Bloodstained Truth

Silence.

After Biedermann finished speaking, a long silence followed.

Bai Ye had never imagined that the two people before him were directly connected to Anto's death.

It could even be said that Anto's death had been planned by their own hands.

Among them, Folinic had the strongest reaction.

The young woman's entire body trembled as though she were suppressing something. Several times, she raised her fist, only to force herself to lower it again.

"Folinic..." Suzuran watched Folinic worriedly from the side.

"If venting your violence will make you feel better, then go ahead... I don't care anymore." At that moment, Thorvald suddenly spoke from the other side.

Unlike Biedermann, Thorvald appeared calm and composed.

Guilt still showed on Biedermann's face, yet this man looked as though he were merely an uninvolved bystander.

"...You bastard! After committing such a crime, how can you stand here, where Anto died, and say something like that as if nothing happened?!"

GreyThroat's emotions flared with rare intensity. Her breathing grew ragged, as if something had deeply provoked her.

"I want to know why."

At that moment, Folinic walked step by step toward Biedermann and Thorvald. The young woman stared at them both, her voice seeming to be squeezed out from the depths of her throat.

"Why!"

"Anto was clearly helping you... Why did you do this? You killed her...! Why?!"

Folinic truly could not understand why someone like Anto would be killed... and in such a brutal way... dying in this desolate forest.

She could not understand.

"Because Wolumonde needs enough 'attention.'"

Just as Thorvald had said earlier, he had no intention of keeping his own thoughts to himself. Perhaps Bai Ye did not even need to prepare the Arts of [Domain of Honesty]; Thorvald would have told them everything on his own.

"Attention?