A Shadow Cast in Paradise (23 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 71

“If there were such a danger, we would’ve noticed it by now…! I—I’ll immediately have the clerics check whether there are more heretics among us!”

Dietrich said with a deeply serious expression.

“My lord!”

At that moment, a knight rushed into the room.

Shade lifted his head like a wild beast on guard.

There was only one circumstance under which knights were allowed to burst into his room without his permission.

“A woman with brown hair has been found dead by the Leche River.”

The knight, halting before Shade, urgently delivered his report.

In that instant, his blood ran cold.

“Lead the way at once.”

Shade rose from his seat, leaving Dietrich—who had been seated as a guest—behind.

It seemed as though Dietrich no longer existed in his eyes.

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Shade spurred his horse through the darkness, following the knight.

With every gallop, pain flared across his body, still not fully healed.

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