Chapter 148.3
A black carriage passes through the streets of the royal city late at night, making a slight noise.
Although it bears no emblem of nobility, anyone with a close connection to the royal castle would recognize it as the carriage of the Earl of Lester, the first court magician.
Even after the sun went down, the charming sounds and lights never ceased from the taverns of the royal capital until the first bell rang, the time the date changed. However, once passing through the main street and into the area lined with mansions near the aristocratic district, one did not see a soul out and about in the dark of night.
As the black carriage glided along the cobblestones and stopped at the back entrance of the temple adjacent to the Cathedral of the Holy Church, surrounded by planted trees, two maidens appeared from the temple, holding staffs lit with Magic light.
The man in charge, who was momentarily taken aback by the maidens in their pure white priestly robes, hurriedly bowed to them and opened the carriage door, revealing a young girl with gently billowing jet-black hair and morbidly white skin.
“Welcome, Carla-sama!”
“Thank you for welcoming me.”
Despite her weak vitality, she exuded an immense amount of magical power from within. The maiden’s appearance was breathtaking, but the unexpectedly sensible greeting and smile made the priestesses bow their heads, with their usual smiles on their faces.
“This way, please. I will take you to Lady Ursula.”
A secret letter arrived under Carla from Ursula, who was proclaimed the saint of the Holy Church.
The contents of the letter were euphemistic and cryptic, but Carla understood them. It said that she wanted to talk in private about the whereabouts of the princess and her escort, and why the Evil Race had entered the kingdom.
Carla did not take the story seriously. After all, it was Carla who brought the Evil Race into the kingdom, but the evidence and witnesses had already been burned.