Lin Feng: Why Did I Feel That the Abyssal Knights Had Been, From the Very Beginning...

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"Just as we predicted at the start, there has been no progress at all?"

"Hah, don't feel burdened. I had prepared myself for this from the very beginning, so I won't blame you. It's just that Ayaka will probably be disappointed."

At the southernmost edge of Inazuma City, within the Tenshukaku.

Setting down the documents in his hand, Ayato, who had recently taken quite a bit of work from his younger sister, let out a faint sigh.

The workload in Inazuma City was indeed far lighter than it had been at first, but the reason his sister had so little work was naturally because he had been quietly helping behind the scenes.

He had only wanted to give Ayaka, who had spent so long sitting inside the Tenshukaku, a chance to go out and take part in the festivals she loved but had never dared attend due to her status.

But unexpectedly, because of something she had found at home and the recent Ley Line abnormalities, his sister had suddenly issued a commission, hoping to search for their long-deceased father and mother.

". Expectations bring disappointment. No matter how much one comforts oneself beforehand, the final result will probably still be disheartening."

"Even if this operation truly finds something amid odds like searching for a needle in the sea, the truth will likely differ greatly from what Ayaka imagines."

With a faint sigh, quite a bit of intelligence concerning this Ley Line anomaly had already piled up on the desk.

According to what Ayato knew, although the afterimages appearing in many places looked like the souls of the deceased, once a conversation lasted slightly too long, they would only repeat a fixed pattern.

It was hard to say whether such afterimages were what Ayaka sought. Even if she did