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"The Spirit Kings have gone mad?"
In the audience hall of the Great Shrine, after Noah told the girls everything he knew, they were all dumbfounded.
"That Crimson Lotus is my sister?" Claire's delicate body even began to tremble.
An indescribably heavy atmosphere spread throughout the audience hall.
The girls' expressions kept changing, their eyes filled with intense shock and disbelief. It was as though their minds had been struck, leaving them frozen where they stood.
"I know it's difficult for you to accept these truths right away, and I know you probably won't easily believe something this absurd. But I have to tell you, it's all true." Noah sighed.
"It's not just me. Ren knows the truth too. She even tried to assassinate a Spirit King three years ago. Her words would probably be more convincing than mine. If you want to verify it with her, I can help you find her."
"E-even Ren Ashbell knows about this?" Linse was truly shocked.
"And Ren Ashbell tried to assassinate a Spirit King three years ago?"
"Th-this isn't a joke, is it?" Alice's eyes were full of uncertainty.
"The Spirit Kings have gone mad, the Calamity Spirit Princess appeared in this year's Spirit Sword Dance Festival, and even the strongest Sword Dance Princess once tried to assassinate a Spirit King. Is all of this really true?"
"I... I can't imagine it." Fianna seemed to shudder, her pretty face turning slightly pale.
"If that's really true, then what are we, the Shrine Maidens of the Sacred Ritual Institute, who swore to devote everything we had to serving the Spirit Kings?"
Clearly, the truth that the Spirit Kings had gone