Uchiha Madara had always been a lone wolf, so he remained wary of outsiders. However, for the time being, he had found nothing suspicious about Gu Kelanlie.
"We'll save you," Carter Binda said to Gu Kelanlie with a smile. "As long as you tell us how to save you, we'll get both you and the treants out."
"We can save the treants, but we absolutely cannot save this man," Belaque said to Carter Binda.
"I think this uncle seems pretty decent." Carter Binda turned to Uchiha Madara. "Uncle-in-law, what do you think?"
"For now, I haven't noticed anything wrong with him either. But after traveling with Belaque for so long, I know her a little. This thief wouldn't make things difficult for someone without reason," Uchiha Madara said with a smile.
Uchiha Madara believed Belaque had a reason for doing this. Besides, at her age, how could she possibly waste her time on someone who meant nothing to her out of sheer boredom?
"Gu Kelanlie, a librarian from Eternal Sun Royal City. He started out as an obscure nobody, but later became a fugitive wanted by both the royal city and the church. You probably don't know the story in between, do you?" Belaque said to Uchiha Madara and Carter Binda with a smile.
"Because of his special position, Gu Kelanlie had access to much knowledge unknown across the Elzeran Continent. For some reason, he began studying black magic—a method of prolonging one's own life by sacrificing the lives of others, especially those suffering the most," Belaque said.
"He had free rein in the royal city's library. No one discovered that this quiet, unremarkable man had learned black magic. Later, many corpses were found in a basement beneath his home," Belaque said.
As Belaque spoke, the milky yellow liquid on