When the plot-skips players into the game world-Chapter 464 - 365: Actually Really Matched Up

Aleister... a spy from the Antimony Kingdom?

Hearing Captain Camus say this, Aiwass felt it was so absurd, as if it was all a dream.

—Does Miss Aleister know she’s a spy herself?

She doesn’t!

I don’t either!

The thing is, the alias of Aleister was completely made up by Aiwass! And at the time, Aiwass wasn’t even that committed to it, not even bothering to make up a surname.

This led to the current situation where even Aiwass himself didn’t know whether this "Aleister" from "Miss Aleister" was supposed to be a first or a last name—it could work as either, and even as a middle name. This was precisely why Aiwass chose this false name back then.

"Wait a minute."

Aiwass sorted out his thoughts and immediately became sharply aware of the complex information revealed in Camus’s words, "Are you saying that this intelligence was gathered by the Irisflower People’s secret operatives in ’Antimony,’ and then intercepted by our agents in ’Iris Flower’ during its transmission to their home country?

"...Can this second-hand intelligence be trusted?"

Strictly speaking, this could even be considered third-hand.

It’s entirely possible that it’s false intelligence concocted by the people of Antimony for the Irisflower People, or it could even be information the Irisflower People deliberately leaked to Avalon.

After all, Avalon’s spies are mostly from the Supervisory Court, generally either Inspectors or Legal Mages, and generally lack the affinity for the Path of Adaptation. Avalon as a whole doesn’t even have an assassins’ organization, whereas Antimony and the Irisflower People are quite proficient in this area.

It wouldn’t be entirely impossible for Avalon’s spies to have always operated right under their noses.

And there was a motive as well.

From the perspective of the people of Antimony, Aleister was an Avalon Demon who had contracted with the Shadow Demon. Her existence directly destroyed the carefully laid plans of Noble Red and Trade Minister Drost. Antimony had every motive to create discord.

Not to mention, during the last promotion ceremony, "Alai" received an invitation from Count Leipzig as well.

If Count Leipzig had taken an interest, then it would be quite reasonable for him to try to speed things up.

This is commonly referred to as earning a place on Mount Liang.

—It’s like Song Jiang offering his advice.

On the other hand, the perception of "Miss Aleister" among the Irisflower People was completely different. According to the information Aiwass intentionally leaked, Aleister was in fact the missing and defected Assassin Miss Croix de Ciliere.

Seeing the subtle expression on Aiwass’s face, Edward nodded, "I know she once saved you. So it’s normal for you to find it unbelievable. But the intelligence is very detailed, and we have verified it...

"So, following the principle of avoiding conflict of interest, this matter will not be handed over to you to deal with. But to prevent you from interfering with the excuse of ’I didn’t know,’ it is necessary for you to understand the full picture."

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Aiwass couldn’t believe it for a moment, "How did you verify it?"

"This is intelligence confirmed by the Supervisory Court. The content is very complex, involving multiple cases."

Edward spoke gravely, "We have collected all the intelligence currently circulating about Miss Aleister. The final investigation result is... Avalon has no such person as Aleister. All the information regarding her birthplace, education history, residence, and family circumstances is false.

"And when we investigated this matter, we discovered that people from Former Minister Drost had come into contact with this intelligence. We are very clear about old Drost’s identity today—in light of him handling this intelligence, its credibility was already questionable, but now looking back we find it’s all null and void. This can only mean that Former Minister Drost deliberately erased her existence.

"On the other hand, the spies got even more detailed intelligence."

"...Well then, let’s hear it. I’m quite curious about this intelligence myself."

Aiwass replied somewhat helplessly, "What is Miss Aleister’s full name?"

"Her name is Aleister Crowley."

Captain Camus, at his side, spoke softly, "From the Antimony Kingdom’s Crowley family."

"That’s a renowned Demon Scholar family, deeply trusted by the royal family."

Edward added, "Aleister is the third daughter of the family head. She is not a demon but a Demon Scholar—her father helped her contract a Shadow Demon when she was very young. Her mentor was General Leo Karl of the Karl family, which is why she joined the Antimony Kingdom’s Army First Special Operations Unit at an early age."

Aiwass’s expression grew subtler.

Ah, so my last name is Crowley, huh?

This really is the first time I’m hearing this...

"Why would she come to Avalon, then?"

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Aiwass couldn’t help but feel amused.

He was very curious about how complete a story the intelligence department in Antimony had fabricated for "Aleister".

And clearly, Captain Camus was very familiar with this intelligence; he responded without hesitation, "In fact, Aleister wasn’t sent to Avalon but to Iris Flower—that’s also why the Irisflower People’s spies gathered this intelligence.

"Antimony folks believe that the ’Hawkeye’ organization of Iris Flower has an inextricable link with the Iris Flower Prime Minister. Therefore, they sent a special squad into Iris Flower a few years ago. Among them, Aleister’s task was to track Captain Croix de Ciliere, the granddaughter of Hawkeye Organization’s Assassin Master Thomas Treina Debussy Marco de Ciliere."

"At a young age, she mastered the ’Shadow Assassin’ inheritance of the Hawkeye Organization and reached the Fourth Power Level, so she is considered the next generation’s Assassin Master. Aleister dispatched her Shadow Demon into Miss Croix’s shadow, following her on missions, while monitoring from the darkness..."

Captain Camus had barely finished when Edward continued, "Later, Miss Croix, as one of the executors of the ’Blood Stop Operation,’ was sent to Avalon. She then became your classmate... and you know what happened afterward.

"Incidentally, the ’Blood Stop Operation’ refers to the extremist human faction of the Hawkeye Organization in Iris Flower launching a defamation campaign against the Son of the Moon throughout all neighboring regions. On the surface, it was to prevent the Son of the Moon’s infiltration, but in reality, it aimed to use the international public opinion to suppress the political influence of their own Son of the Moon."

Edward detailed to Aiwass, "I went to Iris Flower previously to handle the aftermath of this incident. The Irisflower People firmly claimed they had no intention of assassinating you or Princess Isabel.

"To preserve Croix’s reputation, they even admitted to Lars Graham’s assassination attempt on the royal family and paid a hefty price—a price high enough to set back the economy of the entire Iris Flower for several years, tantamount to a defeat in war. Under the system of Iris Flower, this would invite public discontent with the current party’s prime minister and could even impact the election of the next prime minister."

"Why would they do such a thing?" Aiwass asked in surprise.

"I don’t know. This move is unusual and illogical... unless they believe that Miss Croix is not dead."

Edward said seriously, "According to the analysis of our intelligence department, it is very likely that Aleister contacted them and handed Croix back. An upcoming Fifth Power Level Assassin Master with mastery over shadow abilities, only that is worth such a sacrifice.

"This also exposes the close relationship between the Iris Flower Prime Minister and the Hawkeye Organization. Thus, we don’t believe this to be false intelligence deliberately revealed to us by the Irisflower People because this intelligence also holds significant value."

...Ah? I contacted the Hawkeye Organization?

When?

Aiwass took a sharp breath.

He even began to wonder if someone was acting under his name or if someone had stolen Croix’s identity to return to the country.

What he found most unbelievable was that these pieces of intelligence actually matched up in parts...

No, rather, everything fits except for the most critical part!

—Except for the fact that Aleister doesn’t even exist, all the rest is accurate!