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A dagger flashed through the forest, its blade catching what little light spilled through the canopy.
To avoid a repeat of what happened last time, Lancel had chosen to take on a solo guild request.
When he had asked about the previous mission he took, the guild had already filed it as a failure. Officially, it was recorded that all adventurers involved had died during the operation.
That much was true.
But not all of it.
According to Mei, the cover-up had been handled by her family.
The entire incident was rewritten. Instead of a failed expedition, it was reported that the labyrinth had later been conquered by a group of witches, supposedly avenging the fallen adventurers.
A clean narrative that the public could accept.
Lancel knew better. But there was nothing he could do about it. And neither could the families of those who had died.
Not unless they wanted to provoke the wrath of the la Blanc Duchy.
