At those words, Leon and Rosvisser were both taken aback.

Because by all reason, for someone who had stood at the peak and risen to such a position, Orion’s teacher should have had a heart far stronger than most.

And besides—whatever wounds life brings, isn’t time supposed to ease them?

“Suicide? Miss Orion, why would your teacher take her own life?”

The three kept walking, soon leaving the cemetery behind.

Orion did not hide anything. She explained:

“In those days, my teacher defended the Blazing Sun clan’s borders, repelled foreign enemies, earned countless merits. Her future was wide open. But then, one day, out of nowhere, someone accused her of trying to secretly steal one of our sacred relics—the Golden Helm. And the accuser even brought out so-called evidence to prove what she had done. Though all of it was circumstantial, unable to directly prove anything, my teacher was still punished by the clan. She was stripped of her post, placed under review, and imprisoned for nearly half a year. When the investigation finally ended, she was released for lack of evidence. But just when she thought the ordeal was over, what awaited her was the endless abuse and humiliation of the entire City of Blazing Sun.”