[Ragon City - The Duke's Mansion]
The sprawling hall of the Duke's mansion felt hollow after the recent bloodshed, the silence heavy and oppressive.
"Mirabella, you're back. How did it go?" Hayatobi asked, turning his head towards Mirabella, as she walked inside the hall. The faint smell of ozone and ash from her lightning-based execution still clung to her black overcoat.
"All taken care of... I will be going to cultivate, please don't disturb me if it's anything not worthwhile." She said, heading towards the stairs: her mind already shifting away from the massacre and calculating her next stage progression.
"Huh? You don't even have any room here?" The Master Teacher raised an eyebrow at her abrupt dismissal of the mansion's usual formalities.
"I will take any room I see." Mirabella answered, and paused, looking over her shoulder at him: "What about the Princess?"
