It was when Scarlet Fever was rampant, and the Church had set up a temporary clinic to treat children.

However, Leanna’s father, who stepped into the Church, was quickly discovered. Without much resistance, he was captured and soon publicly executed.

Leanna witnessed it all through the clinic window.

Thinking it was a dream.

Believing she was having nightmares due to her high fever.

Her father was not someone who would be captured so easily.

But she later found out. At that time, her father willingly let himself be captured to ensure Leanna remained undetected.
“To be honest, back then, I opposed killing your father like that. However, the wolf clan had no choice but to face execution because it was the policy of the conservative bastards at the Holy See.”

Leanna didn’t believe Morris’s words.

“Lies. You’re no different from other priests.”

“It’s true. I wanted to turn your father into an undead. Then he would have become the Holy See’s ultimate weapon.”

“…!”

Leanna felt the blood in her entire body chilling.

Could it be that they kept the brown wolf alive like that? To control them as weapons?

Perhaps her father could have ended up like that.

“You’re the real beast…”

Leanna’s voice was locked, divided.

She glared at him with eyes that contained disdain, hatred, disgust… everything.

But Morris calmly chuckled, stroking his chin.

“You can’t hear only good things if you want to achieve great goals.”

“This bastard, Morris! I’ll kill you!”

Leanna screamed as if vomiting blood, and her whole body was quickly engulfed in white flames.

It reached out towards the iron bars that confined her.

“Focus on your prayers!”

The prayer sounds of the priests, defending the iron bars with their divine powers, became louder.

Bang! Bang!

As two forces clashed, strong flames erupted from various places.

‘Could it really be at this level…!’

Morris’s face froze as he watched.

He expected her to be powerful, but he hadn’t thought it would be this much.

Even several top-tier priests hanging onto her seemed to find it difficult to deal with Leanna alone.

“ভպমਔਈঊ!”

Bang!

Finally, one priest couldn’t withstand it and fell out.

Taking advantage of the breached defense, Leanna’s white flames pierced through the bars.

It hit the chains that had bound the brown wolf.

Clang!

The chains quickly came apart, shattering like biscuits.

“크르르르! 크아아아!”

The freed brown wolf roared loudly, soaring into the air. It quickly revealed its sharp teeth, covering the priests with its giant body.

“Uwaaagh!”

“Kheoogh!”

The priests were in disarray, unsure whether to stop Leanna or attack the brown wolf.

Meanwhile, the brown wolf instantly tore two people apart.

“Attack the brown wolf!”

The underground prayer room turned into a horrifying hell.

“Haah….”

Leanna sat down on the spot.

The iron bars that had surrounded her were gone, and the white flames she had emitted were no longer visible.

Trickle.

Instead, blood was flowing from Leanna’s nose and mouth.

It seemed she had exerted too much power, just like back then. Now, even opening her eyes was too difficult.

It felt just like before. Everything was blurry, just like when she had seen her father facing execution.

The scene of the brown wolf brutally killing people was also dreamlike, hazy, and surreal.

“Kraaaah!”
At that moment, the brown wolf, blood dripping from its ferocious fangs, leaped towards her. Leanna smiled and reached out her hand.

“Let’s go together. I’ll restore you to your original state.”

“Kraaaah!”

Boom!

In that instant, Leanna’s face was splattered with flesh and blood.

“…!”

The brown wolf that had been flying towards her vanished in an instant. Instead, all that remained in front of her was a blackened, burnt rock.

“Are you alright, Priest Morris!”

The priests quickly caught the stumbling Morris, who seemed about to fall.

Morris had used his power to turn the brown wolf into what it had become.

“I’m fine, but Leanna… capture her… quickly…”

However, Leanna had disappeared like smoke.

“Haah… Haah…”

Leanna wiped away the flowing blood from her nose with the back of her hand and continued running.

She needed to escape the Holy See quickly. However, she no longer had the power to teleport.

She barely summoned the remaining strength to cast a spell, but it only allowed her to move between the walls.

In the distance, she heard the sounds of Holy See soldiers rushing towards her.

But her body was getting heavier, and her legs, weakened by the released power, felt like they would break any moment.

‘Just a little more… just a little more…!’

Luckily, it was dark now, and she was more familiar with the geography of the Holy See than anyone else.

If she went towards the forest behind the central tower, there would be a path leading outside. It was a secret passage that a priest who was recently dismissed used to secretly meet with prostitutes.

“Find her! She couldn’t have gone far!”

Morris’s voice approached.

‘Morris… Next time, I’ll definitely kill you!’

With determination, Leanna found the hidden path and barely made it outside.

Blue Gale’s large medical facility.

Exiting the medical facility, Isabelle had black hair and was dressed in a black dress.

Her face was as pale as paper, and deep shadows covered her expression.

Six people followed behind her.

“Your complexion doesn’t look good. How about leaving early tomorrow morning…”

Despite the people’s dissuasion, Isabelle stubbornly shook her head.

“No. I want to let Father rest even for a day.”

“Understood, Your Majesty Isabelle.”

“And as soon as we arrive, summon the Council of Elders.”

“Yes, Your Majesty Isabelle.”

“Oh, and have there been any news from Duke Rustis?”

“That… not yet…”

At the mention of Rustis, Isabelle’s expression darkened.

A little while ago, her father, Duke Rodwell, passed away. Writhing in pain for days, he miserably breathed his last.

It was said to be an attack by the brown wolf sent by the Emperor.

Before coming to Blue Gale, she had already sent a letter to her son, Duke Rustis, advising him to prepare for the worst.

After her husband, the next target of the Emperor, who killed her father, was undoubtedly her son.

So, we had to act first.
However, the son is hesitating. Fighting against the Emperor would soon mean rebellion.

“Yeah, it must be a difficult decision.”

The child was only nineteen years old.

“Alright.”

Isabelle nodded and walked towards the carriage.

However, men in white clothes with the Holy See’s emblem engraved on them were scattered throughout the medical facility garden. It seemed like they were searching everywhere.

“They are chasing a murderer from the Holy See.”

The steward quickly informed her.

However, for Isabelle, who was facing a war with the Emperor, it was an irrelevant matter.

But out of concern, she went towards another carriage behind hers.

It was a carriage carrying Duke Rodwell’s coffin.

“I should check Father’s carriage before leaving.”

The steward quickly opened the door of the carriage.

Inside the carriage, dark curtains were drawn, and there was only one clumsily placed coffin covered in black cloth.

Examining it in the candlelight, Isabelle felt that the shape of the black cloth was a bit odd. It seemed like someone was hiding behind the coffin…

Could it be the murderer they were looking for from the Holy See?

“Your Majesty Isabelle? What’s going on…”

As if he heard the steward calling from outside the carriage, someone unexpectedly peeked out from behind the black cloth.

Surprisingly, it was a girl about sixteen years old.

The girl’s face was covered in blood, and her deep gray eyes somehow reminded Isabelle of someone, perhaps Christine.