Croeffler leaned against the window and did not speak for a moment. His overly casual posture did not look at all like a noble-blooded, proud nobleman, let alone a powerful minister, but his heavy gaze was like substance, and he couldn't help but feel a little numb in the scalp of a person like Nigel who never cared about the eyes of others.

The priest had a good reason and did nothing for himself, but the young archon's gaze seemed to be able to cut through him layer by layer from the outside to the inside, and easily dig out the darkness and secrets that even he didn't know where to hide.

There's nothing to hide from him, so it's not wrong to just go straight to him Scott, but it's not a pleasure to deal with this guy.

As the nervousness grew into anger, Crofler looked away.

"You're also from Balach. "You should know that there's a demand to keep everybody away from Balach...... Even with the addition of 'as much as possible', it's not so easy to do. ”

He was relieved, and the priest breathed a sigh of relief.

"I have a plan. He said.

He just needs Kroefler's cooperation as the Lord of Balach. And Crooffler's well-rounded look told him that this was not unexpected.

"That abandoned mine outside Balach......" he began, then cautiously shut his mouth in a rush of footsteps.

"Ethan!" the visitor called the archon by name, "did you see that? Oh, of course you did. ”

The king of Anktan, who suddenly appeared, glanced at the priest with a scrutinizing look that was almost gentle compared to that of Crofeller, and waved his hand "thoughtfully" to let the guards who followed him retreat further down the steps.

"Your friend?" he asked.

It was just a casual question, but it still made the muscles in the corners of the pastor's eyes twitch a little!

"It was indeed the temple in the Sidney Basin. Kroefler skipped the pointless question, "If that's what you want to ask." ”

Borena fell silent.

“...... I told you, keep your people away from that place. There was not a hint of reverence for the king in Croefler's tone, "There are some things that mortals like us should not be involved in, even if you are the so-called child of miracles who rose from the dead and were favored by the gods...... But you obviously didn't listen to who's there?"

His Majesty, who had long been accustomed to it, was not angry at all, but frowned worriedly: "You know, Rosa and the elves, and a few little ones at the mouth of the Kuz...... What's the news of your people?"

“...... Even if there were, it couldn't be so fast. Borena's candor made Krofler reluctantly swallow back more taunts, "Maybe you should listen to this." ”

He nodded to Nigel: "This priest from Balach, a priest who serves Anduhe, disappeared near the mine outside Balach two years ago, leaving behind only a ring that was burned to the point of deformation. Most people with knowledge of this suspect that he died at the hands of Scott's Sage of Nesses, presumably because he and Edsingall had been among the people who had built the Temple of Sidney in the first place, posing as Nesses, and might have discovered some secrets...... But you see, he's alive and well, and he does know a lot of secrets. ”

The priest who had been picked up in a few words froze there, his face a little blue, which made His Majesty the King, who was in sympathy with the same illness, feel sympathy involuntarily.

"Fortunately. Borena greeted him simply, smiling sincerely, as if he didn't care at all that the "knowing" priest had chosen Crooffler over him, the king.

This made Nigel want to explain something...... But he is not good at "explaining".

“...... What happened in Sidney tonight will happen in Balach. Finally he could only speak dryly, "Another star that doesn't exist will appear in the night sky...... I can't tell you what that means, because even I can't be sure I'm not omniscient. But I at least knew that it would be a disaster for the living. And before disaster strikes, we need to keep the whole of Balach away from that city. ”

"Empty the city?" Borena scratched his head, "or Balach...... Why can't we simply stop the 'catastrophe' you are talking about?"

“...... Because it can't be stopped. ”

"Why?"

Borena tilted his head, asking casually, his gaze calm with a hint of curiosity. He is not as aggressive as Crofeller, and his natural affection exudes respect and trust, in another way, making it difficult to get out of any lie.

Nigel was silent for a moment. He couldn't escape the question, but it dawned on him that the answer he had prepared might not be appropriate at the moment, and it was for Croiffler, an archon who would calmly calculate the gains and losses, and achieve his goals in the quickest and least effort-conscious way...... Not a king who thinks of the safety of his subordinates first when an omen happens.

He wouldn't have thought of that before...... Two years of walking in the dark was enough to change him.

"Because that would bring even greater disaster...... It's like building a dam in a river, if it breaks, the flood will destroy everything. The priest replied, "I know that such an answer may not be sufficient for you, and I can tell you all I know, and do everything I can to prevent the catastrophe as you wish, but also hope that you will be prepared in another way to minimize the possible danger." ”

Borena nodded cheerfully, and even smiled: "Ed, they call you 'unhappy pastor', and every word you say can choke people half to death, and now it doesn't look like that." ”

The solemn-looking priest was caught off guard and was half choked to death.

"Did they mention me to you?" he chuckled, "what an accident. ”

"Yes. Borena replied with a smile, "They asked me to find you, and their disappearance worries them...... But you're really good at hiding your tracks. ”

Nigel didn't know how to answer. Although it's a little touching, it's more embarrassing, and now doesn't seem to be the time to say this, right?!

However, the tension was relaxed. In the cool night breeze, the priest, who had been tense all the time, suddenly felt that the impending disaster did not seem so terrible.

Even if the sky falls, he is not alone.

"Let's talk about it somewhere else. Borena smiled and suggested, "Bad news especially needs to be digested with wine." ”

No one objected. As he left the tower, Nigel looked at the sky for the last time, the nascent star twinkling in the night sky, but it was no longer as bright and dazzling as it had just been, and most ordinary people probably didn't even realize that there was an extra star in the night sky.

But the world is about to change.

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