Whispers of the Machine Age
Chapter 2619

Restraining Measures

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"Of course I was surprised. Besides, isn't it blasphemy for mortals to convert an Ancient God's Old Sun Temple into a music hall? I haven't heard any rumors of concert audience being struck dead by lightning after leaving."

Shade, who had just been stroking the Cat drinking milk with its head lowered, abruptly stopped. Elf Miss waved her hand, telling him not to get so worked up:

"So much time has passed since Tree Father departed. It does not count as blasphemy for mortals to reuse the temple. It is not as though they turned it into some filthy place; making it into a music hall is quite elegant.

"I discovered that during renovations to the ruins half a century ago, workers found some antiques there. They secretly hid them and sold them off separately. Those arrows made their way to Creekwood Town during that process, though I cannot determine their exact number."

Shade was already frowning.

"I really didn't expect that. Besides the arrows made from World Tree Branches, what else was found there?"

He asked again, but the elf merely shook her head this time.

"I do not know. My investigation was rather superficial. There were probably some stone slabs and the like. Every ruin has those.

"The arrow you brought is the second one I have obtained. I bought the first from a local antique shop. The owner thought it was a handicraft and charged me only thirteen Fenny, but he could not say from whom he had bought it."

"Do you have any leads for the next stage of the investigation?"

"Of course. If you wish to continue investigating this matter, you could try finding people who participated in the renovation of the ruins back then.

"That happened half a century ago. The workers left no

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