped them. As long as she used her ability, she could hear the inner thoughts of the person in question.
Now, Gadelia needed to go see Jiang Jialie, Zhou Ming’s childhood friend.
Although Jiang Jialie had some prejudice against Gadelia, Gadelia clearly didn’t care. Every time she met Jiang Jialie, Zhou Ming was by her side, so Gadelia couldn’t hear what Jiang Jialie was thinking. Therefore, Gadelia was still curious about Jiang Jialie.
Jiang Jialie glared fiercely at Gadelia, constantly muttering things like “bad woman” and “fox spirit” in her heart, then looked back at Gadelia.
Gadelia thought:
‘Did she eat too much this morning? Her eyes are bulging like that.’
“Mm, Zhou Ming, come pick up your person. I’m leaving.”
All her guesses about Jiang Jialie’s behavior came from the impression she had of female leads in harem anime in her mind. Whether Jiang Jialie was too young or watched too many anime, Gadelia didn’t really care. Right now, she just wanted to get closer to Jiang Jialie and learn about this “queen.”
But Gadelia overlooked one thing. Jiang Jialie was going to scold her. So, she was turned away.
Use her ability to directly browse Jiang Jialie’s memories? Gadelia pressed her temples and suppressed that thought. She felt it wasn’t good; better not use her ability for this kind of thing.
She originally used her ability every day to give orders to be lazy and improve efficiency, but for Jiang Jialie, it wasn’t necessary. Anyway, it wasn’t anything important.
After returning to her residence, Gadelia wanted to sit for a while and then sleep. Suddenly, the Order Society’s communicator lit up.
The girl on the screen had exquisite twin braids. The starting point of the braids was cleverly hidden beneath a layer of short hair, naturally falling from the short hair to her waist. What attracted the most attention was the girl’s black horse ears on her head and the white horse tail behind her; she was also a cool-looking horse-eared girl.
“Hm? President, what’s the matter?”
The girl whom Gadelia called President was full of anger, very displeased, and questioned Gadelia with furrowed brows:
“What did you do yesterday?! You went to a meaningless old ruin for no reason, and now people have reported it to the Yucheng higher-ups!”
“If the organization members hadn’t handled it first, Yucheng would already be full of convoys and Lantern Bearers in action!”
“Aren’t you going to give me an explanation?!”
A bit sleepy, Gadelia stretched and didn’t care at all.
“Explain what? I came to Yucheng to relax, but I also need to do something productive. Who knew there was nothing in that ruin.”
The horse-eared girl gritted her teeth in anger, as if she wished she could crawl out of the projection and beat Gadelia up. Her horse ears trembled with anger, and her pretty face turned from white to red, then from red to white.
“Gadelia! Fix your attitude! You must give me an explanation, or this isn’t over!”
“So? Is there anything else you want to add?”
“Okay, anything else, President? In a few days I still need to go to Academy City to find Ira to handle some matters, and I need to prepare.”
“Gadelia!”
The horse-eared girl paused, then continued asking:
“Did something unexpected happen? Or can Yuanmi not handle it? Or is there something that needs to be changed in the plan?”
“I’ve already investigated. I originally thought there was something unknown, but it turns out the Yucheng officials had already sorted out all the useful information from the ruin.”
Shaking her head slightly, Gadelia explained:
“I discovered a subordinate of the tsunami ability beast Leviathan in this inland city of Yucheng, a mental-type ability beast with the power to create illusions and turn false into real.”
“So, are you worried that Leviathan is plotting something in secret?”
Gadelia nodded, confirming the horse-eared girl’s words.
“I didn’t dig up useful information from that beast’s memories, but one can’t be too careful.”
“We’ve been planning for so long; we can’t let all our efforts go to waste.”
Seeing that Gadelia was about to end the call, the horse-eared girl panicked on the spot.
“Gadelia, you haven’t explained clearly to me yet!”
“I’ll explain later. I’m sleepy. I’m hanging up now.”
“You always say that! This time you have to explain clearly!”
Before the horse-eared girl finished speaking, Gadelia had already ended the call. Then she returned to the bedroom, changed into her nightgown, and covered herself with the blankets.
“It’s not like she’s my real mother; she’s too nosy.”
Gadelia was disdainful of the horse-eared girl’s zealous actions. The horse-eared girl could become president because Gadelia didn’t want to be president. And at that time, they couldn’t find a suitable and prestigious person, so she teamed up with a few others who also didn’t want to be president and casually pushed one up. As a result, the horse-eared girl actually thought she was the real president of the Order Society? Did she think Gadelia didn’t know about her little schemes? It’s just that they didn’t violate the Order Society’s principles, so Gadelia didn’t bother to intervene.
Gadelia snorted lightly. She was curious to see what tricks the horse-eared girl could come up with.
Her eyes gradually closed, and Gadelia fell into sleep. Suddenly, the phone rang.
Helplessly opening her eyes, Gadelia reached out and picked up the phone in displeasure. It was Zhou Ming’s call. He sure knows how to pick the timing. Her finger wanted to slide to reject, but she still answered the call.
“Gadelia, are you at home?”
“Yes.”
Her voice was weak and carried a hint of displeasure. Obviously, Zhou Ming could tell. He was silent for a moment, then smiled helplessly.
“Gadelia, you still can’t sleep well.”
“Do you need me to come keep you company later?”
Actually, Gadelia really wanted to agree. She especially wanted to agree. The pain of the body can fade with time, but the pain of the will remains fresh and unforgettable. Whenever the night was quiet, she would toss and turn, unable to fall asleep. But the longer she spent with Zhou Ming, the more painful the separation would be. Still, she wanted to be a normal person. Even if she would later fall into the abyss, she would do it without regret.
“I’ll rely on you from now on.”
In the end, Gadelia did not refuse.
“I at least want to help you out. After all, you’ve helped me so much; I can’t always let you give.”
Zhou Ming replied with a smile.
“By the way, Gadelia.”
“Xiao Lie is looking for you. It seems there’s something, but she didn’t tell me.”
“Right now, she’s downstairs at your residence.”
‘She wanted to scold me!’
“I’m taking leave.”
Gadelia very reluctantly got up, took off her nightgown, and changed into loungewear. Then she prepared to go open the door for Jiang Jialie.
“I see. I’ll hang up now. Be safe.”
Gadelia’s words left Zhou Ming a bit confused. How dangerous could a Lantern Bearer’s job be? They might not even see a single ability beast for days, and instead often deal with various trivial matters.
She went downstairs. She opened the door for Jiang Jialie. Gadelia was sleepy-eyed.
“I was originally planning to go find you, but I was turned away.”
“I didn’t expect you to come to me instead.”
She let Jiang Jialie into the building and onto the elevator. Gadelia asked:
“What do you want to see me about?”
Jiang Jialie raised the pistol Zhou Ming had given her.