This can't really be blamed on anyone, when you get older, your hearing worsens, and not hearing noise is quite normal... Bullshit! You just refused to answer the "phone" earlier, I was already mobilizing, so why are you suddenly making noise now?
Looking at the Aquarius Chief who suddenly appeared in the small mirror, Leon, who was completely taken aback, couldn't help but feel his face flush. Under the curious gazes of the other four, he braced himself and asked:
"Lord Baltro, I had Melly contact you."
"Ah, so what did you need from me?"
"..."
Originally, there was something, but now there's not...
After racking his brain to analyze a whole bunch, determining that the current situation was extremely critical, which in the end turned out to be just a misunderstanding, Leon only wanted to quickly end the conversation and pretend none of it ever happened.
However, facing the questioning look of the Aquarius Chief in the mirror, he really couldn't just hang up the "phone," so he thickened his face and said:
"Actually, it's nothing major, I just wanted to ask about the situation at the Aquarius Branch, and your current arrangements for it."
"I see..."
Upon hearing this, the Aquarius Chief frowned slightly, then said:
"I'm busy traveling right now, you can just ask Melly about these matters, I don't keep things from her...or you can find Hope once you're at the Aquarius Branch, and he'll explain my arrangements to you."
"Alright."
After agreeing with a word, Leon, eager to end the call, didn't continue to ask questions. Instead, he nodded to remember the name, then before hanging up the "phone," he nudged the female Cleaner away from the mirror, inadvertently mentioning:
"By the way, Lord Baltro, the gift you had Melly deliver to me was very nice, Veronica and I both liked it very much, but your gift is truly a bit too extravagant for me to accept."
"Hehe."
Upon hearing Leon's words, the blue-haired old man in the mirror couldn't help but chuckle, then kindly said:
"As long as you both like it, whether it's extravagant or not doesn't matter."
As long as we like it?
Glancing at the blue-haired old man in the mirror who was cheerfully accepting, Leon couldn't help but slightly raise his eyebrows, and the "Aquarius Chief," who was watching him closely, keenly noticed this subtle change, then sighed helplessly.
"Dongya was right, you're really not easy to deal with."
No longer making futile efforts, he wiped his face to remove the wrinkles, picked up a white wolf-head mask to cover his true face, reverted to his hoarse voice, and with a complex look asked:
"Mr. Leon, could you please tell me where exactly I slipped up and aroused your suspicion?"
"?!!!"
It really was a fake!!!
Seeing that in the mirror the face of the Aquarius Chief had changed to the face of another thin human, the three chiefs couldn't help but be shocked as one.
And from the moment Leon mentioned the gift, the female Cleaner, who had realized, clung onto Leon's arm and rushed back to the front of the mirror, anxiously questioning:
"Who are you? Where is my granduncle? Why do you have his mirror!?"
"How about... one question for another?"
Seeing Leon in the small mirror, silent and seemingly unwilling to respond, the stranger couldn't help but smile, then said:
"Mr. Leon, if you're willing to tell me where I slipped up, then I'll tell you the origin of this mirror. How about it? Interested?"
Trading information, huh?
After thinking for a moment, Leon glanced at the female Cleaner biting her lip but resisting interrupting him, then slightly nodded.
"Alright."
After agreeing to the trade proposed by the stranger, Leon squinted his eyes and said:
"Your disguise was actually very perfect, I was indeed fooled at first, but there are always things in this world that you can't disguise."
"What things?"
"Emotions, or you could say gaze."
Gaze? Is that what you told us earlier?
Hearing Leon's words, the three chiefs exchanged confused glances, having a round of eye-contact communication.
Didn't Sir Leon say earlier that the reason he suspected the Aquarius Chief was an impostor was deduced from behavior? How did it turn into emotions and gaze now?
After pushing the female Cleaner away from the mirror, and during the information exchange with the adversary, where he never told the truth, Leon calmly continued his nonsense:
"When humans express emotions, most of it is done through the eyes. Previously, I had contact with the Aquarius Branch's Baltro Chief through this mirror, Melly was also beside us at that time, and your gaze towards Melly was different from his gaze."
So it's the gaze that's the issue?
After sensing Leon's answer through his [Illusion] Authority, and not finding any falsehood, the stranger nodded in satisfaction and said:
"Very well, though it may not be the entire reason, I did not sense a taste of lie from it, it seems what you said is indeed true, and you didn't attempt to deceive me."
???
Looking at the satisfied stranger in the mirror, the female Cleaner, held down by Leon, was suddenly bewildered and looked at Leon full of confusion.
You told the truth this time? But wasn't the reason you gave us earlier fake?
Also, when did you contact granduncle through this mirror? And I was beside you then? How did I not know about this? Ah... My head is so confused!
If your head is confused, don't think about it, this isn't something you should do.
Slightly turned the small mirror to avoid having the bewildered Cleaner reflected, Leon gazed at the stranger in the mirror, calmly urging:
"Of course it's only part of it, because if I said everything at once, what if you go back on your word?"
"Don't worry, even though I like disguises, I still value my credibility."
The stranger in the little mirror smiled, then addressed the female Cleaner who wasn't in the mirror:
"Miss Melly, this mirror in my hand, just like the one in your hand, was specifically split from his own Celestial Globe Mirror by Mr. Baltro of the Aquarius Branch, for the purpose of staying in close contact with his family."
"No way! You're lying!"
Hearing the stranger's words, the female Cleaner couldn't help but push Leon's hand away and shouted angrily at the mirror:
"This mirror can only be used by Cleaners! My granduncle told me that only I have his counterpart mirror!"
"That's 'Now' only you have it."
Emphasizing the word "now," the stranger first glanced at Leon, who had understood and couldn't help but furrow his brows, then lightly tapped the foggy small mirror with a fingertip and smiled at the female Cleaner:
"The original owner of this counterpart mirror was your mother, and I personally picked it from her corpse back in those days."
