Investigation [1]

For the time being, Damien returned to his room. There were too many parties keeping eyes on him for him to wantonly leave the temple.

'If the Temple Master is technically an enemy, then nothing here is safe.'

The Earth Temple was not at fault, and Damien could tell that the Temple Master wasn't an inherently evil person. Everything he said and did was being controlled.

'That means all the information I've received so far could be a lie.'

It really depended on how the enemy saw Damien.

If he was a threat to the plan, then everything he was told could be falsehoods meant to direct him into a trap.

If that same person saw him instead as a piece on the chessboard, then the information was partially true, but he was being used to accomplish a step of that person's plans.

'I can't easily decide which one it is.'

However, he was forced to treat the information as fact until he'd found evidence otherwise.