[Alice looked at Lobelia in front of her, always feeling an inexplicable familiarity.]

[But whenever she was about to recall where this sense of familiarity came from, her memory was interrupted.]

[Your magic perceived the presence of a mental interference.]

Under normal settings, at this point, the preset magic should subtly remind Alice that she is undergoing mental interference.

But Shen Sui stopped the reminder this time.

This mental interference was quite familiar to Shen Sui because it was an artifact created by Vivian.

The Washing Gauze could perfectly alter someone's identity, a tool Vivian crafted based on her own Candlelight Illusion abilities. Of course, it didn't possess the capability of creating an entirely fictitious person like Candlelight Illusion, it merely disguised an existing being.

This tool was one of the conditions Jilinna proposed when she sponsored the Twilight Council back then.

As a wealthy patron of the Dawn Continent, she didn't need such a tool, she simply wanted to collect Vivian's works.

No wonder Jilinna couldn't find her daughter no matter what, as Lobelia took her artifact.

With the use of the Washing Gauze, even the existence of the Washing Gauze itself would be hidden.

Before Lobelia lifted the disguise of the Washing Gauze, Jilinna couldn't even remember that she owned such a collection.

Shen Sui remembered very clearly that Jilinna mentioned her daughter's name, which was Lobelia.

The Washing Gauze severed the connection between Lobelia and Jilinna's daughter, even the same name couldn't lead people to make the connection.

You could only say that Vivian was indeed sincere; given Jilinna's substantial sponsorship to the Twilight Council, the artifact she provided perfectly matched the value of the sponsorship.

But the Washing Gauze wasn't perfect, and since Lobelia showed no hostile actions towards Alice, Shen Sui temporarily suppressed the magic reminder to see if Alice could discover Lobelia's identity.

[Lobelia watched Alice warily.]

[She subconsciously felt that the woman in front of her was sent by her mother to find her.]

[However, her mother valued the Supreme Level Storage Ring highly, and even she had no chance to touch it, so why did it appear on the woman in front of her?]

[Lobelia was concerned about her mother.]

[Could something have happened on Dragon Island?]

[She felt anxious inside but couldn't show it.]

[As Jilinna's daughter, she was destined to be well-fed and clothed since birth.]

[Lobelia found such a life incredibly boring.]

[Any difficulty she could think of, her mother could easily solve, and it seemed she never needed to strive in her life.]

[On the day of her coming of age ceremony, Lobelia secretly decided that she would accomplish something significant in her lifetime to prove her own capabilities.]

[Then she could comfortably live as a rich second-generation.]

[The career Lobelia chose was to unify the entire Dragon Race.]

[So, she secretly wore her mother's Washing Gauze, disguised herself as a Dragon Island runaway dragon girl who worships the Dragon God, and hid in this Dragon Valley.]

[In her lifetime, she wanted to help Sister Qishala unify the entire Dragon Race.]

"Didn't expect someone loyal, Qishala," Shen Sui said, pointing to the Dueling Device.

Qishala looked at the automatically operating cleaning robot on the floor, lost in thought.

"What's up with this cleaning robot?" Shen Sui asked curiously. This robot was seemingly sent by the hotel; they were very anxious to see a guest refuse cleaning service, fearing it would tarnish their reputation, so they sent the cleaning robot as a demonstration of the hotel's philosophy, respecting the guest's wishes while asking them not to tire themselves.

"It's not graceful at all," Qishala said, a bit frustrated. "A beautiful and graceful maid at work is a sight in life, but this only produces noise, not graceful at all."

....

Shen Sui didn't expect Qishala to be thinking about this while staring at the cleaning robot.

"Huh? So Lobelia went there?" Qishala asked with a bitter smile after hearing what Shen Sui said. "If Jilinna knew about this, she would definitely be angry, this silly child, doing these meaningless things..."

"Unifying the Dragon Race... isn't meaningless, is it?"

"If you really wanted to unify," Qishala blinked, "you could just kill them all. Those still worshipping the Dragon God are mostly die-hards, sending them to Dragon Island would only pollute it. Back then, they killed other giant dragons to show loyalty to the Dragon God."

Qishala simply didn't have the time to manage those fleeing folks and didn't want her actions to trigger painful memories for the dragons either.

"However, since we ran into Lobelia, let's have Alice bring her back." Qishala sighed and told Shen Sui, "Jilinna has been troubled for over a hundred years, this silly child, really thinking nothing of her mother."

Shen Sui nodded, this matter shouldn't be too difficult.... should it?

He glanced down at the Dueling Device and almost jumped out of his skin.

[Lobelia hid very well, but she still couldn't escape Alice's sight.]

["You're looking at my ring," Alice said to Lobelia.]

["No, I was just organizing my thoughts on how to introduce Dragon Island to you..."]

["You're lying. You've been looking at it nonstop," Alice squinted her eyes, stating with absolute certainty.]

[Alice was very sure of her judgment. She was used to being robbed and had become incredibly adept at detecting others' covetous expressions towards her possessions, no matter how well hidden, she could always make a clear judgment.]

[To say that through her practiced experience of being robbed, Alice could immediately become a notorious bandit across the whole Dawn Continent if she wished.]

[Lobelia still denied it.]

[Alice scrutinized Lobelia, which made Lobelia very uncomfortable. She deliberately changed the topic and began introducing the situation of the Dragon Race.]

[This batch of giant dragons residing in Dragon Valley were all clerical staff of the Dragon God who once ruled the Dragon Race, and their descendants.]

["Speaking of which," what Lobelia said was all that Alice knew. She had even experienced the customs of Dragon Island firsthand. She planned to ask something she didn't know, "Why did you defect from Dragon Island?"]

[Alice was very puzzled. Back when she was on Dragon Island, she roamed from house to house, exhibiting her village gossip prowess, basically catching up on all the juicy stories there. She even helped catch a few adulterers, so why didn't she have any memory of someone defecting from Dragon Island?]

[Lobelia's identity was very suspicious!]

[Alice was convinced of this.]

[Lobelia remained very calm. For such questions, she had already prepared her response at the very beginning.]

["Because the rule of Dragon Island is not legitimate!" Lobelia declared righteously, "Acting Priestess Qishala didn't receive recognition from the Dragon God!"]

["Huh? Isn't Qishala the Queen of the Dragon Race?" Alice asked, puzzled.]

["Queen?" This time it was Lobelia's turn to be confused. She had no memory of Qishala ever becoming queen.]

This was of course because Qishala was crowned by the Dragon Race's council only after she returned this time.

[The two of them stared at each other, falling into a strange silence.]

[Alice silently picked up her teacup and took a sip, explaining, "The Dragon God Sect has always been trying to awaken the Dragon God, to restore the rule of the Dragon God over the Dragon Race. So they have been monitoring the developments on Dragon Island? How come? Didn't they inform you about Qishala becoming the Queen of the Dragon Race?"]

[Lobelia furrowed her brow slightly, "Are you planning to go against Qishala?"]

["???" Alice tilted her head, looking at Lobelia.]

[Don't the Dragon Valley's Dragon Race and the Dragon God Sect share information?]

[Lobelia casually asked, "How do you plan to deal with Qishala? That's the Star Abyss White Dragon."]

["Heh heh," Alice's lips curved up, revealing a confident expression, "That's none of your concern. Qishala will be personally sent away by me."]

[Lobelia began to seriously contemplate the possibility of assassinating Alice.]

["By the way, since Qishala doesn't gain the recognition of the Dragon God," Alice interrupted Lobelia's thoughts, "then what exactly is the legitimacy of the Dragon Race's rule?"]

[Lobelia proudly lifted her head, "According to the Dragon Race's tradition, only the person who possesses the miraculous magic stone is the true ruler of the Dragon Race!"]

[But it's impossible for you to find it! Because it's currently in my mother's collection room!]

[Alice took out a stone, placed it on the table, pointed at it, and asked, "Does it look like this?"]

[Lobelia looked at the magic stone Alice had taken out and fell silent.]

[She swallowed, but her throat remained dry.]

["This seems to be also called a magic stone," Alice said, rubbing her chin, "Is the magic stone you're referring to similar to this gem?"]

[Lobelia slowly stood up, each movement made with such effort, as if she was facing a massive shock that was overturning her entire worldview.]

["This stone... Where did you get it?" Lobelia asked, her voice trembling.]

[Alice completely didn't understand why Lobelia suddenly became like this, and she wasn't about to mention it was given by Jilinna, so she said vaguely, "It was gifted to me by a highly respected senior."]

["Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Lobelia's voice turned sharp, almost screaming.]

["Hey, hey, hey? What's wrong with you?" Alice was a little flustered, could it be that she had said something wrong?]

["Impossible!" Lobelia pointed at Alice, questioning, "Who exactly are you!"]

["Why is my mother's ring in your possession!"]

["And why is the magic stone my mother kept also with you!"]

["She never let me touch these!"]

["What did you do to my mother!!!"]

[Alice opened her mouth but only managed to utter one sound:]

["Huh?"]

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