The three in the distance, Presia and Daili exchanged glances—the direction from which Sister Neve had just fled was toward the abandoned mine, which led to routes outside the autonomous region, and it seemed that Lamia and her group were there now.
Veronica also heard the conversation loud and clear, she wasn't exactly sure about some parts of the dialogue, but one thing she could tell was that Aiden was in control of the standoff.
She let go of some of her anxiety and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your mother?" Aiden was taken aback upon hearing Father Bales's confession, then realized something, "Could it be... the Queen of the Old Lese Kingdom?"
Father Bales's goat-like face twitched violently several times; in the end, he nodded with difficulty, "Yes."
