Time passed quietly, day by day...
While some troublesome little girl was enjoying a carefree, shamelessly comfortable life in the Holy City of Rabona, surrounded by her mansion, delicious food, maids, and a whole crowd of beautiful older girls; while Elena, Miria, and the others were busily searching Rabona and investigating certain key figures, Claire, whom the two City Guard captains had asked about her destination, was traveling north.
There was no doubt about it. Just as Miria had exposed earlier, she was going to find her little follower, Laki. Just as she and Laki had promised each other, she would find him, no matter what!
Because it was a promise she had made to him, and she had to keep it!
The reason she was now allowed to leave was naturally that matters in the Holy City of Rabona had more or less been settled. The Church had been completely brought under the control of Priest Vincent—Archbishop Vincent—and the Greatsword Judgment Knights had become the Church's only lawful armed force. So now Claire could finally set out again and return to the northern frontier to look for someone.
Besides, she had already made up her mind. She would return to the northern border region and start searching in the town where she had found her last clue about Laki—the town where she had met and rescued Jean!
She had a clue, and not much time had passed. She believed she would find him!
Of course, in addition to the border, she would continue farther north. After all, Ruru had told her that Laki might have gone north?
She didn't know whether he had been telling the truth, but Claire had still decided to make the trip. She would go even if the Awakened Ones' rampage had left barely any