My older sister is a villainous rich girl

"Oh, isn't it similar to a trip?" Lawrence waved his hand dismissively.

“On the contrary, I wish… I hadn’t encountered such a thing…” Tasia said softly.

"Tasia, try to think positively."

Wayne comforted him, saying, "If we hadn't happened to be there, who knows how long Ali's crimes would have remained hidden, and how many more ordinary people would have suffered as a result."

As if she found his words to be quite reasonable, Tasia's downcast expression improved considerably.

"Indeed... I hope that Lord Bulwer can find Mr. Horace's whereabouts while investigating the case."

As among those in the know, Tasia, Chris, and Wayne were all questioned by the Royal Capital Guard.

Of course, because they were students of Seiki Academy, the guards were extremely friendly. They only briefly inquired about what they knew before letting them leave.

"Speaking of which, was Ali really knocked unconscious by a teddy bear?" Lawrence was intensely curious about this incident.

"And another thing, was Horace really kidnapped by the tentacles that grew out of the doll hat?"

He exclaimed excitedly, "There's actually such magic in this world! It's unbelievable!"

Upon hearing this, Tasia seemed to be deep in thought.

"In fact, I still can't be sure if it was magic..." she said carefully, "I couldn't feel any magical fluctuations at all."

"However, the energy required to achieve that kind of peculiar effect must be terrifying."

Indeed, it is different from the way magic works in ordinary ways.

Once you've experienced that state, you'll realize that all existing magical spells are far too inefficient at utilizing magic power.

“Well, who knows,” Wayne said.

He doesn't care about things that don't concern him.

"Speaking of which, didn't Wayne also manipulate puppets before?" Chris suddenly asked.

Tasia paused, then looked at Wayne.

The others at the table also turned around at the same time, their eyes all fixed on Wayne.

The movements were so synchronized that they even gave people an indescribable sense of eeriness.

"..." Wayne's face darkened, and his sanity decreased by 1.

Why are you looking at me like that?

He scoffed, "That's just hollowing out the middle of a giant doll and then filling it with magic that you can control! Theoretically, any type of magic can do that."

Chapter 291 Chris's Eyes

After Wayne's explanation, the inexplicably heavy atmosphere at the table eased considerably.

Lawrence chuckled, "While that's true, the idea of ​​using magic to control dolls is itself a remarkable creation."

Please, please stop talking!

Once again, they were fooled, and the others didn't dwell on the topic too much.

After all, everyone knows how powerful Wayne's magic is—it's outstanding, but not to the point of being incomprehensible.

Tasia, however, would glance at him every now and then, as if she wanted to say something to him.

Feeling uneasy as her gaze swept over him.

After finally getting through the meeting, the six of them set new goals for the week before adjourning.

"Everyone must remember to record all the findings in writing so that they can be compiled as source data," Tasia specifically instructed.

"Ah...we have to make this kind of thing?"

Gavin stretched, his tone reluctant.

Molly said speechlessly, "I knew you wouldn't write anything, so I've already finished writing it."

"Oh! Miss Molly is so wonderful!" Gavin exclaimed with delight.

Seeing this, Molly snorted dismissively.

"Well then, everyone go home!" Chris said briskly. "It's time to go home now."

No matter how troublesome things are, I always feel much happier when I leave school.

However, even after everyone else had left, Tasia still did not leave.

“Wayne…could you please tell me about the difficulties in controlling the puppet?” she said softly.

Wayne, who was locking the conference room doors, froze.

Cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Ah... why is Tasia asking this?" He tried his best to keep his tone calm.

Fortunately, his momentary panic went unnoticed.

Tasia said, somewhat confused, "Because I want to try and see if I can recreate the strange doll I saw that day."

"I've been thinking, if magic can make dolls act like they're alive, does that mean we can use the same method to manipulate other things..."

she says.

"Even, people."

Wayne fell silent.

After a long pause, he explained, "If it's really as you say, then the methods used by the person behind the scenes are very likely to be completely different from what I've used before."

"It's like I'm just moving a piece of paper from one place to another. But what that person did was burn the paper directly, get smoke and ash, and then restore the ash back into paper."

He described his understanding very vaguely.

"So... if you want to recreate that incredible effect by simulating what I did, you're just asking for trouble."

Tasia's words made her own suspicions.

However, he has never made an attempt in this regard.

On the one hand, he didn't want those uncontrollable experiments to cause unpredictable consequences; on the other hand, unless absolutely necessary, Wayne didn't want that identity to affect his life too much.

—Aikos and such, that's just too embarrassing.

Despite his skepticism, Wayne still explained some key points to her.

While Wayne was explaining, Chris simply stayed quietly to the side and listened.

She didn't speak again until Tasia had taken her leave, completely satisfied.

"Having fun chatting with Tasia, huh?"

Upon hearing her question, Wayne immediately replied with great alertness, "It's much more enjoyable to chat with Chris."

"Stop lying. I can't talk to you about magic like she does." She didn't believe it.

"If you spend too much time with me in the future, you might get tired of this person who is always clinging to you and with whom you have nothing in common."

Wayne said speechlessly, "Am I that kind of person?"

"Besides, we have a lot of fun talking about other things too, don't we? Not all topics have to be related to magic."

He took Chris's hand and led her home.

"Don't think about those messy things anymore, I won't leave you."

Even if we capsize one day, I will never admit defeat!

So, refusing to admit defeat, Wayne brazenly went to Goli's house again that night.

Although yesterday ended badly, what happened yesterday is still in yesterday.

Today's version of myself is one who doesn't hold grudges against Ge Li.

However, although that's what he thought, Ge Li was clearly not on his side.

During the day, she avoided any hints about meeting him, and at night, she didn't leave a window open for him.

"..."

Standing downstairs at her apartment building, looking at the locked windows, Wayne fell into deep thought.

Why are you so angry?

Previous conflicts had never resulted in such serious consequences.

However, the small lock could not stop Wayne from breaking in.

His manipulation of magic became increasingly sophisticated; the shadow merely shifted slightly across the crack in the door, thus removing the physical obstruction.

Then, he met Geli, who was still awake.

She was sitting there in a daze, with the light off.

She didn't show any surprise when she saw Wayne break in.

"Ge Li, I'm sorry."

In any case, the first thing to do is apologize.

Wayne's attitude was very proper.

Ge Li looked at him quietly for a while, then asked, "Where did you go wrong?"

"...Was the mistake in interfering with the Edgeworth family?"

He thought, perhaps that's the reason.

Since Ge Li values ​​family so much, he should find it particularly difficult to tolerate interference from others.

Seeing Wayne's sincere expression, she smiled sadly.

"No... actually, you're not wrong either."

"The honor of the Edgeworth family is indeed being tarnished by such things," Goth said softly.

"But... this humiliation cannot be changed."

Wien frowned and said, "Nobody was holding Franz's hand to accept a bribe."

Regardless, he did do such a thing and profited from it.

A wrong thing doesn't become a right thing just because someone's feelings are different.

“Yes, no one is holding his hand,” Goethe sighed.

There was a moment of silence in the room.

After a long while, Ge Li spoke again.

“I told my father about this yesterday,” she said.

"However, I made up a different excuse for the source of the information... I said that I had planted an informant next to Chris and was able to know some of her activities. Father did not suspect anything."

Wayne went over and sat down next to her.

"Well, then what?"

"Then... he said that His Majesty the King already knew about this."

She hugged her knees and rested her head on them.

Chapter 292 I've always been just an ordinary person

Upon hearing those words, a multitude of thoughts flashed through Wayne's mind in an instant.

"I knew it all along..."

Wayne asked uncertainly, "Does it mean tacit approval?"

“Perhaps,” Ge Li said.

She was feeling a little down.

...He himself disliked Wayne's praise of the Winchester family.

So whenever he speaks of Chris's father with admiration and then starts blaming his own father, he can't help but get angry at him.