Alex clearly understood that Anthony's death was a symbolic case.
It signified that the previously established events were beginning to change, and the situation was gradually heating up; nobody knew what terrifying thing would happen next.
And this terrifying unknown, like an insoluble cloud of darkness, floated above Gust Town, creating an oppressive atmosphere that even had Alex feeling suffocated for a moment.
"Could this be an isolated incident?" Alex asked in a low voice after returning to the Crucia Church, turning to Angel who was hidden on the side.
"Don't you already have the answer in your heart?" Angel replied.
The day after Anthony's death, gloom still enveloped Gust Town.
When Alex got up, he found that Father Beren Lang had stayed in the church all night without sleep, his face pale and stricken with grief, kneeling in front of the statue of the Father God, silently praying.
