Chapter 341 - 333. Interrogation
When no one made any response to his statement, Varion looked up to skeptical gazes. "It-it’s true! I have no memory beyond that!"
"Hmm..." Zein stood up and walked away, approaching the sitting summoner. "I want to make sure if they truly have a connection to the cult, but I guess that’s not possible?"
"It’s hard; there’s a reason we haven’t found them yet," Radia crossed his arms. "Even spies would think thrice before peeking around the internal matter of an Old House."
There was a reason Old Houses could maintain their power and authority, after all. The only reason House Ishtera fell was because the conflict came from the inside.
"If we can get the evidence for that, however, we might be able to absolve a whole clan," Radia added eerily.
"Pardon me, but...what is this about a cult?" Darleon asked. "Also, can you release him now? It’s not like we can escape or anything."
The old man glanced toward Bassena Vaski, who looked like a ticking time bomb in his eyes. He could see that the room was designed for esper training, and the fact that he couldn’t feel the outside world meant there was a sensory blocker in the building itself. His experience told him that the prison they used to store their captives would be somewhere in this building too.
So, even as a former active five-star esper, Darleon knew he wouldn’t be able to run. He didn’t even know the exit.
Radia looked at the guide, who took a while to contemplate before nodding. Only then that the pitch-black tendrils retreat from Varion’s body. The man almost toppled from the lack of energy and the pain from the guide’s forceful backhands, but Darleon swiftly held him.
"Thank you," the old man muttered in relief.
Radia moved this time, since Zein had paved the way. To make the situation feel more...amicable, he conjured up more chairs so everyone could take a seat. Once again, Han Shin healed Varion and Radia provided food and water to the man who hadn’t had anything since yesterday.