Purpose Seen Through

The Tribunal, as its name implied, judged and decided. If Rosalind was the soul of the Sacred Holy See, then the Tribunal was its brain—the highest authority besides Rosalind herself. As the iron law went, "Power is always concentrated in the hands of a few," the Tribunal had only seven members. Few knew their true names, because those who did were either already dead or unable to pass those names on. They each had their own codename: "Monday," "Tuesday," all the way through "Sunday."

At that moment, within a medieval European castle-style building somewhere in the Sacred Holy See's "Canonization Province," seven people sat around a curved wooden table in a dimly lit room. These seven were casually dressed, casually posed, and casually expressioned. Judging by appearances alone, no one would have associated them with the words "important figures." Yet in truth, any one of them possessed the terrifying strength to sweep through a Year Three A-rank difficulty scenario! They were quietly listening to the report of a knight and a priest before them. The knight was Hughes. The priest was, naturally, Abbott. Their report concerned everything that had happened in the Riel Sea.

"...My lords, that concludes the information we gathered regarding the princess's disappearance in the Riel Sea. Please forgive our limited abilities; this is all we were able to uncover." Hughes was so respectful that he resembled an ordinary citizen meeting a head of state. Abbott said, "In addition, Captain Taige Rui has already led fifteen team members to track Elsir. There should be results soon." The moment she finished speaking, the room fell into dead silence. There was not even the sound of breathing.

"Tut, tut, tut!" Suddenly, one of them—a man dressed in a black tailcoat butler's uniform—clicked his tongue and sighed. The monocle over