Hello, is this a letter addressed to Demon Fortress?

The two went upstairs together and entered the bedroom.

After the door closed, Lin Gui raised his hand, and the dark gauze robe silently enveloped the entire room.

Elvia spoke first, her tone returning to its usual calm when she was dealing with serious matters.

"How's it going on your end?"

"How did things go?"

Lin Gui replied.

"The magic is complete."

"The effect is within expectations. As long as we can see the true form of the Mountain-Breaking Dragon, there will be no problem casting the spell."

"Now we just need to wait for the right time for the exhibition."

Elvia shook her head, a mischievous smile playing on her lips.

Her voice carried a lazy, teasing tone.

That's not what I'm asking.

"I mean, that girl—"

She tilted her head, her gaze sweeping over Lin Gui's face.

"Did you win her over?"

Lin Gui looked at her speechlessly.

"I'm not interested in that girl."

"Don't dwell on this."

"What kind of woman pushes her man away and even hopes he'll cheat on her?"

"Besides, she's just a noblewoman's illegitimate child, and doesn't have the kind of value you see in forming alliances by betraying your lover."

"Instead of having me get close to her, I'd rather you use your identity as the princess of the fallen kingdom of Carter to see if you can win over Count Alexis, whom you originally intended to serve."

"Maybe they'll go easy on us when we attack Qianta, out of respect for you."

Speaking of Earl Alexis, that old man who almost bankrupted the Carter royal family.

Elvia remained silent for a long time before speaking.

"He is no longer in Qianta."

"He was expelled."

"A lifetime ban from entering the Thousand Towers."

Lin Gui: "???"

"reason?"

Elvia's expression turned strange.

"He tried to sell the fire tower."

"We've been discovered, and we've been stopped."

"Then, following the clues, they uncovered a lot of Count Alexis's economic fraud activities in the Thousand Towers."

"It is said that—"

"Because of him alone, half of the minor nobles in the Thousand Towers went bankrupt."

As she said this, she couldn't help but click her tongue.

"Even though it's such an absurd thing, I'm not surprised at all."

"I already witnessed how greedy that old man was back in Carter's capital."

"Bribing him is the easiest thing to do; he'll do anything as long as you give him money."

"I just didn't expect—"

She shook her head.

"He was actually expelled by the Thousand Towers."

"That's a legendary high-ranking mage."

She sighed, her tone carrying a complex mix of emotions.

"Back then, in order to keep this powerful mage, my father gave him almost half of the national treasury's tax revenue."

"The combined salaries of the other legendary pillars don't even equal that of Count Alexis alone."

"So even if I wanted to win him over and build a relationship with him, I couldn't."

"He's not in Thousand Towers at all."

She changed the subject, looking at Lin Gui again, a mischievous smile returning to her lips.

Instead of focusing on an old man who has been expelled, let's turn our attention back to the girl.

"Lillian Niold"

She smiled and looked at Lin Guiwen.

"Do you think that girl is pretty?"

Lin Gui was taken aback.

He recalled the figure huddled in the oversized monk's robe in the old bookstore.

Behind those round-framed glasses were clear amber eyes, and a face so exquisite it was almost fragile.

He remained silent for a moment before answering truthfully.

"It is indeed very beautiful."

"She's the type that can trigger a man's protective instincts to the extreme."

Elvia nodded, showing no surprise.

"A very beautiful girl on the fringes of nobility."

"What do you think is the fate of most girls like this in this aristocratic world?"

Lin Gui frowned but did not answer.

Elvia held up one finger and said with great certainty.

"For this kind of beautiful noble illegitimate child, a collateral branch within a collateral bloodline."

"Want it?"

"As a maid or concubine, she was given by her family to someone of higher power to curry favor and win them over."

"Want it?"

"They are nominally given to nobles of direct blood, becoming their children, and then married off in place of their own daughters to noble sons with very bad reputations."

"Lillian is nineteen years old now, well past the prime age for marriage."

"Do you think she's still able to live peacefully in the Heart of the Elements?"

"Has she not suffered too much trouble because of her appearance?"

"Didn't they suffer any persecution from Niold?"

"Beauty is not a good thing for her situation."

Elvia's words were like a needle, piercing the slight unease that Lin Gui had sensed when he came into contact with Lillian.

How could a beautiful woman with no powerful backing live so peacefully on the campus of the Heart of Elements?

Why didn't Lin Gui hear similar rumors during his investigation?

No one forced her, and no one tried to lay a hand on her.

Even someone as arrogant as Dick Elijah only vented his anger on White.

He never directly contacted Lillian herself.

When will a nobleman's son be so gentlemanly towards a beautiful girl with no powerful connections?

Lin Gui's brows furrowed more and more tightly.

"Does she have someone backing her?"

Elvia nodded.

"It's a very mysterious organization."

"An organization that started three years ago."

"To this day, no one knows anything about this organization; its very existence is just a rumor."

"The only thing that can be confirmed is that this organization has extremely strong intelligence capabilities."

"It appears very rarely, but every time it does, it reveals tremendous intelligence value."

"Intelligence that could turn the tide of everything."

"Because of it, many power struggles that have lasted for years in the Thousand Towers dispute have come to an end."

Lin Gui's brows remained furrowed.

Elvia continued speaking.

"It's because of the core intelligence provided by this organization that so many forces in the Thousand Towers want to curry favor with it."

"But in the end, they couldn't find the other party's existence."

"And many people believe that Lillian is one of them because—"

"The initial intelligence indicated that the other party was demanding protection from outside interference as payment."

"So after being marginalized by her family, she was able to live out these years in peace."

She paused, her gaze falling on Lin Gui's face, her tone becoming more serious.

"If you can win over that girl, maybe I can get in touch with that organization."

"An organization capable of capturing core intelligence, powerful enough to influence the course of events—"

"I'm really curious about who's behind this and what methods they used to obtain this information."

"In the future, it may become a sharp weapon for me."

"Collect top-secret intelligence for me while you're away."

Lin Gui was silent for a moment, then asked.

"What's the name of this organization?"

"I don't seem to have heard of any related entities in the Thousand Towers."

Elvia explained.

"This organization is currently only circulating among aristocratic circles."

"And it only started appearing shortly after you left Thousand Towers."

"It's normal that you don't know."

Lin Gui nodded and waited for her reply.

Elvia was silent for a moment, then spoke.

"Four squares."

Lin Gui: "???"

"What kind of weird name is that?"

Elvia's expression carried a strange sense of helplessness.

"The name left behind by that organization is said to be four oddly shaped characters."

"It looks like a square."

"No one recognizes what kind of writing it is, nor does anyone know what it means."

"So most people call it—"

"Four squares."