"Wait, what?" James asked, "Sister? You mean she's..."
"Apparently so. At the very least, she was telling the truth, meaning that she certainly believes herself to be. And the timeframe fits as well, right? She was assumed to be dead since 8 years ago or so." Eiro pointed out, and Maria looked at him with a somewhat shocked expression, although she slowly let her head droop down a bit, "I see... so I was already announced as dead, then..."