The Lady Nun Vows Revenge - Chapter 314: Chapter 314

Eliza's Master had lived in Hasen City for so many years without ever being discovered. That alone proved she didn't want anyone to know her true identity, so Eliza couldn't risk exposing her.
But Lawrence was absolutely convinced he hadn't done wrong. He insisted, "There was definitely a 'Spirit' character! I saw it with my own eyes!"
He'd only ever seen that type of needle pouch in one place before: it belonged to the Sage of Poison!
Faced with Lawrence's intense stare, Eliza played it off and denied it, "There really wasn't. You must've been seeing things. If you don't believe me, I'll show you."
She subtly shifted to block his view, reached behind the medicine chest, and quickly swapped out the "Spirit" character pouch with her original one, pulling it from the pocket farm.
Then, pretending she'd just taken it from the chest, she held it up to him and said, "Look, these are the only two pouches I have. See? No writing on either of them."
At the same time, she thought to herself, 'My goodness… I ain't supposed to lie, and here I go again. What a sin, what a sin.'
Lawrence looked down at the two pouches and confirmed that no characters were on them.
He froze in place, confused, and murmured, "Could I really have seen wrong?"
But he was certain he had clearly seen the word "Spirit" just moments ago. He wondered, 'Even if it was an illusion…
'How could it have felt so real?'
Lawrence cast another suspicious glance at Eliza's medicine chest, but this time, Eliza simply opened it and showed him directly.
She said, "See? There's really nothing—just the two needle pouches."
Eliza braced herself and kept her expression calm and steady, weaving her lie without a single crack.
With nothing to show for it, Lawrence scratched his head and admitted, "Then I guess I really did see wrong."
He thought to himself, 'How strange… How could I have hallucinated something like that?
'Could it be that I've been looking at too many rare herbs these past few days and gotten too excited to sleep? Maybe that's what caused the illusion…'
That was the excuse Lawrence finally settled on.
Still confused, he awkwardly apologized to Eliza before stumbling off, thoroughly fooled by her smooth act.
Once they were gone, Eliza finally took out the pouch to inspect it.
The needles had just been retrieved not long ago, and the pouch itself had been embroidered by her Master, Mary.
It was made so that she could pull it out in emergencies when she was outside.
Being a personal disciple of the Sage of Poison carried serious weight, but now wasn't the time to wield that as a threat.
She thought, 'Better keep it in the pocket farm again in case someone spots it next time.
'If anything comes up, I can just pull it from there.'
That reminded her—she still hadn't started today's practice of the Meridian Revival Technique Mary had taught her.
Now that she had finished training Lawrence's Flying Needle Technique, it was time to move on to Mary's Meridian Revival Technique.
Eliza turned and went into the small kitchen to begin her practice for the day.
Renee didn't disturb her Grace.
Watching Eliza work so hard every day made her feel that she should put in just as much effort, so she turned to find Tina and began her own training.
The next day, after reporting to Mary, Eliza set off down the mountain once again.