Chapter 595
The four of them had no idea where their pursuit might lead.
It was obvious that a suspicious group was involved, but if political issues were tangled up in this, things could get even messier.
They were just trying to investigate a case related to undead transformation, but if they ended up interfering with the political structure of the Order of the Holy Knights, the situation could become much more complicated.
Heinrich broke the silence, his voice cutting through Ellen and Louise’s deep thoughts.
“You know, there’s something I’m curious about...”
“What is it?” Ellen asked.
“Those corpses—are we really sure they were turned into undead?”
Louise nodded slowly. “It’s true we couldn’t confirm if that was the case. None of us are mages or priests, so we couldn’t detect any unholy energy at the scene. Even the Order of the Holy Knights seemed uncertain about that.”
The idea that the corpses had been turned into undead was just a theory based on the pattern of destruction of the sarcophagi. They hadn’t actually seen any undead with their own eyes; it just seemed most likely.
Ellen, Ludwig, and Louise all turned to Heinrich, their eyes fixed on him.
Heinrich began to sweat nervously under their intense gazes.
“Ah, no... It’s not like I’ve discovered something amazing... I just wondered if creating undead is really that easy...”