After their conversation, Su Xuan and Edith returned to the room they had been in.
In the room, Lucia was still sitting quietly. Su Xuan, however, now looked at her with a probing gaze. It wasn't vigilance, but rather a curiosity toward the unknown.
Edith had told him there was no one named Lucia on the Bright Church Court's current list of Saintesses, but that didn't mean there never had been.
'Do Saintesses of the Bright Church Court have to be sacrificed to the God of Light after their tenure? That's obviously impossible.'
'Therefore, Lucia was very likely... a retired Saintess!'
'So what?'
'Does a Saintess stop being a Saintess just because she's retired?'
Thoughts churned in Su Xuan's mind. He sat back down beside Lucia, his gaze drifting to her. Beneath the pure white veil was a face that could topple nations, so beautiful it was suffocating.
