Now, this was a problem. Newspapers had the power to shape public opinion, no matter who a person was.
At this point, the public saw Adrian as a savior — but there were always those waiting in the shadows, eager for a single mistake or the slightest suspicion to smear his name.
Adrian was tied to two great families and served as a respected professor at the Runebound Academy. Every word he spoke carried weight, and every phrase could be twisted if he wasn't careful.
He couldn't just say that he had teleported directly into the Vermillion residence — that would immediately sound like a lie. After all, everyone knew that teleportation could only be performed to a place one had previously visited.
Yet, he couldn't tell them the truth either — that he had given Ruby a unique artifact allowing them to share perception in moments of grave danger.
