Seeing the man on the stone platform with a greatsword piercing through his body, Clili instinctively moved closer to get a clearer look.
She carefully examined the man Boss Assath had called D.
For the moment, she could not organize her thoughts into words, but that did not stop her from taking in the information before her.
D felt just like that Nagisa she had once met. They should clearly have been the same person, yet she had the feeling that D was considerably older than that Nagisa.
"He, dead?"
"Not dead." Mr. Assath approached Clili. "But clearly, he won't be waking up anytime soon... Here, he's a very special existence. He bears a curse that allows him to use abilities only vampires possess. But under normal circumstances... he's considered human."
Clili cast him a puzzled look.
"I'm not entirely sure." Mr. Assath smiled bitterly. "In fact, I didn't have much time to interact with D... I didn't even get the chance to exchange more than a few words with him. Fifteen years ago, when I came to the City of Divine Blessing, many things happened here within just a few days."
"Who... did this?" Clili instinctively pointed at the greatsword embedded in D's body.
A strange glint flashed through Mr. Assath's eyes as sealed memories flickered through his mind.
The Church headquarters engulfed in flames, with blood and screams everywhere.
Amid his despair, he had seen that person helplessly gripping the greatsword with both hands. The sword had already been buried in D's chest at the time.
She had seen him, yet said nothing. Gritting her teeth, she had fled frantically amid the chaos... Whether she had reached Laputa, humanity's last sanctuary, by now was also unknown.
"I don't know. When I arrived, it was already like this." Mr.