Fragile Faith

"W-what was that?"

At that moment, the two spun around in panic. The boy was so frightened that he dropped onto the floor, the wire in his hand snapping off inside the lock.

Yet all they saw was a torrent of water surging toward them. In such a brief instant, they had no time to react before they were swallowed by the spray Benjamin had summoned, losing their balance at once.

"Ugh..."

The girl struggled, trying to use her mental power to withstand the impact of the water. But soon, the current transformed into towering waves that nearly flooded the entire palace corridor, crashing down over their heads with brutal force!

Buffeted by the raging water, the two slammed back and forth between the walls and floor. In the end, they collapsed onto the soaking ground, covered in injuries and unconscious.

Benjamin slowly rose from beside the wall as well.

"It's all right now, Your Majesty." He dispersed the water and called into the room. "I've subdued both of them."

A moment later, the king tremblingly opened the door and stepped outside.

"Is it really over?" He glanced at the brother and sister, who had nearly been washed into a corner, then shook his head. "What kind of damned cult sends children this young out as assassins?"

"Your Majesty shouldn't underestimate them. Their strength seems no weaker than Spencer's."

Hearing that, the king jumped in fright again and hurried back into the room, afraid that the two might still have some consciousness left. Benjamin shook his head as well, wrapping the siblings in water vapor and taking them to a secluded room somewhere in the palace.

He was going to interrogate them properly.

However, interrogating members of an overseas cult differed from interrogating ordinary mages.

Though he had subdued them