"This… is messed up. I really do not want you to go," Emma said after hearing the full situation.
She had been informed about what was happening in the North. Her father had personally told them about the two blazing regions of Gahalia, both suffering under the relentless assault of the Hell Dwellers.
William exhaled and drew her closer. Their feet kept moving, though their pace slowed as they walked through the quiet stretch of the dormitory grounds.
"Emma… we both knew this was coming."
"I knew it was coming. You told me not to worry about it," she corrected him.
William gave a sheepish grin. "I genuinely thought they would believe the lie."
"Oh, they did. But you forgot they are the Central Ministry. Of course they would contact every single church in the nation to verify a miraculous cure to humanity's most glaring problem."
