The Blazing Sun Knight appeared sincere.
Bold’s chief captain of the Demon Hunting Institute, Captain Kara, had reached the peak of the Silver Moon Second Tier at a young age, with a future beyond asure.
Her entry into the Blazing Sun was almost a certainty, and she might even have a chance to glimpse into the Legendary.
Such talent was welcod everywhere and was worth being recruited by a Blazing Sun Knight.
Upon hearing the words of the Blazing Sun Knight, the expressions of the Demon Hunting Knights following Kara slightly changed.
They looked worriedly at their captain, wanting to speak but stopping themselves.
However, the ever-silent Kara gently shook her head,
"Great Knight, Lord, thank you for your kindness."
The Blazing Sun Knight did not get angry at her refusal, but instead smiled amicably,
"No problem, if Lady Kara wishes, the Judgent Court is always welcoming your arrival."
"The Demon Hunting Institute... is too small for a genius like you."
"Lady Kara, I shall leave first, if you change your mind, you can always find at Bold’s Judgent Court."
Having said that, he nodded slightly towards Kara and turned to leave.
Only when the Blazing Sun Knight could no longer be seen did a Demon Hunting Knight behind Kara finally spit on the ground, exclaiming,
"Ptui! What of the Blazing Sun? These guys from the Judgent Court! Always trying to poach from our Demon Hunting Institute!"
"Captain Kara! You did the right thing! The Judgent Court is no place to go!"
The Demon Hunting Knights chattered amongst themselves.
Yet, Kara remained silent.
Laino felt that Kara was in an unusual mood today.
He couldn’t help but turn his head towards Kara, only to see a face of weariness and loneliness.
"Kara, are you... alright?"
Laino asked worriedly.
The Demon Hunting Knights also finally noticed Kara’s expression and anxiously said,
"Captain?"
Kara did not respond but took the Ring Cross silver sword from her waist.
She placed the silver sword together with the Demon Hunting Knight Captain’s uniform, then handed them to the bewildered Demon Hunting Knight, calmly stating,
"Return these items to the Church, from now on... I am no longer your captain."
Shocked by Kara’s words, the Demon Hunting Knights exclaid,
"Captain? You are... you’re leaving the Demon Hunting Institute?!"
"Captain, what is going on?"
Kara shook her head slightly,
"It’s nothing..."
"I’m just, tired."
With that, she turned and walked away.
Watching Kara’s retreating back, Laino was also perplexed.
He was about to follow her, but a parchnt scroll fell out of the Chief Captain’s uniform held by the Demon Hunting Knight.
Laino’s heart stirred, he picked up the parchnt, quickly glanced at it, and then his eyes widened.
It was none other.
The parchnt recorded the heinous cris of the Great Priest.
Most notably, the Great Priest’s dragging of surviving young girls into the darkness after the Fla Demon Disaster.
However, this was not what shocked Laino the most.
What shook him was a na marked on the listed roster.
It was Kara’s younger sister’s na.
Laino instantly understood everything.
He looked up in the direction Kara had gone, his expression full of complexity.
He understood Kara’s feelings.
Perhaps many Demon Hunting Knights were unaware of why Kara joined the Demon Hunting Institute, but he knew that she had initially joined the Holy Royal Court due to the Great Priest’s recruitnt.
And the purpose was to investigate the disappearance of her own sister.
But now, when everything had beco clear, the mastermind behind the Drunk Dream Saloon was the Great Priest who had brought her into the Church...
No one could possibly accept that.
Laino didn’t know whether Kara had uncovered these pieces of evidence herself or if soone else had handed them to her.
It didn’t matter anymore.
After learning the truth, even personally sending the Great Priest to the Judgent Court probably couldn’t eradicate the exhaustion and disappointnt in Kara’s heart.
Looking at the distant figure, Laino’s face showed compassion.
He took a deep breath, spurred his horse, and soon caught up to ride alongside Kara.
Glancing cautiously at the silent Knight, Laino swallowed nervously and chose his words carefully,
"Kara, I know you’re feeling terrible... If you don’t want to stay in the Demon Hunting Institute anymore, then don’t."
As he spoke, he clenched his fists and mustered his courage to add,
"Kara, let’s go to the tavern for a drink, tonight we won’t return until we’re drunk! Tomorrow will be a new day!"
Laino’s expression was sincere.
However, the Knight beside him did not respond to his words.
"Kara?"
Laino repeated.
Still, Kara ignored him.
Laino finally felt sothing was amiss.
Although Kara usually treated him coldly, he knew it was because of her sister’s matter weighing on her mind.
Long ago, when they were rcenary partners, their relationship was much more harmonious than it was today.
Laino had always believed that once her worries were resolved, Kara would move on from her past.
But now, why had her attitude toward him grown even colder after the Great Priest, the culprit, had been captured?
He was sure her current attitude wasn’t because of the Great Priest’s matter.
He could feel that Kara simply didn’t want to talk to him.
"Kara? What’s wrong? Why don’t you even want to talk to ?"
Unable to help himself, Laino repeated himself.
This ti, Kara finally stopped.
She turned her head, her expression cold as she looked at Laino and said icily,
"Lord Laino, let’s part ways here."
Laino’s eyes widened,
"Why? Did I do sothing wrong?"
Kara did not answer, but instead pulled out another piece of parchnt from her uniform.
This parchnt looked just like the one that had fallen out earlier, as if it had been torn from the sa source.
She threw the parchnt at Laino, saying wearily,
"I... I’m really tired."
After that, she turned and left without saying another word.
Laino instinctively opened the parchnt.
It was also a record of cris.
However, unlike the previous parchnt, this one did not list sufficient evidence but appeared more a simple record.
But the cris it recorded were not those of the Great Priest.
Instead, it detailed the cris of Bold Duke.
On the parchnt, it docunted Bold Duke’s collusion with Count Broey to kidnap a young girl for a demonic sacrifice, and it unearthed a darker, deeply buried truth behind the Fla Demon Disaster of ten years ago!
Laino’s eyes widened instantaneously, his expression incredulous.
He sharply looked up, staring in the direction Kara had left, finally understanding the reason for her cold deanor...
Kara’s sister had disappeared long before the Fla Demon Disaster.
If the content on this parchnt was true, if the direct culprit behind her sister’s death was the Great Priest...
Then the highly esteed Bold Duke, the renowned Bold family... were the root of everything!
Laino clenched his fists, his nails almost digging into his flesh, his expression extrely grim.
He gripped the parchnt tightly, his face darkening before he suddenly mounted his horse, and furiously headed towards Duke Mansion...
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