(Thank you very much to '200530481273' and 'Youyouzi's Lament' for the tips!)
Seeing that Kisara seemed to be growing increasingly agitated, Noah met the girl's eyes directly, his gaze unusually serious.
Under the gaze of those deep, pitch-black eyes, Kisara froze slightly, then somehow calmed down.
Only then did Noah speak.
"I understand how you feel, and I know your concerns aren't unreasonable, but you can't condemn everyone with one stroke." Noah looked at Kisara as he spoke.
"There are so many Promoters in our guild. Even the number of A-rank Promoters capable of carrying out missions overseas is close to seven or eight hundred. Let's say half of them have accepted overseas missions—that would still be three or four hundred teams."
"You're Fairy Village's acting Guild Master. Over the past year, you've surely had to focus on a great deal of work, such as the city's development and construction, the guild's systems and leadership, and the arrangements and resettlement of the Cursed Children." Noah smiled faintly.
"With so much to do, I don't think you could possibly keep track every day of what missions three or four hundred Promoter teams had taken, where they were going to carry them out, and then leak all of that to Zishi Hengxianyi."
"B-but..." Kisara seemed to want to say something, but Noah cut her off directly.
"There are no buts." Noah said it in an extremely firm tone.
"Although I don't know the full truth, Natsuyo has been by your side helping you all this time. With her watching over you, if someone said you spent all your valuable time leaking intelligence to Zishi Hengxianyi, forget me—no one in the guild would believe it."
"...Even so, I might have leaked other information." Kisara lowered her head and spoke softly.
"And that information