146 Do you know who the Bishop of Pain is, Dekan?
“Hmm, why can’t I sense any hint of a love letter from this at all…”
Chloix, resting his chin in his hand, thought for a moment, his face full of doubt.
“Chloix, you truly don’t understand the thoughts of girls at all, meow. Sigh, I wonder when you’ll finally have a proper relationship with your childhood friend, meow.”
Teacher Cat helplessly waved a front paw, sighing.
“How could it be possible between me and Claire…!”
Chloix stopped midway through his sentence, his frown deepening.
He remembered Dekan saying something similar earlier, and now even Teacher Cat said the same.
Could it be that his childhood friend Claire might not hate him as much as he thought?
But liking him would be too absurd.
“That’s not right, I really can’t tell where this letter seems ambiguous. Princess Ice Snow’s wording is very precise…”
After thinking for a moment, Chloix returned to the original question.
“You’re such an idiot, meow! I said this letter has a slight hint of a love letter, not that there’s anything wrong with the text! It’s the literal ‘scent’ of the letter! Smell it!”
Teacher Cat explained.
“Ah, I see.”
Chloix felt there was still some generation gap between him as a human and Teacher Cat.
He picked up the letter from Cornelia, who was still in a daze, and examined it carefully.
This was an antique-style letter paper, scented by incense and carefully written with fresh ink, each stroke seeming to take a long time.
Both the wax and seal on the envelope were as neat and clean as works of art.
It was clear that a lot of thought had been put into it.
“But this doesn’t necessarily mean anything, maybe Princess Ice Snow writes letters this way for everyone.”
“Meow meow, then why didn’t she write one for you? Didn’t you save her life?”
“…”
Chloix scratched his head, seemingly somewhat convinced by Teacher Cat.
“Wait, speaking of which, is it really good for us to read this letter like this?”
Chloix handed the letter back to Dekan and asked.
Dekan had been spacing out since the start.
“You’re overthinking it, it’s excessive inference.”
Dekan snapped out of his thoughts with his master and said.
“Even if I saved her life, how could she like me after I made her cry twice? Not even a shoujo manga would dare to do that.”
Dekan coldly chuckled, shook his head, and grabbed Teacher Cat’s scruff,
“Look at the trouble you’ve caused, Cornelia had just gained a bit of language confidence, and now you’ve made her doubt herself again.”
“Meow meow meow! I’m a love expert, meow!”
“Love expert, how ridiculous. Transform into a person first.”
“You shouldn’t look down on me, meow!”
“Then transform quickly.”
“Meow…”
Hardly anyone would research or create the “Transformation Magic: Human to Human” card.
Such an unusual card might exist somewhere in the world.
But it’s too niche and too rare.
First, human magic is hard to achieve its principle.
Second, when a magical beast reaches a sufficient rank, it can change into a human form by its own power.
Unfortunately, Teacher Cat was so lazy that it was probably hard for him to turn into a human form in this lifetime.
“Isn’t, isn’t this a love letter?”
Cornelia, seeing Dekan finally give his opinion, timidly tugged at his sleeve and asked.
Dekan looked into Cornelia’s pupils, reading her mind and understanding some complex deductions she was making.
“Of course not, don’t worry.”
“Phew.”
Cornelia seemed to feel instant relief upon hearing that.
“…Meow.”
Teacher Cat, although wanting to argue more with Dekan, thought for a moment and quietly jumped onto Cornelia’s lap and lay down.
…
At Teacher Cat’s request, Dekan took them all to Tristine Magic Academy to see Princess Ice Snow.
Coincidentally, this was the first time Chloix and Cornelia had come to the academy.
Since Dekan had been to Princess Ice Snow’s room once before, after walking around the school for a while, they headed directly to their destination.
The three arrived at the door of the room on the top floor of the ancient tower.
Dekan lightly knocked twice on the cold stone door.
“Please come in.”
A clear but gentle voice came from inside the door.
Before Dekan could use force to push the heavy door, Cornelia helped him push it.
She seemed to have noticed that this door was a bit difficult for Dekan to push open.
“Hmph.”
Dekan couldn’t help but smile in satisfaction.
This is the right feeling.
Apart from this small library-like parlor and study that came into view for the three,
There was also Princess Ice Snow, who seemed slightly surprised.
However, she quickly adjusted her expression and gestured for the guests to sit on the sofa.
Since she fought alongside Chloix and even complained together,
Chloix was already considered a familiar friend in Princess Ice Snow’s circle who could interact well.
But this was her first time meeting Teacher Cat and Cornelia,
Which made her a bit nervous.
And she didn’t know why this red-haired girl seemed to look at her with some tension, making Princess Ice Snow more nervous.
…
“What do I need to do for the last stage of being a top-class card maker?”
After Princess Ice Snow served them the prepared fruit tea, Dekan directly asked the question he was most concerned about.
“The third stage was originally supposed to be quite long, and President Reilen of the Card Maker Association’s Capital City branch must have explained the reason to you.”
Princess Ice Snow replied.
Dekan bitterly smiled and nodded.
He knew the reason for his long review.
After all, his card-making style was too similar to the several main bishops of the Rebirth Church.
In fact, Dekan had always been very resentful about everyone’s misunderstanding.
“However, after you defeated Evans, the situation has changed anew…”
Princess Ice Snow added.
“Haha, that’s great, this should significantly accelerate my review progress, right?”
Dekan couldn’t help but laugh, leisurely sipping his favorite fruit tea.
“…”
However, Princess Ice Snow remained silent.
This made Dekan’s laughter gradually fade.
He realized that something seemed wrong.
“Isn’t it the case that the review progress has become even slower?”
Dekan’s voice trembled as he asked.
He could not accept being stuck in the review process.
“Yes.”
Princess Ice Snow helplessly nodded.
“Is this reasonable? I defeated the Cardinal Bishop of the Rebirth Church, even if they were suspicious about any connection between me and the Rebirth Church earlier, I should be cleared of suspicion now, right?”
Dekan looked at Princess Ice Snow, full of confusion.
Princess Ice Snow helplessly nodded:
“In fact… because there are rumors outside that after Evans’ death, the Rebirth Church appointed a new bishop named the Bishop of Pain…”
Dekan almost dropped his tea cup in surprise.
“What kind of rumor is this!”
