Chapter 522: Responsibility

After seeing Lante off, Sean still didn’t take the Magic Potion. Instead, he began to chat with Elvire about Diana.

“Do you think there might be some hidden reason why she was so hard on Elise this time?”

“A hidden reason?” The mere mention of it made Elvire’s anger flare up again. She glared at Sean. “I’m warning you, Sean. Don’t you dare try to speak up for Diana in front of me, or I’ll deal with you first!”

“I’m not defending her,” Sean said hurriedly. “I’m just trying to be objective.”

“As the Saintess, Diana always has a hidden meaning behind her words and actions. If you don’t believe me, just ask Eleanor and Elise.”

Huh?

‘Ask us?’

Eleanor immediately looked up at the ceiling.

Meanwhile, Elise poked at her fingers, staring at the ground.

They wouldn’t dare answer.

Miss Flame Crow was furious. What if she decided they were accomplices of the Saintess and dealt with them too…

Although they were, in fact, loyal to Her Highness the Saintess, this incident truly had nothing to do with them.

Elvire had no intention of asking them anyway. She said, “I’m not asking anyone. I’ll only trust what I saw with my own eyes.”

“Even if she had a reason she had to make a move, there was no need to single out Elise like that.”

‘She and Sean had also died at Diana’s hands, so how come they didn’t suffer any injuries?’

‘Diana probably figured out who I was and held back out of consideration for my sister, Daeli.’

‘It was the same for Sean. Diana still needed him to get information about her brother-in-law, so she couldn’t afford to completely alienate him.’

‘Only Elise—with no status and no backing—was an easy target. That’s why Diana dared to treat her that way.’

“That wretched woman, preys on the weak and fears the strong,” Elvire cursed.

“Actually,” Sean began, “I think…”

“‘…that we can’t blame her for everything, right?'” Elvire, assuming Sean was still trying to defend Diana, cut him off. “‘If it’s not her fault, then is it yours?'”

“‘You just had to investigate this Fan Ke’er business. And look what happened! The passage is gone, we didn’t find this so-called ‘treasure,’ and Elise got seriously injured by that vixen! Don’t you think you should do some self-reflection? How many times are you going to be this reckless?'”

Of course, she was just saying this out of anger.

She was deliberately trying to provoke Sean.

Elvire didn’t actually think Sean was at fault for what happened. If it were her, she most likely would have chosen to see the investigation through as well. She just wanted to remind him not to make excuses for Diana. Otherwise, she could just as easily find reasons to pin all the blame on him.

But Sean seemed to take her words to heart. With his head lowered slightly, he fell silent.

His continued silence, however, made Elvire a bit flustered. She thought he was angry but couldn’t bring herself to apologize. Instead, she copied the gesture she’d seen from Elise, gently poking his shoulder. “Hey,” she asked, “I was just kidding. Don’t take it so seriously.”

Sean looked up at her. “No, I think you’re absolutely right.”

‘He didn’t know the exact reason Diana had injured Elise so badly, but he was sure it was partly because Elise liked him, and he hadn’t rejected her.’

‘So, he was also responsible.’

‘He had failed to protect Elise.’

‘His own power wasn’t enough to support his greed.’

‘So what could he do?’

‘Apologize to Diana? Promise her it wouldn’t happen again and ask her to stop making things difficult for Elise?’

No, Sean didn’t want to admit he was wrong.

‘Even if he apologized, he’d just do it again.’

‘It would be better to solve the problem at its root.’

He remembered Daeli saying that there was something in False Heaven that could restore his power.

At this thought, Sean stood up.

Elvire thought she had angered him so much he was about to storm out. Feeling a wave of uncertainty, she asked nervously, “Where are you going?”

But Sean simply picked up the case of Magic Potions from Lante, returned to his bedroom, and locked the door behind him.

“I’m going to level up.”

“And then I’ll get revenge for Elise.”