Early in the morning, Ellie got up with dark circles under her eyes.
Ellie naturally wasn't the type to be unable to sleep in a different bed; it was simply the contents of that letter that had kept her awake. Afterwards, she did indeed retrieve another letter from the hidden compartment on the back of the keyboard.
Just as Bai Xia had mentioned in her letter, this letter was indeed enchanted with some strange seal, and even with Ellie's confident strength, she couldn't tear it open at all.
After crumpling it into a ball, it would quickly return to its perfect state without even a crease, so Ellie tried to cut open the envelope directly with an ice blade created by her Ice Aura.
The result was that the ice blade shattered as soon as it touched the envelope.
Finally, Ellie wanted to try using a fire-elemental spell. After all, she was now level five and could use quite a few common spells. However... just thinking about how even the most basic Fire Arrow would turn into a world-destroying Explosion Magic in her hands, she decided to hold back until she had actually tested the safety of her magic use after leveling up again!
But Ellie estimated that even if she used Explosion Magic to blast the thing, it would be ineffective. Otherwise, that Bai Xia wouldn't have been so at ease telling her the location of the final envelope.
Although there was also a suspicion that she was trying to string her along, if it was indeed a seal placed by Bai Xia herself, then Ainz, being a fellow Player, would definitely have a way to break it. Should she give this letter to Ainz?
This was the main reason Ellie was sleepless. Ellie had been agonizing over whether to inform Ainz about Bai Xia's existence and her request. If Ainz knew about Bai Xia's existence, he definitely wouldn't stand by and do nothing.
Firstly, she was also a Player. Although whether she was truly a member of Nazarick remained to be fully discussed, her status as a Player, along with that absurd precognitive ability, would be enough to make Ainz take action.
If Ainz intervened, everything would be much simpler. After all, Ainz had Demiurge and Albedo for support, so eliminating the Platinum Dragon Lord would definitely not be a problem. Moreover, with Ainz present, Albedo wouldn't dare to act recklessly towards Bai Xia herself. The remaining issue, then, was Bai Xia's alignment.
But Ellie still had a hint of hesitation and conflict regarding the decision to report this, and that was the fact that Bai Xia knew about her true identity, meaning that she was also a Transmigrator.
If viewed from Nazarick's perspective, she should be a 'local' born in this other world. Logically, a local shouldn't know about things like keyboards and routers.
Furthermore, she shouldn't be able to understand the writing from that world. Bai Xia hiding the first letter in a router and playing a small treasure hunt game with her earlier was probably to remind her of this. Hiding the letter like that was probably also to prevent NPCs from discovering any clues if they cleaned her room when she wasn't there, right?
After all, the NPCs brought by the Eight Greed Kings could also understand the writing from that world, but they wouldn't know what keyboards and routers were, as those didn't exist in the game world. This Bai Xia really was as clever as herself, so her arrangement was probably also to let her know that she was aware of her true identity.
Although Bai Xia didn't say in the letter that Ainz couldn't know, if she really told Ainz about Bai Xia, how would she explain that she could understand the writing from that world?
If Ainz knew that she was also a Transmigrator like him, and a Transmigrator who knew the script at that, it would be truly bad. But could she really save Bai Xia by herself?
"Lord Ellie, good morning." At this moment, Chao Lu's voice came from outside the room.
Uh... Bai Xia didn't allow anyone else into her room, so Chao Lu only greeted her from outside the door? If it were Nazarick... she would definitely be attended to by the Dragon Maids waiting by her side as soon as she woke up. Chao Lu?
Hmm! Oh, right... wasn't Chao Lu also a helper? Didn't Chao Lu say this time that she wanted Ligurit to take her to find trouble with the Platinum Dragon Lord? Hmm?
At this moment, Ellie thought of another possibility. Since Bai Xia's precognitive ability was so amazing, who sealed her then?
Why couldn't she use her invincible precognitive ability to find a way to avoid being sealed?
Could this be interpreted as, even if she knew the outcome of her being sealed in the future, she was completely unable to stop the development of events at that time?
That means whoever sealed her at that time must have been a more powerful existence than her, so she placed her hopes on herself, who would only appear hundreds of years later?
After all, so much time had passed, and almost all the Players had died, so she could emerge without a care in the world?
But there was one thing about this deduction that didn't quite make sense: the existence of Chao Lu and Snow Elf. They were NPCs she had created. Logically, wouldn't it be more convenient for them to save their master?
No matter what, these two were max-level NPCs, and they also had a bunch of Player equipment in hand. No matter how amazing the Platinum Dragon Lord was, he should still have difficulty dealing with two max-level NPCs equipped with black technology, right?
So, it felt like there must be some hidden truth, and Bai Xia choosing her must also have a reason.
And... the appearances of Chao Lu and Snow Elf were based on the people she had met after transmigrating here. She felt that there must be a reason for this too.
And what she said in the letter, that everything was within her calculations. What did she mean by "everything"? Did it include the Eight Greed Kings' Adventurer's Guild weapon being tricked away? That weapon is now in the Platinum Dragon Lord's hands. Could that thing also be one of the key points to breaking the seal?
It's very possible... If all of this was arranged—her visit to Sky City, then accepting Bai Xia's request, Chao Lu personally going to find trouble with the Platinum Dragon Lord because of the Adventurer's Guild weapon—if all of this came together and was part of her calculations, then it would make sense.
"Lord Ellie?" Chao Lu probably saw that there was no response for a long time, so she called out again.
"I heard you, I'm getting up now." Ellie, snapping back to reality, responded and quickly got up. She decided to handle this matter by herself for now. First, she would take Chao Lu to find trouble with the Platinum Dragon Lord.
If that didn't work, she would bring out Ainz. Since Bai Xia's precognitive ability was so powerful, she should also be able to predict her actions. She didn't mention Ainz's appearance in the letter, so this incident should be handled by herself independently. Although it was very annoying... she would still act according to her plan!
After getting up and enjoying breakfast, Chao Lu came to inform Ellie that she was ready to depart at any time. Ligurit's face was not looking good, however, it seemed she also hadn't slept well all night. Ellie wasn't much better off either.
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