“Huh? What do you mean by that? The two of them were the only people who were left unchecked. Fine, but what does that have to do with divine punishment?”

Killian expressed his puzzlement with widened eyes. Vincent answered in an even quieter voice.

“Do you not find it weird? The phenomenon continued to head towards our duchy until just a few days ago. Even the Seyrod territory, which is located adjacent to our territory, was afflicted with it. But it disappeared like a lie. Exactly after Miss Reiner and the 7th regiment knight entered our duchy.”

“Hmm?”

It certainly was quite strange.

But Killian had his doubts.

“I understand what you want to say. But we have not heard anything about the divine punishment appearing in any of the villages in our duchy, right?”

“That is correct.”

Vincent replied with a nod. Killian went off on Vincent's confirmation.

“According to your words, the divine punishment should have affected Lowpool as well. But…”

“There is one thing you are forgetting about, Sir Killian.”

“What do you mean by that?”

Killian asked with a frown, and Vincent answered after shifting his gaze to the side.

“Our Pendragon Duchy is protected by a certain presence. Even a god...