The chancellor's daughter could go wherever she pleased. That had nothing to do with the Holy Temple, but Wala understood that the holy maiden of Leo Palace never spoke without reason. Thus, she crossed her fingers over her chest and silently waited for Sidney to continue.
The candlelight in the Hall of Candlelight slanted faintly across the lady's platinum short hair, casting a deep shadow beneath her forehead and in the hollow beside her straight nose. Sidney spoke quietly: "She became enemies with the leader of the Eluin diplomatic mission because of Viscount Elman's death. This time, she went there because of that person. But someone was stirring things up behind the scenes—before Delphine left, she visited Count Floyd and borrowed the Demon Slayer Spear. As far as I know, although Floyd was Viscount Elman's father while he was alive, this time he contacted Miss Delphine through a man named Price. That man is Freeman Lelys's butler. Freeman Lelys had previously used him to reveal both news of the Demon Slayer Spear and that Count Tonigell to the two of them."
"So that little girl's journey was arranged in advance, hmm." Wala listened quietly before replying, "There is indeed a whiff of conspiracy here. It seems someone wants to deal with Chancellor Nidwen—or perhaps Count Floyd? But what does that have to do with us, Sidney?"
"Freeman Lelys is extremely close to Priest Eugene."
Wala sat in his chair and remained silent for a moment before answering, "You found the connection so quickly. That's commendable. It seems we're about to see the truth. What happened after that little girl went to Anzlova?"
What happened afterward—the turmoil in Anzlova and Jorgendigon's invasion—was obvious. But Sidney understood that this leader of the Holy See was not asking about that.
"She disappeared," she