novelraw Chapter 114
Chapter 114
114: Are You Praising Me or Insulting Me?
Although that murderous aura appeared for only an instant and was quickly suppressed by Jasmine, the nearly tangible killing intent and hatred from just now couldn't have been an illusion. It was hard to imagine just how much Jasmine hated that Cardinal named Howard to have such a strong reaction merely upon hearing his name, even when the man had already passed away.
"What's going on? Why did I suddenly feel chills down my back just now? It felt like a knife was pressed against me."
Father Harrison in the driver's seat was also startled by the killing intent that had flashed past. He muttered to himself in confusion. Meanwhile, our culprit, the Lady Saint sitting in the back row, touched the tip of her nose somewhat awkwardly. Then she turned her head with a gloomy expression and quietly watched the scenery constantly flashing by outside the window, saying nothing more.
From this moment on, Jasmine maintained this silent and sullen state, never actively speaking again. Evelia secretly glanced at her a few times, but only saw her with slightly furrowed brows, not knowing what she was thinking.
"Looking at it this way, there's a high possibility that the 'misunderstanding' between Jasmine and Lina back then was caused by that Cardinal named Howard behind the scenes."
Thinking that she might as well pass the time since she was free, after once again pulling Amya's restless little hands out from under her robes, Evelia lay back in Amya's arms and began carefully sorting through the clues currently known.
"According to Lina, Jasmine originally designed a scheme to 'give' her to that wealthy family's hedonistic young master for the sake of the Saint position. But based on Jasmine's earlier sincere expression wanting me to try competing for the next Saint position, as well as the photos of Lina that nearly covered her entire bedroom, she not only doesn't care about the Saint position at all, but her love for Lina has also reached an almost obsessive and twisted level."
The reason Evelia felt that Jasmine's feelings toward Lina had already become somewhat obsessive and twisted was because she, as a fellow "older sister," knew very well that even sisters with the best relationship and closest feelings wouldn't likely engage in the kind of behavior Jasmine displayed, where she seemed to want to capture every single moment of Lina's existence and cherish and collect it.
This couldn't even be called deep sisterly affection anymore. It was practically becoming perverted.
"Moreover, with the verification of Soul Gaze, all of Jasmine's behaviors and words are basically sincere. But if that's the case, then Lina's words don't hold up."
"This raises quite a few suspicious points. First, Lina said that before the Saint selection, Jasmine had specifically come to persuade her to give up competing with her for Sainthood. But judging from how Jasmine would voluntarily say things like letting me try to compete for Sainthood, she's definitely not someone who cares very much about status and power. So in that case, what was Jasmine's purpose in telling Lina not to compete for Sainthood back then?"
"Secondly, since even the most basic behavioral motive has been overturned, then everything Jasmine subsequently did in Lina's story also loses its rationale! Her love for Lina far exceeds her concern for this so-called Saint position. Therefore, it's impossible for her to have deliberately designed a scheme to frame her younger sister for the sake of the Saint position!"
"But this doesn't make sense either. Lina clearly said she only drank the cup of wine Jasmine gave her and didn't drink anything from that Howard person. So who exactly administered the drug that Lina was given?"
"Eve-Eve, what are you muttering to yourself about?"
Evelia was bitterly thinking through her deductions and accidentally murmured her thoughts aloud. Amya, who had been holding her with closed eyes and resting, immediately noticed. She opened her eyes with a giggle and leaned close to Evelia's ear to ask quietly.
"Shoo, shoo! Go play somewhere else! I'm thinking about serious matters!"
Busy with her deductions, Evelia unceremoniously rejected Amya. This made our little sister quite aggrieved. She pouted her lips in great dissatisfaction and went "ah-mu," biting down on the tip of Evelia's ear.
"This doesn't work either... Mmm!"
Evelia was in the middle of her deduction, or rather wild guessing, when suddenly being bitten by Amya not only frightened her brain into complete blankness, but her entire body also instantly went limp. She raised her head in embarrassment and anger, just in time to meet Amya's eyes, which were twinkling with triumph.
"You... what are you doing!!!"
"Mmhmm, who told Eve-Eve to ignore me? Besides, you brought your head close to me yourself. With such a cute and tender little ear right in front of my eyes, how could I possibly resist biting it?"
"..."
Evelia suddenly really wanted to get out of the car.
Sitting on this perverted angel's lap was simply a mistake! Even after suffering a loss, there was nowhere to go to complain about it!
"...Fine. Since you're free anyway, come help me think things through."
"Think through what?"
"...The matter between Lina and Jasmine."
Evelia secretly glanced at Jasmine in the adjacent seat. The Lady Saint still wore that slightly wounded expression, staring blankly out the window, showing no sign of paying attention to what was happening on their side.
But even so, discussing this kind of matter in front of the person involved was somewhat unkind. Besides, her current persona was that of a kind nun helping the Lady Saint search for her younger sister. She supposedly knew nothing about what happened between Lina and Jasmine back then. If Jasmine accidentally overheard something, wouldn't that directly expose her cover on the spot?
Therefore, she needed to employ some small tricks.
"Lean your head over."
"Hmm?"
Amya tentatively followed Evelia's instruction and obediently leaned her head close to Evelia's side. Evelia condensed a thread of faint magic power at her fingertip and gently tapped Amya's forehead.
"Can you hear me?"
"???"
Looking at Evelia, whose mouth showed no sign of moving, Amya was completely confused. What was going on? Telepathy? What kind of magic was this?
"It's indeed quite similar to telepathy. It's a type of mental magic. An elder at home taught it to me. Don't worry, this thing can only accomplish the most basic communication. The other person can't hear your true inner thoughts."
This magic was, of course, taught to Evelia by Big Sister Leviathan. After all, that elder sister spent all day long sleeping in the sea of magma in her true form. Communicating with others relied entirely on this Mental Communication technique. And her Mental Communication was far more powerful than Evelia's. Evelia still had to use magic power to "link" herself with others to complete this magic. Leviathan, on the other hand, could directly transmit her voice into other people's minds out of thin air.
"Such a convenient magic! I didn't expect that while Eve-Eve doesn't know many serious combat spells, you're quite proficient in these little convenient life spells!"
"...I can't tell for a moment whether you're praising me or insulting me."