Chapter 17 (1/2)
Chapter 17 - The eyeball's besides the point
While Yogiri and Touardian unit and Edelgard, the leader thereof, arrived at the feudal lord's castle
At its top there was a wide open area, where hiuest The two guards were in their ular arant clothing
”I know this is about what happened last night, but did we really have to call for a Sage because of it?”
Edelgard only had the now lost trace to the still hidden background syndicate in mind
Despite how cautious the criot careless when they juuards weren't able to find any useful clues once more
”Well, isn't there the possibility for it to be that iroup of people died right before our eyes, yet we don't even knohy or how”
George was at his wit's end
As turned out during their investigation, ten people were victi it a h the ones that died were randos of some provincial city?”
”Isn't it less about who died andwith soas here, I wouldn't be surprised if one of those responsible for governing this world, nae, showed interest in the e would concern the to think it through; not like we could ever grasp a Sage's thoughts!”
Edelgard threw out her chest as she spoke, although the reason she said it in such a bragging uys, don't act up in front the sage, aight?”
The feudal lord warned them
Incidentally, as far as hierarchy went there was no leader-subordinate relation between feudal lords and guard soldiers Reason for that was the guardians' task of keeping japanese individuals in check, which e acolytes, ere japanese, could very well turn into targets for investigation
”Say, weren't o the only ones ordered to be present?”
”Hey now, if a sage's gonna pay a visit to otta be around to welcome them”
”Hmph Is that so, eh”
The discussion stopped and thedisk appeared in the sky above the continent, this was their usual means of transportation
The silver disk landed on the roof, its hatch opened and a woe Lain She held the title of the Great Sage's great-grandchild as well as the responsibility for this city and its surrounding area
”I appreciate the reception”
Lain received their welcoant air and walked up to the feudal lord
”Been a while, hasn't it, Masahiko? Everything going well?”
”It's been a while, indeed, Lain-sama Yes, there are no problems”
It seemed like Lain and the feudal lord, Masahiko, knew each other froard? I read the report Take me to the survivor”
”Yes, ard answered with a salute and lead Lain inside
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After entering the castle they all changed location to a room with only a simple bed, on top of it a beastht's incident
There were no external injuries, but his eyes, nose and ears no longer served their purpose As such, there was no way for thee requested to see this beastard relocated himan and inspected hi at him tells me”
Lain went ahead and pulled up his eyelid The eye was fine, not squashed, crushed or anything alike
Even so, when shein from thethere was no reaction whatsoever
”Indeed We appliedhi”
”In the report I read that healingheard George's answer, Lainup the eyelid and shoved it into the eye socket
”Sage-sama!?”
”I'm the kind of person that's not convinced until they've taken a closer look theuish His reaction wasn't surprising; Lain was literally pulling out his eyeball
”Quiet”
That word alone was enough toHis ears shouldn't have been able to hear, and yet his body went stiff; perhaps he could feel the terror with his skin
Lain tore the eyeball off the optic nerve and held it before her eyes
She took a long hard look, but it was no ular eyeball
”Doesn't look too unusual Masahiko, you feeling like giving a new eye a try?”
”O-, oi! Please spare me with such jokes”
The feudal lord's face went pale for a ht away Surely those words weren't actually an order
And yet, he couldn't exactly breathe a sigh of relief Even if she was joking this tie at any time
”Anyway, the eyeball's besides the point Let's move on to the real deal Heal”
She threay the eyeball and casted healing e occurred in the eht away: from one e's incredible enerate in an instant
However, the new pupil seemed just as empty as the previous one, void of any reflection