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"Oh god, Lily. how could you die like that? You were so young and full of life. Why did God take you away from us this soon?"

The unknown sister continued to cry and beg for forgiveness on Lily's behalf. She acted like a possessed woman who could do nothing but cry and beg the god right now.

The head sister was the one who interfered in her praying and pushed a hand on the sister's shoulder.

"Sister Helen, I know that you are grief-stuck and you want to pray for your fellow sister, but now is not the time. I need you to head out and pass on the information to the other sisters. Everyone deserved to know what happened in here."

Head Sister Karen pushed Helen just a little bit but that made Sister Helen's eyes shine with understanding.

"I understand, Head Sister Karen. I will quickly go and warn everyone else. No one else shall fall victim to these monsters."

Sister Helen looked at Amane when she said those words. Her eyes were filled with accusation and she seemed convinced that Amane had been behind this attack.

One look at her was enough for Amane to know that there was nothing she could do or say to change Sister Helen's mind about her.

"What? Do you need to say something to be, our dear guest? Something like a confession about how you were the one who led that monster in here? You are the only new addition to this place and it was safe before today."

Sister Helen did not even deploy any tact when she accused Amane. She outright spoke about her suspicions and tried to pressure Amane to confess.

Not that there was anything to confess for Amane. She had not been the one to let the monster into the monastery in the first place.

"You want me to confess to something I did not even do? My, I thought you sisters were supposed to be the ally of justice. But maybe I was wrong about you all."

Sister Helen opened her mouth to counter Amane's words but the Head Sister's look stopped her. The Head Sister looked tense and her eyes were begging Sister Helen not to create a scene.

"Tsk, as much as I would love to have you detained for investigation, you are also our guest and we look after our guests. Since there is no evidence that you did anything, I will let you go this time. But do not think that this is the end. I will soon find the evidence of your evil acts."

Amane watched as Sister Helen finished her passion-filled monologue before she turned and left the room. Head Sister Karen looked tired as she watched her fellow sister leave the room.

Then, the head sister turned toward Amane and gave an apologetic bow.

"I am so sorry for what my fellow sister said and did to you. She is just a little bit agitated since one of our own died. I will talk to her and convince her that it was not your fault."

Head sister Karen assured Amane of this. She sounded sincere but Amane was 100% sure that she had a hand in what was going on.

'Still, there is no need to make the head sister suspicious of my words and actions just yet. I should not let her know that I am on to her.'

"I understand that Sister Helen is having a hard time right now. Don't worry, I am not mad at her or anything. I am rather sympathetic to her so I will not hold it against her."

Head Sister Karen breathed a sigh of relief as soon as she heard those words and she quickly left the room.

She caught up to Sister Helen in the hallway and watched as Sister Helen expressed her anger and disappointment.

"Head Sister Karen, you know that your 'guest' is the culprit behind Lily's death. Why would you still protect her like this? We should have that guest locked up and ask about what happened to Lily."

Head Sister Karen suppressed her amused smile with a lot of effort. Then, she turned toward sister Helen and made a disappointed face.

"I know better than you that our…' guest'...is problematic. But that is also why I have her isolated in her room. It is to give her a false sense of security."

"You see if we accuse our guest outright and make her feel suspicious, then she would run away or even attack us outright. Instead, we need to show her that we are on her side to make her lower her guard."

The head sister explained it all to Helen and she watched as the gears turned inside Helen's head.

Once Helen realized what the head sister had wanted to do, her face turned pale and then red.

"I-I did not realize that this was your intention. I am so sorry, Head sister Karen. It is all my fault that your plan got messed up. But I don't think I would ever be able to pretend to be nice to that outsider."

Sister Helen confessed as she burrowed her head into the head sister's shoulder. The head sister held Helen's body closer to her own and consoled her.

"I know that it is difficult to keep your feelings in check right now. But things would be alright soon enough and you would be able to overcome this adversity as well. Now go to the other sisters and try to keep this suspicion to yourself."

The head sister spoke softly to Helen and that was what Helen decided to do. Helen would not tell anyone else about what she felt about their guest.

"Sister Karen, what happened? You look a little sick and your face is paler than it needs to be as well. Are you coming down with a cold?"

Sister Karen looked at her fellow sisters with her pale face.

"I am alright. I-It's just that…. Lily died last night. She went out to check up on something and the monsters got her. I-I don't know what to think about this."

Karen cupped her face in her hands as she tried to stop her tears and her voice from breaking. The other sisters around her looked alarmed as well.

"What? Lily is dead?"

"But she was so young and cheerful. She also knew better than to go out at night. So, what happened?"

Other sisters asked Karen but she had no solid proof to give them an answer. Still, she decided to voice her worries.

"I-I saw the monster remains in our guest's room. I don't know what happened there and I was too afraid to ask as well. But our poor Lily. She is dead now and I-I cannot handle it."

Karen tried her best to not break out into tears. But it was far more difficult than she expected it to be.

The other sisters were at a loss as well since this was the first time, they had experienced something like this. Monsters were rare and they were even rarer inside the protective barrier of the monastery.

"Y-You don't think that it was that 'guest' of ours that is responsible for Lily's death, right? I mean, the monsters arrived when our guest did, right? Then won't it logically make sense for it to be the case?"

Another sister connected the case and that was exactly how Helen felt now. She was sure that this whole situation had something to do with their guest.

But since this was still just guesswork, no one wanted to be the first one to open their mouths and say anything.

Soon, it was time for breakfast and no one had the patience or the time to sit ideally around. They all quickly got to work and decorated the breakfast hall.

They all tried to cheer themselves from the gloomy news of Lily's death but they all flinched as one as their guest, Yoko Tsurugi walked into the hall.

Stared followed her eyes move and the sisters tried to figure out what kind of person Yoko Tsurugi was.

No one tried to get close to her or even serve her. They all were lucky that they had managed to load that table first so no one needed to head toward it to serve Yoko Tsurugi this time.

"Oh my! Seeing all of you treat me like an infectious disease breaks my heart. Is it necessary for all of you to be this obvious in your avoidance?"

Yoko Tsurugi asked this question and everyone else in the room flinched. They had no answer to her question just yet.

In the end, the head sister was the one who decided to do something about this situation. She walked over to the table Yoko Tsurugi was sitting on and sat adjacent to her. That was a rather brave move on her part.

"I apologize for our current behavior toward you. Be assured that it is not our intention to isolate you like this. People are just on a little edge because of what happened last night. Things would go back to normal soon."
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Head sister Karen assured Yoko of this. But everyone else flinched at her words.

They were not a suggestion but an order for everyone to listen to her and do as she was telling them to. And the sisters decided to cooperate with the head sister this time since they did not want to cause her any trouble.

"Oh, things would go back to normal soon? I look forward to it."