Late at night, the women sitting on the sofas in the mansion's reception room should have looked especially serious and composed.
But as the awkward question was exposed, the final words echoed through the room before fading away. Everyone's gazes crossed, then quickly darted aside to avoid meeting directly. What followed was an abrupt silence.
"..."
Lanchi stood beside the Magic Projection Crystal Screen on one side of the room. He had originally intended to continue explaining the details of the deal, but because of Sigrid and Hughberlian's condition, he had no choice but to pause for the time being.
For a while, no one was willing to break the stalemate, and no one wanted to be the first to speak.
Sigrid and Hughberlian might need a little time to recover. Even the Antique Clock Pendulum by the wall seemed to have slowed its rhythm, its ticking unusually jarring in the silence.
The two of them had both spoken too absolutely while they were angry.
Now that they had no choice but to cooperate, they both felt humiliated.
"Ahem."
Lanchi cleared his throat softly, attempting to cover up the unbearable awkwardness with a new topic.
"So the Goddess of Fate Church's goal is to rescue the Great Demon Race, then have it join Aetherland Kingdom's side?"
Lanchi looked at Hughberlian and asked for confirmation.
"...Yes."
Hughberlian could never have let the Rebirth Church know about her actions. Unexpectedly, in order to deal with the Nirvana Branch, the Ba Tian Branch of the Rebirth Church had somehow reached the same goal as the Goddess of Fate Church.
If everyone wanted to rescue the Great Demon Race, then things had once again become simple.
"Then it seems our motives are similar as well. We also don't want the Protos Empire to go