"So, Holy Son, what are you planning to do next?"
Sigrid moved a little closer to Lanchi, pressing her palm against the sofa cushion as she asked.
Having lost Chloris's assistance—and being unable to determine whether she was friend or foe—Holy Son's plan should have changed drastically.
Yet the more closely related the sudden changes were, the more they showed that the enemy lurking in the shadows was nearing the surface. None of the efforts the two of them had made had been meaningless.
By now, Sigrid could clearly sense that some mastermind was plotting something unknown against the Protos Empire.
If she had not met Lanchi, she would probably have become one of that mastermind's pawns. When everything finally erupted, she would most likely have ended up a loser without even knowing why, and that infuriated her.
It was not just Askesang. From now on, that Black Robed Man would also be a mortal enemy of the Ba Tian Sect.
"What about Associate Professor Sid? Is he all right?"
Lanchi rested his chin lightly on his hand as he pondered, then looked toward Gloria and asked.
Associate Professor Xi Duo from the Department of History at Protos Royal Magic Academy, whom he had first met there, was also the person who had connected him with Duke Miss Chloris.
Chloris seemed to trust Sid immensely. Regarding Duke Morodian's disappearance, Sid was likewise one of the few people who knew the truth.
If something secret had happened to Berenhard, then Associate Professor Sid was the person most likely to know about it.
However, Gloria shook her head.
"Associate Professor Sid had already vanished before Duke Miss Chloris was arrested. Probably about a week earlier."
She said this while biting her lip.
Associate Professor Sid himself was a very mysterious person. He