I heard footsteps coming from deeper within the cave.
At first, I assumed Ken had finished checking the tunnels and was coming back. I turned toward the sound, expecting to see him emerging from the darkness.
Instead, District Captain Sora stepped into view.
Several soldiers followed behind him with weapons drawn, and standing among them was the Queen herself.
The moment I saw her, my stomach dropped.
I stood there breathing heavily, blood covering my clothes, hands, and face. The cave floor around me looked like a battlefield, and I was still holding evidence of exactly what had happened here.
My eyes met the Queen's.
She stared at me for several seconds without speaking.
The arm slipped from my grasp and hit the cave floor.
Captain Sora's expression immediately twisted with disgust. Her eyes moved from the dead pervert to me before returning to the corpse again. Judging by the look on her face, she wasn't entirely sure what she had just walked into.
