Your Doubts

The court of justice’s face was almost completely lost. If it wasn’t for Thales, who ended the farce with the force of lightning, barely preserving some face, the court of justice would have truly been nailed to the pillar of shame.

They found out that Alice was a very weak succubus, who purely stole a treasure from Mavis to put on a show of force, and as a result, she actually bluffed a large group of strong people, and even the statue of the first guardian was pushed down.

Needless to say, this group of people would probably have to stay on the joke list of the joke newspaper for a while.

However, the court of justice’s public relations team was very strong. They instantly realized a very key point: Mavis!

It was Mavis’s treasure that deceived them; in short, it wasn’t their bad eyesight, it was that Mavis was too powerful, and her treasure was also very powerful.

When the citizens heard it, it was Mavis, so there was no problem. As the story spread, it became Mavis causing a ruckus in the court of justice.

After all, from the citizens’ perspective, Mavis’s mischievous behavior, a traditional program in Holderma, was far better than being provoked by demons, which would make them more accepting. People were more likely to believe the rumors they wanted to believe.

The Senate was happy to let this rumor spread, although Mavis’s reputation had never been good, the lower it was naturally better.

Thales did intend to refute the rumor, but many people didn’t believe it.

In addition, this matter involved the face of the court of justice, and the people below were very fond of ambiguous refutations, which made it even more unclear.

Some people even spread rumors that Mavis was Thales’s illegitimate daughter.

Linlin, on the other hand, frowned, and the people of Holderma were sometimes quite annoying, liking to besmirch Mavis.

Not to mention that this time it was her own plan. Could she not know who did it?

Mavis, however, didn’t feel anything, and instead, she was a little happy. “Linlin, look, they’re praising how powerful my blood-red bead is.”

Linlin sighed; she had also tried to refute the rumors before, but it didn’t work.

If someone else was in Mavis’s position, they would probably be miserable, and only Mavis was carefree.

Confidence was her synonym.

After bidding farewell to Mavis and letting her go back to work properly, Linlin came to Teacher Bertha’s small restaurant.

“Oh my, little darling, I wasted a lot of savings to save you.” Bertha rubbed Xiao Lin’s face with both hands.

“Mmm, mmm…” Xiao Lin could only relax and let Teacher Bertha play with her face.

Xiao Lin was really cute, and the touch was also very good, making Bertha unable to put her down.

She liked these cute little things. After all, excluding her identity, wasn’t she also a cute girl? Naturally, she couldn’t reject this little cutie.

“Teacher, I’m very sorry. I’ll try my best to make up for the losses this time.” Linlin took on the mistakes Xiao Lin had made; after all, Xiao Lin was essentially her.

From Teacher Bertha’s original inference, Xiao Lin, as long as she didn’t impulsively overturn the statue, it was impossible for Thales to come back so quickly, and she could completely withdraw after completing the mission.

But she happened to be impulsive, which led to Teacher Bertha having to take action. Every red thread severed by Thales was the savings Teacher Bertha had saved up.

But it made her heart ache for a long time, so she rubbed Xiao Lin to vent her anger.

Bertha had long guessed that the student would take the initiative to take responsibility, and she originally wanted to use the excuse that Xiao Lin had already been rubbed by herself to brush it off with a few casual words.

However, looking at Linlin’s firm eyes, Bertha realized with a smile that Linlin wasn’t a child who liked to be slick.

She might not care about small matters, but she was very responsible in major matters.

In fact, no matter what Linlin did, Bertha could understand, after all, laziness was the instinct of living beings.

But the Linlin with this sense of responsibility in front of her was obviously more likable.

“Emmm, let me think.” Teacher Bertha was thinking, “First of all, Xiao Lin has to be the mascot in my shop.”

Linlin nodded. This was too easy, and then hesitated, “But there’s not much original solution.”

“Hey, this isn’t important. The reason Xiao Lin can take shape is because of you; the original solution is just a way to replenish energy. I can soon replicate it.”

“So it is.” Linlin nodded thoughtfully, wanting to ask some questions, but she held back, and first asked, “What next?”

“Next… you can help me replenish some fate, that is, those things that were cut off.”

“Teacher, you say, I’ll…”

“Hey hey, don’t be in a hurry. The fate Teacher needs is very special, not urgent; when the time is right, Teacher will naturally call you.”

“This…”

“The matter of fate can’t be rushed.”

“Alright. And then?”

“Hmm, must ‘then’ follow ‘first, second’? This is a bit difficult for Teacher.”

“Hey? Is that so? Okay then.” Linlin felt that she was actually very fortunate. After coming to the main world, she met a very good companion, and also a very good teacher.

After chatting a bit, Linlin suddenly thought of something, and was about to speak, and then Teacher Bertha smiled and shook her head,

“The answers you get from me may not be true. Teacher has only walked a few more steps on the path of fate than ordinary people, and dare not be sure that what I know is definitely true, so you still need Linlin herself to explore.”

Linlin sighed; indeed, on the question of Mavis, she was a bit hesitant, and even wanted to take a shortcut to get the answer from her teacher.

But if Mavis really possessed that terrifying ability, her teacher might also be kept in the dark, unless Linlin saw it with her own eyes, otherwise, Xiao Lin would continue to exist.

“Well, normally speaking, I should have hit you.” With Xiao Lin’s small stature, she needed to look up at others, so she just sat on the dining table, swinging her white silk legs, looking at Linlin at eye level, and continued, “But I have a kind heart, so I’ll also enlighten you.”

Linlin listened.

“Mavis’s origins are not simple; perhaps it really has something to do with that god.”

Linlin’s heart tightened; the reputation of the God of Trickery in this world was not good; that was the ancestor of pranks.

“But, I think her abilities should be limited. For example, the blood-red bead needs to be under her gaze to exert its maximum effect. But you, Linlin, often leave her field of vision, right?”

“Indeed.” Linlin nodded, agreeing with this viewpoint.

“Secondly, her abilities are not omnipotent. Similarly, the blood-red bead, it only has domineering special effects, but has no actual danger. Of course, if she’s really omnipotent, you, Linlin, can just let your mind go blank and enjoy yourself.” Xiao Lin joked.

Linlin frowned, “You’re asking for a beating.”

“Hey hey, just kidding. Ahem, okay, now I’m going to hit you.” Xiao Lin’s expression returned to normal, and she said seriously:

“Assuming Mavis’s ability to bestow objects with power needs to be used within her field of vision, then what happened that night? Even if the blood-red bead is used as a reference, the blood-red bead that night also erupted with an unusual power.”

Linlin’s expression became solemn; she knew what Xiao Lin was talking about.

“That’s right, Mavis was actually following us that night, scanning us greedily with her gaze in the corner, allowing the two of us to be chased.

And even, is there a possibility, that she had also been watching Linlin before, always! Always!

So the previous Linlin had no doubt, until recently, she thought she had completely adjusted Linlin into a toy that she could play with at hand, and lowered her guard, and that’s how I was born.

I am your doubt, your subconscious resistance to Mavis!”