Chapter 161: Karsus’s Fiancée
A heavy silence filled the room.
“Could there be…a traitor among us?” Sylph finally spoke, her brow furrowed. She didn’t want to suspect her companions, but the recent events forced her to consider the possibility.
Benson’s route had been leaked, leading to his death at the hands of Lomond.
Now, Ronald’s location had also been compromised, and he was being hunted by Lomond.
One incident could be dismissed as an accident, but two in a row… It would be foolish to ignore the pattern.
“One of us must be colluding with Lomond, leaking our information, which led to Benson’s death and Ronald being trapped…”
Her voice grew lower and more subdued, the atmosphere in the room becoming oppressive.
Just moments ago, they had been talking intimately as “sisters,” vowing to work together to resurrect Jie Luo. Now, suspicion poisoned the air.
They eyed each other warily, each wondering if the traitor was among them.
Airi, who had been lounging lazily in her chair, straightened, her small body tense. The blade that had been spinning between her fingers stilled, its sharp edge gleaming coldly.
They were close, yet worlds apart.
Ekaterina nodded slowly. “It’s a reasonable suspicion. Only the members of the Hero Squad knew Benson and Ronald’s routes… If someone is really leaking information, it can only be one of us…”
“But could our conversations be overheard?” Ekaterina raised a question.
Loseweisse immediately shook her head. “That’s impossible. This is the Saintess’s room. How could it be bugged…?”
Before she could finish, Athena’s expression turned serious. Her eyes narrowed, and Mana radiated from her body like ripples, sensing her surroundings. After a few seconds, she stood up abruptly and walked towards a wall, her fingers gently tracing its surface.
Then she knocked. It was hollow.
“Airi, cut it open.”
Airi hopped down from her chair, walked over to Athena, and stood on tiptoe. With a few swift slashes of her blade, a grid of cuts appeared on the wall. As the pieces crumbled, they revealed what was hidden inside: an Eye of True Sight.
Loseweisse’s face paled, and she stood up abruptly. “This is impossible…”
“Nothing is impossible, my dear Saintess. You’re too confident,” Athena said coldly. “The Mana fluctuations of an Eye of True Sight are very weak. A truly powerful being can completely conceal them. Plus, with the wall as a barrier, it’s normal that you didn’t detect it.”
Loseweisse shuddered. The thought of being watched while changing, bathing, sleeping…it made her skin crawl.
“Don’t worry, the wall would have blocked most of the view, but hearing conversations wouldn’t be a problem… Every word you said when contacting us was clearly heard by the other party,” Athena said with a cold smile, then waved her hand, destroying the Eye of True Sight.
Her seemingly comforting words didn’t ease Loseweisse’s mind. Her face was pale. “So, Benson was killed because of me… Ronald is trapped in the Demon Beast territory because of me, and even Karsus is because of me…”
She hugged herself, her body trembling.
Silence filled the room. It was the undeniable truth, but no one blamed Loseweisse. Such a secretive surveillance method was very difficult to detect.
Ekaterina took a deep breath and walked over to Loseweisse, pulling her into a hug. “Loseweisse,” she said gently, “what’s done is done. Don’t blame yourself too much. It won’t change anything.”
“But we have to be more careful in the future and not let this happen again. The Hero Squad can’t afford any more losses.”
“And the most important question now is, who planted this Eye of True Sight?”
“What is their purpose?”
“They clearly know about our plan to assassinate the Second Hero. Could this information reach Qin Chu’s ears?”
Loseweisse gradually calmed down, her brow furrowed.
It seemed that the Second Hero didn’t know about the plan yet. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have risked his life to protect her from the Grand Prince.
“The other party can freely enter and exit the Saintess’s room without being detected by the Holy See…” Ekaterina said seemingly casually, “And they can plant such a hidden Eye of True Sight, their strength must be very strong…”
Loseweisse’s body trembled. Her beautiful golden eyes were filled with intense hatred and disgust. A name escaped her lips:
“Augustus!”
“It must be him.”
It was this bastard who stole all the treasures from her room last time, and now it was this old man who planted the Eye of True Sight to eavesdrop on her.
Damn that old geezer…
Karsus’s suspicion wasn’t wrong. The true culprit behind Benson’s death was Augustus, the Pope of the Holy See!
Her words shocked everyone. They were all stunned by this name. However, Ekaterina’s shock was different from the others. She was thinking that Augustus had been unjustly blamed for several things, but… it wouldn’t hurt him. He was so powerful.
Master Qin Chu is truly amazing, she thought, everything is going according to his plan!
Silence filled the room once more.
Just then, a knock on the door startled the five members of the Hero Squad.
Loseweisse quickly adjusted her expression, took a deep breath to suppress her frustration, put on a smile, and walked to the door. When she opened it, she saw a girl who was both familiar and unfamiliar.
She wore a sky-blue mage robe, her long silver hair braided and hanging down her back, a few stray strands framing her face, which was partially hidden by the hood of her robe.
Loseweisse was momentarily confused, unable to recall who this person was.
The girl smiled gently, her hands crossed before her chest in the traditional greeting of the Holy See. “Saintess Loseweisse,” she said, her voice sweet and gentle, “it’s been a while, hasn’t it?”
A jolt ran through Loseweisse’s mind, and she remembered, “Norma… When did you arrive in the Imperial City…?”
Norma… The daughter of a general who had died in the war against the Demon Beasts, a devout follower of the Holy See.
Her family wasn’t prominent, but Norma possessed considerable talent in magic. She had been taken in as the last disciple of the President of the Mage Association and was now said to be a Grand Mage of over level 70, her progress even faster than the Grand Prince’s.
Most importantly, Norma had a very special identity.
She was the Death Knight Karsus’s… fiancée!
Loseweisse suddenly felt a headache… The Grand Prince’s fiancée, Anastasia, had come to this city, bringing with her a great disaster, and even that fiancée had somehow become Qin Chu’s.
Could it be the same with this Norma? Loseweisse found the thought amusing.
“A few days ago…” Norma’s face showed visible fatigue.
Loseweisse quickly invited Norma into the room. When Norma saw the other four people inside, she was startled and quickly greeted them one by one.
Norma wasn’t close to the members of the Hero Squad. They had only met twice.
For a moment, the atmosphere was a bit awkward.
Especially Sylph, who frowned slightly, showing clear hostility towards Norma.
Norma was Karsus’s fiancée, but she had broken up with him after he lost control and killed his entire family. This made Sylph look down on her.
“Norma, did you come to me for something?” Loseweisse asked gently after Norma sat down.
Norma was also a follower of the Holy See, so it wasn’t strange for her to be able to pass through the barrier. But Loseweisse couldn’t understand why Norma would come to her, they weren’t close.
However, Loseweisse didn’t show her indifference. On the contrary, she was very welcoming.
Norma seemed a little embarrassed. She took a small sip of tea and put down the cup, “It’s about Karsus… Could you please help save him…?”
Norma pleaded softly.
Although they had broken up, they had been lovers for many years, almost reaching the point of marriage.
She couldn’t bear to watch Karsus be executed. After hearing the news, Norma rushed to the Imperial City, seeking help everywhere, hoping to save him.
“I’ve contacted my father’s former comrades, colleagues, friends… I even contacted my magic teacher, Grand Mage Anthony, the president of the Mage Association…”
“But no matter who I contacted, they all said they couldn’t do anything.”
The girls exchanged glances. For an ex-girlfriend to go to such lengths for Karsus, it was clear how deeply Karsus loved this sweet-looking girl.
The hostility in Sylph’s eyes dissipated slightly.
They could all understand why Norma’s pleas for help were unsuccessful. It was Wadsworth, Saint Monique, Augustus, and Zimmerman, the four most powerful figures, who had jointly announced the execution… Karsus was notorious, and no one was willing to offend those four to save a Death Knight tainted by dark power.
Loseweisse smiled wryly, “Miss Norma, I’m afraid I have to disappoint you.”
“I also want to save Karsus. After all, he’s my comrade who fought alongside me for many years… But… You’ve also seen those Holy Knights at the door. Because I pleaded for Karsus many times, I’ve even been placed under house arrest by the Pope…”
Actually, to protect herself, Loseweisse had firmly distanced herself from Karsus and hadn’t pleaded for him even once.
Norma was disappointed, but she didn’t show it.
At this moment, a thought suddenly flashed through Loseweisse’s mind, “The members of our Hero Squad have been severely questioned because of the recent series of events. No one will listen to us… We really want to save Karsus, but we can’t do it… However…”
“There’s one person who can!”
Norma’s spirits lifted, “Who?”
“The Second Hero, Qin Chu!”
As soon as she said this, the expressions of the women in the room instantly turned strange.
Loseweisse was ruthless… Knowing the Hero’s personality, how could he possibly miss such a gentle and sweet girl delivered to his doorstep?
This was clearly pushing Norma into a fire pit.
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