Malin brought the girls back to the Church and immediately went to look for Old Hoffman, but the guardian of the Church told him that Old Hoffman had left the Church with a team of Punishers and the Great Divine Master from The Great Forest Land just ten minutes ago.
This truly was a fatal answer. Malin asked the guardian where his mentor had gone, but he couldn't provide an answer either. However, the groom beside them did give an answer—City Hall.
"They said they were going to City Hall. It's not good to spread what one overhears, but since you are Apprentice Hoffman, you have the right to know your master's whereabouts," the groom made a point of saying.
Malin nodded, then turned and left, returning to Faye and the others. He relayed the situation and Faye and Clovis were baffled: "Why would His Excellency go to City Hall? We haven't even returned to inform him."
