In theory, Fu Qian had actually understated things a little.
Just gathering a group of people to gang up on a Tyrant was enough to count as a great feat.
And he didn't hold back after that, sharing the details of this hidden history.
"So the origin of Long Night might be directly connected to Him?"
The Witch knew that her knight was wearing the Tyrant's skin, but this was clearly the first time she had learned in detail how he'd come by it.
Especially given how vividly her knight described it, she clearly felt as if she'd been there herself, and quickly grasped what he meant.
"The circumstances were certainly rather ambiguous. To plan an assassination of the King of Prison Break at such a critical moment, there must have been a very strong motive. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been enough to convince the others."
Even when it came to her "mother," her assessment was remarkably fair.
"Also, if that had been the only operation, it would have been understandable to think the Tyrant was the source of Long Night's calamity or something like that, which made everyone—including Him and the Dragon King, those Higher Beings—decide He had to be eliminated. But you told me about Annalise..."
The Witch furrowed her brow slightly. She clearly hadn't forgotten the Blood Clan Progenitor, or the evolution of the various moons that Fu Qian had told her about.
"Assuming that Red Moon, after going mad, was telling the truth when she said, 'Annalise didn't live to see Long Night,' then it must mean that Long Night was already a concept before it actually happened, and that this concept was known to a Higher Being symbolized by the moon.
"And that Higher Being happened to fall before then. Then, during Long Night, a