Xisthos looked at the investigators strewn dead and wounded across the square, his expression incomparably grave.
Even with the diviner's warning and the alarm raised, it had still been too late. Before the investigators could complete their defenses, they had come under attack.
The result was that the "Gourmet Association" had madly used the subway to smash through the Investigation Bureau's gates. For the first time in the kingdom's history, the Investigation Bureau headquarters had been breached!
"You... all deserve to die!"
A pitch-black curtain of night descended, like some monstrous beast swallowing one "Gourmet" after another.
It was the "Night Witch," Fiona!
"Sir... you bear an omen of death. Let us hold them off. You should remain here and guard the Sun King's Spear, awaiting the kingdom's reinforcements!"
Jacob spoke softly to Xisthos.
In the diviner's prophecy, Xisthos the "Philosopher" would die!
And throughout the entire Investigation Bureau, there was no safer place than the Sun King's Spear.
Well, in truth, there were no sixth-primordial "Crowned Ones" within the Investigation Bureau.
It already possessed the Sun King's Spear. If it were wielded by a crowned lord, the power it could unleash would be far too great; coupled with its various privileges, it would reach a point sufficient to unsettle both the royal family and Parliament.
Thus, whenever a sixth-primordial being emerged within the Investigation Bureau, they would soon be transferred away.
Either into the royal family or the military, to maintain the balance between all sides.
Even so, whenever the Investigation Bureau had need, applying to transfer a crowned lord over for assistance was a very convenient matter.
Because whether they were extraordinary individuals of the royal family or attached to the military, Parliament... they all shared one identity in truth: they belonged to the kingdom!
This time was