Even she could think of such a stupid thing, there was no way that the group of people sitting at the round table wouldn't think of it. That group of people had used some method to find out her true identity without her knowing!
So she couldn't regard them as fools. Then, thinking from another perspective, what was the reason or excuse for them to assign such a task to her, knowing that her true identity was a princess of Magic Kingdom, and after she had two previous offenses?
Moreover, this task was not a casual one. Raymond had said that she could designate three members of the Black Scripture to go with her, which showed that they also attached great importance to this task. Therefore, there was no situation where they casually threw a task to fool her. She had to figure out the reason why they sent her to exterminate the Elf Kingdom.
While Iri was thinking, Juesi Jueming kept glancing at Iri, who didn't notice at all, since she was preoccupied with other matters and had no time to pay attention to her.
Then, Juesi Jueming made another move, which finally brought Iri back to her senses.
Juesi Jueming put the third-order Rubik's Cube in her hand back into her space pouch, then picked up the fourth-order Rubik's Cube placed on the table, scrambled it, and began to manipulate it according to the third-order Rubik's Cube integration method that Iri had taught her earlier… The result was predictable.
Although the method used for the fourth-order is an improvement based on the third-order, it was still too difficult for someone like Juesi Jueming, who could only integrate one side before mastering the formula.
So, after fiddling with it for a while without success, Juesi Jueming honestly put down the scrambled fourth-order Rubik's Cube, placed it back on the table, and deliberately put it in front of Iri, as if afraid that Iri wouldn't notice.
It was obvious that she wanted Iri to teach her how to play the fourth-order, but she was too embarrassed to ask!
At this moment, Iri suddenly remembered something. Wasn't the reason Theocracy wanted to attack the Elf Kingdom because of Juesi Jueming?
She remembered that the original work mentioned that the Elf Kingdom and Theocracy had a mutually supportive relationship. Then, because that perverted Elf King kidnapped Theocracy's God-kin, who was Juesi Jueming's mother, and forced her into indescribable acts, Juesi Jueming was born.
This incident directly angered Theocracy. After sending people to rescue Juesi Jueming, they turned against the Elf Kingdom and have been fighting ever since. She wondered if she could get any information from her.
It was a good opportunity to use the excuse of teaching her how to play the Rubik's Cube to get closer to her and then inquire about things on that side.
Having made up her mind, Iri picked up the fourth-order Rubik's Cube and quickly solved it in a few moves. Juesi Jueming stared intently at how Iri was manipulating it, but Iri's movements were a bit too fast. Before Juesi Jueming could figure out anything, Iri had already integrated it again and placed it in front of Juesi Jueming, continuing to pretend to be thinking about something.
Juesi Jueming instantly became unhappy again, revealing that super-unhappy expression again. She once again scrambled the fourth-order Rubik's Cube, this time directly reaching out and handing it to Iri, although she still didn't say anything.
Seeing Juesi Jueming in this state, Iri was once again tempted to bully her.
So… Iri took the Rubik's Cube from her hand, quickly solved it, and placed it on the table… again pretending to be done and telling her not to bother her.
This time, Juesi Jueming was really provoked. She directly punched the table, stood up, and glared at Iri with a stinky face.
Iri was still wondering if she had bullied her a bit too much? Had she really angered her? She still wanted to get some information from her, so she had to think of a way to remedy the situation.
Just as Iri was thinking about how to remedy the situation without losing face, Juesi Jueming spoke.
"Tea… Tea… … Teach me…" Juesi Jueming looked super unhappy, but she still wanted to learn this. Perhaps she was used to being arrogant and domineering, so she couldn't bring herself to ask for help?
Eh?
Iri was very surprised… Looking at Juesi Jueming's tightly clenched fist, she must be very annoyed right now!
If the target she wanted to ask for guidance wasn't herself, but just a pushover, Juesi Jueming would probably pounce on that person, pin them to the ground, and make them beg her to learn!
But she was someone who could go toe-to-toe with her, and they had even fought a few times before. In other people's eyes, Juesi Jueming and she were incompatible, right? Yet now, because of this small Rubik's Cube, the invincible Juesi Jueming was actually lowering her head to her, which was also funny.
If she didn't want to get information from her, Iri would have continued to play with her, but everything had to have a limit, especially with this moody crazy woman. Moderation was key.
So, Iri didn't act strange this time, but instead taught Juesi Jueming the step-by-step method of integrating the fourth-order Rubik's Cube.
While explaining and watching Juesi Jueming earnestly twisting the Rubik's Cube in her hand, Iri thought, it should be time to get some information out of her, so… …
"Dominic-sama called me over earlier and assigned me a strange task," Iri said. However, Juesi Jueming, who was focused on manipulating the Rubik's Cube, didn't pay attention to Iri at all.
"Oh… how do I move it here?" She was more concerned about the Rubik's Cube in her hand… How obsessed was this guy with this thing?
"Move this side over there to make the colors on this side match. As for that task, it's to assist the Fire Extinguishing Scripture's mission… …" Iri continued.
"Oh! And then?" Juesi Jueming didn't even lift her head. Naturally, when she said "and then," Iri understood that she was asking about the Rubik's Cube, not about the task she had mentioned.
"Then, it's a mission to assist the Fire Extinguishing Scripture in exterminating the Elf Kingdom," Iri said. Although Iri understood what Juesi Jueming meant, she still deliberately misinterpreted her meaning.
"… …" At the mention of the Elf Kingdom, Juesi Jueming stopped manipulating the Rubik's Cube and slowly raised her head, looking at Iri.
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