But she is a man

“Is that so… Thank you for your hard work, Aria.”

Hearing Aria’s words, Alice closed her eyes and remained silent for a moment, then spoke softly.

Aria didn’t respond, but Alice suddenly said:

“The Oglis Kingdom will face an unknown invasion, and everyone will be devoured by it.

There is only one way to break the deadlock: find the one who is close to Alice Aclaid and has been reborn.

She is pure and flawless, a girl who loves all beings, a miracle bestowed by the stars, the only one who can eliminate the unknown.”

Alice calmly repeated the prophecy she had learned.

This was the result foretold by the most authoritative group of diviners in the Oglis Kingdom’s Divination Tower.

Its credibility was extremely high.

So after learning of this prophecy, Alice began to make preparations.

There weren’t many people who were truly close to her. Aside from her family, she only had a handful of friends outside.

Alice set her sights on these few people, and after a long period of observation, she finally chose two candidates.

One was the daughter brought back from outside by the Koslandel family, who was now a very famous rising star in Oglis.

—Lofiel Koslandel.

She was a good friend of Alice, and a few months ago, she suddenly started acting like a completely different person.

This made Alice suspect that she might be the one mentioned in the prophecy.

The second candidate was her childhood friend.

—Noah Brand.

If anyone had the closest relationship with her, it was undoubtedly Noah.

However, because he was a man, Alice didn’t consider him a target at the time.

But recently, her childhood friend seemed to have changed too—becoming mysterious, no longer seeking her out, and no longer causing trouble.

This made Alice increasingly suspicious, so she sent Aria with the letter to check on what was going on with Su Mo.

If he was still the same as before, then there was no need to deliver the letter, since he would only curse them out.

If the letter was successfully delivered, it would mean Su Mo had really changed—and was trying to hide it.

Just as Su Mo had guessed, Alice originally had no intention of inviting him to her banquet, or even telling him about it.

Otherwise, with Su Mo’s former personality, even without an invitation, he would have shamelessly insisted on attending.

After Aria entered the manor, Alice waited quietly in an empty corridor.

And the answer Aria brought back was just as Alice expected.

“This time when I visited, Young Master Noah behaved very politely the entire time, showing no sign of his former temper.”

After repeating the prophecy, Alice opened her mouth again.

“I know what you mean, Aria, but Noah is a man. That doesn’t match the prophecy.”

Alice sighed, sounding a bit troubled.

“But Your Highness can’t guarantee that the prophecy is 100% correct, can you?

Of course, major details won’t be wrong, but when it comes to minor ones, a few mistakes might happen, right?”

Hearing this, Alice nodded and said:

“That’s why I asked you to deliver the letter.

When the banquet comes, I’ll see with my own eyes whether he has truly changed.

If he isn’t pretending, then maybe the prophecy was wrong about the gender.”

When the banquet arrives, everything will become clear.

Alice thought to herself.

…

Su Mo arrived at the city center of the Oglis Kingdom.

Looking at the lively scene in front of him, he just wanted to quickly find the library.

He didn’t know if it was because of his changed hair color, but unlike before—when people would always stay three meters away the moment they saw him—today, it was as if no one recognized him.

They completely ignored his existence.

Of course, Su Mo had no intention of shouting just to get everyone’s attention and make them avoid him, because that would be extremely stupid.

After wandering around for a while, he finally found the library.

Baked by the sun and exhausted like he was about to die, Su Mo let out a breath of relief.

“Why do I feel like I’m about to dry up into a husk?

Don’t tell me I inherited some sunlight weakness debuff too?”

Feeling his body become dry and stiff, completely losing any softness, Su Mo couldn’t help but complain.

Standing at the library entrance, his throat felt like it was on fire.

Only after he pushed open the door and stepped inside did that uncomfortable feeling gradually disappear.

He registered at the front desk, and the clerk was visibly stunned when Su Mo wrote the name “Noah Brand.”

But Su Mo didn’t give him time to react and went straight inside.

Following the categorization, Su Mo found the history section, grabbed a few books, and sat down at a random spot.

The books recorded the history of this land, but Su Mo wasn’t interested in things he already knew from the game’s settings.

He quickly skimmed through, hoping to find something he didn’t know.

Finally, when he opened the third book, Su Mo discovered something that wasn’t in the original settings.

“An unknown existence, like a black tide, will devour all life on the land.

It carries an extremely strong infection—any race that comes into contact with it will likely be corrupted and turn into mindless monsters…”

Seeing this, Su Mo thought: Is this some kind of isekai version of Resident Evil?

Just as he was about to keep reading, he suddenly felt a sharp gaze locked onto him.

“Hm?”

He looked up and scanned the surroundings, then froze.

Not far to his left, a figure he knew all too well was sitting there, staring at him intently.

That familiar silver hair and exquisite face—Su Mo would never forget her name even if he died.

—Lofiel Koslandel.

Why is she here?! Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck!

After one glance, Su Mo immediately turned his head back and pretended he didn’t see her.

No matter what, they were in public with so many people around.

Lofiel definitely wouldn’t dare to make a move here.

*She shouldn’t notice anything strange about me, right?

Also, this mask I’m wearing doesn’t have a time limit, does it?

Why is she still staring at me?

Did she sleep with her neck twisted last night?

Seriously! What are you doing?! Haha, ouch…*

Su Mo had no mood to keep reading anymore.

He only wanted to get out of the library and as far away from this walking protagonist halo as possible.

Just as he was about to close the book and return it so he could leave…

A delicate, fair hand pressed down on the book he was reaching for.

Su Mo instinctively swallowed hard and slowly looked up—only to see Lofiel standing right in front of him, smiling faintly.