Chapter 79: Mission: Two Hundred Grams Per Year
“So, the reason you immediately thought that someone was raising magical beasts inside a labyrinth, and that someone was assisting a witch, was because you had personally experienced all of this yourself?” Leon confirmed with the Earl.
“Yes. I suppose you could say it was fate’s guidance.” The Earl chuckled softly.
Leon let out a small breath of relief inwardly.
Bishop Beckett had once mentioned that whether it was the assault on the labyrinth or the suspicion falling on Leon, it had all actually been prompted by the Earl’s hints.
That constant feeling of being seen through had made Leon deeply wary of the Earl.
But now it seemed that the Earl’s accurate deductions were mainly based on his own past experiences, rather than because he was some monstrously omniscient being.
“And you accomplished what I failed to do back then. You actually found a woman on the brink of death who was willing to take the blame and become a witch for your sake. Someone was willing to sacrifice herself for you, and you possessed both the compassion to save others and the decisiveness to make hard choices. All of this gives me a very high opinion of you,” the Earl said with a smile.
From these words, Leon sharply grasped an important piece of information.
The Earl believed that Sally had become a witch in order to take the blame.