After shaking hands with both of them, Miss Bayes seemed to let out a sigh of relief. She said with a sigh:
"All right, you've regained my trust. But this information has only made me more troubled. I don't understand. Why has The Church kept this from me all along?"
"Because there was no point in telling you. It would only have made you overthink things. Besides, even the Orthodox Church does not know more about Murmuring Chapters than I do."
Miss Annette said this. Her smile looked especially lovely tonight, and Shade thought that was due to the beautiful shade of red lipstick she wore. Unfortunately, he could only tell that it was red and could not distinguish the exact shade, but it truly was a beautiful red.
"The Church's attitude toward the Chosen Ones is still unclear, because they do not know what this truly represents either. Iluna, cooperating with us will not harm The Church's interests. After all, we are all—"
Miss Annette looked towards the young Detective pouring tea, and he immediately added:
"Positive characters. We are all positive characters in this story."
"I know that. I trust my ability to judge people. You are all good people, and you have all been helping me. I am willing to be friends with you as well. It's just..."
The Long-haired Girl leaned back against the sofa, her eyes fixed on the ceiling. This posture exposed her fair neck. Shade glanced at it once and immediately looked away to avoid being misunderstood.
"So Murmuring Chapters and the Chosen Ones are like this. This way, many things can be explained. Heh, I sound like one of those Chosen Ones of fate from Knight Novels. The Epic of the Sixth Epoch... Detective, Miss Annette, do you think I am truly