Maud had hit them pretty hard.
All the Marines, including Hina, had been placed by the soldiers in a storeroom piled with cleaning equipment. They had remained unconscious until now without showing any signs of waking.
When Maud pushed open the storeroom door, he saw Hina and the other Marines sprawled all over the gray stone floor, with insects scurrying in every direction around them.
After all, they had offended the dignity of the king. When dealing with this group of Marines, the soldiers had no idea what it meant to treat them politely.
Perona floated in midair and glanced at the Marines covering the floor. Maliciously, she guessed, "Maud, you're not planning to secretly kill them, are you?"
"..."
Maud glanced at Perona and couldn't help pondering it.
That might actually work.
Seeing Maud look tempted, Perona lightly sucked in a breath and waved her hands. "I was just saying..."
As she spoke, the shadow behind Maud suddenly swelled and expanded like foam, baring its claws like a savage beast.
Perona was instantly dumbfounded. "I really was just saying..."
Maud glanced at Perona again and moved his mind.
The enlarged mass of shadows immediately split apart, each streaking toward the unconscious Marines.
Perona instinctively covered her eyes. The surroundings were utterly silent, without a sound reaching her ears.
Are they all dead...?
The one who did it was Maud, anyway.
It has nothing to do with me.
That's right,
It has nothing to do with me!
Perona thought timidly to herself.
A moment later,
she slowly lowered the hand covering her eyes.
The storeroom was silent. Yet there was no longer a single Marine in sight on the floor, only cold cleaning tools.
Moreover, Maud had disappeared as well.
"Huh?"
Perona froze for a moment, and her imagination instantly