World in the Painting Ishruna: Who Was Lying?

Sakura deliberately kept them in suspense, dangling Gray and Olga Marie's curiosity before them. A sly smile appeared on her face, and only after a while did she slowly speak.

"I discovered that, beginning with the very first Holy King, every generation of Holy King met their end only after successfully transmitting the flame. Yet there was no record of how any generation of Flame Maidens ended."

"Furthermore, the Holy King worshipped by the Church was neither the first generation nor any other Holy King who had transmitted the flame. He was a Holy King known as the Nameless Holy King. I searched through all the Church's scriptures, yet found no records concerning this Nameless Holy King."

"There really were more and more questions now."

Olga Marie rubbed her brow and muttered to herself. She instinctively looked toward Gale, her eyes flickering.

"Still, I think this book is the key to answering those questions."

"Good morning, little Gray, little Olga Marie... Huh, wait, what happened here? (;´Д｀)"

Gale woke from his dream, only to find himself "tied up like a bundle." He could not help wriggling his body and letting out a miserable cry.

"Actually, selecting a new flame transmitter and completing the ritual again could also condense a King Soul. But for some reason, the Church later stopped doing that, leading to the complete extinction of the Primal Fire."

She secretly used Lie Appraisal Magecraft on Gray. Perhaps due to interference from a higher degree of mystery, Lie Appraisal Magecraft lost its effect.

Gray shuddered, feeling a little itchy.

"You all know...?"

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"Then, regarding Flame Transmission, have you been concealing something?"

"But the Flame Transmission that time was different. It was not the Holy King who became the flame transmitter; it was the flame transmitter who