“Well then.”
Priesia, who had been hiding her identity by covering herself in a rag, slowly turned her head and looked at Ian.
“May I ask who you are?”
Ian, who had his face hidden because of the mask, had his eyes met with Priesia. Ian gulped.
There was no way to describe Priesia’s face other than that she was truly beautiful, literally like an angel.
Just facing her alone was enough to stop his train of thought for a moment. Ian just stood there with a vacant look on his face for a moment. He tightened his fist to barely wake up from his useless thoughts.
“I am sorry, but I’m afraid I cannot tell you.”
Ian shook his head and said he could not tell her. Priesia stared at the mask on Ian’s face for a moment and slowly nodded.
“I understand. People have their reasons.”
While Priesia mumbled, Ian looked around to check the corpses. Ian tossed a question.
“Priestess, why are you here?”
The Magic Tower collapsed, and the tower collapsed on top of the Holy Temple and destroyed it.
There weren’t just a few people who were worried about her at the moment. It was a relief to know that she was safe, but on the other hand, it was strange.
She was hiding her face by wearing a rag. She also just told the man she saved that he should not tell others that he saw her. Ian thought about the two questions, but they were complete mysteries no matter how he thought about it.
“You should be telling others that you are completely fine and alive like this, but instead… You are trying to hide your identity. Why? People of Solia are worried.”
Ian asked in worried tone. Priesia looked at the Right Solia in complete disarray, bit her lips, and mumbled an answer that had no relevance to the question.
“I won’t ask who you are anymore. You must have a reason why you are wearing a mask.”
Even her cringing face was so mesmerizing, so Ian was just standing there with a blank look on his face. Ian nodded his head late. Priesia said,
“In that case, it would be all right if I asked what you are trying to do here, right?”
Ian wiggled his eyebrows.
“You are here to save people, isn’t that right?”
“…”
“You were about to swing a sword at me, but you stopped. You saved the man who was crushed under a building. Actually, based on these two things, I think the answer is already out. Isn’t that right?”
As Priesia said, Ian was at the Right Solia to save people.
The Young Master that Ian came here with was now gone without a trace to find the source that was raising the corpses while Ian saved people. Ian was certain of this.
“I am similar to you. I am here to save the people. There still are many who are injured.”
“In that case, why are you hiding your identity?”
“I cannot tell you that.”
“…”
“I am sorry. I cannot tell you why. All I can say to you is asking you to help me save the people.”
She also added and told Ian to not tell others that she was here. As if she was ashamed, Priesia lowered her head.
“…”
Ian vacantly stared at Priesia for a moment. He kept silence for a moment, and then extended his hand toward her.
“I understand.”
After seeing Ian’s hand asking for a hand shake, Priesia lifted her head with a bright face.
“I am wearing a mask right now, but as you guessed, I am staying here instead of my master to save the people. It is obvious this will be much more efficient.”
Ian put the sword back in the sheath, tapped at the handle, and led the way. Priesia followed him.
* * *
While leaving the rest to Ian, Riley left the scene because he had a few things he had to find out on the side. At the moment, he was staring at the direction where angry voice was coming from. It was from behind a collapsed building.
“About the story about the Lower Solia that was a big issue recently, I won’t mention it, but I will presume everyone knows about it. About that incident… who do you think caused it?”
The voice was agitated.
There were dozens of priests and holy knights gathered in front of the collapsed Holy Temple. The old man who was standing in the front of them all was the Archbishop Rebethra, the one Riley had been looking for to follow around.
‘I knew he was alive, but what’s this?’
The situation definitely looked like it was heading in a strange direction.
It seemed the holy knights and priests barely escaped the collapsing building. They were covered in dust. They were in shambles. However, for some reason, the look on their faces and eyes were full of fury.
“Dead people are being forced to stand up, and as if they are puppets, they are charging toward people who are still alive.”
Standing in front of the holy knights and priests, Rebethra tightened his fist and spoke. The people gathered there started to grind their teeth.
“Who do you think is responsible for this?”
Having heard the Archbishop, Riley crumpled his face.
‘What?’