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If one were to ask who was the most bewildered person at this moment, it certainly wasn't Klein, who understood Lin Ruo very well and had just thought, "Is Lin Ruo overdoing it this time?" before realizing what was happening after the sudden change.
Instead, it was Calamity Queen Cohinem, who, sensing an abnormality in the Elf Ruins where she had left a hidden move, quietly diverted a bit of her mental energy to take a look and see what was happening.
Calamity Queen Cohinem never expected that even a small fraction of her will, sent to observe, could be discovered. She had been so careful to conceal herself, even deliberately avoiding the gaze of the War Angel she had previously encountered, focusing only on the young man seemingly connected to Sefirah Castle, and the unknown, low-Sequence youth beside him, who appeared to be on good terms with the War Angel.
While she was pondering who the youth was, already having some guesses, and simultaneously considering why this extraordinary group had suddenly arrived at a place where she had left a hidden move, even bringing the Book of Calamity and the long-missing Siatas, she was abruptly attacked by Medici and immediately subdued.
Even though the main body of her consciousness was still safely hidden, and only a portion of her consciousness, attached to the special features of the Ruins, had been captured—meaning its destruction would at most cause some loss to herself—Calamity Queen Cohinem still felt a lingering sense of dread at this moment.
It was for no other reason than her fear that the individuals before her might trace her dispersed will back to her main body.
She currently had no confidence in escaping from the War Angel… Calamity Queen Cohinem thought this, yet her expression showed no panic, appearing instead incredibly calm.
Calamity Queen Cohinem's gaze swept over the young man connected to Sefirah Castle, the War Angel who always irritated her upon sight, and finally rested on the smiling youth who seemed very gentle as he looked at her.
She did not speak immediately, evidently deliberating. As she deliberated, Lin Ruo also assessed the figure before him.
Undoubtedly, the figure before him was not Calamity Queen Cohinem's main body, but merely something akin to a mental Clone.
As described in the original work, Calamity Queen Cohinem was a very typical Eastern beauty. Her hair was dark and shiny, her features delicate, and the contours of her face were much softer than those of people from the Northern and Southern continents. She wore a complex, ancient-style long dress; if not for her slightly pointed ears, Lin Ruo would have even thought he was looking at a native Chinese person, not an Elf.
So, was the Elf Queen truly the first Elf as well?
Lin Ruo compared Siatas's and Cohinem's appearances in his mind, and suddenly became curious about the Elf King's appearance.
Calamity Queen Cohinem naturally didn't know what the person before her was thinking. Having sorted out her thoughts, she spoke: "...Your Excellency must be Angel of Judgment Lin Ruo."
Although it was just a guess before, seeing that this one was clearly the leader among the three, Calamity Queen Cohinem's guess became seventy to eighty percent certain.
"I am indeed Lin Ruo. Nice to meet you, Ms. Cohinem. I hope you're not too dissatisfied with this first meeting." Hearing this, Lin Ruo immediately responded with a smile, though his gaze at Calamity Queen Cohinem was somewhat peculiar.
He had met too many old friends on this journey; suddenly encountering someone who didn't recognize him was, surprisingly, a bit unsettling.
"Since Your Excellency wishes for us to have a satisfactory first meeting, may I ask the War Angel to release his restraint on me first?" Seeing Lin Ruo's friendly attitude, Calamity Queen Cohinem's eyebrow twitched, and she continued to speak.
Although she appeared normal at this moment, she was directly restrained, unable to do anything but speak.
"But that's also because you, Madam, spied on us first, isn't it?" Lin Ruo maintained his smiling demeanor, appearing extremely friendly, but his words were not so amicable.
"If I hadn't discovered it in time, we wouldn't even have known that you, Madam, had seen our very underpants."
By the end, Lin Ruo's words even carried a hint of grievance, as if they were the reasonable and taken advantage of party.
Calamity Queen Cohinem felt choked. She looked at the self-righteous Angel of Judgment before her and couldn't help but say, "That's also because you intruded into my territory first."
These two Elf Ruins were originally key components of the hidden moves she had set up for her revival. When someone suddenly intruded, what was wrong with her coming to see?
If it were in the past, she would have directly taken action.
Calamity Queen Cohinem, who evidently also possessed the characteristics of a veteran pigeon, couldn't help but think to herself.
"Your territory?" Lin Ruo pinched his chin. He looked at Calamity Queen Cohinem and said with a smile:
"As far as I know, this is the territory of the Sea God Kalvetua. Since you say this is your territory, does that mean you deliberately cultivated Kalvetua, this mad serpent, and condoned his harming of the region?"
Lin Ruo's voice still carried a smile, but to Calamity Queen Cohinem's ears, it was inexplicably cold.
Although her state these past years had been very peculiar, being in a state of being dead yet not completely dead, Calamity Queen Cohinem had still heard of the deeds of the Angel of Judgment. Therefore, she knew that this Angel of Judgment was different from other Angels; he was truly a person who cared about Mortals.
If she were truly labeled by the other party as "cultivating sea serpents to harm the region," Calamity Queen Cohinem had no doubt that the other party would truly bring the Red Angel to find her main body.
"That has nothing to do with me. I merely separated a characteristic and left it in this Ruin; I did not deliberately cultivate Kalvetua… My state is special, and I don't have the energy to manage this sea serpent."
Calamity Queen Cohinem retorted, her tone calm but her words fast. After speaking, she paused, looked at Lin Ruo, whose expression was still smiling, and finally, as if she had understood something, she spoke:
"You don't need to try to frame me or find excuses! You came for me from the very beginning, didn't you? It's hard for you, you even brought Siatas; I couldn't find her back then…"
She didn't know what she thought of, and she let out a soft hmph, saying, "You wouldn't have come for the Tyrant, nor is it likely you're interested in my remaining characteristic… So, what exactly did you come for? Why not just say it directly."
That roundabout way of speaking was truly not to her liking.
"Then I'll be direct…" Lin Ruo, who had been deliberately provoking the other party from the very beginning to test if she was another irritable old pigeon, smiled upon hearing this and said, "I only have a few questions I want to ask Your Highness, the Queen."
"What questions?" Calamity Queen Cohinem became fully alert.
"First, what did you leave in that Book of Calamity?"
Lin Ruo was still smiling, but his first question caused a change in Calamity Queen Cohinem's calm expression.
"Second, how much do you know about the current situation on the Western Continent?"
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