human
Kiritaka:  “Lady Anastasia, we’ve ascertained something troubling.” Kiritaka looked pale as he broached the subject.
gpt
Anastasia:  Anastasia furrowed her brow. She had just received a report from her conversation mirror on the table that the squad dispatched to retake city hall was engaging the cultists. Once the battle started, all she could do was sit and wait for good news. It was frustrating, but given that she could not take part in battle, her only choice was to ride out times like this with prayers and faith in her people. That was why she had silently prepared herself in front of the conversation mirror like always, but—
human
Anastasia:  “That doesn’t sound like good news. What happened?”
gpt
Kiritaka:  “I imagine you are aware that I’ve ordered my subordinates to protect the members of the Council of Ten.”
human
Anastasia:  “You mentioned that, yes. If they are captured by the other side, then it would only be a matter of time before the location of the Witch’s bones you are hiding gets out. You don’t mean to say…” Anastasia’s expression clouded.
gpt
Anastasia:  “Has someone been caught—and the location already been revealed…?”
human
Kiritaka:  “…No, it is far graver than that. The Council of Ten has been wiped out. According to the reports, every last member other than me has been slain.”
gpt
Anastasia:  “What?” Anastasia had prepared herself for the worst, but that was even darker news than she could have imagined.
human
Kiritaka:  Seeing her reaction, Kiritaka shook his head, visibly agitated. “Every last one. My subordinates confirmed they were all found dead either at their homes or in their workplaces. Judging from the conditions of their bodies, they were likely dead before the first broadcast occurred.”
gpt
Anastasia:  “Wait a minute; that doesn’t make any sense. Aren’t they after the remains…?” Getting that far, Anastasia suddenly came to a perfectly reasonable explanation. She had just naturally said “they,” but the Witch Cult was not the sort of group that logically worked together toward a single goal. Currently, there were at least three different Archbishops whose presence in Pristella had been confirmed, but the plan to take back city hall had been predicated in part on the assumption that they were ill-suited to working together. When she considered that as well as the fact that the members of the council had been killed, a hypothesis started to present itself. Though it was hard to believe…
human
Anastasia:  “Only members of the Council of Ten know the location of the Witch’s bones. And the recovery of the remains is their goal.