The black sky where spring rain poured like a lullaby. The gloomy air which seemed as if it could snatch his ankle at any time. The coldness of the floor on which he knelt in front of the bed...
Those were the words of his mother with a pale look on her face while whispering into his ears.
Eckart slowly let out a very deep and long sigh.
If what Duke Kling said was true, one of the persons that Blair said he "should not trust" might be Blair herself.
"To be honest, I don't like these kinds of excuses…"
Eckart thought about all the possibilities imaginable, including the possibility that Kling got this ring and made a fake story, the possibility that he forcibly took it from Blair, or received it for some other reason or the possibility that he made a fake confession after robbing the imperial family shrine or the possibility that this ring itself was a fake.