Urban Seduction: Housewives Club

"Why be polite with me?" Ophelia waved her hand, very straightforwardly. "If the Vatican wants to trouble you, they'll have to deal with me first! Whether they send the Knights of Light or the Tribunal, our Christian Knights can handle them..."

Meyer smiled awkwardly and said, "Besides Catholics, if anyone from the Knight's Circle or the Magic Realm inquires about Eric's whereabouts, I hope you can help keep it secret..."

"What?" Ophelia was slightly stunned, looking incredulous. "Has Eric offended the Knight's Circle and the Magic Realm?"

"No, no..." Meyer didn't know what she was thinking, her pretty face blushing, and she didn't explain further.

At this moment, the rarely-spoken Leotis found an opportunity to speak again. "Ophelia, haven't I told you? In the morning's duel, Miss Meyer declared that Mr. Eric was her boyfriend! This news is shocking to the young knights! You're also in this circle, you should understand how proud and confident those knights are. Except for those who know Eric's strength, most of them will probably cause trouble for him..."

Perhaps noticing Eric's slight disdain, Leotis paused and added, "Perhaps these knights don't mean 'trouble' for the powerful Eric, but I believe Eric also doesn't want his teacher to be harassed..."

Eric smiled faintly and nodded slightly.

Hearing Leotis' words and seeing Eric's natural expression, Ophelia was puzzled. "Is Eric really powerful? You even used the word 'powerful'..."

"Didn't I tell you what happened last night?" Leotis asked in surprise. When Ophelia nodded, he chuckled twice and said, "Although Mr. Eric is young, he is already a 'Magus' who can compete with the Holy Knights! As the only Magus in the current magic world, and also a genius Magus who has mastered the water, fire, and electricity magic, there should be many magicians, even archmages, who come to seek advice from him! I think Mr. Eric may also want to stay away because of this?"

Eric nodded in agreement. Although he didn't mind answering difficult questions for those who loved magic, the timing wasn't right, and he didn't have the time or mood.

When everything was settled, he might consider establishing a magic school to promote magic among the general public, teaching people how to use this renewable and environmentally friendly resource...

"How is that possible?" Ophelia exclaimed in disbelief because of Leotis' words.

"It's true! This was personally verified by Grand Magus Peter in front of nearly a thousand knights and nearly a hundred magicians..." Leotis's tone was slightly bitter.

This had nothing to do with "jealousy," just a slight inferiority complex when one genius encountered another superior genius!

"You're a Magus?" Ophelia stared at Eric blankly for a while, then suddenly muttered to herself, "So, my first time was given to you in vain..."

Originally, Eric had slightly furrowed his brows because of Ophelia's direct gaze. But upon hearing this rather "blunt" statement, his eyebrows raised high.

Even Leotis, as her brother, was shocked and exclaimed, "Olivia, when did you...?"

He stopped halfway through his sentence, realizing that his concerns were unfounded, and changed his words, "Olivia, what do you mean by that?"

Meyer, who understood Ophelia the most, didn't have any "misunderstandings" and instead smiled and waited for her explanation.

In her frustration, Ophelia didn't realize her brother's somewhat inappropriate guess and pouted, saying to herself, "Since Eric is a Magus, his position in Sakya must be high. In that case, he probably won't change sects and join our Christianity..."

"You have such thoughts..." Meyer shook her head with a smile as if she had already seen through Ophelia's little tricks.

"Why not?" Ophelia said confidently, "This is the first time I've invited someone to join Christianity, but it failed. It will bring irreparable damage to my soul..."

"Forget it. You're such a heartless woman, it would be strange if you were hurt in your soul..."

While Meyer and Ophelia were joking, Eric shook his head, his eyes full of helplessness towards Ophelia, who used the word "blunt" so boldly.

Next to him, Leotis, who should have a good understanding of his sister's actions, behaved somewhat strangely.

Not only did he sigh deeply, but he also showed a frightened expression, and muttered to himself inaudibly, "So that's what she meant by 'first time,' it scared me! Olivia, why can't you use words that are not ambiguous? If she does something like that, then our Bentson family will have no place in Denmark..."

Playing around with Meyer for a while, Ophelia suddenly turned to Eric and asked, "Eric, who is your teacher?"

Eric understood what she meant and said slowly, "My teacher's name is Aileen."

"Aileen?" Ophelia and Leotis both looked pensive. After a while, the former shook her head and said, "I've never heard of her! What level is your teacher?"

"A water mage." Eric didn't lie. His teacher Aileen, who raised him single-handedly before her suicide, was indeed a water mage, and she was even known as the "water mage most likely to advance to Archmage"!

Ophelia glanced at Leotis, who was equally surprised and skeptical. She then said, "How is that possible? The magic world hasn't produced a 'Mage' level master for hundreds of years..."

"I have no reason to lie to you, believe it or not!" Eric rolled his eyes. While Mages were rare on Earth, they were just a "doctorate" in Celestia. Although not many, there were not few.

After a long silence, Leotis stammered, "...Perhaps Mr. Eric, your teacher, is the legendary recluse master..."

Eric neither confirmed nor denied it, nor did he think of Celestia as "outside the world."

"Wait!" Ophelia exclaimed in surprise, "Didn't you say your teacher is a water mage? Why do you also know fire and lightning magic?"

"I self-studied from books."

"Self-studied from books?" Ophelia repeated, puzzled. She then asked, "Where did you get these books?"

"The library."

Including Meyer, all three jaws dropped to their chests, and their six eyes were filled with astonishment. After a while, their mouths slowly closed.

Ophelia suddenly narrowed her eyes and asked the question in her mind, "Which library would lend books on fire and lightning magic?"

The library of the Celestia Mage Guild!

This answer naturally couldn't be revealed, so Eric just shook his head and said, "I forgot."

Ophelia stared at Eric and said, "Did you really forget, or are you just trying to brush us off?"

Eric was somewhat displeased and said coldly, "I have no idea how to get to that library!" This was a big truth. At least for now, Eric had no way to open a passage back to Celestia!

"No idea? How can someone borrow books and not know where the library is? Why would Eric tell such an unconvincing lie?"

The pressing questioning made Eric very annoyed, and he couldn't help but use a "suppression technique" on Ophelia.

Although Ophelia had a strong will, she couldn't withstand Eric's deliberate attack and was shocked. Fortunately, Eric, out of consideration for his relationship with Meyer, didn't use his full strength, so the harm she suffered wasn't severe. She just jumped in shock, lowered her head pitifully, and twisted her hands nervously, looking as aggrieved as could be.

With Eric's indifferent nature, he would never have felt any compassion for her. However, when he saw Meyer's pleading expression, he softened and let Ophelia off. He even "answered" her question, "I was adopted by my teacher when I was young. At that time, she worked at the library, and I spent my time there reading..."

Whether believing Eric's "explanation" or fearing his "suppression," Ophelia didn't pursue the issue further. Instead, she asked, "Eric, can you introduce us to your teacher?"

Eric fell silent. In the uneasy gaze of Ophelia and Leotis, he sighed softly and shook his head, "Aileen teacher has been gone for a long time..."

Staring at Eric's sad face, Meyer suddenly felt a sense of reluctance. Her initial curiosity had been replaced by a faint heartache. She couldn't help but shout, "Olivia, will you ever stop? Eric is my brother, not your criminal. What right do you have to interrogate him like this?"