I hadn’t realized Olivia wasn’t at the Temple. There had to have been a reason why she hadn’t told me. 0

Olivia had previously taken a leave of absence in order to provide rearguard support during the Great War.0

According to Sabioleen Tana, Olivia had been dispatched to assist with the investigation in Raziern, the capital of Levaina. Was she trying to track down traces of the Demon King there? Even if there was anything to find, whatever traces there would likely only reveal that it was an imperial fabrication, and not actual traces of the Demon King.0

Why had Olivia gone there? 0

I had once lied about leaving the Temple on a special mission, but this time, I genuinely needed to leave the Temple for something akin to a special mission.1

Sabioleen Tana had likely sent me there because she judged it not to be a particularly dangerous area. I debated whether to tell Ellen and Harriet that I had to leave the Temple temporarily for a special mission, but in the end, I didn’t. It didn’t seem like explaining myself to them would be of help to any of us. 0

So, I set off immediately, without delay.0

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Just as I had gotten to the Kamsencha Archipelago, thousands of kilometers away, by passing through several warp gates from the Temple, I had just arrived at Levaina, a small southern nation of the empire, by passing through several warp gates again. This was where Duke Granz had died.0

A special investigation headquarters had been set up here. It was likely under the jurisdiction of the...0