"I can already sense the Magic Stone's presence," Uchiha Madara said. "It should be somewhere not far ahead."
The main reason Uchiha Madara said this was to remind Carter Binda to keep her eyes tightly shut. The Magic Stone was right ahead of them.
Carter Binda naturally understood what Uchiha Madara meant and nodded lightly.
"You can sense the Magic Stone even from here. It seems there is something you desperately need in your heart, Holy Knight. That's fine. Young people are supposed to be like this—take what you want and do what you want." The man was unexpectedly quite pleased with Uchiha Madara's reaction.
"You've been in this forest for so long, and you've seen the Magic Stone before. Why haven't you lost your mind to it?" Uchiha Madara asked, looking at the man.
"That has nothing to do with me. It seems the people from the royal capital never told you the truth about this Magic Stone before you came," the man said.
"You Holy Knights really are pitiful. You can only obey orders unconditionally, yet you are never told the details or dangers of your missions. In fact, the people from the royal capital may have only sent the three of you here to scout the way. They probably gave up on you three long ago," the man said in a hoarse voice.
"We Holy Knights have never served the royal capital. We serve the people of the entire Elzeran Continent," Belaque said.
"Truly the spirit of a Holy Knight," the man said.
Uchiha Madara saw a huge tree ahead. It felt completely different from the other trees, as if something within it were calling to him. Or perhaps the tree itself held the means for him to return to his own world.
"Well, young Holy Knight?"