Chapter 28: Tell Me (20 Consecutive Updates)

“I really don’t know him.”

“Really?”

“Of course it’s true.”

Amelia now completely understood Eileen’s past, but she couldn’t reveal it directly. She had no reason to know about it. If she said it, and Eileen asked how she knew, how was she supposed to answer?

Even as a member of the Steele Kingdom’s royal family, she could claim she had read Eileen’s file. But there was still no reason for her to make the connection to this specific incident, because she shouldn’t be able to recognize Lester.

Amelia felt that speaking about things she wasn’t supposed to know might trigger that sudden fainting spell again, just like last time. So she could only try to guide Eileen into admitting it herself.

But no matter how Amelia pressed, Eileen refused to say a single word more.

The milk had already arrived. Amelia had no heart to drink it, looking helplessly at the girl beside her.

[Eileen, oh my Eileen, always thinking about others.]

[She just doesn’t want her own problems to affect Amelia, even if the chance is small.]

[“If there’s pain, I will bear it alone”—That’s Eileen for you!]

[I wish I could jump in there and help Eileen.]

[Wake up, the person above. If you jump in, you’ll just be feeding the enemy.]

[Even if I can’t beat him, can’t I just report him? This Lester guy is clearly connected to that criminal syndicate, Iris.]

The bullet comments were buzzing with discussion again.

Amelia had been keeping an eye on the comments and suddenly noticed a crucial piece of information.

According to the comments, in the future original plot, Eileen came to Rhine City to investigate the criminal syndicate Iris. During her investigation, she ran into Lester. It was hard to say that Lester had no connection to the Iris syndicate.

As the comments mentioned Iris, more and more viewers began sharing details about the organization.

This criminal syndicate had also appeared during the chaos in Rhine City, playing a rather ignoble role.

The conflict between the Three Great Kingdoms stemmed from a certain spoil of war. In the end, that spoil wasn’t claimed by any of the three kingdoms, but was instead snatched away by Iris.

[The funniest thing about Iris is their passphrase, right? When their passphrase came out back then, it actually broke out of the fandom circle and became a huge meme everyone talked about.]

[A newbie watching the show for the first time asking what the passphrase is.]

[“The valiant griffin fell in love with the goblin,” “The goblin preferred the dwarf’s gentleness,” “The dwarf wished to be the elf’s dog,” “The elf lady gave birth to a half-elf.”]

[Hahaha, when the residential compound where I live was locked down before, we actually used this passphrase to keep out people who didn’t belong to our compound.]

The bullet comments were lively and bustling.

Amelia was also deep in thought.

Lester had ties to Iris.

Eileen refused to talk about the incident that sparked her hatred for Lester.

Since she couldn’t make headway with Eileen directly, perhaps she could start by looking into Iris. Furthermore, this might also serve as a sufficient catalyst for her own goal of leaving Rhine City and continuing north, as Iris was directly connected to the chaos in Rhine City.

Most importantly, the bullet comments had said that Iris recognized only the passphrase, not the person. And now, she knew the passphrase.

Amelia immediately spoke to the distracted Eileen: “Eileen, let’s go.”

“Go now? We haven’t finished our milk,” Eileen said, glancing down at her glass.

“Then finish it now.” Amelia picked up her glass and gulped down the milk.

Seeing this, Eileen could only hurry to finish her portion as well.

To make contact with the people from Iris, one needed to go to a specific location. And the comments had already revealed exactly where that was.