"Suddenly disappeared?"
Roxie's words made Shien furrow his brows.
Though he had already somewhat guessed the Queen Consort's identity, Shien still knew nothing about why she had ended up where she was now, becoming what she had become.
And judging by Roxie's appearance, she seemed to have kept this matter on her mind ever since the battle for the royal capital and had conducted quite a bit of investigation into it.
Thus, Shien turned to Roxie.
"Why did that Hero's wife suddenly disappear?"
Shien asked.
However, Roxie shook her head.
"As for the reason, even after the royal family members and the kingdom's higher-ups conducted a long period of investigation and searching, they still failed to find it." Roxie spoke with apparent regret. "All they knew was that the ancestor disappeared completely only after Ancestor Mitra held a sacrificial ritual, offering his life and existence entirely to the Holy Sword and dying as a result."
"Mitra's death?" Shien muttered.
"That's right." Roxie nodded. "The prevailing theory at the time was that the ancestor passed away alongside Ancestor Mitra. Others believed that she returned to the ruins of her homeland, Ereii, and spent the rest of her life there."
Unfortunately, it seemed there were hidden circumstances behind this matter that no one else knew about.
"What do you think?"
Shien had some thoughts of his own, but rather than rashly voice them, he asked Roxie for her opinion.
Roxie fell silent for a while before letting out a sigh.
"According to the investigation, that ancestor seemed to have held extraordinary feelings for Ancestor Mitra, so that possibility cannot be ruled out."
It was no wonder Roxie said that.
After the Imperial Capital coup incident, Shien had also learned a little about Hero Mitra and the surviving Ereii people.
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