No one besides Shien and Merika knew what had happened that night.
However, after everyone got up the next day, someone noticed that Magray was missing, causing a small commotion. After searching for a while, they finally found Magray hanging from a tree. He had long since awakened, but after being suspended all night, he was utterly drained.
Just as Shien had expected, everyone worked together to rescue Magray and asked why he had been hanging from a tree. But Magray did not dare tell the truth. He hemmed and hawed, covering up the facts in an incredibly clumsy manner, while casting furious, hate-filled glares at the smiling Shien in the crowd.
It seemed this young master had thoroughly come to hate Shien, exactly as Shien had expected.
In the end, the matter naturally came to nothing. Yet another incident caused an even greater stir.
Someone discovered that Kilian, who had been held captive, was covered in injuries and looked badly beaten. It was as though he had suffered torture. He was no longer cold and gloomy, but stared blankly like a puppet, unable even to eat unless someone fed him.
Even Beren was alarmed by this and hurried over to inspect him, apparently intending to investigate the matter thoroughly.
Unfortunately, this matter was also destined to end without resolution.
After all, aside from Shien, no one could possibly know what that Old Demon Faction demon had gone through the previous night.
Kilian remained vacant-eyed and unresponsive. Compared to his imposing demeanor yesterday, he was like a completely different person. Despite Beren and the others racking their brains, they could not get him to speak, and the matter ultimately came to nothing.
Vivian and Tier, however, both glanced suspiciously at Shien, who stood nearby looking like an obedient child, after