Before dawn.
The fog had not yet lifted.
The once sparse road was now filled with carriages and people, a panicky mood permeating the air.
Carl's convoy was also among them.
By the time Carl arrived at the estate outside the city, Hibell had packed her things and arranged four carriages.
Tutor Adolf's wife, Catherine, sat in a carriage, pulling back the curtain to look towards Sigerno City behind her, her face anxious.
Her beauty was astonishing, rivaling that of Lady Annie, though unknown to outsiders.
Back when Adolf was engrossed in witchcraft studies, he married Catherine despite their age difference, attracted by her beauty. Sadly, after many years of marriage, they still had no children.
"Carl!"
Hibell, unusually dressed in a knight's uniform that accentuated her beautiful figure, rode her horse up close to him and said, "You arrived just in time. I was thinking about how to get into the city to inform you. Are they your... friends?"
