conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “I originally intended to imbue individuals with a second attribute—but in the end I could only do so by embedding a second personality within that person. You see, the new personality naturally came with a new magical attribute.”
conversations.prefix: Narrator:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “So the masked assassin was Miss Lilly all along?”
conversations.prefix: Salas:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Correct. And she relayed everything your little investigation uncovered to me!” This explained why the ledger we’d examined the first time we visited Salas’s office had been so eerily perfect. Lilly had told him just what to expect.
conversations.prefix: Salas:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “But she looks completely different!”
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “How—”
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “It’s probably a magical tool. Remember the one Lilly lent us so I could switch places with Yu?” I’d wondered at the time why she happened to possess such a convenient thing.
conversations.prefix: Salas:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Does the original Lilly know about this?”
conversations.prefix: Salas:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “No, she doesn’t. If she did, I imagine she would try to take her own life.” He was a monster. A cruel, cruel monster who’d turned sweet, gentle Lilly into an assassin he could deploy to do his dirty work.
conversations.prefix: Salas:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Now, Lilly.”
conversations.prefix: Salas:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “It’s time to kill all these people.”
conversations.prefix: Salas:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “That’s quite an ask. Claire and Rae won’t go down easily.” The transformed Cardinal retorted.
conversations.prefix: Lilly:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “I’m sure you’re up to the task.”
conversations.prefix: Salas:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Of course I am. But I can’t guarantee your safety while I do it.”
conversations.prefix: Lilly:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Hmph…” Lilly sounded like a completely different person when she spoke to Salas like this. Something about her tone reminded me of the swear words she sometimes involuntarily let slip—maybe those too, were a by-product of the artificial dual-caster embedded within her.
conversations.prefix: Salas:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “In that case, Lilly, let’s make escaping the priority.”
conversations.prefix: Salas:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “I will not let you escape!” Claire snarled. To my surprise, Claire already had the François family crests floating in the air. She was ready to fire her Magic Ray.
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Salas, Cardinal Lilly. I cannot modulate the effects of this spell. Surrender, if you want to live.” Claire warned as she moved into a position where they were both in her line of vision.
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Well, what now?” Lilly asked Salas.
conversations.prefix: Lilly:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Cardinal Lilly, stop! If you make one more move, I will fire!”
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Go ahead and try.” Lilly kept moving, and she felled another guard with her knife.
conversations.prefix: Lilly:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “I’m so sorry!” Claire hesitated for a moment. Then she took a breath. She cast Magic Ray—but the spell didn’t touch Lilly.
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Wh-what? !” Somehow, Magic Ray fizzled and disappeared like a mirage. Negating a flame spear was one thing, but if Lilly could render even Magic Ray useless… She had to be using Spellbreaker.
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Lilly here is my masterpiece.”
conversations.prefix: Salas:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “She wouldn’t stand a chance against Lady Manaria, but her magic is in no way inferior.”
conversations.prefix: Salas:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Is that Spellbreaker?”
conversations.prefix: Salas:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Nothing quite so eccentric. In this form, Lilly merely has a high-aptitude wind attribute. Her specialty is manipulating time.” Time manipulation! Of course. When we first encountered the masked man during the Commoner Movement’s assault on the Academy, he had restored a magical bell that I’d destroyed.
conversations.prefix: Salas: