Huxle felt some guilt and thus avoided looking into Juan's eyes but eventually spoke, “I’ve heard of some strange rumors recently.”

“Rumors?” Juan questioned.

“They said some kind of demon appeared in Tantil, killed Daeron in a horrible manner, and controlled the monsters to slaughter the people there. Even the knight order lost pathetically to that demon and ran away.”

“...” Juan remained silent.

“Even the bishop got involved to deal with the demon, so they locked Tantil down for a week to prevent anyone from escaping, but still couldn’t catch it in the end. They even requested reinforcements from the capital to deal with the demon. But the demon’s actual identity was…” Huxle trailed off.

“A black-haired teenage boy?” Juan smiled drearily as he finished Huxle’s sentence. That response sounded threatening to Huxle. The other party members unwittingly tightened the grip on their weapons.

“Did you already know about this rumor?” Huxle asked Juan.

“I’ve never heard it until now,” Juan replied.

It was true, at least to Juan, since he hadn’t been to places with many people. However, he was the one who had caused that commotion, as well as the small incident with Sina, so all of this was to be expected. Juan...