Chapter 87: 15-year-old Inglis and Hyrule Menaces' Disease (8)
Something is wrong with Ripple——?
After hearing the news, neither Inglis nor Rafinha could relax and enjoy the food. They shoved as many serving as they could into their cheeks and left the banquet hall in haste. The group followed Eris to the audience room. Ripple was there, or so it seemed. As soon as they arrived, they were greeted with numerous Magic Stone Beast corpses littering the place.
「… This is where the main battle took place, huh.」 「Yeah. There are quite a few——」 「Still, they did a great job suppressing it. As expected of the official Knight order.」
Here was the Royal Castle. The heart of the Kingdom. Naturally, Knights of the Imperial Guard were picked from the top of the crops. Since it was a surprise attack, many of them were injured, however—— The tense atmosphere still decorated the room. Everyone was encircling something in the distance, cautiously observing whatever it was beyond the human wall.
There was Raphael in the middle of the circle. There were also Prince Wayne and several Highlanders, prominent with their stigma. Raphael must have rushed here to guard them.
「Lady Eris——! How were the other places?」
Raphael recognized Eris, then called out to her.
「I don’t think there’s any problem. It looks like a good number of them showed up in the big room downstairs, but these girls took out most of them.」 「I see. As expected of you three.」 「How’s the situation here?」 「No change. Still in stagnant activity.」
Raphael’s gaze was directed to the center of the circle, where Ripple lay unconscious. She was not merely asleep, apparent with the ominous-looking hemisphere made of black light enveloping her body.