Sharp eyes gazed steadily at Gerhard.
Of course, he had removed parts.
The scenes of the traps he had set going off would only be a confession that Gerhard had known about the demon from the beginning.
He had excluded Wooden to avoid making the mistake of standing at the forefront instead of Aint.
"It is the original."
But it was also the original. He hadn't erased data from the recording crystal; he had deliberately not activated it during unnecessary parts.
"It's true that there was more originally, but some engravings were damaged during the fight with the demon."
"I see, understood."
The Chancellor nodded.
"Then may I ask one more thing?"
"By all means."
"Why were you there at that time?"
It was an expected question.
"As you know, I brought the World Tree branch myself. So I had some attachment to it and wanted to check if it had taken root well during the vacation period."
