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"I have to say, Your Excellency."
After their brief exchange, the powerful spirit world creature, who seemed hostile, finally chose to leave. Saint Tenebrous, who had been hiding in the shadows and quietly recovering all this time, could not help saying, "Being around you really does make one feel very safe."
"You can say that again."
"But who was that?"
The Hunter shook his head. "The Rose School's Temperance Faction... I don't know her, but I remember now. Since she's hostile toward Richard, she must be an enemy of his. Judging by her appearance and clothes, she should be that Highlands Princess who died a few years ago, the representative of the Chained God who's existed since the Highland Kingdom was founded."
"I wouldn't be surprised at all if she went to fight Richard. But from the look of her now, she isn't all that strong."
"Her overall strength should be around Sequence 3. Although she can use high-sequence abilities, she isn't actually that strong... Just like the Red Angel. And since the Red Angel still has strength approaching an angel's after all this time, Reinette Tinekerr should be even weaker."
"...Do you mean His revered Highness the Red Angel?"
"Yes."
Traynor muttered a few words and held his cigarette between his fingers. Then he quite naturally opened the newspaper in his hands and casually looked over the morning's news. Afterward, he looked toward the notice board in the city's bustling district and the public bulletin board outside the church, where he saw brand-new shelter notices that had only been posted that morning. Citing a large-scale military operation, they required all residents to take shelter wherever possible.
Traynor sensed the presence of a decree on them. This was an order to everyone, a requirement, rather than a simple notice.