"Get in."
"All right."
Little John got into the front passenger seat.
Kallen opened the rear door and sat beside Mr. Pavaro.
"What about that butler?" Mr. Pavaro asked.
"Dead. Poisoned."
Little John immediately explained himself from the front seat:
"It wasn't me. He tried to poison me."
"Did you perform 'Awakening'?" Pavaro asked.
"No." Kallen shook his head.
"You didn't get the location out of him?"
"No need for the trouble. He knows." Kallen pointed at Little John. "It's where he was corrupted."
"Are we going now?" Pavaro asked.
"No, tomorrow.
Since we're going to the Snake Cave, the first thing we need to do is lure the snakes out. At the very least, we need to wound them. Otherwise, even if we find the place, we'll hardly stand a chance."
"You're going to lure them to the Light Remnants?"
"I already have. The dead don't just keep secrets; what they say is often more readily believed."
The people Alfred had killed earlier in the Textile Factory's executive offices, and the words Kallen had spoken to Little John at Tadel's house, which were actually meant for the dying butler;
all of these would reach the people from the Order God Church as clues and evidence after their "Awakening."
Pavaro laughed. "Other people kill to silence witnesses. You kill to send a message."
He paused.
Then Pavaro continued, "Still, it's a little too obvious."
"Yes." Kallen nodded. "But obvious and direct don't matter, as long as it works."
"True."
"The Light Remnants are a thorn in the side of the entire church world. The Order God Church's current standing is fast approaching that of the Church of Light in the previous era, so it's already more wary and vigilant toward the Light Remnants than anyone."
"Yes."
"Of course, the main