The people all stood in front of the med house, a building that Sato built to substitute the hospitals.
It didn't take up to two days for the news about Latina and Elena's death to quickly spread throughout the village when Jiro started telling people about his eavesdropping.
They all gathered in front of the med house, while Yuri and Giron stood at the entrance, watching the people moan about the death of their comrades.
They had already had a discussion about what to do about the killers of Elena and Latina, but since no one knew anything about them, they knew it was going to be difficult.
Some of the elves were extremely angry and wanted to avenge the death of their fellow elves, it was so problematic that a fight almost started.
But thanks to Yuri, the people calmed down and decided to moan their bodies, while Yuri promised not to tell Sato about any of it, at least until when he had won the Royal Selection.
Unknown to all of them, Sato was already on his way back to the village with a heart of confusion clouding his heart.
As soon as Sato arrived at the village entrance, he began pacing toward the village square to check up on the people.
A smile hit his face when he saw all of them gathered at the center of the village. "Ahh, great, they're alright." Sato took a sigh of relief.
"Look, it's Lord Sato!" One of the kid elves shouted before she ran toward him.
"Trixie, how are you doing?" Sato smiled, going to his knees to pat her head while more children swarmed him.
The rest of the people who saw Sato were immediately frozen in shock, especially Yuri, who was stunned by Sato's sudden appearance.
"M-Master." Yuri stammered, running through the crowd and straight toward Sato, "What are you doing here?".
"You should have been back like 3 hrs ago, what the hell were you doing?" Sato asked, looking up at Yuri while holding the children close.
"Well… you see about that…"
"And also, what's going on here? Why is everyone standing outside like this? Is something going on?" Sato kept throwing questions at Yuri.
She was so surprised that she didn't know how she was going to answer them without hinting Sato at the lies.
Sato began getting suspicious of his surroundings when he saw the saddened expression on their faces. He stood up and walked toward Yuri, "What happened?" He asked.
Yuri looked to the ground, unable to make any eye contact with Sato, and this in itself made Sato worry.
He walked toward the crowd, trying to get to the bottom of what was going on, but little did he know it was something he had rather not known about.
As he got to the front, his eyes widened in shock when he caught a glimpse of Elena and Latina's dead bodies on the ground.
A subtle chuckle left Sato's mouth before he proceeded towards them, "It's alright, I'm sure I can fix this".
Kneeling beside Elena, Sato reached for head before he spoke to Aril, 'Aril… quick, tell me there's a way to revive them'.
<<Their souls have wondered already and even if it hadn't, you no longer have the Reviving skill to carry out the task>>
'Wrong… What the hell do you mean by that?... I used it on all of Nervek… how can I not have it when I already used it!' Sato's calm voice suddenly turned into a pit of rage.
<<The Reviving skill was sacrificed for me to successfully become the Angel of knowledge>>
"Well then figure something out!" Sato yelled, startling the villagers who were watching him.
"Who killed her?" Sato stood up from the ground before he faced the villagers, "I want the truth… how did this happen when I made it clear to stay in the village!!!".
None of the villagers could say a word, they all had their eyes lowered including Giron and Yuri.
"Deka…" Sato called out calmly but his expression was sending a different message, "Who did you let into the village?".
"We didn't let any…".
A full force of magic essence rushed out of Sato's body and went past the villagers, leaving them in fear of the immense power coming from him.
Deka instantly went to his knees with his head bowed, "It's the truth Lord Sato, I was on my way to check on the water bank when I saw Elena handing a man outside the fence apples… he never stepped foot into the village, I swear!" He explained, with sweat dripping from his face as he tried to keep himself together from the rush of magic passing him.
Giron did the same, going to his knees and explaining the little he knew about the incident, "I was aware of Latina's departure, but all she said was she wanted to get some water from the next village, she never said she was going to another kingdom".
Of everything that he heard, Sato only picked up the one line Deka uttered, 'Elena gave a man apples'.
"Did you see the man?" Sato asked.
"Y-Yes sir, I wasn't able to see his face fully," Deka replied.
"That will do." Sato walked over to Deka and placed his hand on Deka's forehead which led to a bright white light shining under his hand.
The rest who were watching were so terrified that they assumed Sato was punishing Deka for disobeying.
But Sato wasn't doing anything of that sort, he was using his skill record, to track down the image of the man who killed Elena.
After a few minutes, Sato finally found the man, 'Aril… track him down.' He ordered.
<<As you wish>
Sato let go of Deka's forehead and walked toward the dead bodies… a look of despair showed on his face before he stretched forth his hand.
"Predator!"
A thick dark mist rushed out of Sato's hand and overlaid both dead bodies before swallowing them and paying back to Sato's palm.
After he had done that, Sato looked at Deka and uttered, "Do not let anyone into the village." He said with a scary look on his face before he sped off.
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