Reinhardt.
Steadfastly obeying her orders to guard Raphael's side, Battle Sister Lu Jia gripped the hilt of her Knight's Broadsword, silently chanting the name in her mind.
Perhaps it was out of awe for the power this Emperor's Angel had displayed.
Perhaps it was the loyal instinct of one who served the Inquisition.
Even though the powerful Emperor's Angel, Reinhardt, was fighting a legendary Fear Knight to buy them precious time to retreat, Lu Jia knew what she had to do.
If she made it out of here alive...
...she must report the matter of Avernus's blessing to the Nun Superior.
Regardless of how the Inquisition handled it afterward, it was her duty as a Battle Sister, a daughter of the Emperor.
However...
As Lu Jia was considering how to secretly report this to the Inquisition later, she suddenly felt a gaze upon her.
When she turned around...
...all she saw was Raphael's sacred and majestic stare, brimming with white lightning.
