After handing that map to Joshua, Herolia did not rush to leave Black Shell City.
She found a place to stay in Black Shell City.
Herolia sat by the window, watching the street outside in the moonlight. Messiah entered the room carrying a candle and lit it.
Black Shell City's facilities were far inferior to those of the Holy City in the Holy Church Country. There was not even a Source Crystal Stone that could be used as a lamp.
"Lady Herolia, were the things you said to Joshua... true?" Looking at Herolia's back, Messiah could not help but ask that... highly sensitive question.
"The things I said?" Herolia turned to look at Messiah, who stood in the shadows of the room.
"The matter of where you stand."
Ever since leaving the demons' camp, Messiah had been agonizing over this.
If everything Joshua said was true... then the one behind all the conspiracies of the Holy City in the past, including Messiah's experiences, might have been Herolia.
"They were all true. Do you feel angry?" Herolia asked, her pale golden eyes fixed on Messiah.
"Angry... I... am not." Messiah shook her head.
"Why?" Upon hearing Messiah's answer, Herolia returned to her little-girl state again. She jumped down from the windowsill and slowly walked up to Messiah.
"From what I know, with your old personality, you would never have forgiven an evil person like me."
Herolia placed her hands behind her back and looked up at Messiah. For some reason, Messiah turned her face away under Herolia's gaze.
"I... don't know either. It's just that recent events have made me realize that justice is not as simple as it looks," Messiah said softly.
"Not as simple as it looks?"
Herolia continued to question Messiah curiously... or rather, press her for an