"That's where you're wrong! You've heard all I have to say, are you still pretending not to know? If that's the case, then I can only bring out my trump card."
"Chao Lu, I told you I'm not Bai Xia! Let me show you the proof!" Ellie jumped out of bed and took out her spatial bag. The two letters Bai Xia had given her were still in her spatial bag. With those, how could Chao Lu still deny it?
"…" Chao Lu still looked at Ellie with a puzzled expression, completely unmoved.
Wh-where are the letters?
When Ellie opened her spatial bag, intending to take out the letters, she discovered that the original two letters had become one. One of them had disappeared, leaving only the one with the seal. What the hell was this? She clearly remembered putting both letters into her spatial bag after reading them, so why was there only one left?
"What's wrong, Lord Ellie?" Chao Lu asked, looking at Ellie, who was frozen with her hand still in the spatial bag, completely baffled.
"Uh…" Ellie didn't know what to say, so she could only take out the remaining letter. But this remaining letter had a seal on it, and with her abilities, she couldn't break it.
"Can this seal on the letter be broken? This letter was found in Bai Xia's room. Originally, there was another one, and that one explicitly told me to go save her. But I clearly put that letter away with this one, yet it just disappeared into thin air." Ellie handed the letter to Chao Lu.
Chao Lu also wanted to take the envelope from Ellie's hand, but as Chao Lu's fingertip touched the envelope, it emitted visible electrical sparks. Chao Lu immediately pulled back her hand as if she had been shocked.
Ellie was utterly bewildered. What the hell? She had been holding this envelope just fine! Chao Lu touched it and got shocked?
Chao Lu frowned, then tried to reach for the envelope again. The result was the same; she was still shocked. However, this time, Chao Lu seemed to be prepared. Even though she clearly saw the electrical sparks flashing on the envelope, Chao Lu endured the shock and took the envelope from Ellie's hand.
"This… this seal…" But even Chao Lu couldn't hold on for long. The letter stayed in Chao Lu's hand for less than ten seconds before Chao Lu let go. The envelope naturally drifted to the ground, and Ellie could only pick it up helplessly.
"I've never seen this kind of seal before, and I can't break it," Chao Lu said, looking at the hand she had just used to hold the letter, stiffly wiggling her fingers.
"This letter was found in Bai Xia's room. There was originally another one, and its content clearly stated that I needed to go save her…" Ellie simply and directly recounted the contents of the first letter she had seen. Anyway, if Chao Lu knew her true master was in trouble, she would definitely go save her, provided, of course, that Chao Lu was truly unaware.
"…" After listening, Chao Lu was silent for a while. Since she was inherently emotionless, Ellie couldn't judge what Chao Lu thought after hearing such a bizarre request.
However, since Chao Lu was Bai Xia's subordinate, she should know Bai Xia's abilities, right? Now that everything had been said, even if Chao Lu truly had other motives, she couldn't keep pretending anymore, could she?
"I understand…" After a long time, Chao Lu quietly said this. You understand? What do you understand? At least be clear about it.
"You understand that I'm not actually Bai Xia, right?" Ellie quickly added, whether you truly understand or are just pretending, let's clarify this first.
"What are you talking about, Lord Ellie? Lord Ellie is Lord Bai Xia, there's no doubt about that. I'm not that stupid cat; I wouldn't possibly mistake you." Chao Lu still maintained her original attitude. She was still pretending even after everything had been laid bare!
"I told you I'm not! This is so annoying!! Pure Throwing Spear!!" Ellie shouted, extremely displeased. This time, Ellie was truly enraged. With a flick of her hand, a Pure Throwing Spear was hurled directly at Chao Lu. This throwing spear was genuinely imbued with killing intent and was aimed directly at Chao Lu's head. At such close range, even a max-level NPC couldn't escape unscathed, unless they had resistance-type equipment or skills.
However, Chao Lu showed no intention of dodging at all. She stood motionless in place, and then the throwing spear directly made a small hole in the wall behind Chao Lu. Chao Lu didn't even blink.
"…" Ellie didn't know what to say. If she hadn't instantly changed the throwing spear's lock-on trajectory the moment it left her hand, it would have truly hit Chao Lu's head.
The killing intent she emitted when throwing the Ice Cone was indeed present. Yet, Chao Lu remained completely unmoved. Ellie was now truly unable to determine whether Chao Lu genuinely believed her to be Bai Xia or had other intentions.
According to the nature of Nazarick's NPCs, whether they were Guardians or regular maids, they would readily offer their lives if Ainz or she simply spoke the word.
In that case, as Bai Xia's subordinate NPC, if Bai Xia wanted her life, she naturally wouldn't refuse. So, Ellie conducted this test. If Chao Lu used defensive skills or dodged directly, it would be sufficient proof that Chao Lu indeed had other intentions.
She couldn't die here before achieving her goal. However, Chao Lu showed no sign of dodging, so what more could Ellie say?
"Lord Ellie, if you wish to vent your anger, I suggest we do it elsewhere. We are still in the territory of the Evaluation Country, and overly extreme actions will only cause those people to misunderstand us further," Chao Lu said calmly.
She was truly defeated by her. What was going on?! It seemed Chao Lu was absolutely convinced that she was Bai Xia, and no matter how she denied it, it wouldn't work. Did she really have to rescue Bai Xia before she could clear her name? There was no need for that, she had already said she would go save Bai Xia.
"Alright, alright! I'm scared of you. Let's just say that's how it is! I'll temporarily be Bai Xia for a while, but once the real Bai Xia is rescued, I'll make you kneel and cry while apologizing to me." Ellie said, utterly helpless.
"…" Chao Lu merely tilted her head, looking at Ellie with great incomprehension, and did not respond to Ellie. Sure enough, such petty tricks had no effect on Chao Lu. This was Ellie's last resort.
She had said that to try and get Chao Lu to complain when her guard was down. She had seen Chao Lu's strong complaining ability before, so she wanted to use this little trick to entice Chao Lu to let something slip. However, Chao Lu didn't fall for it.
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