About an hour later, Shien returned to Lamigium and entered the town once more.
However, as he walked through the town streets, Shien looked somewhat guilty.
People passed by Shien in groups of two or three, bringing conversations like these with them.
"Have the Knights and the Adventurer's Guild still not figured out what caused that strange phenomenon earlier?"
"They've been back for quite a while already."
"Judging by how panicked they looked when they returned, something major must have happened, right?"
"Could the demons be up to something?"
"Don't say that. Even the demons are currently at peace with us humans and the God Race. Although some troublemakers among them have caused plenty of problems, I've heard that quite a few demon leaders have been working tirelessly for peace among the Three Races. We shouldn't reject demons so unreasonably."
"That may be true, but other than demons, who else could cause such a huge commotion?"
"Let's hope it wasn't those troublemakers among the demons doing something headache-inducing again."
"Maybe it was simply a natural phenomenon?"
"Then the Knights and Adventurer's Guild people wouldn't have panicked that badly, would they?"
"This is really worrying."
Conversations like these kept reaching Shien's ears, leaving him no choice but to lower his head and hunch his neck like some suspicious person who could not show his face. If the soldiers patrolling the town saw him, they might question him.
Rather, Shien had already been questioned by the guards when he entered the town.
"You're an adventurer who came back from that direction, right?"
"Yes."
"Then you must have seen some strange phenomenon, correct?"
"W-What do you mean by a strange phenomenon?"
"The unexplained earthquake and loud noise. If you saw anything firsthand, please tell us. Those are orders from above as well. We