The Archpriest
With both the right side and left side rooms explored, there was only one place left to go: the central room.
Of course, that was where the presence Lorelei detected earlier was. It was almost certain that was the Archpriest of the Midnight Syndicate we were searching for, and also an old friend to me.
Well… maybe 'friend' wasn't exactly the right term. Enemy would be more fit.
After making sure both Mei Gui and Amane were ready, we headed for the central room directly ahead of us. There was a door sealing it, and this one, unlike the one before, was unlocked—as if the person inside was inviting us in.
Mei Gui, Amane, and I exchanged glances, and I gently pushed open the door.
Inside, a man knelt on a cushion pad, meditating or praying. His garments, however, were anything but what one would expect to be meditating or praying. He was clad in silver knight's armor, from head to toe with not a single inch of his body exposed.