"System... what's with being watched? And what is the Third Witch? Have you been discovered as well, System?"
The System's notification immediately put Syl on high alert.
The calming church insignia, the soft bed, the warm lighting, the closed curtains... everything in the room became an object of Syl's suspicion.
Where... is the witch?
"There is no one in this world who can discover this System. Please rest assured."
Although the System usually liked to be mischievous, its words in the pop-up window did indeed calm Syl down a bit.
Aside from the Saintess Mark on her hand, which she had no idea how to use, Syl's greatest trump card was the System. If even this were exposed, Syl would have no sense of security left.
"I have no clue at all..." Syl muttered to herself, stopping her restless pacing and jumping at shadows.
The Fate of the Cycle? Disordered Spacetime? One who does not exist in this era? And that Witch of Ruin who might represent the [Cycle]... Syl had no idea what all these prompts meant, and she wasn't even sure when she had started being targeted.
"The task hints are all in the task description. The rest is up to the Host to investigate."
Syl took a deep breath, sat back down at the round table, and calmly began to look through the newspapers from earlier as well as the ones she hadn't checked yet.
It would have been normal for one thing to be in the news, but for two photos of her to be exposed at the same time, there was definitely something fishy going on.
Not to mention that one newspaper even had such an obvious hint written on it—'I see you, Variable.'
Syl had heard similar words on her first day in this world; it felt more like the voice of the goddess of hope.
Could the goddess of hope be The Witch of Ruin? No... that's unlikely. If the goddess of hope had discovered her from the start, there would be no need for Her to go to such lengths to inform me this way.
The two newspaper offices that published this information must be investigated.
What she knew for now was that the Missionary and Love Saint cards likely hadn't been exposed yet, so she had to be extremely cautious with her transformations.
Syl's deep thoughts were only interrupted when Annie came in with hot cocoa.
"Thank you," Syl forced a smile and thanked Annie for bringing the cocoa. "It's getting late, you should go back and rest too."
"Okay~ Goodnight, Your Highness Saintess~" Annie performed a Church of Hope salute to Syl and left the room with a light step.
Annie didn't notice at all that after she turned around, Syl stared fixedly at her every move with bloodshot eyes from extreme mental stress until she closed the door and left.
"Nothing unusual..." Syl panted slightly.
She suddenly realized that her current state was very wrong.
"If this continues, I might be driven mad before the clues are even clear..." Syl shook her head, forcing herself to stop thinking about these things.
Because no matter how much Syl thought today, there wouldn't be any substantial progress.
Later, she would have to investigate everyone she had come into contact with these past few days... Bonsandi, the girl with the Little Monster mask, Arnold, Kersus the black cat, the Princess... and the newspaper offices that reported on her. There couldn't be a single oversight.
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