"I knew that girl from Bichi was up to no good."
Flipping a spiderweb thread up and down, Spider murmured coldly.
Without saying it outright, she was referring to the Saintess Ji Ai'er.
Being a heretic who had undergone transformation, whose body and mind were both different from ordinary people, and who was skilled in traps and disguises, she and the Mantis had been skeptical and opposed to Ji Ai'er and the church's invitation from the very beginning. Spider even went behind Roland's back and used her threads to monitor the movements inside Notre-Dame. Unexpectedly, she was still outplayed by the church—the soundproof barrier extending to the underground rendered the eavesdropping spider threads a mere decoration. By the time they realized something was wrong, the other party had already moved on.
"It's too late for regrets now, our priority is to find out where they've gone as quickly as possible."