"What is this…."
Maybe because Louis' group didn't hear back from the group tasked with getting rid of Ariana until morning, they finally split up to look for the group's whereabouts. But what they find is a fight that kills everyone tasked with getting rid of Ariana. Ariana's whereabouts can't be found anywhere. But from the traces of blood that could be seen from the swords of the dead, they could guess that Ariana had not only suffered minor injuries after fighting ten soldiers alone.
"Your Grace, should we look for the girl's whereabouts first?"
According to Melisa's instructions, Louis had to kill Ariana before they arrived at Sigmund's royal capital. But looking at the traces of the battle, Louis could not be sure that they had succeeded in killing Ariana. Louis couldn't come without bringing Melisa good news. But he also couldn't hold back his journey for too long.
