The truth was even simpler than Ma Lu had imagined; Goethe admitted that she was the one who had been spreading the rumors in the city recently. Of course, she wouldn't have caused trouble for herself had she not been driven to desperation by someone high up who approached her.
Goethe didn't know who that influential figure was, because the person contacted her through an intermediary. But it's obvious that Goethe was aware of the risks, so when a knight from the Sacred Order of Knights came to her,
she didn't hesitate for too long before she spilled everything.
Hearing this, Ma Lu could already guess who the mastermind behind the scenes was—after Li Wei eliminated Shrike, the one who was most anxious was the leader of the Sacred Order of Knights, Martin.
As the de facto ruler of the Sacred Order of Knights, Li Wei had always been very assertive. Compared to Martin, the only thing he lacked was reputation or to put it another way, seniority.
