"Another one…"
Yet another woman inside Su Ran's room.
The Tsaritsa stared fixedly at the white-haired woman seated by the table drinking tea.
This was someone who looked even colder than herself.
Other people kept beauties in hidden chambers.
But Su Ran?
This was just a guest inn.
Yet he'd already hidden away two peerless beauties inside.
He really was capable…
No wonder he barely ever returned to Snezhnaya.
Apparently, the girls there simply weren't enough for him anymore.
"She isn't another wanted criminal too… is she?"
Kafka looked at the Tsaritsa in surprise after hearing that question.
"Sharp eye. You're right."
"She's also a wanted criminal."
"And on the Luofu, she's an even more dangerous fugitive than I am."
"..."
No wonder they hadn't gone to book another room for her.
Turns out they didn't even qualify to rent one.
If news of this got out—
They'd probably all end up sitting in prison for a few days.
The Tsaritsa was tired.
She truly couldn't understand why Su Ran was so obsessed with wanted criminals.
Could it be that he also wanted to become one himself?
"So your real goal… isn't secretly to destroy this place, right? Otherwise why are you sheltering so many wanted criminals?"
One after another.
At this rate, there'd probably be a third one soon enough.
And they were all women.
Could it be he specifically kept wanted women around because they couldn't casually show themselves outside—
So he could do whatever he pleased with them?
"Someone else is already handling that now."
"If I joined in too, it wouldn't be interesting anymore."
At the moment, the one trying to destroy the Luofu was Phantylia.
One crisis was enough.
Add another and the ship would definitely be doomed.
No matter how powerful the Xianzhou Alliance was, the Luofu only had one General stationed here.
And he was a strategist-type General at that.
Even with the Lightning Lord protecting him, his strength wouldn't be weak.
But Phantylia was also an Emanator.
If Su Ran, another Emanator-level existence, also stood against them—
Then the Luofu truly would have no chance of survival.
"From the sound of it… you really do want to be a villain?"
"Aren't the Fatui villains too?"
"..."
Did he hear himself?
How were the Fatui villains?!
The Tsaritsa looked at him with dead-fish eyes.
No matter how ruthless the Fatui's methods might be, they did it all to oppose the Heavenly Principles.
Their original purpose had always been for the sake of the common people.
It was only after realizing pure justice could never defeat the gods above that they resorted to more ruthless methods.
"Fatui? Are you talking about the Masked Fools?"
Jingliu looked at Su Ran in surprise.
He didn't resemble them at all.
"Of course not."
"Do I really look like one of those clowns?"
How could anyone compare him to the Masked Fools?
Aha hadn't even granted him a blessing.
Naturally being a Genius was far more comfortable.
Besides, after gaining the identity of a Genius Society member, why would he possibly settle for becoming a Masked Fool?
Even if Elation was stronger than Erudition—
The title "Emanator of Erudition" obviously sounded cooler and more prestigious.
Unlike the Fools, who got looked down upon everywhere.
Across the universe, the Masked Fools were basically known only for stirring up trouble and acting like pests.
"That's true…"
"If a Fool could join the Genius Society, then that insect back then wouldn't have died without even leaving behind a name."
Aha's deeds might not have been exactly noble throughout the cosmos—
But they were certainly widespread.
Even Jingliu knew of them.
Some rumors surrounding Nous might remain unconfirmed.
But if they involved the Aeon of Elation?
Then they suddenly sounded entirely believable.
"So the Fatui are…"
"A group of brave souls attempting to rebel against the Heavenly Principles!"
His words surprised the Tsaritsa.
She had assumed Su Ran looked down on the Fatui organization.
"Then why call yourselves fools?"
Jingliu didn't understand.
She couldn't imagine someone as narcissistic as Su Ran willingly calling himself a fool.
"Because I joined later."
"If I'd been the founder, it wouldn't have been called the Fatui."
Just mentioning the Fatui made Su Ran feel frustrated.
The entire organization was filled with every variety of fool imaginable.
Making a great genius like himself feel completely out of place.
"Then what do you think it should've been called?"
The Tsaritsa's curiosity surfaced.
"The Cheer Squad."
"..."
And what exactly was the reasoning behind that?
"Don't look so shocked."
"I can solo the Heavenly Principles by myself."
"The biggest role those people have is standing behind me cheering me on."
Jingliu and Kafka both abandoned the urge to ask what exactly the Heavenly Principles were.
Apparently, it wasn't some terrifying existence after all.
Despite having such an imposing name.
"But you never told me you were this powerful before…"
The moment she thought back on the past, the Tsaritsa felt utterly aggrieved.
She had originally hoped recruiting someone would increase their chances of overthrowing the Heavenly Principles.
But instead he'd been hiding in plain sight.
Clearly possessing overwhelming strength, yet never saying a word.
She had been sitting atop a mountain of gold without knowing how to use it.
The Tsaritsa genuinely felt wronged now.
If he had such incredible ability, why hadn't he helped Snezhnaya more?
She had heard from Serval that Su Ran had directly helped her homeland dispel the eternal cold blanketing their world.
Snezhnaya was also frozen wasteland.
So why didn't he dispel the snow there too?
"That's because at the beginning, you didn't value me that much either."
Su Ran absolutely didn't think he'd been hiding himself.
He clearly remembered Pierro assigning him the task of obtaining the Anemo Archon's Gnosis.
Wasn't that just looking down on him?
"...That's just slander."
The Tsaritsa absolutely refused to accept such unfair accusations.
She simply hadn't understood where Su Ran's true strengths lay.
But she had never restricted him in any way.
Whatever he wanted, she gave.
Money? Granted.
Resources? Granted.
Land? Granted.
Otherwise, how could anyone possibly build such a massive workshop in Snezhnaya?
Even Harbingers had to submit applications for Pulcinella's approval.
But Su Ran only needed to ask—
And she gave it to him immediately.
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