At the Temple, inside the Sun God’s Temple…  0

“…”0

Ellen lay on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.  0

“Reinhart… He seems to have returned,” Charlotte, who had gone out briefly to talk to someone, said to Ellen when she got back.  0

“…”0

In her fight with Loyar, Ellen had narrowly escaped death several times.  0

Even as a Swordmaster, the power of a lycanthrope who had gone berserk under the full moon was overwhelming.  0

Without Lament and Lapelt, she might have been defeated.  0

In her battered state, Ellen had managed to subdue the lycanthrope and drag its body out of the sewers before collapsing.  0

The soldiers and knights who followed Ellen did the rest.  0

Thanks to the priests’ healing, her physical condition had improved, but the bone-numbing fatigue that had settled into her whole body still remained.0

Adriana had been taken into custody.  0

Ellen had told Charlotte that Adriana was not involved in it, but she did not know how things would unfold. 0

The two of them had pursued the truth, and had reached it in just two days.  0

Putting together the scattered clues was not difficult, but handling the truth that they had so easily found was another matter.  0

“Ellen?”0

“Yes?”  0

“Is Reinhart… the Demon King?” Charlotte asked, unable to look directly at Ellen.0

Ellen continued to stare at the ceiling.  0

He might not be the Demon King, but it was entirely possible that Reinhart was one of the Demon King’s minions.  0

However, his confession, which had seemed like a joke at the time, had now become...1