Meanwhile, inside the great hall...
Anthony and the clerics trembled as they watched the youth walk effortlessly through the raging fire. Their faces were pale. Clearly, this scene had gone far beyond anything they had expected.
There were only two possible outcomes when Holy Flame engulfed someone. A Weird would be burned and refined in the roaring flames until its true form was exposed. A human, however, even one with the purest soul, would produce no more than a faint flicker of flame. It would never burn this fiercely.
During his investigation, Anthony had learned that the youth had drunk a bottle of Holy Water in front of many Exorcists on the night of the Red Moon.
But that was not enough to clear him of suspicion.
Anthony knew perfectly well that the power of the Holy Flame within Holy Water was limited. For some exceptionally powerful Weirds, it was hardly enough to expose them. More importantly, even if the youth truly was human, all the abnormalities he had displayed suggested that he was still connected to the unknown being behind the Nine Chimes of the Spirit Bell.
The timing of both his appearances was simply too suspicious!
But... but...
Lin En looked at them and said,
"Do you still think I'm not human?"
Anthony stood up, fixing him with a piercing stare.
"Fine, let's say you aren't a Weird from the Spirit Realm! But you still haven't told me why the evil spirit Loren summoned was so afraid of you! If you were there at the time, and these really were two unrelated incidents, then tell me where you went afterward!"
"We searched all of Clockwork City, but we couldn't find a trace of you. And the only thing that happened near the place where Shakira died was that