It was not that Kallen was saying the most cowardly thing in the toughest manner. Agreeing was one thing, but he had not simply assumed the woman would turn and leave so easily. Whatever the case, she had killed members of the Order God Church. If she left no clues, that was one thing, but once she did, pursuit and retaliation from the Order God Church would inevitably await her.
Yet events unfolded beyond Kallen's expectations. After receiving his answer, the woman actually began retreating rapidly, turning into a streak of white light that vanished into the distance.
Kallen still watched his surroundings warily, gripping his sword without daring to relax in the slightest. The woman was so fast that she might well double back for a surprise attack.
Alfred did the same, standing ahead and to Kallen's side, his reddened eyes maintaining the most comprehensive watch possible.
A long while passed.
"Alfred..."
"Young Master..."
"She seems to have really left."
"It seems so."
"Why did she just leave like that?"
Kallen felt that if it were him, he would still have insisted on killing them to silence them.
"It might have something to do with that thing on her shoulder."
"That fluffy white thing? You know it?"
"I saw her at the club. A little girl. She called me uncle."
Kallen immediately recalled the fluffy white thing's unusual reaction when the woman had been preparing to attack them.
The woman had clearly come to rescue someone, which meant that thing was important to her. If it had been something ordinary, she would have let the Order God Church take it.
So sparing the two of them for that thing's sake... seemed to make sense too.
"Let's get in the car."
"Yes, Young Master."
Kallen and Alfred got into the