Having weathered countless trials, the admiral quickly calmed down. In particular, "Gehrman's" open and candid gaze made him instinctively believe that the other man was unlikely to be the cause of all these accidents. Otherwise, he would have fled Oravi Island long before the admiral returned. How could he dare sleep so soundly in bed?
Once he had calmed down, he quickly asked about the exact events of the past three days.
Klein did not embellish much. Other than concealing Angel's role in the battle and attributing the effect of Anne's drop of blood in isolating the Mother Tree of Desire's power to the Ninth Law Charm, he told Emilius everything that had happened over the past three days, as well as the crucial choices he had made.
Of course, he would never mention that the Mother Tree of Desire's true targets were most likely Angel and himself.
Setting aside the fact that it was all merely speculation, simply allowing the admiral to realize that he had actually been an innocent bystander caught up in it all could bring endless trouble afterward.
Upon hearing that Cynthia had been deceived by the Naturism Sect, turned into a grotesque monster, and ultimately purified in the Holy Light, Emilius took the necklace bearing the black rhinoceros-horn pendant and clenched it tightly. Veins bulged on the back of his hand, and his expression darkened.
"You dealt with their leader and had Lü'er An openly hunt down the Naturism Sect across the island?"
He asked slowly, his voice low and concealing an inexplicable emotion.
"I believed this was the response you should have."
Klein answered frankly. None of these accidents had been included in the "methods of response" he had received after accepting the commission. His handling of them had been entirely based on his