Nero had not asked on a whim. Earlier, when Beatrice had taken them to search for traces of demons, they had done so in full view of everyone. Plenty of people knew she was close to the outsiders, and Nero was very worried that she might be targeted by the malice of troublemakers because of it.
"My daughter is fine, so there is no need for you all to worry," the lord clearly did not want to answer the question directly. He only said, "This way, please."
Nero knew that "fine" was definitely just an excuse to brush her off. But as long as the lord's Young Lady was still inside the Lord's Mansion, there probably would not be any major problem.
Since the malice stirred up by the demonic energy was aimed at outsiders like them, then once they left the town, it should settle down somewhat.
From the looks of it now, the birth of this Singularity had nothing to do with that genius girl either. Although she possessed ideas that surpassed the era, she still could not change the tide of history.
Nero withdrew her gaze and followed Ritsuka out of the place.
"Sorry, Master," Hernan said quietly. "I couldn't stop them."
Ritsuka shook her head and said in a low voice, "Let's wait for Doctor Giorgios to come back."
Seeing the group walk out of the Lord's Mansion, the crowd gathered at the gate parted like Moses dividing the sea. Nero could not help shaking her head at the sight. The malice might have come from the influence of demonic energy, but this look of bullying the weak and fearing the strong could only be called human nature.
After they left the town, Kriemhild stopped on the open, pitch-black land and asked in a voice edged