It had been several days since the hero had met with the Saint, yet the lingering feeling of having been played still weighed on his mind.
There was nothing he could do against that woman. No matter how much he tried to keep his composure, he found himself losing his footing in front of her. The proof was in how he kept running different scenarios in his head, desperately searching for a way to blackmail her.
"I didn't even use the quest involving one of the great catastrophes as bait... In the end, I messed up my mission, and now I have a new one on my hands."
On the day he had decided to return, members of the Church had delivered a document to him, containing key findings from their investigation, along with additional information regarding his mission in SunKush.