Transmigrating as an Extra Third-Rate Villain

Chapter 307The Underground [2]

No longer was I standing on the obsidian door with Ruby, but now, I was on the floor of the vault with a pile of magical artifacts next to me."Ah...I guess I'm the thrower now."

Taking a peek over my right shoulder, I spotted everyone continuing to mindlessly collect the magical artifacts.

Every so often, though, one person would suddenly stop working and move around,

However, that still didn't stop her reasonable suspicion from rising.

Ignoring Alya's words, Lily glanced at me, prompting me to nod my head while staring at Alya.

Seeing my gesture, Lily turned to face Alya, pointed at my corrupted figure, and replied.

"That is Ren; you should know him, right? It's hard to explain right now, but he's on the same side as us."

Shocked, Astrid stared at the corrupted figure, which did not resemble me in the slightest, with a confused expression.

"That's...Ren? And he's on our team?"

Seeing Lily nod her head, Alya seemed to ponder for a moment before continuing.

"Alright..."

Now, it was Lily's turn to act surprised and confused.

Grabbing Alya by the shoulders, Lily forced her into eye contact before asking in a serious voice.

"Aren't you accepting this a bit too quickly? Our arch-enemy, who we've been scheming and fighting against since the beginning of time, is suddenly on our side? What Ren really was the intruder, and he just brainwashed me!?"

Hearing Lily's frantic words and shocked by the eye contact and sudden contact, Alya glanced away with fear, meeting gazes with me.

However, for whatever reason, Alya simply remained silent and continued staring at me.

Pushing Alya's head so that it faced her again, Lily maintained eye contact before muttering.

"...say something, please."

"..."

Taking her silence as a sign of admission, Lily let go of Alya's shoulders before immediately turning to and asking in a demanding voice.

"What did you do!? What have you done to her!?"

Honestly, I had no idea why Alya had kept silent upon hearing Lily's questions or why she had decided to trust me so fast...but it still felt good!

Shrugging my shoulders, I pretended to look up at the ceiling with a bold expression and replied.

"Maybe some people just recognize my heroism, and the fa-"

Stopping me mid-sentence, Lily looked around the room, ensuring that no one had noticed our prolonged talking where we were supposed to be working.

"That's enough."

Glancing at Alya, Lily quickly said.

"We'll discuss this later."

Gesturing for me to come closer, Lily whispered

"And as for you, I'll cover for whatever this is...but I can only do it for so long. You'll have ten minutes at the max before someone gets paranoid."

"Let me know what you find, even if it seems inconsequential."