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Kaito:  It feels like a typhoon just passed through. Kaito surveyed the room in a daze. It looked no different than it had before, but it felt as though it had been draped in a thick film. That was just how badly the entity known as the Grave Keeper had thrown the mood into disarray. As he tried to shake off a numbing sense of fatigue, Kaito turned his thoughts to Izabella’s well-being. So…what happened to her? The Grave Keeper’s twisted smile flashed through his mind. He recognized that sadistic smile; he’d seen it time and time again back when he was alive. He opened his mouth to speak.
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Elisabeth:  “We’re leaving, Kaito. A clear target has presented itself to us.”
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Kaito:  “A target? You mean we’re gonna tail the Grave Keeper or something?” If they did that, they’d probably be able to find out where the Church had made their camp. But they also ran the risk of running into the Church’s main force. Kaito chose to leave those concerns implicit.
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Elisabeth:  Elisabeth shook her head as she replied. “She knows me not, and as such, she was negligent. Ever since Godd Deos’s time, I’ve been carefully stealing secret records from the Church and breaking their cipher. As such, I was able to read that last message.”
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Kaito:  “Wait, seriously?”
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Elisabeth:  “Heh, seeing a code would make any mage wish to crack it. And I had my suspicions that the day such knowledge would become useful would arrive. And now it has. Rather impressive of me, if I do say so myself.” As she sang her own praises, Elisabeth chugged down the rest of the tea that she’d been continuing to hold the whole time.
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Hina:  Hina, who was waiting on standby, took the empty bowl.
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Elisabeth:  “Good work, Hina. ’Twas splendid as always. Your talents never disappoint.”
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Hina:  “You’re too kind, Lady Elisabeth. Your words fill me with such joy. But, um, if I may ask, what were the contents of the transmission?” Hina asked this question in a nervous tone. Their next actions as a group hinged on the answer.
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Everyone:  Everyone swallowed as they waited for Elisabeth’s reply.
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Elisabeth:  “‘The cage in headquarters was opened. The lookouts were unconscious, struck in the back of the head.’ In other words…”
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Kaito:  The scene he’d seen back at Elisabeth’s castle spontaneously flashed before Kaito’s eyes. The Butcher had been able to unlock even the Torture Princess’s own Gibbet. There was no way any man-made cage could contain him. And what would he do after he escaped the cage?
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Elisabeth:  Elisabeth went on, her voice echoing Kaito’s thoughts exactly. “At present, the Butcher’s whereabouts are unknown. It would seem that he’s fled somewhere.”