Adam didn't know what to expect from the head of the Rouzet Family.
After all, the only heads Adam had met were Erik and Kogen, and technically only one of them was the leader of his family, since Erik was simply the strongest member of his family, while the Wurhen Family had only a candidate for that position - Skara.
When Osana asked Adam to save her from a marriage against her will, one forced upon her by Nirosh Marzo and his family, Lagred was not at the Citadel.
The heads of the Twelve Branches were at the Citadel only for a limited time. After all, they were, first and foremost, Second-Rank Phantoms and only secondarily high nobles.
This was important because the Twelve Branches were governed by elders, while their heads could be in the Dead Lands, carrying out government missions, which most often came from the Gamma Division.
Recently, Adam had experienced this firsthand. Sure, he wasn't a Second-Rank Phantom, but his mission, to kill Breydar, was of a fairly high level.
