"What do you mean, she suddenly appeared?"
"I mean..." Beatrice frowned and gestured with her hands a few times, seemingly unsure how to explain it. "I can't see this person's past. The world has no memory of her!"
"A Transcendent?"
"No. Transcendents can only interfere with my perception to a certain extent. Even [Nymph], who excels most at this, can only blur things, not directly remove the past from the world's memory."
Beatrice looked somewhat lost. "This is the first time I've encountered something like this."
"Fine. What does she look like?"
"I don't know. I can't even make out her face... I only know her general build. She looks about the same as Chloe."
"Ch-Chloe?" Theus froze. "Haunted... Chloe-haunted? Isn't she out on an assignment in the Northern Territory? Why would she come here? Did she come here in a coffin?"
"No, I'm only saying her build is somewhat similar, not that she came here... She was probably of average height, with red hair..."
The moment the words "red hair" were spoken, everyone around them drew in a sharp breath.
Red was not a particularly common hair color. Generally, only people from several territories in the Empire's southwest had it.
For example, Chloe's was a lighter red with a slight yellowish tint—more accurately, orange.
Theus knew of one other redhead: Isabella. The royal bloodline had always been known for its red hair.
Neither of them was likely to come here. One did not even have a head, while the other was practically run off her feet in her own territory.
And there was one final red-haired person whom almost everyone knew.
"Lina," Theus said through gritted teeth.
Lina, a [Named One] who had lived for an unknown length of time, had always opposed Castel. At first, she had tried