Whispers of the Machine Age
Chapter 3016

Moon and Tree

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"Please, go on."

The nun's voice remained as cool and detached as ever.

"What exactly is your relationship with that God Summoner?"

The Nightmare Witch was quite curious.

"Of all the Chosen Ones so far, aside from Ivan Daknis, the Chosen One of 'Darkness' who died, and Legenes Presia, the Chosen One of 'Knowledge and Wisdom' who has completely gone mad, all the other Chosen Ones have had close ties to the God Summoner.

"The Chosen One of 'Earth' basically only met with the God Summoner, while we do not even know the identities of the Chosen Ones of 'Light' and 'Space.' As for Miss Iluna Bayes, the Chosen One of 'Balance,' everyone knows that she and the God Summoner have been involved with each other since last summer.

"So you, the Chosen One of 'Death,' could not possibly have no connection to the God Summoner. Devlin, what is your relationship with her?"

Though the nun wore a blindfold, everyone familiar with her could occasionally sense the "scrutiny" from behind it.

"We are friends."

"So you have met the God Summoner at close range and know her true identity?"

Maria Ingram smiled. She looked somewhat older than Sister Devlin, but the two were actually the same age. They had known each other long ago, before the nun became the fire-bearing nun and before the sorceress became a Thirteenth Ring Warlock.

"Just like the legends say, is the God Summoner really a highly educated woman with mild paranoid tendencies and a chaotic private life? Oh, seeing how close she is with the Witches, her chaotic private life only concerns women, right?"

Other than the incorrect pronoun, every detail in that description was actually right. But her friend was only asking about those details, not about gender, so Sister Devlin nodded.

"That

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