Now that Captain Dunn had caught him, Old Neil felt a sense of relief despite his disappointment.
When Captain Dunn told him he had not reported him to the higher-ups and that, after praying to the Goddess, he would arrange for him to "voluntarily" become a guard behind Chanis Gate, Old Neil was moved to tears.
Klein felt deeply conflicted as he watched this dramatic turn of events unfold.
Once everything had settled, Klein walked down the street and could not help looking up at the sky.
If Benson or Melissa had died, and he had obtained a ritual said to bring the dead back to life, would he have tried it?
"..."
Klein's gaze grew resolute. He would not claim that he would absolutely never try to revive them, but any attempt would depend on the method. He would never use a method of unknown origin whose authenticity could not be verified.
Besides, now was not the time to think about resurrection. He had not forgotten that Shopkeeper Reed had said Tingen City was about to witness the descent of an evil god.
"Which evil god could it be?"
Klein felt troubled. He was not even especially familiar with the Orthodox Gods; for most of them, he only knew that such a deity existed. Where was he supposed to learn about evil gods?
The simplest and most direct solution would be to take Benson and Melissa and move away from Tingen City.
But in this era, moving was not so simple, especially moving out of one's city.
Where would the money come from? Where would they move to? What about work?
Even counting Klein's income, their family had only barely entered the middle-income class. They had only just reached the point where they no longer had to worry about