"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.
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Oh no! Could it be that our
"secret plotting"
in the room was caught red-handed? But the doors and windows were all completely closed. Or were we watched and eavesdropped on by the guards outside?
But thinking again, it shouldn't be possible! These Earth people don't know any martial skills, how could they sneak outside my room without being easily noticed?
"This lineup... what do you mean?" I squeezed out an ugly smile, looking at the H-country soldiers in front of me who clearly didn't have good intentions. Even Reed and Mia from the room next door were brought out together.
"What did you do to cause misunderstanding?" Reed looked at me and Adrian with furrowed brows, seemingly unhappy about this sudden disturbance, but quickly noticed the unfamiliar face of Egil at the door. "Who's this guy?"
Before I could respond, Mia followed with complaints to me.
"We've already stayed in this shelter as required, what more do they want? Now they bring so many people to cause trouble! I told you these other world humans are as cunning as those empire people. Feliciana, you're too naive to just trust them!"
"Let me explain the situation," Wayne Peng walked in quickly from outside the shelter, first taking out a phone from his pocket, then opening an app and handing it to everyone.
It was nothing else but the surveillance video of me, Adrian, and Egil in the room earlier. Even the voices were clearly recorded!
"Actually, I'm a special spy sent by His Majesty the Emperor to sneak into the Earth humans' base!"
Well, the playback content matched the facts completely. I suddenly felt a headache, now understanding everything. It turns out the Earth people not only set up surveillance outdoors, but also didn't miss the rooms!
I was really too careless! How could the Earth people be completely at ease without implementing full-scale, no-dead-angle monitoring of enemy personnel from another world who came to defect? Now we're in trouble, they must have completely misunderstood, right?
"This... this is impossible!" Egil of course also saw himself speaking in the phone screen, his eyes wide open in disbelief. Then he kept sticking his head into the room, trying to find out the exact position of the surveillance angle.
"Don't bother looking, you won't find it," I of course knew he still thought some expert was hiding in my room recording all this, but the real answer should be pinhole cameras! How could such high-tech surveillance equipment be easily found? Even I fell for it myself!
"This is magic, the legendary earth elemental god-level space magic! Who said the humans from the other world can't use magic? Your Majesty, they are indeed hiding their strength, even you were deceived! These other world humans are really evil-hearted, their intentions must be great!"
Unfortunately, with Egil's knowledge, it's impossible to understand the existence of pinhole cameras in such a short time. He could only attribute everything to magic, panicking as if he had discovered some incredible big secret.
Since the spy identity was exposed, of course he couldn't just do nothing and watch himself be taken away for interrogation. Egil suddenly attacked, chopping down a nearby H-country soldier with his hand, then jumping onto the roof, trying to escape over the high wall of the shelter.
Logically, for hime, crossing over a wall of this height shouldn't be difficult. But unfortunately, bullets are faster than his movements!
"Bang bang bang bang..."
After several gunshots, before Egil could make his final jump, he was shot down by a barrage from the sentries standing on the ground. The bullets mercilessly drilled several big bloody holes in his body, looking quite horrifying from afar, finally falling from the roof to the ground.
"We must gather... the power of the whole continent... to have a chance to resist... them!"
Most annoyingly, before taking his last breath, Egil still raised his hand towards me very unwillingly, intermittently saying some last words before dying. Now it seems impossible to stay out of this.
How did things turn out like this? I couldn't help but sigh deeply, while secretly estimating Egil's strength.
His skills seem to be only around level 4...
Looking around again, I found that besides those soldiers, there were only four of us left at the scene! The other civilians living in the shelter didn't dare to come out after seeing this, all hiding in their own rooms and not daring to make a sound.
"I suppose you should be very clear about what this is all about? Since the other side's spy has already made contact, we certainly can't ignore it. After all, we're in a state of emergency, and all possible risks must be eliminated quickly!"
Seeing that we were still cooperating and not making rash moves, Wayne Peng put away his phone and said with a bitter smile. Fortunately, Reed had helped quite a bit before, so his attitude was still polite. He probably didn't want us to really become enemies in the end.