Exit: The Path of Truth He Could No Longer Walk

Hearing this, memories of setting out to sea surfaced in Leo's mind without him even realizing it.

He had long anticipated that one day, Kairila and the other knights would come to him in person to ask about Aifel and the others.

Leo's expression remained unchanged as he said, "I killed Knight Aifel and the others."

Kairila's expression changed, yet he did not dare ask why Leo had killed Aifel and the others. Lowering his head, he said, "Yes, I understand. Aifel and the others must have offended you, Lord Wizard Leo, which was why you killed them. I will not ask any further questions."

Seeing Kairila's fearful appearance, as though he had stepped on some forbidden taboo, Leo said, "They did not offend me. What happened was actually this."

"After you left, Aifel and the others fell under Siren's Song again. But there was no First-Rank Wizard Apprentice aboard who could remove this Bloodline Ability for them, so I could only kill them. Believe it or not, that is the truth."

Leo spoke with perfect frankness.

After all, that was simply how things had happened.

Yet upon hearing this, Kairila did something that caught Leo off guard.

Kairila slapped his thigh and said excitedly, "I knew it! Lord Wizard Leo, you are a kind Wizard. You would never slaughter people at will. Since they had fallen under Siren's Song, then Aifel and the others had no choice but to die. All one could say was that they were terribly unlucky."

Leo was somewhat speechless.

Kairila's attitude toward Wizards was truly groveling to the extreme.

Leo felt that after learning he had killed them out of necessity, Kairila seemed even more excited than Leo himself, as though he feared Leo might be wrongly accused.

"I understand what happened now, so