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Right after the Gourmet Research Society and Evangeline caused a massive tree to erupt from the ground, they’d realized the danger and instantly ran.
Yuria and Rinne swiftly vacated the area with a refined efficiency and familiarity, likely the product of extensive repetition. Rinne even scattered a fine powder to erase their traces during the escape.
“Are you insane?! What on earth did you just do?!” Evangeline shouted in a panic.
Face pale, Marky shook her head frantically. “It… It wasn’t me! I didn’t do anything!”
Technically, the moment Evangeline noticed something strange about the unusual mana bomb Marky had brought out, it was already too late. The disaster had already been set in motion.
Both Evangeline and Marky turned to Yuria and Rinne, their eyes wide.
“What in the world was that?! Didn’t you check the safety of the mana bombs?!”
“There were absolutely no issues. With the mana bombs,” Rinne told her.
“Then why did that thing—”
“Because it wasn’t a mana bomb,” Yuria said flatly, then fell silent.
“What…? It wasn’t?” Evangeline found that hard to believe.
“Correct. It gave off a scent similar to the Divine Tree… but there shouldn’t be any World Tree Saplings left.”
It made no sense for an immature sapling to have somehow been sealed inside what looked like a mana bomb.
“I knew something felt off the moment I saw how weirdly big it was,” Evangeline muttered, remembering the one Marky had been waving around. “Then what even was that thing?”
“No idea. But one thing’s for sure—if we get caught, the Gracious Savior’s going to crush us...
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