“Is that really true?”

“What reason would I have to lie, Sir Jevin?”

“Hmm!”

Jevin’s frown deepened at the words of Galfredik. If it weren’t for the large cross-shaped scar on the bulky knight’s cheek, one would certainly find it difficult to identify him as the same knight as before. Galfredik’s demeanor had undergone a significant change for some reason.

“Sir Lugates… Showed you the wrong way?”

“Yes. The area where further explorations were stopped because of the cyclops. He told me that it was a confirmed, explored area. He told me to check it out just in case.”

“And you went into the passage and encountered the cyclops which resulted in the annihilation of your entire group? And you managed to escape and survive by remaining in hiding the entire time?”

“Yes. Truthfully, I…”

In truth, he had been captured by the minotaur to be stored away as food, but Galfredik lied without hesitation, following the advice of Eugene and Romari.

“Hmm. That’s right. Hmm! I see. That makes sense.”

Galfredik had entered the Mount Morisson Labyrinth for the first time. In addition, Jevin was not a knight, so he did not know the specific details of how subjugations were carried out. As such, he took Galfredik’s vivid, realistic testimony at face value.

“In the end, if it were not for the templars of St. Lagren’s monastery, I would have been killed by the cyclops. The...