The day had changed, and night had arrived. The evening sky, a mix of orange and blue, had now turned completely dark blue, and the small stars in the dark sky began to shine—sparkling.
Infori stood, alone in a room at the plaza. He stared up at the sky outside the window. Moonlight streamed into the room, illuminating the cool wooden floor.
Infori remained silent, nothing special on his face. He turned around and looked around his room.
"..."
(I thought it was time to relax.)
However, Infori himself denied it.
(But it turned out to be harder than I thought. My mind seemed forced to keep thinking about the recent events.)
Infori let out a long sigh, a little tired of his own thoughts. After watching everything happen so suddenly, Infori, who should have been relaxing at night, was instead constantly thinking about things related to the events that had occurred.
He looked up, seeing the dark but beautiful night sky. With the moon slowly rising, it marked the clear change of day.
(What a beautiful moon... Yeah.)
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Lilith saw the same moon, as they were in the same inn but in different rooms. Lilith was now standing in front of the window, gazing out the room.
"..."
Iris, sitting on a chair, noticed Lilith, who had been staring at the sky out the window with a gloomy face. She was pensive, as if contemplating something.
So, Iris spoke to her.
"You realized you were pensive earlier, what happened?" Iris asked. Lilith, who had been silent until then, heard her and finally turned to look at Iris. However, she remained silent.
"..."
"...Is there something making you pensive like this?"
Lilith was silent for a moment, thinking about something, which she then finally spoke to Iris. Something had been bothering her for a while, and even Iris knew what Lilith was going to say.
"Hey... Do you think Nephilim like Mr. Infori are different from the others?"
Iris, hearing this, answered without hesitation. "Yes. That artifact shopkeeper seems to have something special, being able to wield a legendary artifact."
Lilith nodded in agreement, then continued. "Furthermore, when he touched the Blades of Mirage, they seemed to respond by emitting a kind of energy wave throughout the city." She didn't stop there, recounting to Iris the incident in Awania Sudo a few days earlier. "And when Mr. Infori touched them again, the wave emitted from the Blades of Mirage was reabsorbed and ended up flying off somewhere… I'm not sure it was just a coincidence."
"So everything happened continuously... Honestly, I've never heard of a Nephilim being able to use a legendary artifact without interruption," Iris said.
Lilith paused for a moment, reconsidering the information. The two Seraphim were still confused by the Nephilim. They had never seen or heard of anything like this before, a result of this being their first assignment as Seraphim guardians of the world tree.
"..."
Iris let out a short sigh.
"Haaa... Asking him wouldn't be helpful, because he himself said he didn't know anything."
Meanwhile, Lilith turned back to look out the window, observing the night sky outside.
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In a room with a large mirror on the right side of the room, in the center was a table with a chair where Flynn Deschain was currently sitting. Takechi was in the chair in front of him, handcuffed to his wrists, and two guards were behind him to protect him.
Takechi just grinned, while Flynn stared at him with a cold, sharp, and unpleasant gaze.
"Heh. So, can we start now? Staying in a place like this is making me sick."
"Okay, if that's what you want," Flynn replied. He paused for a moment before finally speaking. "Takechi, you've already disgusted me several times in the city. But I never thought you'd do more than just trick me."
"..."
"Who are you, really? What do you want from that Seraphim?" Flynn asked firmly and intimidatingly.
"Heh. Funny, have you forgotten what I said to you this afternoon? You're like asking a demon, "Are you a demon?""
Flynn took a deep breath and then exhaled.
"Haaa... Then I'll change the question."
"Hm...?"
"...Are you a member of the Desorder Empire's elite unit?"
Flynn's question startled Takechi, his eyes suddenly widening. "...?!" Flynn then spoke again, giving Takechi the facts on the ground.
"You must know for yourself that the Stornia Kingdom is currently having problems with the Desorder Kingdom. This stems from a dispute over the territory with the most mineral resources on the border between the two kingdoms."
"..." Takechi frowned, his smirk now gone.
"That's why the kingdom has a theory that an elite unit from the Desorder Kingdom was secretly sent into the kingdom," Flynn said, then took a deep breath. "Haa... Honestly, I don't understand what they're thinking. Perhaps the war that occurred long ago has made the kingdom even more wary."
"So, you're accusing me of being an elite unit of the Desorder Kingdom? How ridiculous."
"You can't lie to me. I can tell from your face that it's the face of someone who can lie skillfully."
"..."
Flynn had just marked Takechi's face, whom he suspected was a member of the Desorder Kingdom's elite unit. A war might break out, but it wasn't now.