The Blue Knight parted her lips, about to speak, but Lu Yuan shot her a look, signaling her to stay quiet for now.
He stopped, turned around, and looked at Brunkel, a hint of coldness in his eyes.
"First of all, that's just your guess."
Brunkel's brows twitched, but she said nothing.
"Second, she's a student of the Knight Academy and an important member of our Potion Reverse-Engineering Team." Lu Yuan's voice wasn't particularly loud, but he stressed every word, making each one perfectly clear. "Right now, there's no evidence that she's been contaminated or that she's some so-called Seed of the Holy Sovereign."
"If we follow your reasoning, does that mean if a Heretic tells me to my face one day that you're their accomplice, I can declare you a Heretic and kill you on the spot?"
Wind swept between them. Brunkel raised her eyebrows but still said nothing.
"Finally, she remembers the way to the nearest Wanderer camp," Lu Yuan said, emphasizing each word. "What do you have?"
"So, Miss Brunkel, until you have any evidence, keep your mouth shut."
At the edge of his vision, gray-white text silently appeared.
[Target detected: Brunkel (Empire's Heretic Cleanser) (Believer Transcendent)] [A human whose life, from her birth to her family, has been caught up in the struggle between the taboo and the eerie. Perhaps calling her human is not quite fitting; "harbinger of disaster" would be more appropriate. She harbors an intensely obsessive hatred of Heretics.]
After reading the description, Lu Yuan immediately understood why she had said what she did.
For someone dragged into that struggle from birth, probably not a single member of her family had met a good end. Naturally, when someone like that looked at Heretics, killing was all she could think about.
But