Several days passed.
Zenith still hasn't been found.
According to Gisu, none of the servants have been showing suspicious movements.
There weren't any trying to make contact with someone outside, either.
Of course, there were no signs of Zenith entering or leaving.
Therefore, Gisu assessed that the probability of Zenith being inside the estate is high.
The building for the mercenary company has been secured.
It's a former bar near the commerce district.
Aisha is currently in the process of preparing preserved food and clothes for the company branch.[6]
I'm setting up a communication lithograph and emergency teleportation circle in the basement.
The teleportation circle is the type that uses magic crystals, and since it connects to the scroll I carry with me, it can only be used once.
Well, I probably won't ever use it.
Anyway, using the communication lithograph, I immediately consulted with Orsted.
I told Orsted about the circumstances, and was given some information, as well as his conjectures on Hitogami's intentions.
First, about the miko.
She has no name, and is simply referred to as the miko.
When she was taken as a miko by the church, her name was discarded.
From then on, she was treated as an important person in public, and a tool in private.
That miko's power is [Memory Reading].
By looking into someone's eyes, she can see their memories.
Her job is interrogation.
She is called upon during interrogations within the church and trials by the country, and examines the suspect's memories.
Bishops and nobles who committed what should have been a perfect crime can be convicted on her words alone.
She is a powerful lie detector, and her power is acknowledged by the king.
This strengthens the cardinal's faction, and weakens the Pope's.
However, seeing memories...
She can only see them, but I still had my hopes.
That maybe she can recover Zenith's memories.
According to Orsted, her power only allows her to see them so it's impossible, but...
If I get a chance, I'll try to get her to examine Zenith.
However, it doesn't seem like the miko's power can be used by outsiders.
The church, or rather the cardinal's faction, have a monopoly on her power, so permission is needed in order to use it.
Even for the royal family or the pope, without the cardinal's permission they cannot receive her help.
Just because I get along with her, it doesn't mean I can ask her to come with me to the Latreia residence and expose Claire's falsehood.
By the way, about this powerful miko.
She seems to be fated to have an extremely short life. [7]
It seems that no matter which loop, she usually would die around age 10, and would never live to see age 30.
Whether you consider her fate or power, her chance of being Hitogami's apostle is close to zero, according to Orsted.
Now, as for the Latreia house.
Currently, there are 4 people in the Latreia house that have reached adulthood, excluding Zenith.