Kamil made a dumbfounded expression at Anya’s words.

“...Sorry? What do you mean? If you are saying that you want to frame Captain Ethan for everything…”

“No, it’s the exact opposite, actually. Why don’t we say that it was Ethan who got rid of Nigrato and saved Hiveden? Of course, we would have to discuss and make up the details. Oh, we can even say that Bishop Rietto cooperated and helped him. They are both dead, so it would be easier to make up the story,” Anya said.

Then, Juan’s gaze turned to Anya.

“Bishop Rietto died?” Juan asked.

“It seems that you didn’t know. He was found dead for some reason after Nigrato disappeared.”

“How did he die?”

“I witnessed the scene. The knight named Sina Solvane and I were protecting him together, but his head suddenly exploded somehow… It was a terrible sight. We think that he died from the aftermath of using a powerful Grace which was beyond his limit,” Kamil answered Juan instead of Anya this time.

Juan pondered upon hearing Kamil’s reply, and assumed that the sudden flow of power into his body during his fight with Nigrato had to do with Rietto—no one other than Bishop Rietto would have been able to demonstrate such an ability in Hiveden in the first place.

Juan didn’t feel at ease after hearing about Rietto’s death since he was the one who aided Juan’s victory, not to mention that Juan had suspicions about his death.

“I’ll have to look into his death later,” Juan muttered.

“But Anya… Why are you trying to make up a fake story like that?” Kamil asked.

“Because the Imperial Army will come,” Anya answered.

Kamil nodded her head as if she had immediately understood...