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At this point, there was no need to say it aloud; Fang Li could no longer casually walk around the streets like before.
Ever since dancing with Sylvia at the bonfire party after the Daihasei Festival, people all over the world had come to recognize Fang Li.
Not to mention anything else, but if reporters caught sight of Fang Li, they would definitely swarm him and surround him completely, all in hopes of digging out some inside information.
On top of that, Sylvia had also revealed hints of retirement during the press conference, which practically caused the entire world to explode.
As a result, forget Sylvia, even Fang Li no longer dared to openly walk around using his real appearance, or else it would absolutely cause a massive commotion.
It was said that because of this incident, Sylvia's agency had even become surrounded by reporters' vehicles.
Unfortunately for them, Sylvia's contract had already expired, meaning the company no longer possessed any up-to-date information about her and naturally, could not answer the reporters' questions either.
The reporters had even attempted to interview the company chairman, who had become the world's richest man this year purely thanks to Sylvia.
However, rumor had it that the chairman himself was already overwhelmed with anxiety. In his desperation to find Sylvia and renew her contract, he was practically on the verge of losing his mind.
After all, rival companies were also eyeing the situation greedily.
If another entertainment company successfully signed Sylvia away, then that world-richest-man title would immediately change hands, and his company's status would plummet overnight.
Rather, it could be said that such a decline was already inevitable.
Even if Sylvia never signed with another entertainment company, the company that had lost the World-Famous Diva would still lose its greatest cash cow and eventually return to obscurity.
That was why the company chairman was panicking so badly.
Fortunately, under such circumstances, he had not lost his way and resorted to inhumane measures.
Otherwise, Fang Li would not even have needed to personally act. The members of Scorpius spread throughout Academy City alone would have been enough to make the man suffer greatly.
At present, news reports related to these matters could be seen everywhere on the streets.
Not only that, but pedestrians were also enthusiastically discussing the topic, making the atmosphere extremely lively.
Meanwhile, Fang Li and Sylvia, both disguised, were walking along this very street.
Beside them, Index, wearing pure white nun's robes and holding Sphinx in her arms, continued muttering nonstop.
"Why do I have to be left somewhere else? Wouldn't it be fine to just take me along with you?"
Listening to Index complain for what was probably the umpteenth time, Fang Li and Sylvia could only wear helpless expressions.
"Haven't we already explained this to you?" Fang Li sighed as he spoke to Index. "Our hometown isn't very accepting of religious people. If you went with us, problems would definitely arise."
Of course, that was a lie.
The real reason was that Fang Li had no way of bringing Index back to the Main God's Dimension.
Leaving aside the fact that she did not possess a Servant Certificate,
Even if she had one, he still could not bring her.
Otherwise, the disappearance of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum would absolutely alarm both the Science Side and the Magic Side simultaneously, eventually developing into an unimaginable disaster.
Fang Li did not want to tell Index about such matters.
So he could only tell this well-intentioned lie.
"Could it be, Index, that you want the people around us to dislike you?"
Those concise words struck directly at Index's weak point.
But Index still refused to give up.
"Can't we think of some other solution?" Index waved her arms dramatically as she spoke. "For example, I could take off the Walking Church and not appear as a nun."
"But wouldn't that make Index very vulnerable?" Sylvia tilted her head as she said, "And if the Index Librorum Prohibitorum came to our place and other Magicians chased after her, wouldn't that also create huge problems over there?"
"With that in mind, you'll just have to endure it for now," Fang Li said with a faint smile toward Index. "Besides, you haven't officially registered an ID in Academy City's system yet, right? So you wouldn't even be able to leave through the city gates anyway."
"Then Fang Li can just take me out," Index said while staring directly at Fang Li, still sounding gloomy. "If it's Fang Li, he'll definitely have a way, right?"
"I won't deny that," Fang Li replied with a laugh. "But just like I said earlier, even if we did that, there'd still be all kinds of problems. Setting everything else aside, what if the Anglican Church suddenly needs you to go deal with a Magician? What would you do then?"
"Ugh…" Index instantly became speechless again.
As someone deeply obsessed with the meaning of her own existence as the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, Index was particularly helpless against that argument.
Otherwise, with Index's personality, she probably would have already started throwing a tantrum and crying until Fang Li agreed.
"Well, don't look at us like the end of the world has arrived." Fang Li scratched his cheek and said, "In order to keep you from starving to death and to make sure you won't hate the arrangement, I actually found a pretty decent guardian for you, you know?"
"A pretty decent guardian?" Index still sounded rather depressed. "What's that supposed to mean? Are there any shelters run by the churches in this country?"
"Hehe…" Sylvia let out a soft laugh and took hold of Index's hand, saying meaningfully, "Personally, I really like this person. I'm sure Index will like her too."
Index immediately became puzzled.
But Fang Li said nothing more. Together with Sylvia and Index, he led them toward a certain place.
It was an old two-story apartment building with quite a bit of age to it.
Outside the apartments, washing machines were openly placed along the corridors, and there were trash bins nearby as well. The place looked somewhat like a slum, though compared to a real slum, it was at least fairly tidy.
"This should be the place, right?"
After confirming the address, Fang Li headed upstairs with Sylvia and Index, following the room numbers until they arrived at the innermost apartment.
On the door was a nameplate written with furigana annotations.
The name written on it was:
...『Tsukuyomi Komoe』.
Seeing this, Fang Li immediately pressed the doorbell.
Ding-dong!
The bell instantly rang out.
Then, a childish and sugary voice sounded from inside the room.
"I'm coming, I'm coming!"
As the voice rang out, the door opened.
The next second, a petite teacher wearing loose green pajamas poked her head out from inside.
"Eh?" Komoe-sensei said blankly, "Excuse me, you are…?"
Fang Li and Sylvia exchanged smiles before simultaneously removing the tiny earpieces hidden in their hair, canceling their disguises.
"Eh? Eeeeeh?!" Komoe-sensei cried out in shock. "Fang Li-san? Sylvia-san? Why are you here?!"
In response to Komoe-sensei's surprise, Fang Li merely replied:
"Anyway, let's talk inside first."
After all, standing outside was far too conspicuous. They might even attract paparazzi.
"I-Inside?!"
But Komoe-sensei suddenly panicked.
"N-No, no, no, no, no! You can't come in!"
Komoe-sensei's frantic reaction caused Fang Li and Sylvia to freeze in surprise this time.
And Fang Li even came up with a bold thought.
Could it be… there was a man hiding inside?
This was basically a criminal case!
(End Of This Chapter)