I'm certain. [Casiria's voice is like a mirror to Kaji's thoughts, spoken nearly in the same beat.]

Those two planned to use the Pilgrimage to defect from the Carpathian empire; I had been acting as their point of contact and was to arrange their escape once the Pilgrimage was finished so long as the Carpathans didn't acquire control of the Nectar. Black somehow discovered their intentions. Why he chose to kill them so publicly I could not say, but I've heard the Black Palace is an unforgiving place.