Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(Vol 5)

Vol 5/ Chapter 63: Caught Red-Handed

"Why you must find us? Even if you can't control the army's feelings about this, there's no lack of people to negotiate. Why must you find Feliciana?" Adrian suddenly cut in to ask.

"...Because right now, only those angels who know the other side's language can help communicate!" Reider, not used to the sudden change in speaker, took a while to answer.

Clearly, Reider didn't know that two people in the Earth army already learned this world's language through magic circles. Communication wasn't a big problem anymore.

Of course, I wasn't going to tell him the truth so easily! More importantly, Adrian and Egil were now looking at me in surprise, not believing I knew Earth language. I tried so hard to keep it secret, but in the end Reider spilled the beans!

The key question is, how did he know we could speak Earth language? Even if Reider came back from the future, even if he came from Earth through the System, it still doesn't fully explain this, unless at some point in the future I or someone else told him this secret...

At least for now, that seems impossible! Adrian and Egil fell silent, clearly shocked by this fact, both thinking about their own questions.

But trouble never comes alone. Seeing everyone quiet, Reider dropped more of my unknown secrets to make his story more believable.

"Cyra and Feliciana's past lives were humans on Earth. Before being reborn in this world, they lived on Earth. They came to this world after going to a class reunion, keeping their old memories. So it's not strange at all that they understand Earth language! Of course, after coming to this world, they also stayed in the angel land Edenmere for a long time, so they adapted quickly..."

It's unbelievable how well he knows the background of us travelers, leaving almost no privacy! Could all this be told to him by his System too?

"Don't listen to him, this guy is just talking nonsense! Don't forget, the emperor has no credibility. How could I possibly be reborn from Earth? Don't you think this reason is too silly?" I quickly interrupted Reider's speech, afraid he'd reveal all my secrets if he kept talking. It felt like being watched from start, especially in front of Adrian, making me very nervous.

"But, the things he said..." Adrian clearly sensed something was off and was about to ask further, but I cut him off mercilessly.

"I don't know any other world language at all! When have you ever heard me speak Earth language? Isn't that proof enough? So everything is made up by this guy. Maybe he's been lying to us from start. Even his identity as the emperor might be fake. How could the real Reider be so weak?"

I simply nailed him to the fraud pillar, with good reason and convincingly! Adrian finally stopped talking, lowering his head deep in thought.

"His Majesty is not an imposter! My identity is indeed that of a specially appointed intelligence investigator..." Egil's face changed color, wanting to try to argue, but was still ruthlessly grabbed by the clothes and pushed towards the door by me.

"Sorry, you must have made a mistake! I don't know any Earth language at all, and can't provide any help for the negotiation you want! So you better find someone else, or maybe let your emperor come in person, he might be able to solve all these problems himself!"

Though I said this, I now seriously suspect this Reider might actually be from Earth too. Otherwise, how could he so confidently judge that the empire is no match for the Earth army?

"But time is running out. According to imperial law, the lords of other territories have already gathered with their reinforcements at nearby bases..." Pushed out of the room by me, Egil was about to continue explaining the situation, not willing to give up, when he found the exit surrounded by people! It turned out a group of H-country soldiers had blocked the exit completely.