"By the way, please don't get me wrong," Sylvia said, her expression brightening as if she had sensed Fang Li's thoughts. "When I asked about Bo Xie, it was not for gathering information but for my own purposes. So even if the academy's people request me to disclose it, I'll choose to keep it hidden."
In general, one might think that even if she said this, not many people would believe it, right? After all, if the intention was really to gather information about Bo Xie, telling a little white lie would be a minor matter.
However, Fang Li didn't think Sylvia was lying. This young girl exuded an incredible aura of sincerity and candor.
Moreover, Bo Xie's Ability wasn't something worth hiding. While revealing it might allow opponents to formulate strategies against the Ability itself, Bo Xie's power had a broad range of applications.
As long as its weaknesses weren't exposed, only altering the form of things it touched and consuming Prana during the process, there wouldn't be an issue.
Therefore, Fang Li was completely fine with telling Sylvia.
However, he was more concerned about another matter.
"For your own purposes?" Fang Li thought for a moment and then stared at Sylvia as he spoke. "You want to find your Teacher, right?"
When these words left Fang Li's mouth, Sylvia's facial expression froze for the first time.
It was an expression Fang Li had never seen before.
This world-class Diva excelled at leading others into her rhythm, making her seem almost incredible.
However, Fang Li's words had completely thrown Sylvia off balance.
After a while, Sylvia finally spoke in a hushed tone. "Why do you know about this?"
There was a different emotion in Sylvia's voice this time.
And that was only natural.
"I've never told anyone about this voluntarily. Even those who have always been around me only know that I'm looking for someone. So the number of people who know about it is very limited," Sylvia met Fang Li's gaze and continued, "You shouldn't be able to know."
Unfortunately, this time, Sylvia's statement was too absolute.
In theory, Fang Li indeed shouldn't have known about this matter.
However, as a main Divine Envoy, Fang Li's biggest advantage lies in his foresight.
Moreover, there was another reason besides that which allowed Fang Li to know about this.
So, without changing his expression, Fang Li simply said, "You should be aware of Seidoukan's Pan-Dora, right?"
"Pan-Dora?" Sylvia nodded and replied, "Are you talking about Ogre Lux, the Pan-Dora of the 'Thousand Eye Leader,' which is said to predict the future?"
"That's right," Fang Li confirmed. "In simple terms, due to some circumstances, I once learned about an uncertain future because of Pan-Dora's Ability. In that future, you told me this face to face."
"You told me that you wanted to find your Teacher, Ursula."
Sylvia fell silent upon hearing those words.
Fang Li could sense that Sylvia's emotions had become quite complex.
However, that wasn't surprising at all.
If someone understood your secrets and told you that you had told them this in the future, no one would easily believe it.
Of course, Sylvia was unaware that, in the future, she would kill Fang Li in her dreams to find her Teacher.
However, the future predicted by Pan-Dora was not fixed; it could change depending on present actions. Otherwise, if death was already set in stone, there would only be one way to die in the future. But Pan-Dora allowed Fang Li to experience countless deaths, proving that the future could change.
So, Fang Li chose to ignore the fact that she had been killed in a dream, not holding any hatred against Sylvia just because of that.
Therefore, Fang Li decided to be straightforward.
"You asked me about Bo Xie's Ability because you want me to help you find your Teacher, right?" Fang Li calmly spoke, "However, it's a pity that Bo Xie's Ability isn't a Detection System, so I probably can't help you."
"Is that so?" Sylvia sighed as if she had expected this, her face returning to a smile. "Actually, I had already mentally prepared myself. Anyway, Bo Xie's Ability probably wouldn't be of much help to me."
However, even so, Sylvia still chose to come to Fang Li, showing how much she wanted to find her Teacher, unwilling to miss even this faint chance.
Thinking up to this point, Fang Li looked at Sylvia's charming face and asked, "Is your Teacher very important to you?"
"Of course," Sylvia replied without hesitation, her smile becoming unusually gentle as she placed her hands in front of her and spoke as if in prayer. "Ursula taught me to sing, and she taught me everything about this world. For me, she's like a motherly figure."
In other words, everything Sylvia had today was brought about by her Teacher.
Seeing Sylvia's gentle and nostalgic expression, Fang Li smiled slightly and said, "I understand. In that case, I'll take on your commission request."
"Eh?" Sylvia was taken aback.
"What's wrong?" Fang Li chuckled and said, "What you want me to do is to find your Teacher, right?"
"Yes… that's right," Sylvia hesitated for a moment and said, "But, Bo Xie doesn't have this kind of Ability, right?"
"Just because Bo Xie doesn't have it doesn't mean I don't," Fang Li shrugged and said, "I've taken on many commissions like this before."
After all, for a Butei, tracking people down was considered basic work, whether it was finding criminals or anything else.
"Moreover…" Fang Li squinted and said, "I'm not completely clueless about where your Teacher might be."
Sylvia's eyes suddenly widened when she heard those words, and her body trembled slightly. She became visibly excited.
Just then, the complexions of both Fang Li and Sylvia abruptly changed.
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