"So, you actually spent three days in Trier, the capital of the Intis Republic, and only returned to Bansy tonight?"
After listening to Angel's lengthy account, Klein asked slowly, his expression calm.
Ever since returning from Room 312, where "Flame" Danitz was staying, his face had remained gloomy. Only after hearing Angel's flawless account had his tense limbs and expression relaxed slightly.
"Yes. I thought you had already left Bansy for Bayam. Was it because of the Church of Storms?"
Angel had briefly washed up and changed into dry clothes. She slumped onto the sofa in the sitting room, easing her exhausted limbs. At first, she had thought it was caused by repeatedly using the Knight Bracelet, but she soon realized it was actually the ritual that had brought her back from Trier to Bansy. As her spirituality slowly recovered, her strength gradually returned as well.
"How do you prove that you are Angel Granger?"
Klein ignored her exhaustion and insisted on questioning her.
"Fine," Angel said, forcing herself to stay alert. "You have Creeping Hunger on your left hand, an amethyst pendulum on your wrist—I gave it to you in Tingen—and the Biological Toxin Bottle in your pocket. Um, the Sun Brooch is with me..."
As she spoke, she took the Sun Brooch from her pocket. It had been sealed within a bullet case by a Wall of Spirituality—otherwise, thirst and drought would have continued tormenting her—and tossed it back to Klein.
Afterward, she listed the Mystical Items she carried and how she had obtained them. These were secrets between the two of them; no third person could know the full story.
Only when Angel began recalling how the cracks on her citrine pendant had formed did Klein stop her, looking somewhat embarrassed.
"There's no need to continue. You