"I am neither a saint nor the successor of the high priest. He said, "At least I have never heard the High Priest himself say that." I can make it look like it's in its original form...... So can all of you. ”

However, there was a dead silence all around. All of you, especially the clergy, don't seem to want to try that possibility.

The only mage chuckled lowly - he didn't have that many concerns.

"Is it okay for a mage?" he asked.

York hesitated. He glanced at Ed unconsciously, and obviously, he preferred Ed to be the one who could prove him.

Ed hesitated slightly, in this situation, it was indeed inappropriate for a mage to prove that a magic object that had been regarded as a holy relic for nearly a thousand years had nothing to do with the gods. But he's not really a good fit......

Philip Zeri stood up and walked in front of York in a few steps.

"Shall I try?" he held out his hand calmly, as if it were just pure curiosity.

The young priest was silent for a moment, then let go of his sword, and the inconspicuous pendant still fell into Filly's palm. The paladin looked at it over and over for a few moments before turning his inquiring gaze to York.

When York whispered to the paladins how to master the sword, Iss crossed his arms and looked at them coldly, not even bothering to listen to what they were saying. He clearly remembered the incantation that York had just recited, and he could be sure that the so-called holy relic was indeed from the hand of the elves...... This isn't the only elven artifact that humans have treated as artifacts, either. It is almost inevitable that another race has a history and civilization that is thousands of years older than humans. For a long time, elves were far more likely to be closer to humans than dwarves, and so human legends, magic, beliefs, and even language were all formed under the influence of elves. Even when the race begins to decay, the imprint left behind is still difficult to erase.

...... And that sword wasn't originally called the Sword of Light at all.

Probably only Ed noticed the disgust in his friend's eyes, but he couldn't ask at this time.

The white light lit up again, and the outstretched sword flickered in Filly's hand, not as steady as it had been when it had been in York's hands, but it was enough to prove it.

Before York could speak to stop it, the paladin curiously swept his other hand across the blade—the sword was so light that it didn't feel like it was solid.

His hand did go straight through the middle of the blade, but his face turned pale for a moment.

He cursed under his breath and looked down at his hands. After a sharp pain, his fingers could not move...... In fact, he couldn't feel his fingers at all, as if his hand had been severed from the edge of the sword, but on the surface, it didn't even have a scar.

"Even if it's not an artifact, it's really a sword...... A very sharp sword. York explained dryly. He hadn't expected Fili to be so reckless......

- Is Philip Zeri really such a reckless person?

“...... The wounds it leaves have no traces, but they are difficult to heal. York's voice lowered, "Of course, it can easily kill people." ”

"So you suspect that some elf infiltrated the temple and manipulated the sword of light to kill your high priest?"

Filly felt that his words were unbelievably ridiculous...... However, here and now, looking at the long sword entwined with black shadows in his hand, it seems that it is not impossible.

"As far as I know," Mondstadt added slowly, "Kao Inari, the Elven Elder, is dead...... Although I don't know exactly how he died. ”

His gaze swept over Ed, consciously or unconsciously. Ed, who was treating Filly, twitched his fingers involuntarily, as if he had also been stabbed. He knew...... But the elves managed to keep this secret under the inquiry of all parties, and as a friend of Payne Silverleaf, he really couldn't open his mouth at this time.

"I'm not sure," said York, looking down at the sword. Its light hadn't completely disappeared—its silver-white blade was still shining, and even the black lines that spread on it were like the patterns it already had, revealing a charming magnificence in the weirdness.

"There's a lot of things I'm not sure of. "I don't have much evidence...... I can't even explain why it's in my hands...... If I told you that it suddenly fell into my arms while I was walking in the temple, no one would believe it, right?"

“...... If so, I'd be more interested in who taught you how to use it. Bornser's voice was cold, and now he didn't have to pretend to be distressed: "It can't fall from the sky, right?"

York was speechless for a moment.

“...... What did you hear?" Ed asked softly, suddenly thinking of something, "or maybe something suddenly came to your head as if you had experienced it yourself, and you had no doubt about its authenticity?"

York suddenly looked up: "Why are you ......?"

"Sounds almost like a miracle?" Bornser sneered, "but you've just proven that this sword has nothing to do with God." ”

- Not a miracle.

Ed subconsciously wanted to answer like this, but swallowed it back in time.

This sword may indeed have nothing to do with God. Fili waved his sword casually - to be honest, it didn't feel good at all.

“...... But if it does hurt a high priest, and her goddess therefore truly loves that high priest, and has been insisting on finding out the real murderer, there seems to be nothing that can't be said, right?" he finished speaking, and earnestly asked Ed, "That's right, right?"

Ed kept silent and buried his head in treating his wounds. There was a strange power lingering in the invisible wound, and it felt like ...... Curse?

He frowned at the sword, and the more he looked at it, the more it seemed that the strange pattern seemed a little familiar.

He didn't want to lie, so he just used this to stay out of the matter and concentrate on research. Bounse, who had been ridiculed and ridiculed, did not change his expression at all, as if he did not understand at all.

"Even if that were the case," he still asked York, "and even if you did find the truth, are you sure that the present situation is what the Priests wanted?what do you want? Let the elves hand over their elders to atone for their sins? At this time?—— Kao Inari is even dead! He may have been punished for what he did, and even if he did not die for it, we have a better choice...... And you, are you really just for the high priest because you insist on exposing everything in front of everyone?...... You're the one who can't rest for her!"