The estate lay beside a still lake framed by forested, rolling hills.
The wagon crept along a winding dirt road curving gently through the buildings, past half-timbered houses with white plastered walls, dark beams, and warm reddish-brown tile roofs.
This estate was different from the ones Halo knew. It had only a few Knights in heavy metal armor carrying earth-shattering weapons, but no walls at all. They must have either trusted their own power completely, or Sinners didn't attack here.
Even so, they were only there to rest and find their way to the Northern Mist quarters, not save an estate from a certain doom.
They secured rooms after Jihriel visited a modest financial exchange, smaller than a proper office, to trade Sin Fragments for Pinyin coins.
According to Thor, they were mere miles from Delilah. Still, when they asked locals about the Northern Mist headquarters, they were surprised to learn no one knew anything about the organization.
