Chapter 511: At Death’s door
“And after that I started work here again, with the amnesia hitting a bit later. It was more than a bit strange, but since Senior Agran and Cardinal were also affected, they investigated the happening, and were told to let the matter rest and that it would fix itself in a bit,” Shaily explained, happy to be done with her story and standing up from the couch to grab a glass of water.
“Told by who?” Saria asked, munching on some dried fish provided by Zerei.
“The Vasperian Queen herself, yes,” Zerei answered for Shaily.
“Oh… That might be the reason for Asty’s summon,” Sofia guessed, “You still have the Kleptra scale, Shaily?”
“Hmm? Yeah, still there,” she answered, taking it out of her storage ring with a flick of her wrist, “The colors are nice, they remind me of the whale a bit, though when I compare it with my hand, it’s not quite the same.”
“I can see what you mean,” Sofia confirmed, “it’s slightly similar. I’m still shocked you were just sent to the Deep like that.”
“Felt like a fever dream, but it’s pretty obvious now that it was all real. Makes me wonder whether it was Ormoncleth who interfered with my trial from the start or if that was just an opportunistic outcome of sorts,” Shaily wondered.
“My bet’s on the Orator instigating this,” Saria commented.
“Could also be the same guy who later erased Sofia,” Alith suggested with a yawn, “Maybe used the trial to probe around Sofia’s records before the act, considering it had to be playing it back for you? I don’t know.”