“Then is the reason why you decided to accept Marilyn as a member is to observe her?”

“Yeah. I thought I could extract some good information from her if she joined.”

“What kind of information are you talking about?”

 “I think those guys have at least one tree in their possession.”

Lyla’s face stiffened, but she soon nodded.

“Since they knew that I was the Core and have gone through several regressions, I think there’s a high chance that they have control over the entire system.”

“Moreover, since all the trees were in places that were important to the Empire like the tombs of their emperors or their laboratories, I’m sure they have at least one tree if they have control over a system that is related to the Empire. There are five trees in total after all.” The whole Adrowon Forest could have had some kind of important meaning that they didn’t know about for the Empire too.

“Marilyn is certainly not the robed figures’ lackey. If you look at her role and abilities, she’s probably in a considerably high position in the organization. I think she must know exactly where the tree near the system is then.”

“…Do you think she would know the way to control...