Evia had nothing to do with this club. However she would definitely consider a request from the student council president herself. At present, her power was low-level, allowing only for one-way telepathy, but eventually, two-way communication would be possible. For now, though, her current ability was enough.0

“If you’re being threatened, touch your nose. If you’re being tortured, fiddle with your hair.” Simple signals like these should be sufficient.0

Everyone agreed that having someone with telepathic ability as a just-in-case measure was a good idea, and even praised it as a great insight.0

If Olivia could provide us with such testimony, it could set the groundwork for the Temple to step in immediately, instead of all the hesitant deliberation that I saw in the preview of the future. It might even result in the mobilization of the guards as well.0

Despite this, there was still an underlying unease.0

There was a possibility that the commander of the Knights was still only trying to persuade Olivia with words. Therefore, if the torture or magical procedures were only planned to occur later, we would not be able to get the responses we expected from Olivia at this stage. 0

However, we had already rolled the dice, and there was no stopping it now.0

***0

The next day, after lunchtime…0

“It’s okay. There’s no need to worry.”0

Ceres held the telepath Evia’s hand tightly as they stood in front of the Order of the Holy Knights’ temple.0

“W-Will I really be able to do this well? What if I make a mistake…?”0

“It’s okay. You’re just here as a precaution. Nothing outrageous is going to happen. Just use your ability to ask a few questions if it seems necessary.”0

“O-Okay…”0

The timid...0