Nisi’s eyes instantly widened.
It instantly understood why it was being punished, and a sense of guilt arose:
"Uh... that... Lord Charlotte, it’s all a misunderstanding, that time I hadn’t yet become your servant..."
"Meow... As you know, even a cat needs to spend money on little dried fish... The Church won’t give us an allowance, so of course, I had to figure it out on my own..."
Charlotte gave it a cold look and repeated:
"Regarding the thorny rose matter, how many people know about it?"
Nisi shrank its neck.
It thought for a moment and said:
"Uh... probably not many."
"I did indeed resell some information... but, I only sold it to the Rose Association..."
"Wait! It was that guy Sebastian who told you, right?! That bastard without a contract spirit!"
Nisi suddenly grew angry realizing something.
But seeing the icy gaze from Charlotte, it shivered and retracted its gaze, curling its tail as it continued:
"Uh... apart from the Rose Association, probably only Lawuer, Kara, the Duke, and the Great Priest."
"No, wait... there should be one more person who knows, the second son of the Gaston family, seems to be called... um, Jordan?"
"As a child of a vassal, one must serve in the lord’s household for a period, and he is a personal guard knight at the Duke Mansion."
"Kara mentioned it after reporting to the Duke, and when she was leaving, she happened to meet him, and his evasive eyes suggest he might have overheard from outside the door."
Jordan? That peacock scared silly by Sebastian?
Charlotte was slightly moved, her gaze shifting toward Sebastian nearby.
"A cowardly waste, but... he has a bunch of bad friends. Perhaps you should properly investigate him; the secret of your Holy Emblem might very well have been leaked from him."
Charlotte slightly nodded:
"You take care of this matter, and also... prepare some Transcendent blood for me, just like last time."
"Your command will be diligently followed."
Sebastian bowed respectfully, eager to try.
After giving her orders, Charlotte looked back at the uneasy Black Cat Nisi and spoke coldly:
"How you were in the Church before, I can dismiss."
"But now that you have become my servant, you must know what to do and what not to."
"If I find out you’re doing something unfaithful to me..."
"Would you choose your life or those two little things behind a cat’s butt, you can only pick one."
Hearing the girl’s chilling words, Nisi felt a chill in his loins and couldn’t help but shiver.
Charlotte issued an eviction order.
Nisi, as if pardoned, quickly scurried away with its tail tucked.
Sebastian also smiled slightly, gracefully bowing as he took his leave.
But as he was walking out of the study, he didn’t forget to smile at the black cat:
"You better be careful. Don’t end up like a prisoner of the Eastern Yonette Empire, becoming a cat eunuch."
After saying that, he laughed heartily as he left.
Watching the retreating silhouette of the Flame Elf, Nisi felt both angry and irritated:
"Pah! This shameless bootlicker! Taking advantage of a cat in peril!"
But after cursing, a sense of urgency rose in its heart:
"I must regain my reputation in front of the Evil God Lord!"
"I can’t let this dark-hearted Elf get the better of Master Cat!"
After muttering to itself, Nisi also hurriedly left.
In the following days, Charlotte’s life became much quieter.
As her speech on faith continued to ferment in the Church, rumors about the Castel family in Bold City naturally dispelled.
No nobles continued to trouble the girl, and the Blood Demon Church seemed to have abandoned their plans after their assassination attempt failed, and everything seemed to return to normal.
After a stern warning, the Black Cat Nisi, the very next day, delivered a great gift: a thick tome of magic spells it had organized, detailing various magics it had learned.
Charlotte briefly flipped through it and her eyelids twitched.
Goodness gracious, from the simplest apprentice magics to high-tier magics only learnable at the third tier of the Blazing Sun, a total of two to three hundred types, with everything imaginable, even including a few legendary magics and taboo magics!
Outrageous, a cat without even a Rank, yet it possessed taboo magics?!
Sunset Fire Meteor, Extreme Cold Ice Realm, God Slaying Sky Stab, Blasphemy Eye...
What are these ominous-sounding names?
And were there other strange things mixed in?
This guy... what exactly is it?
Charlotte grew more curious.
"Do you know taboo magic?"
"Uh... not now, now I can only use low-level magic at most... I can still use a few decent Divine Arts."
Nisi said sheepishly.
Charlotte wanted to ask where it learned legendary magic and taboo magic, but the black cat started to veer off topic, clearly unwilling to talk.
The girl didn’t pursue further, feeling that this guy indeed had secrets all over, as Sebastian had said.
Having received a tome of magic from Nisi, Charlotte was excited, wanting to try learning some magics to enhance her strength.
But unfortunately, after trying for two days, she gave up.
She realized she did not possess a magic circuit.
In Mireya’s world, to learn magic, one must possess a magic circuit, akin to a knight’s Source Power Heart.