"...We're back."
I looked at the familiar estate and paused. In all honesty, I didn't expect to arrive at the estate without any problems. I had expected to arrive after a lot of struggle, but contrary to what I had expected, we managed to arrive after four days of travel.
'Is it because I've underestimated my skill, or is there something else at play here?'
The only thing I could think of was Leon's parents.
Perhaps their warning had worked...
'But given the expression that Leon made back then, I'm not so sure.'
This entire situation smelled fishy.
The issue was that I couldn't prove this. Especially when Leon's skill didn't seem to detect anything.
'It's hard to ignore something like this. For now, I should closely monitor the Empire's movements. They are obviously related to the traitor that Sithrus and Noel had talked about. I needed to figure out the motive behind their actions, and...'
I paused, looking at the ring on my finger.
