I Became a Heavy Smoker in an Arcane Punk Romance Fantasy — Chapter 65: Oh, What? You Were a Regressor

There had definitely been circumstantial evidence.

The way she had suddenly closed the distance to become unusually friendly with me.

I had simply let it slide because I had roughly figured out her personality, but honestly, anyone looking at it would have found her behavior suspicious in the extreme.

What had remained a tiny question in the back of my mind had just been confirmed by that reaction.

It was likely that not only I, but Mist and Belias as well, had noticed Ariel's unusual reaction.

I had deliberately let her see my gaze gradually shift toward Ariel as I spoke with her.

"All right, let's lay everything out, with no more hiding."

During the [Mirage] drug incident, it was remarkably suspicious that priests of the [Church of Light] had already been in the Imperial capital under the guise of volunteer work before the drug had spread.

Their immediate action in treating drug addicts.

Finally, when she first met me and left, despite knowing that I was the heir to the Nebula Duchy, she had been the one to act first to maintain our connection...