“You made the right choice.”

“But it’s also true that they are suspicious.”

Although she planned to apologize to them, it didn’t mean she had freed herself from doubting Zich and his companions.

“Don’t worry. I will try looking into them.”

“Yeah. If you work on it, I will feel reassured.” Browning nodded eagerly.

“They really weren’t exactly pleasant, twisting someone’s goodwill like that.”

She glanced behind to look at Glen with her eyes filled with trust.

“That woman talked as if you were treating me like a shield even though all I did was just voice my thoughts while you respected them.”

“There’s no point in trying to talk some sense to strangers who don’t know anything. Convincing each and every person would simply be a waste of your time. If I think about it, I really did let you get mixed up in our argument like she said.”

“But you defended me in the end.”

“Well, that’s nothing.” Glen shrugged and Browning smiled.

“Thank you, Zenard, for defending me.”

“Any time.” Glen smiled back. “Browning, can I make one request?”

“What is it?”

“Could you not tell other people about this ruin’s secret site?”

Browning was surprised by Glen’s unexpected request. “What? Why? We have to inform...