I returned to the others after finishing off the assailant. They had surrounded the princess and put up a magic barrier to prevent any further attacks. Maybe they should have done that while she was giving her speech.

“When did you-”

Sunalla approached me to ask some questions, but now wasn’t the time in my opinion.

‘I know who did this. Is it alright if I go handle them?’

I looked at the princess for confirmation and she mauled over it for a while.

“Who did this?”

‘The Sikari Guild from what I gathered.’

“Huh? If it’s someone from there, I doubt you would have gotten any answers.”

‘I can read minds.’

I gave her that simple excuse. It would probably be a bad idea to tell them I eat souls to acquire information I’m seeking. Just imagine you had been insulting someone who could kill you at a moment’s notice without blinking. You’d put your guard up around that person, no?

“Even if you know who did it, what good does it do us when we don’t know where the Sikari guild is? For all you know